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Melissa McCarthy, arguably the biggest breakout star of Bridesmaids, is set to star in Judd Apatow’s Knocked Up spinoff alongside Ryan Lee, the 15-year-old actor who played Cary in Super 8.
Mark Wahlberg is really getting involved in this whole comedy thing. In addition to an upcoming Adam McKay project with Will Ferrell entitled Three Mississippi, 24 Frames is reporting that Wahlberg will co-star in action/comedy Good Time Gang with Jonah Hill. The film will be written by Max Landis (upcoming superhero movie Chronicle), and will be a spin on the cliché Lethal Weapon formula. However, Good Time Gang is supposed to be more action than comedy, which is sort of the opposite of Wahlberg’s most recent comedy, The Other Guys, and pretty much every comedy in which Hill has been involved.
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs surprised everyone in 2009 when it ended up being a heartfelt and truly funny comedy. A sequel was announced shortly after the success of film and 24 Frames is now reporting that it will not use the story from the sequel of the book that Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs was based on. Instead, it will contain an entirely new and original story from Horrible Bosses writers John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein.
David Schwimmer, who will probably be known as Ross Gellar from Friends until the end of days, is pursuing an adaptation of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. In an interview with Empire, Schwimmer announced has intentions to adapt the film in a much more character-driven manner. Sinclair’s classic novel put an early spotlight on the meatpacking industry, focusing on Chicago’s meat packing district and its horrific conditions. The Jungle inadvertently led to the establishment of the Food and Drug Administration and is still read by many cautious eaters and animal lovers today.
The season four premiere of True Blood brought us twelve and a half months into the future, where Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis) and Jesus (Kevin Alejandro) raise exotic birds from the dead, Bill (Stephen Moyer) is a smarmy vampire king, Jason (Ryan Kwanten) has a moustache and via the show’s classic cliffhangers, gets locked into an icebox by some werepanthers.
Surprise for Glee fans. Blaine (Darren Criss) and Mike (Harry Shum) are being upgraded to series regulars, but Sam (Chord Overstreet) isn't so lucky. Sam's character won't be a series regular, but he may be an even lesser seen guest star. Lauren Zizes (Ashley Fink) also will not get the series regular title.
Adam McKay, Will Ferrell, and Mark Wahlberg are teaming up once again for Three Mississippi, a comedy in which two buffoons (Ferrell and Wahlberg) from rival towns hold a yearly tackle football game. Vulture is reporting that McKay will be directing, despite the recent report that he would only produce.
The world may never know whether or not Matthew Fox and Ed Harris were truly involved in Marc Foster's adaptation of World War Z or not, but they're certainly not a part of it anymore. Fox had a scheduling conflict with I, Alex Cross, and it is unknown as to why Harris left the film.
The new trailer for Cowboys & Aliens doesn’t show the film’s aliens, but it gets pretty close. It also has way less story and way more action than previous trailers, and we’re shown more Olivia Wilde and Sam Rockwell, which is never a bad thing.
While this new trailer for The Three Musketeers doesn’t give me total faith in the film, it’s about ten times better than the previous one. The plot is explained further and we get to see more characterization, but I'm still not sold.