#GreaseLive is the word. Grease: Live was must-see TV for many on Sunday night - and viewers had a lot to say about Fox's telecast of the classic musical. Headlined by Julianne Hough as Sandy and Aaron Tveit as Danny, the cast of the of Grease: Live braved not only a live studio audience but also the watchful eyes of millions across the country. And people had a lot to say about the live telecast (and we're not just talking about their reactions to Tveit in gym shorts):Started singing and dancing Grease lightening to my dad and he goes "have you been drinking?...
- 2/1/2016
- by Patrick Gomez, @PatrickGomezLA
- PEOPLE.com
#GreaseLive is the word. Grease: Live was must-see TV for many on Sunday night - and viewers had a lot to say about Fox's telecast of the classic musical. Headlined by Julianne Hough as Sandy and Aaron Tveit as Danny, the cast of the of Grease: Live braved not only a live studio audience but also the watchful eyes of millions across the country. And people had a lot to say about the live telecast (and we're not just talking about their reactions to Tveit in gym shorts):Started singing and dancing Grease lightening to my dad and he goes "have you been drinking?...
- 2/1/2016
- by Patrick Gomez, @PatrickGomezLA
- PEOPLE.com
Darren Lynn Bousman, the man behind several of the ultra-successful Saw entries including the original sequel Saw II, has just signed on to direct an indie sci-fi actioner called Apex, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Described as “Predator meets Call of Duty,” Apex is set to center on a secretive Special Ops team deployed on a covert mission to North Korea in hopes of securing a weapon of mass destruction. During the mission, the team is transported to another world and finds itself pitted against a hostile and extremely dangerous alien species. So, basically Predators but with military men instead of criminals.
James E. Cavanaugh came up with the idea for Apex (right) and penned the script, putting an emphasis on bringing current scientific trends in physics and biology into the story. Cavanaugh will be producing Apex with Ambiance Pictures’ Joe Di Mao (Kid Cannabis), 2511 Productions and Aaron Ray (V...
Described as “Predator meets Call of Duty,” Apex is set to center on a secretive Special Ops team deployed on a covert mission to North Korea in hopes of securing a weapon of mass destruction. During the mission, the team is transported to another world and finds itself pitted against a hostile and extremely dangerous alien species. So, basically Predators but with military men instead of criminals.
James E. Cavanaugh came up with the idea for Apex (right) and penned the script, putting an emphasis on bringing current scientific trends in physics and biology into the story. Cavanaugh will be producing Apex with Ambiance Pictures’ Joe Di Mao (Kid Cannabis), 2511 Productions and Aaron Ray (V...
- 7/11/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
We have a crazy amount of love around these parts for director Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw franchise, Repo! The Genetic Opera, Mother's Day, The Barrens) so any time a story breaks involving him, we're all over it. Read on for the skinny on his latest flick, Apex.
Per THR, Bousman is attached to helm the indie sci-fi action project, which is described as Predator meets Call of Duty. The plot tells of a Special Ops team, sent to obtain a Wmd from North Korea, that is transported to another world. The team members then find themselves pitted against a dangerous alien race.
James E. Cavanaugh conceived the idea and wrote the screenplay with an eye on current scientific trends in physics and biology.
Apex is being produced by 2511 Productions in association with Ambiance Pictures. Producing are Joe Di Maio, whose credits include Kid Cannabis and Last Call, and Aaron Ray,...
Per THR, Bousman is attached to helm the indie sci-fi action project, which is described as Predator meets Call of Duty. The plot tells of a Special Ops team, sent to obtain a Wmd from North Korea, that is transported to another world. The team members then find themselves pitted against a dangerous alien race.
James E. Cavanaugh conceived the idea and wrote the screenplay with an eye on current scientific trends in physics and biology.
Apex is being produced by 2511 Productions in association with Ambiance Pictures. Producing are Joe Di Maio, whose credits include Kid Cannabis and Last Call, and Aaron Ray,...
- 7/11/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
Darren Lynn Bousman ("Saw" 2-4," "Repo The Genetic Opera"), is attached to helm the indie sci-fi action thriller "Apex" for 2511 Productions.
The story follows a Special Ops team sent to obtain a Wmd from North Korea, They find themselves transported to another world and pitted against a dangerous alien race.
James E. Cavanaugh wrote the screenplay with "an eye on current scientific trends in physics and biology". The project has been pitched however as "Predator meets Call of Duty" and a potential transmedia property.
Cavanaugh, Joe Di Maio and Aaron Ray will produce.
Source: Heat Vision...
The story follows a Special Ops team sent to obtain a Wmd from North Korea, They find themselves transported to another world and pitted against a dangerous alien race.
James E. Cavanaugh wrote the screenplay with "an eye on current scientific trends in physics and biology". The project has been pitched however as "Predator meets Call of Duty" and a potential transmedia property.
Cavanaugh, Joe Di Maio and Aaron Ray will produce.
Source: Heat Vision...
- 7/10/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
It's been almost a year since last we spoke about bringing Patrick Bateman to Broadway in American Psycho: The Musical, but like every good ax-wielding killer, they always come back!
"Think about Malcolm McDowell singing songs during A Clockwork Orange. He sang 'Singing in the Rain,'" Duncan Sheik, the new show's composer told The New York Post in an interview comparing his musical to a brutal attack scene in the 1971 film.
