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Ken Jeong & Bar Paly Talk Pain And Gain, Working with Michael Bay, the Crazy True Story, and Non-stop and Hangover 3
1 May 2013 1:12 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Now playing in theaters is director Michael Bay’s fantastic dark comedy Pain & Gain. The film is based on a crazy true story and stars Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson as two bodybuilders who get caught up in an extortion ring and kidnapping scheme that goes terribly wrong. Pain and Gain also stars Anthony Mackie, Rebel Wilson, Tony Shalhoub, Ed Harris, Rob Corddry, Ken Jeong, and Bar Paly. For more on the film, watch some clips or the red-band trailer. At the Miami press junket, I landed an exclusive interview with Ken Jeong & Bar Paly. We talked about what it was like to work with Michael Bay, their reaction to finding out the story was based on real events, the great work by all the actors, and more. In addition, they talked about upcoming films like The Hangover Part III and Non-Stop with Liam Neeson. Hit the jump to watch »
- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub
Anthony Mackie and Rob Corddry Talk Pain And Gain, the Crazy True Story It’s Based on, Working with Michael Bay, and More
28 April 2013 7:00 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Now playing in theaters is director Michael Bay’s fantastic dark comedy Pain & Gain. The film is based on a crazy true story and stars Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson as two bodybuilders who get caught up in an extortion ring and kidnapping scheme that goes terribly wrong. Pain and Gain also stars Anthony Mackie, Rebel Wilson, Tony Shalhoub, Ed Harris, Rob Corddry, Ken Jeong, and Bar Paly. For more on the film, watch some clips or the red-band trailer. At the Miami press junket, I landed an exclusive interview with Anthony Mackie and Rob Corddry. We talked about what it was like to work with Michael Bay, their reaction to finding out the story was based on real events, the great work by all the actors, and more. Hit the jump to watch the interview and definitely check out Pain and Gain. It’s absolutely worth seeing. Anthony Mackie »
- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub
Michael Bay’s ‘Pain & Gain’ Tops $20M Slow Weekend; Robert DeNiro’s ‘Big Wedding’ Bombs $7.5M
28 April 2013 4:02 AM, PDT | Deadline Hollywood | See recent Deadline Hollywood news »
Summer 2013 can’t start quickly enough for me when I’ll have some decent grosses to go gaga over. For now 2 newcomers debuted during a slow $84M weekend down -19% from last year. Pain & Gain (2,950 theaters) is #1 this weekend. My sources say it opened with $7.4M Friday – including $750K in Thursday evening/Friday midnights – and $7.7M Saturday for a $20M weekend. That’s so-so for the Paramount Pictures true crime comedy that had uneven reviews and a mediocre ‘C+’ CinemaScore from audiences – but only a $26M budget. Pain & Gain was part of Michael Bay’s 2-picture deal with Paramount that also included Transformers 4. Stars Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson deferred their compensation in return for big back ends. Surprising that the combination of them couldn’t open this pic with a bigger number. Hey, the studio encouraged Bay to do his best Coen »
- NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief
Box Office: Pain & Gain barely punches its way through a paper bag with $20 million weekend opening
28 April 2013 3:35 AM, PDT | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Paramount Pictures' Pain & Gain comedy crime pic directed by Michael Bay turned in exactly what was expected from its box office debut with a $20 million weekend take. The film frontlined by Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson and Anthony Mackie attracted an almost even spread of male and female viewers with 51% of males and 49% females attracted to the beefed-up film. Of those, 37% were under 25 years-old and 64% over 25. Anthony Mackie, Ed Harris, Rebel Wilson, Rob Corddry, Ken Jeong, Tony Shalhoub, Kurt Angle, William Haze, Bar Paly and Tony Plana also star in the film scripted by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely. Pain & Gain Weekend Breakdown: - Friday: $7.5 million. - Saturday: $7.37 million. - Sunday: $5.13 million. »
Pain & Gain Tops Friday Box Office
27 April 2013 4:47 AM, PDT | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Paramount Pictures' Michael Bay Film Pain & Gain grossed $7.5 million on Friday to top the charts. The film starring Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson and Anthony Mackie heads to a $20 million-or-so weekend, claiming little prior to Disney's big boy summer opener Iron Man 3. Bay directs the comedy crime pic which debuted this weekend into 2,950 theaters, with scripting by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely. Supporting cast includes Ed Harris, Rebel Wilson, Rob Corddry, Ken Jeong, Tony Shalhoub, Kurt Angle, William Haze, Bar Paly and Tony Plana. Reviews are here and there for this one, holding a mediocre 57% positive score at Rottentomatoes.com. The plot's a very intriguing one, and based on a true story of a group of personal trainers in 1990s Miami who, in pursuit of the American Dream, end up snagged in a criminal enterprise that goes awry. »
Updated: Pain and Gain to Debut Below $20m Mark in North America?
