Posts by Zach Dionne
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Afternoon Links: Mario Gets the Batman Begins Treatment
Not only does Mario get to ditch the silly “Italian” voice for this new short film, he gets a whole gritty backstory that buries the Dennis Hopper movie under so much question-mark-brick rubble. And it’s not just Mario! This clip is one of four, with Luigi as an addict and Peach and Toad forthcoming. Evan Daugherty, […]
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Jack Black and Tim Robbins Buddy Up for HBO’s Dark Comedy Pilot ‘The Brink’
After being ordered in September, HBO’s The Brink has found two of its three leads. The pilot, from Jay Roach and Weeds executive producer Roberto Benabib, is being called an “epic dark comedy” about a geopolitical crisis that could lead to World War III. (More Game of Thrones than Veep so far, yeah?) The guys […]
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Jurassic World May Enlist Chris Pratt
The long-developing Jurassic Park sequel/potential franchise rejuvenator now known as Jurassic World recently cast Josh Brolin, which wasn’t overly exciting to this particular Jurassic fanatic. Now Brolin is out (scheduling and salary problems; see ya!) and Parks and Recreation’s Chris Pratt is in early talks to take over. The Hollywood Reporter says the role is “a […]
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Afternoon Links: Maya Rudolph’s Big Moment Is Nigh
Maya Rudolph is coming back to NBC, and it’s not to lend SNL a momentary famous black lady impression or to appear on a middling sitcom. It’s to [OPRAH VOICE] HAVE HER OWN VARIETY SERIES! Or a pilot, at least. Lorne Michaels is producing, and Deadline hears the pilot will air as a special after […]
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Judd Apatow and the Key & Peele Guys Are Making a Movie Together
Universal just made the best decision of the week/the month/the back half of 2013 by inking a film deal with MADtv veterans and current Comedy Central power players Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele. The pair will executive-produce as well as write the script alongside Judd Apatow, who will also produce. Apatow isn’t giving up the […]
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MMLP2 Is Eminem’s Seventh No. 1 Album
In a row, that is. And overall. (Only 1999’s The Slim Shady LP didn’t hit no. 1.) The Marshall Mathers LP 2 moved 792,000 copies last week, giving Eminem the year’s second-place spot behind Justin Timberlake’s 20/20 Experience — 1 of 2, which debuted at 968,000 in March. Eminem’s sales have increased in the last few […]
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Afternoon Links: Forget the Entourage Movie for a Sec and Consider Wahlburgers
Mark and Donnie Wahlberg and their brother Paul own a restaurant in Hingham, Massachusetts, called Wahlburgers. It’s enough to just know that; we can all die happy and hungry. But because that’s not enough — because we need to die happy, hungry, and with a reality show about every remotely interesting thing — A&E has commissioned […]
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Go to College, Learn About Springsteen
Given the time, resources, and encouragement, any music lover could teach a half-decent college class on any Springsteen-size artist. Drunk Uncle could improvise semester-long masterpieces on most of the acts featured in Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time.” But a course that explores “the theological underpinnings of Springsteen’s lyrics, and the songwriter’s reinterpretation […]
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Idris Elba Will Save Paris in Bastille Day
After recently outing himself as a shy bloke indeed, Idris Elba has lined up his perfect James Bond audition role. Lest you thought Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom indicated a permanent shift away from explosion-y fare like Pacific Rim, Prometheus, and Thor: The Dark World, this new project, Bastille Day, is an action-thriller. Variety reports that Elba will […]
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Afternoon Links: Fall Break Forever
Spring Breakers was aggressively not for me. But without the experience — the money wasted on a ticket, the creepy-dude feeling I incurred while watching alone, the loneliness of having no one to vent my Franco-hate to — I couldn’t have fully appreciated Fall Breakers, an astonishing parody from a sketch-comedy collective called Lady Products. […]
