Walking off the set

May 2 - Jake and Reese On The Set of 'Nailed' In Columbia, South Carolina.

"Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Biel walked off the set of director David O. Russell's new movie Nailed on Friday, after producers failed to show they had enough money to pay its cast. The Screen Actor's Guild will keep all cast members from the movie until the production company shows there is enough money set aside in a union-mandated account. An on-set source tells the New York Times production on the movie is expected to resume this week. It's not the first scandal to strike set of the movie, which was co-written by Al Gore's daughter Kristin - veteran James Caan quit his cameo role last month after a bust-up with Russell".
Source: www.imdb.com/news

"When ThinkFilm pitches its slate at Cannes this week, the indie will confront an added obstacle: its seemingly wobbly financial condition. ThinkFilm is part of Capitol Films, whose indie comedy "Nailed," starring Jessica Biel and Jake Gyllenhaal, was shut down Friday by the Screen Actors Guild due to a lack of funds on deposit to pay its actors. Though the film has since resumed shooting, the company's problems with SAG have sent ominous signals to the creative community.

[...] Though the company saw an $18 million worldwide gross from "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead," further problems emerged Thursday when ThinkFilm execs suddenly discovered there was no money for Friday newspaper ads for "Then She Found Me." The following day, SAG pulled the plug on "Nailed," telling members not to work due to the lack of required funds in accounts designated to pay the film's actors.

No shoots had been planned for the weekend, and production resumed Monday on the political comedy -- directed by David O. Russell from a script he co-wrote with Kristin Gore -- after SAG received the necessary funds. The Directors Guild of America also received assurances that its members would be paid for the pic, which also stars James Brolin, Catherine Keener, James Marsden and Tracy Morgan.

"(The) Screen Actors Guild has now received adequate financial assurances that its members will be paid their wages for work on the production 'Nailed,' " SAG said Monday. "Our members are free to return to work on this production."
Source: www.variety.com

Donnie Darko Sequel

"Donnie Darko" sequel "S. Darko" starts shooting May 18

UK-based sales company Velvet Octopus will be launching sales in Cannes for S. Darko, billed as the sequel to the 2001 cult hit Donnie Darko. Fox has already taken North American rights.
Daviegh Chase reprises her role as Donnie's younger sister. The cast for S. Darko also includes Ed Westwick (Son Of Rambow, Gossip Girl), Briana Evigan (Step Up 2) and Justin Chatwin (Dragon Ball).

Ash Shah's Silver Nitrate and Newmarket Capital are producing. Los Angeles-based Chris Fisher, who previously made Nightstalker and Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders, will direct. The budget is pegged around $10m.

The story picks up seven years after the first film (and Donnie's death) when little sister Samantha Darko and her best friend Corey are now 18 and on a roadtrip to Los Angeles when they are plagued by bizarre visions.

Fisher said in a statement: "I am a great admirer of Richard Kelly's film and hope to create a similar world of blurred fantasy and reality."
Producers have spoken to Richard Kelly about the project but he is not involved in any official capacity at this stage.

Simon Crowe of Velvet Octopus added: "I think there is a new generation of cinema-goers who will be very excited to see this film."

Crowe quipped to ScreenDaily: "Donnie's not in [the new film] but there are meteorites and rabbits." Source: www.screendaily.com


"Hordes of emo-tastic children born in the '90's will be vowing to pierce the hearts of whomever gets behind the project. We know that former lead, Jake Gyllenhaal will not be returning, but actress Daviegh Chase will reprise her role as Donnie's younger sister. Woo.
Jena Malone isn't going to be returning either, but instead we'llget a chance to see a little more of Briana Evigan, who (make
fun of me if you like) has some potential for going on to a successful hottie career. So what if her introduction to audiences was in STEP UP 2: THE STREETS? The girl is FINE. And as we all well know, sometimes a good looking woman can make an unanticipated disaster a little less agonizing".
Source: www.joblo.com

