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30 Rock Leads 2009 Emmy Nominations
16 July 2009 9:48 AM, PDT | From FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news
The nominees for the 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced today in Los Angeles, and the show to garner the most nods was 30 Rock, which received a record 22 nominations for a comedy series. With the Emmys expanding their number of nominees from five to six in certain categories, some new shows were finally able to get some recognition, although a few big shows were still overlooked in their final seasons: most notably The Shield and Battlestar Galactica. There are a ton of categories so I only included some of the major nominees below. For the complete list visit the Emmy Awards official website [1]. What do you think of the nominees? Did any of your favourite shows get left out? What are the biggest oversights? Outstanding Comedy Series 30 Rock Entourage Family Guy Flight Of The Conchords How I Met Your Mother The Office Weeds Outstanding Drama Series Big Love Breaking Bad
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Ferrell-Produced ‘King Dork’ Gets King of Kong Director
16 July 2009 9:47 AM, PDT | From FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news
King Dork was optioned back in 2006 by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's company Gary Sanchez Productions, and yet years later it's still not made it to the screen. That could be about to change with The Hollywood Reporter saying the project has upped sticks to Sony. Plus, a director, in the shape of Seth Gordon, is on board. The project is based on the 2006 book of the same name by Frank Portman, and it follows the trials and tribulations of high schooler Tom Henderson, who investigates his fathers death while also forming a band. It seems like there's a lot to delve into, especially since it's a dark comedy. I like the idea of a high school comedy that doesn't follow the standard set up of trying to shag whatever twenty three year-old is pretending to be sixteen while your friend mistakenly drinks semen/urine/breast milk. I hadn't really heard of the book before but
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David Baxter
King Of Kong Director May Be King Dork Too
16 July 2009 9:22 AM, PDT | From cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news
Though Seth Gordon's most recent film was the thoroughly mainstream Four Christmases, his actual debut was The King of Kong, a documentary ensconced in the strange subculture of Donkey Kong fanatics. So while it might be too soon to say he's returning to his roots, Gordon would definitely be on familiar territory with King Dork, a high school dramedy he's considering directing for Sony. The movie would based on Frank Portman's young adult novel, which THR reports is about teenage misfit Tom Henderson, whose only refuge in life is music and uncovering the circumstances under which his father died. Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's Gary Sanchez Prods. will be producing the film, which sounds like dark material for them. Gordon's got a lot on his plate at the moment, including a feature adaptation of King of Kong, but I like the sound of this one. We're in
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Director Seth Gordon is Taking on Frank Portman's King Dork
16 July 2009 2:16 AM, PDT | From firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news
Filmmaker Seth Gordon, who we interviewed last year, has lined a number of comedy projects following Four Christmases, which he directed last year. He's got a feature version of The King of Kong documentary, which was his break out hit, in the works; Suicide Squad, about a heist gone wrong at the Kentucky Derby; and Mr. Romance, a comedy about a competition where men compete to see who has the highest "romantic Iq." Add to that list King Dork, an adaptation of Frank Portman's novel of the same name. Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's Gary Sanchez Production is developing the project at Sony for Gordon to eventually direct. Frank Portman's King Dork book is, just as it sounds, about another teenage high school student who is tormented by all sorts of cliques and seeks refuge in music. Here's the Amazon review of the book: In Frank Portman's dazzling debut novel,
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Alex Billington
Ferrell Still King Dork
16 July 2009 12:06 AM, PDT | From EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news
Will Ferrell and his producing partner Adam McKay have been trying to get King Dork up and running since 2006. But, according to the Hollywood Reporter, they now have a new studio - Sony - and may have found a director in Seth Gordon.Based on a teen novel by Frank Portman, King Dork involves school misfit Tom Henderson, the mysterious death of his father, and the life-changing discovery of a copy of Catcher in the Rye. It's a comedy. A dark one, we're guessing.Gordon's recent CV includes the brilliant documentary The King of Kong and the underwhelming Four Christmases. But if Fc serves as a slightly misfiring prototype for a successful comedy that has edgy discomfort as one of its constituent parts, it'll be all to the good.
