Dreamgirls and Kinsey director Bill Condon is trying to get his Richard Pryor biopic (a word which is pronounced BYE-o-pick, not by-OP-ick, you jackasses), Richard Pryor: Is it Something I Said? made at Fox Searchlight. He’s reportedly looking for a budget of about $25 million. The bad news is, Eddie Murphy is attached to star.
Look, I know Eddie Murphy’s been talking about Richard Pryor in his act for 20 years-plus, and his Richard Pryor bit in Raw was pretty good, but he’s been cinematic AIDS for at least five years now. You really want to entrust a picture about someone as legendary as Richard Pryor to the guy who last made Meet Dave, and then pulled a no-show at the premiere? Wow, I sounded pretty earnest for a second there, didn’t I. Hey, so uh, Richard Pryor, that’s pretty much the same is Dick Pryor, isn’t it? Hee hee! Dick prier!
Believe it or not, WB is still planning to make a Green Lantern movie, to be directed by Martin Campbell (Casino Royale) and released on the eerily specific date of December 17, 2010. No lead has been announced, but LatinoReview’s infamous source “Anonymous” says they’ve previously looked at Ryan Gosling, Sam Worthington, and Emile Hirsch, but had problems with scheduling or disinterest. But now, reportedly, the producers “are looking at” Anton Yelchin, who plays Chekhov in the new Star Trek movie and the young Kyle Reese in McTerminator.
Kid’s a decent actor, but he’s as pasty and feminine as a toy poodle, so casting him as a superhero doesn’t seem like the best choice. On the other hand, this is the Green Lantern we’re talking here, a guy who gets his superpowers from a goddamned ring. “He was given the ring when Abin-Sur came to Earth to find someone who is ‘utterly honest and born without fear’ to take his place.” In other words, “I’ll give you this sweet ring and this spandex outfit, but you have to promise me you’re not scared. *moving hand up thigh* How ’bout now? It’s very important that you be utterly without fear…”
Also, if you’re looking for a pre-pubescent pretty boy to wear a ring, I hear the Jonas Brothers are available…
Q: What’s wrong with this picture? A: EVERYTHING.
After the jump is Jamie Foxx’s new music video for “Blame It (On The Alcohol),” which is basically the most generic (club song ever), but the video is (completely insane). It has cameos by Quincy Jones, Sam Jackson, Forrest Whitaker, *cough* Bill Bellamy, not to mention Ron Howard and Jake Gyllenhaal, both getting that appearance on BET their whole careers have been leading up to. Oh yeah, and did I mention the random shot of a dude in a panda suit? I think that’s Clint Howard in there, Ron usually makes him cover his face at parties. In related news, this officially marks Jamie Foxx’s complete transformation into Willie Beamen, his character from Any Given Sunday.
Paul Rudd was on Conan last night, which was apparently a re-run, to promote his not new movie Role Models. He introduces a scene from the movie, only to show a random clip from the 1988 kid-in-wheelchair-meets-alien classic, Mac & Me. Conan then pretends to act surprised because it’s important that people believe that none of Conan’s bits are in any way contrived. The point of all this is that it led us to another clip from Mac & Me (attached below) which is one of the most bizarre and amazing clips of all time. It includes:
Sweet Jesus the 80s were retarded.
So, slight disclaimer on this story: it contains little or no facts, and I’m only posting it only because I’m intrigued by the sheer obscurity of it. This is the email tip I got:
“Eric Stolhanske from Super Troopers for some odd reason is on a workout video. He appears as one of the workout demonstrators on a series called P90X. He is on the plyometrics disc of the videos and really does a good job. Not once do they say that he is in movies or is an actor. They just say that his name is Eric. Also, not only does he do a good job with the workout but the kicker is that he has a prosthetic leg!” [Editor's Note: "The kicker," get it? Cute.]
I can’t find any video of it online, but there have been discussions about the same topic here, here, here, here, and here, all on obscure websites or “workout blogs.” I’ve noticed the guy’s leg in his movies, nor does it say anything about it on his Wikipedia or IMDB bio. The next obvious explanation is that there’s just a guy in the P90 videos who looks like Eric Stolhanske. HOWEVER, it could be that the point of all this was to get us talking about a workout video no one had heard of before today (it’s going straight to the top! All on the strength of… some guy from Super Troopers!). SO, if this is some kind of publicity stunt for P90X… I say kudos, on easily the most bizarre, random, diabolical and esoteric publicity stunt ever orchestrated. This reminds me of that old Tae Bo video Cate Blanchett was in before she was famous. I hear there’s a labe shot at 12:54 if you pause it just right.
UPDATE: Someone just emailed me what he says are screencaps from the video which appear to verify the story. So, uh, maybe he has a prosthetic and likes to work out. Good for him.
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