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Danny McBride To Star In ‘Bullies’ For Mandate Pictures

Edward Davis — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 22:55:00 +0000

Danny McBride and Mandate Pictures are loving their working relationship so far.

They already have the action comedy project, “L.A.P.I.” in development with McBride’s BFF director pal Jody Hill (“Observe & Report”) and now they’ve just announced another project.

This one, according to THR and Deadline is a comedy based on on an original idea by McBride “about two brothers who finally get a comeuppance after bullying people their whole lives.”

The script is being penned by “Yes Man” scribes Andrew Mogel and Jarrad Paul.

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Box Office: Did You Know?

Rodrigo Perez — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:31:00 +0000

If The Oscar Best Picture Goes By Populism: The five 2008 Best Picture nominees go like this so far:
– “The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button” – $104 million total
– “Slumdog Millionaire” – $44.7 million total
– “Milk” – $20.6 million
– “Frost/Nixon” – $8.8 million (note: still in limited release; goes wide Friday, Jan 23)
– “The Reader – $8 million

Best Actor Film Grosses
Brad Pitt – ‘Ben Button’ $104 million total
Sean Penn – “Milk” – $20.6 million
Richard Jenkins – “The Visitor” – $9.4 million (total for its now long-finished theatrical run)
Frank Langella – “Frost/Nixon” – $8.8 million
Mickey Rourke – “The Wrestler” – $5.6 million

Best Actress Film Grosses
Angelina Jolie – “Changeling” – $35.7 million (total for its now long-finished theatrical run)
Meryl Streep – “Doubt” – $25 million
Anne Hathaway – “Rachel Getting Married”- $10.7 million (total for its now long-finished theatrical run)
Kate Winslet – “The Reader” – $8 million
Melissa Leo – “Frozen River” – $2.3 million

Not A Bomb Or The Disaster Some Critics Suggested (from a bottom dollar point of view)
“Valkyrie” – $78.8 million total
“Seven Pounds” – $69.5 million total

Wow, Who Knew?

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Cute Puppy Movie Tops Holiday Box Office Weekend, Go Figure

Rodrigo Perez — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:03:00 +0000

Big surprise. The cute puppy dog flick, “Marley And Me” starring, beige milquetoast actors Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson topped the box office this extended, four-day holiday weekend with an estimated $51.7 million. ‘Marley’ opened on Thursday, and earned $14.7 million — a new Christmas Day record that bested the 2001 record held by Michael Mann/Will Smith’s “Ali.”

‘Benjamin Button’ surprised with a total of $39 million for the four days, which is a fantastic number for a film that’s 2 and 3/4 hours, but more populist fare like Jim Carrey’s “Yes Man,” and “Seven Pounds” outdid the David Fincher film in the 4-day weekend (but not the regular 3-day weekend).

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‘Yes Man,’ ‘Seven Pounds’ Fall Short At The Box-Office

The Playlist — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 05:46:00 +0000

Bad weather or sub-par fare from top movie stars? You make the call. Warner Brothers’ “Yes Man,” starring Jim Carrey, came in at number one over the weekend with $18.2 million on over 3,400 screens, besting Will Smith’s downer “Seven Pounds” which came in at $16 million. This is the lowest debut of a Smith vehicle since “Ali” in 2001.

Poor reviews for both films (more famously for “Pounds”) are a likely culprit for an overall weekend box office down 44% from last year.

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First Listen: Zooey Deschanel Sings In Munchausen By Proxy For ‘Yes Man’ Soundtrack

Rodrigo Perez — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:57:00 +0000

We’ve been all over this already, but once more if you haven’t being paying attention: Zooey Deschanel teamed up with San Franciscan electropunk trio, Von Iva to form the fake band Munchausen By Proxy in Jim Carrey’s upcoming comedy, “Yes Man.”

Deschanel plays Carrey’s love interest in the film and from we gather he meets her when he goes to one of her band’s shows (he normally refuses everything, but once he starts saying, “yes!,” he agrees to go to her show.

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First Listen: The Eels “Man Up” From The Yes Man Soundtrack And Snippets Of Zooey Deschanel’s New “Fake” Synth Group

Rodrigo Perez — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:50:00 +0000

We gave you the details first on the “Yes Man” soundtrack, the new Jim Carrey comedy that looks like, well, a wacky Jim Carrey comedy. The film is scored by the L.A. bittersweet indie-pop group (one-man-band) The Eels (in collaboration with Lyle Workman who did the music for “Superbad”) , and the film contains 8 previously released Eels songs, plus one new one entitled, “Man Up.” We have the clip below, it’s a predictably sweet and tender little number like all of the Eels’ work.

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Zooey Deschanel Forms Fictional Band, Munchausen By Proxy For Jim Carrey’s ‘Yes Man’

Rodrigo Perez — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:28:00 +0000

The Fashion Rocks supplement to this month’s GQ (not really online) has a little movie music related tidbit in the section dedicated to actress/musician Zooey Deschanel and the film “Yes Man,” starring Jim Carrey.

Deschanel fronts a fictional four-piece, all-girl band in the existential comedy called Munchausen By Proxy. In reality, Deschanel joined forces with the ladies from San Franciscan electropunk trio, Von Iva. Zooey D, who already has a budding music career with the band She & Him (with M.

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