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Kevin Smith’s ‘Cop Out’ Trailer, Title Explanation
27 December 2009 11:11 AM, PST
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Warner Bros has released a trailer for Kevin Smith’s latest film, Cop Out. While the writer/director usually whips up his own foul-mouthed screenplays and casts his friends (for mixed results), Smith’s latest was written by someone else and stars Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan.
Here’s the trailer (also viewable in high-resolution at Apple) and below is the explanation of why it has a generic buddy cop movie title.
The repeat game and knock knock jokes?
The February 2010 movie was originally titled A Couple of Dicks, a clever double entendre on two detectives and a pair of male genitals. Not surprisingly, the studio wasn’t thrilled with the name. The movie was shot under the original title from the script by Mark and Robb Cullen, but a name change discussion was inevitable after the problems Smith had selling Zack and Miri Make a Porno.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly,
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Kevin Smith on Cop Out Title Change
27 December 2009 8:35 AM, PST
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So, Kevin Smith's no stranger to controversial film titles. His Zack and Miri Make a Porno caused a stir, though the title made perfect sense and explained exactly what the film was about. It's not like he threw the word 'porno' in there to help sell the film. If anything, the use of 'porno' in the title kept some outlets from promoting the film. Silly, but true.
Hot off the porno mini-uproar, Smith's set to launch another comedy in theaters - but not with the original title intact. Smith, at the urging of Warner Bros, changed the title of the cop comedy (which he didn't write) from A Couple of Dicks (as in detectives) to Cop Out. Both titles are cute plays on words, but one is eye-catching while the other kind of reminds me of something Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito would sign up to star in. Read On.
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Kevin Smith Explains Why A Couple of Dicks Became Cop Out
26 December 2009 2:51 AM, PST
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Two weeks ago, word spread that Kevin Smith's buddy-cop homage A Couple of Dicks, starring Bruce Willis and Tracey Morgan, was getting a new title. The new title, Cop Out, is much tamer and less memorable than its predecessor, much to Smith's chagrin. Smith explained to EW the pain he endured in having to change the title.
Look, losing A Couple of Dicks was almost akin to losing my own d**k. It was a perfect buddy-cop movie comedy title. Everyone knew it. You couldn't say that title to somebody without a f**king smile crossing their face. But what I had gone through with Zack and Miri Make a Porno — "porno" had become very problematic, it became tough for us to advertise [the movie], blah blah blah. Warner Bros. decided, "Hey man, we'll call the networks and see if we're going to get any problems [with A Couple of Dicks as a title], months before the movie's ever going to come out.
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Why Kevin Smith Changed Title Of His Movie
24 December 2009 12:20 PM, PST
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Kevin Smith agreed to change the title of his latest movie to Cop Out, after learning that his previous title, A Couple of Dicks, would face the same sort of rejection by TV and newspaper outlets that Zack and Miri Make a Porno, his last movie, did, Smith told Entertainment Weekly. The word "porno" in that title became "very problematic," he said. "It became tough for us to advertise [the film], blah blah blah. Warner Bros. decided, 'Hey man, we'll call the networks and see if we're going to get any problems [with A Couple of Dicks as a title], months before the movie's ever going to come out.'' The top 3 networks -- CBS, ABC, NBC -- said, "We can't run one of your spots before 9 o'clock." Still, Smith said he asked the studio execs, since the movie is R-rated anyway, why not simply run the film after 9:00. "Warner Bros's feeling was like ... 'We have to advertise to the sports audience on Saturday and Sunday and all those sporting events usually take place before 9 p.m. in the evening.' At which point, I was like, 'Oh wow, you guys are way smarter than me.'"
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Kevin Smith Explains How he Managed to Cop Out on the Name of his Next Movie
24 December 2009 8:12 AM, PST
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With the trailer for his buddy cop movie starring Tracy Morgan and Bruce Willis just having hit the Internet, director Kevin Smith railed in his signature, profanity-heavy style to Entertainment Weekly’s Hollywood Insider blog on just why he agreed to Cop Out on the flick’s original title, A Couple of Dicks.