List of Geeks

MOST BADASS GEEKS IN FILM:

10. CLARENCE WORLEY - True Romance
"I don't like to barter. I don't like to dicker. I never have fun in Tijuana. That price is non-negotiable. What's in that envelope is for my peace of mind. My peace of mind is worth that much."9. DONNIE DARKO - Donnie Darko
"Tell her to get off the couch, stop eating Twinkies and maybe go out for field hockey. You know what? No one ever knows what they want to be when they grow up".4. NEO - The Matrix
"I'm going to hang up this phone, and then I'm going to show these people what you don't want them to see. I'm going to show them a world without you."
3. PETER PARKER - Spider-Man
"If somebody told you I was just your average ordinary guy, not a care in the world... somebody lied."
2. ANAKIN SKYWALKER / DARTH VADER - Star Wars
"I find your lack of faith disturbing."1. HIRO NAKAMURA - Heroes
"Every ten year old wishes he had super powers. And I get them. Me of all people. Last in my class. Last on the sports field.
I'm not a loser anymore."
Source: www.alwayswatching.org

5. Steve Carrell as Andy Stitzer in The 40 Year Old Virgin
"the painfully earnest expression, the terrible haircut, the little kid shirt and, of course, the no sex. For 40 years". 4. Michael Cera as Evan in Superbad and Paulie Bleeker in Juno
"neither Paulie nor Evan seem to be especially popular in their respective high schools, but they earn their spot on this list by personifying exactly the sort of unspoiled misfits who are just on the verge of coming into their own as confident young adults"3. Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter
"in all those damn Harry Potter movies the Harry Potter Nation has been watching the slow cinematic transformation of their favorite wizard from bespectacled young misfit to post-pubescent master of his wand in a mounting hormonal frenzy" 2. Christopher Reeve as Clark Kent in Superman I-IV
Clark Kent: "I can give more than I take".1. Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker in Spider-Man 1-3
"My wife and my female friends think he’s hot. My gay friends think he’s hot. Mary Jane Watson (personified by smokin’ hot, soakin’ wet Kirsten Dunst) thinks he’s hot".
Source: nerve.com

Happy belated B-day to Clark Duke!

-"I'm too legit to quit smoking" (Clark & Michael)

More bizarre pearls by Clark and Michael in their show:

-"It's just blatant disrespect, and it's tacky. I guess I'm not used to it because I was raised like a gentleman [throws cup] Like a classy gentleman" -Clark.
-"I notice you've been saying amigo a lot, that's very spanish of you" -Michael.
-"This is that weird time a day when nothin's on...TV...It's just like animal shows"
-"How can you go wrong... on The Internet?

-Clark: This is hard to say, but you've gotta get your act together!
-Michael: I'm going out!
-Clark: Well when are you coming back?!
-Michael: NEVER! (slams door).
-Clark: "I can't believe they canceled this show".

More "Clark and Michael" related stuff in my previous post: DOUBLE ENTENDRES

MTV movie awards

"Teen comedy "Superbad" is leading the nominations for the 2008 MTV Movie Awards after picking up five nods, including Best Movie. The high-school comedy, directed by Greg Mottola, also scooped nominations for the film's stars Jonah Hill and Michael Cera, who will compete in the Breakthrough Performance category along with their co-star Christopher Mintz-Plasse. Hill is also up for Best Comedic Performance. But "Superbad" will be going up against Oscar-winning "Juno" - which Cera also stars in -for the Best Movie prize, while the actor is also recognized for his efforts in the teen pregnancy film with a nomination for Best Male Performance. Meanwhile, the big-screen adaptation of Transformers is nominated for three awards: Best Movie, Best Male Performance for Shia Labeouf and Breakthrough Performance for Megan Fox. And Enchanted star Amy Adams also received a trio of nods for the Disney film - Best Female Performance, Best Comedic Performance and Best Kiss for her smooch with Patrick Dempsey. The winners for the 17th Annual MTV Movie Awards will be unveiled on June 1 at the Gibson Amphitheater in Universal City, California".
Source: www.imdb.com/news

Read my review of "Superbad" again
and Go to the MTV list of Nominees to vote!

