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It’s Complicated
5 hours ago | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »
It’s fair to say that rom-coms aren’t generally my thing. I’ve seen my share of them, and on the whole, I’m never usually impressed. In my experience, they are usually overly romantic and lack “actual” comedy. Writer/director Nancy Meyers has made a very successful career out of the rom-com genre. Films such as What Women Want, Something’s Gotta Give and The Holiday have all been lucrative. Her films are sweet and non-offensive. She is so successful at what she does that major stars all want a piece of the action. Jack Nicholson, Mel Gibson, Jude Law and Kate Winslet among others have jumped on the Nancy Meyers bandwagon. So as the old saying goes: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”.
With her latest film she has brought together the always brilliant Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin in a film »
- Alex Wagner
Review: It’s Complicated
24 December 2009 4:00 PM, PST | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »
First thing’s first: Nancy Meyers’ It’s Complicated is a perfectly acceptable, functional chick flick. It fires on all cylinders on that level, and will make serious money because of it. On a superficial level, it seems to hit all the right beats, sing the right tunes, and get the job done.
But that goes for most disposable romantic comedies. Dig a little bit deeper, and the house of cards falls apart, on a filmmaking and storytelling level.
Granted, I’m not an ideal audience member. As a young unmarried man who has fortunately never gone through the stinging pain of divorce and its tumultuous aftermath, I had to dig to grab ahold of the story, in which Meryl Streep’s character Jane reignites an affair with her ex-husband, played by Alec Baldwin. The titular complication rests in Jane’s conflict of interest: is she a bad person for feeling this reignited passion? »
- John Cooper
First “Date Night” Poster
19 December 2009 3:28 PM, PST | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »
The first poster for “Date Night” comedy starring Tina Fey and Steve Carell has been revealed. Check it out below.
Date Night Poster
In 20th Century Fox movie Fey and Carell and play a married couple (Clara and Phil Foster) who find their routine date night becomes much more than just dinner and a movie. A case of mistaken identity turns a glamorous and romantic evening into something more thrilling and dangerous.
“Date Night” also stars Ray Liotta, Mila Kunis, Mark Ruffalo, Mark Wahlberg, James Franco, Taraji Henson, Kristen Wiig, William Fichtner and Olivia Munn among others.
The movie directed by Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum, Cheaper By the Dozen) from the script written by Josh Klausner is scheduled to hit theaters on April 9, 2010.
More movie info and trailers you can find at “Date Night” FilmoFilia Page
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- Fiona
Date Night gets a poster
18 December 2009 10:54 AM, PST | GordonandtheWhale | See recent GordonandtheWhale news »
Date Night features two very funny people that star on two very funny TV shows in Steve Carell (”The Office”) and Tina Fey (”30 Rock”). The film is about a married couple (Carell and Fey) that, while having a “date night,” get mistaken for another couple and become the target of corrupt cops. Carell and Fey’s presence alone make the project sound interesting, even though it is directed by Shawn Levy, whose films include Cheaper By The Dozen, Just Married, the Night At The Museum films, and other mediocre or worse films.
Read more on Date Night gets a poster… »
- Rusty Gordon
Hugh Jackman Confirmed For Real Steel
24 November 2009 3:59 AM, PST | SciFiCool.com | See recent SciFiCool.com news »
It has been confirmed that Hugh Jackman has been tapped for the Dreamworks production of “Real Steel”, a film based on the Richard Matheson (The Button) story about an ex-fighter that turns to the sport of robot on robot gladiatorial combat to make ends meet. Since he’s poor and can’t afford decent buzzsaws and giant pincers, he must turn to the scrapheap where he magically finds a droid that has the pluck to win! The original Richard Matheson story was turned into a Twilight Zone episode so it can’t be as Disney as it sounds. Apparently, the budget for this movie is only 80 million. Speculation abounds that you just can’t make a Sci-Fi movie these days for such a ridiculous pittance. Leslie Bohem (Taken) and John Gatins (Summer Catch, Dreamer) rewrote the script based on the original by Dan Gilroy (who was paid 850,000!) Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum series, »
- endymi0n
First “Date Night” Trailer
11 November 2009 12:54 PM, PST | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »
20th Century Fox has debuted the teaser trailer for “Date Night” comedy starring Steve Carell and Tina Fey.
