Comedy

Movie trailer madness

That’s right, it’s madness… madness I tell you. Get ready to close your office door, get the emergency screensaver cocked (in case the boss shows up) and call your client back after a very, very important “meeting”, because the trailer gods have smiled upon us tonight. Now, some of these trailers have been around a ….

Universal Snaps Up Zoo

Variety reported that Universal Pictures has acquired a sci-fi comedy pitch called Zoo, from a script written by David Berenbaum (writer of Elf, Zoom and the upcoming The Spiderwick Chronicles). Zoo is based on a pitch by writer Ehren Kruger (writer of The Ring, The Ring 2, The Skeleton Key and the upcoming John Carter of Mars). The plot is top-secret.

Running With Scissors Trailer

The promo for Running With Scissors ran on Nip/Tuck and has been floating around the web since January, but it’s still hilarious. So below are some links to it. The story revolves around young Augusten Burroughs, the son of an alcoholic father (Alec Baldwin) and an unstable mother (Annette Bening), he’s handed off to his mother’s therapist, Dr. Finch (Brian Cox), and spends his formative years as ….

Dimension Hooks Up With Single Girls

Dimension Films has acquired the underlying rights to the book “The Hookup Handbook: A Single Girl’s Guide to Living It Up” written by Andrea Lavinthal and Jessica Rozler, and will produce a hilarious and insightful comedy based on the book. Alyssa Embree, Jessica Koosed, and Stacey Harman will adapt the screenplay and Peter Riche (“Tomcats”), Alan Riche (“Starsky & Hutch”) and Wendy Riche (“Laguna Beach: The Real Orange ….

Benchwarmers Video Clips

Below we have some clips from Sony’s upcoming The Benchwarmers, which hits theaters on April 7, 2006. The all-star cast of the baseball comedy includes Jon Heder, Jillian Henry, Rachel Hunter, Reggie Jackson, Craig Kilborn, Jon Lovitz, Norm MacDonald, Ron Masak, Danny McCarthy, Tim Meadows, Rob Moore, Lochlyn Munro, Bill Romanowski, Sean Salisbury, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider,Molly Sims, ….

Sex and the City in D.C.

The Washington Post reported that HBO is currently working on a sitcom based on the sex and politicians novel The Washingtonienne, by Jessica Cutler. The book was inspired by Cutler’s weblog, which detailed her relationships with men in the nation’s capital.  Sarah Jessica Parker’s Pretty Matches production company is developing the series for HBO, the Post continues. Sex and the ….

Spacey and Luketic Go to Vegas

The Book Standard reports that the planned adaptation of Ben Mezrich’s bestselling nonfiction book Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions, a.k.a 21, is moving forward once again in development. Director Robert Luketic (Monster-in-Law, Legally Blonde) is in negotiations to steer the Columbia film. 21 revolves around a group of young men who become experts ….

Not So Scary Movie Trailer

Below is a link to the Scary Movie 4 trailer. The 4th film in the franchise, hits theaters on April 4, 2006. Cindy (played by Anna Faris) and her new friends come under attack by gigantic tripods, discover a mysterious village, and are captured by a mysterious serial killer with plans for Dr. Phil and Shaq (both ….

Talladega Nights Trailer

Below are trailer links for TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY. The film will be released on August 4, 2006. TALLADEGA NIGHTS tells the story of NASCAR stock car racing sensation Ricky Bobby (played by Will Ferrell), who is considered a national hero. He and his loyal racing partner and childhood friend Cal Naughton Jr. (John C. Reilly), are a ….

Little Man Trailer Links

Little Man comes from Keenan Ivory Wayans, not the most politically correct guy in the room. Shawn Wayans plays a wannabe dad who mistakes a vertically challenged criminal on the lam (played by his brother Marlon) as his newly adopted son. Other stars include Kerry Washington, Tracy Morgan and John Witherspoon. Little Man hits theaters in July 5, 2006. Check out the trailer links below. ….

Open Season Gets IMAX Treatment

IMAX Corporation and Sony Pictures Entertainment today announced that Sony Pictures Animation’s first CG project Open Season, an animated feature from directors Roger Allers, the acclaimed director of The Lion King, Jill Culton, whose credits include Toy Story 2 and Monsters Inc., and co-director Anthony Stacchi (credits include ANTZ) will be released in IMAX 3D simultaneously with the motion picture’s premiere in conventional theatres on September 29, 2006. The ….

Travolta and Latifah to Headline Hairspray

John Travolta and Queen Latifah have signed on to star in New Line Cinema’s upcoming feature film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical“Hairspray,” it was announced today by Toby Emmerich, New Line’s President of Production. Travolta will play Edna Turnblad and Queen Latifah will play Motormouth Maybelle in the film, which is being directed by Adam Shankman (“The Pacifier,” “Bringing Down the ….

National Lampoon’s Cattle Call

PKG Entertainment has reached an agreement with Sunset Pictures and Proactive Media for the rights to domestic retail distribution of the soundtrack from the soon-to-be-released National Lampoon film, “Cattle Call.” “Capturing the distribution rights on this National Lampoon soundtrack represents a major stepping stone for PKG, not only because it moves us into the film arena, ….

Zathura movie clips here

Here are 11 movie clips from Zathura, which opens on November 11, 2005: Clip 1 – “2 Favorite People”  http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/z…clip1_high.asx  http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/z…/clip1_low.asx  http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/z…clip1_high.ram  http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/z…/clip1_low.ram  Clip 2 – “Meteor Shower”  http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/z…clip2_high.asx  http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/z…/clip2_low.asx  http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/z…clip2_high.ram  http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/z…/clip2_low.ram  Clip 3 – “Sleep Chamber”  http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/z…clip3_high.asx  http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/z…/clip3_low.asx  http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/z…clip3_high.ram  http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/z…/clip3_low.ram  Clip 4 – “Zathura Awaits”  http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/z…clip4_high.asx  http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/z…/clip4_low.asx  http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/z…clip4_high.ram  http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/z…/clip4_low.ram  Clip 5 – “Defective Robot”  ….