Tuesday, January 29

• Yes Man set visit pix!

  As promised, we have some exclusive pictures from our visit to the set of Jim Carrey's new comedy, Yes Man, yesterday--including the man himself in all his post-bungee bliss.

  Check out our Yes Man photo gallery here. And make sure to check back later for our video of the visit!

  
  

  Posted 01/29/2008 by Heather

  Jim Carrey | Yes Man

Monday, January 28

• Jim Carrey does bungee jumping stunt

  ReelzChannel.com just got back from a visit to the set of the new Jim Carrey comedy, Yes Man, where we got to witness the man himself jump off a bridge in Pasadena doing his own bungee jumping stunt!

  For the full dish on what it was like, click here. And make sure to check back later for exclusive pictures and video from the stunt!

  
  
  Next Showing: Yes Man comes out Dec 19, 2008

  Posted 01/28/2008 by Heather

  Jim Carrey | Yes Man

Saturday, November 17

• A glimpse of Christmas future

  With their 3-D dazzler Beowulf debuting in theaters this weekend, director Robert Zemeckis and his team of visual effects wizards are already at work on their next CGI "performance capture" flick, A Christmas Carol, with Jim Carrey set to star as history's most notorious miser, Ebenezer Scrooge.

  At the recent Beowulf press day, Zemeckis' producer Steve Starkey described the look of their take on Charles Dickens classic as "very much like (Joseph Mallord William) Turner's paintings from the middle of the 19th century. That's what London's gonna look like -- and it's really quite beautiful...we can rebuild London from historical references and actually create the exact London of the time that Scrooge is walking through."

  "Tom Hanks is not attached," Starkey replied when asked about the rumors that Hanks had been cast in the role of Bob Cratchit.

  
  
  Next Showing: A Christmas Carol opens November 6, 2007.

  Posted 11/17/2007 by Thomas

  Robert Zemeckis | Steve Starkey | Tom Hanks | Jim Carrey | Beowulf | Beowulf 3D | A Christmas Carol

Wednesday, July 25

• Acting dealz: Watts, Carrey, and Craig - Oh my!

  Hardworking actors Naomi Watts, Jim Carrey and Daniel Craig just seem to love their jobs.

  Watts, who announced just two weeks ago her plans to star in The International with Clive Owen, may have just added another movie to her impending postpartum schedule. The Courier-Mail (Australia) reports that Liev Schrieber's baby momma has signed on to play baddie Narcissa Malfoy (mother of Draco and wife of Death Eater, Lucius) in the next film installment of the Harry Potter saga--Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince--along with other Potter newcomers Joseph Fiennes and Stuart Townsend.

  But MTV reports that the reps for all three are denying that this is the case. We'll keep you posted!

  ...As we reported earlier, Jim Carrey has made his plans to star in Yes Man official, says Variety. The comedy about a man who decides to say yes to every opportunity that presents itself is based on a memoir by British author Danny Wallace. Carrey plans film it next year after he wraps on A Christmas Carol...

  ...Hunky Brit Daniel Craig has signed on to reprise his roles as James Bond two more times. The first blond Bond will receive $26 million for filming James Bond 22 and 23, making him the highest paid actor in the UK, says The Guardian (London). The as-yet untitled 22nd James Bond movie begins shooting this winter.

  
  

  Posted 07/25/2007 by Heather

  Daniel Craig | Naomi Watts | Jim Carrey | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | James Bond 23 | Quantum of Solace | Yes Man

Friday, July 13

• Funnies and bunnies

  MTV News is reporting that Harry Potter producer David Heyman revealed plans to do Yes Man, another new movie with Jim Carrey. Peyton Reed (The Break-Up) will be directing, says The Hollywood Reporter.

  The comedy, based  on a memoir by Danny Wallace, will be about a down-and-out guy who decides to turn his life around by saying 'Yes' to everything. It will be a return to old-school Carrey humor, says Heyman. This is in addition to the FIVE other projects Carrey has on the horizon.

  MTV is also reporting that several female stars  have been added to the roster of the yet-to-be-named upcoming Adam Sandler comedy about a Playboy bunny who gets kicked out of Hef's mansion and has to move into an uncool UCLA sorority. Sandler et al. just added American Idol loser Katherine McPhee and Bruce Willis' and Demi Moore's daughter Rumer Willis to the cast. McPhee will play a "pregnant hippie" and the young Willis will play a "sorority loser."

  And speaking of the great robed one, The Guardian is reporting that Leonardo DiCaprio is in talks to star in a Hugh Heffner biopic. The drama, entitled Playboy, will be directed by Brett Ratner (X-Men: The Last Stand).

  DiCaprio must be a fan of playing guys with 'Hugh' somewhere in their name.

  
  

  Posted 07/13/2007 by Heather

  Adam Sandler | Anna Faris | Brett Ratner | David Heyman | Leonardo DiCaprio | Rumer Willis | Jim Carrey | Playboy | Yes Man | I Know What Boys Like

Friday, July 6

• Jim Carrey loves to hate Christmas

  Jim Carrey has just signed to star as Ebenezer Scrooge--as well as the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future--in a Robert Zemeckis written/directed version of A Christmas Carol, reports Variety.. The elastic-faced comedian appears to have a penchant for playing Christmas-hating characters, as anyone who saw him in Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas will realize. Perhaps some unresolved issues from his childhood?

  The movie, which will be produced by Jack Rapke, Steve Starkey, and Zemeckis under their ImageMovers company, will be made with "performance capture/Disney digital 3-D" animation combined with live action and computer graphics. Zemeckis wrote the script specifically for Carrey, so it's a good thing he said yes.

  Bob Hoskins is also reported to be in the movie, as he let slip to the press, although no deals have been officially confirmed as yet.

  Some quick stats:

  Number of movies (silent, TV, animated, theatrical, etc.) named A Christmas Carol  - 28. This does not include 1988's fabulous Scrooged.

  Number of upcoming projects to which Carrey is attached: 5. (Robert Ripley in Tim Burton's Ripley's Believe it Or Not!; a gay prison escapee in I Love You Phillip Morris [from the Bad Santa team]; a 'reluctant nursemaid' in Me Time, and starring in comedies A Christmas Carol and Sober Buddies.)

  What's 28 minus 5? The Number 23 - Jim Carrey's last movie. Coincidence? We think not.

  
  

  Posted 07/06/2007 by Heather

  Bob Hoskins | Robert Zemeckis | Jim Carrey | Ripley's Believe it or Not! | Sober Buddies | Me Time | I Love You Phillip Morris | A Christmas Carol