Tina Fey and Steve Carell in “Date Night”
In the film, Carell and Fey play a married couple (Phil and Clara Foster) who find their routine date night becomes much more than just dinner and a movie.
A case of mistaken identity turns a glamorous and romantic evening into something more thrilling and dangerous.
Mark Wahlberg plays a successful and crazily buff securities expert who flirts with Fey’s character. James Franco portrays a not-too-bright con man (Chase Myers) and petty criminal. Leighton Meester is onboard as the couple’s babysitter.
Taraji Henson plays the one good cop who believes the couple is in danger, and Common portrays a villain. Kristen Wiig rounds out the cast as the actress’ best friend.
The movie is directed by Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum, »
- Fiona
Martin And Baldwin Are Your Oscar Hosts
3 November 2009 5:03 PM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Earlier today we delivered the unfortunate news that Robert Downey Jr. and Ben Stiller would not be hosting the Oscars, though we were happy to see that producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman were skewing in a younger direction. Well, it looks as though that idea didn't pan out as Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin, according to Variety, are the official co-hosts of the 82nd Academy Awards. While the previous sentence may read as me being disappointed, it is not because of the selections, as I am a weekly 30 Rock viewer and I pine for The Jerk when I hear about The Pink Panther or Cheaper by the Dozen. Instead, it is more about change. In 2007, we watched, or rather didn't, as the Oscars fell to an all-time low in ratings. The following year, however, with the use of a dramatic actor and a musical vibe, the ratings spiked despite »
Berenstain Bears Headed To The Screen
2 November 2009 11:52 PM, PST | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Shawn Levy, he of Cheaper By The Dozen and Night at the Museum, has trained his sights upon a children's favourite series, The Berenstain Bears, and aims to turn the slight-but-sweet stories of a family of bears into a new film. Levy will produce but there's no word yet on whether he'll direct what's envisaged as a mix of CGI and live-action.The four bears, Papa Bear, Mama Bear, Brother Bear and Sister Bear (we're saying they might need names before the cameras roll) live in a house in a tree. In the books, they live in Bear Country surrounded by other bears, but we're not entirely clear if that's something Levy wants to keep, since he told USA Today that, "The comedy comes from this bear family coexisting in a more recognizably real world."As regards making the family work onscreen, Levy also said that, "I'd like the film »
Adam Shankman to Direct “Rock of Ages”
20 October 2009 5:22 AM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »
Adam Shankman is a busy, busy man. Since directing 2005’s The Pacifier and Cheaper By the Dozen, Shankman has barely had a break, taking on numerous projects directing, producing, and choreographing films, as well as being a judge on the hit show So You Think You Can Dance. Now Shankman is adding another project to his résumé with a film version of the Broadway musical Rock of Ages.
Rock of Ages has been incredibly successful on the stage (the play has earned five Tony nominations), and if his work with Hairspray is any indicator, Shankman is just the man to make the stage production translate to the big screen.
With films such as dance flicks Step Up and Step Up 2: The Streets and the hit musical Hairspray to his credit, Shankman has had experience working in genres that may have less widespread appeal than some. This is part of »
- Carly
Steve Carell and Tina Fey In “Date Night” First Look
2 October 2009 12:43 PM, PDT | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »
Here’s the first official look at Steve Carell and Tina Fey as married couple Claire and Phil Foster in new comedy “Date Night.”
The story follows a couple who find their routine date night becomes much more than just dinner and a movie.
Mark Wahlberg plays a successful and crazily buff securities expert who flirts with Fey’s character. James Franco portrays a not-too-bright con man and petty criminal. Leighton Meester is onboard as the couple’s babysitter.
Taraji Henson plays the one good cop who believes the couple is in danger, and Common portrays a villain. Kristen Wiig rounds out the cast as the actress’ best friend.
The movie directed by Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum, Cheaper By the Dozen), who is known for films that revolve around family problems, from the script by Josh Klausner also stars Ray Liotta, Mila Kunis, Mark Ruffalo, William Fichtner and Olivia Munn. »
- Fiona
Is Hugh Jackman Real Steel?
