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Entries in Adam McKay (5)

Tuesday
22Sep2009

Dwayne Johnson, Samuel L. Jackson join 'Guys'

DateTuesday, September 22, 2009 at 9:15PM | By AuthorFranck Tabouring

Dwayne Johnson, Samuel L. Jackson and Steve Coogan are the latest to board Adam McKay's upcoming action comedy "The Other Guys," for Sony Pictures. The film was formerly known as "The B Team."

The three are joining Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, Michael Keaton and Damon Wayans. At this stage, specific plot details are kept under wraps. "Guys" is currently set for release Aug. 6, 2010.

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Monday
14Sep2009

Eva Mendes, Michael Keaton join 'Other Guys'

DateMonday, September 14, 2009 at 5:52PM | By AuthorFranck Tabouring

Eva Mendes, Michael Keaton and Damon Wayans have boarded Adam McKay's upcoming action comedy "The Other Guys," which was formerly known as "The B Team." Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg are already on board of the Sony Pictures project.

Plot details are kept under wraps for now, but Ferrell and Wahlberg are set to play two cops. McKay and Chris Henchy (who penned the awful comedy "Land of the Lost") wrote the script. No details yet on which characters these three actors will portray.

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Thursday
26Feb2009

Ferrell, Wahlberg to play cops in 'B Team'

DateThursday, February 26, 2009 at 10:30PM | By AuthorFranck Tabouring

Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg will team up for "The B Team," an action comedy Adam McKay will direct for Sony Pictures.

According to Variety, McKay will team up with Chris Henchy to write the script, which will focus on two cops played by Ferrell and Wahlberg.

Not much is known about the film at this stage, because the project is at the earliest developmental stage (so far, only a pitch exists).

McKay, of course, directed Ferrell in "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy," "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" and "Step Brothers."

As for Henchy, he recently wrote the screenplay for Ferrell's upcoming adventure comedy "Land of the Lost." He also worked as a co-executive producer on "Entourage."

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Monday
28Jul2008

Box Office: 'The Dark Knight' scores $75.6M

DateMonday, July 28, 2008 at 7:39AM | By AuthorFranck Tabouring

By Franck Tabouring

Weekend of July 25 – 27, 2008

“The Dark Knight” slashed its competition at the top of the North American box office with a weekend gross of $75.6 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Christopher Nolan’s follow-up to “Batman Begins” crossed the $300 million mark in a record 10 days, bringing its domestic total to $314.2 million. The previous record holder was Gore Verbinski’s “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” which took 16 days to reach $300 million.

“The Dark Knight” also easily soared past the $205.3 million total domestic gross of its predecessor. Starring Christian Bale, the film follows Batman’s struggled to protect Gotham City from the madness of the Joker (Heath Ledger).

Debuting in second place with $30 million was Adam McKay’s latest comedy “Step Brothers,” which stars Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly as two spoiled men who are forced to live together as stepbrothers after their single parents decide to get married.

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Friday
25Jul2008

'Step Brothers' web reviews

DateFriday, July 25, 2008 at 10:48PM | By AuthorFranck Tabouring

I just got back from a screening of Adam McKay's latest comedy "Step Brothers," and although it's certainly not one of my favorite flicks of the year so far, I have to admit I had a good time watching Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly acting all silly on the big screen (I will post my review tomorrow afternoon). Let's take a quick look at what critics on the Web have to say about this new Judd Apatow production:

• Katey Rich at CinemaBlend: "The plot of 'Step Brothers' is more irrelevant than it is in most comedies, but that’s not really a bad thing."

• Cinematical's James Rocchi: "Jenkins and Steenburgen are actually good, but their performances are so grounded and real and natural that they just make Ferrell and Reilly seem all the more overblown and phony."

• Ron Henriques at LatinoReview: "The film is by no means a perfect comedy, but it hits home closer than many of the films this summer."

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