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We Attended The Alamo Drafthouse ‘The Bad Batch’ Film Premier Event!

by AllieHanley

Writer/director Ana Lily Amirpour (A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night) debuted her new film Sunday at a truly eclectic event venue just outside of Austin, called Stunt Ranch. There was a lot to see and do including a Q & A with Amirpour, the film’s star Suki Waterhouse, and Alamo Drafthouse’s own Tim League hosting from a chair wearing pajama bottoms. He discussed his love for Amirpour while also apologizing for his attire and emotional state as he is in the middle of recovering from several broken ribs and other injuries from an accident.

In the spirit of “keeping Austin weird” the event was just more than your standard screening with a “Q and A” session as it also featured a vast pit barbecue, trapeze (yes you read that right), ax throwing, zip lining, jumping into a huge air filled cushion bag from 30 feet up, pictures in front of a flaming van, a pool, and even more. In true Alamo Drafthouse style the event was also simulcast to other theater venues across the US so movie goers who live outside of Austin could enjoy the wasteland film.

The film “The Bad Batch” stars Suki Waterhouse, as well as four other high profile, actors, Jason Mamoa (starring in Justice League as Aquaman), Keanu Reeves (John Wick), Giovanni Ribisi (Avatar) and as a total surprise Jim Carrey (Dumb and Dumber) who was in a role that made him barely recognizable. You have to wonder just how did this apocalyptic film featuring cannibalism, capture the attention and the participation from such well known actors into a genre film?

The story can be described as a high bred of “Escape from New York,” “The Hills Have Eyes,” and maybe even a bit of “Mad Max.” This wasteland tale takes place in the badlands of Texas, but think more golf cart rather than supped-up hot rod.

When people don’t conform they are tattooed with a number and the initials BB for “Bad Batch” and dropped off into a place that looks absolutely desolate. Waterhouse is captured within the first few minutes of the film and brought to a town called “The Bridge” where god awful things happen to her. You won’t be able to look away.

Meanwhile in another town not far from The Bridge is Comfort, where Reeves character, The Dream (that’s his name) has a harem of pregnant, automatic weapon carrying women, who act as his personal guards. He delivers a life inspiring speech about the dream… “We aren’t good. We are bad. We are the Bad Batch!” in typical Reeves style where the dialogue borders on corny but at the same time is exquisitely perfect. The town throws nightly raves featuring free acid tabs and pounding beats.

If this hasn’t sparked your interest then consider ten scantily clad muscle bound men lifting weights, an awesome acid trip featuring stunning images of the night sky, an adorable gray bunny, a human being butchered, and a resounding sound track that at times makes you want to stand up and dance.

At risk of spoiling it no more details will be provided except to say that “The Bad Batch” is absolutely riveting. Amirpour’s breathless and mesmerizing story-telling has made me a fan for life.  Amid a summer of rehashed tales and massive marketing campaigns for super hero films, I recommend stepping into something different. “The Bad Batch” won’t disappoint genre film lovers.

I want to see it again.

The film opens June 23.

This film premiered at Fantastic Fest last September.
Rating: R (for violence, language, some drug content and brief nudity)

 

  • Genre: Thiller, Horror, Genre
  • Directed By: Ana Lily Amirpour
  • Written By: Ana Lily Amirpour
  • In Theaters: Jun 23, 2017 limited
  • Runtime: 115 minutes
  • Studio: NEON

 

First Photos From Jim Carrey’s Upcoming Thriller ‘True Crimes’ Released

by Shane O'Hare

Jim Carrey’s serious films can be hit or miss, but when they hit we get amazing performances like The Truman Show. 

His upcoming thriller, True Crimes, is based off an article from the New Yorker printed in 2008 about a Polish author who wrote a book about a murder, and was tried for a very similar murder committed four years after publishing.

Principle filming began in Poland just a few weeks ago, and we got ourselves the first set photos. Carrey is looking pretty grizzled with that beard, and is rocking a very thin slender physique. Along side Carrey, the film stars Agata Kulesza, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Aki Kaurismäki, Kati Outinen, Zbigniew Zamachowski, and Marton Csokas.

Check out the photos below!

True Crimes is set to hit theaters sometime 2016!

