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Adam Sandler in Talks to Join Will Ferrell in ‘Three Mississippi’
1 June 2012 12:47 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
Love him or hate him, Adam Sandler has proven to be a consistent box office draw. From cult classics like Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore to the mainstream success of 2010’s Grown Ups, the man has a built-in fanbase that flocks to theaters to see him yuk it up onscreen. It’s little wonder then that the latest Will Ferrell project is courting him to join the cast.
The film in question, Three Mississippi, involves two families who square off each Thanksgiving for an annual football game. Sandler would play the leader of the losing team, in a role that was originally intended for none other than Mark Wahlberg.
According to Vulture, the project was ...
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- Robert Yaniz
Mark Wahlberg Out, Adam Sandler In For Will Ferrell's Football Comedy 'Three Mississippi'
31 May 2012 7:31 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
We've long lamented the evolution of Adam Sandler from the guy who made us laugh with stupid-funny stuff like "Billy Madison" and "Happy Gilmore" to the guy who basically gets paid vacations in dreck like "Just Go With It" and "Grown Ups." But every now and then, Sandler will lift his pudgy frame off the couch and actually try and hopefully pairing him up with the nimble and constantly improvising Will Ferrell will help him step up his game.
Vulture reports that due to a variety of factors (we'll to that in a second) Sandler will be replacing Mark Wahlberg in the brewing football comedy "Three Mississippi." The film will tell the tale of a 50-year feud between two families over an annual Thanksgiving touch football game, where Sandler's team always loses. Sports based movies are nothing new for either Sandler or Ferrell, and the first big screen pairing between »
- Kevin Jagernauth
June Preview (Part 1)
30 May 2012 5:40 PM, PDT | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »
After Summer 2012 got off to an incredible start with The Avengers, business slowed down substantially in the last two weeks of May, and it now looks like it's up to June's releases to once again kick-start the box office. The highest-grossing June on record occurred in 2009 ($1.086 billion), and with five weekends of new movies on deck, there's definitely a chance that June 2012 winds up exceeding that mark. While there's only one guaranteed box office hit (Pixar's Brave), four other titles have a strong shot at reaching $100 million*Snow White and the Huntsman, Prometheus, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, Rock of Ages. Add in R-rated comedies That's My Boy and Ted, and June 2012 is shaping up to be a strong month. This article will take a look at the first three weekends in June; sometime next week, Part 2 will address the crowded final two weekends. June 1 - 'Snow White and the Huntsman »
- Ray Subers <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
Kristen Wiig's Movie Career: How Other 'SNL' Alums Have Fared
20 May 2012 10:52 PM, PDT | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »
From Eddie Murphy to Will Ferrell and Tim Meadows, 'SNL' has a checkered record of minting movie stars.
By Gil Kaufman
Kristen Wiig in "Bridesmaids"
Photo: Universal Studios
Since its debut 37 years ago, "Saturday Night Live" has done two things incredibly well: skewer the day's headlines with a twisted, acid perspective and serve as a launching pad for some of the biggest careers in movie comedy history.
And following her tearful final spin on Saturday night's season finale, it appears clear that the show's ace player, "Bridesmaids" star Kristen Wiig, will be the latest breakout player to make a permanent leap from the stage at Studio 8H to movie stardom. Wiig has already tasted success with an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay for "Bridesmaids," and she has at least half a dozen features in various stages of shooting and development. We thought it was worth taking a »
Why are there so many movies about guys who won't grow up?
10 May 2012 4:05 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
The plight of modern-day masculinity is easily solved, according to pretty much every recent Hollywood comedy: don't grow up. Who – or what – is to blame?
Growing up sucks. Being young sucks too. Especially if you're a white American male. You need only look at the four heroes of American Pie: Reunion. Back in 1999, they were teenagers burdened by hormonal urges, peer-group humiliation and a lack of obliging sexual partners. Fast forward 13 years, and they've merely inherited a new set of burdens: careers, babies, young rivals and a lack of obliging sexual partners. These dudes got it so wrong.
To get it right, they should have watched just about every other Hollywood comedy of the past decade. There they'd have found the solution to the plight of American masculinity: don't grow up. Just stretch out that period between adolescence and parenthood to the extent it becomes a prolonged state of infantile bliss. »
- Steve Rose
Summer 2012 Domestic Forecast (cont.)
