By Simon Miraudo September 23, 2014 Jason Bateman bets on himself in Bad Words, his feature directorial debut and understandable attempt to solidify his forever-on-the-cusp-of-assured career. Longevity is not promised to anyone in Hollywood, and Bateman’s pre-Arrested Development, post-Teen Wolf Too work is a testament to that. Take solace, sir. If the flame of stardom […]
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Jennifer Aniston seduces Jason Bateman, grossly, in Horrible Bosses 2 trailer
July 2, 2014 
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If you ever wanted to see Jennifer Aniston offer to be Jason Bateman’s waste receptacle, well, here is your chance! The trailer for Horrible Bosses 2 sees would-be criminals Bateman, Jason Sudeikis and Charlie Day seeking advice from their former (failed) assassination targets (Aniston, Kevin Spacey) as well as murder consultant “Motherf***er” Jones (Jamie Foxx) for a brand new sting. […]
Continue readingJason Bateman to direct and star in ‘Untitled FBI Wedding Comedy’
June 30, 2014 0 Comments
But what Jason Bateman really wants to do is direct. The comedy star debuted his first directorial effort, Bad Words, at Sundance earlier this year, and has already lined up two further projects at which he’ll sit at the helm. We previously discussed The Family Fang, which will begin production next month with Nicole Kidman […]
Continue readingTina Fey & Jason Bateman endure an awkward family reunion in ‘This Is Where I Leave You’
May 30, 2014 0 Comments
The trailer for This Is Where I Leave You, an upcoming dramedy based on Jonathan Tropper’s book of the same name, has arrived online. In it, a newly-cuckolded Jason Bateman returns to his family home following the death of his father, where his mother (Jane Fonda) insists he and his siblings (Tina Fey, Adam Driver, Cory Stoll) […]
Continue readingJason Bateman and Nicole Kidman join The Family Fang
November 4, 2013 0 Comments
Jason Bateman is set to direct The Family Fang, as well as star in it opposite Nicole Kidman. According to Deadline, Batman has set the project as his directorial follow-up to the well-received Bad Words, which debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival and was swiftly purchased for distribution by Focus Features (at a cool $6 […]
Continue readingChristoph Waltz joins Horrible Bosses 2; Kevin Spacey and Jennifer Aniston set to return
October 28, 2013 0 Comments
It was reported last month that the makers of Horrible Bosses 2 were courting Oscar winner Christoph Waltz for a key role, but he was supposedly unavailable for the gig. Not so! According to Variety, Waltz is in negotiations to play one of those titular horrible bosses, alongside Chris Pine. They will star as a […]
Continue readingPersonality test – Identity Thief review
April 3, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo April 3, 2013 Identity Thief is just like Midnight Run, if you wished Robert DeNiro‘s bounty hunter had immediately tranquilised Charles Grodin‘s runner and transported him back unconscious and without complaint. Or, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, if you spent the entirety of its running time hoping Steve Martin and John Candy‘s planes, trains, […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Identity Thief
September 28, 2012 0 Comments
Melissa McCarthy steals Jason Bateman‘s credit card and gets up to some mischief in the trailer for Identity Thief. Bateman’s Horrible Bosses director Seth Gordon runs the show here, working from a screenplay by The Hangover Part 2‘s Craig Mazin. Those behind-the-camera credentials don’t necessarily instil blind faith in the project, but the teaming-up of Bateman and McCarthy is certainly an appealing […]
Continue readingBateman, Mann, Efron, and Hawn to Leave You
May 30, 2012 0 Comments
