Monday, October 31, 2011

Attention Moviefone Site visitors: Request Kermit and Miss Piggy an problem

If you'd prefer the Muppets -- so when you don't, you seriously need to reconsider your points of interest around -- what's promising: A couple of days ago, Moviefone is hosting an Unscripted session while using stars in the approaching 'Muppets' movie (Kermit, Miss Piggy, Jason Segel and may Be) which we want your help. Ever wondered what Kermit does within the free time, or how hard Miss Piggy can punch, this really is really the opportunity to suit your needs! All that's necessary do is request your question inside the comments section below (we'll be accepting questions over Facebook). You've until Wednesday, November 2 at 8 p.m. EDT to request. Return watching the interview HERE a couple of times of November. 21 to determine in case your question was clarified. Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

Saturday, October 29, 2011

If 'Puss in Boots' Co-Star Amy Sedaris Requires a 'Safety Meeting' You Need To Most likely Hide the children

Amy Sedaris is better noted for her role as unaware Jerri Blank on Comedy Central's 'Strangers With Chocolate,' but she's also given her voice to numerous animated figures, including Cinderella in 'Shrek the Third' and also the dubious Jill in 'Puss in Boots.' Sedaris spoken to Moviefone about how exactly Jack's partner stacks facing other cartoon villainesses, who's prone to be Jill for Halloween, why she needed to finish her cupcake business, and what seeing a 'safety meeting' really means. You've voiced lots of story book figures. Yeah, I have done a couple of. Foxy Loxy in 'Chicken Little'... Oh, you heard right, I didn't remember about that certain. And Cinderella in 'Shrek the 3rd.A Obviously. And Also The Tooth Fairy in 'Yo Gabba Gabba.' So what's different about voicing Jill? Well, I really like doing Southern accents, also it was fun to possess a husband, even thought he was animated. And it is fun to participate a franchise. I am a large fan of 'Puss in Boots,' it is a really cute movie. Could it be more enjoyable playing a villain? Ok last one, that's always great. Individuals will always be the very best parts to possess, being the villain. They are probably the most fun. Billy Bob Thornton stated he met you the very first time yesterday when you used to do TV interviews, how can you think he did on his first large voice-over job? He's terrific and that i were built with a feeling we'd get on because he's in the South. And that he would be a little nervous about doing something similar to this, however i love him within the movie, I believe he's great. Exactly what does it take to become a good voice-over actor? Just having the ability to follow direction, having the ability to surrender and trust the director's vision and do what he asks. Or being able to have a note. So less using the improv? Well, it's already around the page. Sometimes they encourage you to definitely improvise and many people don't. However I would rather improvise because that's my background however i think everything that's within the movie was around the page. Where does Jill rank within the pantheon of animated villainesses? She will kick some ass. I believe she's available online for. She just does not possess a traditional look, you realize. She's built just like a refrigerator box. So could she undertake Maleficent and also the Evil Full in Snow Whitened? They are all so great. I believe they'd get on. You cannot touch that Full from Snow Whitened. Which was among my personal favorite movies. Whenever you saw the film, you had been hearing the rest of the voices the very first time? Yeah, I really like Zach [Galifianakis]'s voice [as Humpty Dumpty], so sweet wasn't it? And That I love anything by having an accent, and so i love Antonio. What is your opinion moviegoers will love probably the most? Exactly that it is a really fun character and i believe the background music is excellent. Everybody I have spoken to actually, really loved it. I am just happy he got a spin-off. He's super nice, Antonio. I met him today the very first time. Do you consider Jack and Jill could easily get a spin-off? I'm not sure. I'm not sure, but beware! Or possibly Halloween outfits? I am too old to decorate up. I am going as myself this season, a hobo. But would you see people dressing as Jill? You need to be considered a large person. Perhaps a transvestite will be Jill. Who would be Jack? A large transvestite. After which bring your cat and you are all set? Yeah, just then add boots. Within the movie, Puss includes a catchphrase, "Holy frijoles!" Have you got a personal catchphrase? Holy, frijoles, what's my catchphrase? "Time for any safety meeting!" Whenever you state that, it's code it's time for any pot break. So when would you state that? About once an hour or so. It is possible to story behind it? It simply means you're ready to meet up to smoke up. I had been reading through that you simply operate a cupcake and cheeseball business quietly. Which was a lengthy, very long time ago. I do not do this any longer. What made you hang that up? Because cookies grew to become really popular, everyone was doing the work. And also the cost of butter grew to become through the roof. I loved doing the work since it felt like allowance movie however it felt like the time had come to prevent. Same with the cupcake trend over now? I'm not sure. I do not pay much focus on it. I had been also reading through that you simply began your voice-over career in a Winn-Dixie. Yes, Used to do. [Laughs] They needed to go ahead and take microphone from me sooner or later. The moment I saw my manager leave the shop, I'd access it there making stuff up constantly. [Photo: AP] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

Thursday, October 27, 2011

ABC Buys Comedic Drama From Silvio Horta And Will Gluck

EXCLUSIVE: Ugly Betty developer/ executive producer Silvio Horta is back at ABC with a new dramedy project, this time teamed with Easy A and Friends With Benefits director Will Gluck. ABC has bought Mrs. Miller, an action comedic drama from Sony Pictures TV and Gluck’s studio-based shingle Olive Bridge Entertainment. Horta will write the script with Kell Cahoon (Psych), on whose idea the project is based. The two will executive produce with Gluck, while Olive Bridge’s Richie Schwartz will co-executive produce. Mrs. Miller centers on a retired CIA operative whose quiet, comfortable suburban life is turned upside down after she’s pulled back into the world of espionage. Determined to keep the two worlds secret and separate from each other, she must now lead a double life where the queen bee housewife in her neighborhood can be as menacing as an arms dealer in Beirut. This is the seventh sale for Olive Bridge in its first development season under the deal with Sony inked in May and the first on the hourlong side, joining 6 comedies. For Horta, also in his first year of a deal at Sony TV, this is the third project this season, along with a comedy based on the blog Texts From Last Night with Happy Madison and Latino family dramedy executive produced by Jennifer Lopez. Horta is writing and executive producing both shows, which are set up at Fox.

Friday, October 21, 2011

Metallica Can get Rocking On 3d Feature Film

The folks in the heavy metal and rock and rock-band Metallica are planning to self-finance a 3 dimensional feature film, I’m told. This rock band has hired producer Charlotte now now Huggins to obtain the ball moving. She's produced the 3 dimensional films Journey to the center of our world, and basically completed the follow-up Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, which stars Dwayne Manley, Michael Caine and Josh Hutcherson. This rock band’s now hunting for a director while using gems to direct a Metallica-style feature. This is actually the initial major film created by this rock band people, but Metallica has developed a strong impression round the medium. Their decision to lend their music to Paradise Lost, the 1996 documentary round the West Memphis 3 that was directed by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky, aided give that film weight and aided create worldwide outrage over how three teens may be billed of mass murder without any shred of physical evidence but enough innuendo. Prosecutors reported the accused’ desire for Metallica music just like a strike against them, plus it needed 17 years for your trio to finally be freed. This rock band then starred for Berlinger and Sinofsky in Metallica: Some form of Monster, a chronicle in the band’s try to fix discord through intensive therapy. You can only imagine whatever they’re planning their first large feature. Without a doubt more after i learn it.

