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Bad Teacher DVD & Blu-Ray
Posted by: admin | Filed in: Bad Teacher, News | September 14 2011
Move to the head of the comedy class with this year’s hilarious hit comedy, Bad Teacher, coming to Blu-ray, DVD and Digital on October 31, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
Cameron Diaz (Knight and Day, Charlie’s Angels), Justin Timberlake (Friends with Benefits, The Social Network) and Jason Segel (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, I Love You, Man) star in this irreverently funny tale of a teacher with her own unique ideas about educating America’s youth.
Featuring hilarious supporting turns from Lucy Punch (Dinner for Schmucks), Phyllis Smith (TV’s The Office), John Michael Higgins (The Ugly Truth), Thomas Lennon (TV’s Reno 911!) and Molly Shannon (TV’s SNL), Bad Teacher is the laugh-out-loud comedy that’s bad in all the right ways!
Bad Teacher will be available on Blu-ray for RRP £22.99 and on DVD for RRP £17.99.
The Blu-ray and DVD include hours of grade ‘A’ bonus material, including Deleted Scenes, Outtakes and featurettes ‘Way Behind the Scenes with Jason and Justin’ and ‘Raising More Than Funds.’
Exclusively available on the Blu-ray Disc are a Gag Reel, JAMS Yearbook-Hidden Moments Interactive yearbook featuring outtakes with the cast, three additional behind-the-scenes featurettes, plus movieIQ.
Elizabeth Halsey (Diaz) is ruthless, wildly inappropriate and says exactly what’s on her mind. She may be working as a teacher, but her real ambition is to find a rich man to support her and get her out of the middle school for good.
When she’s dumped by her fiancé, she sets her plan in motion to win over a rich, handsome substitute (Timberlake) – competing for his affections with an overly energetic colleague, Amy (Punch), while disregarding the advances of the school’s irreverent gym teacher (Segel). Elizabeth’s schemes and their wild consequences prove that she truly doesn’t give an “F.”
BAD TEACHER was directed by Jake Kasdan (Walk Hard, Californication) and written by Gene Stupnitsky & Lee Eisenberg (upcoming Ghostbusters 3, The Office).
It was produced by Jimmy Miller (The Other Guys, Step Brothers) and David Householter (The Other Guys, Step Brothers). Executive producers are Georgia Kacandes (Syriana, Blow), Jake Kasdan, Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky.
One cameo you won’t be seeing in The Muppets
Posted by: admin | Filed in: News, The Muppets | September 14 2011
One of the funnier scenes in Jason Segel and Nick Stoller’s ”Muppets” script is a moment featuring Pepe the King Prawn, Sweetums and funny man Steve Carell.
Unfortunately, and despite rumours Carell had signed for the film, that’s one of a few scenes that had to be tweaked before it went before the cameras.
Talking to the “Crazy, Stupid Love” actor on his promotional tour down under for the aforesaid film, Carell explained the scheduling difficulties got in the way of him being involved in the Nick Stoller-directed Muppets movie.
“I’m not in the Muppets film”, Carell, seemingly saddened, said earlier today, “It was discussed.. I talked to them… but it didn’t work out, I wasn’t able to do it.”
The very sweet, very sincere Carell was to play himself in a scene, set at Mc Chow’s restaurant, that had himself and several other celebrities (including Jack Black, who is in the film – suggesting the scene might still exist) being presented with a lovely serving of…talking, moving Pepe.
“The Muppets” Fun Facts
Posted by: admin | Filed in: News, The Muppets | September 14 2011
The Muppets are coming back to theaters this Holiday season and it’s a welcome return, as far as the many fans of Jim Henson’s irreverent puppets are concerned.
In this latest Muppet Movie, longtime Muppet fan Walter unites with Gary (Jason Segel) and Mary (Amy Adams) to track down and reunite the disbanded Muppet gang, in order to save their old theater from a greedy oil tycoon (Cooper). Hijinks and celebrity cameos ensue.
As you can see from the gallery above, The Muppets are indeed back and intact, and the mix of live and puppet action looks to be as humorous and lighthearted as ever. Some things should never change.
Below you’ll find some fun faqs about the movie (courtesy of Stitch Kingdom):
- Disney’s The Muppets is the 7th feature film featuring the Muppets. Director James Bobin makes his film directorial debut. Bobin co-created HBO’s “Flight of the Conchords,” which he wrote, directed and executive produced.
- Bret McKenzie of “Flight of the Conchords” wrote and produced three original songs and served as music supervisor for the film. McKenzie fills some big shoes: The Muppet Movie was nominated for two Oscars®: Best Music, Original Song (“Rainbow Connection”) and Best Music, Original Sound Score.
- More than 120 Muppets appear in the film.
- A total of 12 different costumes were made for Miss Piggy—more costume changes than any other actor in the film.
- The largest Muppet, Thog, stands over 9.5 feet tall and is 4 feet wide.
- Kermit uses the banjo from 1979’s The Muppet Movie during the “Rainbow Connection” performance in Disney’s The Muppets. The staging of the scene features Kermit on a replica of the log where he was first found strumming his banjo in the very first Muppet movie. Miss Piggy shows up in a rowboat very much like the one the late Dom DeLuise used when he joined Kermit in their sweet duet.
