The Hangover 3

The Hangover 3 movie is one of the hot topics among viewers and through the projects is yet to go ahead into production The Hangover 3 movie had already manged to be in center of attention. Following the huge success of the second installment director Todd Phillips had said that already there are some ideas being considered for a plot. One of the notable points made by director had been that third entry to the series will have a different format. Since director had confirmed that another installment is definitely on the way fans had been eager to know more about and recently one of the cast members had revealed some fascinating facts about storyline.

The source of this latest piece of news is actor Zach Galifianakis who had been one of the main actors of The Hangover 3 movie. During a recently held interview with one of the popular magazines he had come up with some ideas which show that the idea is quite promising for a storyline. He had said that this time much focus will be placed on his character of Alan and how he escapes from a mental institution with the support of his friends. Though this story sounds quite promising as the major theme it us yet to be seen how details will be added to it. With instances of humor and satire included this is bound to be a one of a kind cinematic experience for fans who have enjoyed the previous two installments immensely.

With this latest piece of new about plot of The Hangover 3 movie fans cannot help but feel curious about one matter. Earlier it had been said that in the third entry story will be taking place in Amsterdam. Though nothing has been mentioned about the location it is possible that the capital of the Netherlands in still in the picture. There is one possible plot which combines all these elements. That is Alan gets married in Amsterdam. Just before the wedding he finds himself locked inside a mental institution with no idea on how he got there. His friends will try to break him out of it for the wedding

While you were all warm and snuggly on this chilly first weekend of December, some magic was happening in Hollywood. Comedic magic, that is. Jay Roach, director of the wonderful “Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery” and the not-so-wonderful “Dinner for Schmucks” (and a couple films in between) has managed to land Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis as the leads in his next film, a political comedy that will follow two presidential nominees and will be released to coincide with the 2012 presidential election.

The pitch, which was purchased by Warner Bros. on Sunday according to Deadline, will be written by “The Other Guys” co-writer Chris Henchy and “Eastbound & Down” writer Shawn Harwell. Let’s just hope the comedy landscape doesn’t change too much over the next two years, because these guys are pretty much on top right now for their work.

Before you get all up in arms about me saying that Will Ferrell is “on top” right now (yes, I know “Land of the Lost” was a flop), I’d argue that he is, in fact, on an upswing. Funny or Die continues to get more and more traction, his stint on “Eastbound & Down” (which is his, Danny McBride‘s and Jody Hill‘s baby) was well-received, his reprise on “Saturday Night Live” as George W. Bush was one of the highest watched episodes two seasons ago, and he’s scored two huge hits this year with “The Other Guys” and “Megamind.” This political comedy sounds like it’s going to be a lot more in line with those projects than with the other Ferrell films we’ve come to know and dislike (hello “Semi-Pro” and “Blades of Glory”).

Zach Galifianakis also just keeps getting bigger and bigger, though political comedy has never been his strong suit. I prefer my Zach served fresh, round and awkward, but I’m sure he’ll be able to put his special brand of comedy to use in a campaign environment. And considering the 2012 election is shaping up to be interesting to say the least, this seems like the best year to be making a comedy satirizing it.

My hope is that this untitled comedy ends up falling more in line with “Butter,” an upcoming comedy about a butter carving competition that is modeled after the 2008 presidential election. If Roach, Henchy and Harwell end up going this route instead of a typical slapstick, dumbed-down comedy, this film could end up being really great.

But, again, though Ferrell and Galifianakis are safe money in Hollywood right now, a lot can change in two years. Hopefully everyone involved realizes that they’re going to have to make a really substantial script and not just ride on names alone to make sure they’ve got a hit on their hands. Though isn’t that how these types of things should always be done?

Does this sound like your comedy dream team for a film, or do you have zero interest in seeing Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis together on-screen?

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– Emma Stone debuted her Spider-Man look for the first time at Trevor Live in Hollywood over the weekend. Stone, who’s usually in films as a brunette or red head, is a natural blonde in real life, as is the character she’s playing in the Spider-Man reboot, Gwen Stacy.

— Nominations for the 2010 Annie Awards were dished out earlier today, and though Disney-Pixar have withdrawn from the International Animation Society, their films weren’t snubbed. Your Best Animated Feature looks like this:

• ‘Despicable Me’
• ‘How to Train Your Dragon’
• ‘Tangled’
• ‘The Illusionist’
• ‘Toy Story 3′

— A site named Script Flags (any relation to Six Flags?) claims that Ridley Scott’s double-dose of ‘Alien’ prequels have been pushed back from a 2012 release to 2013 and 2014 for unspecified reasons.

