The cast of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World were collectively required to master a vast array of new skills for the third film from British director Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz). Those many non-musicians who essay band members in the movie had to learn how to play instruments so that they could convincingly thrash along to songs penned by such real-life acts as Beck and Canadian rock band Broken Social Scene. Meanwhile, those involved in the film’s numerous fight sequences were made to attend an intensive martial arts course that preceded the film’s six month Toronto shoot. “I got kicked in the throat during the training,” recalls Michael Cera. “I expected it to be excruciating, but it didn’t hurt at all, which was really confusing. I was probably so pumped with adrenalin that I just didn’t feel it,” semi-jokes the comic actor, whose pre-Scott Pilgrim resume is notably light on chopsocky action scenes, “I’m just a walking ball of adrenalin waiting to explode.”
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Greg Sestero from 'The Room' stars in new '5-Second Films' comedy short
Actor Greg Sestero was once nice enough to thank me for giving him a career after I wrote an article about his cult movie The Room. In fact, the man he should have been thanking was Michael Rousselet, a leading light of the self-explanatory 5-Second Films comedy website, and “patient zero” of The Room cult.
Well, now, Sestero has thanked Rousselet by co-starring with him in a new, Comic-Con-themed, Room-referencing, and rather amusing, 5-Second Film. Check out the short after the break—it will, literally, take just five seconds—and tell us what you think.
Sigourney Weaver, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and the cast of 'Paul' talk double rainbows, orgasms, and Steven Spielberg
During three magical days at Comic-Con last week, I had many fascinating conversations, from Guillermo del Toro discussing his love for The Haunted Mansion and the challenge of H.P. Lovecraft adaptations, to Mark Wahlberg making a colorful case for his thespian credentials. But if I had to choose a favorite, I think I’d go with the cast of Paul, the sci-fi comedy written by and starring Shawn of the Dead‘s Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (pictured), about a couple of British über-geeks who start a tour of U.S. UFO hot spots at San Diego Comic-Con (natch), only to encounter an actual extra-terrestrial named Paul (and voiced by Seth Rogen). It wasn’t one thing that really made these interviews so fun, really, as much as the sum total: Pegg and Frost discussing their writing process together and what it was like working with Steven Spielberg on The Adventures of Tintin; and director Greg Mottola (Superbad) with co-stars Sigourney Weaver, Jeffrey Tambor, Bill Hader, and Joe Lo Truglio talking about everything from double rainbows to orgasms, the power of Comic-Con to the glory of Sigourney Weaver.
Check out the four-part interview after the jump, and you’ll (hopefully) see what I mean. READ FULL STORY »
'Avengers': New Hulk Mark Ruffalo on replacing Edward Norton, plus Oscar buzz for 'The Kids Are All Right'
Image Credit: Suzanne TennerMark Ruffalo has had a pretty Marvel-ous week. (Yes, that was a bad comic book pun.) Last Saturday, the well-traveled actor (recent credits: Where The Wild Things Are, Shutter Island, Date Night) helped cause the biggest stir at Comic-Con when he was introduced by no less than Iron Man himself, Robert Downey Jr., as the new Hulk in Marvel Studios’ movie version of The Avengers, due in 2012. Meanwhile, his acclaimed indie The Kids Are All Right, which is already garnering Oscar buzz, continued to put up great box office numbers in limited release. In the film, directed by Lisa Cholodenko (High Art), Julianne Moore and Annette Bening play lesbians in a longtime, faithful (though not perfect) relationship, each with a teenage child conceived via artificial insemination provided by the same anonymous dude. Their family unit is rocked when one of their kids seeks out the sperm donor dad (Ruffalo), a man much more successful in his professional life than personal life. We caught up with Ruffalo and spoke with him about Hulk (and the Ed Norton thing) and Kids — and being used as “a riding pummel.”
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: You had a pretty interesting weekend.
MARK RUFFALO: Yeah, you can say that.
The comic book collective here at EW pretty much agree: this Avengers cast is pretty awesome. Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man). Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury). Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow). Chris Evans (Captain America). Chris Hemsworth (Thor). Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye). And you. What was it like appearing en masse at Comic-Con last weekend and being introduced to 6,500 screaming comic book fans?
It was very exciting — and I realized I had some pretty big shoes to fill. Those were my heroes up there! I was a comic book fan growing up. I loved The Hulk and The Avengers — it’s just strange to be entering that world as an actor. I never would have imagined that before. READ FULL STORY »
Guillermo del Toro really loves 'The Haunted Mansion' and really wants 'The Hobbit' to get made
Image Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesAt Comic-Con last week, Guillermo del Toro announced he will produce, co-write, and possibly direct a new feature film based on the Disneyland attraction The Haunted Mansion. But that is just the latest meal stacked high on top of the filmmaker’s already crowded plate: He’s also working on feature films of (deep inhale) Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Slaughterhouse Five, Drood, and At the Mountains of Madness, as well as the vampire literary trilogy he’s co-writing with Chuck Hogan The Strain. (Deep exhale.)
