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Michelle: You Gotta Be Trashy & Black for Oscar
1 hour ago | TheInsider.com | See recent The Insider news »
Although Precious director Lee Daniels' Paperboy had plenty of talking at the Cannes Film Festival thanks to a scene featuring Nicole Kidman urinating on Zac Efron, perhaps nobody was more outspoken than Michelle Rodriguez.
"I say f*ck them because they don't get it," Michelle told Vulture about the film's many critics. " ... I'm intrigued by his [Lee Daniels] ability to capture me in a theater. It's not easy to capture me in a theater -- I'm Add like that."
Related: Zac Efron's Controversial New Movie
But it's her comments on whether or not she thinks Nicole will get an Oscar nod for her performance that are the most outrageous.
"One of my friends said, 'She's going to get nominated for an Oscar for that.' I was like, 'Nah, man. She's not black!'," she said. "I laugh, but it's also very sad. It makes me want to cry. But I really believe. You have to »
Jason Bateman and Zac Efron Join This Is Where I Leave You
2 hours ago | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
Jason Bateman, Zac Efron, Goldie Hawn, and Leslie Mann are all in talks to join the Warner Bros. comedy This Is Where I Leave You. The movie is an adaptation of a novel written by Jonathan Tropper, and it's being directed by Adam Shankman (Hairspray). Apparently there's a lot of other talent interested in joining the ensemble project as well.
The story follows "four siblings who come home to sit ‘shiva’ for their deceased father. They are trapped in the house for seven days, and all the skeletons are bared." According to Deadline, Hawn "is in talks to play the clan’s mother. Bateman, Efron and Mann will play siblings."
Tropper adapted his own book into a screenplay, he also adapted the Harvey remake that Steven Spielberg was attached to direct as one point. Batman tends to get involved with really good movies, so I'm hoping this turns out well. »
- Venkman
Why Did Nicole Kidman's Character Urinate On Zac Efron's?
3 hours ago | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
The most infamous scene to come out of this year's Cannes Film Festival undoubtedly occurred in "The Paperboy," when Nicole Kidman's character urinates on Zac Efron. Hollywood was set afire by the moment, with even stars weighing in on the effect it could have on Kidman's career. (Michelle Rodriguez thought it was great, but won't earn Kidman an Oscar nomination, because she isn't black?)
"Paperboy" director Lee Daniels has also given his take on the scene, explaining just why Kidman's character had to relieve herself at Efron's expense.
As it out, that's not exactly the story. In Daniels' interview with GQ, the director explains that Efron was attacked by a jellyfish and needed the urine to abate his pain. Though other women offer to provide the ointment (the character is played by Zac Efron, after all), Kidman's character comes through with the clutch line: "If anyone's gonna pee on you, »
- The Huffington Post
This Is Where I Leave You Gets Zac Efron, Leslie Mann, Jason Bateman, Goldie Hawn, Malin Akerman, Jason Sudeikis
8 hours ago | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Jason Sudeikis and Malin Akerman are in talks to join Adam Shankman's family drama This Is Where I Leave You.
The film follows a highly dysfunctional and non-religious family, who has to sit Shivah for seven days as a dying request from their father. The film is based on a Jonthan Tropper novel and is being directed by Greg Berlanti.
Zac Efron, Leslie Mann, Jason Bateman and Goldie Hawn are also making deals to play roles in the Warner Bros. drama.
The film is being produced by Paula Weinstein, Jeff Levine, Adam Shankman and Jennifer Gibgot.
Production for the project is expected to begin in September. »
- MovieWeb
Akerman, Sudeikis Are Set To "Leave You"
12 hours ago | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Malin Akerman and Jason Sudeikis are in talks to join Adam Shankman’s ensemble comedy "This Is Where I Leave You" for Warner Bros. Pictures says Variety.
Based on the Jonathan Tropper novel, Jason Bateman plays a man whose father dies but tasks his dysfunctional family with one last request: spend a week following the funeral together under the same roof.