Saint Mort’s Nostalgia Nightmare: Love at First Bite/Once Bitten Blu-Ray Review

by Saintmort

Welcome to Saint Mort’s Nostalgia Nightmare. Every week, Matthew “Saint Mort” Kelly will either review an upcoming release that he’s been sent or ramble about some of his horror favorites that you should revisit. This week, Matt reviews the upcoming Scream Factory release of the Love At First Bite/Once Bitten double feature Blu-Ray. Let’s begin!

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The first thing that I noticed about this particular Blu-Ray release is its lack of special features. Essentially, there aren’t any (aside from some vintage movie trailers or radio spots). It’s understandable given that it’s two movies on one disc and space is limited, but it didn’t stop me from feeling a little let down given how incredible Scream Factory’s special features usually are.

Prior to this release I’d never even heard of Love at First Bite so of course I started with that. I had no idea what I was getting myself into, but based on its title and its placement beside Once Bitten I assumed it was another teenage vampire movie. I was wrong.

The story follow Count Dracula (George Hamilton) after he has his castle repossessed and is forced to move to New York. He falls in love with famous model Cindy Sondheim (Susan Saint James) and begins to date her despite her crazy ex Dr. Jeffery Rosenberg (grandson of Van Helsing). The movie’s humor is just as wacky and irreverent as that description seems.

It’s a pretty unique twist on the Dracula mythology by flipping roles. The count is now our hopeless romantic hero and Van Helsing is the villain that we want to see fail. While I love that twist the film is still far perfect. That doesn’t mean that it doesn’t have some great comedic moments; I particularly enjoyed a reoccurring joke involving Rosenberg’s (Richard Benjamin) clueless attempts to expose Dracula which include (but are not limited to) shooting him with silver bullets and holding a Star of David to the vampire’s face.

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I’d also be doing a disservice to the movie to not praise the fantastic performance from Arte Johnson as Reinfeld. Moments like him cackling with glee while watching a movie about rats attacking a women or crying while watching a commercial for Raid are just the right level of absurdist comedy to make this an enjoyable experience.

I don’t know how frequently I’ll rewatch Love at First Bite, but I’m certainly glad Scream Factory gave me the ability to experience this movie for the first time. However I think the main reason many people will be getting this Blu-Ray is for the second feature the 80’s vampire/teen flick classic Once Bitten.

I remember hearing about Once Bitten back in 1993 just as Ace Ventura was making Jim Carrey a household name to kids my age who couldn’t watch In Living Color. It became a fairly regular feature film on Comedy Central. I’d always seen the film in its TV-edited version. Maybe it’s because of this that I don’t remember how much homophobic humor is in the movie.

I think there will be a ton of critics who point to these moments (specifically the ‘Fags in the Shower’ sequence) as a reason to dislike or avoid revisiting it. I’m not one of those critics. I was raised on movies like Porky’s, Revenge of the Nerds and Hollywood Knights. We as a society have come and a long way and that’s great… but I still find something super charming about the close minded 80’s teen humor and like it or not homophobia is a big part of that.

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Most people only really think about Once Bitten because it’s a pre-famous Jim Carrey vehicle, but there’s more to the movie than that. It’s basically American Pie with Vampires. In order to maintain her eternal beauty and vampire countess must drink the blood of a virgin. Cut to Mark Kendall (Jim Carrey) and his group of friends trying to get laid. Mark believes he’s struck a sexual goldmine with the seductive Countess but he begins having weird cravings, an inability to sleep and weird dreams. It’s up to his on and off girlfriend Robin Pierce to take his virginity before the Countess drains him of all is blood.

This movie is way funnier than I remembered it. I still am a firm believer that in general My Best Friend is a Vampire (released two years after Once Bitten) is the superior Vampire Teenage film, but it’s undeniable that Once Bitten is a classic for a reason.

After watching this double feature I immediately felt like there should be another double feature from Scream Factory of Rockula and My Best Friend is a Vampire. So if anyone from Scream Factory is reading you should get on that for Saint Mort. Thanks in advance!

Get your own copy of Love at First Bite/Once Bitten from Scream Factory. It’ll be released February 10th, but you can pre-order right now! Also released the same day is the double feature of Vampire’s Kiss/High Spirits (look out for more about this next release next week).

