Monday, August 18

• From Limp Bizkit to...The Longshots?
  

  Instances of artists finding success in both music and film are increasingly common these days, but few are as baffling as the case of Fred Durst. Best-known as the endlessly annoying frontman of Limp Bizkit, the '90s "nu metal" band whose hits include the head-banging frat-house anthem "Nookie," Durst has somehow successfully transitioned to a career as a Hollywood director. His first studio effort, The Longshots, an inspirational drama about the first girl ever to play Pop Warner football, debuts this Friday.
  

  That's right -- the one-time rocker whose on-stage shtick included climbing out of a giant toilet during performances is now directing family flicks. Perhaps not coincidentally, the film stars another crossover artist and one-time badboy, Ice Cube.

  What do the critics (or "haters," as they're known in the rap-rock parlance) think of Durst's studio debut? Hard to tell -- it appears that The Longshots wasn't screened for critics.

  
  

  Posted 08/18/2008 by reelz

  Related: Ice Cube | Fred Durst | The Longshots

Tuesday, March 27

• Cube Comments on David O. Russell's Huckabees Clip

  With footage of David O. Russell's monumental freakout on the set of I Heart Huckabees all the rage on Youtube, Ice Cube, who worked with Russell on Three Kings, had his own take on the mercurial director:

  "David is a dude who knows what he wants and you'd better give it to him," said Cube. "He loves to give direction while you shootin' a scene. He'll tell you, 'Put the glass down! Now pick it up again! All right, continue!' I mean, the camera's rollin'. You're like, ok. 'No no no! With the other hand!' You're like, ok. 'No no wait! Hold on! Pick it up!' He likes to keep the camera rollin' and show you f*cking up the whole time, tryin' to get it right. And I guess by the thirtieth, fortieth day, enough is enough."

  Cube noted that Russell never screamed at him -- proof that Russell might be crazy, but he's not stupid.

  
  

  Posted 03/27/2007 by reelz

  Related: Ice Cube | David O. Russell | Three Kings | I Heart Huckabees

Monday, March 26

• Cube Takes on Kotter

  At this weekend's press day for his new flick Are We Done Yet, Ice Cube talked about one of his upcoming projects:

  "I'm gonna do a version of Welcome Back, Kotter. We're taking the name, we're taking the concept of the 'sweathogs' and a bunch of kids nobody wants to teach and seeing them for their intelligence and things they do have to offer. We're taking that kind of feel and tailor-making it for me," said Cube, who described the project as a "dramedy. If you look at Welcome Back, Kotter, it was a lot of real social commentary in with the jokes. So we gonna do that too."

  The entire world wide web waits with giddy anticipation for casting news regarding the highly coveted role of Vinnie Barbarino. We'll keep you posted.

  
  
  

  Are We Done Yet? Trailer

  Ice Cube returns in the follow up to Are We There Yet?

  Posted 03/26/2007 by reelz

  Related: Ice Cube | Are We Done Yet?