‘Dumb And Dumber To’ is back on, out as soon as next year

We reported last week that the sequel to Dumb and Dumber was dropped by Warner Bros. Fortunately, the further adventures of Harry and Lloyd have gotten another reprieve, as Universal has picked up distribution rights to the film. Co-writer/co-director Peter Farrelly announced during an episode of the Nerdist podcast that he plans to begin shooting the film in August 2013. According to Farrelly, the hold-up of starting production was due to negotiating between Warner Bros., who’d allowed the film to be shopped to different studios, and New Line, the company that released the original, on how to “get it out of there.”

Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels will be returning to their original roles as Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne in the second installment of the film, which has tentatively been named Dumb and Dumber to. Farrelly is so confident in the sequel’s script that he believes this movie will make the first film even better. If everything goes according to plans, the film will start shooting next month in Atlanta and be released next year, which would make it exactly 20 years since the first film was released.

Farrelly also announced that he wants fans to be a part of the film, and is giving one lucky person a line in the movie. The objective will be for fans to film Vine videos that make Dumb and Dumber references and upload them to Twitter with the hashtag: #dumbto. Could it be any easier?! Farrelly and his co-director (also brother) Bobby will be hand-selecting the best Vine, with the winner being immortalized in Dumb and Dumber To.

Via Splitsider

‘Anchorman 2′ movie trailer and poster surfaces, we suddenly have Christmas plans

Anchorman 2 Poster Earlier today, Paramount released a movie poster for Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues via Ron Burgundy’s Twitter account. As the poster (and most of the internet, for that matter) notes, it’s kind of a big deal. It’s also kind of a big ‘stache that makes up the majority of the poster. The poster is a prologue to the promotional onslaught that’s about to happen, with a trailer arriving tomorrow with footage from the film in it, as opposed to the teaser trailers that have been running so far.

Here’s the synopsis of the film:

With the ’70s behind him, San Diego’s top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell), returns to the news desk in Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. Also back for more are Ron’s co-anchor and wife, Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate), weather man Brick Tamland (Steve Carell), man on the street Brian Fantana (Paul Rudd) and sports guy Champ Kind (David Koechner) — all of whom won’t make it easy to stay classy … while taking New York’s first 24-hour news channel by storm. Produced by Judd Apatow, Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. Written by Will Ferrell & Adam McKay. Directed by Adam McKay.

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It wasn’t the end for ‘This is the End’ at the weekend box office

This Is the End Apocalypse themed movies have never been funnier! With the end of world being the new thing, Seth Rogen took advantage and landed a spot in second place in the box office this weekend, only behind Man of Steel. Superman was expected to top the box office, and the 125.1 million dollars that it raised is a tough act to compete with. However, This is the End did very well, earning $32.8 million in its opening weekend. Six of the top names in comedy playing themselves in a movie about the world ending is bound to get a huge response from comedy fans everywhere, and the 84% rating it has on Rotten Tomatoes proves that. And with the mild reviews that Man of Steel got, we may see that fall in the box office in the near future.

With the world coming to an end at a party full of celebrities, the core six (Rogen, Jonah Hill, Danny McBride, James Franco, Jay Baruchel, and Craig Robinson) all have to band together and survive through the apocalyptic scenarios that we are all familiar with based on the TV we watch, right? It will be interesting to see how the comedy will compete with World War Z, White House Down, and even Monsters University, which are all sure to be toward the top of the box office charts over the next couple of weeks. Read More

Check out the short that inspired ‘This Is The End’

You may not believe it, but This Is The End was actually based off of a short film that Seth Rogen and Jay Baruchel stared in. It was a short film shot back in 2007 called Jay and Seth Versus The Apocalypse. The film became a viral hit and it wasn’t long till they began shopping the idea around to studios. There was some confusion involved with the title, which was eventually resolved to simply This is The End. Check out the trailer for the original short above, and if you’d like to read more on the development of the film, there’s an interview on the A.V. Club that sheds a little light on the end of the world comedy, which has already made back it’s budget.