Matt Kelly is the host of The Saint Mort Show, the co-host of the Reddit Horror Club and the blogger behind Every Damn DVD. He has an unhealthy love for horror movies, wrestling and punk music and wants you to buy him something nice off his Amazon Wishlist because free stuff is always nice. We at Geekscape can not support giving Matt free stuff but you can do what you want with your money. But that money would be better spent buying stuff from Scream Factory for yourself.

Awesome ‘Dumb And Dumber To’ Posters Parody ‘Lucy’

by Derek Kraneveldt

Briefly: It’s hard to say how Dumb and Dumber To will turn out (though I did laugh a lot at that first trailer), but the film’s two new posters are downright hilarious.

One of this Summer’s most polarizing films was Luc Besson’s Lucy, an action-thriller about a woman who gains the ability to use her brain’s entire capacity, along with a bunch of bad-ass powers in the process. Here’s the film’s poster:

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Now, here are the latest posters for Dumb and Dumber To:

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That’s some damn good cross marketing, isn’t it? Dumb and Dumber To hits theatres on November 14th.

Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels reprise their signature roles as Lloyd and Harry in the sequel to the smash hit that took the physical comedy and kicked it in the nuts: Dumb and Dumber To.  The original film’s directors, Peter and Bobby Farrelly, take Lloyd and Harry on a road trip to find a child Harry never knew he had and the responsibility neither should ever, ever be given.

Here’s The First Official Image From ‘Dumb And Dumber To’

by Derek Kraneveldt

Briefly: It’s still hard to believe that a true sequel to Dumb and Dumber is coming after all these years (20 years, to be exact), but the release date of the film is fast approaching, and Universal Pictures has just debuted the first official still from the film.

It looks, well, dumb (which is a good thing, isn’t it?). Take a look at the image below, and let us know what you think! Dumb and Dumber To hits theatres on November 14th!

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Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels reprise their signature roles as Lloyd and Harry in the sequel to the smash hit that took the physical comedy and kicked it in the nuts: Dumb and Dumber To.  The original film’s directors, Peter and Bobby Farrelly, take Lloyd and Harry on a road trip to find a child Harry never knew he had and the responsibility neither should ever, ever be given.

‘Dumb And Dumber To’ Release Date Revealed!

by Derek Kraneveldt

Briefly: Universal Pictures has announced just when we’ll get to see the highly anticipated Dumb and Dumber To.

Jeff Daniels, Jim Carrey, and the Farelly brothers all return for the picture, which will hit theatres on November 14th, 2014. That’s just under a year away, which gives the team plenty of time to craft something as far away from Dumb and Dumberer as possible.

Are you looking forward to the film? Or is Dumb and Dumber a feature that should have never received a sequel? Sound out below!

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Take A First Look At Harry And LLoyd In ‘Dumb And Dumber To’

by Derek Kraneveldt

Briefly: The long awaited Dumb and Dumber To is now in production, and earlier today both Jeff Daniels and Jim Carrey took to twitter to give fans their first look at Harry and Lloyd.

Yep, they’re looking old.

But they’re also looking as dumb as ever, which is fantastic.

Take a look at the two photos below, and let us know what you think! Dumb and Dumber To is set to hit theatres next Summer.

New ‘Kick-Ass 2’ Poster Unveiled

by Derek Kraneveldt

Briefly: Less than one day after Jim Carrey renounced support for Kick-Ass 2, Universal has debuted a new poster for it.

Coincidentally enough, 25% of the image is filled with Carrey’s character, Colonel Stars and Stripes.

If the first film was any indication, Kick-Ass 2 should be an absolute blast. Take a look at the new poster below, and let us know what you think! Kick-Ass 2 hits theatres on August 16th!

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Kick-Ass, Hit Girl and Red Mist return for the follow-up to 2010’s irreverent global hit: Kick-Ass 2.  After Kick-Ass’ (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) insane bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders, led by the badass Colonel Stars and Stripes (Jim Carrey), our hero joins them on patrol.  When these amateur superheroes are hunted down by Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse)—reborn as The Mother F%&*^r—only the blade-wielding Hit Girl (Chloë Grace Moretz) can prevent their annihilation.

