John C. Reilly Likes the 'Cirque du Freak'
Cinematical — ... or were particularly tiny or tall. Maybe they were twins who were bonded by more than sibling love, or dudes missing appendages. But times have changed, and that's not really acceptable anymore. So, if you want to delight in all things freak, you've got to be able to stomach seeing dudes nail things into their body, or, in the case of cinema, see a Freak Show that's more fantastical than "freakish." The Hollywood Reporter has posted that Cal Naughton Jr., aka John C. Reilly, Josh Hutcherson (Bridge to Terabithia), and Chris Kelly ...

Reilly Shows Up for Cirque Du Freak
At The Movies - Film News and Reviews — Reilly ponders vampire-dom John C. Reilly is joining the Cirque. The Cirque Du Freak, that is. (I know. You were all hoping to see Reilly in a Cirque Du Soleil thing, maybe wearing a colorful spandex and sequined outfit , with mime type make-up, juggling balloons while dancing on a giant wheel. To the accompaniment of Pink Floyd as covered by Norah Jones.) Freak is the first in a well-liked series of children’s books by Darren Shan. In this one, two kids sneak out to visit a freak show and become tangled up with vampires and giant spiders. Reilly will ...

See John C. Reilly as Dewey Cox Live! (After Watching 'Walk Hard')
Cinematical — Filed under: Comedy, Music & Musicals, New Releases, Sony, Movie MarketingHey, it's good enough for Spinal Tap, Hannah Montana and The Monkees. Now Dewey Cox, of Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, is the latest fictional music artist to go on a real-life tour. Yes, according to Variety, John C. Reilly is suiting up to perform in character for the "Cox Across America Tour." Joined by his band, the Hard Walkers, Reilly/Cox is making appearances in seven cities: Cleveland; Chicago; Austin; Nashville; San Francisco; Los Angeles and New York ...

GALLERY: Dewey Cox Live in Los Angeles!
Cinematical — ... Monday night I had the privilege of seeing Dewey Cox -- better known as John C. Reilly -- live at The Roxy ("Coxy") Theater on the Sunset Strip. Cox and his band The Hard Walkers put on a hell of a show, tearing through all the hits from Cox's glorious career -- soon to be given the big screen treatment in ...

Watch the First 10 Minutes of 'Walk Hard' Online!
Cinematical — ... Musicals, New Releases, Exhibition, Home Entertainment, NSFW, Movie MarketingThe Judd Apatow gang always markets the crap out of their movies, and the promotional blitz is in full force for their latest, Walk Hard. Posters are everywhere, they released the "R" Rated international trailer to the internets, they took out a very cool "For Your Consideration" ad in The Hollywood Reporter, and John C. Reilly is rocking the country on the "Cox Across America" tour, which I was lucky ...

John C. Reilly Says He Was Almost in 'There Will Be Blood'
Cinematical — Filed under: Drama, Casting, Deals, Celebrities and Controversy, New in Theaters Looks like I was at the wrong roundtable. Over at Cinema Blend, they are reporting some interesting footnotes from a recent Walk Hard junket, in which John C. Reilly says that Paul Thomas Anderson offered him a role in There Will Be Blood, but it wasn't right. "Paul and I talked a lot about it,"he says. "He wrote me a part for the movie and I said 'Don't put me in there just because you think you have to, ...

Review: Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Cinematical — ... Starting in fictional rock star Dewey Cox's boyhood Tennessee home and ending some sixty years later after his bouts with women, booze, and pills, the film traces the blood pumping rise...of Cox. (First and last Cox joke, I promise.) The script gets Cox making music quickly, and good thing. I'm not sure why the first ten minutes of Walk Hard were released online as part of the marketing plan, they're easily the weakest scenes of the film. But once John C. Reilly enters the picture, portraying Cox at age fourteen despite being 25 years older (a dig at Kevin Spacey in ...

AML Movie Review: “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story”
A Mike Life — Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story makes the third Judd Apatow film to hit theaters in 2008 and it stars one of my favorite actors, John C. Reilly, playing the fictional character Dewey Cox. We’ll get one thing out of the way from the start. The movie is rated “R” for almost every reason there is for rating a movie restricted. Drugs, swearing, nudity and some fake scenes of someone being sliced in half. And the nudity isn’t limited to just women. If you cringed and ran screaming from The Crying Game, the ...

