It's being reported all over the place today that Owen Wilson is going to be doing some voice acting in the upcoming Marmaduke movie (oh, btw, there's going to be an upcoming Marmaduke movie) as the voice of Marmaduke, and... CONTINUE READING OWEN WILSON TO PLAY MARMADUKE FOR SOME REASON»
Posted on November 3, 2009 in Casting Calls
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Tags: Drugs | Marmaduke | Owen Wilson | Steve Coogan
What Goes Up (formerly called Safety Glass), the Hilary Duff/Steve Coogan movie about sadness, ennui, and the Challenger disaster, now has a proper trailer: Weird! A weird little indie is definitely good for Hilary's career (but where is Hayley?) It's... CONTINUE READING THAT WEIRD HILARY DUFF/STEVE COOGAN MOVIE NOW HAS A WEIRD TRAILER»
Posted on February 27, 2009 in Trailer
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Tags: Hilary Duff | Josh Peck | Molly Shannon | Olivia Thirlby | Steve Coogan | Weezer
In Hamlet 2, the very-internet-hyped Steve Coogan comedy that opens next weekend, Elisabeth Shue plays a has-been actress who moves to Tuscon to be a nurse. In this interview about her role, Shue reveals that her agents were initially hesitant... CONTINUE READING ELISABETH SHUE HAS A SENSE OF HUMOR ABOUT HERSELF»
Posted on August 15, 2008 in Movie Marketing
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Tags: Coachella | Elisabeth Shue | Hamlet 2 | Steve Coogan
This fake cable access commercial for a personal massager called the Fuzuoku is part of the promotion for Hamlet 2, the Waiting for Guffman style comedy about a failed actor leading a high school drama group in a musical sequel... CONTINUE READING THIS FAKE COMMERCIAL COULD JUST BE A REAL COMMERCIAL»
Posted on July 25, 2008 in Viral Marketing
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Tags: Fuzuoku | Hamlet 2 | Steve Coogan
After last week's double hit of actually-pretty-good pretend websites for Simple Jack and Tugg Speedman, Tropic Thunder continues to roll out (Get it? "Roll" out?) more viral marketing stuff with a new "official website" for one of the movie's characters.... CONTINUE READING ALRIGHT, TROPIC THUNDER CAN KEEP PUTTING OUT FAKE WEBSITES»
Posted on July 24, 2008 in Movie Marketing
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Tags: Ben Stiller | Jack Black | Robert Downey Jr. | Steve Coogan | Tropic Thunder
There probably are still many people out there in America and the world who, if you mentioned Tropic Thunder, the new movie coming out August 22, would say "What's Tropic Thunder?" But everyone else is probably, like me, getting a... CONTINUE READING DEAR TROPIC THUNDER MARKETING TEAM: YOU ARE OVERHYPING YOUR MOVIE»
Posted on July 14, 2008 in Movie Marketing
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Tags: Ben Stiller | Fool's Gold | Jack Black | Robert Downey Jr. | Steve Coogan | Tropic Thunder
There's a new montage of film clips promoting the movie Tropic Thunder out today: a "trailer" for a movie-within-a-movie-within-a-movie called Rain Of Madness, the documentary about the making of "the most expensive war movie of all time." It's a little... CONTINUE READING RAIN OF MADNESS: A PROMOTIONAL MOCKUMENTARY FOR TROPIC THUNDER AND A JOKE THE KIDS WON'T GET»
Posted on July 9, 2008 in Movie Marketing, Trailer
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Tags: Apocalypse Now | Ben Stiller | Rain Of Madness | Robert Downey Jr. | Steve Coogan | Tropic Thunder
There's a new clip from Hamlet 2, Steve Coogan's new movie about an unorthodox high school musical, and I don't really care if he temporarily impregnated Courtney Love or was maybe a bad influence on Owen Wilson: clearly Coogan's deal... CONTINUE READING THERE'S SO MUCH LOVE OUT THERE FOR ELISABETH SHUE»
Posted on June 23, 2008 in Fan Tribute Videos, Wait For It...
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Tags: Elisabeth Shue | Hamlet 2 | Steve Coogan
Despite the debut this week of an unfortunate and bewildering official poster, this new trailer for Finding Amanda, Rescue Me creator Peter Tolan's directorial debut, looks charming and not at all like the movie being marketed. The movie stars Matthew... CONTINUE READING MATTHEW BRODERICK IS A SAD SACK AGAIN IN FINDING AMANDA»
Posted on May 2, 2008 in Trailer
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Tags: Brittany Snow | Finding Amanda | Matthew Broderick | Maura Tierney | Peter Tolan | Rescue Me | Steve Coogan
Oh, here's a trailer: (via Film Drunk via BWE) After Gareth Keenan, Mackenzie Crook has a Willy Wonka's Golden Ticket to my heart for life, and HELLO GEMMA ARTERTON. Nice. I wouldn't kick her out of bed for explaining to... CONTINUE READING FINALLY, ENGLAND'S ANSWER TO DEAD MAN ON CAMPUS»
Posted on April 22, 2008 in Trailer
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Tags: Hamlet 2 | Heroin | Mackenzie Crook | Steve Coogan | Three And Out
In your face, Pineapple Express. In your feyce, Tina Fey. Amy Poehler and Hamlet 2 for the win! Boom goes the dynamite. Now that is how you make a comedy trailer. Finally, Waiting for Guffman, Dead Poets Society, Kentucky Fried... CONTINUE READING HAMLET 2: FULL THROTTLE»
Posted on April 21, 2008 in They Nailed It, Trailer
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Tags: Amy Poehler | Hamlet 2 | Steve Coogan
Carrie Prejean turned the video camera off, put on some clothes, and stepped out of her house. It was a beautiful day outside. The air smelled like apples, and the late morning light hit the world in just such a...
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If you are a sassy and sarcastic young man in an American sitcom who represents the sitcom writer's desire that a nerdy Jewish teenager can somehow be the desirable romantic hero in this world, then eventually you will get a...
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I shouldn't even be here right now. I SHOULD BE GETTING INTO MY COSTUME! If I don't hurry, my facepaint won't be dry before I get to the MOONVIE theater, and everyone will be like "hahah, you look like you're...
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The Challenge: I had to go on a 3.5 hour bus tour of totally random TV and film locations in New York City. Alone, and wearing a specific ridiculous tshirt. And I had to find someone to take my picture...
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Uh. OK. Well, first let's address what this movie did well, like the disappointed parents we are (or at least that I am), recognizing that the negative feedback won't be useful or constructive if it isn't preceded by something positive....
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