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First Teaser For Adam Sandler's Grown Ups
13 November 2009 3:25 AM, PST | Screenrush | See recent Screenrush news »
Grown Ups, the upcoming film from Dennis Dugan (the director of various early Adam Sandler hits as well as recent clunkers like You Don't Mess with the Zohan) which surrounds its star with other comedy luminaries such as Chris Rock, Rob Schneider and Kevin James in a tale of five high-schoolfriends who regroup to mourn the death of their basketball coach in the same place where many years previously they celebrated their greatest victory, has just released its first teaser over on Yahoo.
To be cruelly honest it looks much like the standard slightly-below par we've come to expect on the big-screen from Sandler and his coterie of Saturday Night Live alumni, but that's not to say it won't be completely without laughs.
Check out the trailer below and be sure to let us know what you think.
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Movie Trailer: Adam Sandler’s New Comedy Grown Ups
12 November 2009 4:49 PM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Columbia Pictures has released the teaser trailer for the new Adam Sandler comedy Grown Ups. The film stars Chris Rock, Kevin James, David Spade, Rob Schneider, Salma Hayek, Steve Buscemi, Maria Bello, Gary Busey and David Spade, and is directed by Dennid Dugan, the filmmaker behind of some of Sandler's earlier films like Happy Gilmore and Big Daddy, but who recently has been responsible for some comic clunkers like I Now Pronouce You Chuck & Larry, and You Don't Mess with the Zohan. Five friends and former teammates reunite years later to honor the passing of their childhood basketball coach. With their wives and kids in tow, they spend the Fourth of July holiday weekend together at the lake house where they celebrated their championship years earlier. Picking up where they left off, they discover why growing older doesn't mean growing up. It looks like a fairly generic comedy, even more »
- Peter Sciretta
Comedy Central Picks Up Nick Swardson's Sketch Series
29 October 2009 11:17 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
It's Nick Swardson's party ... and you're invited! After numerous hit movies, highly-rated stand-up specials and memorable appearances on Reno 911!, Comedy Central greenlights a new, half-hour weekly sketch series starring comedian Nick Swardson and executive produced by Swardson, Tom Gianas, Adam Sandler's Happy Madison Productions and Sony Pictures Television, it was announced today by Lauren Corrao, president, original programming and development, Comedy Central. The new series is slated to begin production in November and is scheduled to premiere in 2010.
"We love Nick at Comedy Central and even more importantly, our audience loves Nick," said Corrao. "We've seen it in his movies, his stand-up, with his Reno 911! character 'Terry,' and in the work he's done developing Gay Robot. We can't wait to expand his creative voice into a sketch series."
"I'm very excited to be working with Comedy Central," said Swardson. "They are great people who understand me creatively. »
Sandler 'struggled filming serious scenes'
24 August 2009 1:39 PM, PDT | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Adam Sandler has reportedly said that he found it difficult to shoot his new comedy Funny People's more serious scenes. The You Don't Mess With The Zohan actor plays a stand-up comedian who discovers he has an untreatable blood disorder in the upcoming film. According to Contactmusic, Sandler explained: "I'd rather be funny. When I have to do stuff like that I'm glad when the day's (more) »
- By Oli Simpson
'Inglourious Basterds': Five Of Cinema's Badass Jewish Action Heroes
21 August 2009 2:30 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
"Inglourious Basterds" opens this week with one of the most intentionally Jewish casts of action heroes that any writer or director has ever assembled. Quentin Tarantino's ultra-violent tale sets itself historically during a time that many films have tackled, showcasing the tales of real-life heroes in Jewish history like Oscar Schindler in "Schindler's List" and Anne Frank in "The Diary of Anne Frank." I'm talking of course about World War II.
Tarantino's trademark penchant for extreme black humor and overshooting reality, meanwhile, places his ambitions somewhere between those more somber films and other over-the-top performances, like Adam Goldberg in the Comedy Central TV movie "The Hebrew Hammer." Eli Roth and his fellow Basterds will join a long history of Jewish action heroes in film, though. Here are five of the most famous figures who have earned that distinction.