Speaking of brutality, playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa tells the Post: "There are murders, and they are on stage in full view of the audience ... An ax and a chef's knife will be used. I think there's going to be a lot of blood."
The article also states that the producers hope to cast Tom Cruise for a cameo. In the book Patrick Bateman bumps into "Tom Cruise" in the elevator of the Upper West Side building where they both live.
"Think about Malcolm McDowell singing songs during A Clockwork Orange. He sang 'Singing in the Rain,'" Duncan Sheik, the new show's composer told The New York Post in an interview comparing his musical to a brutal attack scene in the 1971 film.
Speaking of brutality, playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa tells the Post: "There are murders, and they are on stage in full view of the audience ... An ax and a chef's knife will be used. I think there's going to be a lot of blood."
The article also states that the producers hope to cast Tom Cruise for a cameo. In the book Patrick Bateman bumps into "Tom Cruise" in the elevator of the Upper West Side building where they both live.
- 12/6/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Chicago – In our latest comedy edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 35 admit-two passes up for grabs to the Chicago screening of the new film “I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell” based on a true story and the best-selling book by Tucker Max!
“I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell” stars Matt Czuchry (as Tucker Max), Geoff Stults, Jesse Bradford, Keri Lynn Part, Marika Dominczyk and Traci Lords from director Bob Gosse.
To win your free pass to the advance screening of “I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell” in Chicago courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, all you need to do is answer our question below. That’s it! This screening will be held on Sept. 24, 2009 at 8 p.m. in downtown Chicago. Directions to enter this Hookup and immediately win can be found beneath the graphic below.
“I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell” stars Matt Czuchry, Geoff Stults and Jesse Bradford.
“I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell” stars Matt Czuchry (as Tucker Max), Geoff Stults, Jesse Bradford, Keri Lynn Part, Marika Dominczyk and Traci Lords from director Bob Gosse.
To win your free pass to the advance screening of “I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell” in Chicago courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, all you need to do is answer our question below. That’s it! This screening will be held on Sept. 24, 2009 at 8 p.m. in downtown Chicago. Directions to enter this Hookup and immediately win can be found beneath the graphic below.
“I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell” stars Matt Czuchry, Geoff Stults and Jesse Bradford.
- 9/16/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Personal branding just got easier for Enrique Iglesias, Eddie Izzard, John Leguizamo and Taylor Momsen.
They are among the first clients of the management-production firm the Collective to take advantage of its new partnership with social networking hub Ning. The deal will foster a Web presence for the performers that allows them to have greater creative control over their fan interaction and personal brands.
The Collective's clients will have the opportunity to identify and connect directly with their fans and to create their own revenue opportunities around the projects and causes about which they are most passionate. They will own the data and content on their social networks and will have full access to the recently announced Ning Apps Platform.
Iglesias, for example, is an international star with global appeal who has sold more than 60 million records worldwide, while Momsen is a TV star and recording artist who also has a fashion brand.
They are among the first clients of the management-production firm the Collective to take advantage of its new partnership with social networking hub Ning. The deal will foster a Web presence for the performers that allows them to have greater creative control over their fan interaction and personal brands.
The Collective's clients will have the opportunity to identify and connect directly with their fans and to create their own revenue opportunities around the projects and causes about which they are most passionate. They will own the data and content on their social networks and will have full access to the recently announced Ning Apps Platform.
Iglesias, for example, is an international star with global appeal who has sold more than 60 million records worldwide, while Momsen is a TV star and recording artist who also has a fashion brand.
- 5/13/2009
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
RKO is putting money down for "Love on a Bet," a remake of a 1936 road comedy that will be directed by Steve Carr.
RKO's Ted Hartley is producing along with Carr and Jason Taragan via their Rumpus Entertainment banner. Aaron Ray is producing as well.
The original "Bet" was a Depression-era comedy -- directed by Leigh Jason and starring Gene Raymond and Wendy Barrie -- that followed a man who, in order to raise money for a play, makes a bet with a rich uncle that he can begin a journey in New York's Central Park with nothing but his underwear and end up in California with a suit, $100 and a fiancee.
"The original took place in the days where it was racy to be in underwear," Hartley said. "This movie is going to start out with the guy wearing a lot less than his underwear. It's going to be edgy and romantic.
RKO's Ted Hartley is producing along with Carr and Jason Taragan via their Rumpus Entertainment banner. Aaron Ray is producing as well.
The original "Bet" was a Depression-era comedy -- directed by Leigh Jason and starring Gene Raymond and Wendy Barrie -- that followed a man who, in order to raise money for a play, makes a bet with a rich uncle that he can begin a journey in New York's Central Park with nothing but his underwear and end up in California with a suit, $100 and a fiancee.
"The original took place in the days where it was racy to be in underwear," Hartley said. "This movie is going to start out with the guy wearing a lot less than his underwear. It's going to be edgy and romantic.
