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Movie Preview: Despicable Me, Starring Lots of Famous Voices
The same guys who brought us the Ice Age franchise are back to create another potential hit with the 3-D CGI Despicable Me. Seems like every animated movie nowadays wrangles A-list names, but the Despicable roster is even starrier than most. Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Will Arnett, Kristen Wiig, Mindy Kaling, Jack McBrayer — it's like a laundry list of my favorite comedy people.
I Love You, Man: Bromance at Its Cutest
I Love You, Man is a sweet, low-key comedy about two guys who find true friendship. As I left the screening a friend said it struck her as a kind of poor man's Judd Apatow movie (meant as a positive thing, BTW) — in the literal sense, it seems lower-budget but it's also just quieter, tamer, and less yucky. There's tons of super awkwardness, similar to the kind we see each week in The Office, and little gross-out humor.
Buzz News Roundup, 1/30
- ABC has ordered Lauren Graham's comedy pilot, while CBS wants pilots from three dramas. — The Hollywood Reporter
- Over a month after Disney passed on The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader, 20th Century Fox has picked it up. — E!
Movie Preview: I Love You, Man
In theory, I think the premise for I Love You, Man is funny and cute: A guy (Paul Rudd) gets engaged to his lady (Rashida Jones — yay for her having more movie roles!) but he doesn't have a best guy friend so he basically goes on a manfriend-hunt to lock down a best man for the wedding.
The trailer features some funny folks (Jason Segel, Andy Samberg, Thomas Lennon) and people I just love seeing pretty much anytime (JK Simmons), and yet, it doesn't really make me laugh. Also (and I'm assuming this is explained in the movie), why doesn't he just ask his brother (Samberg) to be his best man, instead of asking his brother for tips on going on man dates to find some guy he barely knows to be his best man?
What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday
All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue. In addition to the titles below, the Oscar-winning documentary Taxi to the Dark Side is also now available on DVD.
Would You Watch a New Muppet Show?
You know, I was already really excited about the news that Jason Segel was working on a new Muppet movie. But could he also be plotting a new version of The Muppet Show? According to a report from the UK, the answer is yes.
Forgetting Sarah Marshall: Lots of Laughs, Not a Lot of Heart
For the first half of Forgetting Sarah Marshall, I laughed out loud almost nonstop. Deliciously rife with Apatowian elements — bumbling self-deprecating characters, bawdy jokes, "call-'em-like-I-see-'em" bits of social commentary — it's a satisfying parade of sarcasm and sight gags. It even begins with a shamelessly, utterly nude Jason Segel, a move I fully admire.
Link Time! 4/17
- Maura Tierney apparently wants her character to be killed off ER, so TV Squad wonders: How should Abby die?
- FilmExperience has the lowdown on Baz Luhrmann's challenge for young filmmakers.
- According to Cinematical, there's now an R-rated trailer up for one of this year's most well-received Sundance movies, Hamlet 2.
- Vulture has video of Jason Segel's five best moments on the short-lived series Undeclared.
- Got a question for Neil Patrick Harris? Popwatch needs more ideas for what to ask him in an upcoming interview.
- Stereogum has some thoughts on Lily Allen's new tunes "I Don't Know" and "I Could Say."
- Awesome! A Pop Candy reader writes about her experience as an extra on the set of Lost.
Jason Segel to Make Muppet Movie
This is some of the most endearing movie news I've heard in a long time: Jason Segel (star of Freaks and Geeks, How I Met Your Mother and the upcoming comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall) will collaborate with director Nick Stoller on a new Muppets movie. Here's the cute part, though: He got the idea from his Forgetting Sarah Marshall character. Variety has more:
In Sarah Marshall Segel's character writes a Dracula musical performed by puppets.
Movie Preview: Kristen Bell, Jason Segel in Forgetting Sarah Marshall
What with the names Kristen Bell, Jason Segel and Judd Apatow all attached, I've been looking forward to the comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall for quite some time so today's trailer is a welcome sight. Jason Segel (previously of Freaks and Geeks, now on How I Met Your Mother) wrote the script and Apatow produced the film which, from the trailer, seems a little tame. It's not altogether un-funny, but it doesn't look like it'll be joining the ranks of Apatow's greatest hits.
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