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All Pixar Has Left To Do Is Become Self-Aware And Bomb Us All
12:46AM Richard Lawson | Pixar continues its eerily strong success streak with its latest picture, about a floating house. Terminator is in trouble, while the Ben Stiller bubble has yet to pop. It probably never will. Click through for the latest US box office stats. More »
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Come With Ben Stiller If You Want To Live
12:35AM Richard Lawson | That’s the lesson from the ol’ US of A’s big boffo box office Memorial Day weekend, which saw the further ascension of the Stills, as well as screenwriters/Reno: 911! costars Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant, who just keep churning out the hits. Poor skull-busting Terminator, a film that seems to be in trouble. More »
Ben Stiller Ripped Off That Joaquin Phoenix Impression
12:02AM Defamer Hollywood | Ben Stiller reportedly flipped out over his Oscar script the day before this year’s show. But the Joaquin Phoenix impersonation he came up with as a replacement was hardly original. More »
‘Candy Land’ To Seduce Your Children Like Sugarcoated Crack
2:15AM Seth | Tropic Thunder writer Etan Cohen will pen Universal’s adaptation of Hasbro’s Candy Land, with Enchanted’s Kevin Lima set to direct. This will probably wind up matching Enchanted’s tone of grownup-servicing kiddie-nip: More »
Reese Witherspoon Postpones Participation in Unofficial ‘Joe Versus the Volcano’ Remake
4:37AM Kyle Buchanan | First, the good news: Reese Witherspoon has confirmed the postponement of the Cameron Crowe film that would have paired her with Ben Stiller in a supernatural romantic comedy about volcanoes and human sacrifice. More »
An Open Letter to Cameron Crowe, Re: His New Volcano Comedy
9:00AM Kyle Buchanan | Yesterday, CHUD reminded of us one of the most outlandish projects percolating in Hollywood: the next film from director Cameron Crowe (Almost Famous), an untitled, semi-supernatural comedy set to star Ben Stiller and Reese Witherspoon. The former plays a disgraced weapons analyst who must journey to Hawaii to convince the islanders to put up with a new spy satellite — something they’re perfectly willing to do if Stiller will secure a human sacrifice for their volcano. Along the way, the analyst has romantic entanglements with various women, including one played by Witherspoon. More »
Elton John Composing The Most Hilarious AIDS Musical Ever For Ben Stiller
8:20AM Seth | For those of you wondering how in the world Ben Stiller could possibly outdo his finely honed, full-retard character work in this summer’s Tropic Thunder, fret not. The actor is pairing with Elton John for a movie musical that will require him to go full blown AIDS. John explained in a recent GQ interview: More »
‘Tropic Thunder’ Offensive Repelled at Box Office with $7.5 Million Opening
2:30AM STV | Attribute it to whatever phenomena you want — the potheads stayed away, the groupies weren’t interested, RetardGate ‘08 — but Tropic Thunder opened softer than planned on Wednesday. Ben Stiller’s Hollywood satire pulled in around $7.5 million, prompting observers to downgrade their weekend estimates that should nevertheless keep the film in first place above Star Wars: The Clone Wars and The Dark Knight this weekend. The turnout looked that much worse when compared to that of Pineapple Express, which drew more than $12 million last Wednesday — the best midweek, R-rated comedy opening in ages.
Exclusive: ‘Tropic Thunder’ Writer Stops Making Fun Of Mentally Challenged People Just Long Enough To Let Us Interview Him
8:10AM Defamer Hollywood | Take a good look at that Tropic Thunder poster. Go past the glossy, airbrushed photos of the film’s many stars, past the lush jungle setting, past the fiery explosions, and you might notice something. See there? Down at the bottom? It says “Screenplay by Ben Stiller & Justin Theroux, and Etan Cohen.” Sure, other more “legitimate” media outlets may give all the ink to those first two dudes, but here at Defamer we like to dig a little deeper. Just who is this Etan Cohen fellow and how did he get roped in to working on the biggest comedy of the summer? Stick around after the jump to hear one of Hollywood’s newest writing stars dish the dirt about meeting Tom Cruise for the first time, what it feels like to suddenly have people kissing your arse, and why you shouldn’t be offended by all that Simple Jack stuff.
