Amanda Peet

Casting Call: Amanda Peet Joins Jason Batemen in IDENTITY THIEF; Zoe Kazan and Jake Johnson Lead THE PRETTY ONE

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: March 30th, 2012 at 1:21 pm

We’ve got a couple of casting stories to share with you this afternoon. First up, Variety reports that Amanda Peet is the third person to join the cast of the comedy Identity Thief. Briesmaids star Melissa McCarthy plays a woman who steals a man’s identity (Jason Bateman), and hilarity ensues. Plot details beyond the basic logline are unknown, but Bateman and McCarthy make an enticing comedic pair. Throw the lovely Amanda Peet into the mix and you’ve got yourself the makings of a promising comedy.

I’ve been a big fan of Peet’s work for years, with her stint on the short-lived Aaron Sorkin series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip a standout on the show. Horrible Bosses director Seth Gordon is onboard to direct Identity Thief is set to open on May 10th, 2013. Hit the jump for casting news concerning the Black List script The Pretty One.

7 Movie Clips and New Images from GULLIVER’S TRAVELS

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: December 13th, 2010 at 11:37 am

20th Century Fox has released 7 movie clips and a number of new images from director Rob Letterman’s (Monsters vs Aliens) Gulliver’s Travels.  Starring Jack Black, Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Amanda Peet, and Billy Connolly, the 3D live-action family comedy is based on the 18th century novel by Jonathan Swift.

While it’s clearly aimed at families, Gulliver’s Travels was co-written by Nicholas Stoller (Get Him to the Greek, The Muppets), so I’m hoping it has at least a few jokes aimed at the grownups.  With a release date of December 25, we’ll know in two weeks.   Hit the jump for the clips and the new images:

New Trailer for GULLIVER’S TRAVELS Starring Jack Black, Emily Blunt, and Jason Segel

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: November 2nd, 2010 at 1:25 pm

If for some reason you want to see Gulliver’s Travels, then you’re going to love this new trailer, which will give you the entire movie in a little under three minutes.  The movie: Jack Black ends up in a fictional land where he’s huge and every one else is little.  Every joke is apparently based on the size difference and Jack Black at his Jack Black-iest.  Gulliver’s Travels looks like it could be one of the worst movies of the year and looking back at the year in film so far, that’s saying something.

Hit the jump to check out the trailer/condensed movie.  The film also stars Emily Blunt, Jason Segel, and Amanda Peet.  Gulliver’s Travels opens in 3D on December 22nd.

New Posters for TRUE GRIT and GULLIVER’S TRAVELS

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: October 1st, 2010 at 10:02 am

New posters have arrived for the Coen Brothers’ True Grit and Rob Letterman’s Gulliver’s Travels.  The True Grit poster would be impressive except for the silly, cheap looking “bloodstain” on it.  Why would a poster bleed? If it weren’t for that, it would be one of the best posters of the year.  Instead, it’s one of the cheesiest.  If you want to be sold on the film, check out the amazing trailer.

The Gulliver’s Travels poster is more of the same: Jack Black being tied down by Lilliputians.  If you didn’t know anything about that movie (and there’s only been one awful trailer), these posters would lead you to believe that it’s about a fat man who has a very specific bondage fetish.  Hit the jump to check out both posters.  True Grit stars Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, and Josh Brolin, and opens December 25th.  Gulliver’s Travels also stars Jaosn Segel, Emily Blunt, and Amanda Peet, and opens in 3D on December 22nd.

First Trailer for GULLIVER’S TRAVELS Starring Jack Black, Emily Blunt, and Jason Segel

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: June 3rd, 2010 at 9:08 pm

With yesterday’s poster unveiling and today’s trailer debut, Fox is officially riding the crest of promotional wave number one for this December’s Gulliver’s Travels.  Loosely based on the Jonathan Swift satire, the film sends travel writer Lemuel Gulliver to the island of Liliput, where he towers over the tiny citizens.  Jack Black stars as the titular relative giant with a supporting cast of Emily Blunt, Jason Segel, Amanda Peet, and Chris O’Dowd.  Rob Letterman (Monsters vs. Aliens) directs from a script by Joe Stillman (Shrek 2) and Nicholas Stoller (Get Him to the Greek).

