It’s time for an Oscar winner, an eclectic musician, and a swimsuit model to join Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston in Just Go With It. According to Collider, Nicole Kidman, Dave Matthews, and Brooklyn Decker have all signed on to join the Dennis Decker helmed project. Excited yet?
The international trailer for the upcoming ensemble comedy Grown Ups has been released, and it’s slightly better than the domestic version. The film’s main characters are mostly played by “Saturday Night Live” alumni, with the exception of Kevin James. The latest trailer gives us some new footage, and highlights some of the wives in the film that includes Salma Hayek.
Adam Sandler’s recent films haven’t been his funniest pieces of work, but he continues to shove out comedies hoping that one will stick. According to THR, he’s enlisting the help of romantic comedy mainstay Jennifer Aniston to headline one his developing films. This sounds like a recipe for an unfunny disaster.
Tonight on NBC, Merry Madagascar will air as a new Christmas special for the peacock network. A few months ago, word had spread that the popular animated film would make the jump to network television and it’s finally here. All the usual suspects from the cast will return with a brand new story to tell.
A teaser trailer has finally been released for the ensemble comedy Grown Ups, which mostly features Saturday Night Live alumni except for one. And we’re not referring to the Will Ferrell era of SNL, we’re talking the bad boy years that featured Adam Sandler, David Spade, Chris Rock, and Rob Schneider. All of them will be on the big screen together along with Paul Blart Mall Cop, Kevin James.
Check out the trailer for Grown Ups below…
Overall, this was a rather slow weekend for cinemas. We were right in our our box office predictions — Funny People was not able to break past the dreaded $30 million mark that both Apatow and Sandler seem to be fighting these days. It did however manage to come in at number one at the box office and my guess is that it will be one of those comedies that hangs around for a while.
As for kiddie comedies – It looks like Aliens in the Attic didn’t do too great. Apparently all the kids are more inclined to kung-fu guinea pigs (G-Force) than a group of kids taking on alien invaders that make their grandma do crazy things.
Check out the numbers below…
This week, Judd Apatow’s Funny People hits theaters, and since Harry Potter has already been knocked off the number one spot, it seems like there is no doubt that Apatow will dominate the box office.
Last week, G-Force took the number one spot making over $30 million on its opening weekend, while Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince came in second, grossing $29.5 million. It was a surprise to see Harry Potter off the top so fast, but perhaps the opening of Harry Potter on IMAX this week will boost ticket sales. Regardless, if the wizards make more or not with the help of IMAX, Funny People has a good chance of making the most and knocking the kid-flick G-Force off the top of the chart.
Adam Sandler is back to what he does best, making us laugh. In Judd Apatow’s Funny People Sandler joins funny men Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill in a film about a seasoned comedian who finds out he doesn’t have much time to live. Hope the movie is as good as the hype has been.Another film definitely worth checking out this week is Chan-wook Park’s Thirst. If you only see one vampire film this year, this should be it.
Here is a list of the movies opening July 31st:
Watch the trailers…
This weekend we get Judd Apatow’s new star-studded comedy Funny People with Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Eric Bana, Leslie Mann, Jonah Hill, and Jason Schwartzman. The film makes fun of the people in it, as much as it makes fun of itself and is by far one of the smartest comedies in theaters right now.
Check out the good, the bad, and the plot below…
