Conan O'Brien Movie to Debut at SXSW
South by Southwest 2011 will be the debut location for a Conan O’Brien’s documentary, Conan O’Brien: Can’t Stop, which is based on his 32-city tour that took place while the funnyman was under NBC’s legal stipulations that precluded him from appearing on television.... read more
Found in: Movies, News'Hot Fuzz' Team Gives Us Something to Cheer About
After taking on zombies, aliens and evil exes, British production company Big Talk Pictures is ready for something completely different.... read more
Found in: Movies, News60th Anniversary Peanuts Look-A-Like Contest Ending Today
To celebrate Peanuts’ 60th Anniversary of colorful comic strips and, not to mention, a couple memorable holiday cartoon specials, the daughter of creator Charles Schulz is hosting an online character look-a-like contest that will make winners out of those with the most striking resemblance to the Peanuts cast.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsSeth Rogen, Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader Join Greg Mottola's Paul
Talk about dream casts. Seth Rogen, Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader have joined Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in Paul, the road-trip comedy about a pair of sci-fi geeks who discover an alien in Area 51. ... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsStar Trek
While (technically) taking place in the same continuity as... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsSimon Pegg and Robert Weide: "Don't buy our DVD!"
After begrudgingly agreeing to cut many scenes from How To Lose Friends and Alienate People for the theatrical release, star Simon Pegg and director Robert B. Weide were soothed by the knowledge that the DVD would boast bonus materials. They were assuaged. They were appeased, mollified—babes with pacifiers, toddlers with crayons, grandfathers with a newspaper from 1945. ... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsSimon Pegg and Nick Frost reveal details for road-trip comedy
In Sept. 2007, we reported on the first news of the next Simon Pegg/Nick Frost collaboration, to be called Paul. At the time, all we knew about the film was that the Hot Fuzz stars' typical roles would be reversed: Frost would take the lead role and Pegg plays the incompetent sidekick. Or, as Pegg put it in an interview with MTV's movies blog, "It's different actually. I'm the bitch in this one."... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsHow to Lose Friends & Alienate People
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People is... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsSimon Pegg, Nick Frost rumored for Tintin adaptation
The Tintin movie is back from the dead... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsCasting continues for Tarantino's Inglorious Bastards
When Quentin Tarantino decided to remake the 1977 Italian film, Inglorious Bastards, he probably had no idea how uncomfortably close to the mark that descriptor would apply to the creative process. Well, the "inglorious" part, at least. First, Tarantino sat on the screenplay for about five years, evidently uncertain how to market the 600-page behemoth. Then, the movie was going to be split into two parts, and then sort of not. Now more fresh grist from the industry rumor mill arrives in the form of a casting shake-up.... read more
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