— Sorry guys, but Amber Heard (‘All the Boys Love Mandy Lane’, ‘Pineapple Express’) is officially out and proud. You go girl!

— Robert Downey Jr. has signed on to star in a film about a duo of Broadway songwriters who, after their latest project tanks, retreat to a job at the theater camp they attended as kids. The film is based on a pitch by Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt, the duo behind the Broadway hit ‘Next to Normal’.

— Want to buy the house where ‘The Godfather’ was filmed? It’s now up for sale, though unfortunately it costs a whopping $2.9 million and you’d have to live on Staten Island. See a cool video tour after the jump.

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With Halloween and another ‘Saw’ sequel behind us, Hollywood has decided to dole out a variety of wide releases this week, in addition to the usual indie titles likely to come your way on screens both big and small.

-‘Due Date’: Todd Phillips’ follow-up to ‘The Hangover’ pairs up Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis for a rowdy cross-country road trip that I only found to be moderately amusing: “Phillips’ shotgun spray approach to comedy does work on occasion, with Ethan’s more absurd non sequiturs earning a laugh and Peter’s punchier moments earning a rightful gasp. ‘Due Date’ is by no means a chore to watch; it just too often falls back on broad crutches instead of making the most of the acidic and deadpan talents at its disposal.” (You can read my full thoughts here.)


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Humiliation-based comedy has taken a curious trajectory over the past decade or so. The Farrelly Brothers’ earlier films like ‘Dumb & Dumber’ and ‘Kingpin’ were goofy but earnest, yet it was the gauntlet of gags known as ‘There’s Something About Mary‘ that exploded at the box office and (at the risk of generalizing) re-ignited studio interest in the R-rated comedy.

From there, Ben Stiller found himself embarrassed once more in ‘Meet the Parents’, and again in ‘Along Came Polly’, and yet again in ‘Meet the Fockers’ before re-uniting with the Farrellys on their underwhelming remake of ‘The Heartbreak Kid’. Stiller wasn’t just the funny man, but rather the punching bag, and after that, it seemed that endearing characters enduring great awkwardness became less of a priority as an elaborate sense of cruelty took the forefront. (One could argue that the ‘Jackass’ films have demonstrated this mentality in its purest form.)

Cut to last summer, when Todd Phillips’ ‘The Hangover‘ broke out and took the title of R-rated comedy box office champ away from ‘Mary’. A sporadically hilarious movie that ran out of steam right around when Ken Jeong showed up to spout things like “Funny fat guy fall on face!”, its blackout narrative at least brought a necessary spark of creativity to the table.

Now, in the time between ‘The Hangover’ and Phillips’ follow-up — ‘Due Date‘ — “Funny fat guy fall on face!” has become the rule of thumb and the systematic humiliation of protagonist(s) at any cost is the name of the game. ‘Paul Blart: Mall Cop’? Check. ‘Grown Ups’? Check. ‘Wild Hogs’? Check. ‘Old Dogs’? Check. The list goes on. To be fair, ‘Due Date’ is easily funnier than any of those titles, if not ‘The Hangover’ itself, but it shares with them all a mean-spirited mindset that nearly negates the laughs.

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Rising comedic talent Bo Burnham is definitely on the upside these days. Aside from working with Judd Apatow recently, the 20-year-old funnyman is set to premiere his Comedy Central special, “Words, Words, Words” on Saturday night. And, he promises that the special will feature an eclectic bag of jokes.

“It’s a lot of stuff. It’s got songs. Now it has poetry and stand-up and beat poems and haikus and one sonnet and some jokes. It’s just basically gags all over the place,” he revealed to MTV News. “There’s like one or two jokes I made a little bit bigger [for the special] because I had a bigger production value behind it. When they commission that hour they’re sort of like, ‘No, you do your thing.’ I had to rewrite some jokes for the censors maybe.”

Bo made a name for himself thanks to piano-driven jokes that he put up on YouTube, and he admits that some of his favorite comedians are also musicians. “Steve Martin‘s early stuff, Steve Martin’s ‘Let’s Get Small’… his first CD is incredible. That’s the person I’m probably trying to be most like in the sense of like getting on stage and being a bit like nihilism in the sense of not really believing in anything,” he explained before name-checking Zach Galifianakis‘ ‘Live at the Purple Onion’ as another notable place of inspiration for his stand-up.

“I really like silly stuff and I think people try to be sometimes too meaningful and you don’t really need to be,” he explained. “I think everyone else is trying to tell us what to do all day and stand-up should make… fart jokes.”