 

When we last saw junior assassin Hit Girl and young vigilante Kick-Ass, they were trying to live as normal teenagers Mindy and Dave. With graduation looming and uncertain what to do, Dave decides to start the world’s first superhero team with Mindy. Unfortunately, when Mindy is busted for sneaking out as Hit Girl, she’s forced to retire—leaving her to navigate the terrifying world of high-school mean girls on her own. With no one left to turn to, Dave joins forces with Justice Forever, run by a born-again ex-mobster named Colonel Stars and Stripes.

 

Just as they start to make a real difference on the streets,  the world’s first super villain, The Mother F%&*^r, assembles his own evil league and puts a plan in motion to make Kick-Ass and Hit Girl pay for what they did to his dad. But there’s only one problem with his scheme: If you mess with one member of Justice Forever, you mess with them all.

Jim Carrey Has Second Thoughts On ‘Kick-Ass 2’

by Derek Kraneveldt

Jim Carrey is no longer a fan of Kick-Ass.

The actor, who plays Colonel Stars and Stripes in Kick-Ass 2, has renounced support for the film after current events like the Sandy Hook shooting caused him to have a change of heart. Carrey took to twitter to share his thoughts:

 
Of course, Kick-Ass 2 won’t be changing because of this realization, but it likely means that Carrey won’t be doing any press for the film.

Kick-Ass creator Mark Millar later took to his blog and responded to Carrey’s remarks. Here’s the text in full:

First off, I love Jim Carrey. When producer Matthew Vaughn and director Jeff Wadlow called me up and suggested we do a conference call with him to talk about the sequel to the 2010 original I was genuinely excited. Like you, I love Eternal Sunshine, Man on the Moon and The Truman Show. Carrey is an actor like no other, an unpredictable force of nature who brings a layered warmth and humanity to his work as well as that unstoppable energy he’s always been renowned for. He had lunch with Matthew around the time of the first movie and dug it so much he appeared that night on Conan O’Brien DRESSED as Kick-Ass, singing a duet with Conan dressed as Superman. Vaughn and I made a mental note to work with this guy as soon as possible as we’re both huge admirers.
 
Cut to almost three years later and I’m sitting in a screening room in London watching what I think is one of Carrey’s best-ever performances. I’d seen Kick-Ass 2 in many forms, but this was the absolute final cut complete with opening titles, music and a terrific post-credit sequence you’re all going to love. I couldn’t be happier with this picture. It’s as good as the original and in many ways BIGGER as it expands upon the universe and really takes things to the next level. There are a lot of stand-outs in the sequel, every actor really firing on full cylinders and an amazing script that moves like a rocket. But Carrey in particular is magnificent. He’s never done anything like this before and even from the trailer, with his masked dog sidekick specially trained to munch criminal balls, you can see that something really fun and special is happening here. Colonel Stars and Stripes is so charismatic and all his scenes are up there with Nic Cage’s amazing turn as Big Daddy in the original… which made it all the more surprising when Jim announced tonight that the gun-violence in Kick-Ass 2 has made him withdraw his support from the picture.
 
As you may know, Jim is a passionate advocate of gun-control and I respect both his politics and his opinion, but I’m baffled by this sudden announcement as nothing seen in this picture wasn’t in the screenplay eighteen months ago. Yes, the body-count is very high, but a movie called Kick-Ass 2 really has to do what it says on the tin. A sequel to the picture that gave us HIT-GIRL was always going to have some blood on the floor and this should have been no shock to a guy who enjoyed the first movie so much. My books are very hardcore, but the movies are adapted for a more mainstream audience and if you loved the tone of the first picture you’re going to eat this up with a big, giant spoon. Like Jim, I’m horrified by real-life violence (even though I’m Scottish), but Kick-Ass 2 isn’t a documentary. No actors were harmed in the making of this production! This is fiction and like Tarantino and Peckinpah, Scorcese and Eastwood, John Boorman, Oliver Stone and Chan-Wook Park, Kick-Ass avoids the usual bloodless body-count of most big summer pictures and focuses instead of the CONSEQUENCES of violence, whether it’s the ramifications for friends and family or, as we saw in the first movie, Kick-Ass spending six months in hospital after his first street altercation. Ironically, Jim’s character in Kick-Ass 2 is a Born-Again Christian and the big deal we made of the fact that he refuses to fire a gun is something he told us attracted him to the role in the first place.
 