Salma Hayek Will Play Bearded Woman
Ugly Betty News — Ugly Betty executive producer Salma Hayek, who played prominently on screen in season one as Sofia Reyes, has signed on to play a bearded lady in the horror drama “Cirque du Freak”.  She will play opposite star John C. Reilly. Cirque du Freak is part of a vampire-based young adult book series, which in the United States was called “The Saga Of Darren Shan”.   Here is the synopsis: A young boy named Darren Shan meets a mysterious man at a freak show who turns out to be a Vampire. After a series of events Darren must leave his normal life and go on the road with the ...

Stalked: Penelope Cruz and Ken Watanabe
Filmstalker — A couple of casting tidbits for you. Penelope Cruz and Ken Watanabe have both signed up for new projects, Cruz is to join the cast of G-Force as the voice of a guinea pig and Watanabe will be starring in Cirque du Freak . Penelope Cruz will provide the voice of Juarez the guinea pig in G-Force . The plot revolves around a squad of specially trained guinea pigs (yes guinea pigs) who are given the task of stopping a crazed billionaire taking over the world. Also providing voices will be Nicolas Cage and Steve Buscemi . Coming Soon has the news of her new ...

New trailer for “Step Brothers” starring Ferrell, Reilly
Pop Critics — ... Step Brothers is out on July 25th of this year, and it’s got comedic potential written all over it. Teaming up once again is the duo of Ferrell and John C. Reilly, who rocked the car racing circuit together in Talladega Nights a few years back. ...

Trailer Park: Ha!
Cinematical — Filed under: Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Trailer Trash, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Trailers and Clips Intense drama, romance, horror, even documentaries are just fine. Right now, though, I'm in the mood for trailers that will make me laugh. Pineapple Express I've got to say I'm liking this Seth Rogen guy. 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Superbad, it's all good. I'm looking forward to Zack and Miri Make a Porno, and on a recent rewatching of ...

SXSW Review: The Promotion
FirstShowing.net — I have seen 3 documentaries and 3 1/2 fictional narratives during my time here at SXSW. The Promotion is my favorite film of the festival so far. It was exactly what I needed to see to set the bar for the rest of the films I'm going to watch. A great mix of drama and comedy that led to a final feel good moment at the end. While it's not the greatest movie I've seen, it was still very good and it lifted my spirits, especially after the previous two fictional narratives I watched turned out to be duds. The Promotion is about two men who are both looking to ...

The Promotion Review
The Movie Blog — Hey guys, thanks for checking out our review of The Promotion. The General Idea Plot outline from IMDB: Two assistant managers of a corporate grocery store vie for a coveted promotion. The Good This film benefitted from a simple and enjoyable story. The movie investigates what can happen to good natured individuals when competition pits them against each other. Consistently funny; humor comes way of illuminating life’s absurdities more than actual punch lines. This film delivered its laughs in a similar fashion to the office, and ...

Magnolia, 1999
FauxNixon — Paul Thomas Anderson was allowed to make Magnolia only after the commercial success of his previous film: Boogie Nights.  Anderson was given free reign, or as close to it as a Hollywood studio would ever get, to complete his project which is deeply spiritual and explores the lives of people in nine different, but connected, plots whose common trait is a distinct dysfunctionality whether within their family life, or more commonly their personal lives. William H. Macy plays Donnie Smith, a adult who gained a great deal of celebrity as a child on a ...

"Any Given Sundance"
Crisis on Infinite Springfields — Airing Sunday, May 4, 2008: When Lisa creates a hit documentary about her family for a school project and enters it into the Sundance Film Festival, Homer, Bart and Marge become embarrassed by the candid behind-the-scenes look at their lives, leading them to capture John C. Reilly and Jim Jarmusch, who guest star as themselves.

New Images: 'The Promotion'
Cinematical — Filed under: Comedy, New Releases, Fandom It's funny to see a film called The Promotion get very little, well, promotion from the folks distributing it to theaters this weekend. Granted, it's only opening in three cities on Friday (NYC, LA and Chicago), but I would've liked to see one commercial ... at least. Oh well. Hopefully when the film expands into other markets (fingers crossed), they'll throw a bit more money at it. Up until now, The Promotion has received mixed reviews. Everyone I saw it with at SXSW absolutely loved it, with the majority of us ...