Easily one of the most anticipated upcoming comedies is Todd Phillips‘ sequel to last year’s hit “The Hangover.” MTV caught up with star Zach Galifianakis at the Toronto International Film Festival, and couldn’t resist asking about “The Hangover 2,” which started shooting in a few weeks.

“It is good. I actually think this script is better than the first movie,” said Galifianakis. “It’s a little bit daunting to probably try to top it, but we’ll try, or at least even it out. Expectations are high, and that makes me nervous.”

The stand up comedian said the film is set to shoot in California and some as yet unknown location. He said that he didn’t know where the rest of the film was going to be shot, but his joking suggestion of “the moon” actually has some ring of truth, because costar Ed Helms has joked in earlier interviews that that’s where they would like to film the sequel.

But if the film were to be shot in outer space, wouldn’t it only make sense to film it in 3D? “No,” Galifianakis replied with a laugh. Clearly this comedy is never going to be projected at us in three dimensions.

Galifianakis also chatted about his hilarious show on Funny or Die, “Between Two Ferns.” The latest episode featured Sean Penn and the interview was conducted by Galifianakis’ “twin brother,” a comic gag the actor used in his “Live at the Purple Onion” DVD.

“I haven’t spoken to him since,” Galifianakis said about the interview with Penn, and added that his “brother” might be back to do more interviews because, “he likes the attention. He likes that kind of thing.” As to whether or not anyone he’s asked to be on the show has turned him down, Galifianakis said that “the Pope said no,” but then teased, “I don’t want to promise anything but we have some pretty good [guests] coming up.”

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The latest trailer for ‘Due Date,’ Todd Phillips’ road trip comedy starring Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis as mismatched travel companions, won’t dispel any prior complaints that it resembles a remake of ‘Planes, Trains and Automobiles’ mixed with Phillips’ own ‘The Hangover.’ But it will show you additional players, such as Michelle Monaghan as Downey’s very pregnant wife and Danny McBride as a manager of a check cashing place. Also, Jamie Foxx is revealed to have a bigger role than previously thought, and we finally learn just why Downey can’t just fly home to witness the birth of his son.

Apple has premiered this new spot (watch it after the jump), which features some of the best moments from the first trailer and the international trailer while also adding some new comedic bits. These include jokes involving a dog high from second-hand marijuana smoke and the accidental drinking of a dead man’s ashes. The latter is only made funnier by Galifianakis’ second sip, which along with comments made about the Grand Canyon and Hoover Dam prove he’s basically the same moron from ‘The Hangover.’ And don’t the phone exchanges between Downey and Monaghan seem a bit familar, too?

We have two trailers and the first clip from Buried, the Ryan-Reynolds-in-a-coffin suspense-thriller, Due Date, a comedic road movie starring A-lister Robert Downey, Jr. and the ubiquitous Zach Galifianakis, and the first clip from Let Me In, Matt Reeves’ (Cloverfield) remake of the 2008 Swedish horror film with Chloe Moretz (Hugo Cabret, Kick-Ass, (500)Days of Summer) as a preteen who may not be what she appears to be.

1. Buried: A bidding war erupted this past January at the Sundance Film Festival for this suspense-thriller set entirely inside a coffin. Reynolds plays an American contractor in Iraq who, post-kidnapping by persons unknown, awakens in a coffin with only a cell phone, a lighter, and enough oxygen to last 90 minutes (conveniently the length of an average feature film). Reynolds received kudos at Sundance for his intense performance as the increasingly desperate contractor.

[After the break, the international trailer awaits.]

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Sure Zach Galifianakis is a big star now — thanks to appearances in films like last year’s The Hangover — but it wasn’t always A-list parties for the funny man from North Carolina. Before he hit the bigtime. Galifianakis was a struggling comic who hosted a really hilarious and short lived show on VH1 entitled Late World with Zach.

Late World opened up with Galifianakis performing a monologue that sometimes included musical numbers. From there, the show went on to feature skits and musical guests. It was funny, but unfortunately it never got the chance to really catch on with audiences. Next thing you know, Zach was doing episodes of Tru Calling …

As proof of how funny the comedian could be, we found this old clip from Late World with Zach. In this one, Galifianakis performs his stand up monologue in front of a group of preschool children. He’s a little less beardy, but the comedy stylings are still the same. He has a genuine rapport with the kids, who clearly don’t understand half of what he’s saying, but do crack up when he makes a joke about pooping on a kid’s head. One of the funniest moments comes when he asks the pre-schoolers if they have any jokes for him. One kid comes up and simply says, “You’re poop,” to which Galifianakis responds with, “Guys, don’t work blue on me — let’s work it clean, okay?”

Check out the full clip after the jump.

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