Ultimately, this is his decision, but I’ve never quite bought the notion that violence in fiction leads to violence in real-life any more than Harry Potter casting a spell creates more Boy Wizards in real-life. Our job as storytellers is to entertain and our toolbox can’t be sabotaged by curtailing the use of guns in an action-movie. Imagine a John Wayne picture where he wasn’t packing or a Rocky movie where Stallone wasn’t punching someone repeatedly in the face. Our audience is smart enough to know they’re all pretending and we should instead just sit back and enjoy the serotonin release of seeing bad guys meeting bad ends as much as we enjoyed seeing the Death Star exploding. The action in Kick-Ass 2 is like nothing you’ve ever seen before. The humour, the characters, the heart and the set-pieces are all things we’re very proud of and the only warning I’d really include is that it’s almost TOO EXCITING. Kick-Ass 2 is fictional fun so let’s focus our ire instead of the real-life violence going on in the world like the war in Afghanistan, the alarming tension in Syria right now and the fact that Superman just snapped a guy’s fucking neck.
 
Jim, I love ya and I hope you reconsider for all the above points. You’re amazing in this insanely fun picture and I’m very proud of what Jeff, Matthew and all the team have done here.
 
Love and Peace,
 
Mark Millar

@mrmarkmillar

What do you think of the situation? What about Millar’s response? Will this change how you watch Kick-Ass 2?

‘The Incredible Burt Wonderstone’ Gets A New Trailer!

by Derek Kraneveldt

With just one more week until we’ll get a chance to see The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, Warner Bros. has just released a final trailer to excite us.

 

The film’s huge, star-studded cast includes Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi, Jim Carrey, James Gandolfini, Alan Arkin, Olivia Wilde, and plenty of others. From everything we’ve seen so far, it looks like we’re in for a fantastic time with this one.

 

Watch the new trailer below, let us know what you think, and keep an eye out for our SXSW review of the film in the upcoming days!

 

 

Superstar magicians Burt Wonderstone (Steve Carell) and Anton Marvelton (Steve Buscemi) have ruled the Las Vegas strip for years, raking in millions with illusions as big as Burt’s growing ego. But lately the duo’s greatest deception is their public friendship, while secretly they’ve grown to loathe each other. Facing cutthroat competition from guerilla street magician Steve Gray (Jim Carrey), whose cult following surges with each outrageous stunt, even their show looks stale. But there’s still a chance Burt and Anton can save the act—both onstage and off—if Burt can get back in touch with what made him love magic in the first place.

Geekscape Jokes With ‘Movie 43’s Peter Farrelly!

by Jonathan

Peter Farrelly is a comedy legend. He and his brother Bobby brought us ‘Dumb and Dumber’, ‘There’s Something About Mary’, ‘Kingpin’ and a ton of other modern comedy classics. In this mini-sode, I got a chance to talk to Peter about his upcoming ‘Movie 43’ and how they put together the star studded cast. Also, we talk about the sequel to ‘Dumb and Dumber’ and I reveal to Peter what a major influence he has been in my life! Enjoy!

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Kick-Ass Meets Colonel Stars In The First Official ‘Kick-Ass 2’ Still!

by Derek Kraneveldt

Sure, you’ve already seen plenty of  sneaky set photos and candid video from the shoot of Kick-Ass 2. Does that make this shot any less cool? I don’t think so!

 

Via the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, the first official still image from the film has been revealed. It features our titular hero (fashionably portrayed by the lovely Aaron Johnson), chatting it up with ex-mafia-cum-vigilante Colonel Stars.

 

Check out the image below, and lets us know what you think! Kick-Ass 2 hits theatres on June 28th.

 

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Kick-Ass, Hit Girl and Red Mist return for the follow-up to 2010’s irreverent global hit: Kick-Ass 2. After Kick-Ass’ (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) insane bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders, led by the badass Colonel Stars and Stripes (Jim Carrey), our hero joins them on patrol. When these amateur superheroes are hunted down by Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse)—reborn as The Mother F%&*^r—only the blade-wielding Hit Girl (Chloe Grace Moretz) can prevent their annihilation. When we last saw junior assassin Hit Girl and young vigilante Kick-Ass, they were trying to live as normal teenagers Mindy and Dave. With graduation looming and uncertain what to do, Dave decides to start the world’s first superhero team with Mindy.