Jason Bateman, Leslie Mann, Zac Efron, and Goldie Hawn are in talks to star in Adam Shankman‘s follow-up to Rock of Ages, entitled This Is Where I Leave You. Departing from the musical stylings of Rock and Hairspray, Shankman’s next endeavour is an adaptation of Jonathan Tropper’s novel about four siblings who return home following the death of their father. Stuck […]
Continue readingThe unprofessionals – Horrible Bosses review
January 6, 2012 1 Comment
Horrible Bosses – Starring Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis. Directed by Seth Gordon. Rated MA. Originally published August 23, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. Can murder ever be funny? Absolutely. Just ask the Coen brothers, who have spun some of the vilest, most violent attacks in cinema history into comic gold (see: Burn After Reading, Fargo but not The Ladykillers). Of course, the killers in those aforementioned […]
Continue readingTime for a switcheroo – The Change-Up review
January 2, 2012 0 Comments
The Change-Up – Starring Jason Bateman, Ryan Reynolds and Leslie Mann. Directed by David Dobkin. Rated MA. Originally published September 6, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. For a film called The Change-Up, this thing is pretty damn stale. Forget the fact this is a body swap comedy (a genre that went out fashion with shoulder pads and Ken Done sweaters, despite the efforts of Claudia Karvan/Guy […]
Continue readingNew season of Arrested Development officially in the works
November 21, 2011 0 Comments
Netflix have made a huge… well, whatever the opposite of a mistake is! The online US movie rental company will air a new season of the beloved TV show Arrested Development. Despite being axed in 2006, AD’s cult following has been clamouring for a new movie or more episodes (either way, they’re not picky). After […]
Continue readingMelissa McCarthy sells raunchy road-trip script Tammy
October 20, 2011 0 Comments
New Line has preemptively acquired a script by Bridesmaids‘ break-out star, recent Emmy winner and future Oscar nominee (we’re calling it!) Melissa McCarthy. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the script – titled Tammy – tells the story of an overweight woman who decides to go on a road trip with her “alcoholic, foul-mouthed, diabetic grandmother” […]
Continue readingArrested Development movie to be preceded by new TV season?
October 3, 2011 0 Comments
We first discussed the possibility of an Arrested Development movie back in February of 2008. You would think that after almost four years, our anticipation and expectations of it ever eventuating would have subsided. Not so! The cast of the beloved TV show and creator Mitch Hurwitz reunited over the weekend at the New Yorker […]
Continue readingTime for a switcheroo – The Change-Up review
September 6, 2011 2 Comments
The Change-Up – Starring Jason Bateman, Ryan Reynolds and Leslie Mann. Directed by David Dobkin. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. For a film called The Change-Up, this thing is pretty damn stale. Forget the fact this is a body swap comedy (a genre that went out fashion with shoulder pads and Ken Done sweaters, despite […]
Continue readingThe unprofessionals – Horrible Bosses review
August 23, 2011 3 Comments
Horrible Bosses – Starring Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis. Directed by Seth Gordon. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. Can murder ever be funny? Absolutely. Just ask the Coen brothers, who have spun some of the vilest, most violent attacks in cinema history into comic gold (see: Burn After Reading, Fargo but not The […]
Continue readingMelissa McCarthy to steal Jason Bateman’s identity
August 16, 2011 0 Comments
Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy are set to co-star in the new comedy ID Theft for Universal. According to Deadline, Bateman will star as “a guy who gets his identity stolen” (it’s really all there in the title, isn’t it?). Although the premise originally called for another male actor to do the stealing, Bateman – […]
Continue readingBateman to join Vaughn in The Insane Laws?