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Seth Gordon Finds Another King
15 July 2009 10:40 PM, PDT | From TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news
Seth Gordon, director of the brilliant documentary The King of Kong as well as the not-so-brilliant Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon comedy Four Christmases, is in talks to helm King Dork, a high school dramedy based on Frank Portman's young-adult novel. Published in 2006, Dork centers on teenage misfit Tom Henderson, a student who is tormented by all sorts of cliques and seeks refuge in music. He also attempts to uncover the truth about his late father, who died under hazy circumstances while combing through some books. Will Ferrell and Adam McKay are producing the film through their Gary Sanchez Productions banner. Ferrell and McKay had previously set up the project at Paramount Vantage. But with the dissolution of that unit, the project has migrated to Sony. Gordon is also signed on to direct Suicide Squad, about a heist gone wrong at the Kentucky Derby; the male-centric comedy Mr. Romance
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Seth Gordon Believes in King Dork
15 July 2009 5:52 PM, PDT | From MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news
In a story from The Hollywood Reporter, Seth Gordon (Four Christmases) is presently circling Sony's King Dork. The film is a high school "dramedy" that is based on Frank Portman's novel.
The film is being produced by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's Gary Sanchez Productions.
Portman's book, which came out in 2006, follows teenager Tom Henderson, a loner who finds solace in music. He starts doing a lot of research to find out about how his father really died.
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TBS Brings Are We There Yet? to the Small Screen
15 July 2009 7:31 AM, PDT | From MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news
Using the unique model created by Debmar-Mercury for Tyler Perry's House of Payne and Meet the Browns, TBS is teaming with Joe Roth and Ice Cube for Are We There Yet?, a sitcom starring Terry Crews (Everybody Hates Chris) and based on the hit Revolution Studios film of the same name. TBS has ordered 10 episodes of the new sitcom, slated to premiere in June 2010, with the option for an additional 90 episodes. The series is produced by Cube Vision and distributed by Debmar-Mercury, with Revolution's Joe Roth and Cube Vision's Ice Cube and Matt Alvarez serving as executive producers, along with multiple Emmy-winning show-runner Ali LeRoi (Everybody Hates Chris). In addition to executive-producing, Ice Cube will have a recurring role.
This is the fourth television series for which Debmar-Mercury has utilized its groundbreaking approach to launching shows into distribution and syndication, following in the footsteps of Tyler Perry's two hit sitcoms,
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Sugar Shout Out: Will Ferrell's Sunblock Promises a Sexy Tan
14 July 2009 11:55 PM, PDT | From Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news
Will Ferrel's sunblock promises a hot sexy tan. . . or sunstroke Chipotlé promotes Food, Inc. How well can you read body language? Test your prenatal screening knowledge Banana Republic takes on Mad Men Coveted Crib: Cool Calistoga poolhouse Buzz's hopes for the Emmy Nominations Katy Perry jumps onstage and off Lc's Chloe gets a new 'do! Show the world your Twitter love Don't fall for this scam on your next European vacation
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Bullock Strips For Money
14 July 2009 9:16 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news
Sandra Bullock has vowed to strip off in all her future movie roles - so she can pocket a bigger salary.
The actress disrobes in new film The Proposal - and the nude scene gave her a taste for getting naked in films.
Bullock is sure she'll enjoy a bumper pay day if she keeps taking her clothes off in movies, like fellow comedy actor Will Ferrell.
She says, "If you're naked and you're trying to be sexy, you don't really make as much money as if you're naked and you're funny.
"Will Ferrell has been on to that for quite some time. Have you noticed how he drops his trousers in every single film? I'm going to do that from now on."
Genre Icons, Oscar Heroes And Comedic Geniuses In This Week’s Birthday Bash
13 July 2009 8:00 AM, PDT | From MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news
Just as everyone has an opinion, a favorite meal and a nose — albeit a fake one at times — so too does everyone have a birthday. Even celebrities. Here at Birthday Bash, it’s my mission to salute the fine actors, filmmakers and other Hollywood heroes that are celebrating their special day this week. After all, it’s cheaper than mailing a cake.