- 11/19/2008
- by By Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Producers are betting Bret Easton Ellis’ novel and screen adaptation of American Psycho will translate to a stage musical, with original 1980s-inspired songs and familiar covers of hits from the era, says the Hollywood Reporter. The Johnson-Roessler Co.’s David Johnson, Craig Roessler and Jesse Singer, the Collective’s Aaron Ray and XYZ Films’ Nate Bolotin have partnered to acquire, develop and produce the tale of violent Wall Street investment banker Patrick Bateman. Ellis and Edward R. Pressman, the producer of Mary Harron’s 1999 film adaptation with Christian Bale, will serve as consulting producers. No director, book writer or songwriters have yet been brought on board the project, but producers say they’re in early talks with some potential dramatists and hope to stage by 2010 with an eye for Broadway. Musical killers have had mixed success onstage, from the acclaimed “Sweeney Todd” and tepidly received “Assassins” to the disastrous “Carrie.
- 9/24/2008
- UGO Movies
Apparently, Bret Easton Ellis' novel and screen adaptation is making a turn towards Broadway with original songs inspired by the 80s. David Johnson, Craig Roessler and Jesse Singer of The Johnson-Roessler Co., Aaron Ray from the Collective and XYZ Films' Nate Bolotin have all partnered to buy, develop and produce. Edward R. Pressman, the producer of the 1999 film helmed and adaptated by Mary Harron and Ellis are consulting producers on the project.
- 9/24/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Patrick Bateman may have been a very unhappy investment banker at Pierce & Pierce who never could get a reservation at Dorcia's, but at least he will be getting his own American Psycho Broadway musical!
I doubt Bret Easton Ellis ever envisioned his violent/satirical look at the age of excess to be portrayed as a song and dance gig, but we've seen far stranger (The Fly: The Opera anyone?). However, according to THR, the think-tank of Johnson-Roessler Co.'s David Johnson, Craig Roessler and Jesse Singer, the Collective's Aaron Ray and XYZ Films' Nate Bolotin have banded together with the film adaptation's producers, Ellis and Edward R. Pressman, to bring Bateman's sexual and violent antics to the stage.
A date of 2010 has been set for American Psycho's debut, though no director or songwriters have been brought on board. The rights to songs created by Huey Lewis and the News...
I doubt Bret Easton Ellis ever envisioned his violent/satirical look at the age of excess to be portrayed as a song and dance gig, but we've seen far stranger (The Fly: The Opera anyone?). However, according to THR, the think-tank of Johnson-Roessler Co.'s David Johnson, Craig Roessler and Jesse Singer, the Collective's Aaron Ray and XYZ Films' Nate Bolotin have banded together with the film adaptation's producers, Ellis and Edward R. Pressman, to bring Bateman's sexual and violent antics to the stage.
A date of 2010 has been set for American Psycho's debut, though no director or songwriters have been brought on board. The rights to songs created by Huey Lewis and the News...
- 9/24/2008
- by Kryten Syxx
- DreadCentral.com
We're heading back to the '80s when Bret Easton Ellis' AMERICAN PSYCHO makes another mark on our society with a Broadway play! Based on the acclaimed novel starring Patrick Bateman, the story follows a wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies. In 2000, Lionsgate released a feature film adaptation, which starred Christian Bale as Bateman. Read on for the info and chime in on your thoughts. The Johnson-Roessler Co.'s David Johnson, Craig Roessler and Jesse Singer, the Collective's Aaron Ray and XYZ Films' Nate Bolotin have partnered to acquire, develop and produce the tale of violent Wall Street investment banker Patrick Bateman. Ellis and Edward R. Pressman, the producer of Mary Harron's 1999 film adaptation, will serve as consulting producers.
- 9/23/2008
- bloody-disgusting.com
AMERICAN PSYCHO is headed to Broadway? Really? So, some white dude will be swinging his junk and weilding a chainsaw on stage? Hmmm, interesting.
{sidebar id=1}Christian Bale was perfect as the narcissistic psycho killer Patrick Bateman in the 2000 big screen adaptation of the best-selling novel.
Here's the announcement from The Hollywood Reporter,
Producers are betting Bret Easton Ellis' novel and screen adaptation will translate to a stage musical, with original 1980s-inspired songs and familiar covers of hits from the era.
The Johnson-Roessler Co.'s David Johnson, Craig Roessler and Jesse Singer, the Collective's Aaron Ray and XYZ Films' Nate Bolotin have partnered to acquire, develop and produce the tale of violent Wall Street investment banker Patrick Bateman. Ellis and Edward R. Pressman, the producer of Mary Harron's 1999 film adaptation, will serve as consulting producers.
No director, book writer or songwriters Read more...
{sidebar id=1}Christian Bale was perfect as the narcissistic psycho killer Patrick Bateman in the 2000 big screen adaptation of the best-selling novel.
Here's the announcement from The Hollywood Reporter,
Producers are betting Bret Easton Ellis' novel and screen adaptation will translate to a stage musical, with original 1980s-inspired songs and familiar covers of hits from the era.
The Johnson-Roessler Co.'s David Johnson, Craig Roessler and Jesse Singer, the Collective's Aaron Ray and XYZ Films' Nate Bolotin have partnered to acquire, develop and produce the tale of violent Wall Street investment banker Patrick Bateman. Ellis and Edward R. Pressman, the producer of Mary Harron's 1999 film adaptation, will serve as consulting producers.