Unfortunately, when Mindy is busted for sneaking out as Hit Girl, she’s forced to retire—leaving her to navigate the terrifying world of high-school mean girls on her own. With no one left to turn to, Dave joins forces with Justice Forever, run by a born-again ex-mobster named Colonel Stars and Stripes. Just as they start to make a real difference on the streets, the world’s first super villain, The Mother F%&*^r, assembles his own evil league and puts a plan in motion to make Kick-Ass and Hit Girl pay for what they did to his dad. But there’s only one problem with his scheme: If you mess with one member of Justice Forever, you mess with them all.

Behold The Trailer For ‘The Incredible Burt Wonderstone’!

by Derek Kraneveldt

Well, December 21st is half over, and it appears as though we’re all still here. I guess it’s time to get back to work (sorry Roland Emmerich).

It’s been a good 24 hours for comedy trailers; Last night we showed you the incredibly funny first teaser for This is the End, and now Warner Bros. has treated us to this magical preview.

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone stars Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi, Jim Carrey, Alan Arkin, Olivia Wilde, Jame Gandolfini, and more. That sounds like a pretty incredible cast to me. It’s also about magicians, and one of them (Carrey), plays the Chris Angel douchbag type. I can’t wait to see more of that!

Check out the trailer below, and let us know what you think! The Incredible Burt Wonderstone will hit theatres on March 15th, 2012!

Superstar magicians Burt Wonderstone (Steve Carell) and Anton Marvelton (Steve Buscemi) have ruled the Las Vegas strip for years, raking in millions with illusions as big as Burt’s growing ego. But lately the duo’s greatest deception is their public friendship, while secretly they’ve grown to loathe each other. Facing cutthroat competition from guerilla street magician Steve Gray (Jim Carrey), whose cult following surges with each outrageous stunt, even their show looks stale. But there’s still a chance Burt and Anton can save the act—both onstage and off—if Burt can get back in touch with what made him love magic in the first place.

Jim Carrey Officially Announced As Colonel Stars In ‘KICK-ASS 2’

by Shawn Madden

Earlier this week we reported that Mark Millar had indirectly confirmed via Twitter that Jim Carrey would be joining the cast of Jeff Wadlow’s KICK-ASS 2. Well, now Deadline has confirmed that Carrey has indeed accepted the role for the much anticipated follow up to Matthew Vaughn’s KICK-ASS.

Carrey is a major fan of the first film and even went as far as dressing up like the title character and singing a duet with Conan O’Brien. Are you shocked that he would take this role? I’m definitely not. With an ever growing and definitely impressive cast…this one just may surpass the first film.

Mark Millar commented on Carrey’s being involved via a blog post:

Nic is really good friends with Jim Carrey and it’s well known to everyone that Jim loved the first movie. In fact, I think he had lunch with Vaughn the day before that Conan O’Brien kick-Ass/ Superman duet you can see in the link. So we’ve been talking very informally about this for a little over two years now. We didn’t quite know what Jim was going to be doing in the sequel, but the entire team loves him to bits and I’ve been a fan since I first saw him. I remember reading an interview with Spielberg, a great one back in Empire for a JAws anniversary, where he was saying that Jim would be his choice for Chief Brodie were he shooting Jaws now. He said he could see the brilliant dramatic range Jim had as well as the comedy people knew him for at that time. For all these reasons, combined with the conversation we had with him on the phone, I’m so genuinely excited about this. I can’t wait to see what he does once the cameras are on.

Millar also revealed there is still one big cast announcement we should be ready for:

The movie runs from Hit-Girl #1 to Kick-Ass 2 #7 and fans of the comic will know that the part of Uncle Ralphie is still to be announced. He’s the big bad from the Hit-Girl series and you, my friends, are in for a treat.

Kick-Ass 2 hits theaters June 28, 2013.

Mark Millar Confirms Jim Carrey As Colonel Stars In ‘KICK-ASS 2’

by Shawn Madden

Well, it looks like earlier reports that Jim Carrey would be joining the cast of KICK-ASS 2 just may be true. Earlier tonight Mark Millar and Jeff Wadlow had an interesting little back and forth on Twitter revealing that the role of Colonel Stars had been filled that included some very interesting references.

