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10 Films To Check Out In Amazon's New 'Never Before On DVD' Section
1 hour ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Taking a page from the successful programs that Warner Bros. and other studios have launched, Amazon has unveiled their “Never Before On DVD” store, which will make DVD copies available for films and television shows that have not yet made the leap to home video.
The catalog currently boasts more than 2,000 titles from the vaults of Disney, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, most of which had already been available from Warner Archive or other similar services. It also includes current content (mostly in the form of reality television) from CBS Networks, Lionsgate Home Entertainment, MTV Networks, Nickelodeon and Universal Studios Home Entertainment, with seasons of short-lived TV shows like "Mr. Sunshine" or "Dark Blue" appearing on disc for the first time.
The store will utilize Amazon’s CreateSpace DVD on demand service, which literally makes discs and packaging after you have ordered them, »
- Cain Rodriguez
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
Ellen DeGeneres to Receive Mark Twain Prize
15 May 2012 6:35 PM, PDT | Entertainment Tonight | See recent Entertainment Tonight news »
Ellen DeGeneres is set to step into rarified air this fall as she's been announced as the 2012 recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
Video: Brad Pitt & Ellen DeGeneres Tour Lower 9th Ward
"The Kennedy Center is happy to recognize Ellen DeGeneres' unique contributions to the world of comedy," stated Kennedy Center Chairman David M. Rubenstein. "Through her television programs, stand-up appearances, movies, and even commercials, her special brand of humor has allowed us to find hilarity in the mundane and has kept us laughing for years."
Now in its fifteenth year, the Mark Twain Prize is perhaps comedy's most prestigious award. Past recipients include Bill Cosby, Tina Fey, Will Ferrell, Steve Martin, George Carlin and Richard Pryor.
Related: Bill Cosby Awarded Mark Twain Prize
"It's such an honor to receive the Mark Twain Prize," said Ellen. The comedienne went on to joke, "To get the same award that has been given to people »
Ellen DeGeneres to receive Mark Twain humor award
15 May 2012 12:59 PM, PDT | Pop2it | See recent Pop2it news »
After a long and storied career of stand-up comedy, sitcoms, talk shows and film, Ellen DeGeneres is receiving the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
DeGeneres is the 15th such recipient of the honor which is presented by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Past winners include Richard Pryor and Bob Newhart.
The daytime host, ever the funny woman, says upon learning she'll receive the award, "It's such an honor to receive the Mark Twain Prize. To get the same award that has been given to people like Bill Cosby, Tina Fey and Will Ferrell, it really makes me wonder...why didn't I get this sooner?"
DeGeneres will be honored in an Oct. 22 ceremony which will be taped for a later television broadcast.
Congrats to Ellen. You certainly earned it.
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- editorial@zap2it.com
Comedy gold: Margaret Cho: I'm the One That I Want
10 May 2012 7:19 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
In this remarkable comeback gig, one of comedy's great survivors demonstrates her superbly polished style – and her fearless honesty
Title: Margaret Cho: I'm the One That I Want
Date: 1999
The setup: In 1994, it seemed obvious that Margaret Cho was going to be a star. Having honed her act from the age of 16, she was young, funny and fearless , the winner of an American Comedy Award, and doing warm-up gigs for Jerry Seinfeld. Being Korean-American also made her fresh and distinctive. And when the president of Disney called her personally one Sunday to tell her that she had got her own sitcom on ABC, that seemed to settle things.
And All-American Girl, as it was called, did indeed make her a star – but only eventually. Not only was the show a critical and commercial disaster, reviled by many Asian-Americans and cancelled after a single series, but Cho came under constant pressure over her weight, »
- Leo Benedictus
Director John Badham Talks Wargames, Seth Gordon’s Remake, and the Secret to Saturday Night Fever’s Success at the Tribeca Film Festival
5 May 2012 8:27 AM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
WarGames left theaters nearly three decades ago, but a special screening and panel at The Tribeca Film Festival showed little erosion on its emotional impact or the immediacy of its ethical questions. The production wasn't easy on Its director, John Badham, who came in mid-shoot to right the production. Having not screened it for 15 years, the filmmaker had enough perspective to be able to truly enjoy his work. Hit the jump for our interview with Badham, including some pretty incredible backstory from the set, how he handled the controversial production, his thoughts on Seth Gordon's upcoming WarGames remake and why another of his classics, Saturday Night Fever, is still relevant. John Badham's involvement with a cross-section of entertainment and the American military didn't start with WarGames. His father was a U.S. Army General and John was actually born in London, where the family was stationed, before they moved back, »
- Ron Messer
Robin Williams Heaps Praise On Louis C.K.
