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It's a Walk-Off! Zoolander 2 Stalls While Alec Baldwin Struts

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (7)

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  • Only a few days after passing on Anchorman 2, Paramount — it seems — has also passed on Zoolander 2, as Ben Stiller noted in a tweet: “Ron Burgundy and Derek Zoolander looking to appear in sequels. Both men destitute, without means or intellect to fund their own comebacks.” I have no idea what to think of this: On the one hand, shouldn’t we applaud studios for not greenlighting sequels? But on the other hand, the same studio is remaking Footloose and fast-tracking Paranormal Activity 2. (Twitter)

  • And speaking of nixed sequels, Sylvester Stallone has pulled the plug on Rambo 5, saying it just wasn’t “necessary.” And, really, neither were the last three, Sly. (Empire)

  • Alec Baldwin will host the season finale of “SNL” on May 15th. It will be his 15th appearance as host, tying him with Steve Martin for most of all time. (TV Guide)

  • Robert Downey, Jr. has confirmed now that his next picture will be Gravity, with Alfonso Cuaron, before he shoots the Sherlock Holmes sequel. (MTV)

  • Random: If you dig online comic strips, you should check out Not Invented Here, an office-based strip from reader and occasional commenter, Paul Southworth. It’s pretty great. (Not Invented Here)

  • Fellow Arkansan Josh Lucas is the latest decent actor to stoop to the family movie level. He will be starring in Red Dog opposite a canine. It’s about a dog who brought a mining community together in the ’70s and ’80s. (Variety)

  • If you’re just dying to know what Hank Azaria looks like as Gargamel in the forthcoming Smurfs movie, die no longer.

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  • Here’s a straight up plug for a PC-based video game, which I’m providing only because it’s for a “paranormal romance casual video game,” which has to be the most unusual genre of video game in existence. Here’s a free demo. (Tiger Eye Part I: Curse of the Riddle Box)


  • John Krasinksi will co-star alongside Drew Barrymore in Whales, a fact-based film directed by Ken Kwapis. It’s about a greenpeace activist’s plight to save three whales trapped under the Arctic Circle ice in 1988. Krasinski will play the reporter that broke the story. (Deadline)









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    Comments

    If you’re just dying to know what Hank Azaria looks like as Gargamel in the forthcoming Smurfs movie, die no longer.

    Oh. Em. Gee. Oh, I die, all right. I. DIE.

    Posted by: Anna von Beaversmack at May 3, 2010 12:28 PM

    • On the one hand, this article mentions me, which I like. On the other hand, it has Hank Azaria dressed like that guy at the bus station who always "accidentally" brushes his hand on my crotch and wears an open winter jacket with no shirt underneath.

    So torn.

    (Thanks Dustin)

    Posted by: Paul Southworth at May 3, 2010 12:44 PM

    Uh, Paul? Where do you live? Because that picture really looks like my uncle and if he's hanging around at the bus station, my dad's totally going to want to know.

    Posted by: badkittyuno at May 3, 2010 12:56 PM

    Krasinski will play the reporter that broke the story. (Deadline)

    And Barrymore will play a sugary-sweet, optimistic whale named Lindy!

    BA-DUM TSSS

    (like any of you weren't thinking that)

    aaaaaand-

    [Stallone] pulled the plug on Rambo 5, saying it just wasn’t “necessary.” And, really, neither were the last three, Sly.

    Between Rambo III and Rocky IV, Sylvester Stallone combined with the music of David Hasselhoff to defeat The Iron Curtain and bring an end to communism! Where is your patriotism good sir?! Did you think Reagan had anything to do with it? Sly beat the Ruskies out of Afghanistan, defeated their greatest gladiator in one on one combat, AND had enough time to make Cobra. Get your facts straight, pretty boy.

    Posted by: D-Day at May 3, 2010 12:58 PM

    @Paul Southworth: So, you live near Skitz too, huh?

    Posted by: Skewicide Blonde at May 3, 2010 4:29 PM

    They're making a fucking smurfs movie?!

    Posted by: Steph at May 3, 2010 4:48 PM

    I'm sure there are people out there who are bitching about the poisoning of their childhood, specifically because of Hank Azaria's Gargamel get-up. My answer to those people is this:

    Go have sex. Soon, or never again.
    It will pull you back into reality, where certain things have value and certain things do not. Good luck.
    You will need the good luck.

    Posted by: superasente at May 3, 2010 6:25 PM