It was already fairly well known that the big three TV networks balked at the original title because they wouldn’t be able to air commercials before 9 p.m. (yes, really), but hearing him describe the situation can still bring a smile to the face of anyone who loves their language more than a little salty. Here’s a taste of what he told EW:
Smith: Look, losing A Couple of Dicks was almost akin to losing my own dick. It was a perfect buddy-cop movie comedy title. Everyone knew it. You couldn’t say that title
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Kevin Smith: Why 'A Couple of Dicks' Was Renamed 'Cop Out'
24 December 2009 5:23 AM, PST
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The new trailer for the upcoming buddy cop comedy Cop Out just hit the internet, but anyone who had been following the project knows the film, out February 26, 2010, had long gone by a more distinctive title: A Couple of Dicks. Fortunately, the film has an even more distinctive director: Kevin Smith, the hilariously profane indie film hero (Clerks, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Zack and Miri Make a Porno) making his debut as a director of a script he did not write himself. Smith was more than happy to give EW his frank perspective on how A Couple of Dicks became Cop Out -- in a nutshell, blame the networks
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Kevin Smith Explains Why A Couple Of Dicks Is Now Cop Out
24 December 2009 1:48 AM, PST
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A few hours ago we brought you the first ever trailer for the next Kevin Smith directed movie Cop Out (watch it here). You may know it better by its previous title, A Couple of Dicks. The new name is intentionally ironic but also, well they.re kind of asking for bad puns from critics who don.t like it, aren.t they? Maybe not the wisest title choice but tonight Smith has finally stepped up and explained why they had to ditch the old, somewhat perfect Dicks title.
The problem, is quite simply, Zack and Miri. Everything Smith has done in the past year has been colored by the less than stellar performance of his previous movie. Like A Couple of Dicks, Zack and Miri Make a Porno had a challenging, adults only title. You.d think that.s a good move since, of course, the movie was R-rated
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Drop the 'Dicks' and You Have the Trailer for Kevin Smith's 'Cop Out'
24 December 2009 1:23 AM, PST
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I was reading an interview with Kevin Smith over at Entertainment Weekly on how his buddy cop feature starring Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan at Warner Bros. went from the working title of A Couple of Dicks to Cop Out, and the short story is rather obvious and boring, but their attempt to get it worked out is a bit interesting. Before watching the trailer, here's a snippet:
Warner Bros. decided, "Hey man, we'll call the networks and see if we're going to get any problems, months before the movie's ever going to come out." The top 3 networks -- CBS, ABC, NBC -- said we can't run one of your spots before 9 o'clock.
I'm like, "Well what about Inglourious Basterds?" And I guess, because of the spelling, they got away with it. So we were like, "Can we call it A Couple of D.I.C.s?" Because that's the proper acronym for detectives,
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Kevin Smith Discusses Why Cop Out Replaced A Couple of Dicks
24 December 2009 12:11 AM, PST
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We just recently covered the first trailer for Kevin Smith's latest film, Cop Out --- a film whose original title, A Couple of Dicks, was gathering similar controversy to Smith's previous Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Fans pushed hard for Smith to stick with the title since it was announced, but we always knew that the studio could change their minds at any point. We even knew about the safer placeholder title, A Couple of Cops, which was to serve as a last resort if they couldn't sell the film with otherwise.
But instead of that bland filler title, we got the ironic Cop Out. And now we finally know how, exactly, Smith decided on the title.
Speaking to the EW Hollywood Insider blog, Smith said that Warner Brothers ran the title by the big three television networks, ABC, NBC, and CBS, and the response wasn't exactly what they wanted.
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Kevin Smith on why 'A Couple of Dicks' became 'Cop Out'
23 December 2009 10:46 PM, PST
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The new trailer for the upcoming buddy cop comedy Cop Out just hit the internet, but anyone who had been following the project knows the film, out February 26, 2010, had long gone by a more distinctive title: A Couple of Dicks. Fortunately, the film has an even more distinctive director: Kevin Smith, the famously profane indie film hero (Clerks, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Zack and Miri Make a Porno) making his debut as a director of a script he did not write himself. Smith was more than happy to give EW his frank perspective on how A Couple of Dicks became Cop Out -- in a nutshell,
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Kevin Smith’s ‘Cop Out’ Trailer is Here!
23 December 2009 7:08 PM, PST
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More so than any other director’s works, you can very visibly track the progression of Kevin Smith’s personal life and career through films like Clerks, Dogma, Zack and Miri, etc. It’s helped by the way he exposes his life via the internet and podcasting, but you can definitely get a sense of where he is today compared to the man he was when he made Mallrats.
