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Movie News Wrap Up: May 26th, 2012
20 hours ago | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
This week:
Galifianakis joins A Confederacy of Dunces, Wilson, Wilde and Larson go Nuts for Bogdanovich; Segal boards a Diesel powered Machine, and Bradley Cooper takes aim at American Sniper.
1. The Hangover star Zach Galifianakis may be the one to finally bring John Kennedy Toole’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, A Confederacy of Dunces to the screen.
The long-gestating adaptation has been on and off for over thirty years with the likes of John Belushi, John Candy Chris Farley and (most recently) Will Ferrell attached to the role of Ignatius J. Reilly.
The Muppets director James Bobin looks set to direct the film which will be scripted by Phil Johnston and produced by Scott Rudin.
It might be a little early to start cracking open the champagne, but the signs are looking Reilly good.
Source: Vulture
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- Niall Browne
Q&A: Andrew Flintoff
25 May 2012 4:10 PM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
'My most embarrassing moment? The pedalo incident in St Lucia'
Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff, 34, was born in Preston. He began playing cricket as a boy for Dutton Forshaw cricket club. In 1995, he made his first class debut for Lancashire, and in 1998 he made his Test debut for England, against South Africa. In 2005, he played a major role in regaining the Ashes from Australia and won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. Five years later, he was forced to retire from cricket due to a recurring knee injury. He has since made a career in television and radio. His series, Freddie Flintoff Goes Wild, is currently on Discovery.
What is your greatest fear?
The dark.
What is your earliest memory?
Playing my first game of cricket when I was six, with my brother who was nine. The under-14 side was short, so I stood in.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? »
- Rosanna Greenstreet
Zach Galifianakis will star in 'A Confederacy of Dunces,' if it actually gets made this time
23 May 2012 12:06 PM, PDT | Pop2it | See recent Pop2it news »
It's a great piece of casting: Zach Galifianakis as Ignatius J. Reilly in a film adaptation of "A Confederacy of Dunces." And it looks like the movie may actually happen after decades of false starts.
Vulture reports that director James Bobin ("The Muppets," "Flight of the Conchords") is in negotiations to take on the movie, with Scott Rudin ("The Social Network," "True Grit") producing and Phil Johnston ("Cedar Rapids") adapting John Kennedy Toole's novel. Galifianakis ("The Hangover") is attached to play Ignatius, the slovenly, scholarly outcast hero of the book.
"A Confederacy of Dunces" has a long and fraught history in coming to the screen. Harold Ramis was set to direct a movie based on the book in 1982, but his intended star, John Belushi, died of a drug overdose a few days before a meeting with studio executives. Projects starring John Candy and Chris Farley came and went. Will Ferrell »
- editorial@zap2it.com
Galifanakis, Bobin Set For "Dunces"
23 May 2012 6:31 AM, PDT | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
After several decades stuck in development hell, the plans to turn John Kennedy Toole’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "A Confederacy of Dunces" may finally have a chance at Paramount Pictures says Vulture.
Set in New Orleans in the early 1960s, the story follows an educated but slothful 30-year-old man living with his mother who must set out to get a job. In his quest for employment he has various adventures with colorful French Quarter characters.
The latest names attached to the project are "The Muppets" director James Bobin, "Cedar Rapids" scribe Phil Johnston and "The Hangover" actor Zach Galifianakis who're in either negotiations or are already attached to the project in those capacities. Scott Rudin is already set to produce.
Amongst the famous names to have been attached over the years are actors like John Belushi, John Candy, Richard Pryor, Chris Farley, John Goodman, Will Ferrell, Drew Barrymore, Alan Cumming, »
- Garth Franklin
Does Zach Galifianakis Being Attached to ‘A Confederacy of Dunces’ Mean He’ll Die Soon?