New in Theaters: June 6, 2008
Film Gecko — Kung Fu Panda (wide). Po the Panda (voiced by Jack Black) dreams of being a martial-arts master. Really, he’s a fat, lazy slob. But that doesn’t stop him from rolling into action when his town is threatened by evildoers. Gecko Preview & Trailer * Official Site You Don’t Mess With the Zohan (wide). Zohan (Adam Sandler) is the top agent in Israel’s Mossad agency. Tired of all the fighting, he fakes his own death, moves to NYC, and becomes a hairdresser. But his former enemies soon find him. Gecko Preview & ...

Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly on The Today Show - VIDEO
Film Gecko — Check out this clip of Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly, talking up their new movie, Step Brothers, which opens in theaters this Friday, July 25, 2008. Ok, I don’t always like Will Ferrell’s stuff (see my note on Anchorman), but this movie really does look like goofy fun. But rats, it’s rated R for crude and sexual content, and pervasive language, which lets out the idea of taking my 13-year-old son. ...

"Step Brothers" Preview & Trailer
Film Gecko — I can’t tell yet whether this will fall into the like or not-like category of Will Ferrell movies. I do like some of his films (Talladega Nights: The Legend of Ricky Bobby), but not others (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy). I’ll have a look at this one and report back. Brennan Huff (Will Ferrell) and Dale Doback (John C. Reilly) have one thing in common: they’re both lazy, unemployed leeches who still live with their parents. When Brennan’s mother and Dale’s father marry and move in together, it turns the overgrown boys’ world upside ...

New in Theaters: July 25, 2008
Film Gecko — The X-Files: I Want to Believe (PG-13). Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) continue their quest for the truth. Gecko Preview and Trailer. Step Brothers (R). Two spoiled men (Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly) become rivals when their parents marry. Gecko Preview and Trailer. American Teen (PG-13). Four teenagers navigate through their senior year at an Indiana high school. Gecko Preview and Trailer. Brideshead Revisited (PG-13). In 1925 England, an Oxford ...

Step Brothers Vlog / Review
Cinexcellence — Today I’m going to try something a little different. I’ve been wanting to do a car vlog of sorts where I talk about my expectations of the film on the way to the theater, and then give my initial impression of the film on the way back. I’ve also included the preview of Step Brothers at the end of the video. So with my Sony Mini-DV camcorder and two strips of velcro, here’s my review of Step Brothers: [image] ...

Step Brothers
karlhungus.com — I'd like to start off by saying that this film is freakin' hilarious. It's out of breath, my face aches from laughing kinda funny. I was laughing so hard at some parts, if I had been drinking a beverage at the same time, the person in front of me would've been nose blasted with coke. So be careful if you're eating popcorn, because there's a very real danger of choking. Yes, it's safe to say I loved Step Brothers. It's a film that exceeded my expectations greatly. I'm a fan of Judd Apatow comedies in general, but last time writer & director Adam McKay got together with stars ...

Ben Arnon: John C. Reilly, Flea, Shepard Fairey, Miri Ben-Ari, Russell Simmons, Marc Ecko, MC Yogi (Obama-Inspired VIDEOS)
Huffington Post Entertainment Blog — There has been a tremendous amount of art and music inspired by Barack Obama's message of Hope and Change. Last week I chronicled the story of Shepard Fairey's Obama 'Hope' poster. Today I bring you the latest work from Fairey -- "Vote For Change" viral video postcards. In this post, I also take a look at the story behind two other recently released videos, both inspired by Senator Obama's message. "Vote For Change" Viral Videos Shepard Fairey has co-directed a series of "Vote For Change" video postcards as part of a grassroots viral political action campaign. The ...

Elijah Wood Breaks Down the Animated Post-Acopalypse in '9'
Get The Big Picture — Elijah Wood spoke to MTV about his next project, a futuristic animated flick called 9. “It’s based on a short film Shane Acker did a number of years ago. It’s a beautiful short,” Wood explained. He tells the one-time music video channel that the movie should be out by the end of next year (IMDB lists a September 9th release), and he'll join Crispin Glover, Jennifer Connelly, John C. Reilly, Martin Landau, and Christopher ...

