One of the better films to hit the acquisitions jackpot this year at Sundance, Humpday turns the bromance genre on its ear by actually introducing sex into the fraternal equation. Or at least the prospect of sex, which, as the film's new trailer suggests, even the most cutting-edge indie comedy might not quite be ready for.
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When the topic of Zach Galifianakis comes up in conversation in Hollywoodish circles, it doesn't take long for terms like "comedy messiah" and "bearish Zeus ruling mightily atop Mt. Funny-lympus" to start being tossed about. His online celebrity talk show Between Two Ferns is a pretty good indication of why.
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As mentioned here before, the Movieline house was a popular place at this year's Sundance Film Festival. Among our many visitors with movies on the way, Alfonso and Carlos Cuaron were perhaps the only filmmaking brothers we hosted. Their collaboration (and Carlos's directorial debut) Rudo y Cursi opens this weekend; in a pair of exclusive video interviews after the jump, they talk about the inspiration, ambition and influences for the sibling soccer fable.
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· We'd like to ask that all Robert Pattinson's impressionable young fans ("SQUEEEEEEEEEEEAL!") kindly turn away for a moment that we might share this tender love scene opposite Javier Beltran in Little Ashes. [via Towleroad]
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Megaproducer Jerry Bruckheimer's honorable life's mission to bring us the most spectacular chase sequences, slo-mo explosions, and ham-fisted dialogue $150 million of Disney's money can buy resulted yesterday in dire circumstances: A Times Square location shoot for The Sorcerer's Apprentice -- which stars Nicolas Cage in a modern retelling of the classic conjuring tale that somehow involves speeding Ferraris -- went horribly awry when a stunt driver crashed into a Sbarro's.
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As befits the maker of four consecutive American masterpieces in the '70s, nothing can possibly override Francis Ford Coppola's lifetime exemption from irrelevance. Which isn't to say he's reliable; his much-anticipated return from a 10-year hiatus ended anticlimactically in 2007 with the incomprehensible, navel-dwelling drama Youth Without Youth. But Coppola wasn't about to disappear again, turning instead to Tetro, his first original screenplay since The Conversation and your official Vincent Gallo fix for the next two minutes.
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William Shatner has made little secret of how he felt about being left out of the Star Trek movie that his demi-Vulcan contemporary is featured in so prominently. Still, he's managed to pipe down in recent months, turning to other, more pressing topics on his YouTube talk show, such as an ongoing feud with his wedding-invite-witholding nemesis, George Takei. Now, Access Hollywood's Billy Bush subjects Shatner to the trailer of the Paramount blockbuster that J.J. Abrams could never have been made without him -- yet somehow managed to all the same. Watch as his face chills into an oil portrait of envious engagement, soaking in every frame as he Pines for a return to his glory days chasing hot, green Orion tail.
After leaving you all with an excruciating case of bluepinkies by snapping away the bootlegged version of the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen trailer shortly after we put it up, I felt you deserved something in its place to release all that pent-up, anticipatory fanboy tension. And do I have it: Lock your bedroom doors and tell your moms you'll be late for dinner, people. It's the G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra trailer.
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The last we saw of Meryl Streep and Amy Adams, they were soberly chasing Oscar in a pair of nun's habits. Their reunion in Julie & Julia promises a lighter lilt in their summertime pursuit of female moviegoers, while the new trailer hints at a bit of narrative gimmickry you might know from yet another Streep effort from not long ago.
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The new trailer for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is expected in theaters soon, but a viewer who caught an early glimpse apparently decided there's no reason you should have to wait. And while the low resolution does little justice to Michael Bay's $200 million VFX pride and joy, the irresistible character of the thing comes through loud and clear. Or at least loud.
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· Here's the video of Julia Roberts's potty-mouthed prepared statements at Film Society of Lincoln Center's tribute to Tom Hanks last night. Honestly, we thought she managed to keep things more funny than offensive, until the Sleepless in Seattle line about not wanting "to f**k Meg Ryan with Rosie O'Donnell's d**k."
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In today's The Two-Minute Verdict, we present for your enjoyment the trailer to Tommy and the Cool Mule. A touching coming-of-age tale with a rural American setting, it follows the unlikely adventures of our young hero, Tommy, who's desperately in need of a strong male role model after his father heads off to war. He finds it in Jackie A, a bling-wearing jive donkey with the ability to speak decades-old catchphrases ("I pity da fool!" "Things that make you go hmmm...." "Whachu talkin' about, Tommy?" etc...) in Ice-T's voice.
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The last we checked in with The Celebrity Apprentice -- a season fraught with internecine conflict -- Dennis Rodman was shouting something about vertical workflow as he stuffed Clint Black into a Coleman cooler. The ugliness didn't end there, as things have grown quite contentious between the Rivers women and Melissa's surviving female teammates -- poker champion Annie Duke, and Brande Roderick, Playboy Playmate and the entrepreneurial force behind financiallyhung.com.
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As if you weren't aware already, director James Toback has plenty to say about Tyson -- both his new documentary (opening today) and the former heavyweight champ who inspired it. Conveniently enough, some of what he and I didn't touch on during our conversation this week was caught by Movieline camera crews haunting the Sundance Film Festival, where Tyson enjoyed its U.S. premiere. In the clip after the jump, Toback details his introduction to Tyson 25 years ago, his motivations for making the documentary, and what it cost him both emotionally and out of pocket. And expect more of these videos in the weeks and months ahead.
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Prolific auteur and redonkulous superhuman Robert Rodriguez has dropped the curtain on his next projects: Most noteworthy is a reboot of sci-fi franchise Predator for Fox, introducing a new generation to the adventures of its titular ugly muddahfucka. True, the franchise has lived on in a pair of Alien Vs. Predator films, but this news should please purists who longed for a return to the simple pleasures of a single rastaterrestrial stalking some cannily resilient Austro-Bavarian prey.
UPDATE: Rodriguez will only produce the Predator reboot, which already has its release date. More after the jump.
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