23 May 2012 6:00 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
John Kennedy Toole never got to see his lone novel, “A Confederacy of Dunces,” get published, as it was only ever made public eleven years after his death. And names like John Belushi, John Candy, and Chris Farley never got the chance to play the novel’s main character, Ignatius Reilly, as they all passed away before the various adaptations they were proposed to be parts of ever came together. At this point, it probably wouldn’t be much of a stretch to call any possibility of this beloved novel ever becoming a movie doomed. It appears as though its valve has closed. Or not. Vulture has news that the Confederacy of Dunces adaptation, which has been trying to get off the ground since 1982, is once again looking like it might be a go. And this time the talents involved in its resurrection are all so appealing that you might not even make yourself sick with worry »
- Nathan Adams
Zach Galifianakis may lead a Confederacy of Dunces for director James Bobin
23 May 2012 5:08 AM, PDT | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »
Zach Galifianakis is attached to star as the famed literary hero Ignatius J. Reilly in an adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize winning book A Confederacy Of Dunces. The role has previously been courted by the likes of John Belushi, John Candy, and Chris Farley, all of which were stopped short due to a case of death. Sources say that director James Bobin (The Muppets) is in negotiations to helm the pic from a script by Phil Johnston (Cedar Rapids, Nebraska). Here's a »
- Paul Shirey
Zach Galifianakis Joins A Confederacy of Dunces
23 May 2012 2:04 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Zach Galifianakis may be joining an adaptation of John Kennedy Toole's Pulitzer Prize winning novel A Confederacy of Dunces.
The actor will play Ignatius J. Reilly, a self proclaimed genius in his mid-thirties that lives at home. The film follows the character as he sets out to find a job in the New Orleans French Quarter. The Muppets director James Bobin is in talks to direct, with Phil Johnston writing the script. Scott Rudin is producing for Paramount Pictures.
Over the years, other actors such as John Belushi, John Candy, Chris Farley, and Will Ferrell were considered to play Ignatius. »
- MovieWeb
Zach Galifianakis Is The Latest Actor Attached To A Confederacy of Dunces
22 May 2012 9:04 PM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
A Confederacy of Dunces, a project based on the legendary novel by John Kennedy Toole, has been in development hell for so long now that I have to imagine that other projects bow down to it. While we here on Cinema Blend regularly update on projects that have spent a decade trying to get made, studios have been trying to develop a Confederacy of Dunces movie since the early 1980s. First introduced to Hollywood as a possible feature project for Harold Ramis to adapt and direct in 1982, the film has had a number of actors attached, including John Belushi, John Candy, Chris Farley, John Goodman, and Will Ferrell. Given its history it's hard to imagine a movie actually ever getting made, but the movie industry is everything if not persistent and so now the latest generation is getting going on making the adaptation. Vulture reports that the actor now being »
Zach Galifianakis Heads 'A Confederacy of Dunces'
22 May 2012 8:32 PM, PDT | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »
"Apparently I lack some particular perversion which today's employer is seeking."
So says Ignatius J. Reilly, the lovably insufferable vagabond philosopher protagonist of John Kennedy Toole's Pulitizer Prize-winning novel, "A Confederacy of Dunces." The same could be said for the book itself, which has been the wallowing in a particularly dense corner of Hollywood development hell for the past 30 years.
But you can't keep Ignatius down forever (in theory, anyway), and Hollywood's ready to give it another go — this time with "Hangover" star Zach Galifianakis taking on the role of Reilly, according to Vulture.
This latest attempt at an adaptation of "A Confederacy of Dunces" also has James Bobin ("The Muppets") in talks to sit in the director's chair with a script by Phil Johnston ("Cedar Rapids"). Scott Rudin is producing and setting up shop at Paramount.
"Dunces" has a long track record of close but no cigar ("Cigar? »
- Bryan Enk
Zach Galifianakis May Lead 'Confederacy Of Dunces' For 'Muppets' Director James Bobin
22 May 2012 8:20 PM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
When you talk dream projects that you wish could become resurrected -- something we do for shits and giggles from time to time -- very high on our list is John Kennedy Toole's posthumously-published, picaresque novel "A Confederacy of Dunces" (published in 1980, eleven years after the author's suicide at the age of 32). Steven Soderbergh and Scott Kramer (producer for "The Limey") wrote a screenplay in the late '90s (we still have a copy lying around somewhere) and in the early aughts, they attached David Gordon Green to direct circa "Undertow," and names like Will Ferrell, Mos Def, and Drew Barrymore circulated for the lead roles (Barrymore would have co-produced).