Stars Align for 'Prop 8: The Musical'
Get The Big Picture — And now for something completely different... Funny or Die has produced a brand new video about California's recent Proposition 8 vote, and they've put together a dream musical theatre cast: John C. Reilly, Jack Black, Maya Rudolph, NPH, and a host of others. Prop 8: The Musical is written by Marc Shaiman and directed by Adam Shankman. ...

'9' Trailer Kicks Serious Ass
Get The Big Picture — About a month ago, we shared with you a story about Elijah Wood and a post-apocalyptic animated flick he was working on called 9. The film is based on a short film, which we included in the initial story, and though that short is wordless and the new film has plenty of voice actors - Wood, Crispin Glover, Jennifer Connelly, John C. Reilly, Christopher Plummer, and Martin Landau head the cast - it was still a very ...

Cinematical Seven: Top Trailers of 2008
Cinematical — I couldn't even begin to guess how many trailers came out in 2008, but whittling that number down to seven is no easy task. Looking down at my list of the top seven trailers of 2008, I'm noticing that most of these previews are for films I haven't seen yet -- in fact, the majority haven't even been released. It wasn't a conscious decision, mind you, but maybe it has something to do with the fact that once you've seen a film, its trailer tends to lose its mystique. After release date the magic begins to fade, like in the case of Jumper, which was a cool trailer but it gave away most of the good scenes. ...

"9" Preview & Trailer – Not for Kids?
Film Gecko — I haven’t heard much about "9," a CGI-animated movie from producer Tim Burton. He’s not directing, though; that role will be filled by Shane Acker, who directed the same-titled short film on which this is based. The feature film is scheduled for a Sept. 9, 2009 release. Pamela Petter is penning the screenplay; she also wrote "Monster House" and Tim Burton’s own "Corpse Bride." Voices include Elijah Wood, Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau, Jennifer Connelly, Crispin Glover and John C. ...

Stalked: Dushku produces, freestyle basketball, English country horror and Holmes gets Extra Man
Filmstalker — Eliza Dushku is set to produce a film about Robert Mapplethorpe starring her brother in the lead... There's a new film coming about urban freestyle basketball... A new horror set in the English countryside is in the works... Katie Holmes is starring next to Kevin Kline in a comedy called The Extra Man... Eliza Dushku ...

Cause=Time — 9 Photobucket More Knife news today. I watched Coraline today (I can't imagine how wildly entertaining this movie could have been had I still been smoking the herb) in 3-D. The upcoming attractions were in 3-D as well, but one stood out more than the others. A post-apocalyptic Tim Burton produced film titled, 9 , using the music from the Knife to promote the attraction. None of the words from the song, just the eerie intro, and that was enough. The movie is geared towards children, but looks like more of an adult movie with a stellar cast in Frodo Baggins , John C. Reilly , ...

First Clip of Elijah Wood’s Ragdoll Flick “9”
Film Gecko — It’s a little different from the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy (or, is it?), but MTV has posted the first clip for “9,” a film based on Shane Acker’s Oscar-nominated short film of the same name. It follows nine ragdolls on a quest to save humanity in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Ok, so maybe it’s not all that different from LOTR. Produced by Tim Burton, it features the stunning voice cast of Elijah Wood, Jennifer Connelly, John C. Reilly, Crispin ...

Terrific Clip from the Ani-pocalypse Flick, '9'
Get The Big Picture — A few years from now, we'll probably look back at 2009 as a turning point in animation. In fact, we may not even wait a few years. Between the big studio stuff like Up and Monsters vs. Aliens, the integration of 3-D, and the rise of smaller studios in the animated arena, it's going to significantly change the game. ...

Film Gecko Exclusive – Poster for “9” from Tim Burton and Shane Acker
Film Gecko — We’re starting to get some buzz around the film “9,” directed by Shane Acker and produced by Tim Burton. Check out the theatrical poster below, offered exclusively to Film Gecko, and watch the trailer and a clip here. The story follows a ragdoll-like creature named “9” (voiced by Elijah Wood) who comes to life and finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world where all humans are gone. When 9 discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from killing machines, he convinces the others that hiding will do no good. They must take the offensive if they ...