Now check out this trailer:
What’s unsettling about this new trailer for Cop Out, his action-comedy starring Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan — the first real studio film he’s been attached to, without a script of his own creation — is that it buries both Smith’s name and stylistic sensibilities.
For studios, I’m guessing that’s a great thing — Zack and Miri definitely was not a knock-out at the box-office. To longtime fans, it’s disconcerting. What does this step mean,
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Kevin Smith’s Cop Out Movie Trailer: These Guys Really Are a Couple of Dicks
23 December 2009 6:18 PM, PST
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This week, there will be no news, only trailers! Kevin Smith has always written his own movies, until now. When he signed on to direct A Couple of Dicks, for Warner Bros., eventually retitled Cop Out, the project was an interesting move, if nothing else. Could Smith work purely as a director for hire and channel the energy of Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan into something that might resemble a film he'd make on his own? The just-released trailer isn't making much of an argument for 'yes'. Check it out after the break.
This is one unfunny trailer. The "smarter than Batman" line got a giggle, and...yeah. That's about it. Though not generally a fan of Smith's I liked Zack and Miri and was hoping this might end up being a turning point for the director.
But what I see here looks like a bad in-character 30 Rock sketch where
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- Russ Fischer
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The Notable Films of 2010: Part Five
23 December 2009 10:10 AM, PST
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Hippie Hippie Shake
Opens: 2010
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Sienna Miller, Max Minghella, Emma Booth, Lee Ingleby
Director: Beeban Kidron
Summary: Follows the love story of Oz editor Richard Neville and Louise Ferrier. Neville and his cohorts launch the London edition of Oz amidst the 1960s counterculture and are subsequently put on trial for distributing a sexually explicit issue.
Analysis: One of the most troubled productions in Working Title's history, 'Hippie' began development back in 1998 but failed to get beyond script stage both in 1999 and in 2002 when "Elizabeth" helmer Shekhar Kapur was attached to direct. Filming finally got underway late 2007 with director Beeban Kidron in charge and shooting seemed to proceed without issue aside from feminist author Germaine Greer being vehemently unhappy about being depicted on film.
Actually the film scored quite a bit of free press for a skinny dipping scene where full-frontal shots of actress Sienna Miller shooting the sequence
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- Garth Franklin
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Brittany Murphy's Uso Tour Appearance, 'Avatar' In 3D And 'Toy Story 3' Finished In Today's Twitter-Wood
22 December 2009 3:30 PM, PST
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Brittany Murphy and "Avatar" look poised to dominated Twitter-Wood's thoughts this holiday week, even if most of the tweeters are leaving their offices to tweet from home and last-minute shopping expeditions right now. Alyssa Milano retweeted a photo taken when she and Murphy appeared on a Uso tour together, reflecting on the time they spent there. Meanwhile, Elizabeth Banks, Samm Levine and David Spade all had different reactions to "Avatar" in 3D.
You can sort out what they had to say after the jump along with a former "Saved By the Bell" star's denial of drunken behavior, Kevin Smith's response to a tweeter about his wife's Playboy photos and former Karate Kid Ralph Macchio on whether or not he plans on coming back to "Ugly Betty." It's all retweeted in the Twitter-Wood report for December 22, 2009.
Twitter Pic of the Day:
@Alyssa_Milano http://twitpic.com/ujz98 Thank you so much for sharing these,
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Hot Tub Time Machine Trailer
16 December 2009 12:16 PM, PST
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Hot Tub Time Machine is the story of four friends who go on vacation, do some hot tubbing, and end up back in 1986. That right, it.s not just a clever title. The bubbles send them back in time. The movie.s first trailer is here and it.s every bit as ridiculous and hilarious as that title. If there.s a surprise in the trailer it.s that neither John Cusack nor Rob Corddry is the funniest thing about the trailer. It.s Craig Robinson who steals literally every scene. But then that.s no surprise if you.re one of the handful of lucky geniuses who made it a point to see Zack and Miri.
Throw on some leg warmers and load up your Sony Walkman, it.s the first ever trailer for Hot Tub Time Machine in HD on Yahoo, or simply watch it below.