No director, book writer or songwriters Read more...
- 9/23/2008
- by Stephanie Sanchez <stephanie@iesb.net>
- IESB.net
New York -- Will a singing "American Psycho" serial killer knock 'em dead on Broadway?
Producers are betting Bret Easton Ellis' novel and screen adaptation will translate to a stage musical, with original 1980s-inspired songs and familiar covers of hits from the era.
The Johnson-Roessler Co.'s David Johnson, Craig Roessler and Jesse Singer, the Collective's Aaron Ray and Xyz Films' Nate Bolotin have partnered to acquire, develop and produce the tale of violent Wall Street investment banker Patrick Bateman. Ellis and Edward R. Pressman, the producer of Mary Harron's 1999 film adaptation, will serve as consulting producers.
No director, book writer or songwriters have yet been brought on board the project, but producers say they're in early talks with some potential dramatists and hope to stage by 2010 with an eye for Broadway. Musical killers have had mixed success onstage, from the acclaimed "Sweeney Todd" and tepidly received "Assassins" to the disastrous "Carrie.
Producers are betting Bret Easton Ellis' novel and screen adaptation will translate to a stage musical, with original 1980s-inspired songs and familiar covers of hits from the era.
The Johnson-Roessler Co.'s David Johnson, Craig Roessler and Jesse Singer, the Collective's Aaron Ray and Xyz Films' Nate Bolotin have partnered to acquire, develop and produce the tale of violent Wall Street investment banker Patrick Bateman. Ellis and Edward R. Pressman, the producer of Mary Harron's 1999 film adaptation, will serve as consulting producers.
No director, book writer or songwriters have yet been brought on board the project, but producers say they're in early talks with some potential dramatists and hope to stage by 2010 with an eye for Broadway. Musical killers have had mixed success onstage, from the acclaimed "Sweeney Todd" and tepidly received "Assassins" to the disastrous "Carrie.
- 9/23/2008
- by By Gregg Goldstein
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Matt Czuchry, Jesse Bradford and Geoff Stults are raising their steins for "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell," the adaptation of the bawdy best-selling memoir of Tucker Max. Bob Gosse is directing.
Max rose to fame after launching TuckerMax.com in 2002, garnering millions of unique site visitors to read his short stories and a $300,000 advance for his alcohol-fueled memoir for Penguin Books.
The film, written by Max and Nils Parker, follows his trip to a friend's bachelor party, where he ensnares the groom in a lie that threatens the wedding, then abandons him to pursue further carnal knowledge. After being banned from the nuptials, Max attempts to get back into his friend's good graces.
Czuchry will play Tucker Max, marking the actor's first starring role in a feature film. Bradford and Stults will play Max's best friends.
Rounding out the cast are Keri Lynn Pratt (ABC's "Brothers & Sisters") and Denise Quinones ("The Bedford Diaries"). The film begins principal photography July 21 on location in Shreveport, La.
Darko Entertainment's Richard Kelly, Sean McKittrick and Ted Hamm along with Max and his partner Parker's Rudius Films. Max Wong and Karen Firestone of Pinkslip Pictures also will produce along with Aaron Ray of the Collective. Shaun Redick and Ray Mansfield of the Collective are executive producers.
Darko is financing "Beer in Hell," with the Collective handling the North American rights.
Czuchry ("Gilmore Girls") is repped by Gersh and the Collective.
Uta-repped Bradford recently completed Oliver Stone's "W" and next stars in horror thriller "The Echo." Bradford is also repped by Alchemy Entertainment.
Stults ("October Road") has "The Express" and "She's Out of My League" in the can. He is repped by Uta and the Collective.
Max rose to fame after launching TuckerMax.com in 2002, garnering millions of unique site visitors to read his short stories and a $300,000 advance for his alcohol-fueled memoir for Penguin Books.
The film, written by Max and Nils Parker, follows his trip to a friend's bachelor party, where he ensnares the groom in a lie that threatens the wedding, then abandons him to pursue further carnal knowledge. After being banned from the nuptials, Max attempts to get back into his friend's good graces.
Czuchry will play Tucker Max, marking the actor's first starring role in a feature film. Bradford and Stults will play Max's best friends.
Rounding out the cast are Keri Lynn Pratt (ABC's "Brothers & Sisters") and Denise Quinones ("The Bedford Diaries"). The film begins principal photography July 21 on location in Shreveport, La.
Darko Entertainment's Richard Kelly, Sean McKittrick and Ted Hamm along with Max and his partner Parker's Rudius Films. Max Wong and Karen Firestone of Pinkslip Pictures also will produce along with Aaron Ray of the Collective. Shaun Redick and Ray Mansfield of the Collective are executive producers.
Darko is financing "Beer in Hell," with the Collective handling the North American rights.
Czuchry ("Gilmore Girls") is repped by Gersh and the Collective.
Uta-repped Bradford recently completed Oliver Stone's "W" and next stars in horror thriller "The Echo." Bradford is also repped by Alchemy Entertainment.
Stults ("October Road") has "The Express" and "She's Out of My League" in the can. He is repped by Uta and the Collective.
- 7/8/2008
- by By Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- Tucker Max will adapt his bawdy best-seller "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell" into a big-screen comedy with director Bob Gosse.