9 Movie Poster Images And Character Descriptions
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The Vampire’s Assistant Releases in October
Screamstress — For another vampire book-to-film adaptation, Universal Pictures’ The Vampire’s Assistant offers something better than Bella and Edward…Salma Hayek as a bearded lady. Cirque Du Freak: The Saga of Darren Shan is the popular young adult book series written by Darren Shan, which follows the story of a boy whose life becomes entangled with a group of vampires and misunderstood sideshow freaks.  The film stars John C. Reilly (what is up with that hair?) as the vampire that will change young Darren’s life forever.  Willem Dafoe stars as ...

Check This Out: Teaser Poster for The Vampire's Assistant
FirstShowing.net — Oh no, even more vampires? Cinematical has debuted the teaser poster for The Vampire's Assistant, previously known as Cirque du Freak, the movie based on the book series of the same name. I actually don't like this new title at all, it's too easily ...

‘Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant’ Trailer & Stills
Screamstress — Universal Pictures’ Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant stars John C. Reilly, Ken Watanabe, Josh Hutcherson, Chris Massoglia, Willem Dafoe and Salma Hayek. The film is directed by Paul Weitz and is based on the popular series of books by Darren Shan about a teenager who unknowingly breaks a 200-year-old truce between two warring factions of vampires.  He joins a fantastical group of sideshow freaks to fulfill his destiny in a place drawn from nightmares. Check out the trailer here and enjoy the new stills and one sheet. Doesn’t John C. ...

Another So-So 'Vampire's Assistant' Poster
Get The Big Picture — I loved the first look we got at the film that was then called Cirque du Freak months and months ago. There were shots of John C. Reilly and a bearded Salma Hayek, and it all looked very strange. When it resurfaced earlier this month, repositioned as Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, I hated the name and the first poster. The name made sense, presupposing a trilogy. The poster, which was just an empty hand with the title floating above it wasn't so great. I thought, if ...

9 Movie – New Images And Fun Diversions
Are You Screening? — If you aren’t at least a little excited for the upcoming release of Shane Acker’s 9, I have to believe your just mostly dead inside.  The animated short expansion with Tim Buron’s name on it has been flooding the online campaign approach with more goodies and ...

Review: 9 (darkly beautiful)
Film Gecko — Movie: 9 * Trailer * Official Site In Theaters: Sept. 9, 2009 Runtime: 79 minutes Directed by: Shane Acker; produced by ...

9 (Review)
Ciné Critique Américain —      Produced by Tim Burton (and, yes, you can tell Tim Burton was involved) and based on writer/director Shane Acker's short film by the same name, "9" is a visually stunning, post apocalyptic animated tale about odd, little rag dolls which are the last ...

'Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant' Featurette
Get The Big Picture — We're a month away from Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, an adaptation of the popular book series by Darren Shan, who is featured (as a teenager) in the film. This is the first movie in what Universal obviously hopes will be a franchise, and who could blame them? Sure, it's aimed at teens, but there's some wonderful dark comedy going on here courtesy of John C. Reilly that could help set it apart from the other films in this area. Oh, and Harry Potter doesn't have a bearded Salma Hayek. ...

John C. Reilly Heads to 'Cedar Rapids' with Ed Helms
Get The Big Picture — If your dream cast is Ed Helms and John C. Reilly, I'd probably advise you to dream a little bigger, but having said that, these two guys in an Alexander Payne comedy might be hard to stop. That's the case with Cedar Rapids, a Fox Searchlight road trip comedy produced by Payne and directed by Miguel Artera (The Good Girl). Helms was the first name aboard, and the announcement came a couple weeks after The Hangover ...

Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant – Preview & Trailer
Film Gecko — A new vampire movie is in theaters tomorrow, and like the “Twilight” films, it’s based on a series of popular books. In this case, by author Darren Shan. “Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant” is a fantasy-adventure about a teenager who unknowingly breaks a 200-year-old truce between two warring factions of vampires. Darren (Chris Massoglia) was like most 16-year-old kids in his suburban neighborhood. He hung out with his best friend Steve (Josh ...

Vampireland! ‘Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant’ Review
Hollywire.com — Cirque du Freak poster. Well, here it is, ladies and gentlemen, the first major vampire film made for kids. I should start by mentioning that I am not a fan of the books and have never read any of them, but as a fun vampire movie you could certainly do worse than this. I’ve heard a lot of griping and moaning about the fact that there’s no blood in the movie, mostly from people who have forgotten that this is based on a book that you’ll find in the young adult section of your local Border’s, and not on something by Mary Shelley ...