1 May 2012 8:59 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
At the Second Annual Comedy Awards presented by Comedy Central on Saturday night, Robin Williams was honored with the Stand-Up Icon Award. But in a pre-show interview with The Huffington Post, he singled out two other comics, Patton Oswalt and Louis C.K., as two of the best and funniest comics working today.
"I hope it's Louie-palooza tonight," the Oscar-winning actor said. "I hope Patton wins, because he deserves it too. It's hard, because the guys are so good, you just want to put them in a room and [have them] fight over it."
Oswalt and C.K. were both nominated for "Comedy Special of the Year," with C.K. ultimately winning for his experimentally-marketed "Live at the Beacon Theatre." Oswalt, who like Williams spent much time in the San Francisco comedy scene, was nominated for his special "Finest Hour."
When asked why C.K. has become such a prominent stand-up comedian over the last several years, »
- Ross Luippold
Will Smith and Denzel Washington Might Star in an ‘Uptown Saturday Night’ Remake Directed by…Adam McKay?
26 April 2012 7:00 PM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Hot off the announcement that Adam McKay and crew are finally going to make Anchorman 2 comes word that the director has another project in the works, this one a strange choice for a filmmaker mostly known for absurdist comedies starring Will Ferrell. Deadline Coconut Grove is reporting that, after McKay finishes up shooting on the next Anchorman film, he’s negotiating to begin work on a remake of the 1974 Sydney Poitier film Uptown Saturday Night. For those of us whose memories don’t go all the way back to 1974, Uptown Saturday Night was a comedy that Poitier starred in himself, alongside Bill Cosby, that saw the two of them playing in over-their-head everymen faced with the task of hunting down some shady criminal types. On a whim, the duo go to a seedy nightclub where their wallets are promptly robbed by some thug types. Problem is, one of the wallets contains a winning lottery ticket, so »
- Nathan Adams
Adam McKay in Talks to Direct Uptown Saturday Night Remake Starring Will Smith and Denzel Washington
26 April 2012 4:17 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Though writer/director Adam McKay is currently busy writing the script for the long-awaited sequel to Anchorman with Will Ferrell (thank the Maker!), it appears he’s lining up a fairly ambitious project as his follow-up to Anchorman 2. McKay is in talks to develop to direct the remake of the 1971 comedy Uptown Saturday Night. The project has been in development for years with Will Smith and Denzel Washington attached to star, but the addition of McKay makes the remake all the more enticing. Hit the jump for more. The original film starred Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby two friends who go to an uptown nightclub on a Saturday night. While at the club, masked bandits rob the patrons and ask everyone to strip down to their underwear. The next day, Poitier’s character learns that he has won the lottery, but the winning ticket is in his stolen wallet. »
- Adam Chitwood
Adam McKay Signing On To Direct ‘Uptown Saturday Night’ Remake; Will Smith, Denzel Washington Eyed To Star
26 April 2012 3:32 PM, PDT | Deadline New York | See recent Deadline New York news »
Exclusive: Adam McKay is in negotiations to develop to direct Uptown Saturday Night, the Warner Bros remake that the studio hopes will star Will Smith and Denzel Washington. Smith and James Lassiter’s Overbrook Entertainment has been developing the project. Tim Dowling wrote the most recent draft. The idea is for McKay to helm the film after he completes a sequel to Anchorman, the Will Ferrell-starrer that Paramount has set for an early 2013 start and 2014 release. McKay and Ferrell wrote that script and Judd Apatow is producing. McKay most recently helmed The Other Guys, and before that Talladega Nights. He’s repped by Wme. The 1974 comedy starred Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier as pals who visit an illegal nightclub, and are forced to hand over their wallets to thieves. Turns out one of them contains a winning lottery ticket, emboldening the duo to bump up against the criminal element to get back the wallet. »
- MIKE FLEMING
Kevin Hart Is Having A Moment — But Is He The Next Eddie Murphy?