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Live-Action Akira Eco-friendly Lit Garrett Hedlund Rumored Front-Runner

The extended-gestating live-action adaptation in the popular manga and anime tale Akira remains resuscitated at Warner Bros. several days after Albert Hughes dropped in the director’s chair. Is excellent news for diehard fans of Katsuhiro Otomo’s cyberpunk saga? Let us the leading runner to see Kaneda is Tron: Legacy’s Garrett Hedlund? Variety gets the scoop how Akira came back to existence it'll apparently begin filming in the year under Unknown director Jaume Collet-Serra: …it came lower with a meeting between creative and studio professionals the other day to talk about the completely new budget — through the looks of things, they were happy with whatever they saw (the project had initially been over $100 million, but sooner or later was introduced lower to something closer to $90 large). Another little bit of news to depart people conferences: one of the primary stars prone to recieve a deal for one of the male leads is Tron: Legacy star Garrett Hedlund. Hedlund was among numerous youthful stars rumored being round the candidate for your Akira lead several days ago, as well as the production is predicted to produce a formal offer given that they’ve got the eco-friendly light. Does Hedlund look anything like the famous anime/manga character? Well no, for apparent reasons. WB’s selecting “colorblind” casting here (much more about that potential storm of dialogue when the cast is confirmed), but you know what happens? Whether or not this’s Hedlund — who’s sedately action hero-ant in Tron: Legacy but completely irresistible in Country Strong, so when you’ve seen it, you know what happens I'm speaking about — I’m totally okay from it. [Variety, Showblitz]

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Fox Buys CIA Drama From Imagine, Family Comedy From Big Bang Recurring Duo

Fox has bought a CIA drama from writer Joe Weisberg (Falling Skies) and a multi-camera comedy from actor-writers John Ross Bowie and Kevin Sussman, best known for their recurring roles on CBS’ hit comedy The Big Bang Theory. The hourlong project, from former CIA officer-turned-writer Weisberg, Imagine TV and 20th Century Fox TV, is described as a high-stakes character-based drama centering on the young assistants of high-ranking officers in the U.S. Intelligence community. The show takes place within the walls of the CIA, as well as the DIA, NSA, FBI and the intelligence components at the White House. The comedy, from Bowie and Sussman, Principato-Young Entertainment and Sony TV, is tentatively titled The Ever After Part. It centers on a hip couple who go to extreme lengths to support their eccentric 5-year-old daughter, including moving in with the grooms tyrant mother to take advantage of the great public school in her area. Peter Principato, Paul Young and Joel Zadak of Principato-Young, which manages Bowie, will executive produce, and Sussman’s manager Jill McGrath will co-produce. Bowie and Sussman met and became friends while guest starring together on The Big Bang Theory, where they recur as Leonard and Sheldon’s nemesis Barry Kripke and comic book store owner Stuart, respectively. The two wrote comedy spec Dark Minions, which caught Sony TVs attention and led to the new project. Sussman is with APA.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Iranian Actress Faces Flogging Over Film

An Iranian actress remains sentenced to 90 lashes together with annually jail time for turning up inside an Australian film exhibiting not wearing a headscarf. Marziah Vafamehr, star of 2009 film My Tehran Available, was jailed within this summer time. Her sentence remains revealed by Iranian opposition website Kalameh.com. Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd mentioned the Australian government was deeply concerned about Vafamehrs arrest. Cyan Films, the South Australia-based production company which made the award-winning film, mentioned it absolutely was deeply shocked and appalled by her sentence. Ironically, My Tehran Available follows an actress who finds herself banned from concentrating on stage with the Iranian government physiques. The film shows Iranian youthful people prone to undercover raves, smoking hashish and having sex before marriage acting, the bottom line is, similar to youthful people around the globe do. The producers have mentioned the film was not ever intended for distribution within Iran, which is distribution round the subterranean community in Tehran remains totally outdoors the things they can control. We still offer our support to Marzieh and her family by enhancing their wants to permit the situation as well as the appeal stay with the correct legal channels, producers Kate Croser and Julie Ryan mentioned in the statement. There's confusion about what Vafamehr remains billed with: she appears to own been arrested on grounds that My Tehran Available was shot inside the Iranian capital without right shooting permits. Both Cyan Films and Vafamehrs husband, Iranian filmmaker Nasser Taghvai, deny this. Vafahmehrs sentence comes the following day of Islamist protestors in Tunisia tried to create fire with a TV station that examined Oscar-nominated film Persepolis: That film follows a young girl as she comes old in the backdrop in the Iranian revolution. According to Kalameh.com, Vafamehrs lawyer has turned into a huge hit the sentence. This really is really a clip:

