Posts Tagged ‘The Office’
Unpacking The Poster: Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
The first poster has been released for the lengthily-titled Seeking a Friend for the End of the World - but how much does this really reveal about this upcoming sci-fi comedy drama? TFR take a closer...
Will Ricky Gervais host the 2011 Golden Globes?
Last year's Golden Globes were hysterical. Why? Because Ricky Gervais, British comedy icon, pulled no punches as the host and ridiculed numerous Hollywood icons. But will he get to do it again? I'd love to see him do it again, as I think Gervais is one of the most honest, frank people in show business, and unlike quite a few of them has really...
War Games remake to be headed by King of Kong director
If you recall the documentary about the challenge on the Donkey Kong world record, King of Kong, you'll know that director Seth Gordon has what it takes to create geek cinema. Now, War Games is his new project. War Games tells the story of two computer whiz-kids who manage to wangle their way into military computers, and assume the various...
Trailer for Bad Teacher, starring Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake.
The trailer has been released for Bad Teacher, starring Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake. That’s right, this ex-couple have teamed up to make a film – playing to their acting strengths with a quirky comedy. Diaz, who we last saw fighting crime in Seth Rogen’s The Green Hornet, plays a money-grabbing , marijuana-smoking,...
Steve Carell to play Meryl Streep’s therapist?
Funny man Steve Carell is rumoured to be taking on a serious role for his latest film. It has been reported that Carell will be playing Meryl Streep's therapist in Great Hope Springs. Streep will be working with director David Frankel who she previously worked with on The Devil Wears Prada, when she played the scary fashion magazine...
Hesher trailer, starring Natalie Portman and Joseph Gordon-Levitt
The trailer has been released for Hesher, starring Natalie Portman and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Hesher is a project which has been in development for over four years now and, despite still being without a UK release date, the trailer has finally been released! The film stars none other than Hollywood's current award-winning darling, ...
The mad professor of comedy – Ricky Gervais: Science review
"If you've come here to revise for your thesis, you're f*cked." Meet Ricky Gervais. Ricky Gervais is a man of many, many talents. BAFTAs, Golden Globes, The Office, the introduction of Karl Pilkington to the world at large, Extras, Flanimals... suffice to say, he's not been a lazy comedian. Science is the latest in his list of four...
Imagine Steve Carell as a rock star’s love child
Steve Carrell is to play the love child of an ageing rock star in his new film, Imagine. This Warner Bros. comedy will reportedly be directed by Dan Fogelman, who has previously worked as a screenwriter on the likes of Pixar’s Cars and Disney’s Bolt. It will be the second collaboration between the pair since Carell left The...
Ricky Gervais’ Flanimals spawns new film
It might be hard to admit whilst thinking of his smug mug, but there's no denying that Ricky Gervais has a bit of a magic touch... The Office star has only just finished his feature directorial debut, The Invention of Lying, and now Universal-based Illumination Entertainment has snapped up the rights to his children's book series Flanimals for a...