"Hell", now No. 12 on the New York Times best-seller list after a three-year run, chronicles Max's alcohol-fueled true adventures. The film will follow his trip to a friend's bachelor party, where he ensnares the groom in a lie that threatens the wedding, then abandons him to pursue further carnal knowledge. After being banned from the nuptials, Max attempts to get back into his friend's good graces.
Pinkslip Pictures' Max Wong ("Bring It On") and Karen Firestone will produce with the Collective's Aaron Ray ("Big Momma's House"), Max and co-screenwriter Nils Parker. Gosse previously helmed "Niagara Niagara".
Max rose to fame after launching TuckerMax.com in 2002, garnering millions of unique site visitors to read his short stories and a $300,000 advance for his Penguin Books memoir.
But Max's road to the screen has been a long one. In 2003, he sold a TV pilot based on his site and book to Fox and then NBC, but rights quickly reverted back to him after a regime change.
"Hell", now No. 12 on the New York Times best-seller list after a three-year run, chronicles Max's alcohol-fueled true adventures. The film will follow his trip to a friend's bachelor party, where he ensnares the groom in a lie that threatens the wedding, then abandons him to pursue further carnal knowledge. After being banned from the nuptials, Max attempts to get back into his friend's good graces.
Pinkslip Pictures' Max Wong ("Bring It On") and Karen Firestone will produce with the Collective's Aaron Ray ("Big Momma's House"), Max and co-screenwriter Nils Parker. Gosse previously helmed "Niagara Niagara".
Max rose to fame after launching TuckerMax.com in 2002, garnering millions of unique site visitors to read his short stories and a $300,000 advance for his Penguin Books memoir.
But Max's road to the screen has been a long one. In 2003, he sold a TV pilot based on his site and book to Fox and then NBC, but rights quickly reverted back to him after a regime change.
- 4/16/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This review was written for the theatrical release of "Are We Done Yet?"
Mr. Cube builds his dream house in "Are We Done Yet?" which essentially takes the "Are We There Yet?" characters and grafts them into the basic plot line for the classic RKO comedy "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House," in which Cary Grant played Mr. Blandings, a man who predated "Green Acres' " Oliver Douglas by a couple of decades.
While the refurbished version would never be taken as an improvement over the original, it makes for a generally inoffensive hour-and-a-half, and with a certifiably gonzo John C. McGinley providing the bulk of the laughs, it is definitely less obnoxious than those "Cheaper by the Dozen" remakes.
It also is better than the 2005 Ice Cube comedy that still managed to gross a highly respectable $82 million. Given the new film's pre-Easter weekend release strategy, it should play well with kids and home improvement fanatics, though others could find themselves relating to the title on more than one occasion.
The last time we saw Ice Cube's Nick Persons, he was trapped in an SUV with two kids traveling from Portland to Vancouver. Now fully domesticated, Nick, his bride, Suzanne (Nia Long), and her two growing children (Aleisha Allen, Philip Daniel Bolden) are finding his former bachelor pad a little cramped, and with twins on the way, bigger quarters are required sooner rather than later.
They find the sprawling house of their dreams in the rural Pacific Northwest (courtesy of British Columbia), which affords lots of fresh air and lakeside views. It also proves to be a major money pit, but Persons is so taken in by a local real estate agent's ("Scrubs" regular McGinley) slick sales pitch, he fails to notice all the telltale signs.
As it turns out, McGinley's ingratiating Chuck Mitchell Jr. wears a number of hats, including building inspector and contractor, and before Nick knows what has hit him, Chuck has moved his Airstream trailer into the Persons' yard to oversee the neverending renovations.
Directed by Steve Carr, who helmed Ice Cube's "Next Friday", and adapted by Hank Nelken ("Saving Silverman"), the picture delivers the requisite number of pratfalls, and the genial Ice Cube makes for a credibly hapless everyman, but the comedy still feels a little too safely soft around the edges. A little more inspiration could have made it something enjoyable instead of simply innocuous.
Visually, cinematographer Jack Green, a frequent Clint Eastwood collaborator, effectively captures all those unobstructed, picture-perfect vistas. Production designer Nina Ruscio rightfully lends the house a distinctive character of its own.
Should the Persons family return for another sequel, here's hoping they at least don't take another dip into the RKO vault and turn "Citizen Kane" into "Are We Rich Yet?"
ARE WE DONE YET?
Columbia Pictures
Revolution Studios presents an RKO Pictures/Cube Vision production
Credits:
Director: Steve Carr
Screenwriter: Hank Nelken
Based on characters created by: Steven Gary Banks, Claudio Grazioso
Based on the motion picture "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House," screenplay by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank
Producers: Ted Hartley, Ice Cube, Matt Alvarez, Todd Garner
Executive producers: Heidi Santelli, Aaron Ray, Steve Carr, Derek Dauchy, Neil Machlis
Director of photography: Jack Green
Production designer: Nina Ruscio
Editor: Craig P. Herring
Music: Teddy Castellucci
Cast:
Nick Persons: Ice Cube
Suzanne Persons: Nia Long
Chuck Mitchell Jr.: John C. McGinley
Lindsey Persons: Aleisha Allen
Kevin Persons: Philip Daniel Bolden
Running time -- 92 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
Mr. Cube builds his dream house in "Are We Done Yet?" which essentially takes the "Are We There Yet?" characters and grafts them into the basic plot line for the classic RKO comedy "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House," in which Cary Grant played Mr. Blandings, a man who predated "Green Acres' " Oliver Douglas by a couple of decades.
