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Sandra Bullock & Melissa McCarthy Teaming Up With Bridesmaids Director For Cop Comedy
Get ready to have your sides split -- Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy are teaming up for a "buddy cop" movie, according to Variety.
“Hysteria” is a feel-good victorian vibrator comedy
(Some sexual content throughout) LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Hysteria" is a fun fling of a movie about medical science at its shakiest. Literally. This amusing period comedy chronicles the invention of the vibrator in the late Victorian era, when doctors used early versions of the electrical device to bring women ...
Cannes festival opens with quirky comedy and a camel
CANNES, France (Reuters) - The Cannes film festival kicked off on Wednesday with quirky U.S. comedy "Moonrise Kingdom", Wes Anderson's exploration of childhood and young love centered around two 12-year-olds who fall in love and run away together. The touching tale, set in 1965 on an island off the coast ...
Cannes film festival curtain up with comedy, chaos
CANNES, France (Reuters) - Comedy will dominate the opening of the Cannes film festival on Wednesday, with Wes Anderson's child fantasy "Moonrise Kingdom" in a tussle with Sacha Baron Cohen's anarchic alter ego General Aladeen for the attention of the world's media. Thousands of journalists and movie executives are in ...
Depp, Burton bring light comedy to “Dark Shadows”
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Working with director Tim Burton, Johnny Depp has played many eccentric characters in the movies, from lonely monster Edward Scissorhands to eccentric filmmaker Ed Wood and the Mad Hatter of "Alice in Wonderland." But there was at least one strange being they hadn't tried - a ...
Depp, Burton bring ‘Dark Shadows’ comedy to London
Johnny Depp's gothic comedy "Dark Shadows" is creeping into London for its European premiere.
Myanmar comedy shows struggle for national image
When Burmese filmmaker Htun Zaw Win decided to make a short comedy about the tragically bizarre process of getting movies made in his oppressed homeland, he knew exactly what to base it on: Real life.
Wolfe picks up “Gayby” comedy at SXSW
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Wolfe Releasing acquired the U.S. rights to the Jonathan Lisecki comedy "Gayby" at the SXSW Film Conference & Festival, the company said Tuesday. The deal for the film is "valued in the low six figures," according to Wolfe. The film, which stars Jenn Harris and Matthew ...
Paul Feig Plans Reese Witherspoon Comedy Wish List
Announced back in August of last year , Walt Disney Pictures is developing a family comedy called Wish List with Reese Witherspoon attached to star. Today, The Hollywood Reporter has an update, saying that Bridesmaids director Paul Feig is in talks to ...
Tribeca opens with comedy “The Five-Year Engagement”
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hollywood comedy "The Five-Year Engagement" opened New York's Tribeca Film Festival on Wednesday bringing some crowd-pleasing laughs and red carpet glamour to the event before audiences settle into 12 days of mostly independent cinema. The romance starring Jason Segel and Emily Blunt, made by the same ...
Tribeca opens with comedy “The Five-Year Engagement”
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A lighthearted romantic comedy opened New York's Tribeca film festival on Wednesday bringing some crowd-pleasing laughs and a smattering of red carpet glamour before audiences settle into 12 days of mostly independent cinema. The premiere of "The Five-Year Engagement," starring Jason Segel and Emily Blunt, by ...