With all those projects now happily humming along, perhaps it shouldn’t be that big of a surprise that Del Toro dropped out of directing The Hobbit in May. Last week at Comic-Con, Del Toro sat down with me and gamely talked about his reasons for leaving that most high profile of projects, as well as his abiding obsession with the Haunted Mansion, and the status of the rest of his coterie of cinema undertakings — including whether we’ll ever get to see Hellboy III. Check it out after the jump: READ FULL STORY »
Sony releases two seconds of 'Battle: Los Angeles'
Battle: Los Angeles came out of nowhere and garnered some major attention at Comic-Con last week, leaving people buzzing that the alien invasion film looked like a mix of District 9 and Black Hawk Down. Well, judging from Sony’s just-released two-second clip of the movie, I guess…they’re right? I think? I mean, you might have to judge for yourself. Check out the incredibly short teaser-of-a-teaser-of-a-teaser below: READ FULL STORY »
Comic-Con: Calling all bitter non-attendees. Which panel would you have LOVED to see?
Image Credit: Chelsea Lauren/WireImage.comI didn’t go to Comic-Con this year. It’s an unfunny story, actually: Shortly after buying my Comic-Con ticket, I moved to New York. After realizing it wouldn’t be a smart move to make an expensive commitment right after moving, I got a refund for my ticket. It was one of those decisions that makes you realize you’re turning into an adult — and it really sucks. “But,” I told myself, “there will be other years.”
Well, I don’t have to tell you that this wasn’t just any year, PopWatchers.
No, this year, Joss Whedon was there talking about his next big project, The Avengers. He took the stage with J.J. Abrams. The cast of True Blood attended, as did the gangs from The Big Bang Theory, Glee, and Community. Ryan Reynolds and Wentworth Miller, two long-time members of my list of lust, were there as well. Cue my jealous twitching.
As fun as it was to follow the coverage of it all, I was still pretty devastated watching it unravel this weekend. READ FULL STORY »
'Megamind' trailer: Ferrell, Fey, and Pitt go animated
I’m a sucker for blockbuster movies geared toward little kids. A few weeks ago I saw Despicable Me, and I giggled as much as the 7-year-old next to me during the trailer for Megamind. (Yeah. It happened.) And the worst part? After Yahoo! movies released this extended trailer — as seen by Comic-Con audiences — I’m pretty sure I won’t be able to wait until November to see this movie. And here’s why: READ FULL STORY »
'Family Guy' to further bait Palin by bringing back character with Down syndrome
Image Credit: FoxYou know the best way to get Family Guy to bring back a guest character? Protest vociferously in the media — it helps if you’re a publicity-magnet ex-VP candidate — so as to create a rather grand controversy. Remember that girl Chris went on a date with during a February episode, the one who has Down syndrome and whose mom is the former governor of Alaska? And remember how Sarah Palin, in real life the mother of an infant boy with Down syndrome, fought back with a Facebook post and media appearances, calling the episode a “kick in the gut”? And how her daughter, Bristol, called the Family Guy writers “heartless jerks”?
Well, congratulations, Palins — you’ve earned Ellen, the demanding girl with Down syndrome, a repeat performance on the topical Fox hit. Creator Seth MacFarlane told a Comic-Con audience that she’d be making an encore “at some point … despite all the Palin business.” Oh, that coy MacFarlane, pretending it isn’t precisely because of the Palin business that Ellen’s getting more screen time! READ FULL STORY »
'Glee': What's your dream Brittany-Britney episode plot?
Image Credit: Michael Yarish/Fox; Scott Gries/Getty ImagesSo my colleague John Young scored some serious Glee scoop while attending the show’s panel at Comic-Con yesterday — click here to read the whole kit and kaboodle — but two of the tidbits collided in my brain and exploded into an afternoon daydream that should keep me in good spirits till Alex O’Louglin loses in the first round of EW’s Sexy Beast bracket game mid-Thursday. Executive producer Ryan Murphy told the Comic-Con audience that he plans to “place a greater emphasis on individual characters (such as Brittany) instead of on massive production numbers,” and that a planned Britney Spears-themed episode will be “hallucinogenic.”
Whoa. PopWatchers, just imagine this fall, if your cable company coughed up a pithy synopsis as follows: “After inhaling some glue during art class, Brittany (Heather Morris) engages in a hallucinogenic fantasy in which she becomes pop-star Britney Spears, and her glee-club cohorts become her bitter rivals: Santana as Christina Aguilera, Finn as Justin Timberlake, Puck as Kevin Federline, and Mercedes as Shar Jackson.”
Check out our Comic-Con panel scoop, then write your own two-sentence synopsis of the Britney Spears Glee episode in the comments below!
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