Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:16AM - By Bronwen Winter Phoenix
Summer 2012 is beginning to feel like a game of “release date musical chairs.” After Paramount’s surprise move to push back action sequel G.I. Joe: Retaliation from June 29th to 2013, Universal has decided to make hay while the proverbial sun shines by shuffling Seth McFarlane‘s R-rated comedy Ted as well. Ted has now been moved ahead by two weeks and has been dropped into G.I. Joe’s just-vacated June 29th slot.
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Monday, April 2, 2012 7:38AM - By Travis Woods
Imagine your favorite doll as a little kid. Now imagine that you wished he could come to life and be your best friend—what a fun childhood that would make, right? Now imagine that it’s 30 years later, you’re tickling middle age, and your walking, talking, sentient and foul-mouthed teddy bear is still living with you, getting high, sleeping around and working at the local grocery store. That’s the premise behind Family Guy creator Seth McFarlane’s directorial debut, Ted, which, in red-band trailer format, basically plays like a humorous and R-rated Family Guy clip. Give it a look after the jump.
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Saturday, August 20, 2011 4:08PM - By Damon Houx
Though The Odd Life of Timothy Green and the nature film Chimpanzee had trailers shown (and Jennifer Garner talked briefly about Green), the majority of attention for Disney’s live Actions films at D23 went to The Muppets and John Carter. The Muppets went over like gangbusters, while Carter just busted. There was also a brief presentation on Oz: The Great and Powerful, which just started shooting. Our report follows.
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Thursday, July 21, 2011 3:00PM - By Damon Houx
It seems the idea of relationship-free sex between two consenting and non-paying adults is too ripe a premise for just one movie. And Will Gluck’s Friends with Benefits hits theaters six months after Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher tried the exact same thing in No Strings Attached. But for Benefits, he’s assembled a dream team of actors, including Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis, along with supporting players Richard Jenkins Patricia Clarkson and Woody Harrelson. No Strings set the bar low, can Friends with Benefits jump it? Alas, no…
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011 1:00PM - By Damon Houx
Justin Timberlake might be new-ish to acting, but he is decidedly on point when it comes to what he wants to talk about. When he sat down to discuss Friends with Benefits with co-star Mila Kunis, he obviously had a clear idea what he wanted the movie to be when they made it. Kunis let Timberlake do the heavy lifting in the interview, but their chemistry was just as present off screen as it was on. Take a look…
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Tuesday, July 5, 2011 6:44AM - By Laura Aguirre
Natalie Portman followed her beautiful Oscar winning performance in Black Swan with the casual Emma in No String Attached. The Ivan Reitman film was a financial success, but didn’t get much love from the critics. In a few weeks, Portman’s costar Mila Kunis is following her work in Black Swan with a Will Gluck romantic comedy titled Friends with Benefits. When the Benefits’ trailer hit the web, we had Deja Vu, but Blind Film Critic went the extra mile and created a trailer mashup to show audiences that Friends with Benefits and No Strings Attached are the same film, just made by different studios.
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011 2:06PM - By Damon Houx
Natalie Portman‘s stunt double has suggested that she did much of the dancing in Black Swan, and the non-controversy has been making the gossip rounds – leading to another double to suggest it was her backside in Your Highness. That was mostly debunked, and now Mila Kunis and Darren Aronofsky have stood up to defend Portman and her dance moves. Aronofsky sent out a press release, while Kunis talked to Entertainment Weekly and gave the money quote: “Natalie danced her a** off.”
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Friday, March 25, 2011 3:04PM - By Damon Houx
Sam Raimi‘s Oz, The Great and Powerful is casting up and Mila Kunis has now signed on, according to Variety. She’ll be joining James Franco, who’s starring as the titular wizard. The film is a prequel to the classic L. Frank Baum novel and film The Wizard of Oz, and Kunis will play Theodora, a young witch who’s rebuffed by Oz and turns wicked. The film is at Walt Disney studios, and currently has no release date. Continue Reading
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 1:40PM - By Damon Houx
It’s the obvious joke, but it’s true: watching the Friends with Benefits trailer, it’s hard not to be reminded that A) Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis starred in Black Swan, and B) Natalie Portman appeared in the very similar movie No Strings Attached. It makes you wonder what their discussions were like on the set of Black Swan about their next films. No Strings Attached came out in January, where the Justin Timberlake/Mila Kunis version is due this summer on July 22. Take a look at the trailer.
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