July is populated with some of the highest profile celebrity birthdays yet to be featured on Birthday Bash, with this week bringing a trio of faces famous for very different roles.
Harrison Ford (July 13): While it’s a given that everyone gets older as the years progress, it’s still incredibly difficult to believe that Harrison Ford turns 67 today. The actor is a genre legend, hanging with furry co-pilot Chewbacca as Han Solo in “Star Wars” and making whips cool again in the “Indiana Jones” franchise. Despite
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Josh Wigler
Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: July 12, 2009
12 July 2009 1:06 PM, PDT | From ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news
This week:
Bruno is the box office king; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle’s want You; Hollywood loves Hooker; Jason Statham goes on a Blitz; Zooey Deschanel is Your Highness and Robert DeNiro and Paul Schrader see The Dying of The Light.
Box Office
Sacha Baron Cohen’s Bruno took the top spot over the weekend with a gross of $30 million. It’ll need legs like a supermodel to reach the coveted $100 million mark.
Crossing the century mark this weekend is Ice Age 3-D: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs $28 million this weekend the animated pics total now stands at $120 million. Expect an Ice Age 4.
Transformers 2: Revenge Of The Fallen banked another $24 million giving the Michael Bay action epic a grand total.
After breaking records last year with The Dark Knight, it has been a disappointing summer for Christian Bale. Terminator Salvation underperformed at the start of the summer and
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Niall Browne
July 10: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
10 July 2009 10:15 AM, PDT | From www.flickfilosopher.com | See recent FlickFilosopher news
Who has time to go to the movies, darling, when there’s all those fashion shows to attend and fabulous celebrities to stalk? But did you know that DVDs are for more than porn? Ich had no idea. So instead of the disgusting multiplex, where it’s all proles and unfabulous people anyway, you can stay in your magnificent Austrian bunker and still sound uber cool on Monday, when the press hounds you with questions about how you spent ihr Wochenende. When they ask, “Did sie see that Bruno movie?” you can tell them to bumsen off, you saw that Fälscher Sacha Baron Cohen in other roles instead. Instead Of: Bruno, in which Sacha Baron Cohen dons gayface in order to send up homophobia... Watch: Well, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, for starters, to see Baron Cohen in fine mocking form as an
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MaryAnn Johanson
Before ‘Brüno,’ There Was Ali G: Five Great Interviews From The Main Man
10 July 2009 8:00 AM, PDT | From MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news
You already know Borat. You’re about to know Brüno. Some of us already know Brüno, perhaps a little too well in Eminem’s case. Did you know that there’s another famous Sacha Baron Cohen character lurking in the depths of pop culture’s murky waters? In his own words, I be talkin’ ’bout me main man, Ali G.
As portrayed by Cohen, the British “journalist” called Ali G is a lewd, disrespectful and typically unintelligent personality, showing up for interviews in his trademark attire: baggy clothes, skull cap, yellow sunglasses and various rings and chains. Still, the Cohen character managed to land one-on-ones with several high profile personalities in the entertainment industry, politics and other areas of life.
After some of those tense encounters, it’s truly no surprise that Cohen has had to retire the Ali G persona for good. Luckily, these moments live eternally in our
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Josh Wigler
Jon Heder, Gary Sanchez Productions cook up Comedy Central sitcom
10 July 2009 6:47 AM, PDT | From Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news
Comedy Central will be the home of a new sitcom starring Jon Heder and produced by Gary Sanchez Productions' and FunnyorDie.com's Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. Heder became an overnight star in the lowkey comedy, "Napoleon Dynamite" and co-starred with Ferrell in "Blades of Glory." Ferrell, McKay and Chris Henchy, the principals of Gary Sanchez Productions, will serve as showrunners. This will mark will Heder's first foray into the smallscreen arena in the untitled show. The Premise: Heder is slated to play an It specialist who has to move in with mom and dad after he loses his job. Comedy Central will start with ten episodes of the show, with the option to order a 90 more
April MacIntyre
Brüno Cheat Sheet: Everything You Need To Know
10 July 2009 3:51 AM, PDT | From MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news
We give you the lowdown on the fashion journalist from Austria.
By Eric Ditzian
Photo: MTV News
Maybe you've heard of this guy Brüno? He's been hanging out in Spain dressed like a bull who likes to show off a little skin and in London marching down the street with a bunch of sexed-up palace guards. Why? Because he's fabulous, naturally. And because he's got this movie — surely the year's most anticipated flick about a gay Austrian fashion reporter who journeys to America to become super-duper famous — coming out on Friday (July 10), and he's been sashaying across the globe to make sure every man, woman and child knows his name.
Exhausting work, no doubt, but Sacha Baron Cohen — the comic chameleon behind Brüno — has traveled this masquerading road before. Starting with his U.K. comedy program "Da Ali G Show" and up through 2006's surprise blockbuster "Borat," Cohen has
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Jon Heder Starring in Comedy Central Sitcom
9 July 2009 11:13 PM, PDT | From TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news
Napoleon Dynamite, Blades of Glory and School for Scoundrels star Jon Heder is heading to the small screen. The actor has signed on to star in a new sitcom for Comedy Central that is being produced by Will Ferrell's Gary Sanchez Productions. The currently untitled half-hour series will see Heder star as an out-of-work It specialist who leaves the city and returns to his small hometown to live with his parents and younger brother. The network has ordered 10 episodes, with Ferrell and Gary Sanchez partners Adam McKay and Chris Henchy writing the scripts. The trades say Ferrell may also appear in front of the camera for an episode or two. If the initial 10-episode run meets a ratings threshold, the network has agreed to order 90 more episodes from Gary Sanchez Prods. and distributor Debmar-Mercury, setting up the project for eventual syndication. The deal is the same unusual structure that
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Jon Heder gets a show on Comedy Central produced by Will Ferrell who may appear.
9 July 2009 12:52 PM, PDT | From Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news
According to sources, Jon Heder, star of "Napoleon Dynamite" has teamed with Will Ferrell and Adam McKay for a unique Comedy Central sitcom deal that follows in Tyler Perry's footsteps. Apparently the network has ordered up ten episodes of the comedy frontlined by Heder who stars as an unemployed computer It specialist. He returns home to his small town and moves back in with the folks and his younger brother. Ferrell fans may be in for a treat as perhaps he may opt for an appearance or two.
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Will Ferrell brings 'Napoleon Dynamite' star to Comedy Central
9 July 2009 11:36 AM, PDT | From Hitfix.com | See recent Hitfix news
Comedy Central has ordered 10 episodes of a new sitcom project starring Jon Heder, but the deal could bring much much much more of the "Napoleon Dynamite" star to cable. The multi-camera comedy, still untitled, will star Heder as an out-of-work computer It specialist who leaves the big city and returns to his hometown, where he moves in with his parents and younger brother. Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Chris Henchy will write and produce through their Gary Sanchez Productions banner. The comedy is distributed by Mort Marcus and Ira Bernstein of Debmar-Mercury, the company behind Tyler Perry's TBS sitcoms....
Daniel Fienberg
Comedy Central, Heder Pact For Laughs
9 July 2009 10:54 AM, PDT | From The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news
"Napoleon Dynamite" actor will star in sitcom for cabler.
By Wrap Staff
Comedy Central has ordered up a new, untitled sitcom starring Jon Heder ("Blades of Glory") from Gary Sanchez Prods. and Debmar-Mercury.
Heder will star as an out of work computer It specialist who leaves the big city and returns to his small home town, where he moves back in with his parents and younger brother.
Gary Sanchez Prods is the production company led by Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Chris Henchy.
Ferrell, McKay and Henchy will write and produce the series.
Michael Speier
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