Comedy

New Steve Carell comedy gets summer 2011 release date

Responding to overwhelmingly positive test screening results, Warner Bros. Pictures is moving the release date of Crazy, Stupid, Love starring Steve Carell, to July 29, 2011. The announcement was made today by Warner Bros. President of Domestic Distribution Dan Fellman, who stated, “From our early recruited screenings, we have seen that audiences love Crazy, Stupid, ….

Three Stooges film gets second life at Fox but maybe without Sean Penn, Jim Carrey and Benicio del Toro

Because MGM in the last legs of its Chapter 11 reorganization, The Three Stooges film project is in the process of finding a new home at Fox, according to THR. According to the report, the deal is in its final stages, the long-involved Farrelly Brothers still to be behind the camera. It’s unknown if original ….

Filmmaker is giving away free tickets to his feature film The Assistants this weekend

For his new film The Assistants, filmmaker Steve Morris is giving free tickets to any and all assistants and film students during the first week of the film’s theatrical release. Giving away free seats during opening weekend of a movie is unheard of, but the filmmaker reportedly cares more about word of mouth than high ….

Disney’s A Christmas Carol 2-Disc Blu-ray combo pack review

Today Walt Disney Studios debuts Academy Award- winning director Robert Zemeckis’ (Best Director, Forrest Gump in 1994) unique interpretation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, A Christmas Carol, starring Jim Carrey as multiple characters including the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, along with the Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present and Yet to Come, on Blu-ray Disc. Robert Zemeckis’ ….

The Toxic Avenger remake goes green and gets a director

Troma Films recently announced that writer, director and producer Steve Pink (Hot Tub Time Machine, High Fidelity) has signed on to direct the upcoming remake of The Toxic Avenger, and will co-write the script with Daniel C. Mitchell. Akiva Goldsman of Weed Road Pictures, and Richard Saperstein & Charlie Corwin of Original Media are producing. ….

Win one of three 18-disc Benny Hill box sets from A&E

The undisputed “funniest man on television” is on full-and-riot-inducing display across 58 episodes, 585 classic sketches and 18 dvds in a rare collection for a new generation of fans in Benny Hill: The Complete Megaset: The Thames Years 1969-1989. The series was just released by A&E, and to celebrate, FilmFetish is giving away 3 complete ….

Danny McBride, James Franco and Justin Theroux descend on New York Comic-Con 2010 to preview comedy adventure Your Highness

Join stars Danny McBride, James Franco, Justin Theroux and director David Gordon Green of Universal Pictures’ Your Highness for an exclusive preview of the epic comedy adventure from the director of Pineapple Express. In Your Highness, Danny McBride and James Franco star as two princes on a daring mission to rescue the heir apparent’s fiancée Belladonna ….