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“Bored to Death: The Movie” Coming Soon…Hopefully
For those of you who took part in the joyful HBO program “Bored to Death”, I give you the highest of virtual high fives. “Bored to Death” was a very underrated and entertaining show that was taken off the air before it reached its true potential. The combination of Ted Danson, Jason Schwartzman, and Zach Galifianakis was hilarious and every episode gave us a new and interesting mystery to follow as Jonathan Ames (Jason Schwartzman’s character) cracked the case.
According to Ted Danson, “Bored to Death” might become Bored to Death (note the stylish transition from quotations to italicizing, signifying the change from television to film). That’s right, folks. The movie nobody cared about/wanted to see is now in negotiations to be a real thing. For us BTD fans, this is a gift from the heavens of Jonathan Ames’ mind, but for everyone else, well, they’re probably not even reading this article right now.
WarmingGlow reports:
[Bored to Death], which aired its final episode in November, might have one more outing as a movie. Yesterday at the Monte Carlo Television Festival, Ted Danson told French journalist Pierre Langlas that there was a good chance of a 90-minute movie happening. A rep from HBO tells Vulture that there have “been some conversations” about a BTD movie, but “it’s at a very early stage.”
If this is the real deal, I’m definitely excited. But can we please keep the movie to an incest-minimum during its 90 minutes, please. That would be great. Thanks. After seeing That’s My Boy, I think I’ve reached my incest-quotient for the year.
New Broken Lizard Movie ‘The Babymakers’ – Both Official and Red Band Trailers
The first I heard of this film I was like okay it’s going to be some terrible cheesy comedy about a couple getting pregnant, but then I actually read the plot description and I admit it sounds great. Paul Schneider (Parks and Recreation) and Olivia Munn stars in The Babymakers, the latest movie from the Broken Lizard guys (Super Troopers, Beerfest); this film is about a Sperm Heist which is just a hysterical concept. I have the green and red band trailers so choose your preference wisely. I think that the title The Babymakers could be almost any rom-com which is actually pretty funny because it’s really not, but might lose them some target audience.
After trying everything to get his wife Audrey (Olivia Munn) pregnant, Tommy Macklin (Paul Schneider) realizes to his horror that he may be “shooting blanks.” Terrified that his marriage may fall apart, Tommy recruits his friends (and an Indian ex-mobster) to rob a sperm bank where he made a deposit years ago. As with any half-baked scheme, everything can and does go wrong, testing the limits of Tommy and Audrey’s relationship.
I would definitely recommend watching the red band trailer for a good feel as to what the film will really be like.
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Opens August 3rd
First Official “Django Unchained” Trailer Looks to Be A Christmas Miracle
It’s that time again! It’s time for a new Quentin Tarantino flick (cue the applause)! After the 2009 masterpiece that we know as Inglourious Basterds, QT brings us Django Unchained, the story of a slave named Django (Jamie Foxx) who is freed by notorious bounty hunter, Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz). With hopes of making Django his deputy, Schultz begins training the man, preparing him for the biggest fight of his life; to kill Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio), a ruthless plantation owner who is in possession of Django’s wife, Broomhilda (Kerry Washington).
Well, leave your skepticism and cynicism at the door, people, because Django Unchained is really the only thing I want for Christmas (well, maybe The Great Gatsby, too). This immensely entertaining, hilarious, action-packed, and, most of all, fun trailer has me wanting more….a lot more. Quentin Tarantino seems to be in full force here after the critically acclaimed Inglourious Basterds, which was nominated for eight Oscars (winning one for Best Supporting Actor to Christoph Waltz). It seems as if the Academy has finally recognized Tarantino not only as a filmmaker, but as a genre.
I also love the anti-type casting that Tarantino has done here. It’s been a while since DiCaprio has played an out-and-out villain, while this film marks the first time that Christoph Waltz plays the good guy (a compromised protagonist at best, but I’ll take what I can get). Jamie Foxx plays the title role, and after a couple names were picked up and dropped, I feel like Tarantino has made the right choice putting Foxx in the role.
All the Tarantino-esque factors are definitely in place. The odd plot, the beautifully staged brutality, the generational gap bridging (putting a funky groove in a Civil War-era spaghetti western? I think yes), the witty dialogue, and everything in between. There’s just no way around it, Django Unchained is going to be the real deal.
Check out the official trailer right here:
“Fahrenheit 451” Author Ray Bradbury Dies At Age 91
Iconic author Ray Bradbury, known mostly for his legendary novel Fahrenheit 451, has passed away at the age of 91. Bradbury’s death was confirmed Wednesday morning by his daughter, who stated that he passed Tuesday night of a lengthy illness. Bradbury has published over 27 novels and a whopping 600 short stories. He is almost entirely responsible for the revitalization of the sci-fi genre, which previously had a reputation that was not as glowing as other genres of literature. But despite his known work as a science fiction writer, he often rejected that claim, not because he didn’t like or appreciate the genre, but because he felt it was inaccurate when it came to most of his work.
He’s often quoted as saying, “I’m not a science fiction writer. I’ve written only one book of science fiction [“Fahrenheit 451”]. All the others are fantasy. Fantasies are things that can’t happen, and science fiction is about things that can happen.” Regardless of what genre he’s most identifiable in, his writing forever changed the fictional and fantastical, paving the way for generations of readers and writers to come.
My first encounter with Bradbury came in the form of a 9th grade reading project. Our class was assigned to read and analyze Fahrenheit 451, a novel that, up to that point, I had only heard about and never read. I was almost sure I was going to hate it. I was still in that “I’m too cool for school reading” phase, but that quickly faded as soon as I started reading. The dystopian society portrayed in Bradbury’s novel is so poetically portrayed that it’s almost impossible to put down.
Losing Bradbury is almost as tough as losing JD Salinger, my favorite author, who passed away a couple of years ago. What they had in common was the way they revolutionized modern literature for the better. Science fiction and fantasy were never the same after Bradbury stepped on the scene, and they’ll never be the same again.
Check out a video of Ray Bradbury and Hugh Hefner talking about the origins of “Fahrenheit 451”:
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