Thursday, July 23
The Ugly Truth looks like the output of a movie factory: Put two of Hollywood's biggest stars (Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler) in a romantic comedy and set to "cute." Voila! $100M grosser!
"The ugly truth is that it's the ultimate chick-flick cliché."
— Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
"Even though the picture sputters and stumbles, it arrives at the ending that audiences crave."
— Stephen Farber, Hollywood Reporter
"...an arch, contrived, entirely predictable romantic comedy assembled with sufficient audience-friendly elements to put it over as both a good girls' night attraction and a date-night lure raunchy enough to leave couples in the right mood afterward."
— Todd McCarthy, Variety
Posted 7/23/2009 by reelz
Related: Gerard Butler | Katherine Heigl | The Ugly Truth
Sunday, November 18
Seth Rogen is the newest member to join Kevin Smith's fold. The star of Knocked Up and Superbad has been cast as the lead in Smith's upcoming comedy, Zack & Miri Make a Porno, opposite The 40-Year-Old Virgin costar Elizabeth Banks, as two friends who make a porn to alleviate debt and discover they have feelings for each other.
Rogen's Knocked Up costar Katherine Heigl also has a deal going this week. Heigl has signed to star in The Ugly Truth, a romantic comedy about a morning show producer who is tested by her chauvinistic correspondent's theories on love. Robert Luketic (Legally Blond, Monster-in-Law) will direct.
And finally Kristen Stewart will star in Twilight, a thriller/romance adapted from Stephanie Meyer's novel about a young girl's relationship with a mysterious classmate when she moves to a small town. Catherine Hardwicke (The Nativity Story) will direct.
Source: Variety.
Posted 11/18/2007 by reelz
Related: Kevin Smith | Catherine Hardwicke | Robert Luketic | Seth Rogen | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | Kristen Stewart | Twilight | Katherine Heigl | The Ugly Truth