Paramount has released a new red band trailer for Taraji P. Henson’s “What Men Want,” in which the actress can read men’s minds.
In “What Men Want,” which is a reimagining of 2000’s Mel Gibson movie “What Women Want,” Henson’s Ali gets passed over for a well-deserved promotion at work. Yeah, a dude made partner at their sports agency firm instead.
She then drinks a mysterious tea and bumps her head, only to wake up and be able to hear men’s thoughts.
See Video: 'What Men Want' Trailer: Taraji P Henson Can Read Your Mind, Guys
“What Men Want” also stars Tracy Morgan, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Aldis Hodge, Max Greenfield, Pete Davidson and Jason Jones. Per the official preview, moviegoers can also expect to see plenty of sports stars making cameos, like Shaquille O’Neal, Grant Hill and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban.
Adam Shankman is directing,...
In “What Men Want,” which is a reimagining of 2000’s Mel Gibson movie “What Women Want,” Henson’s Ali gets passed over for a well-deserved promotion at work. Yeah, a dude made partner at their sports agency firm instead.
She then drinks a mysterious tea and bumps her head, only to wake up and be able to hear men’s thoughts.
See Video: 'What Men Want' Trailer: Taraji P Henson Can Read Your Mind, Guys
“What Men Want” also stars Tracy Morgan, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Aldis Hodge, Max Greenfield, Pete Davidson and Jason Jones. Per the official preview, moviegoers can also expect to see plenty of sports stars making cameos, like Shaquille O’Neal, Grant Hill and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban.
Adam Shankman is directing,...
- 11/23/2018
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Don’t let the holidays keep you from enjoying a bawdy good Red Band not-safe-for-work trailer: Paramount today released a new one for What Men Want, director Adam Shankman’s gender-switched re-do, starring Taraji P. Henson, of Nancy Meyers’ 2000 romantic comedy What Women Want.
Henson, of course, takes the Mel Gibson role, and while a trailer released last summer efficiently set up the mind-reading premise, today’s Red Band clip adds a glimpse of the raunchy tone that any comedy peering into the mind of the male had better be prepared for.
Actually, Henson gets things off to a fine Red Band start with a shout of “Listen up assholes!”
But the trailer truly earns its Red Band with a quick scene featuring Saturday Night Live‘s Pete Davidson, a co-worker in the sports management company for which Henson’s Ali Davis works and struggles. And Ali doesn’t even...
Henson, of course, takes the Mel Gibson role, and while a trailer released last summer efficiently set up the mind-reading premise, today’s Red Band clip adds a glimpse of the raunchy tone that any comedy peering into the mind of the male had better be prepared for.
Actually, Henson gets things off to a fine Red Band start with a shout of “Listen up assholes!”
But the trailer truly earns its Red Band with a quick scene featuring Saturday Night Live‘s Pete Davidson, a co-worker in the sports management company for which Henson’s Ali Davis works and struggles. And Ali doesn’t even...
- 11/23/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Looking into the minds of men could provide enough darkness for any number of horror films, but Adam Shankman’s What Men Want starring Taraji P. Henson goes for the laughs.
In this remake of Nancy Meyers’ 2000 romantic comedy What Women Want, Henson takes the Mel Gibson role as Ali Davis, a successful sports agent who’s constantly boxed out by her male colleagues.
The official summary: When Ali is passed up for a well-deserved promotion, she questions what else she needs to do to succeed in a man’s world… until she gains the ability to hear men’s thoughts. With her newfound power, Ali looks to outsmart her colleagues as she races to sign the next basketball superstar, but the lengths she has to go to will put her relationship with her best friends and a potential new love interest (Aldis Hodge) to the test.
Directed by Shankman...
In this remake of Nancy Meyers’ 2000 romantic comedy What Women Want, Henson takes the Mel Gibson role as Ali Davis, a successful sports agent who’s constantly boxed out by her male colleagues.
The official summary: When Ali is passed up for a well-deserved promotion, she questions what else she needs to do to succeed in a man’s world… until she gains the ability to hear men’s thoughts. With her newfound power, Ali looks to outsmart her colleagues as she races to sign the next basketball superstar, but the lengths she has to go to will put her relationship with her best friends and a potential new love interest (Aldis Hodge) to the test.
Directed by Shankman...
- 8/14/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Keep one eye on your TV screens, because Samara is looking to make house calls with Paramount Home Media Distribution's Blu-ray, DVD, and VOD release of Rings on May 2nd (following its April 21st Digital HD release), and we've we've been provided with two Blu-ray / DVD combo pack copies to give away to lucky Daily Dead readers who are ready to brave the seven-day curse.
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- 5/1/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Samara returned to the big screen this past February, and this spring she'll be making house calls. If you're not afraid of falling victim to the seven-day curse, then you'll be pleased to know that Rings will be available on Digital HD beginning April 21st, followed by a May 2nd release on Blu-ray, DVD, and VOD.
Press Release: Hollywood, Calif. – The legend of Samara takes a chilling turn in the new chapter of the hit Ring franchise, Rings, which comes calling on Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and On Demand May 2, 2017 from Paramount Home Media Distribution. Dare to watch on Digital HD two weeks early on April 21.