June 15, 2011 0 Comments
Arrested Development favourite Jason Bateman is set to continue his smooth transition to big screen comedies (Couples Retreat, Juno, Horrible Bosses) with a role in upcoming film The Insane Laws. Deadline reports that the star is in early talks with Universal to play a leading role opposite Vince Vaughn, for whom the film was developed. […]
Continue readingPoster Debut: Horrible Bosses
May 20, 2011 0 Comments
You’ve seen the trailer. Now glance at the posters! The first official one-sheets for Seth Gordon‘s dark (dark!) comedy Horrible Bosses have debuted online. Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis star as three dudes tired of their awful bosses. For Bateman, it’s a shark-like slave-driver (Kevin Spacey); Day must contend with a sexually aggressive dentist (Jennifer Aniston); Sudeikis, meanwhile, is […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Horrible Bosses
May 12, 2011 2 Comments
If you’re harbouring an inner-sociopath, Horrible Bosses looks to be the escapist fantasy for you! The trailer for the comedy has debuted online, and it promises a hilarious – if perhaps a little evil – time at the cinema. Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis star as three beleaguered fellows tired of their bosses shenanigans. For […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Change-Up
April 21, 2011 0 Comments
The high-concept body-swap comedy is as old as time itself. The latest stars to undergo the cosmic transformation are Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds in the bawdy new comedy The Change-Up. You can probably guess the plot, but for tradition’s sake: Reynolds stars as single lady-killer Mitch and Bateman as exhausted family man Dave. After […]
Continue readingDouble spaced – Paul review
April 12, 2011 0 Comments
Paul – Starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Seth Rogen. Directed by Greg Mottola. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Paul is a fun tribute to sci-fi films (and film geekery in general), but did it have to be so … dumb? Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, the writers and stars of this road-movie-cum-science-fiction-spoof, have proven […]
Continue reading>New trailer for Paul longer, funnier
January 7, 2011 2 Comments
>That headline kind of sums it up, but an extended trailer for Greg Mottola‘s sci-fi comedy Paul has debuted online. Paul stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (who also penned the screenplay) as a couple of sci-fi geeks who meet an alien on the way to Area 51. Seth Rogen gave a motion-captured performance as […]
Continue readingTeaser Debut: Paul
October 19, 2010 0 Comments
Back in May of 2009, we (rhetorically) asked if Greg Mottola‘s sci-fi flick Paul had “the comedy cast of the year”. Which year were we talking about? It’s hard to say. But our basic sentiment was that Paul featured a cavalcade of brilliant comic performers. We now have our first glimpse of them in action, […]
Continue readingArrested Development creator working on film script (he’s half done!)
August 3, 2010 0 Comments
Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz has revealed that he is indeed working on the script for a film adaptation of his beloved television show. Hurwitz told The Live Feed that the script is half done, which means that it already has 50% more script than that other TV-to-film adaptation, Sex and the City 2. “The […]
Continue readingBateman and Reynolds get freaky in The Change-Up
March 12, 2010 1 Comment
Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds have signed on to star in the latest film from The Hangover scribes Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, entitled The Change-Up. According to EW, the flick is a Freaky Friday-esque bodyswap comedy, in which two friends who accidentally wind up in one another’s person. Hmm, I should have rephrased that. […]
Continue readingArrested Development movie OFFICIALLY in the works – Maebe.
October 8, 2009 2 Comments
source: thr.comDon’t lie to us Hollywood Reporter! We’ve been hurt too many times before. Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz and co-executive producer James Vallely are officially working on the screenplay for the long-gestating feature film of the classic cult television show. Hurwitz previously announced that he would not start working on a script until the […]
Continue readingCome fly with Clooney – Up In The Air feature trailer debut!
October 6, 2009 1 Comment
source: traileraddict.com The feature length trailer for Jason Reitman‘s new film Up in the Air has debuted online. Last month we fell in love with the unique teaser trailer, but this new clip gives us a better idea of the film’s storyline. Up in the Air is based on the novel by Walter Kirn and […]
Continue readingUp in the Air trailer debut – Juno director flys with Clooney
September 14, 2009 1 Comment
source: traileraddict.com The spectacular new trailer for director Jason Reitman‘s latest film Up in the Air has arrived. Although we seem to be raving about a bunch of trailers at the moment, this is truly one of the most unique and special we’ve seen of late. The film stars George Clooney as Ryan Bingham, a […]
Continue readingTrailer debut: Mike Judge’s Extract
April 14, 2009 0 Comments
source: traileraddict.com Mike Judge, the patron saint of unsatisfied workers around the globe, is set to release his latest comedy, Extract. The film stars Jason Bateman as the owner of a flower-extract plant who can’t escape the dissatisfaction in his life. The cast includes the impossibly hilarious Kristen Wiig as his wife, J.K. Simmons as […]
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