The trailer did provoke me to look up Black’s age: turns out he’s 40.  Hmm.  To be fair, the elements I’m most looking forward to (Emily Blunt, Jason Segel) didn’t get much screentime, so I definitely want to see a second trailer before passing too much judgement.  Pass your own judgement on the clip after the jump.

New Poster for GULLIVER’S TRAVELS Starring Jack Black, Emily Blunt, and Jason Segel

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: June 1st, 2010 at 7:02 pm

We saw a bit of the  marketing for the forthcoming adaptation of Gulliver’s Travels with a pic snapped of a billboard at Cannes, but Fox has provided a less blurry glimpse with this newly released high resolution poster.  Based on the Jonathan Swift satire, Gulliver’s Travels will send travel writer Lemuel Gulliver to the island of Liliput, where he towers over the tiny citizens.  Jack Black stars as the titular relative giant with a supporting cast of Emily Blunt, Jason Segel, Amanda Peet, and Chris O’Dowd.  Rob Letterman (Monsters vs. Aliens) directs from a script by Joe Stillman (Shrek 2) and Nicholas Stoller (Get Him to the Greek).  Gulliver’s Travels is slated to hit theaters in 3D on December 22, 2010.  Check out the poster  after the jump.

PLEASE GIVE Trailer and 4 Movie Clips Starring Catherine Keener

by Keith Demko    Posted: March 14th, 2010 at 6:01 pm

Along with steady TV work through the years, Nicole Holofcener has managed to direct four feature films, and for each one she’s made the very wise decision to make Catherine Keener the star.

Their latest collaboration, Please Give stars Keener and Oliver Platt as a New York couple who specialize in vintage furniture. They would love to expand their apartment into the unit they own next door, but its elderly tenant Andra (Ann Morgan Guilbert), inconveniently enough, has not yet died so they can move in. What develops from there, as you’ll see in the trailer and the four clips, is a family comedy/drama that centers on the three of them and the old lady’s two daughters, played by the always welcome Rebecca Hall and Amanda Peet.

Not to raise expectations too high, but from what I’ve seen of this so far, it looks like the kind of NYC movie that Woody Allen used to make before he became a globe trotter. Hit the jump to watch the trailer.

4 Movie Clips from PLEASE GIVE – Premiered at Sundance and Stars Catherine Keener, Rebecca Hall, Amanda Peet, and Oliver Platt

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: February 1st, 2010 at 6:31 pm

One of the many films that premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival was writer/director Nicole Holofcener’s Please Give.  Starring Catherine Keener, Rebecca Hall, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Sarah Steele, and Ann Morgan Guilbert, the film is about a New York City couple trying to expand their two bedroom apartment.  Here’s the synopsis:

Kate (Catherine Keener) and Alex (Oliver Platt) and their teenage daughter Abby (Sarah Steele) purchase the apartment next door in order to expand their two bedroom Manhattan apartment. Their only problem is the cranky old lady, Andra (Ann Morgan Guilbert), living in it, and that they’ve got to wait for her to die.  Andra is cared for by her sweet granddaughter Rebecca (Rebecca Hall) — who has no life — and is blatantly rejected by her other highly cynical granddaughter, Mary (Amanda Peet). Simply waiting for Andra to die becomes complicated when the two families’ lives intersect, resulting in a dramatic comedy about love,death and liberal guilt from writer and director Nicole Holofcener (Friends with Money, Lovely & Amazing).

While I didn’t get a chance to see the movie at the Festival, I heard good things from people that saw it.  And even though there is no trailer yet for the film, we’ve been given 4 clips and you can check them out after the jump:

Amanda Peet Exclusive Video Interview 2012

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: November 12th, 2009 at 5:48 pm

When you sit down to conduct an interview with someone, you never know what’s going to happen.  Sometimes, you can have the best questions, yet the interview is boring.  Other times, you can walk in with nothing prepared, and the interview is amazing.  It all depends on the person you’re speaking to and how interested they are in talking.