When a radical college professor (Johnny Galecki, “The Big Bang Theory”) finds the mysterious video rumored to kill viewers seven days after watching, he enlists his students in a dangerous experiment to uncover the secrets behind the Samara legend. When the deadly video goes viral,...
Press Release: Hollywood, Calif. – The legend of Samara takes a chilling turn in the new chapter of the hit Ring franchise, Rings, which comes calling on Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and On Demand May 2, 2017 from Paramount Home Media Distribution. Dare to watch on Digital HD two weeks early on April 21.
When a radical college professor (Johnny Galecki, “The Big Bang Theory”) finds the mysterious video rumored to kill viewers seven days after watching, he enlists his students in a dangerous experiment to uncover the secrets behind the Samara legend. When the deadly video goes viral,...
- 4/4/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
You can't always know how the future will treat each year's awards recipients. Will their strengths will come into sharper focus as time erodes the particulars of the movie culture and conversation they arrived into or will that erosion grind a movie or performers appeal down with it? What will we make in five year's time of this moment when Hollywood threw awards at Argo instead of, say, Lincoln? That's what happened again last night at the Producers Guild Awards when Ben Affleck's 1970s CIA rescue tale took the top prize.
We don't have to wait for hindsight clarity when it comes to Argo's sudden rise in the previous deadheat Oscar race. I'd say that three things are responsible, two of which no one could have predicted.
1. I'd been saying from the very start that Argo's narrative subtext, embedded into its truish story of a fake movie...
We don't have to wait for hindsight clarity when it comes to Argo's sudden rise in the previous deadheat Oscar race. I'd say that three things are responsible, two of which no one could have predicted.
1. I'd been saying from the very start that Argo's narrative subtext, embedded into its truish story of a fake movie...
- 1/27/2013
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Often considered a precursor to The Academy Awards, but honoring television as well as film, The Producers Guild Awards were handed out last night in Beverly Hills.
Here's a look at who took home hardware on the TV side:
The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama - "Homeland" (Showtime)
Producers: Henry Bromell, Alexander Cary, Michael Cuesta, Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Chip Johannessen, Michael Klick, Meredith Stiehm
The Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy "Modern Family" (ABC)
Producers: Cindy Chupack, Paul Corrigan, Abraham Higginbotham, Ben Karlin, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Jeff Morton, Dan O'Shannon, Jeffrey Richman, Chris Smirnoff, Brad Walsh, Bill Wrubel, Danny Zuker
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Competition Television - "The Amazing Race" (CBS)
Producers: Jerry Bruckheimer, Elise Doganieri, Jonathan Littman, Bertram van Munster, Mark Vertullo
The David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television - "Game Change" (HBO)
Producers: Gary Goetzman,...
Here's a look at who took home hardware on the TV side:
The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama - "Homeland" (Showtime)
Producers: Henry Bromell, Alexander Cary, Michael Cuesta, Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Chip Johannessen, Michael Klick, Meredith Stiehm
The Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy "Modern Family" (ABC)
Producers: Cindy Chupack, Paul Corrigan, Abraham Higginbotham, Ben Karlin, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Jeff Morton, Dan O'Shannon, Jeffrey Richman, Chris Smirnoff, Brad Walsh, Bill Wrubel, Danny Zuker
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Competition Television - "The Amazing Race" (CBS)
Producers: Jerry Bruckheimer, Elise Doganieri, Jonathan Littman, Bertram van Munster, Mark Vertullo
The David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television - "Game Change" (HBO)
Producers: Gary Goetzman,...
- 1/27/2013
- by matt@mediavine.com (Matt Richenthal)
- TVfanatic
The full list of television winners and nominees at the 2013 Producers Guild of America Awards is as follows: The David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television
American Horror Story (Brad Buecker, Dante Di Loreto, Brad Falchuk, Ryan Murphy, Chip Vucelich, Alexis Martin Woodall)
The Dust Bowl (Ken Burns, Dayton Duncan, Julie Dunfey)
Game Change (Gary Goetzman, Tom Hanks, Jay Roach, Amy Sayres, Steven Shareshian, Danny Strong) - Winner
Hatfields & McCoys (Barry Berg, Kevin Costner, Darrell Fetty, Leslie Greif, Herb Nanas)
Sherlock (Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat, Beryl Vertue, Sue Vertue) The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama
Breaking Bad (Melissa Bernstein, Sam Catlin, Bryan Cranston, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Mark Johnson, Stewart (more)...
American Horror Story (Brad Buecker, Dante Di Loreto, Brad Falchuk, Ryan Murphy, Chip Vucelich, Alexis Martin Woodall)
The Dust Bowl (Ken Burns, Dayton Duncan, Julie Dunfey)
Game Change (Gary Goetzman, Tom Hanks, Jay Roach, Amy Sayres, Steven Shareshian, Danny Strong) - Winner
Hatfields & McCoys (Barry Berg, Kevin Costner, Darrell Fetty, Leslie Greif, Herb Nanas)
Sherlock (Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat, Beryl Vertue, Sue Vertue) The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama
Breaking Bad (Melissa Bernstein, Sam Catlin, Bryan Cranston, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Mark Johnson, Stewart (more)...
- 1/27/2013
- by By Christian Tobin
- Digital Spy
Oh yes it still hurts that Ben Affleck was not given a Best Director Oscar nomination, yet his fantastic film "Argo" continues its ascension to Oscar glory! The film took home the top prize at the Producers Guild of America Awards taking home the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures.