2 May 2012 5:15 PM, PDT | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »
<< Click here to go back to Summer Domestic Forecast (#1-7)8. Prometheus (June 8): If I were to tell you that on the second weekend of June there's a heavily-hyped sci-fi movie clouded in secrecy that's a throwback to a filmmakers' work from the late 70s and early 80s, what year would you say we're in? If you respond "I don't know, because that sounds like Super 8 and Prometheus!" then you get a high five. With the is-it-or-isn't-it-an-Alien-prequel talk, and the outstanding teaser trailer from December, Prometheus has assumed the mantle of "most anticipated non-sequel of Summer 2012" among fanboys, though that isn't enough to translate to major box office success. Super 8 topped out at $127 million*if Prometheus turns out to be as good as it looks, it will wind up higher, though probably not by much (and it will likely suffer at the box office if it gets slapped »
- Ray Subers <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
Fix Edukation Now: The Mashup
18 April 2012 8:00 AM, PDT | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »
Schools are closing, absentee rates are high and graduation rates are plummeting. Let's face it, folks, education in America is failing.
How do we know this? Because we watch a lot of news. We mean movies.
Here at NextMovie, we're usually all about making you forget about the harsh realities of the world in favor of providing entertainment as a diversion, but we couldn't resist involving ourselves in this vital issue.
Please enjoy the public service announcement above, and pass it on. The children are counting on you.
Movies Included (Click to Stream or Buy):
High School High | Freedom Writers | World's Greatest Dad | Never Been kissed | Clueless | Stand and Deliver| Teachers| Summer School | Lean on Me | Dead Poet's Society | Teen Wolf | Not Another Teen Movie | Donnie Darko | Fast Times At Ridgemont High| Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | Billy Madison | School Ties | The Faculty | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | Election »
- Kevin Polowy
Yahoo! Lists the 100 Funniest Movies to See Before You Die
10 April 2012 11:00 AM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
It's not easy to put together a top 100 of just about anything, but the folks over at Yahoo! Movies have really thrown down the gauntlet this time with a list of the 100 Funniest Movies to See Before You Die. In describing the list, they maintain that their goal was to choose the "funniest" movies out there, not necessarily the "best" comedies. With that in mind, you might think they'd stay away from critically acclaimed classics and lean more toward low brow, quick and easy laughfests. But you'd be wrong. There are a lot of classics on this list, everything from The Apartment to Dr. Strangelove to Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times and Buster Keaton's The General. There are also movies on here that aren't really "comedies" per se, such as Pulp Fiction and Martin Scorsese's After Hours. More than anything, this serves as a reminder that what is »
- Sean
Adam Sandler To Remake 'Summer School'
3 April 2012 5:34 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Adam Sandler is on a roll. After the actor's 2011 film, "Jack and Jill," swept the Razzies last weekend, his company, Happy Madison, is set to take the reigns on a remake of the 1987 comedy "Summer School."
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Happy Madison is currently in negotiations to handle production of the movie, which has been stuck in development since 2005.
The original film, directed by Carl Reiner, starred Mark Harmon as Freddy Shoop, a high-school gym teacher forced to teach a summer English class. Kirstie Alley played Robin Bishop, a co-worker that Freddy falls for.
No word on whether Sandler would actually be starring in the movie, however, if he did, it wouldn't be the first time he delved into the educational field: In 1995's "Billy Madison," he famously played a grown man forced to return to grade school.
[via THR] »
- Alex Suskind
Adam Sandler And Happy Madison To Remake Summer School
2 April 2012 5:35 PM, PDT | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »
Dear Adam Sandler, For the love of all that his holy, please stop. I have a deep and heartfelt love of movies like “Billy Madison”, “Happy Gilmore”, “Don’t Mess With the Zohan”, and “The Wedding Singer”. I even have an affection for movies where you do an annoying voice for the entire picture, like “Little Nicky” and “The Waterboy”. Lord knows I get grief for that, but I don’t care, I feel how I feel. I’ll even go so far as to say you were great in “Punch Drunk Love”. That was an unexpected turn that you pulled off wonderfully. However, despite my fondness for your work, the past year has left me begging for mercy. Between “Jack and Jill”, “Bucky Larson”, and “Just Go With It”, my heart breaks a little bit each time I hear your name attached to a movie. Now I hear that you, »
- Brent McKnight
Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison Productions to Produce Summer School Remake
2 April 2012 5:04 PM, PDT | FusedFilm | See recent FusedFilm news »
Trying to look past the fact that Jack and Jill swept the entire Razzie Awards, Adam Sandler and his Happy Madison production company is planning a remake of the 1987 Carl Reiner comedy Summer School, this according to a report from THR.
The original starred as gym teacher Freddy Shoop who, just before his planned departure for a highly-anticipated Hawaiian vacation, gets roped into staying behind and teaching a remedial English summer school course. Scripted by Jeff Franklin, the original starred Kristie Alley, Courtney Thorne-Smith and Reiner himself.
I am actually surprised that Adam Sandler is not starring in this remake, as it would have been the perfect foundation for a Billy Madison sequel. But with Happy Madison productions attached to produce, you can expect Sandler’s comedic touch to be present in the movie.
The trade adds that Paramount tried to get the remake off the ground in 2005 with Jordan Kerner, »
- Mike Lee
Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison Productions to Remake 1980s Comedy Summer School
2 April 2012 4:09 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Adam Sandler's production company Happy Madison is looking to remake Carl Reiner's 1987 classic comedy, Summer School. The original starred Mark Harmon (NCIS) as a gym teacher forced to give up his summer vacation in order to teach an English class to a group of remedial students. The Paramount picture also starred Kirstie Alley (Look Who's Talking), Robin Thomas (The Banger Sisters), Courtney Thorne-Smith (Melrose Place) and Reiner himself. Happy Madison's Sandler and Jack Giaraputo are currently in negotiations with the studio to get the remake off the ground, something Paramount has been trying to do since 2005. Hit the jump for more on Summer School including Sandler's involvement and a look at the original trailer and movie poster. THR reported that although Sandler's production banner is in talks for the remake, the comedian is not attached to star in the picture. That's a shame, in my opinion, because »
- Dave Trumbore
Adam Sandler's Happy Madison Taking On Remake Of Carl Reiner's 'Summer School'
2 April 2012 3:19 PM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Fresh off his Razzie triumph, Adam Sandler continues to show the taste that makes him such a venerated cinematic hero.
The funnyman's production shingle continues to bulk up with new projects and following signing on to the "Candyland" movie earlier this year, THR reports that Happy Madison will now take on the long brewing remake of Carl Reiner's "Summer School." Will there be roles for Rob Schneider or Nick Swardson? Only time will tell. The original movie was directed by Carl Reiner back in the days when Mark Harmon and Kirstie Alley were seen as stars, and followed a slacker gym teacher who is assigned to teach English class to a bunch of uninterested and otherwise dumb students during summer school. Hijinx ensue!
The redo has been percolating for years, and back in 2010 super-producers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci were involved, but everything is now starting over. Sandler is »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Watch: 'That's My Boy' Green-Band Trailer Showcases Adam Sandler's Newest Wig Creation
5 March 2012 12:45 PM, PST | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Last week, the red-band trailer debuted for Adam Sandler's latest entry in his pursuit of truth, “That's My Boy,” and today a green-band trailer has arrived, revealing many more plot details along with the wacky shenanigans his production company Happy Madison has always promised.
Sans F-bombs or boobs on display, the trailer really has no choice but to reveal the film's story, or at least the series of events surrounding the baseball-to-the-throat physical gags and repertory cameos. It starts off with a flashback to Sandler's character's middle school days and his teenage lust for a female teacher, which leads to a breach of student-teacher relations and her getting pregnant. Cut to her being carted off to jail and Sandler growing into the endearingly coarse, obnoxiously loud adult you'd expect.
Faced with the recent possibility of going to jail for tax evasion, Sandler locates and then moves in with his »
- Charlie Schmidlin
‘That’s My Boy’ Red-Band Trailer: Adam Sandler Does Vintage Dirtbag
1 March 2012 5:23 PM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
You may have heard Adam Sandler’s newest comedy referred to as I Hate You Dad and/or Donny’s Boy, but the official title is apparently That’s My Boy and today we have a red-band trailer for the film to share.
After a string of critically-panned comedies (see: Just Go With It and Jack and Jill - or rather, never, ever see them), the question is whether or not Sandler can still deliver comedy in the vein of his early hits, like Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore and The Waterboy. Unfortunately, the That’s My Boy trailer is not at all a guarantee that Sandler has gotten his groove back.
In That’s My Boy, Sandler plays Donny, a vintage scumbag who is facing jail time for tax evasion. When Donny learns that his son ...
