October 2007 News Archive (Page 5)

Yes, there really is another Rambo on the way.

Apparently, Sylvester Stallone learned nothing from Rocky Balboa and is determined to beat his famous franchises into the ground.

It appears as though the title for the latest installment is simply Rambo, which we guess makes sense. These movies have screwed up their names enough along the way already.

Remember, the second was called Rambo: First Blood Part II. Which causes Naked Gun 33 and 1/3 to barely seem comedic by comparison.

Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen have another movie coming out. It's called Drillbit Taylor, it hits theaters in the spring of 2008 and it stars Owen Wilson.

We assume this is enough to inspire anyone to watch, but here's a preview of the comedy anyway:

Ryan, Wade and Emmit attend their first day at high school and they're pumped ... until they meet up with Filkins, a school bully who comes off like a little Hannibal Lecter. Before they become completely engulfed in Filkins' reign of terror, they seek out some protection by placing an ad in soldier of fortune magazine.

Their best response - and the cheapest - comes from Drillbit Taylor (Wilson), a down-on-his luck soldier of fortune who lives a homeless - he likes to say "home free" - existence on the beach. He enrolls them in some physical and mental training.

They're at it again. And movie lovers should be grateful.

Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese are teaming up for their fourth film together, with Variety reporting the latest to be called Shutter island.

The drama is set in 1954, with DiCaprio in final talks to play U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels. He's investigating the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and is presumed to be hiding on the remote Shutter Island.

Production for the movie begins in March 2008.

Previously, DiCaprio and Scorsese have worked together on Gangs of New York, The Aviator and The Departed.

Praise the movie gods! Jim Carrey is going back to comedy!

David Heyman, producer of Harry Potter: Order of the Phoenix, confirmed this week that's he's collaborating on a film with the former Ace Ventura.

"I've got this film with Jim Carrey called Yes Man, which I hope will get into production in the fall," Heyman told MTV News.

After the disaster that was Carrey's thriller The Number 23, Yes Man â€" based on a book by Danny Wallace â€" will return the actor to the high-concept comedy realm that served him well in Liar, Liar and Bruce Almighty.

"It's about a man who finds himself very depressed, and is always saying no. When friends ask him out, he always says no," Heyman said of the script. "[The film will explore] what happens when he decides to say yes to every thing that comes his way."

When asked what the tone of the movie would be, Heyman insisted it would be old-school Carrey. Thank goodness.

"It's really funny," he said. "It's one of the funniest scripts I've read."

Calling all Hugh Jackman lookalikes!

Reports out of Australia - where the spin-off film X-Men Origins: Wolverine will begin shooting next month - claim that a local actor may have been cast in the much-hyped film.

The Sydney Morning Herald reports that star Jackman has been auditioning actors from Down Under for roles in the prequel. The paper reads:

"One such opportunity has gone to the former McCleod's Daughters hunk Aaron Jeffrey, who has already gone through one screen test to play Jackman's brother in the film.

Jackman and Jeffrey - similarly tall, dark and handsome - have had regular catch-ups on Bondi, where Jeffrey is regularly spotted with his girlfriend, another actor with considerable success in Hollywood, Peta Wilson."

We'll keep you apprised as casting news for this film continues to break.

Here's a look at the highly anticipated movie, No Country for Old Men:

Steve Carell isn't always in an office.

In the upcoming comedy, Dan in Real Life, the hilarious actor stars as a widower who pens an advice column for a living. The catch, of course? This guy could use a bit of advice himself.

Below, Carell, discusses the film with MovieWeb...

Q: You seem to get the drama really well, as well as the comedy.
Steve Carell: Oh thanks. I guess I don't look at them differently, so that's part of it. I don't approach something as a comedy or as a drama. I don't think there's like a switch that you flip and you go into your dramatic face or you go into your comedic face. I think it's sort of all one. You just, you try to figure out what sort of tone the director's looking for, and try to listen to the other people there and get a sense of where you are and who you are.

Q: Did you learn a lot of this from Second City TV?
Steve Carell: I think. Yeah. I mean I think one of the [main parts] of at least decent improvisation is to listen, first and foremost. And ... I find things funny that aren't self-aware. That don't know they're funny, and I think the same can hold true for drama. If you think you're in this tragedy and you play it for tragedy, there's a self-awareness there that I think takes you out of watching it and I believe it cuts both ways.

Q: Is this and Little Miss Sunshine important to get people out of the idea that it's just for the laugh really?
Steve Carell: Well, I don't look at it that way. I don't do anything to try to change people's perceptions of me. I tend to think that's sort of an ego driven thing. I don't want to, I don't plan my career based on what I want people to believe I'm capable of doing. So I just take things that I think might be good or might be fun to do or might ultimately entertain.

Read the full interview here.

Lower Learning is receiving some highly publicized stars.

Eva Longoria has come aboard the elementary school comedy. According to Variety, American Pie's Jason Biggs and The Heartbreak Kid's Rob Corddry have also joined the project.

It revolves around Longoria's school inspector character. She's assigned to look into the shady allegations at a school being run by an unprincipled principle. Ed Helms (The Office), Kyle Gass and Monica Potter will also star in the farce.

Mark Lafferty wrote, and will direct, the movie.

Mark Wahlberg is taking over the role of grieving father in the big screen adaption of the best-selling novel, Lovely Bones.

Peter Jackson wrote the script for this anticipated, which originally starred Ryan Gosling and Rachel Weisz.

But the former left the project after just a day of shooting, enabling Wahlgberg to step in.

Weisz is still on board, though, as is newcomer Saoirse Ronan, who stars as the murdered the girl, looking down on her family from heaven.

Shooting beings today in Pennsylvania.

Here are the final numbers for this weekend's box office revenue:

1. 30 Days of Night, $16 million
2. Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?, $12.1 million
3. The Game Plan, $8.1 million
4. Michael Clayton, $7.1 million
5. Gone Baby Gone, $6 million
6. The Comebacks, $5.9 million
7. We Own the Night, $5.5 million
8. Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, $5.1 million
9. Rendition, $4.2 million
10. The Heartbreak Kid, $3.9 million