So guess which film will win the Oscar Best Picture? Yup, it will be "Argo!" Why? Well, Hollywood really loves movies about them and "Argo" is about a movie of a fake movie in order to help free some Americans trapped in Iran during the hostage crisis.
And, the PGA award is a significant Academy Awards precursor. Only seven times in 24 years has the PGA winner failed to win a Best Picture Oscar. So "Argo" has a strong chance.
I'm also happy that "Searching for Sugar Man" won the Documentary category, and not so happy...
So guess which film will win the Oscar Best Picture? Yup, it will be "Argo!" Why? Well, Hollywood really loves movies about them and "Argo" is about a movie of a fake movie in order to help free some Americans trapped in Iran during the hostage crisis.
And, the PGA award is a significant Academy Awards precursor. Only seven times in 24 years has the PGA winner failed to win a Best Picture Oscar. So "Argo" has a strong chance.
I'm also happy that "Searching for Sugar Man" won the Documentary category, and not so happy...
- 1/27/2013
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The Producers Guild Awards were awarded on Saturday (Jan. 26). Often considered the precursor to the Academy Awards, both the television and movie producing awards were handed out at the Beverly Hilton.
Among the big award winners of the night were "Argo," "Homeland," "Wreck-It Ralph," "Modern Family" and "The Colbert Report."
Check out the full listing of winners here.
Special awards
Norman Lear Achievement Award
J.J. Abrams, presented by Jennifer Garner
Stanley Kramer Award
"Bully," producers Lee Hirsch and Cynthia Lowen, presented by Bradley Cooper
David O. Selznick Achievement Award
Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner of Working Title, presented by Anne Hathaway
Visionary Award
Russell Simmons, presented by LL Cool J
TV awards
The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama
"Homeland" (Showtime)
Producers: Henry Bromell, Alexander Cary, Michael Cuesta, Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Chip Johannessen, Michael Klick, Meredith Stiehm
The Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television,...
Among the big award winners of the night were "Argo," "Homeland," "Wreck-It Ralph," "Modern Family" and "The Colbert Report."
Check out the full listing of winners here.
Special awards
Norman Lear Achievement Award
J.J. Abrams, presented by Jennifer Garner
Stanley Kramer Award
"Bully," producers Lee Hirsch and Cynthia Lowen, presented by Bradley Cooper
David O. Selznick Achievement Award
Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner of Working Title, presented by Anne Hathaway
Visionary Award
Russell Simmons, presented by LL Cool J
TV awards
The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama
"Homeland" (Showtime)
Producers: Henry Bromell, Alexander Cary, Michael Cuesta, Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Chip Johannessen, Michael Klick, Meredith Stiehm
The Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television,...
- 1/27/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
As goes the Producers Guild, so goes the Oscar for Best Picture …
At least, that’s how the past five years have worked out. So Argo’s win on Saturday night is the strongest indicator yet that the rescue thriller is the frontrunner in the most fiercely competitive Academy Awards race in recent memory.
The 10 nominees in the producers race were Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Django Unchained, Les Misérables, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Moonrise Kingdom, Silver Linings Playbook, Skyfall, Zero Dark Thirty. Only nine nominees are in the Academy’s top race, with Skyfall and Moonrise Kingdom out,...
At least, that’s how the past five years have worked out. So Argo’s win on Saturday night is the strongest indicator yet that the rescue thriller is the frontrunner in the most fiercely competitive Academy Awards race in recent memory.
The 10 nominees in the producers race were Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Django Unchained, Les Misérables, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Moonrise Kingdom, Silver Linings Playbook, Skyfall, Zero Dark Thirty. Only nine nominees are in the Academy’s top race, with Skyfall and Moonrise Kingdom out,...
- 1/27/2013
- by Anthony Breznican
- EW - Inside Movies
I was of the opinion it would either be Lincoln or Silver Linings Playbook winning at the 2013 Producers Guild Awards, making it that much easier to pick one as the front-runner for Best Picture at the Oscars. Well, the producers made it even easier than that... they chose "Option C". Ben Affleck may have been snubbed a nomination for Best Director by the Academy, but ever since, Argo has won big at the Critics' Choice Awards, Golden Globes and now the PGA awards as it was awarded the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures, giving it a clear path to winning Best Picture at the Oscars at the end of March. Tomorrow night the Screen Actors Guild will hold the 2013 SAG Awards and while I predicted Silver Linings Playbook would take the award when I posted my thoughts on Wednesday, at this point I would...
- 1/27/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Earlier this week The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced the nominations for their annual awards for theatrical motion picture, animated motion picture and long-form television nominations for the 2013 Producers Guild Awards.
This was an incredible year for films, and most of the movies nominated here deserve to be. Out of all the films listed here, I'd like to see Zero Dark Thirty or Silver Linings Playbook take the top prize for motion picture, Paranorman for animated film, Game of Thrones for TV drama, and Curb Your Enthusiasm for TV Comedy. In case you missed them, here they are! Look them over and let us know what films you'd like to see win!
Ten nominations in the theatrical motion picture category include:
Argo (Warner Bros.)