Akerman would play Bateman’s wife whose affair with his boss (Sudeikis) goes public. Also in negotiations for roles are Zac Efron as Bateman's brother, Leslie Mann as his sister and Goldie Hawn as his mother. »
- Garth Franklin
Malin Akerman looks to join This Is Where I Leave You
12 hours ago | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Malin Akerman recently joined the music drama Cbgb, director Randall Miller’s movie about the iconic punk music club Cbgb & Omfug (Country Bluegrass Blues and Other Music For Uplifting Gormandizers) in the Bowery and its colorful founder Hilly Kristal. Akerman joined Cbgb as Blondie lead singer Debbie Harry. Variety reported today that Akerman looked to reunite with her Rock of Ages director Adam Shankman for This is Where I Leave You, a drama based on Jonathan Tropper’s novel about a Jewish family forced to sit Shivah together as part of their late father’s final wish. Saturday Night Live cast member Jason Sudeikis, last seen in the comedy Horrible Bosses, also continued talks to join the ensemble cast along with Zac Efron, Leslie Mann, Jason Bateman and Goldie Hawn. »
Casting Net: Adam Shankman comedy eyeing all-star cast. Plus: Jude Law, Michelle Pfeiffer, Gillian Anderson, Taran Killam
14 hours ago | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
• Jason Bateman, Zac Efron, Goldie Hawn, Leslie Mann, Malin Akerman, and Jason Sudeikis are all in negotiations to star in the ensemble comedy This is Where I Leave You, author Jonathan Tropper’s adaptation of his own novel about four grown siblings who return home to grieve their deceased father. Adam Shankman is attach to direct. [Deadline, Variety]
• Michelle Pfeiffer is in talks to play Robert DeNiro’s wife in the dark comic thriller Malavita, about a mob family that moves to France under witness relocation, and falls back on old habits. Director Luc Besson adapted the script from Tony Benacquista’s unfortunately titled book Badfellas. »
- Adam B. Vary
Robert Pattinson Not Finnick Odair/Catching Fire: Garrett Hedlund?
14 hours ago | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Robert Pattinson will not play Finnick Odair in The Hunger Games‘ sequel Catching Fire. The source for the rumor was an "exclusive" at the website Think McFly Think, which claimed that Lionsgate was after Pattinson for the role. The actor himself, however, has said it’s not true, he was never offered the Catching Fire role, and there’s no chance he would be offered it, either. "I woke up this morning and saw all these things about me being cast in The Hunger Games," Pattinson, while at the Cannes Film Festival, told USA Today. "I was kind of curious for a second. So I called my agent. … My agent was like, ‘No,’ … no one’s going to offer you that part." Robert Pattinson as Finnick Odair: Rumor source The were probably a couple of reasons for the rumor: Francis Lawrence will be directing Catching Fire and Lionsgate has absorbed Summit Entertainment. »
- Andre Soares
Jason Sudeikis, Malin Akerman in Talks to Join All-Star Cast of 'This Is Where I Leave You'
14 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Malin Akerman and Jason Sudeikis are in talks to join the cast of This Is Where I Leave You, Adam Shankman’s latest all-star project set up at Warner Bros. Jason Bateman, Zac Efron, Leslie Mann and Goldie Hawn are in various stages of negotiations to star in the ensemble comedy, which adapts Jonathan Tropper novel of the same name. Tropper wrote the script, which centers on a man (Bateman) whose father dies but tasks his dysfunctional family with one last request: to spend seven days following the funeral together under the same roof. Akerman would play Bateman’s wife who’s
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Bateman Says This Is Where I Leave You
16 hours ago | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
With musical adaptation Rock Of Ages about to worry cinema sound systems in the coming weeks, director Adam Shankman is getting ready to make his next project, comedy drama This Is Where I Leave You. And he’s now got several actors in talks for the lead roles, with Jason Bateman, Zac Efron, Goldie Hawn and Leslie Mann all looking to make deals.Jonathan Tropper, who became known for a new version of Harvey that had Steven Spielberg interested in directing, has adapted his own novel for the script. It revolves around four very different siblings who come home to sit Shiva for their recently deceased dad. Since the Jewish tradition of honouring the dead involves staying in the home for seven days, the foursome (with Hawn as the mother and the others as three of the siblings) is essentially trapped together and old skeletons come rattling out of the closet. »