The Thing (Michael Chiklis) -- "Fantastic Four"
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- Brian Warmoth
This Week On DVD and Blu-ray: August 4, 2009
4 August 2009 12:30 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
DVD Links: DVD News | Release Dates | New Dvds | Reviews | RSS Feed Unfortunately it's a very bad week for DVD and Blu-ray releases, but let's rundown the list anyway as maybe some of you are looking forward to at least renting one or two of these. The Soloist The best new film of the bunch has to be The Soloist, but even it isn't a stand-out masterpiece by any stretch. It does have a couple of good performances and is certainly worth a once over, but as far as being a purchase I would definitely recommend against it. Mutant Chronicles This action-sci-fi feature starring Thomas Jane, John Malkovich and Ron Perlman is probably the title I am most interested in renting and a little upset I forgot to request a review copy, but Netflix will take care of that. Race to Witch Mountain Ugh, just a bad, bad movie. Kids may »
- Brad Brevet
Funny People Top Us Box Office
3 August 2009 12:22 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
The Adam Sandler/Judd Apatow comedy express Funny People got off to a steady-if-unspectacular start in American cinemas this weekend, pulling in $23.4m. Not huge perhaps, especially compared with Sandler's last big summer release You Don't Mess With the Zohan ($38m), but certainly respectable for a celebral comedy with the Sandler goof quotient dialled back, and a ray of sunshine for Universal in a quiet summer. In comparison with Funny People, which was always likely to rely on momentum from positive word-of-mouth, the not-so-slow-burning Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince clocked up second spot at the Us box office. All the expecto patronum spells in the world couldn't prevent it falling 40%, although happily for Harry, Hermione, Ron et al, that still equates to $17.7m, mirroring the performance of The Order Of The Phoenix which went on to gross $292 million in the Us. In a less-than-stellar weekend - 25% down on the »
How Self-Aware is Adam Sandler?
29 July 2009 9:03 AM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
In the new film Funny People, comedian Adam Sandler plays an actor remarkably similar to, well, Adam Sandler. His character, George Simmons, is a former stand-up comic who's become obscenely wealthy and famous through a series of patently terrible films with titles like Merman and Dog's Best Friend (Erik Davis wrote about these movies-within-the-movie and shared clips -- check it out here). Now a little older and trying to beat a possibly fatal medical condition, Simmons takes a new look at his life -- including the crappy but wildly popular movies that made him a star.
The fake movies are truly awful. But not any worse than some of abysmal actual movies made by Sandler himself, like Little Nicky, Eight Crazy Nights, Mr. Deeds, You Don't Mess with the Zohan, etc. Since the character is so baldly modeled on Sandler, one can't help but wonder what he thinks about the »
- Dawn Taylor
Rupert Gregson-Williams: Grown Ups
21 July 2009 1:00 AM, PDT | MovieScore Magazine | See recent MovieScore Magazine news »
Rupert Gregson-Williams continues his working relationship with director Dennis Dugan. Their third film together, after I Now Pronounce Your Chuck and Larry and You Don't Mess With the Zohan, is Grown Ups, which is also a comedy. Starring Adam Sandler, Steve Buscemi, Salma Hayek and Maria Bello, the film centers around the reunion of five friends who went to high school thirty years ago. Adam Sandler also wrote the screenplay together with Fred Wolf. Columbia Pictures will release film on June 25 next year. »
- noreply@blogger.com (Mikael Carlsson)
Ask 'Funny People' Stars Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen and Leslie Mann a Question
14 July 2009 10:15 AM, PDT | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
The comedy 'Funny People' has so many great things going for it, it's almost hard to keep track.
For one thing, it's directed by Judd Apatow, the comic -- is "genius" too strong a word? -- behind 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin' and 'Knocked Up.'
And then there are the stars: Adam Sandler, the former 'SNL' star who's known for crowd-pleasing comedies like 'Big Daddy' and 'The Waterboy,' but who's done his share of introspective dramas as well ('Punch-Drunk Love,' 'Spanglish,' 'You Don't Mess With the Zohan' ... Ok, kidding about that last one).
