Sean Penn, Jim Carrey and Benecio Del Toro Are The Three Stooges
MGM and the Farrelly brothers are closing in on their cast for “The Three Stooges.”
According to Variety, Sean Penn has signed on to play Larry in The Three Stooges remake. The studio is also entering negotiations with Jim Carrey to portray Curly and Benecio del Toro to play Moe.
It was said that Carrey is already prepping for the role and planning to gain 40 pounds to portray Jerome “Curly” Howard. The Farrelly Brothers are directing and the film was said not to be a biopic of the trio, but rather a comedy revolving around the zany antics that Howard, Larry Fine and Moe Howard displayed in the classic short films of the 30s and 40s.
The project was originally set up at Columbia, which produced the 1930s Stooges shorts. C3 Entertainment Inc., which holds the licensing rights to the Stooges brand, then sold the feature rights to Warner Bros. in 2001 for the Farrellys to write and produce the movie. Eventually, Warner Bros. let the rights lapse and MGM’s Mary Parent scooped them up along with the Farrellys’ continuing participation.
Peter and Bobby Farrelly wrote the script, which Bobby has referenced as Dumb, Dumber & Dumbest, and will produce with Bradley Thomas and Charlie Wessler. The Stooges maintain remarkably global brand recognition, and their shorts, films and cartoons are still broadcast in 30 countries.
The studio is looking to start production in the fall for a 2010 release slot.
What Just Happened? New Poster and Review
Today we have newly released “What Just Happened?” poster.
Barry Levinson’s ”What Just Happened?” is based on Art Linson’s memoir (book and screenplay) about his experiences as a Hollywood producer.
Rober De Niro will play a Linson-like producer who is going through two weeks of hell as he tries to get a picture made. Sean Penn and Bruce Willis play themselves. Continue Reading…
“What Just Happened?” Trailer
Barry Levinson’s “What Just Happened?” is based on Art Linson’s memoir (book and screenplay) about his experiences as a Hollywood producer.
Rober De Niro plays a Linson-like producer who is going through two weeks of hell as he tries to get a picture made.
Sean Penn and Bruce Willis play themselves.
The other famous faces take part in a comedy the filmmakers hope will do for moviemaking what Wag The Dog did for politics. Continue Reading…
”What Just Happened?” – New Red Band Clip
Barry Levinson’s ”What Just Happened?” is based on Art Linson’s memoir (book and screenplay) about his experiences as a Hollywood producer.
Rober De Niro will play a Linson-like producer who is going through two weeks of hell as he tries to get a picture made. Sean Penn and Bruce Willis play themselves.
This red band clip introduces Bruce Willis, who plays himself in ”What Just Happened?”
”What Just Happened?” will hit theaters on October 3, 2008
watch the clip after the jump
‘What Just Happened?’ – 2 Clips – Cannes 2008
“What Just Happened?”, Barry Levinson’s tale of an embattled Hollywood producer, will be the
Cannes Film Festival’s closing night attraction.
The movie, written by Art Linson and based on his memoir about his experiences as a producer, stars Robert De Niro as Ben, whose professional and personal life comes undone during one turbulent week.
In What Just Happened?, De Niro plays a quality producer in crisis mode, handling temperamental co-workers (including Bruce Willis as himself) and demanding higher-ups (including Catherine Keener as a studio boss) while struggling to make sense of his personal life. Robin Wright Penn plays his most recent ex-wife, Sean Penn plays the star of a movie-within-the-movie.
The idea that the movie is too “inside” amuses Levinson.
The film generated strong buzz coming in to January’s Sundance Film Festival but the movie received a mixed critical response and failed to catch fire with distributors, and its rights remain available.
“What I’ve heard is that some studio people view it as a personal attack: You can make fun of writers, directors, actors, but not them.” Levinson said.
You can watch the clips after jump
Hollywood and Cannes Film Festival
Clint Eastwood’s film “The Changeling“, starring Angelina Jolie as a woman searching for her missing son in 1920s Los Angeles and “Synechdoche, New York,” screenwriter Charlie Kaufman’s directorial debut.joins a competition list.