So when I walked in to interview Amanda Peet as a reporter for our partners at Omelete, I had a few questions ready, but was prepared for anything.  And thank God I was, because the interview you’re about to watch is one of the craziest I have ever done for a major movie release as we did not talk about the movie once!  Keep in mind I tried…but when I attempted to ask a 2012 question, she just wasn’t having it.  So instead of talking about John Cusack or Roland Emmerich, we discussed Brazil and the differences between Twitter and Facebook.  Seriously. While you’re not going to learn anything about 2012 in this interview, I suggest watching it just to see how crazy this conversation was.  Hit the jump to check it out.

Before the World Ends, Matt Heads to Wyoming for 2012 and Interviews the Cast

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: November 11th, 2009 at 10:09 am

Last month, I was lucky enough to be invited to Jackson Hole, Wyoming to cover the press junket for Roland Emmerich’s upcoming disaster flick 2012, which opens this Friday.  Some people reading this may be thinking, “Lucky to go to Wyoming? Har har!”  These people (in addition to laughing oddly) have never been to Jackson Hole, Wyoming because it is an absolutely gorgeous landscape.  There are forests, grassland, and mountains all grouped together and it provides a feeling of complete tranquility to the area.  It’s isolated but when you stop to think about how most of us are bombarded on a daily basis by technology and communications that isolation turns into an oasis.

I also got to see Roland Emmerich destroy the world real good and then talk about it with Emmerich and stars John Cusack, Amanda Peet, and Chiwetel Ejiofor.  Hit the jump for what they had to say about the Earth crumbling like an old Chips Ahoy along with my tale of adventure in Big Sky country.  It involves bears.

2012 Featurette – Tidal Waves

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: October 6th, 2009 at 8:32 pm

Yahoo Movies has released a new featurette from Roland Emmerich’s “2012″ called “How They Made the Giant Waves”. As you can guess from the title, it focuses on the special effects and how they created the huge wave that’s featured in the trailer. While the video is cool if you’re into visual effects, my favorite part is when the various people involved start talking about the script and being serious. Because, clearly, the script is the most important part of a Roland Emmerich movie. While people are clearly mixed on “2012″, I’m looking forward to shutting my brain off at the door, grabbing a popcorn, and having some fun watching the world explode. Check out the clip after the jump.

New Clips from JENNIFER’S BODY, 2012, NINJA ASSASSIN, and CLASH OF THE TITANS

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: September 4th, 2009 at 5:53 pm

MTV aired a program tonight called “Behind the Screen” and they showed off new clips from “Jennifer’s Body”, “Ninja Assassin”, “2012″ and some behind the scenes footage from “Clash of the Titans”. Thanks to the magic of embedding, you can see the clips after the jump. Take a look:

Two New 2012 Movie Posters

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: August 26th, 2009 at 11:16 pm

Just a few hours ago I was at Sony Studios in Culver City catching a screening. What’s great about watching movies on a studio lot is you never know what you’ll see. I’ve walked by numerous actors walking to set in costume, and I’ve also seen director’s talking to executives about upcoming projects. It’s always an interesting place to be.

The other cool thing about being on a studio lot is they sometimes have promotional posters and theatrical displays before they’ve been seen in a movie theater or online. So when I was checking into tonight’s screening, I noticed two huge “2012″ posters that I’d never seen anywhere. And sure enough, after I got home and looked around the web, they weren’t online. So after the jump take a look at some new posters via my camera phone.

New 2012 Japanese Trailer

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: August 26th, 2009 at 3:20 pm

Sony International has released a new “2012″ trailer in Japan and I’ve put it after the jump. If you went to this year’s Comic-Con, you’ll notice a lot of what we were shown in the trailer. But if you didn’t go, you’re going to see what millions of dollars money buys you in special effects, as this film is loaded with destruction.

While many people give director Roland Emmerich a lot of shit for the movies he makes (myself included), for some reason I’m looking forward to “2012″. Since this is his third time blowing up our planet, I’d like to think he’s finally figured out how to do it right. Watch the trailer after the jump:

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