While the refurbished version would never be taken as an improvement over the original, it makes for a generally inoffensive hour-and-a-half, and with a certifiably gonzo John C. McGinley providing the bulk of the laughs, it is definitely less obnoxious than those "Cheaper by the Dozen" remakes.
It also is better than the 2005 Ice Cube comedy that still managed to gross a highly respectable $82 million. Given the new film's pre-Easter weekend release strategy, it should play well with kids and home improvement fanatics, though others could find themselves relating to the title on more than one occasion.
The last time we saw Ice Cube's Nick Persons, he was trapped in an SUV with two kids traveling from Portland to Vancouver. Now fully domesticated, Nick, his bride, Suzanne (Nia Long), and her two growing children (Aleisha Allen, Philip Daniel Bolden) are finding his former bachelor pad a little cramped, and with twins on the way, bigger quarters are required sooner rather than later.
They find the sprawling house of their dreams in the rural Pacific Northwest (courtesy of British Columbia), which affords lots of fresh air and lakeside views. It also proves to be a major money pit, but Persons is so taken in by a local real estate agent's ("Scrubs" regular McGinley) slick sales pitch, he fails to notice all the telltale signs.
As it turns out, McGinley's ingratiating Chuck Mitchell Jr. wears a number of hats, including building inspector and contractor, and before Nick knows what has hit him, Chuck has moved his Airstream trailer into the Persons' yard to oversee the neverending renovations.
Directed by Steve Carr, who helmed Ice Cube's "Next Friday", and adapted by Hank Nelken ("Saving Silverman"), the picture delivers the requisite number of pratfalls, and the genial Ice Cube makes for a credibly hapless everyman, but the comedy still feels a little too safely soft around the edges. A little more inspiration could have made it something enjoyable instead of simply innocuous.
Visually, cinematographer Jack Green, a frequent Clint Eastwood collaborator, effectively captures all those unobstructed, picture-perfect vistas. Production designer Nina Ruscio rightfully lends the house a distinctive character of its own.
Should the Persons family return for another sequel, here's hoping they at least don't take another dip into the RKO vault and turn "Citizen Kane" into "Are We Rich Yet?"
ARE WE DONE YET?
Columbia Pictures
Revolution Studios presents an RKO Pictures/Cube Vision production
Credits:
Director: Steve Carr
Screenwriter: Hank Nelken
Based on characters created by: Steven Gary Banks, Claudio Grazioso
Based on the motion picture "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House," screenplay by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank
Producers: Ted Hartley, Ice Cube, Matt Alvarez, Todd Garner
Executive producers: Heidi Santelli, Aaron Ray, Steve Carr, Derek Dauchy, Neil Machlis
Director of photography: Jack Green
Production designer: Nina Ruscio
Editor: Craig P. Herring
Music: Teddy Castellucci
Cast:
Nick Persons: Ice Cube
Suzanne Persons: Nia Long
Chuck Mitchell Jr.: John C. McGinley
Lindsey Persons: Aleisha Allen
Kevin Persons: Philip Daniel Bolden
Running time -- 92 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
Mr. Cube builds his dream house in Are We Done Yet? which essentially takes the Are We There Yet? characters and grafts them into the basic plot line for the classic RKO comedy Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, in which Cary Grant played Mr. Blandings, a man who predated "Green Acres' " Oliver Douglas by a couple of decades.
While the refurbished version would never be taken as an improvement over the original, it makes for a generally inoffensive hour-and-a-half, and with a certifiably gonzo John C. McGinley providing the bulk of the laughs, it is definitely less obnoxious than those Cheaper by the Dozen remakes.
It also is better than the 2005 Ice Cube comedy that still managed to gross a highly respectable $82 million. Given the new film's pre-Easter weekend release strategy, it should play well with kids and home improvement fanatics, though others could find themselves relating to the title on more than one occasion.
The last time we saw Ice Cube's Nick Persons, he was trapped in an SUV with two kids traveling from Portland to Vancouver. Now fully domesticated, Nick, his bride, Suzanne (Nia Long), and her two growing children (Aleisha Allen, Philip Daniel Bolden) are finding his former bachelor pad a little cramped, and with twins on the way, bigger quarters are required sooner rather than later.
They find the sprawling house of their dreams in the rural Pacific Northwest (courtesy of British Columbia), which affords lots of fresh air and lakeside views. It also proves to be a major money pit, but Persons is so taken in by a local real estate agent's (Scrubs regular McGinley) slick sales pitch, he fails to notice all the telltale signs.
As it turns out, McGinley's ingratiating Chuck Mitchell Jr. wears a number of hats, including building inspector and contractor, and before Nick knows what has hit him, Chuck has moved his Airstream trailer into the Persons' yard to oversee the neverending renovations.