Arrested Development happening

-I got a call from Mitchell Hurwitz, the creator, and he said "so have you heard about this movie we're supposedly doing?" and I said yes. And he said he was in and it was great. And Jason [Bateman], when he was doing all the Juno press, he basically just talked up [Arrested Development] the movie. He got the publicity going before anything was real. So Mitch talked to Ron Howard, who said he would direct it, and he's down. So I think Mitch was like, "I guess I'll write it then," and that's what I think he's doing now. And yes, I'm involved. I think everyone is.

-Except Franklin [Will Arnett's racist puppet], right?
-[laughs] Maybe not. I think Franklin was thrown away by Fox executives.

-Who do you see most often from the cast?
-Sadly, I don't see everyone that often. I see Michael Cera every now and again, but he's famous now so he doesn't want to talk to me.
-He doesn't pick up your calls anymore?
-No, not as much. It's fine. I'm handling it well. [Laughs.] I'm kidding! -I saw David Cross once when I moved to NYC five months ago. He was really great when I called him and I think he was really proud that I moved to New York. My entire life is to make David Cross proud of me, though. David Cross with Sarah Silverman.
Source: www.radaronline.com

-They're just trying to keep the flame burning. Speaking of which, Gaydar has done interviews with some of your former castmates.
-Who?
-Jeffrey Tambor and Michael Cera.
-Will Arnett: I've never heard of either of them. They were on the show?
[...]-Sounds like a new high for you. Speaking of high points and low points, I saw in an interview that you said Arrested Development was the best pilot you've ever been in. That makes me wonder, what's the worst?
-I remember there was something really snarky I said in that quote. Something to the effect of: "And I want every other pilot I've been in to know that." Source: www.radaronline.com

-What did you think when you found out that your character on Arrested would fall in love with his cousin?
-I was actually really excited that I would get to have something strange to play off. That was awesome to me.
Source: www.radaronline.com
-When you were first reading the script, it said that you kissed your cousin right?
-Right. It's made very clear.
-What did you think of that?
-It was interesting, and obviously when you're reading the pilot you don't know how long that storyline will be sustained for. But I was really excited when they kept the crush going for so long and they kept drawing the incest joke out. That's the most fun thing to do. It's insanely awkward. And she knows it's awkward and I know it's awkward, and I have to hide it from my dad. It was so much fun to do.
Source: brianpalmer.com

"The first trailer for Rainn Wilson's The Rocker has debuted. "Office" fans are definitely going to enjoy this. The movie is about a drummer from a failed 80's band that joins a high school band to live his dreams of becoming a rock superstar. It stars Rainn Wilson as Robert Fishman, the drummer who joins the band. Superbad's gorgeous Emma Stone also stars and even Will Arnett has a cameo, too. I'm not sure this is going to be one of the best comedies of the summer, but I definitely think it'll be one of those better-than-the-others comedies. It also reminds me a lot of Hot Rod but with Rainn Wilson as a rockstar instead of Andy Samberg. Take a look at the badass new trailer below and let us know what you think! Source: www.firstshowing.net

On the set of "Nailed"

"We’re not sure how we turned into Access Hollywood today, but our source on the set of the movie “Nailed” just keeps on giving … and the lastest news is this: For the first time in a career spanning four decades and over ninety movies, actor James Caan has walked off the set of one of his films. Citing differences with director David O. Russell, Caan left the set of the film last night and will have to be recast". Source: www.fitsnews.com

And this is not the first time the director David O. Russell has had conflicts with some of the actors in his films, in this video during "I heart Huckabees" he had a fight with the actress Lilly Tomlin: