This week brings one of the best films of last year (from the Criterion Collection, no less) some of the bigger disappointments of of 2012 so far, one of the best TV shows going today, and a collection of the Lethal Weapon films. Not a bad week for DVD and Blu-ray. Check it out…
Theoretically, McG‘s This Means War is a perfect twist on the romantic comedy. You’ve often got possible lovers fighting over one person, so why not have them be people who can actually fight? Reese Witherspoon [interview] stars as the girl stuck between two deep cover operatives (Tom Hardy, Chris Pine) in this surprisingly unpleasant riff on the cinematic romantic triangle.
In This Means War, Chris Pine and Tom Hardy fight over Reese Witherspoon. But for their big interview, it appears that Tom Hardy won, as Pine was called to the set of Star Trek 2. In his absence we had two of the three leads, comic relief Chelsea Handler, and the always eager to please director McG to talk about the film. Check it out…
The premise of This Means War is stupidly irresistable. Chris Pine and Tom Hardy play secret agents. Both end up dating Reese Witherspoon. She seems to be a normal girl, but their interest gets so heightened that they use their spy tools on each other. Director McG may have a real winner on his hands. Check out the trailer…
The wait is over. The battle has been won. McG has managed to outmaneuver Breck Eisner to direct the feature adaptation of the Ouija board game. A few weeks ago we reported that the duo both submitted pitches to Universal outlining their respective visions for the film and according to Heat Vision the studio has made their decision. McG has walked away victorious.
Just when we thought the Ouija board movie was a figment of our imaginations, we get hit with a status update. According to THR, the adaptation is still happening and Universal is narrowing down the candidates of possible directors. Two helmers are sitting pretty at the top of the list and they’re none other than McG and Breck Eisner.
Chelsea Handler is the host of a nightly talk show entitled “Chelsea Lately,”who also emceed this year’s MTV Video Music Awards. Now she’s hopping on to the big screen for McG‘s latest film, This Means War. The comedian will join headliner Reese Witherspoon alongside Chris Pine and Tom Hardy, for an action comedy with a romantic twist.
Hollywood has become obsessed with making live action versions of well known children’s properties. With the success of Alice in Wonderland are you really surprised that Tinkerbell’s next? You know the pixie little fairy who appears in the Peter Pan stories? According to Variety, she’ll appear in the human form of Elizabeth Banks in a romantic comedy aptly titled, Tink.
Sam Worthington has been dominating the action market because after 10 years as a serious indie star in his native Australia, he wanted a piece of the Hollywood pie. We’ve seen him as a cyborg, a blue humanoid, and a demi-god, but can you imagine him as a comedic character? According to Vulture, Worthington might reunite with his Terminator Salvation director McG in the romantic comedy, This Means War.
