Posts by Zach Dionne
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HBO Puts in Series Order for Jack Black and Tim Robbins Comedy
From director Jay Roach and producer Jerry Weintraub (‘Behind the Candelabra,’ the ‘Ocean’s movies), the “epic dark comedy” will star Black, Robbins, and Pablo Schreiber as three guys trying to quell the impending threat of World War III.
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Seth Rogen Officially Expanding His Movie-Buddy Circle to Include Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Also in the Afternoon Links: The ‘True Detective’ unbroken six-minute shot from Sunday’s episode is now online, A&E wants more Wahlburgers, and Bill Murray thinks he’s got a really funny one coming up.
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Frank Darabont’s ‘Mob City’ Is Canceled. Can He Get Back to Making Stephen King Movies Now?
We’ve got a playing field that calls specifically for Frank Darabont, Movie Director.
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Confirmed: Nathan Fielder Is Behind Dumb Starbucks, and There’s One Coming to Brooklyn
“Many of you probably know me as a comedian, but this is no bit or joke — this is a real business I plan to get rich from,” says the star of Comedy Central’s ‘Nathan for You.’ Though the Los Angeles location was quickly shut down for operating without a proper permit, Fielder said in a press conference that Dumb Starbucks will “expand” to Brooklyn soon.
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Whoa — Fred Armisen Is Going to Be the Band Leader on ‘Late Night With Seth Meyers’
Also in the Afternoon Links: Ron Howard lines up his next film, ‘The X Factor’ has been cancelled, and Rob Lowe has a costar for his NBC comedy pilot.
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The Flip-Flopping Will Smith Won’t Do the ‘Independence Day’ Sequel, Unless He Does
A source at Deadline says Smith is ready to pass on Roland Emmerich’s ‘ID4ever.’ The plan is still to get the sequel into theaters for July 4, 2016, the 20th anniversary of the original.
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Box Office Top Five: ‘The Lego Movie’ Scores February’s Second-Biggest Debut Ever
We all should’ve seen this one coming two ‘Toy Story’ movies ago, but now it’s official: ‘The Lego Movie’ is one of the best ever all-original, non-sequel debuts for an animated film, and the second-best February debut ever after ‘The Passion of the Christ.’
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Matt Damon Didn’t Get to Sit With the Grown-ups on ‘Kimmel’ Last Night
Also in the Afternoon Links: Paul Bettany is doing The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Oprah might headline a Broadway show, and Werner Herzog has cooked up a seriously surprising cast.
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Jay Baruchel Is Doing an FX Comedy and a Stephen King Movie
The ‘This Is the End’ star will executive produce and star in a film version of King’s short story ‘The Ten O’Clock People.’ He’s also set to star in a pilot called ‘Man Seeking Woman.’
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Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood Is Scoring Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘Inherent Vice’
Also in the Afternoon Links: Chris Pratt says velociraptors are “the wolves of dinosaurs”; Clay Aiken is running for Congress; and Kendrick, Janelle, and Pharrell are performing at the NBA All-Star Game.