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- Kofi Outlaw
Andy Samberg 'Psyched' To Be Adam Sandler's Son
28 February 2012 11:32 PM, PST | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »
Trailer for 'That's My Boy,' starring the 'SNL' duo, debuts Thursday on MTV.com.
By Josh Wigler
Andy Samberg and Adam Sandler in "That's My Boy"
Photo: Columbia Pictures
Peanut butter and jelly, popcorn and movies, baseball and springtime — all winning combinations that never fail to put a smile on your face. On June 15, 2012, you'll be able to add another prized combo to that list: Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg.
The two "Saturday Night Live" legends are joining forces for a new Happy Madison comedy called "That's My Boy," hitting theaters this June. In the film, Sandler stars as a down-on-his luck man trying to reconnect with his estranged son (Samberg) on the week of his kid's wedding. It's a bizarre setup — after all, Sandler is only 12 years older than Samberg in real life — but, as one would hope, the film offers a reliably ridiculous explanation for the small age gap. »
13 Movie Parties We Wish We'd Attended
28 February 2012 9:00 AM, PST | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »
From the looks of it, the party at the center of "Project X" is an epic teen throwdown to rival the best of them. No wonder, since it's produced by "The Hangover" director Todd Phillips.
To mark this Friday's release of the sure-to-be raucous flick, we've weeded through some of our favorite party films of all time to pick the 13 best movie parties we wish we'd attended. From "Animal House"s' infamous toga party to Will Ferrell streaking at a Snoop Dogg concert in "Old School," one thing's for certain: These parties rocked.
If only life were more like the movies.
'National Lampoon’s Animal House': Toga Party
As anyone who's seen this raunchy classic from John Landis ("The Blues Brothers") can attest, "Animal House" has the most epic toga party ever committed to celluloid. That's no small feat, especially considering (get this) it was the first ever one put on film. »
- Nigel Smith
Sandler Sets New Nominations Record For Most Razzies
27 February 2012 10:12 AM, PST | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Last night was 84th annual Academy Awards, and what a night it was. But if you, dear reader, think the success of The Artist and Meryl Streep will be the big stories of the day, I have two words for you:
Adam.
Sandler.
Yes, the thinking man’s Rob Schneider has Finally been nominated for multiple awards. But, like a twist so painfully unfunny, it could well be used as the disequilibrium in one of his own movies… It’s the Razzies. Oh my, yes. The Anti-Oscars revealed their shortlist for the year’s most unwanted honours. And Billy Madison/Happy Gilmore/Zohan/Chuck/Jack/Jill/ himself has been nominated a record breaking 11 times, smashing the previous record set by Eddie Murphy in 2007 for Norbit.
That’s not the only bad news for Sandler, as his favourite director Dennis Dugan has also been nom’d for Jack & Jill. This is »
- John Sharp
Edgar Wright and Johnny Depp Teaming for 'The Night Stalker'
22 February 2012 11:06 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
As much as I would like to see Johnny Depp get away from the quirky characters, this teaming with Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) sound too good to pass up. Deadline.com reports the duo will begin piecing together an adaptation of the 1972 ABC telepic "The Night Stalker", which subsequently became a series titled "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" featuring the title star Carl Kolchak, a tabloid reporter who investigates mysterious crimes with supernatural, sci-fi and mythological causes such as zombies, vampires, werewolves and aliens. The pic is being set up at Walt Disney Pictures with Depp currently attached to star as Kolchak, a role originally occupied by Darren McGavin, whom most may know as The Old Man from A Christmas Story or even as Adam Sandler's father in Billy Madison. Obviously that's him pictured in the image above. Expectation is for the film »
- Brad Brevet
Or You Will Die Tryin’: 22 More Of The Most Impressive Monologues In Movie History
10 February 2012 8:00 AM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
You heard me – I’m dumping practically everything I can think of at you, and no doubt I’ll still miss a few. In fact, there’s one I am intentionally leaving out just so I can watch the angry comments and laugh like a Disney villain. Honestly, though – after having my memory jarred by all the comments on my first installment of 14 of the Most Impressive Monologues in Movie History, I couldn’t not make another one of these. So here are, once more, some movie monologues out there that really stick out from the rest. 22. James Downey just heard the dumbest answer ever in Billy Madison I really need to get around to memorizing this speech for future arguments. As far as monologues go it’s pretty short, but James Downey really sells it with his deadpan and awe-struck performance. It’s this great moment of a character being too mystified by someone’s stupidity »
- David Christopher Bell
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