27 April 2013 1:59 AM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Michael Bay ‘Pain & Gain’ box office: Bay’s first non-Transformers movie to fail to crack $20m domestic this weekend? This Pain & Gain box-office post is a fully updated version of my previous Pain & Gain box-office article. According to Deadline.com, Pain & Gain grossed a disappointing $7m on Friday, including $750,000 from Thursday late-night showings. That’s down from an expected $9m early in the day and $8m early in the evening. Barring a major Saturday surge — which is highly unlikely at this stage — Pain & Gain will end up with about $18-19.5m at 3,277 North American venues by Sunday evening. Afternoon estimates had the Michael Bay-directed movie grossing as much as $26m, later downsized to a more modest $21m — and now, quite likely, less than $20m. (Photo: Michael Bay on the Pain & Gain set.) Now, Paramount was purportedly expecting Michael Bay’s first non-Transformers, non-Shia Labeouf movie in »
- Zac Gille
Bay's First Non-Transformers Flick Since 2005: More Pain Than Gain at Box Office?
26 April 2013 11:53 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
‘Pain & Gain’ box office: Michael Bay’s less-than-atrocious effort to open either modestly or strongly, depending on your context of choice (photo: Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson in ‘Pain & Gain’) Starring Ted and The Fighter‘s Mark Wahlberg and G.I. Joe: Retaliation and Fast Five‘s Dwayne Johnson, and directed by Michael Bay — he of the big, loud, dumb, and immensely successful Transformers movies — Pain & Gain is expected to open with less than $25m at 3,277 North American locations. In fact, Bay’s mix of crime thriller and "offbeat" humor, which had some critics groaning (47% approval rating and 5.7/10 average among Rotten Tomatoes‘ top critics), should not end the weekend much above the $20m mark if early, rough Friday estimates are accurate. According to Deadline.com, barring a major evening surge Pain & Gain likely collected $8m on Friday, including $750,000 from Thursday night screenings. Barring a major Saturday surge — not all that likely »
- Zac Gille
Pain & Gain’s Ken Jeong and Tony Shalhoub Interview: ‘Michael Bay’s Best Film Yet’
26 April 2013 12:57 PM, PDT | CineMovie | See recent CineMovie news »
Pain & Gain stars Ken Jeong and Tony Shalhoub consider Michael Bay’s departure for this black comedy the director’s best film yet.
Aside from praising the Transformers director’s adaptation of the true story into a motion picture, the Pain & Gain stars also reveal their own harebrained ideas. Mark Wahlberg plays real-life bodybuilder turned extortionist Daniel Lugo in Pain & Gain, who masterminded the kidnapping and torture of a self-made millionaire in Miami in the 1990’s. Lugo then recruited other bodybuilders (Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie) to join his knucklehead quick rich scheme, which becomes the basis of Michael Bay’s Pain & Gain.
Ken Jeong, Tony Shalhoub, and Bar Paly tell CineMovie’s Zay Zay they are all guilty of knucklehead ideas, of course, they don’t compare to the character’s insane plan in the movie. The Israeli-born actress Bar Paly,
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Tony Shalhoub Talks Pain And Gain and Galaxy Quest
26 April 2013 8:42 AM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Opening this weekend is director Michael Bay’s fantastic dark comedy Pain & Gain. The film is based on a crazy true story and stars Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson as two bodybuilders who get caught up in an extortion ring and kidnapping scheme that goes terribly wrong. Pain and Gain also stars Anthony Mackie, Rebel Wilson, Tony Shalhoub, Ed Harris, Rob Corddry, Ken Jeong, and Bar Paly. For more on the film, watch some clips or the red-band trailer. Last week at the Miami press junket, I landed an exclusive interview with Tony Shalhoub. We talked about what it was like to work with Michael Bay, his reaction to finding out the story was based on real events, the great work by all the actors, and more. In addition, as a huge fan of Galaxy Quest, I couldn't help but have him reminiscence about making that movie and how it's stood the test of time. »
- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub
3-View: ‘Pain & Gain’
25 April 2013 3:00 PM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Roid Rage Bashes Bay’S Satire On The American Dream
Scott Foundas
@foundasonfilm
Score: 5/10
The large-scale destructiveness he has previously wreaked upon public and private property (including entire cities), Michael Bay visits on the human body in “Pain & Gain,” a pulverizing steroidal farce based on a bizarre-but-true kidnapping-and-murder case. Suggesting “Fargo” by way of the Three Stooges, Bay’s latest certainly proves that the “Transformers” auteur does have something more than jacked-up robots on his mind: specifically, jacked-up muscle men who will stop at nothing to achieve their deeply twisted notion of the American dream. With a very fine ensemble cast recruited to play an array of overtly despicable characters, this unapologetically vulgar, sometimes quite funny, often stomach-churning bacchanal will surely prove too extreme for great swathes of the multiplex crowd. But the marquee value of topliners Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson, plus the pic’s reportedly modest $25 million pricetag, »
- Scott Foundas, Peter Debruge and Justin Chang
"Pain & Gain" Stars Seriously Bulked Up -- How'd They Do It?
25 April 2013 1:45 PM, PDT | TooFab | See recent TooFab news »
The entire cast of "Pain & Gain" went through some pretty hefty transformations to play body builders in the new flick ... and, according to them, they did it without steroids!Mark Wahlberg reportedly added 40 pounds of muscle to his body in just two months after shooting "Ted," going from 165 to 205. He tells Bodybuilding.com he did it by eating ten high-calorie meals a day, hitting the gym like crazy and taking supplements.As for his hulking costar, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, we don't know how much he specifically put on, but he definitely looks more buff than ever in the new movie ... which he filmed while also training for WrestleMania.But expect to see a leaner Rock soon -- he had to trim down a bit to star in the upcoming "Hercules," something he says is "the biggest prep physically and diet I've ever done" for a role.So ... between the two, »
- tooFab Staff
Pain & Gain 'Seminar' Clip
25 April 2013 12:59 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Multi-millionaire Johnny Wu (Ken Jeong) tries to motivate the masses to sign up for his get rich quick scheme in the latest clip from Pain & Gain. Mark Wahlberg's Paul Lugo gets up close and personal with this outspoken character in director Michael Bay's drama, opening in theaters this weekend.
Pain & Gain - Seminar
Pain & Gain was released April 26th, 2013 and stars Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie, Tony Shalhoub, Ed Harris, Rob Corddry, Bar Paly, Rebel Wilson. The film is directed by Michael Bay. »
- MovieWeb
Dwayne Johnson and Mark Wahlberg Talk Pain And Gain, G.I. Joe 3, and the Prospect of a G.I. Joe/ Transformers Crossover
25 April 2013 9:39 AM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Opening this weekend is director Michael Bay’s fantastic dark comedy Pain & Gain. The film is based on a crazy true story and stars Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson as two bodybuilders who get caught up in an extortion ring and kidnapping scheme that goes terribly wrong. Pain and Gain also stars Anthony Mackie, Rebel Wilson, Tony Shalhoub, Ed Harris, Rob Corddry, Ken Jeong, and Bar Paly. For more on the film, watch some clips or the red-band trailer. Recently, I landed an exclusive phone interview with Johnson and Wahlberg. We talked about how the craziest stuff is true, the way they prepared for the role, whether they were nervous to play these characters, collaborating with Michael Bay, future projects like Ted 2, Hercules, G.I. Joe 3, and more. In addition, I asked Wahlberg if we can get Johnson walking around in the background of Transformers 4 so that there can eventually be a G. »
- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub
Giveaway: Win Big from Pain & Gain!
25 April 2013 8:41 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
An incredible true story comes to life in director Michael Bay's upcoming comedy thriller Pain & Gain, opening in theaters this weekend. Dwayne Johnson, Mark Wahlberg, and Anthony Mackie star as three Miami Beach bodybuilders who set out to make their American dreams come true by hatching a kidnapping and extortion scheme that goes terribly awry. We have a contest lined up where fans can win pries such as a poster, mini poster, American Dream t-shirt, the same Sun Gym tank top that Dwayne Johnson wears in the movie, a pair of Zubaz pants, a headband, a wristband, and a hat. These prizes will be gone quicker than you know it, so sign up to win today.
Winners Receive:
Pain & Gain Poster
Pain & Gain Mini One Sheet
Pain & Gain - American Dream T-Shirt
Pain & Gain - Sun Gym Tank Top (Dwayne Johnson wears this in movie)
Pair of Zubaz - »
- MovieWeb
Film Review: Clever Cast Can’t Quite Save Crazy ‘Pain & Gain’
25 April 2013 7:49 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – Michael Bay’s “Pain & Gain” tells such a ridiculous story that it has to be true. Based on the infamous case of the Sun Gym Gang, a trio of bodybuilders who committed some unspeakable, bizarre crimes, “Pain & Gain” nearly works through the sheer charisma and talent of its A-list cast. A bloated running time, Bay’s problems with pacing, and a pretty juvenile script hold it back from truly clicking but there is enough manic energy to this larger-than-life story that it could practically numb one into thinking it connects as well as it should.