Beasts of the Southern Wild (Fox Searchlight)
Django Unchained (The Weinstein Company)
Life of Pi (20th Century Fox)
Lincoln (DreamWorks)
Les Misérables (Universal)
Moonrise Kingdom...
This was an incredible year for films, and most of the movies nominated here deserve to be. Out of all the films listed here, I'd like to see Zero Dark Thirty or Silver Linings Playbook take the top prize for motion picture, Paranorman for animated film, Game of Thrones for TV drama, and Curb Your Enthusiasm for TV Comedy. In case you missed them, here they are! Look them over and let us know what films you'd like to see win!
Ten nominations in the theatrical motion picture category include:
Argo (Warner Bros.)
Beasts of the Southern Wild (Fox Searchlight)
Django Unchained (The Weinstein Company)
Life of Pi (20th Century Fox)
Lincoln (DreamWorks)
Les Misérables (Universal)
Moonrise Kingdom...
- 1/5/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) has announced the nominees in both motion picture and television for the 24th Annual Producers Guild Awards. "Skyfall" made the cut as one of the nominees of the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures.
Winners will be announced on January 26th at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Here's the complete list of nominees (including television); for winners/nominees of other award-giving bodies, click here:
Theatrical Motion Picture Nominees
The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
.Argo. (Warner Bros.)
Producers: Ben Affleck, George Clooney, Grant Heslov
.Beasts of the Southern Wild. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Producers: Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey, Josh Penn
.Django Unchained. (The Weinstein Company)
Producers: Reginald Hudlin, Pilar Savone, Stacey Sher
.Les Misérables. (Universal Pictures)
Producers: Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh
.Life of Pi. (Fox 2000 Pictures)
Producers: Ang Lee, Gil Netter,...
Winners will be announced on January 26th at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Here's the complete list of nominees (including television); for winners/nominees of other award-giving bodies, click here:
Theatrical Motion Picture Nominees
The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
.Argo. (Warner Bros.)
Producers: Ben Affleck, George Clooney, Grant Heslov
.Beasts of the Southern Wild. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Producers: Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey, Josh Penn
.Django Unchained. (The Weinstein Company)
Producers: Reginald Hudlin, Pilar Savone, Stacey Sher
.Les Misérables. (Universal Pictures)
Producers: Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh
.Life of Pi. (Fox 2000 Pictures)
Producers: Ang Lee, Gil Netter,...
- 1/2/2013
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
No Dark Knight Rises, Batman fans.
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced today the motion picture and long-form television nominations for the 24th Annual Producers Guild Awards. The categories include: The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures; The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures; and The David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television. The documentary film category and other television category nominations were already announced by the Guild in November 2012.
All 2013 Producers Guild Award winners will be announced on January 26th at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. This year, the Producers Guild will also present special honors to Bob and Harvey Weinstein (Milestone Award), Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner (David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures), J.J. Abrams (Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television), Russell Simmons (Visionary Award) and Bully (Stanley Kramer Award).
The 2013 Producers Guild Awards Chair is Michael De Luca.
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced today the motion picture and long-form television nominations for the 24th Annual Producers Guild Awards. The categories include: The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures; The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures; and The David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television. The documentary film category and other television category nominations were already announced by the Guild in November 2012.
All 2013 Producers Guild Award winners will be announced on January 26th at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. This year, the Producers Guild will also present special honors to Bob and Harvey Weinstein (Milestone Award), Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner (David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures), J.J. Abrams (Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television), Russell Simmons (Visionary Award) and Bully (Stanley Kramer Award).
The 2013 Producers Guild Awards Chair is Michael De Luca.
- 1/2/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Producers Guild of America has announced its nominations for best productions of the year, in what is often looked to as an indicator for how the Academy Awards may go.
The guild selected 10 films — most of them common guesses for the group that could make up the Oscar list of the best films of 2012: Argo, Lincoln, Les Misérables, among others.
The one surprise: Skyfall. No 007 film has ever cracked the Best Picture list, but if this nomination is any indication, that could change when the Oscar nods are revealed Jan. 10.
Check out the full list …
The Darryl F. Zanuck...
The guild selected 10 films — most of them common guesses for the group that could make up the Oscar list of the best films of 2012: Argo, Lincoln, Les Misérables, among others.
The one surprise: Skyfall. No 007 film has ever cracked the Best Picture list, but if this nomination is any indication, that could change when the Oscar nods are revealed Jan. 10.
Check out the full list …
The Darryl F. Zanuck...
- 1/2/2013
- by Anthony Breznican
- EW - Inside Movies
Warner Bros UK. have released a new UK quad poster and three clips from director Jay Roach‘s political-comedy The Campaign, which stars Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis as rival politicians in a small congressional district in South Carolina. Ferrell plays a congressman who becomes embroiled in a public scandal, opening the door to a challenge from an unlikely Beltway outsider (Galifianakis). The film also stars Jason Sudeikis, Dylan McDermott, John Lithgow, Brian Cox, Josh Lawson, Gary Grubbs, P.J Byrne, and Dan Aykroyd,
The Campaign is set for a UK release on September 28th.
When long-term congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) commits a major public gaffe before an upcoming election, a pair of ultra-wealthy CEOs plot to put up a rival candidate and gain influence over their North Carolina district. Their man: naïve Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis), director of the local Tourism Center. At first, Marty appears to be the unlikeliest possible choice but,...