Directed by Steve Carr, who helmed Ice Cube's Next Friday, and adapted by Hank Nelken (Saving Silverman), the picture delivers the requisite number of pratfalls, and the genial Ice Cube makes for a credibly hapless everyman, but the comedy still feels a little too safely soft around the edges. A little more inspiration could have made it something enjoyable instead of simply innocuous.
Visually, cinematographer Jack Green, a frequent Clint Eastwood collaborator, effectively captures all those unobstructed, picture-perfect vistas. Production designer Nina Ruscio rightfully lends the house a distinctive character of its own.
Should the Persons family return for another sequel, here's hoping they at least don't take another dip into the RKO vault and turn Citizen Kane into "Are We Rich Yet?"
ARE WE DONE YET?
Columbia Pictures
Revolution Studios presents an RKO Pictures/Cube Vision production
Credits:
Director: Steve Carr
Screenwriter: Hank Nelken
Based on characters created by: Steven Gary Banks, Claudio Grazioso
Based on the motion picture "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House," screenplay by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank
Producers: Ted Hartley, Ice Cube, Matt Alvarez, Todd Garner
Executive producers: Heidi Santelli, Aaron Ray, Steve Carr, Derek Dauchy, Neil Machlis
Director of photography: Jack Green
Production designer: Nina Ruscio
Editor: Craig P. Herring
Music: Teddy Castellucci
Cast:
Nick Persons: Ice Cube
Suzanne Persons: Nia Long
Chuck Mitchell Jr.: John C. McGinley
Lindsey Persons: Aleisha Allen
Kevin Persons: Philip Daniel Bolden
Running time -- 92 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
While the refurbished version would never be taken as an improvement over the original, it makes for a generally inoffensive hour-and-a-half, and with a certifiably gonzo John C. McGinley providing the bulk of the laughs, it is definitely less obnoxious than those Cheaper by the Dozen remakes.
It also is better than the 2005 Ice Cube comedy that still managed to gross a highly respectable $82 million. Given the new film's pre-Easter weekend release strategy, it should play well with kids and home improvement fanatics, though others could find themselves relating to the title on more than one occasion.
The last time we saw Ice Cube's Nick Persons, he was trapped in an SUV with two kids traveling from Portland to Vancouver. Now fully domesticated, Nick, his bride, Suzanne (Nia Long), and her two growing children (Aleisha Allen, Philip Daniel Bolden) are finding his former bachelor pad a little cramped, and with twins on the way, bigger quarters are required sooner rather than later.
They find the sprawling house of their dreams in the rural Pacific Northwest (courtesy of British Columbia), which affords lots of fresh air and lakeside views. It also proves to be a major money pit, but Persons is so taken in by a local real estate agent's (Scrubs regular McGinley) slick sales pitch, he fails to notice all the telltale signs.
As it turns out, McGinley's ingratiating Chuck Mitchell Jr. wears a number of hats, including building inspector and contractor, and before Nick knows what has hit him, Chuck has moved his Airstream trailer into the Persons' yard to oversee the neverending renovations.
Directed by Steve Carr, who helmed Ice Cube's Next Friday, and adapted by Hank Nelken (Saving Silverman), the picture delivers the requisite number of pratfalls, and the genial Ice Cube makes for a credibly hapless everyman, but the comedy still feels a little too safely soft around the edges. A little more inspiration could have made it something enjoyable instead of simply innocuous.
Visually, cinematographer Jack Green, a frequent Clint Eastwood collaborator, effectively captures all those unobstructed, picture-perfect vistas. Production designer Nina Ruscio rightfully lends the house a distinctive character of its own.
Should the Persons family return for another sequel, here's hoping they at least don't take another dip into the RKO vault and turn Citizen Kane into "Are We Rich Yet?"
ARE WE DONE YET?
Columbia Pictures
Revolution Studios presents an RKO Pictures/Cube Vision production
Credits:
Director: Steve Carr
Screenwriter: Hank Nelken
Based on characters created by: Steven Gary Banks, Claudio Grazioso
Based on the motion picture "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House," screenplay by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank
Producers: Ted Hartley, Ice Cube, Matt Alvarez, Todd Garner
Executive producers: Heidi Santelli, Aaron Ray, Steve Carr, Derek Dauchy, Neil Machlis
Director of photography: Jack Green
Production designer: Nina Ruscio
Editor: Craig P. Herring
Music: Teddy Castellucci
Cast:
Nick Persons: Ice Cube
Suzanne Persons: Nia Long
Chuck Mitchell Jr.: John C. McGinley
Lindsey Persons: Aleisha Allen
Kevin Persons: Philip Daniel Bolden
Running time -- 92 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
Drake Bell and Josh Peck, stars of the hit Nickelodeon series Drake & Josh, are graduating to the big screen. The duo will star in an as-yet untitled feature being produced by Nickelodeon Movies and the Collective. Written by Emmy-nominated kids TV show creator Dan Schneider and Steve Molaro, the film will tell the tale of a wealthy but extremely sheltered young man (Peck) who is thrust into the real world and quickly finds himself in over his head. To make up for lost time, he receives a crash course in life experience from a jovial slacker (Bell). The Collective's Sam Maydew and Michael Goldman will produce, and the company's Aaron Ray and Michael Green will executive produce. Julia Pistor will oversee production on behalf of Nickelodeon Movies.