24 April 2012 10:00 AM, PDT | TheFabLife - Movies | See recent TheFabLife - Movies news »
Kevin Hart is noticeably short for a guy. He has a standup comedy show called I’m a Grown Little Man for Pete’s sake. At that height it’s either be the jokester or become the joke. Well, Kev’s laughing all right — all the way to the bank. Hart has all but been omitted from lists of comedians on the verge of a huge breakthrough. That may all change with his stellar performance in last weekend’s box office hit, Think Like a Man, which offers him just the type of exposure he needs to reach a larger audience. As Cedric, a bitter divorcee who can’t stop talking about his wife or arguing with her, Hart is knee-slapping funny. And he’s following up that breakthrough role with a small but punch-line-heavy part in this weekend’s big release The Five-Year Engagement.
Hart’s moment hasn’t »
- Bene Viera
Wamg Interview: Comedian Kevin Hart – Star of Think Like A Man
16 April 2012 5:45 AM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Comedian Kevin Hart has been doing stand-up comedy for over a decade and has been working his way up the ladder as a movie star with recent parts in Little Fockers and Death At Afuneral. He has done several stand-up TV specials for Comedy Central, including I’m A Grown Little Man (2009) and Seriously Funny (2010), and his theatrically-released stand-up concert film Laugh At My Pain was a substantial hit in limited release last year. This Friday, moviegoers can see him in his largest role yet with Think Like A Man, an ensemble comedy loosely based around Steve Harvey.s self-help book Act Like a Woman, Think Like a Man costarring Meagan Good , Gabriele Union, Taraji P. Henson and Harvey as himself (look for our review Friday morning here at Wamg). We Are Movie Geeks caught up with Kevin Hart at the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown St. Louis as he »
- Tom Stockman
Films To Watch Before You Die #86 - See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
15 April 2012 11:27 PM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die...
See No Evil, Hear No Evil, 1989.
Directed by Arthur Hiller.
Starring Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, Joan Severance and Kevin Spacey.
See No Evil, Hear No Evil is the classic 80s comedy caper that sees Richard Pryor as the blind Wally teaming up with Gene Wilder as the deaf Dave and work ingtogether to solve a murder and clear their own names. The pair communicate via Dave reading Wally’s lips and assist each other through Dave guiding Wally and in return, Wally explaining any sounds that Dave can’t see.
As the pair strike up a hilarious friendship, Wally helps out at Dave’s shop and that’s where the trouble starts. One morning a customer places a gold coin in the box of coins on Dave’s counter and is then shot »
- flickeringmyth
Top Comedy Albums: Your Picks
12 April 2012 1:48 PM, PDT | Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal | See recent Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal news »
The comedy album may seem like a relic of the past, killed off by cable TV and YouTube. But it’s making a comeback, writes the Journal’s Don Steinberg.
We’ve put together a list of six great albums. Watch the clips below and vote on yuor favorites.
“An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May” by Mike Nichols and Elaine May (1961)
“Bill Cosby is a Very Funny Fellow. Right!” by Bill Cosby (1963)
“Class Clown” by George Carlin (1972)
“Let »
- WSJ Staff
Pam Grier’s Autobiography ‘Foxy, My Life in Three Acts’ Getting Big Screen Treatment
9 April 2012 8:00 AM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
According to Deadline, Imprint Entertainment have optioned the film rights to legendary blaxploitation star Pam Grier‘s autobiography, Foxy, My Life in Three Acts. Television producer Eunetta Boone will adapt the project, with Michael Becker producing alongside Bennie Richburg and Alfred Sapse.
For those unfamiliar with Grier‘s work — she was a big name and sex symbol in the 1970′s, with starring roles in Foxy Brown, Coffy and ‘Sheba, Baby’. (You’re most likely to know her as the titular character in Quentin Tarantino‘s Jackie Brown, pictured above) Her autobiography chronicles the actresses’ various love affairs with Richard Pryor, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Freddie Prinze Sr.; there are also nights out with John Lennon, Harry Nilsson, and Peter Lawford, and her ongoing battle with cancer.
“‘Foxy’ succeeds as a stark impression of Grier‘s courage and inner strength without the use of rose-colored glasses. Imprint Entertainment looks forward to bringing this triumphant story to life, »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
The Films Of Sidney Lumet: A Retrospective
9 April 2012 8:00 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
It has been a year since Sidney Lumet passed away on April 9, 2011. Here is our retrospective on the legendary filmmaker to honor his memory. Originally published April 15, 2011.
Almost a week after the fact, we, like everyone that loves film, are still mourning the passing of the great American master Sidney Lumet, one of the true titans of cinema.