But as Green told MTV in 2004, "There were too many cooks involved, too many producers [and] the egos of a lot of people." It didn't help that Soderbergh and producer Scott Rudin got involved in a nasty lawsuit over the project. »
- The Playlist
Zach Galifianakis Attached to Star in A Confederacy Of Dunces; James Bobin in Talks to Direct
22 May 2012 8:10 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Zach Galifianakis and director James Bobin (The Muppets) are a match made in heaven, to the degree that I had to check IMDb to see if Galifianakis ever hopped over from his HBO show Bored to Death for a guest spot on Bobin's HBO show, Flight of the Conchords. Nope. But the pair may make up for the lost opportunity on Paramount's feature adaptation of A Confederacy of Dunces. Vulture hears Galifianakis is attached to star as Ignatius Reilly and Bobin is in talks to direct. Scott Rudin (Moneyball) will produce, and Phil Johnston (Cedar Rapids) is reportedly working on the screenplay. That's quite a lineup, but Confederacy of Dunces has a long history of trying and repeatedly failing to become a movie. Harold Ramis set up the first attempt in 1982, but was derailed when his Ignatius, John Belushi, died. The role subsequently passed from John Candy to Chris Farley »
- Brendan Bettinger
Cannes Review: ‘The Sapphires’ Is An Aboriginal ‘Dreamgirls’
20 May 2012 1:00 PM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
The simplest way to sell Wayne Blair‘s film debut The Sapphires is to say it is like the point where Dreamgirls and Cool Runnings meet, only with a more explicit socio-cultural message, and played out against the backdrop of the Vietnam War. And all in all it’s a largely undemanding, entertaining affair. The title refers to an all-Aboriginal vocal group – Gail (Deborah Mailman), Julie (Jessica Mauboy), Kay (Shari Sebbens), and Cynthia (Miranda Tapsell) – who leave the discriminant community their families live on the edge of and travel to Vietnam to entertain the American troops, under the guidance of their self-styled “Soul Man” manager (played by the excellent Chris O’Dowd in a role that bears resemblance to John Candy‘s in Cool Runnings). Along the way The Sapphires explores similar issues to Dreamgirls: the group are initially torn by personal frictions and haunted by underlying racial tensions both within their own group and in the »
- Simon Gallagher
Bringing Down the House Blu-ray Review
15 May 2012 12:39 PM, PDT | The Movie Pool | See recent The Movie Pool news »
The Movie Pool blames Steve Martin and Queen Latifah for Bringing Down the House on Blu-ray!
The Set-up
A convict (Latifah) horns her way into an attorney's (Martin) life, causing a clash of cultures, but the two slowly begin to learn from each other.
Directed by: Adam Shankman
The Delivery
One might think that a film featuring the comedic talents of Steve Martin, Eugene Levy, and Queen Latifah would be a sure-fire hit, but Hollywood has taught us that they are experts at ruining a sure thing.
Bringing Down the House is an embarrassing film that could have set back race relations in America 30 years. The fact that Disney decided to release this on Blu-ray, yet holds back on Song of the South, frankly shocks me. This film makes Song of the South look like the March on Selma; it is that offensive.
First released in 2003, I never saw the »
- feeds@themoviepool.com (Victor Medina)
Your Kentucky Derby pop culture party planner: Because you need something else to do besides watch horses run for two minutes
5 May 2012 7:31 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Old sports writers (mainly Pardon the Interruption host and professional crank Tony Kornheiser) like to remind anybody listening that for most of the pre-World War II era, the biggest sports in America were baseball, boxing, and horse racing.
If you really want to get your 1930s on this weekend, you’ll have that chance: The baseball season is in full swing (Let’S Go Mets!), there’s a huge title fight in the boxing world between Floyd Mayweather and Miguel Cotto, and on Saturday evening, the 138th running of the Kentucky Derby begins.
The Kentucky Derby is an excellent excuse for a party, »
- Kyle Anderson
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Set to Star in Little Shop of Horrors Remake
4 May 2012 | Horror Asylum | See recent Horror Asylum news »
Warner Bros are reportedly developing a brand new version of 'Little Shop of Horrors'. It's not totally clear at this stage how the new version will come to fruition as in will it be based on Roger Corman's original 1960 version or the 1986 musical version. But it does appear that 'Glee' producer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa whp is also penning the new 'Carrie' script is being lined-up as the scribe on the project. Even more interestingly 'Inception', 'Looper' and 'The Dark Knight Rises' star Joseph Gordon-Levitt is looking to star as well as help develop the project. 'Little Shop of Horrors' was developed into a stage musical in 1982 in an off-Broadway production which eventually hit Broadway and began playing all over the world. Subsequently it was developed into a musical movie in 1986 by Frank Oz which featured an array of comedic talent including Rick Moranis ('Honey, I Shrunk the Kids'), Ellen Greene, »
Joseph Gordon-levitt In Talks For Little Shop Of Horrors Remake
3 May 2012 3:06 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Inception star Joseph Gordon-levitt is in talks to revamp Rick Moranis' nerdy role in a new version of hit musical The Little Shop Of Horrors.