The Campaign is set for a UK release on September 28th.
When long-term congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) commits a major public gaffe before an upcoming election, a pair of ultra-wealthy CEOs plot to put up a rival candidate and gain influence over their North Carolina district. Their man: naïve Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis), director of the local Tourism Center. At first, Marty appears to be the unlikeliest possible choice but,...
- 8/11/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
When long-term congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) commits a major public gaffe before an upcoming election, a pair of ultra-wealthy CEOs plot to put up a rival candidate and gain influence over their North Carolina district. Their man: naïve Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis), director of the local Tourism Center. At first, Marty appears to be the unlikeliest possible choice but, with the help of his new benefactors’ support, a cutthroat campaign manager and his family’s political connections, he soon becomes a contender who gives the charismatic Cam plenty to worry about.
As Election Day closes in, the two are locked in a dead heat, with insults quickly escalating to injury until all they care about is burying each other, in this mud-slinging, back-stabbing, home-wrecking comedy from “Meet the Parents” director Jay Roach that takes today’s political circus to its logical next level. Because even when you think campaign ethics have hit rock bottom,...
As Election Day closes in, the two are locked in a dead heat, with insults quickly escalating to injury until all they care about is burying each other, in this mud-slinging, back-stabbing, home-wrecking comedy from “Meet the Parents” director Jay Roach that takes today’s political circus to its logical next level. Because even when you think campaign ethics have hit rock bottom,...
- 7/26/2012
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Following the recent poster releases, Warner Bros have debuted four new TV spots Jay Roach‘s political-comedy The Campaign, which stars Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis as rival politicians in a small congressional district in South Carolina. Ferrell plays a congressman who becomes embroiled in a public scandal, opening the door to a challenge from an unlikely Beltway outsider (Galifianakis). The film also stars Jason Sudeikis, Dylan McDermott, John Lithgow, Brian Cox, Josh Lawson, Gary Grubbs, P.J Byrne, and Dan Aykroyd
The Campaign is set for a Us releases on August 10th and September 28th here in the UK.
When long-term congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) commits a major public gaffe before an upcoming election, a pair of ultra-wealthy CEOs plot to put up a rival candidate and gain influence over their North Carolina district. Their man: naïve Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis), director of the local Tourism Center. At first,...
The Campaign is set for a Us releases on August 10th and September 28th here in the UK.
When long-term congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) commits a major public gaffe before an upcoming election, a pair of ultra-wealthy CEOs plot to put up a rival candidate and gain influence over their North Carolina district. Their man: naïve Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis), director of the local Tourism Center. At first,...
- 7/20/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis hit the campaign trail today at The Grove in Los Angeles, joking with fans and fielding questions at a press conference that focused on their roles as out-of-control political rivals in the irreverent new comedy .The Campaign.. The event launches an 11-city whistle-stop tour of public appearances that will travel the two across North America from now until Tuesday, July 31.
On the first leg of their tour, Ferrell and Galifianakis will next touch down at Kiener Plaza in St. Louis today. On Wednesday, July 18, they appear in Dallas/Ft. Worth and Chicago; on Thursday, July 19, they will campaign in Chicago and Seattle; and on Friday, July 20, in San Francisco. The second leg will then take them to Boston and Toronto on Monday, July 30; and on Tuesday, July 31, appropriately enough, they will wrap with visits to Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.
Among the trip.s highlights,...
On the first leg of their tour, Ferrell and Galifianakis will next touch down at Kiener Plaza in St. Louis today. On Wednesday, July 18, they appear in Dallas/Ft. Worth and Chicago; on Thursday, July 19, they will campaign in Chicago and Seattle; and on Friday, July 20, in San Francisco. The second leg will then take them to Boston and Toronto on Monday, July 30; and on Tuesday, July 31, appropriately enough, they will wrap with visits to Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.
Among the trip.s highlights,...
- 7/17/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Come out next week to see Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis, stars of the new Warner Bros. comedy The Campaign, and representatives from St. Louis City Hall and St. Louis sports teams including the Cardinals, the Blues and the Rams. Ferrell and Galifianakis will receive medals of honor and a proclamation from St. Louis City Hall naming Tuesday July 17 .Will and Zach Day. in St. Louis. Members of the St. Louis sports teams will present them with commemorative items.
When: Tuesday, July 17, 2012. 6:10 p.m. . Introduction to St. Louis City Hall Officials and Sports Teams
Where: Kiener Plaza at the Morton D. May Amphitheatre - 7th and Market, St. Louis, Mo
When long-term congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) commits a major public gaffe before an upcoming election, a pair of ultra-wealthy CEOs plot to put up a rival candidate and gain influence over their North Carolina district. Their man: naïve...
When: Tuesday, July 17, 2012. 6:10 p.m. . Introduction to St. Louis City Hall Officials and Sports Teams
Where: Kiener Plaza at the Morton D. May Amphitheatre - 7th and Market, St. Louis, Mo
When long-term congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) commits a major public gaffe before an upcoming election, a pair of ultra-wealthy CEOs plot to put up a rival candidate and gain influence over their North Carolina district. Their man: naïve...
- 7/13/2012
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ gothic comedy “Dark Shadows,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo by Peter Mountain.