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- Patricia Chui
Forbes Names Harrison Ford As Highest Paid Actor
15 June 2009 11:08 AM, PDT | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »
Forbe's magazine has named Harrison Ford as the highest earning actor in Tinsel town. The actor earned .95 million in the last 12 months between June 2008 and 2009.
The biggest paycheck earner for the star was his returning role of archaeologist Indiana Jones in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull." The movie earned more than 0 million worldwide.
Surprisingly enough, comedian Adam Sandler came in second place at .9 million after the success of his two latest films "Bedtime Stories" and "You Don't Mess With The Zohan," along with the soon-to-be released "Funny People" with Judd Apatow.
Next on the list is Will Smith at million, followed by Eddie Murphy, thanks to "Meet Dave," and Nicolas Cage, who both earned .9 million.
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Ford Is Highest Paid Actor
15 June 2009 1:05 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Harrison Ford has been named the highest earning actor in Hollywood - after he took home a massive $64.95 million (£43.3 million) in the last 12 months.
The veteran star returned to his role as the famed archaeologist in last year's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which went on to gross more than $750 million (£500 million) worldwide and earned Ford a bumper pay cheque.
The figures, from America's Forbes magazine, show Ford brought home the staggering sum between June 2008 and 2009.
Second in the list was funnyman Adam Sandler, who earned $54.9 million (£36.6 million) thanks to the success of his two films, Bedtime Stories and You Don't Mess With The Zohan.
Will Smith came in third with $45 million (£30 million), while the top five is rounded out by Eddie Murphy and Nicolas Cage who both earned $39.9 million (£26.6 million). »
Harrison Ford Named Highest Earning Actor
14 June 2009 11:20 PM, PDT | Hollyscoop.com | See recent HollyScoop news »
Indiana Jones' still got it! Harrison Ford was just named the highest earning actor in Hollywood, beating out big timers like Will Smith, Tom Hanks, and Tom Cruise. Who knew?! According to Forbes magazine, Ford has earned over $64.95 million in the last 12 months, thanks to his role in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which grossed more than $750 million worldwide. Coming in at number two was funny man Adam Sandler, who thanks to movies like You Don't Mess With The Zohan and Bedtime Stories, made $55 million. Rounded out the top three... »
Harrison Ford is Top-Earning Actor
11 June 2009 8:00 AM, PDT | WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news »
Forbes magazine released a list of top-earning actors who worked between June 2008 and June 2009. Topping the list is Harrison Ford, who needed to make only one movie to lead all other actors. That movie is "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull." In order to get Ford to come out of his semi-retirement, Paramount Pictures agreed to a lucrative deal that split almost all of the film's earnings with Ford, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. "Indiana Jones 4" went on to earn $786 million, and even though the trio had to wait until the studio made back its production and advertising costs, Ford still walked away with $65 million. Coming in second is Adam Sandler with $55 million, thanks to such films as "You Don't Mess with The Zohan," "Bedtime Stories" and his big paycheck for "Funny People." Will Smith came in third by just making "Hancock" and "Seven Pounds," while Eddie Murphy »
Friday Report: 'Hangover' Wakes Up in First
6 June 2009 1:58 PM, PDT | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »
After last weekend's high-flying start, Up seemed poised to hang on to the top spot for a second weekend, but The Hangover rang in with a punchy opening day gross to top Friday and has a shot at maintaining that lead for the weekend as a whole.
The Hangover drew an estimated $16.5 million on approximately 4,500 screens at 3,269 sites. That's more in a single day than the entire opening weekends of pictures like Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay and The Heartbreak Kid. Not only that, first day attendance was around 40 percent higher than for Wedding Crashers and more than 60 percent higher than Knocked Up, among past raunchy summer comedies that were pre-ordained hits like Hangover.
On this same weekend last year, You Don't Mess with the Zohan had a $14.9 million Friday and wound up with a $38.5 million weekend. If Hangover follows the same path, its weekend would come in at $43 million. »
- Brandon Gray
Fan Made Trailer - Nathan Fillion as Green Lantern
26 May 2009 7:50 AM, PDT | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »
This is a ridiculously good use of existing video, so I applaud Jarron Pitts for taking the time to throw together a fairly believable fake trailer for The Green Lantern. Big Picture reader Dustin H. sent it over to us, and even though there are definitely spots where it looks fake, you've still got to admire how well it's put together.
