Will Arnett’s WILDE KINGDOM picked up

May 13 2010 Published by under TV

Hell yeah.  Via Deadline:

Mitch Hurwitz and Will Arnett’s Wilde Kingdom has been picked up to series. The show is now being called Running Wilde. The comedy, which also stars Keri Russell, is being produced by Tantamount and Principato-Young Entertainment and Lionsgate. Hurwitz and Arnett co-wrote the pilot with Jim Vallely. The three are executive producing with Eric Tannenbaum, Kim Tannenbaum, Peter Principato and Paul Young. It stars Arnett as a rich Beverly Hills jackass who falls in love with a charitable tree-hugging woman (Russell).

Great to see Arnett back on TV.  Everyone with any taste loved him as Gob but he was awesome when he guest starred on 30 Rock too.  Having him on every week is fantastic news.

I know most people have a very low opinion of Sit Down, Shut Up but that show actually grew on me.  That being said, I’m extremely happy to have Hurwitz and Arnett team up again in a live action show.  I’m hoping for big things from Running Wilde.  Until Fox cans the show that is.  And you know they will.  They’re Fox after all.

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WHEN IN ROME trailer

Aug 15 2009 Published by under Film

Here’s the trailer for Kristen Bell’s upcoming romcom When In Rome.

Beth Harper (Kristen Bell) is a young, successful real estate agent who’s completely unlucky in love.  However, when the New Yorker travels to Rome to see her newlywed sister, she impulsively steals some coins from a reputed fountain of love, and is then aggressively pursued by a band of wannabe lovers.

You know, I usually avoid romcoms like the plague, but I’m a diehard fan of Veronica Mars so I support everything that Kristen Bell does.  Not only that but this one seems a little above the standard romcom material and boasts a decent comedic cast including Will Arnett, Alexis Dziena, Jon Heder, Danny DeVito and Dax Shepard.  I’m not gonna run out to the cinema to see it, but I’ll check it out on DVD or Blu-ray when it comes out.

The film is set to open January 29th 2010.

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Trio from ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT reunite

Aug 11 2009 Published by under Celebrities, TV

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A mini Arrested Development reunion is in the works with Will Arnett, Mitch Hurwitz and Jim Vallely teaming up for a new single-camera comedy for Fox.

The project is being written by the trio and is set to star Arnett as a rich Beverly Hills jackass who falls in love with a charitable tree-hugging woman who can’t stand his lifestyle or values.

Despite my idiot friends not liking it, I think Arrested Development is second only to Seinfeld as the best sitcom of all time.  That means I’ll always pay attention to anything which involves alumni from the show, no matter what the premise is.

Now if only that movie version of Arrested Development would get off the ground.

(source = The Hollywood Reporter)

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New poster for JONAH HEX

Jul 24 2009 Published by under Film

Fresh out of Comic Con comes the new poster for Jonah Hex.

The film tells the story of scarred bounty hunter who tracks a voodoo practitioner bent on liberating the South by raising an army of the undead.  It stars Josh Brolin, Megan Fox, Will Arnett and John Malkovich.

I’m a massive fan of Will Arnett and Megan Fox is probably the hottest chick on the planet right now, so that means I’m gonna be in line when this opens some time in August next year.

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(source = IMP Awards)

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DESPICABLE ME trailer

Jul 15 2009 Published by under Film

Would you look at all that comedic talent.  Steve Carell, Russell Brand, Jason Segel, Kristin Wiig, Danny McBride, Will Arnett, Ken Jeong and Jack McBrayer.  Admittedly it’s for an animated film, but that’s still a great collection of actors.

And the film actually sounds pretty damn cool too.

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