1 October 2009 2:04 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
Variety is reporting that Hugh Jackman is in talks to star in Real Steel, a film about a ex-fighter father and his 13-year-old estranged son who reunite to compete in a futuristic robot fighting league. The Dreamworks film is being directed by Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum, Cheaper By The Dozen), who is taking over directing duties from Peter Berg (Dune, Hancock 2).
Jackman is reportedly in talks to the play the role of the father, who becomes a promoter for the robot fighting league after his career as a human boxer is deemed obsolete.
With the news that Hugh Jackman is eyeing a role in Real Steel, we also get a little more about what the film will actually be about. According to Variety, the father character starts out at a disadvantage in the robot league, only having access to sub-standard parts - that is until he discovers »
- Kofi Outlaw
Hugh Jackman In Talks For Real Steel
1 October 2009 3:49 AM, PDT | Screenrush | See recent Screenrush news »
Hugh Jackman is in talks to star in Shawn Levy's futuristic robot boxing film, Real Steel.
Real Steel is based on a short story by Richard Matheson, and was originally adapted for the big screen by scriptwriter Dan Gilroy (The Fall), but has since been rewritten by Leslie Bohem (Taken, Dante's Peak) and John Gatins (Summer Catch, Dreamer).
The story centres on a father and his estranged 13-year-old son who enter the world of robotic boxing as, in the future, human boxing has been outlawed and replaced with sports combat between human-trained 2000-pound heavy steel robots.
According to Variety, Jackman is in talks to play the father's role, an ex-fighter turned promoter whose "access to sub-standard robot parts hampers his hopes for glory in Robot Boxing, until he discovers a discarded robot that always seems to win."
It's an interesting and original concept, so here's hoping that it is dealt with properly. »
Hugh Jackman to fight robots in 'Real Steel'
1 October 2009 1:21 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Australian hunk Hugh Jackman is to battle 2000 pound robots in the new Shawn Levy directed film Real Steel.
Trade paper Variety says that the film is a 'Rocky-esque tale of a fighter who has to reinvent himself when human boxing becomes obsolete, replaced by 2000 pound human-like robots. Jackman is negotiating to play the ex-fighter, who becomes a Robot Boxing promoter, but whose chances of success are hampered by his access to sub-standard robot parts. That is until he discovers a discarded robot that always seems to win. The ex-fighter has also discovered he's the father of a 13-year old son, and they bond as the robot brawls its way toward the top.'
Sounds kinda cool and a hughe departure for Levy, the man responsible for bringing Steve Martin flicks The Pink Panther and Cheaper By The Dozen to screens, as well as the Ben Stiller comedy Night At The Museum and its sequel, »
- Paul
Hugh Jackman to Unleash Real Steel
30 September 2009 11:29 PM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »
Some news just fails to make any sense to me. The immensely talented Hugh Jackman is currently in discussions with Shawn Levy, studio-led director behind Night at the Museum, The Pink Panther and Cheaper by the Dozen, to star in Real Steel.
Variety discusses the concept behind the film as:
“A Rocky-esque tale of a fighter who has to reinvent himself when human boxing becomes obsolete, replaced by 2000 pound human-like robots. Jackman is negotiating to play the ex-fighter, who becomes a Robot Boxing promoter, but whose chances of success are hampered by his access to sub-standard robot parts.”
This sounds like super-hokey family science fiction, with a strange marriage of genres. The original concept was engineered by genre writer Richard Matheson, creator of I Am Legend. In any director’s hands, I’d be expecting at least a creative hodgepodge of ideas, but with Levy helming the film, we’re almost guaranteed something bland. »
- John Cooper
Hugh Jackman Knows It Will Take Real Steel to Work with Shawn Levy
30 September 2009 8:51 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Why are talented actors working with Shawn Levy? I guess Steve Carell and Tina Fey must love “Cheaper by the Dozen” so that’s why they would take their off-season time to make “Date Night”. And now we discover it’s possible that Hugh Jackman sits down and watches “Night at the Museum” every night as it inspires him to greatness. Well now Mr. Jackman gets to live the dream as he’s now in talks to star in Levy’s next movie, “Real Steel”. Hit the jump and embrace mediocrity.
According to Variety, Jackman is in talks to star in “Real Steel”, a “Rocky”-esque tale of a former boxer who becomes a struggling robo-boxing promoter after human fighting is deemed too violent. Just look at the massive success of “Battlebots” combined with the total failure of Mma fighting and this film is both timely and prescient.