‘This is Where I Leave You’ Snags Jason Bateman, Zac Efron, Goldie Hawn, and Leslie Mann in First Round of Casting
16 hours ago | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Author Jonathan Tropper’s 2009 novel, “This is Where I Leave You,” is all set to become a feature film over at Warner Bros., and the production is getting the cast to prove it. The book, which details a down-on-his-luck man’s week of insanity as he’s forced to live in the same house with his estranged mother and siblings for seven days, has been adapted into a screenplay by Tropper himself, and is set to be directed by Rock of Ages director Adam Shankman. The main character, Judd, has a wife who has just cheated on him with his boss, a boss who has just slept with his wife, a mother who has just lost a husband, and three neurotic siblings that he must spend a week with, due to his dying father’s last request. Needless to say, this one is going to be an ensemble piece, and Shankman has just kicked the casting process »
- Nathan Adams
Jason Bateman, Zac Efron, Leslie Mann and Goldie Hawn in This Is Where I Leave You
17 hours ago | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »
Adam Shankman’s upcoming adaptation of Jonathan Tropper’s best selling novel titled This Is Where I Leave You is getting some seriously good cast. I mean, at this moment we have Jason Bateman, Leslie Mann, Zac Efron and Goldie Hawn – all in talks to join this project! Say what you want guys, but this sounds [...]
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- Fiona
Jason Bateman, Zac Efron, Goldie Hawn and Leslie Mann May Star in This Is Where I Leave You [Update: Malin Akerman and Jason Sudeikis in Talks]
17 hours ago | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Director Adam Shankman large-scale movie musical Rock of Ages hits theaters next month, but he’s already lining up an impressive cast for his next project. Deadline reports that Jason Bateman, Zac Efron, Goldie Hawn, and Leslie Mann are in talks to star in Shankman’s adaptation of the Jonathan Tropper novel This Is Where I Leave You. The book tells the story of a dysfunctional family that is forced to reunite when their father requests they sit Shivah for seven days following his death. Harry Potter director David Yates was previously considering the Warner Bros. project as his post-Potter film, so this one’s a bit of a hot property for the studio. [Update: Malin Akerman and Jason Sudeikis are also in talks to join.] Hit the jump for more, including a synopsis of the book. Efron’s career continues to take an interesting turn as he’s looking to do more challenging dramatic material, and he’d be reteaming with »
- Adam Chitwood
Jason Bateman, Zac Efron and Leslie Mann might take part in This Is Where I Leave You
17 hours ago | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »
Not sure how funny Rock Of Ages will be, but it looks like Adam Shankman will be moving on to another film with an all-star cast. Jason Bateman, Zac Efron, Leslie Mann and Goldie Hawn are all eyeing roles in the adaptation of Jonathan Tropper's novel, This Is Where I Leave You. The buzz is that the script is attracting a ton of great talent. The film will focus on, "four siblings who come home to sit .shiva. for their deceased father. They are trapped in the house for seven days, »
- Niki Stephens
Nicole Kidman Demanded The Paperboy Director Keep Her Golden Shower Scene
18 hours ago | TheFabLife - Movies | See recent TheFabLife - Movies news »
Not counting every second of The Avengers, we have a sneaking suspicion that Nicole Kidman going number one on Zac Efron is going to be our number one movie moment of the summer. See what we did there? According to the film’s director Lee Daniels, however, he almost chickened out and yanked the Oscar-winners’ (non-sexual) golden shower moment out of fear. “I got nervous at the end, after we shot it,” Daniels told GQ. “Right before I sent it off to Cannes, I called Nicole at three in the morning. I said, ‘Nicole, I can’t do it, I’ve gone too far. I can’t put that scene in the movie.’” Man, if Nicole Kidman had a million dollars for every time a nervous Less Daniels called her in the middle of the night to talk about peeing on Zac Efron…oh, wait a minute, she does!
