08.13.09 ED HELMS IS… LARRY THE CABLE GUY?
Disliking Ed Helms is almost as hard as disliking Ryan Gosling or Paul Rudd. Which is to say, nearly impossible. But if I put his nice-guy attitude and adorable a cappella singing aside, I have to admit that the latest project to which he’s signed on sounds a lot like a Larry the Cable Guy or Martin Lawrence vehicle. Ruh roh! (*paws over eyes*)
Universal Pictures has acquired the spec script “Central Intelligence” as a star vehicle for Ed Helms. Ike Barinholtz [a MadTV and Seltzer-Friedberg actor] and Dave Stassen’s script revolves around an accountant who’s thrown into the world of international espionage after reconnecting with an old friend through Facebook. [Variety]
My, can you imagine the hijinks that would ensue if a fast-talking black man dull-witted redneck GOOFY, MILD-MANNERED ACCOUNTANT were suddenly thrown into the HIGH STAKES world of COUNTER INTELLIGENCE? This summer, ED HELMS is one fish, waaay out of water! (*air guitar*) (*fart sound*)
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ED HELMS IS… LARRY THE CABLE GUY?
Man who work with numbers all day already have counter intelligence.
See, this is why you kill your friends when you’re done with them. Then they can’t get you into any crazy hijinks.
GOOFY, MILD-MANNERED ACCOUNTANT
And no “Feklahr” tag? }}:>(
If it were a Larry the Cable guy movie, it would be rewritten to where he was thrown into a world of pig smuggling after he answers an ad on Craigslist.
If Helms speaks Klingon even once in this movie, Universal better be ready for a defermation suit enema!!!
Andy Richter is suing for defremation of his character.
I’d rather Pauly Shore as a fish out of water. He’d make funnier noises when you whacked his head against the side of the boat.
thrown into the world of international espionage after reconnecting with an old friend through Facebook.
Alternate title: The Spy Who Poked Me.
If Ryan Gosling were starring, his online connection would have come through LiveJournal.
FEK’LHR!!!
@RyanGosling: get out of the house, ninja assassins coming your way :(
You rang?
Ryan will be safe. He knows hug-fu.
The Occidental Spy
Hey, if this accountant is worth his salt, not only should he have about a metric tonne of useless reports he can drop on the spies, but he can fend them off with his lightsaber pens as well!!!
GRRR….ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AGING REPORTS!!!
I always figured a Larry the Cable Guy vehicle would sound like a diesel.
If Facebook is going to get me into anything, it’s going to be in trouble at work.
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