Tuesday, February 3
The versatile comedian-actor-writer Steve Martin returns as Inspector Jacques Clouseau in The Pink Panther 2, for which he helped write the screenplay. This time around, the bumbling French detective sets his sights on a thief stealing the world's treasures.
Martin recently spoke about reprising the role. "The great thing about a lot of these scenes, like the karate scene, is the other people have to be really good." he said. "Like the two kids -- they had to go to practice.... I don't have to look professional. It's really fun to just go out there and sort of wing it with, what do they call that, nunchucks." Get more details about the Pink Panther's return in our interview with Steve Martin.
Posted 2/3/2009 by reelz
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Thursday, March 27
With the news that Elizabeth Banks will play Laura Bush in Oliver Stone's movie on President George W. Bush titled "W", we're looking into other ties between politics and movies. We have to admit that the following struck even us as odd.
According to the Economic Times of India, Pakistan's new Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani became a big fan of Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai while in prison.
Aishwarya, now Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, appears in Jodhaa Akbar and the upcoming Pink Panther 2 with John Cleese. It's not clear whether Gillani was forced to watch the Bollywood star or whether it was his choice. We're thinking it was the latter.
Next Showing: Pink Panther 2 is scheduled to hit theaters in 2009.
Posted 3/27/2008 by Richard
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Thursday, August 9
Mike Myers has created a new character for the silver screen, and this one doesn't wear velour leisure suits. The Love Guru will star Myers as a man who was left at an Indian ashram as a baby and then raised by gurus and must use his enlightenment to help a troubled couple, says Variety.
Jessica Alba (Fantastic Four,Sin City), Romany Malco (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Blades of Glory) and Verne Troyer (Austin Powers' Mini Me) will costar.
Variety is also reporting that the sequel to Steve Martin's 2006 The Pink Panther is under way. Pink Panther 2 will feature Martin again reprising his role as Clouseau. Jean Reno (The Da Vinci Code, Ronin) and Emily Mortimer (Match Point, Lovely & Amazing) will also return.
The script, which will be directed by Harald Zwart (Agent Cody Banks), has also attracted John Cleese (A Fish Called Wanda, Monty Python), Andy Garcia (When a Man Loves 
a Woman, Ocean's Thirteen) and Alfred Molina (Spider Man 2, Magnolia) to the cast. Pink Panther 2 will come out on February 13, 2009.
Finally, The Hollywood Reporter has more casting news on the still Untitled Adam Sandler/Anna Faris comedy about the outcast Playboy bunny who becomes house-mother to a lame sorority. Monet Mazur (40 Days and 40 Nights), Beverly D'Angelo (National Lampoon's Vacation), and Colin Hanks (Orange County) are all joining the cast.
Posted 8/9/2007 by reelz
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