Warner Bros. drops ‘Dumb And Dumber’ sequel

Well, that was short lived. According to Variety, Warner Bros. has decided to not move forward with a sequel to Dumb and Dumber.

The sequel had been buzzed about since last year, when Jeff Daniels announced that he and Jim Carrey would be reprising their roles Harry and Lloyd from the 19 year-old film. Bobby and Peter Farrelly were to return as writers and directors of the film. While it’s a disappointment that Warner isn’t moving forward with the project, that doesn’t mean it’s dead yet. New Line said that Warner is letting the project be shopped around to other studios and financiers.

New Line made almost $250 million worldwide with the original 1994 comedy. Nine years later, the prequel Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd, which was filmed without the Farrelly brothers, Carrey or Daniels, took in under $40 million. Here’s hoping that the new movie, dubbed Dumb and Dumber To, finds a home at another studio.

‘The Internship’ pulls mild response from box office and critics

Google is probably used to better launches than the response from the 90-minute feature film ad, The Internship.

Reuniting Wedding Crasher’s Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson, the comedy flick had little box office flare gaining only $18.1 million in its opening weekend – fourth place among movies overall. Scoring a 33% from Rotten Tomatoes, the measly reviews probably won’t help the film in the future weeks cause, you guys… Man of Steel, World War Z, and mother f*cking White House Down releasing through June.

Admittedly, the idea for The Internship seemed a little cheesy, two old guys with no technological skills (who refer to the internet as “the online”) try to land a job at Google and end up teaching geeks half their age to not take themselves too seriously by going to strip clubs and getting wasted while one of the characters pursues a love interest resulting in the two old guys learning something about themselves! Yes, pretty formulaic. But it was supposed to be the long awaited reunion of Wedding Crashers, which released only 8 years ago, has achieved a quotable cult-comedy following. Key to note that The Internship was written by Vince Vaughn, not Wedding Crashers writers Bob Fisher and Steve Faber (Married with Children).

You’ll dig The Internship if you like the classic interplay between Vince and Owen. They genuinely seem to be having fun riffing off of each other throughout the film. You’ll find small laughs here but no Wedding Crashers quotes you’ll annoyingly repeat to all your frat bros on a daily basis.

And yes, Google is the greatest place to work of all time.

‘Rapture-Paloooza,’ ‘The Internship,’ and ‘This Is The End’ what will you see? (poll)

The Internship, The End, Rapture-Palooza

The Internship and Rapture-Paloooza hit theaters this weekend.

You may remember our earlier article on new comedy Rapture-Paloooza which looks crazy funny. Well, it looks like Rapture-Paloooza is going to have some serious competition, The Internship staring, powerful duo, Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn drops the same day. Not to mention This Is The End which comes out right on the heels of these two films on June 12th.

With all these heavy hitting comedies coming out, we figured we’d take a poll. Which are you most excited to see? Read More

Ron Burgundy inducted into the history of journalism museum… for a few months

Anchorman Newseum We all knew he was “kind of a big deal” but now its official, Washington D.C.’s Newseum will host “Anchorman: The Exhibit.” Pretty unbelievable that an institution dedicated to the history of journalism will be featuring a fake news crew, but hey, I’m all for it! The exhibit isn’t just a promotion for Anchorman 2 either. Cathy Trost, the museum’s vice president of exhibits, says it will be a genuine educational exhibit stating, “The exhibit explores the reality behind the humor of Anchorman and tracks the rise of personality-driven news formats in the 1970s.”

Yes, it’s not 100% about the movie but it’s the kind of inspired marketing you see these days that further dive into the experience for fans allowing for merchants of cool to make new and exciting ways for them to get their cult fix. Think of it as advertising on the McDonald’s cup and toy in the Happy Meal of the modern era.

The exhibit will run from November 14th, 2013 to August 31st, 2014, so you have some time to get there but it wont last forever. Go check it out, after all remember, 60% of the time, it works, every time. Ok, that last sentence made no sense to those that didn’t see the first movie.

Just go to the exhibit, it’ll be awesome. Read More