Get your calendars out fellow movie geeks. Warner Bros Pictures has released a schedule, along with a few new photos, of what you’ll see in the air-conditioned cinemas this summer. Overall the studio has some of the most anticipated films of the coming year, with just a sample including Tim Burton.s .Dark Shadows,. with Johnny Depp leading an all-star ensemble cast, including Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter and Eva Green; Adam Shankman.s screen version of the hit musical .Rock of Ages,. starring Tom Cruise, Julianne Hough, Russell Brand, Paul Giamatti, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Malin Akerman, Mary J. Blige, Bryan Cranston and Alec Baldwin; and .The Dark Knight Rises,. Christopher Nolan.s epic conclusion to his Batman trilogy, starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine,...
Get your calendars out fellow movie geeks. Warner Bros Pictures has released a schedule, along with a few new photos, of what you’ll see in the air-conditioned cinemas this summer. Overall the studio has some of the most anticipated films of the coming year, with just a sample including Tim Burton.s .Dark Shadows,. with Johnny Depp leading an all-star ensemble cast, including Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter and Eva Green; Adam Shankman.s screen version of the hit musical .Rock of Ages,. starring Tom Cruise, Julianne Hough, Russell Brand, Paul Giamatti, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Malin Akerman, Mary J. Blige, Bryan Cranston and Alec Baldwin; and .The Dark Knight Rises,. Christopher Nolan.s epic conclusion to his Batman trilogy, starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine,...
- 4/14/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Filming has concluded on “The Campaign,” starring Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis as competing candidates in a no-holds-barred race for congress. The new comedy from “Meet the Parents” director Jay Roach is scheduled to open in theaters on August 10, 2012. The film also stars Jason Sudeikis, Dylan McDermott and Katherine Lanasa, with John Lithgow, Dan Aykroyd and Brian Cox.
In “The Campaign,” when long-term congressman Cam Brady (Ferrell) commits a major public gaffe before an upcoming election, a pair of ultra-wealthy CEOs plot to put up a rival candidate and gain influence over their North Carolina district. Their man: naive Marty Huggins (Galifianakis), director of the local Tourism Center. At first, Marty appears to be the unlikeliest possible choice but, with the help of his new benefactors’ support, a cutthroat campaign manager and his family’s political connections, he soon becomes a contender who gives the charismatic Cam plenty to worry about.
In “The Campaign,” when long-term congressman Cam Brady (Ferrell) commits a major public gaffe before an upcoming election, a pair of ultra-wealthy CEOs plot to put up a rival candidate and gain influence over their North Carolina district. Their man: naive Marty Huggins (Galifianakis), director of the local Tourism Center. At first, Marty appears to be the unlikeliest possible choice but, with the help of his new benefactors’ support, a cutthroat campaign manager and his family’s political connections, he soon becomes a contender who gives the charismatic Cam plenty to worry about.
- 3/11/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
(For my written movie review of "Dinner for Schmucks," click here)
Here's more info on the movie from Yahoo:
Tim, is an up-and-coming executive who has just received his first invitation to the "dinner for idiots," a monthly event hosted by his boss that promises bragging rights to the exec that shows up with the biggest buffoon. Tim's fiancee, Julie, finds it distasteful and Tim agrees to skip the dinner, until he bumps into Barry--an IRS employee who devotes his spare time to building elaborate taxidermy mouse dioramas--and quickly realizes he's struck idiot gold. Tim can't resist, and invites Barry, whose blundering good intentions soon sends Tim's life into a frenzied downward spiral and a series of misadventures, threatening a major business deal, bringing crazy stalker ex-girlfriend, Darla, back into Tim's life and driving Julie into the arms of another man.
Also Known As: Dinner with Schmucks
Idiot Game
Le...
Here's more info on the movie from Yahoo:
Tim, is an up-and-coming executive who has just received his first invitation to the "dinner for idiots," a monthly event hosted by his boss that promises bragging rights to the exec that shows up with the biggest buffoon. Tim's fiancee, Julie, finds it distasteful and Tim agrees to skip the dinner, until he bumps into Barry--an IRS employee who devotes his spare time to building elaborate taxidermy mouse dioramas--and quickly realizes he's struck idiot gold. Tim can't resist, and invites Barry, whose blundering good intentions soon sends Tim's life into a frenzied downward spiral and a series of misadventures, threatening a major business deal, bringing crazy stalker ex-girlfriend, Darla, back into Tim's life and driving Julie into the arms of another man.
Also Known As: Dinner with Schmucks
Idiot Game
Le...
- 7/30/2010
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Check out interviews with the stars and filmmakers of Paramount Pictures' "Dinner for Schmucks." We have videos with Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Bruce Greenwood, Ron Livingson and filmmaker Jay Roach. The David Guion and Michael Handelman written film based on the Francis Veber play "Le Diner de Cons," opens on July 30th and is rated PG-13 for sequences of crude and sexual content, some partial nudity and language. Amy Sayres, Jay Roach, Jon Poll, Walter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald produce. “Dinner for Schmucks” tells the story of Tim(Paul Rudd), a guy on the verge of having it all. The only thing standing between him and total career success is finding the perfect guest to bring to his boss’ annual Dinner for Extraordinary People, an event where the winner of the evening brings...
- 7/13/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Check out a new clip with Zach Galifianakis from Paramount Pictures' "Dinner for Schmucks." The eagerly anticipated comedy opens on July 30th and stars Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Jemaine Clement, Zach Galifianakis, Jeff Dunham, Bruce Greenwood, Ron Livingston, Stephanie Szostak and Lucy Davenport. Jay Roach helms from the writing by David Guion and Michael Handelman based on the Francis Veber play "Le Diner de Cons." Produced by Amy Sayres, Jay Roach, Jon Poll, Walter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald. Catch it in theaters on July 30th. Rated PG-13 for sequences of crude and sexual content, some partial nudity and language. “Dinner for Schmucks” tells the story of Tim(Paul Rudd), a guy on the verge of having it all. The only thing standing between him and total career success is finding the perfect guest to bring to his boss’ annual Dinner for Extraordinary People, an event where the winner...
- 7/12/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
If Ben Stiller's Greg Focker had a lot to worry about in "Meet the Parents", he's nearly paralyzed with anxiety in the follow-up to that 2000 hit. It's one thing to confront your worst fears in the form of your girlfriend's dad -- a retired CIA profiler with a penchant for schedules and surveillance, played with wonderful comic intensity by Robert De Niro -- but it's another to let the WASPy Byrneses of Oyster Bay behind the banana-leaf curtain of Focker Isle, the New Age tiki-fantasy abode of your ultrafree-spirited parents.
The first film's hilarity flowed naturally from the brilliant comic tension between Stiller's out-of-his-element lone Jew and De Niro, but here the story -- again scripted by Jim Herzfeld and John Hamburg -- feels jammed into a sitcom-shaped bid for laughs. With its surfeit of sex and toilet jokes, "Meet the Fockers" tries too hard, and the gags never hit the heights of "Parents'" most unpredictable moments. Still, the ensemble's giddy chemistry and the addition of perfectly cast topliners Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand should find "Fockers" entertaining huge crowds for the holidays and beyond.
Stiller returns as insecure male nurse Greg, two years into his relationship with schoolteacher Pam (Teri Polo). Months before tying the knot, they're taking her parents to Florida to meet his folks. Mildly daffy Dina (Blythe Danner) has no agenda, but Jack (De Niro) sees the trip as a scientific study that will determine whether the Focker family circle is worthy of linking with that of the Byrneses. He insists that they travel in his customized motor coach, a climate-controlled, Kevlar-coated box the size of a small city.
Joining them are Little Jack, the Byrneses' baby grandson, and Jack's beloved Himalayan cat, Mr. Jinx, who's learned how to flush since we last saw him but doesn't get any truly great scenes this time around. Jack has trained the tot to communicate using Koko-style sign language, but it's Greg who inadvertently teaches Little Jack his first spoken word -- a bad word, naturally -- in a gag that's done to death.
It's no wonder Greg is frozen with apprehension, his jaw locked tight and brow perennially creased: The "doctor and lawyer" he's described are in truth a sex therapist for seniors (Streisand) and an attorney who traded in his practice to be a stay-at-home dad (Hoffman). Bernie Focker disdains the "macho crap" that defines Jack, while Roz sees a couple in need of her expertise. No old-school Jews they, but they kvell nonetheless over everything about Greg, including his infant foreskin and loss of virginity to the family housekeeper (Alanna Ubach). The film deals out its obligatory lesson to Jack, but are his fetish for regimentation and investigatory compulsions really more deserving of rebuke than the Fockers' intrusions?
Their no-boundaries effusiveness provides just the right clash of sensibilities with the buttoned-down Byrneses. In her first screen role since her self-directed turn in 1996's "The Mirror Has Two Faces", Streisand is a sweetly overbearing New Age yenta, while Hoffman, who delivered winning comic work earlier this year in "I Heart Huckabees", is spot-on as a guy who holds nothing back.
It's great to see them, along with De Niro and Danner, letting loose in a comedy. But things could have been a lot loopier, a la the 1979-vintage "In-Laws". Instead, the scripters and returning helmer Jay Roach have concocted a formula romp that's propelled (sometimes just barely) by jokes rather than situations. Unlike the nonstop, cumulative comic force of "Parents", the sequel often stands still. When Jack doses Greg with truth serum, Stiller thaws out, unleashing his inner sarcastic Focker. It makes you wish the movie itself had indulged in some sodium pentothal.
Stiller's and, especially, Polo's roles have receded to the point where the next step in the franchise might be to jettison them altogether -- maybe put the four parents on a cruise and let all hell break loose? One of the best moments here finds an agitated Bernie in an act of '60s-style protest, under the wheels of Jack's mega-RV. The SDS-meets-CIA angle surely has fuel to burn.
Tech contributions are strong, notably Rusty Smith's flavorful upscale-hippie design for the Fockers' spread and Carol Ramsey's flowing ethno-getups for Roz. Shelley Berman is in briefly as one of her grateful clients, and Owen Wilson, who almost stole the first movie, cameos late in the proceedings, complete with yarmulke and panpipe.
MEET THE FOCKERS
Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures
Tribeca/Everyman Pictures
Credits:
Director: Jay Roach
Screenwriters: Jim Herzfeld, John Hamburg
Producers: Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, Jay Roach
Executive producers: Amy Sayres, Nancy Tenenbaum
Director of photography: John Schwartzman
Production designer: Rusty Smith
Music: Randy Newman
Co-producer: Jon Poll
Costume designer: Carol Ramsey
Editors: Jon Poll, Lee Haxall
Cast:
Jack Byrnes: Robert De Niro
Greg Focker: Ben Stiller
Bernie Focker: Dustin Hoffman
Roz Focker: Barbra Streisand
Dina Byrnes: Blythe Danner
Pam Byrnes: Teri Polo
Officer Le Flore: Tim Blake Nelson
Isabel: Alanna Ubach
Jorge Villalobos: Ray Santiago
Kevin Rawley: Owen Wilson
Judge Ira: Shelley Berman
MPAA rating PG-13
Running time -- 115 minutes...
The first film's hilarity flowed naturally from the brilliant comic tension between Stiller's out-of-his-element lone Jew and De Niro, but here the story -- again scripted by Jim Herzfeld and John Hamburg -- feels jammed into a sitcom-shaped bid for laughs. With its surfeit of sex and toilet jokes, "Meet the Fockers" tries too hard, and the gags never hit the heights of "Parents'" most unpredictable moments. Still, the ensemble's giddy chemistry and the addition of perfectly cast topliners Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand should find "Fockers" entertaining huge crowds for the holidays and beyond.
Stiller returns as insecure male nurse Greg, two years into his relationship with schoolteacher Pam (Teri Polo). Months before tying the knot, they're taking her parents to Florida to meet his folks. Mildly daffy Dina (Blythe Danner) has no agenda, but Jack (De Niro) sees the trip as a scientific study that will determine whether the Focker family circle is worthy of linking with that of the Byrneses. He insists that they travel in his customized motor coach, a climate-controlled, Kevlar-coated box the size of a small city.
Joining them are Little Jack, the Byrneses' baby grandson, and Jack's beloved Himalayan cat, Mr. Jinx, who's learned how to flush since we last saw him but doesn't get any truly great scenes this time around. Jack has trained the tot to communicate using Koko-style sign language, but it's Greg who inadvertently teaches Little Jack his first spoken word -- a bad word, naturally -- in a gag that's done to death.
It's no wonder Greg is frozen with apprehension, his jaw locked tight and brow perennially creased: The "doctor and lawyer" he's described are in truth a sex therapist for seniors (Streisand) and an attorney who traded in his practice to be a stay-at-home dad (Hoffman). Bernie Focker disdains the "macho crap" that defines Jack, while Roz sees a couple in need of her expertise. No old-school Jews they, but they kvell nonetheless over everything about Greg, including his infant foreskin and loss of virginity to the family housekeeper (Alanna Ubach). The film deals out its obligatory lesson to Jack, but are his fetish for regimentation and investigatory compulsions really more deserving of rebuke than the Fockers' intrusions?
Their no-boundaries effusiveness provides just the right clash of sensibilities with the buttoned-down Byrneses. In her first screen role since her self-directed turn in 1996's "The Mirror Has Two Faces", Streisand is a sweetly overbearing New Age yenta, while Hoffman, who delivered winning comic work earlier this year in "I Heart Huckabees", is spot-on as a guy who holds nothing back.
It's great to see them, along with De Niro and Danner, letting loose in a comedy. But things could have been a lot loopier, a la the 1979-vintage "In-Laws". Instead, the scripters and returning helmer Jay Roach have concocted a formula romp that's propelled (sometimes just barely) by jokes rather than situations. Unlike the nonstop, cumulative comic force of "Parents", the sequel often stands still. When Jack doses Greg with truth serum, Stiller thaws out, unleashing his inner sarcastic Focker. It makes you wish the movie itself had indulged in some sodium pentothal.
Stiller's and, especially, Polo's roles have receded to the point where the next step in the franchise might be to jettison them altogether -- maybe put the four parents on a cruise and let all hell break loose? One of the best moments here finds an agitated Bernie in an act of '60s-style protest, under the wheels of Jack's mega-RV. The SDS-meets-CIA angle surely has fuel to burn.
Tech contributions are strong, notably Rusty Smith's flavorful upscale-hippie design for the Fockers' spread and Carol Ramsey's flowing ethno-getups for Roz. Shelley Berman is in briefly as one of her grateful clients, and Owen Wilson, who almost stole the first movie, cameos late in the proceedings, complete with yarmulke and panpipe.
MEET THE FOCKERS
Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures
Tribeca/Everyman Pictures
Credits:
Director: Jay Roach
Screenwriters: Jim Herzfeld, John Hamburg
Producers: Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, Jay Roach
Executive producers: Amy Sayres, Nancy Tenenbaum
Director of photography: John Schwartzman
Production designer: Rusty Smith
Music: Randy Newman
Co-producer: Jon Poll
Costume designer: Carol Ramsey
Editors: Jon Poll, Lee Haxall
Cast:
Jack Byrnes: Robert De Niro
Greg Focker: Ben Stiller
Bernie Focker: Dustin Hoffman
Roz Focker: Barbra Streisand
Dina Byrnes: Blythe Danner
Pam Byrnes: Teri Polo
Officer Le Flore: Tim Blake Nelson
Isabel: Alanna Ubach
Jorge Villalobos: Ray Santiago
Kevin Rawley: Owen Wilson
Judge Ira: Shelley Berman
MPAA rating PG-13
Running time -- 115 minutes...
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