In this version of The Green Lantern, Hal Jordan is played by Nathan Fillion. I'd have no problem with that if they weren't trying to go younger for the actual movie, which will begin production pretty soon. It certainly raises the question of what comic hero Fillion could play, though.
See how many movies you can spot in this trailer. I notice Star Trek, Dragonball Evolution, and I think The Fountain and You Don't Mess With the Zohan among a few others. »
- Colin Boyd
Is Adam Sandler Really the Most Valuable Comedian?
16 April 2009 2:45 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Forbes has released its Most Valuable Comedians list, and through some intricate calculations I stopped studying after high school, came up with Adam Sandler as Hollywood's most powerful laugh riot, both in front of the camera and behind the scenes.
Sandler is gaining traction not only because of his starring roles in such critic-proof movies as You Don't Mess with the Zohan and I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, but because he can also occasionally show off some real acting chops as in 2007's Reign Over Me and Punch-Drunk Love. The number of movies he's producing and has in development under Happy Madison Productions are growing in number. And despite its premise, this summer's Funny People, which stars Sandler as a comedian dying of cancer who mentors a younger comedian, has quite a number of big names attached. Judd Apatow wrote, directed, and produced the film; Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill costar. »
- Jenni Miller
FX Network to Screen 'Monsters vs. Aliens' and Others on TV
31 March 2009 11:28 PM, PDT | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »
Some DreamWorks Animation productions will get a second round of screening on TV. FX Channel have secured the rights to rerun some of the animated movies such as the recent box office champ "Monsters Vs. Aliens" and older ones like "Kung Fu Panda", "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" and "Shrek Goes Fourth".
"Every year, DreamWorks Animation produces some of the finest films made by any studio and were incredibly excited to strengthen and broaden the FX library with the addition of their titles through 2012," said FX executive vice president Chuck Saftler in a statement. With the deal that was granted by distributor Paramount Pictures, FX become the first non-pay cable TV to have the rights for the first TV premiere.
FX have been running feature films since 2008 and the contract will allow them to continue until 2012. Last month, the channel have also pocketed the rights to screen other box office movies »
- AceShowbiz.com
Salma Hayek boards untitled Sandler comedy
18 March 2009 10:26 AM, PDT | screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news »
Oscar-nominated actress Salma Hayek has signed on to star in Columbia's untitled comedy starring Adam Sandler.
According to Variety, Maya Rudolph and Colin Quinn have also boarded the project, which stars Kevin James, Chris Rock, Rob Schneider and David Spade.
Written by Sandler and Fred Wolf, the film follows five best friends from high school who decide to reunite on a Fouth of July weekend 30 years later.
The trade says Hayek will play the wife of Sandler's character, while Rudolph plays Rock's wife.
Directing the flick is Dennis Dugan, whose credits include "You Don't Mess With the Zohan," "I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry" and "Big Daddy."
Hayek starred in "Bandidas," "Frida" and "Once Upon a Time in Mexico." She's also got "Cirque du Freak" awaiting release. Rudolph's and Quinn's credits include "SNL." »
- Franck Tabouring
Salma Hayek Onboard Adam Sandler's Untitled Comedy
18 March 2009 3:22 AM, PDT | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »
Salma Hayek has boarded Adam Sandler's upcoming comedy from Sony. The Latina beauty has joined the funnyman's cast line-up, which already includes his pals Chris Rock, Kevin James, David Spade and Rob Schneider.
Maya Rudolph and Colin Quinn - other former "Saturday Night Live" regulars like Sandler, Rock, Spade and Schneider - are also joining the all-star cast.
The comedy will feature five best friends from high school who reunite after 30 years on a Fourth of July weekend. Hayek will play Sandler's wife, while Rudolph will portray Rock's spouse.
Frequent Sandler collaborator Dennis Dugan ("I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry" and "You Don't Mess with the Zohan") will direct the project. Happy Madison is producing.
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