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Be Brave: Presumed Oscar Frontrunner 'War Horse' Gets New Emotional Trailer

"Be brave. Be brave. Be brave." So says the awesomely named Benedict Cumberbatch toward the end of the newest trailer for 'War Horse,' a bit of marketing seemingly engineered to produce moist eyes and Oscar nominations. Steven Spielberg! World War I! Lush cinematography! John Williams-like music! Horses! In danger! The brave thing would be watching this at your cubicle, since you'll likely start bawling before its over. Watch ahead. Watch the trailer in HD over at Apple. 'War Horse' hits theaters on Christmas day. [via Coming Soon] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

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Arrested Development gets new movie and TV show

Fans ofArrested Developmentreceived two great pieces of news today: the long-discussed movie is happening and it will follow on from new TV episodes of the cult show!Creator Mitchell Hurwitz says the TV show could film next summer and focus on the main characters' lives over the past five years.While there's no shooting schedule yet for the movie, Hurwitz added that the "creative aspects" are in place and negotiations will hammer out "the business side"."We're all game," he told The NYer Fest. "We've hated being coy, but we've been trying to put together this ambitious idea.""I'm peeing with @batemanjason at the moment..and we can confirm that we are going to make new AD eps and a movie," Will Arnett said on Twitter following Hurwitz's announcement."It's true. We will do 10 episodes and the movie. Probably shoot them all together next summer for a release in early '13. VERY excited!" added Jason Bateman.The Fox show also starred Michael Cera, Portia de Rossi, Will Arnett, Jeffrey Tambor, David Cross and Jessica Walter, with guest starring roles for Henry Winkler, Liza Minnelli and Charlize Theron.It went off the air after three seasons in 2006.

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Monday, October 3, 2011

Scorsese, MOMA boost Perugia

ROME -- Italy's Perugia Intl. Film Festival is shaping just as one high-profile event, getting forged a partnership with Martin Scorsese's The Film Foundation together with a detailed rapport with NY's Museum of recent Art, besides existing ties for the Hamptons Intl. Film Festival. Headed by Hamptons topper Karen Arikian, this new non-competitive fest, situated inside the Umbrian hillside college town, not definately not Rome, held a preview event in Perugia in the last weekend, before its first edition, set to use March 22-25. Perugia fest's soft launch composed spotlights on U.S. cinema verite pioneer D.A. Pennebaker and also the pointing partner, and wife, Chris Hegedus and also on digital digital photographer/filmmaker Bruce Weber, all whom were attending. MoMa's chief curator of film, Rajendra Roy, moderated conversations. A restored copy of Italo master Luchino Visconti's "Senso" opened up in the pre-inaugural, because of The Film Foundation, whose controlling director Jennifer Ahn mentioned this program is ideal for Perugia being forum for film upkeep discussion and education. Arikian mentioned the fest will focus on Perugia's student population, its artistic heritage and culinary tradition. It will concentrate on the rarely celebrated role of costume and production designers within the building of the film, and be in the city's famous Umbria Jazz festival. Fest is produced and operated by Santa Barbara-based Stratus Media Group, that's financing startup costs. William Morris Endeavor Entertainment posseses an advisory role. The goal is ensure it is lucrative in three years from corporate sponsorships and tie-inches, mentioned Perugia fest prexy Emanuele Rossi. Board people include Berlin topper Dieter Kosslick, EFM chief Beki Probst, and triple Oscar-winning costume and production designer James Acheson. Contact Nick Vivarelli at nvivarelli@gmail.com