Rating: 3.0/5.0
“Pain & Gain” will inspire film goers to consider who might have done more with the same story. What would Joel & Ethan Coen’s “Pain & Gain” look like? (It would have been a dark, comic masterpiece and the lead role probably would have been played by Michael Stuhlbarg). What would Martin Scorsese’s “Pain & Gain” feel like? »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Michael Bay Talks Pain And Gain, Deleted Scenes, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Tells a Crazy True Story
24 April 2013 11:33 AM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Opening this weekend is director Michael Bay’s fantastic dark comedy Pain & Gain. The film is based on a crazy true story and stars Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson as two bodybuilders who get caught up in an extortion ring and kidnapping scheme that goes terribly wrong. Pain and Gain also stars Anthony Mackie, Rebel Wilson, Tony Shalhoub, Ed Harris, Rob Corddry, Ken Jeong, and Bar Paly. For more on the film, watch some clips or the red-band trailer. Last week at the Miami press junket, I landed an exclusive interview with Michael Bay. He talked about balancing the truth while making a movie, why it took so long to make the film, deleted scenes, whether he will release an extended cut on Blu-ray, test screenings, and a lot more. In addition, beside telling a crazy true story involving the real people involved, I got an update on director Jonathan Liebesman »
- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub
Cs Video: Michael Bay and the Cast of Pain & Gain
24 April 2013 | Comingsoon.net | See recent Comingsoon.net news »
A 12-year passion project on the part of director Michael Bay, Pain & Gain lands in theaters this Friday with an ensemble cast that includes Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie, Ed Harris, Rob Corddry, Tony Shalhoub, Bar Paly, Rebel Wilson, Ken Jeong and Yolanthe Cabau. Based on a disturbingly true story, Pain & Gain features Wahlberg as Daniel Lugo, a fitness obsessed gym manager who, deciding that it's his turn to cash in on the American dream, enlists the aide of fellow bodybuilders Adrian Doorbal (Mackie) and Paul Doyle (Johnson) to kidnap and extort a wealthy Miami resident, Victor Kershaw (Shaloub). It's after they've taken everything he owns and attempted to murder him several times over, however, that the true crime story gets truly unbelievable. »
Supermodel Bar Brawl -- Bar Refaeli vs Bar Paly
24 April 2013 12:02 AM, PDT | TMZ | See recent TMZ news »
Two bars are always better than 1 ... especially when they look like Bar Refaeli and "Pain & Gain" stripper Bar Paly. So, the only real question here is -- who will be objectified more in this video? Check out TMZ on TV -- click here to see your local listings! Read more »
- TMZ Staff
Screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely Talk Pain And Gain, How the Craziest Stuff in the Film is True, and More
23 April 2013 3:57 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Opening this weekend is director Michael Bay’s fantastic dark comedy Pain & Gain. The film is based on a crazy true story and stars Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson as two bodybuilders who get caught up in an extortion ring and kidnapping scheme that goes terribly wrong. Pain and Gain also stars Anthony Mackie, Rebel Wilson, Tony Shalhoub, Ed Harris, Rob Corddry, Ken Jeong, and Bar Paly. For more on the film, watch some clips or the red-band trailer. Last week at the Miami press junket, I landed an exclusive interview with screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely. They talked about the crazy true-life story that inspired the movie, the long process of bringing the film to life, how it was always going to be rated R, the cast and their great performances, how the craziest stuff in the movie is real, and so much more. Hit the jump to »
- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub
"Pain & Gain" Hottie Packed on 20 Pounds to Play a Stripper
23 April 2013 3:10 PM, PDT | TooFab | See recent TooFab news »
Mark Wahlberg and The Rock weren't the only ones packing on the pounds for their roles in "Pain & Gain" -- so did the flick's sexy stripper!Bar Paly plays an exotic dancer named Sorina Luminita in the movie and she says she gained 20 pounds in three weeks to prepare for the role."I had to actually gain weight," the Israeli beauty told reporters at the film's premiere. "When I started just eating it went to my lower half so I had to start lifting weights for my arms so everything becomes more proportional."Making her weight gain even more difficult: Pole dancing. Yep, this is a Michael Bay movie after all!Since her stripper workouts "burn a lot of calories," Bar says she "eventually ended up drinking this shake that had 5,000 calories in it, which tastes basically like chocolate flavored concrete."And the rest, is history.Prepare to see a »
- tooFab Staff
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