Glee writer/co-producer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is working on a script for a third movie adaptation of the colourful stageshow, according to The Hollywood Reporter - and Gordon-Levitt is reportedly close to signing on as lovestruck hero Seymour.
The film has a history of big-name links - Jack Nicholson appeared in the 1960 version and Steve Martin portrayed a manic dentist in Moranis' 1986 movie, which also featured John Candy, James Belushi and soul legend Levi Stubbs as the voice of man-eating plant Audrey II. »
Gordon-Levitt Could Be Seymour
3 May 2012 1:53 PM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
We often like to refer to the never-ending hunger for remakes, reboots, prequels and sequels as the giant development maw. But rarely do films getting the re-imagining treatment feature actual, huge mouths. Warner Bros. planned new take on Little Shop Of Horrors is an exception to that rule, and now Joseph Gordon-Levitt is considering trying to feed it. Broadway and film producing veteran Marc Platt, who has shepherded the likes of Wicked to the stage, Wanted to our screens and Legally Blonde to both, is overseeing the new version of the story about Seymour, a nervy florist who wins fame and success with a giant, human-gobbling plant. Gordon-Levitt is involved in developing the film and may end up taking the lead.This isn’t even the first time the story will have been remade: the original was birthed by Roger Corman back in 1960, but became even more notorious thanks to »
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Lining Up ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ Remake From ‘Glee’ Producer
3 May 2012 1:10 PM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
Joseph Gordon-Levitt was so busy with his own directorial debut, along with starring in Christopher Nolan, Steven Spielberg and Rian Johnson films this year that he had to turn down a role from Quentin Tarantino. Alas, he is still moving ahead at full speed and has his sights set on a remake at Warner Bros.
THR reports that the actor is looking to star in an update to Little Shop of Horrors, written by Glee producer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, who is also developing the Carrie remake. The property originated in 1960 with Roger Corman‘s version, but already had the remake treatment in 1986 thanks to Frank Oz, who brought together Rick Moranis, Bill Murray, Steve Martin, John Candy and more.
If Gordon-Levitt takes the role, he’d be cast as Seymour Krelborn, the florist who gets some help from a large man-eating plant The versatile producer Marc Platt would be spearheading the musical comedy, »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
Why did Jason Segel have to lose weight? | Hadley Freeman
1 May 2012 4:06 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
I despair at the news that Hollywood bosses forced the actor to lose 30lbs for his latest film
Contrary to the old saws, most clouds do not have silver linings but in fact have fuzzy cloudy linings and the road to hell is not paved with good intentions. It is paved with a sticky sediment of fire, brimstone, recycled copies of Ok! magazine and Katie Price's hair extensions.
But occasionally one comes across a cliche that is spot on and one such cliche is that two wrongs do not make a right.
I was reminded of this most forcefully over the weekend when The Five Year Engagement, the film starring Jason Segel and Emily Blunt, was released in the Us. Few romantic comedy actors working today appeal to me more than the sweetly lunkish Segel and the beautiful and hilarious Blunt, both of whom have the three qualities that »
- Hadley Freeman
Eugene Levy: 'American Pie got kinda graphic'
27 April 2012 8:46 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
The actor on juggling popular teen comedy and mild-mannered mockumentary – and why he's not a fan of the American version of The Office
Eugene Levy does not look quite comfortable, standing on the sofa. Those Groucho brows are frowning, surprised eyes wide. He knows the photos will work better if he's three feet up, and he's much too polite to gripe. But he's wary. That cushion is just a touch plush. Plus, he's had a run of bad luck lately. Yesterday's fish and chips was followed by emergency dental work. Last winter's ceremony to pick up his Order of Canada medal was interrupted by a kidney stone: "I would rather pass a 15-pound baby."
He climbs down gingerly, folds his legs, looks more zen. In fact, Levy has long pulled off one of the most brilliant balancing acts in cinema. Few are so adept at straddling the super-mainstream and the deeply niche. »
- Catherine Shoard
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