Marlon Wayans In Talks To Star In Richard Pryor Biopic

According to MTV‘s movie blog, Marlon Wayans is in talks to star in the upcoming biopic Richard Pryor: Is It Something I Said? as the late comedian. The film being developed by Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison label at Sony, was rumored earlier this year to have Eddie Murphy in the lead role, reuniting him with director Bill Condon who worked with the star on Dreamgirls. Murphy however is out, and it looks like Wayans, best known for slapstick humor roles with his brother Shawn, may be in.

Trailer: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (Domestic)

It has been nearly two months since we first got the international trailer for The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, but now, thanks to Yahoo!, we now have a domestic trailer for the film. If I had to make complaints, it would be that the run-time is still pretty short for a theatrical trailer (it only runs 1:43), and it doesn’t include anything truly different from the international edition (despite being ten seconds longer).

Problems aside, the film still looks incredible and Christmas Day cannot come soon enough, even if it is in limited release. Check out the trailer after the jump.

New Line Is Going On ‘Vacation’

New Line, now that it is a branch of Warner Bros. is putting a sequel to National Lampoon’s Vacation series into development. National Lampoon, focusing on direct-to-DVD college features of late, is not attached at this point. New Line has a story already and is working with writers to come up with the screen play.

Will There Be A Zombieland Sequel?

Walking out of the theater for Zombieland, the first question that came to mind was, “is there going be a sequel?” By the end of the film, all of the elements needed for a sequel were set up, but there is no current plan for another film. Or is there?

Watch It! (SPECIAL EDITION) Read It!: On Comedy’s Flying Trapeze

For the past 40 (yes, 40) years, Monty Python has been making us laugh. Watching Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Life of Brian, The Meaning of Life, or Flying Circus it is hard to imagine anyone doing anything less than rolling on the floor in a fit of giggles.

To celebrate the anniversary of the British comedy troupe, Charles McGrath of the New York Times has written an article looking back on the groups history and where they are now (did you know that Michael Palin makes travel documentaries now?) The article is long but worth the read for anyone who has even chuckled at Python’s antics. Hit the jump for the link.

Trailer: The Messenger

One of the biggest hits of this year’s Sundance Film Festival and a double winner at the Berlin Film Festival, The Messenger stars Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster as soldiers assigned to inform the next of kin that their loved one died while fighting overseas (can you think of a worse job?). The trailer is without a doubt one of the best that I have seen this year, most notably because of the Willie Nelson cover of “Amazing Grace,” which could get tears out of Anton Chigurh. Major props must be given to Woody Harrelson, who somehow managed to pull off this role and then dress up in a snake-skin jacket to kill zombies. The film is scheduled to have a limited release in November and you can see the trailer after the jump.

Cast Announced For Rodriguez’s Predators

Last week it was a complete mystery who would star in Robert Rodriguez’s reboot of the Predator franchise, Predators, directed by Nimrod Antal. In an interview, Trejo confirmed that he was involved with the project and details about the plot came out after the script was read by the bloggers over at Latino Review. Now, in a flurry, six new cast members have been added to the project, most likely being the group that is being hunted on the Predator homeworld.