Steven Soderbergh, who took the top Cannes award in 1989 for “Sex, Lies and Videotape“, won a race against time to complete his four-hour epic “Che“, on the life of the revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara in time for the festival.
Steven Soderbergh’s inclusion looks like a last-minute decision. He competes with two pic ”Che” bio – “The Argentine” and “Guerrilla”
As predicted, Steven Spielberg’s “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” world preems down on the Croisette, possibly on Sunday May 18. It promises this fest’s must-attend, highest-glam event.
Thierry Fremaux, the festival’s head said the presence of Steven Spielberg and the stars of “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”, which will premiere outside the main competition, would ensure “a magnificent red carpet”.
Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett and George Lucas are expected to join Spielberg on the steps outside the Palais des Festivals, guaranteeing the kinds of flashing cameras that add essential glamour to the festival’s arthouse fare.
Out-of-competition, DreamWorks Animation’s “Kung Fu Panda,” an adventure, comedic chop-soc tooner, promises another Hollywood red-carpet cavalcade.
Also non-competing, as is Woody Allen’s custom, is the Spain-shot “Vicky Cristina Barcelona.”
After its debut at the Sundance Film Festival, the Hollywood satire “What Just Happened?” will get a second chance at Cannes – closing night, but we are not sure yet because organizers said they would announce the movies that open and close the festival in a few days.
Robert De Niro stars an embattled Hollywood producer whose life falls apart during one turbulent week. In a life-imitating-art turn, the film’s climactic scene takes place at the Cannes Film Festival, with the producer’s fictional movie-within-a-movie opening the event.
“What Just Happened?” also stars Catherine Keener as a tough-as-nails studio chief and features a number of stars, including Sean Penn and Bruce Willis, playing themselves in self-parodying roles. Barry Levinson directs from an adaptation of “Into the Wild” producer Art Linson’s memoir.
The film generated strong buzz going into January’s Sundance Film Festival, and was expected to sell for a significant seven-figure sum. But the movie received a mixed critical.
Jessica Chastain to star opposite Brad Pitt in ‘Tree of Life’
Jessica Chastain will play the female lead opposite Brad Pitt in ‘Tree of Life‘, a film that story concerns the loss of innocence as seen through the eyes of the son of the characters portrayed by Pitt and Chastain.
Sean Penn appears in a supporting role.
Heath Ledger was originally slated to star in the film, but Pitt replaced him prior to the late actor’s death.
Jessica Chastain will next be seen in the Al Pacino starrer ‘Salomaybe?’.
Starring: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain
Writer/Director: Terrence Malick
61st Cannes Film Festival – Sean Penn Is President Of The Jury
Sean Penn, American actor and director, is named President of the Jury of the 61st Festival de Cannes, due to take place from May 14 – 25, 2008.
“In the last few years it seems there has been a rejuvenation of cinema building worldwide; increasingly thoughtful, provocative, moving, and imaginative films by talented filmmakers: that a new generation of filmmaking may have begun.”
”The Cannes Film Festival has long been the epicenter in the discovery of those new waves of filmmakers from all over the world. I very much look forward to participating in this year’s festival as President of the jury” Penn said.
Brad Pitt Lead Role In ‘Tree of Life’
There’s been no official announcement as yet, but it’s been reported that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been sighted in Smithville, Texas where Terrence Malick may be setting up for a location shoot.
Heath Ledger had been previously linked to the lead role.
According to previous reports, Sean Penn is attached to star in ‘Tree of Life’ as well.
The story, which the elusive filmmaker has apparently been quietly crafting for decades, has been called a ‘complex drama’.
In the summer of 1978, Malick had begun work on this film, which was his most ambitious project. It was called ‘Q’ at the time, but now it has returned with the title ‘Tree of Life’.
‘What Just Happened’ – new movie
‘What Just Happened’ is new movie based on Art Linson’s memoir (book and screenplay) about his experiences as a Hollywood producer. De Niro will play a Linson-like producer who is going through two weeks of hell as he tries to get a picture made. Sean Penn and Bruce Willis are expected to play themselves, and other famous faces are slated to take part in a comedy the filmmakers hope will do for moviemaking what Wag The Dog did for politics.De Niro, Bruce Willis and Sean Penn are enough right there.