With obvious references to both The Mask and Ace Ventura it appears that Carrey is indeed on board to play Colonel Stars in KICK-ASS 2. When fans asked Millar directly he would not confirm but it’s pretty damn obvious here what actor they’re referring to.

If you’re unfamiliar with the character that Carrey will be playing, Colonel Stars is an ex-thug and born again Christian who sets up Justice Forever, a superhero team that Kick-Ass joins early on in the second volume. The characters dog plays a large role in the comic but we won’t spoil that one for you.

Kick-Ass 2 hits theaters June 28, 2013.

Jim Carrey In Talks To Join Cast Of ‘KICK-ASS 2’!

by Shawn Madden

This is definitely not the news I expected to be reporting today but I am glad that I am. Deadline reports that Jim Carrey is in talks with Universal to join the cast of Jeff Wadlow’s Kick-Ass 2. They have apparently offered the actor the role of ‘The Colonel’.

The character is called The Colonel, and he helps galvanize the team of misfit super heroes assembled to fight evil.

If you haven’t read the comic series I will let you know that it’s safe to assume that they are referring to ‘Colonel Stars’. This character is an ex-Mafia member turned vigilante who forms “Justice Forever”  with his brother ‘Lieutenant Stripes’. I am kind of wondering if we will get the scene where The Colonel allows his dog to eat the gentials of a bad guy or they’ll cut that one out. While no deal has been made yet I think I should point out that Carrey was a huge fan of Vaughn’s original KICK-ASS film and even appeared on Conan O’Brien in a Kick-Ass costume. I think this would be a great addition to an already pretty damn impressively funny cast. So, fingers crossed that he takes the deal here.

Guilty Pleasures: The Incredible Mr. Limpet

by Saintmort

There is no actor left quite like Don Knotts. Where most actors are willing to occasionally play the lovable wimp in a film or two, Don Knotts dedicated his entire career to it. The Incredible Mr. Limpet was my first introduction to this creative and unique comedic mind. Much like Captain America, the film tells the story of a weakling who wants to help his country in the war. The difference is Steve Rogers became a strong super solider and Mr. Limpet became a talking fish.

During the war Henry Limpet wants to join the navy and fight for his country but his eyesight and weak body disqualifies him. The only thing Henry loves more than his country is fish. Henry has hundreds of pet fish which drives his wife Bessie crazy and his friend George thinks is just plain weird.

One day when he’s feeling at his worse he stares into the lake and wishing he was a fish. Suddenly he falls in the water and is transformed… for no explainable reason. There wasn’t toxic waste, or blue fairy… just Limpet’s heart’s desire.

The US navy quickly decides that a talking and patriotic fish is exactly what they need to stop the nazis.

Limpet falls in love with a female fish (creatively named Lady-Fish) and we can only assume Fish sex occurs in the future. This is a weird aspect of semi-beastality, but that’s not unseen for this movie. The film makes quite a few logic leaps and is constantly just barely scraping the belly of being entertaining or interesting.

I think if you were reading this it’s easy for you to assume that I hate this movie, but I don’t. I’m sure nostalgia is part of it there’s something charming about the sincerity to the ridiculousness of the movie. Sure there’s plenty of goofy double takes throughout but there’s also straight faced discussions of the importance of this fish’s contribution to the war. Regardless of the film’s faults it remains a nostalgic favorite of mine and apparently for many others as well.

Since the 90’s they considered remaking it. The first attempt had Jim Carrey in mind (which is as good of a casting choice as you could hope for you). That film never happened but it recently was discussed as Zach Galifianakis vehicle (which seems more like a joke than a sincere casting decision) although with Kevin Lima (A Goofy Movie) directing it might have been decent. Both Lima and Galifianakis dropped out and now it’s currently being discussed with Richard Linklater as the director which makes absolutely no sense.

Despite it’s very average 50% rating on rotten tomatoes the film helped to launch Don Knotts’ career from a TV star to a movie star. It also lead to him acting in far superior films including my personal favorite Knotts film The Ghost & Mr. Chicken.

The Incredible Mr. Limpet is currently on Instant Watch, go rediscover it!

 

When Matt Kelly isn’t defending animated fish comedies of the 60’s he’s blogging, tweeting and producing his podcast the Saint Mort Show (check out this week’s episode with Joe Whiteford and Chad Neidt)