Jackman’s »
- Matt Goldberg
Shawn Levy Prepares to Rock ‘Em, Sock ‘Em with Robot Boxing Movie
17 September 2009 9:44 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
As we've been told more than a few times this week, Steven Spielberg has great passion for a lot of things. He's still interested in shooting Lincoln, still looking for someone to imagine Harvey and he's working on a story for Indiana Jones 5. Not to mention the fact that he's been taking meeting with Michael Bay about Transformers 3. The man is all over the place. And his passion for making 1,000 movies in the next ten years just will not go away. But friends, it might be getting out of control this time. According to a report at Heat Vision, Spielberg's passion for a Rock 'Em Sock 'Em robot-style movie has lead Night at the Museum director Shawn Levy to the project. Levy will fill a director's chair vacated by Peter Berg, who recently signed a two picture deal with Universal this week that includes the long-awaited Battleship adaptation. This »
- Neil Miller
Robot Movie ‘Real Steel’ Gets New Director
17 September 2009 8:41 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
Earlier this week, we talked about director Peter Berg’s upcoming movie plate being fuller than a Biggest Loser contestant standing in a buffet line before going on the show. With his involvement on Battleship, Hancock 2 and now Dune, Berg will be busy for the better part of the next 6 years - so it’s no wonder that DreamWorks recently announced Berg stepping aside on the robot boxing movie Real Steel.
Who do you think they choose to replace him? None other than the Mr. Cotton Candy himself, Shawn Levy. You may remember Levy from such cinema greats as The Pink Panther, Just Married, Big Fat Liar, and Cheaper by the Dozen. He also directed both Night at the Museum films, the first being great; the second was fun but didn’t live up to the first. Now, before you say I’m not giving the guy a chance, »
- Paul Young
Shawn Levy taking on Real Steel
16 September 2009 12:29 AM, PDT | TotalFilm | See recent TotalFilm news »
Shawn Levy may be looking for a whole new tone - he's agreed to tackle Real Steel for DreamWorks. The man who can usually be found pumping out comedies like Night At The Museum and Cheaper By The Dozen has signed on with DreamWorks to take a stab at a futuristic tale of brawling 'bots. It's set a few years from now, in a world where human boxing is outlawed and humanoid droids fight it out. A father and his estranged teenaged son bond over training one of the compu-combatants. It's a case of Peter Berg's loss - he's dropped out to...
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- James White
Shawn Levy Has Real Steel
16 September 2009 12:27 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Night At The Museum director Shawn Levy has been enlisted by DreamWorks to bring futuristic boxing movie Real Steel to the screen. Set in a sanitised future where human boxing has been outlawed and remotely-operated robots slug it out in the ring, it follows a father and son's attempts to win the 'Bot Boxing Championship.Levy was tapped up by Steven Spielberg for the pugilist project when Peter Berg ended talks. Levy describes Real Steel as "a movie filled with mechanical warriors, [but] at its core it's an incredibly human story." So not Transformers 2, basically.Tone-wise, the choice of Levy (and the whole 'Bot Boxing' thing) suggests a light-hearted rather than Raging Bull-meets-Philip K. Dick vibe. He's been quietly building a rep as a specialist in family-friendly comedies, with the Night At The Museum franchise and Cheaper By The Dozen under his belt, and The Pink Panther presumably buried in his back garden. »
Shawn Levy To Direct Robotic Boxing Movie Real Steel
16 September 2009 12:00 AM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
You might remember reading yesterday that Peter Berg officially signed on for Battleship as part of a two-picture deal at Universal Pictures. Today DreamWorks has announced that they will be replacing Berg on the studio's futuristic robot boxing movie Real Steel. Who will be replacing Berg? Night at the Museum hack Shawn Levy. Yup, our interest in this project just dropped a good 50 degrees. The film tells the story of a father and his estranged teenage son who enter the world of robotic boxing. You see, in the future, human boxing has been outlawed, replaced with sports combat between human-trained heavy steel robots. The concept is something we've never seen before, and in the right hands, could be a good Summer tentpole film. However, Levy is best know for directing mediocre or bad comedies, the Night at the Museum series, Cheaper By The Dozen, The Pink Panther, Just Married, and »
- Peter Sciretta
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