Regency Enterprises -- which along with Fox 2000 produced this past weekend's top-grossing movie, Man on Fire -- has found the truth in David Collard's Beyond a Reasonable Doubt. Collard's spec script is a remake of the 1956 RKO film of the same name. The original Beyond a Reasonable Doubt was one of the last English-language films from writer-director Fritz Lang. It starred Dana Andrews, Joan Fontaine, Sidney Blackmer, Arthur Franz, Philip Bourneuf and Ed Binns. The story centers on a newsman who intentionally frames himself for a murder he didn't commit to point out the dangers of circumstantial evidence and to expose an overzealous district attorney who has manipulated evidence in the past to gain convictions. Everything is going as planned until his friend, the one person who can exonerate him, is killed. The Collard script, developed internally at RKO, will be produced by Regency topper Arnon Milchan along with RKO's Ted Hartley. Nine Yards Entertainment's Aaron Ray, who repped the project and sold it to Regency's Sanford Panitch and Peter Cramer, will receive executive producer credit. Collard is repped by Endeavor.
- 4/28/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Four-time Oscar nominee Jeff Bridges will star in the indie feature The Moguls, which will mark the directorial debut of writer Michael Traeger. Aaron Ryder, who executive produced Donnie Darko and Memento while head of production at Newmarket Films, is producing through his Raygun Prods. The comedy revolves around a small town that bands together to make a porno film. Bridges plays a guy dealing with a midlife crisis who hatches the porno scheme. The film is being financed by Michael Kuhn's Qwerty Films. Kuhn executive produced Being John Malkovich and the upcoming I Heart Huckabee's. Production on Moguls is slated to start in May in and around Los Angeles. Bridges, who starred in last year's Seabiscuit, has earned Oscar noms for his work in The Contender, Starman, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot and The Last Picture Show. The actor, repped by UTA, manager Neil Koenigsberg and attorney Bob Wallerstein, next stars in Door in the Floor. Traeger wrote Dead Man on Campus and recently sold an untitled Kevin Bacon project at New Line. He is in the midst of writing a TV pilot for NBC Studios. Traeger is repped by Broder Webb Chervin Silbermann and Aaron Ray at Nine Yards Entertainment.
- 3/25/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Steve Carr has been tapped to direct the Martin Lawrence vehicle Rage Control for 20th Century Fox and the Robert Simonds Co. With Carr now on board, the project is gearing up for an April start, sources said. Originally developed at DreamWorks by newly installed head of production Adam Goodman, Rage Control will star Lawrence as a legendary college basketball coach who, after a public meltdown, is forced to coach a losing junior varsity team. The most current revisions on the script were done by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. Robert Simonds is producing the project, with Tracey Trench serving as executive producer along with Carr's producing partner Heidi Santelli. At the studio, the project is being overseen by TCF division topper Hutch Parker along with Emma Watts. Carr is repped by WMA, Nine Yards Entertainment's Aaron Ray and attorney Karl Austen. He most recently directed Daddy Day Care and Dr. Dolittle 2, both of which topped the $100 million mark. Simonds' most recent producing effort was the Steve Martin starrer Cheaper by the Dozen. The Fox family film opened during the recent holiday season and went on to top the $130 million mark.
- 2/19/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jeremy Piven has been cast opposite Mandy Moore in Alcon Entertainment's untitled Mandy Moore project (aka First Daughter) for Warner Bros. Pictures and helmer Andy Cadiff. The project is slated to go into production in mid-June. It centers on the U.S. president's 18-year-old daughter, who gives the Secret Service the slip and runs away on a European road trip. Piven is set to play a key Secret Service agent. David Parfitt is producing along with Alcon co-presidents Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson. Alcon's Kira Davis and Steven Wegner are co-producing. Wayne Rice is executive producing. Derek Guiley and David Schneiderman penned the screenplay, with a rewrite by Randi Singer. Piven, who is coming off his starring turn in the DreamWorks Pictures/Montecito Picture Co. comedy Old School, next stars in Runaway Jury for Regency Enterprises and 20th Century Fox and Scary Movie 3 for Dimension Films. He is repped by WMA, Matt Luber and Aaron Ray at Nine Yards Entertainment and attorney Patti Felker. Regency Enterprises has a competing First Daughter project, which Katie Holmes recently signed on to topline. That project is due to start production in mid-May, with a Jan. 9 release date scheduled.
MGM is finalizing a deal to pick up an untitled scuba pitch to be written by screenwriter Matt Johnson for Peter Guber's Mandalay Pictures to produce. The project, which is being kept tightly guarded, is said to be an underwater action-adventure in the tone of The Deep and Treasure of the Sierra Madre. It follows a group of scuba divers who uncover the sunken wreckage of a plane that contains illegal substances. The divers then find themselve involved with a dangerous drug lord. The idea for the pitch was developed internally at Mandalay before being set up at MGM. Eric Paquette, vp production at the studio, is overseeing. Johnson is repped by Genesis Literary Agency, Nine Yards Entertainment's Aaron Ray and attorney Adam Caller. He previously wrote Torque, which is in postproduction at Warner Bros. Pictures with Joseph Kahn directing an ensemble cast that includes Ice Cube, Martin Henderson and Jay Hernandez.
- 10/15/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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