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Mike Judge Is Making Another Big-Screen Comedy, And This One Stars Ben Affleck, Mila Kunis, Jason Bateman and Kristen Wiig!!
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I am – Hercules!! Ben Affleck will play a lawyer in Mike Judge’s latest big-screen comedy, “Extract.” The Miramax feature, which starts shooting Monday, is about a flower-extract factory worker who loses a body part in a freak accident and finds himself pursuing a substantial settlement. Others in the cast include Kristen Wiig, Mila Kunis, Clifton Collins Jr. (Perry Smith in "Capote"), and Jason Bateman. Writer-director Judge is the man behind "Beavis & Butt-head," "King of the Hill," "Office Space," "Idiocracy" and the upcoming animated sitcom "The Goode Family." Find all of Variety’s Thursday-morning story on the matter here .
Mike Judge Extracts Affleck For New Comedy
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Mike Judge Extracts Affleck For New Comedy If Mike Judge gave up on Hollywood and never made another movie, I wouldnt blame him. Hes put together two amazing, brilliant comedies already, and been utterly screwed over on both of them. I dont know how the guy gets out of bed in the morning, let alone find enough energy make yet another cult classic. Judge though, has another one in him. Variety says Judge has escaped from under the oppressive thumb of 20th Century Fox, where he was screwed over on both Office Space and Idiocracy , to set a new comedy up over at Miramax. ...
Mike Judges 'Extract' Finds It's Lawyer
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Variety have the info on Mike Judge's latest film offering entitled Extract, which has just added Ben Affleck to the cast, hopefully for Judge and the film, he will have better luck at Miramax than he did at previous studios with the brilliant Office Space and Idiocracy. Ben Affleck is ready to suit up for Miramax's Mike Judge comedy "Extract." The actor is in negotiations to play an ambulance-chasing lawyer in the pic, which centers on a flower extract factory owner (Jason Bateman) who's dealing with workplace problems and a streak of bad luck, including his wife's affair with a gigolo. Clifton Collins Jr. ...
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Ben Affleck will probably star in Mike Judge’s Idiocracy follow-up, Extract. The film “centers on a flower extract factory owner (Jason Bateman) who’s dealing with workplace problems and a streak of bad luck, including his wife’s affair with a gigolo.” Affleck play not the gigolo, but “an ambulance chasing lawyer.”
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Ben Affleck to board 'Extract'
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Ben Affleck is in final talks to join Jason Bateman, Clifton Collins Jr., Mila Kunis and Kristen Wiig in Mike Judge's upcoming comedy "Extract," Variety reported earlier today. The film follows the misadventures of a flower extract factory owner (Bateman) who's having trouble at work and at home. Affleck takes over the role of a lawyer, while Collins plays a factory worker who loses a body part in an accident. Judge wrote the screenplay himself and will start shooting the project next week. Miramax is developing. Affleck most recently directed "Gone Baby Gone." He will next be seen in Ken Kwapis ...
Ben Afflleck to board 'Extract'
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Ben Affleck is in final talks to join Jason Bateman, Clifton Collins Jr., Mila Kunis and Kristen Wiig in Mike Judge's upcoming comedy "Extract," Variety reported earlier today. The film follows the misadventures of a flower extract factory owner (Bateman) who's having trouble at work and at home. Affleck takes over the role of a lawyer, while Collins plays a factory worker who loses a body part in an accident. Judge wrote the screenplay himself and will start shooting the project next week. Miramax is developing the project. Affleck most recently directed "Gone Baby Gone." He will next be seen in ...
Ben Affleck Unable to ‘Extract’ Himself From New Mike Judge Movie
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... Mike Judge's Extract, the story of a factory owner (Jason Bateman) with workplace troubles and a cheating wife. Affleck will play an ambulance-chasing lawyer, and Clifton Collins Jr. joins him as a factory worker who gets injured and wins a huge settlement. We don't want to "jump to conclusions," but didn't this subplot already happen in Office Space? Not that we'd mind watching Office Space again. [Variety]
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Ben Affleck Tries Comedy Again
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At least he's in good company for this one: Ben Affleck is in talks to join the cast of Extract, a comedy by Mike Judge (director of Office Space, creator of Beavis and Butthead). He'll be working alongside Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Mila Kunis and Clifton Collins, Jr.
Variety has more details:
Actor is in negotiations to play an ambulance-chasing lawyer in the pic, which centers on a flower extract factory owner (Jason Bateman) who's dealing with workplace problems and a streak of bad luck, including his wife's affair with a gigolo.
Clifton Collins Jr. is also joining the cast ...
Ben Affleck Totally Typecast As Harried Perfumier [Short Ends]
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... · Ben Affleck will star in Mike Judge's Extract, about the trials and tribulations of "a flower extract factory owner." We know the punchline is "Ow My Essence of Citrus Blossom!" We're just not sure how the rest goes. [Variety] ...
B. Affleck Joins Bateman in the 'Extract' Movie
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That guy from Armageddon is going to be in Mike Judge's latest film, Extract. From the cyber version of the Variety periodical: ...
Ben Affleck set to 'Extract'
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... to "Good Will Hunting" during the Weinstein brothers era. He made his directorial debut, last year's "Gone Baby Gone," for the specialty label. Affleck's last significant onscreen role was in 2006's "Hollywoodland." He has two films in the can: Universal's "State of Play" and Warner Bros.' "He's Just Not That Into You." Collins will next appear in "The Perfect Game" and "Crank 2" for Lionsgate, "Horsemen" for Mandate and J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" prequel for Paramount Source: Variety
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Judge to Extract Affleck
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Time to get back in front of the camera, Ben.
Variety notes that Ben Affleck is in talks to has join the cast of Mike Judge’s next movie, Extract. Yes, I know, the title on this post made it all sound much shadier and potentially a little disgusting. Sorry to disappoint.
Anyway, Extract stars Jason Bateman as a guy with all kinds of issues–he runs a flower extract company which is having problems, he’s on a run of bad luck and his wife is having an affair with a gigolo (does one technically have an affair with a gigolo? Isn’t it more like a business relationship?). Affleck ...
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