- The film tapped 60 dancers to perform with Jason Segel and Amy Adams for the “Everything’s Great” opening musical performance. Hollywood Boulevard was shut down for two evenings to record the finale dance scene of the reprise of “Everything’s Great,” featuring 100 dancers.
- The Muppet Theater, built on Stage 28 on the Universal Studios Lot, incorporated parts of the old Phantom of the Opera set into its audience section. The Jim Henson Company gate was turned into the Muppet Studios entrance.
Martin Short to guest on ‘How I Met Your Mother’
Posted by: admin | Filed in: How i met your mother, News | July 26 2011
As we ponder how the upcoming season of “How I Met Your Mother” will shake out, here’s a new tidbit to chew on.
Following “Kids in the Hall” alum Dave Foley’s guest role as Marshall’s (Jason Segel) potential new boss, CBS has tapped Martin Short to become the real deal…at least for a while.
The Los Angeles Times reports that Short, who’s known for his hilarious antics but recently has taken on a few dramatic roles, will have a multi-episode arc as Marshall’s boss at an environmental law firm.
The 61-year-old “Saturday Night Live” star has been racking up the small screen roles, with guest spots on “Damages” and the new season of Showtime’s “Weeds,” according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Segel goes from raunch to family fare
Posted by: admin | Filed in: News | July 26 2011
Forget Jason Segel’s full-frontal nudity in Forgetting Sarah Marshall and his unprintable monologues in I Love You, Man. He’ll be moving decisively into family territory when Disney releases The Muppets in November.
Furthermore, when it comes to his Muppet project, Segel has been far more than just an actor for hire. It’s a genuine labour of love dating back to when he was a kid and grew up with Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and other immortal members of the Jim Henson puppet stable. Which explains why he also ended up producing the film and co-writing the script with old pal Nicholas Stoller, who directed Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
“I cried when they brought out Kermit for the first time he started saying stuff that I wrote,” Segel remembers. “I was just in awe.”
He’s currently on the screen in the comedy Bad Teacher, playing a likable phys-ed instructor who has set his sights on an unobliging Cameron Diaz. That film represents the side of Segel that embraces envelope-pushing projects such as Bad Teacher, Forgetting Sarah Marshall and the cult television show, Freaks and Geeks. But there’s another side to Segel: the one who made a four-year commitment to getting The Muppets back on screen.
In the new movie, he plays the world’s biggest Muppets fan, who joins forces with his puppet pals to thwart an evil oil tycoon’s plot to tear down their beloved theatre.
During shooting, Segel quickly learned that acting in a Muppets movie is no easy assignment for the human performers.
Will Jason Segel Be Leslie Mann’s Personal Trainer In Judd Apatow’s New Film?
Posted by: admin | Filed in: News, Projects | July 26 2011
Judd Apatow is currently in the midst of shooting his “Knocked Up” spinoff, the formerly titled “This Is Forty,” and thus far, he’s done a pretty good job of keeping the plot details under wraps for now. What we do know is that it will pick up with Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie (Leslie Mann) five years after the events of the first film, assembling a cast of mostly new faces like Megan Fox, Albert Brooks, Lena Dunham, Chris O’Dowd, Wyatt Russell, Ryan Lee, Melissa McCarthy and Annie Mumolo with the only returning actor from “Knocked Up” thus far being Charlene Yi, who played the quirky Jodi. However, it looks like Apatow might be trying to keep some more of returning folks a secret, though photogs on the set of the film may have given it away.
New pictures from the set of the film have surfaced over at The Superficial reveal Jason Segel shooting some physical scenes with Mann, in what looks like a reprisal of his character from “Knocked Up.” As you might recall, Segel played Jason, a roommate of Seth Rogen’s Ben who took a rather creepy interest in Debbie. And while it seems somewhat improbable that he’s now a personal trainer—as revealed by the set photo showing his company ride in the background—you might recall a throwaway line from the film in which he says he’s going “to go make a protein shake.” Could Jason have cleaned up his act? Guess we’ll see.
His appearance certainly bodes well for the return of other cast members (and makes Yi’s appearance a bit more logical) and we’d be surprised if Rogen doesn’t appear at all seeing as how famously Ben and Pete hit it off. Of course, none of this is officially official but pictures don’t lie. It looks like there are still lots of surprises to come from Apatow and crew, but it’s a wait for now. The film is currently slated to hit theaters on December 21, 2012.
Photos made me lose weight
Posted by: admin | Filed in: News | July 26 2011
Jason Segel has revealed that he was inspired to lose weight after seeing unflattering photos of himself.
The Bad Teacher actor confessed that he weighed 245lbs at his heaviest during an interview on The Late Show with David Letterman.
Segel recalled: “I’m now about 215 but i was about 245. My lowest moment came [when] I was shooting a movie in New Orleans. New Orleans has like, the best food and booze anywhere… just amazing.
“I really took advantage of it and unfortunately my assistant had a key to my room in case I overslept. She came in one day to wake me up and she took a bunch of pictures to show what I had become.”
Segel recently admitted that he was mocked in high school for being taller than his peers.
Bad Teacher opens in cinemas in the US and the UK on June 24