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To-Do: Get to Sherlock Holmes Early for the Trailers
14 December 2009 6:00 PM, PST
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If you're like me, you like to get to the movies early for the previews -- or trailers. This love and desire for 2-3 minute looks at upcoming films on the big screen stems from my childhood, as I've often found myself more excited about the highlights of an upcoming film than the prospect of actually seeing said film. Twisted, I know, but it's who I am.
The release of Warner Bros. Sherlock Holmes on Christmas Day presents an interesting opportunity for folks who like previews (and the early-look grabbing geeks who faun over every still image from the upcoming projects of their favorite filmmakers). Along with the movie (which is good), there should also be several interesting trailers, which I explore below.
Keep in mind that these trailer may or may not be attached to Holmes in all markets, but as far as we've been told, this is the slate:
Iron Man 2
Director Jon Favreau delivers
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'A Couple of Dicks' is Now 'Cop Out'?
14 December 2009 1:32 PM, PST
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In March, we learned that not even clever wordplay is safe from ridiculous censorship when Kevin Smith's A Couple of Dicks was tentatively renamed A Couple of Cops. Beware the double entendre! We might have boobs, violence, blood, or a title like Zack and Miri Make a Porno go through, we might have a film called Inglorious Basterds, but plays on the word penis get shut down. ...even if the title simply means two cops.
Well, while looking around Warner Bros. Exhibitor's Website, The Film Stage discovered the newly changed title for Smith's movie -- Cop Out. It certainly sounds more interesting than the mundanely named A Couple of Cops, but I was still hoping the powers that be would come to their senses, or at least they'd be able to find a title even better than the aptly named A Couple of Dicks. At least they were able
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Review: Serious Moonlight
14 December 2009 11:30 AM, PST
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Veteran actress Cheryl Hines (Curb Your Enthusiasm) directs her first film, Serious Moonlight, a dark comedy that premiered as the opening-night film at this year's Austin Film Festival. This film depicts a couple who would seem to have a perfect marriage of 13 years, but turns out that the husband thinks otherwise.
Louise (Meg Ryan), a high-powered Manhattan lawyer, is touched when she
arrives for the weekend to her family’s upstate getaway to find it
strewn with rose petals by her husband of 13 years, Ian...
Louise
(Meg Ryan) is a high-powered Manhattan lawyer who finally manages to get away early for the weekend to their upstate home, where she finds her husband Ian (Timothy
Hutton), who has also arrived early. Only Ian is expecting his young girlfriend Sara (Kristen Bell) and is planning on breaking the news to his wife that he's leaving her. Louise appears to take the news
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Movie Review: Larger Than Life 3D Concert With Dave Matthews Band, Ben Harper and Relentless 7
11 December 2009 4:23 PM, PST
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Dave Matthews Literally Larger Than Life in New 3D Concert
While James Cameron’s Avatar is tearing the industry a new one with its cutting edge 3D technology, other smaller- and that’s only by comparison- studios, like inconcert3d, are trying to do just the same, but with live concert performances.
Now I might be putting my foot in my mouth with this one, but have you checked out a Non-hd TV lately? It’s virtually un-watchable. VHS, DVD’s, and even basic low-def cable seem to have become whispered testaments to the home entertainment system and things like black and white or 35Mm film are as alien and rare as sighting Big Foot. I can see it now: my children, they turn to me and say, “what do you mean movies weren’t always burned directly into my retina?” And lately, the advances in cinema technology have been truly staggering.
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Kevin Smith Comedy Changes Title
9 December 2009 5:44 AM, PST
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It was never going to work, was it? Yes, it was funny. Whenever you muttered it or said it aloud: “A Couple of Dicks.” And no, it wasn’t a sequel to Smith’s Zack and Miri Make A Porno. The dicks is a reference to private detectives. So now, the film has been castrated of its title and shall be dickless. Via Twitter, Smith announced:
“The Movie Formerly Known as A Couple Of Dicks has finally settled on a (network-policy-dictated) replacement title! While we’ll always have Dicks in our hearts, the title we just now locked makes me smile on a bunch of different levels – including this 1: we can now advertise our movie properly (& ironically). And said marketing begins… on every print of Sherlock Holmes, Christmas Day!”
For added marketing and anticipation Smith is not revealing the new title quite yet, saying:
“That kinda thing’s above my pay-grade,
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