Luckily for us, »
- Halle Kiefer
Zac Efron, Jason Bateman Circle This Is Where I Leave You
19 hours ago | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
Well, here's an interesting new Jewish family for the movies: Deadline reports that Jason Bateman, Zac Efron, and Leslie Mann are all in talks to star in the Adam Shankman–directed adaptation of the Jonathan Tropper novel This Is Where I Leave You, where they'll play siblings forced to come together for seven days to sit shiva after their father dies; Goldie Hawn is eyeing the project, too. Yes, Leslie Mann — famously the shiksa wife of Judd Apatow — will be playing Jewish. In fact, amongst this group, only Hawn was raised in the faith. Unlikely casting! »
- Kyle Buchanan
Michelle Rodriguez Doesn't Think Urinating On Zac Efron Is Oscar-Worthy
19 hours ago | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Michelle Rodriguez doesn't think Nicole Kidman will get nominated for an Academy Award for her controversial performance in Lee Daniels' "The Paperboy."
But it's not for lack of talent on Kidman's part. In fact, she loved how the film was "always switching up senses."
In an interview with Vulture, Rodriguez said that she "f---ing loved" some of the more outrageous "Paperboy" scenes, especially when Nicole Kidman urinated on Zac Efron.
"One of my friends said, 'She’s going to get nominated for an Oscar for that.' I was like, 'Nah, man. She’s not black!'" Rodriguez told Vulture. "I laugh, but it’s also very sad. It makes me want to cry. But I really believe. You have to be trashy and black to get nominated. You can’t just be trashy."
Based on Pete Dexter's 1995 novel, "The Paperboy" follows a reporter (Matthew McConaughey) who investigates »
- The Huffington Post
Zac Efron, Leslie Mann & Jason Bateman in 'This Is Where I Leave You'
19 hours ago | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
Director Adam Shankman just finished directing Rock of Ages, the 80's jukebox musical starring Tom Cruise that hits theaters next month, but the filmmaker is changing his tune considerably for his next project. This Is Where I Leave You is an ensemble piece based on Jonathan Tropper's novel about four siblings who come home to sit shiva after their father passes away, and what happens when they're trapped in the same house for a week. Deadline reports Jason Bateman, Zac Efron, Leslie Mann, and Goldie Hawn are in talks to join the cast, with Hawn playing the matriarch and the other three playing siblings. Tropper, who also wrote an adaptation of the Jimmy Stewart classic Harvey that once had Robert Downey, Jr. and Steven Spielberg attached, wrote the This Is Where I Leave You screenplay based on his own novel. We've seen comedies that revolve around death before, most »
- Ben Pearson
Jason Bateman, Leslie Mann, Zac Efron, and Goldie Hawn to Converge for Adam Shankman’s ‘Where I Leave You’
19 hours ago | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
Update: Variety now reports that Malin Akerman (featured in Shankman‘s Rock of Ages) and Jason Sudeikis have entered the film’s orbit; it’s almost a certainty that one would play the sibling who’s yet to be cast. You can read the original story below.
Deadline has brought news of a promising comedic ensemble, with a report that Adam Shankman (Rock of Ages) and Warner Bros. close to nabbing Jason Bateman, Leslie Mann, Zac Efron, and Goldie Hawn for This is Where I Leave You, the silver screen adaptation of a novel by Jonathan Tropper — an adaptation the author scribed himself. As is, unsurprisingly, also the case with that book, Where I Leave You centers on four siblings who reunite at their family home after their father’s death, but are forced to face their family members’ true selves when something forces them to stay inside the house for an entire week. »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
Jason Bateman, Goldie Hawn And More May Join Adam Shankman's This Is Where I Leave You
19 hours ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Adam Shankman may have taken a four year break from features between doing Bedtime Stories and Rock of Ages, but that doesn't mean you should expect him to disappear once his new rock musical is released. Shankman's latest isn't due out for another few weeks (on June 15th), but he has already begun assembling a cast for his next project. Deadline reports that Jason Bateman, Zac Efron, Goldie Hawn and Leslie Mann are now all in talks with Warner Bros. to star in This Is Where I Leave You, the new feature that Shankman is directing. The movie is based on the novel by Jonathan Tropper and centers on four siblings who are brought back together when their father dies. While sitting shiva - a Jewish tradition where immediate family members mourn together under one roof for seven days following the passing of a loved one - all of the »
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