Lumet was never fancy. He never needed to be, as a master of blocking, economic camera movements and framing that empowered the emotion and or exact punctuation of a particular scene. First and foremost, as you’ve likely heard ad nauseum -- but hell, it’s true -- Lumet was a storyteller, and one that preferred his beloved New York to soundstages (though let's not romanticize it too much, he did his fair share of work on studio film sets too as most TV journeyman and early studio filmmakers did).
His directing career stretched well over 50 years, »
- Oliver Lyttelton
Pam Grier To Get Her Own Biopic
6 April 2012 9:09 AM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
With the top film at the box office being a female-fronted action-adventure about a rebel standing up against the powers that be, it seems the perfect time for Pam Grier's autobiography Foxy: My Life in Three Acts to be adapted into a biopic. As a major star of the 1970s Blaxploitation movement, Grier forged a hard to tread path through the industry, facing sexism, racism, and exploitation along the way. Published in 2010, Foxy recounts not only her rise to fame with flicks like Coffy and Foxy Brown, but also explores her relationships with Richard Pryor, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Freddie Prinze Sr., as well as her comeback and ongoing cancer battle. Hers is a powerful story of tenacity and bravery that could well serve as a stalwart base for an incredible biopic. So it's little surprise a production company has bit on this Foxy property, what is surprising is which »
Pam Grier's Autobiography 'Life In Three Acts' To Become A Biopic
6 April 2012 5:39 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
A lot of famous actors write autobiographies, but not many have those same autobiographies turned into movies. Of course, if those actors had lived their lives like Pam Grier, perhaps Imprint Entertainment would have tried to make a biopic out of their lives instead. Announced yesterday, Imprint, one of the production companies behind "Percy Jackson and the lightning Thief" and "Twilight," have optioned the film rights to Grier's 2010 autobiography, "Foxy, My Life in Three Acts."
Considering the actress is only in her early 60s, it would seem Grier's 'Three Acts' is still ongoing, or perhaps she is looking to eventually add a fourth act. Either way, the first act of Grier's acting career is undoubtedly the 1970s, where Grier quickly became the Queen of Blaxploitation films and perhaps the first female action star after the success of 1973's "Coffy" and 1974's "Foxy Brown" and dated the likes of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, »
- Ryan Gowland
Pam Grier Gets A "Foxy" Biopic
6 April 2012 4:46 AM, PDT | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Imprint Entertainment has optioned the film rights to actress Pam Grier’s autobiography "Foxy, My Life in Three Acts".
Grier was an iconic African American female sex symbol and action star in the 70′s, arguably the most recognisable name in the 'blaxploitation' genre. First appearing in a cameo in "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls", the actress made numerous films in the genre including "Foxy Brown," "Coffy" and "Women in Cages".
She's also been steadily employed in films and on TV over the past four decades including films and shows like "Jackie Brown," "Jawbreaker," "Escape from L.A.," "The L Word," "Ghosts of Mars," "Smallville" and "Larry Crowne".
The film's story follows Grier’s life both past and present - her relationships with the likes of Richard Pryor, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Freddie Prinze Sr.; nights out with John Lennon, Harry Nilsson, and Peter Lawford; and her ongoing battle with cancer.
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- Garth Franklin
Pam Grier’s Formative Years Subject Of Feature
5 April 2012 10:51 AM, PDT | Deadline New York | See recent Deadline New York news »
Los Angeles, California (April 5, 2012) – Imprint Entertainment (Twilight, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief) has optioned the film rights to Grier’s autobiography Foxy, My Life in Three Acts. Eunetta Boone to adapt. Boone most recently scripted Who is Doris Payne? with Halle Berry attached to star. Imprint Entertainment’s Michael Becker will produce with Bennie Richburg and Alfred Sapse. ‘Foxy’ is Pam Grier’s account of her life: past and present. It reveals her relationships with Richard Pryor, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Freddie Prinze Sr.; nights out with John Lennon, Harry Nilsson, and Peter Lawford; and her ongoing battle with cancer. “’Foxy’ succeeds at a stark impression of Grier’s courage and inner strength without the use of rose-colored glasses. Imprint Entertainment looks forward to bringing this triumphant story to life,” says Becker. Grier, the iconic African American female sex symbol and action star from the 70′s, launched an »
- MIKE FLEMING
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