The poster hit the other day, and now there’s a full trailer for Jeff Who Lives at Home, a Duplass Brothers comedy (Cyrus, The Puffy Chair) starring Ed Helms and Jason Segel, the two most likable dudes around outside of Paul Rudd and Sam Rockwell. Segel plays the titular Jeff, who lives at home in his mom’s basement like a blogger stereotype (I’ll admit, my hair does look almost exactly like that), and Helms plays his brother, whose wife (Judy Greer) is cheating on him (hence all hedge-hiding).
"Hurry! Back to the repetitive joke machine!"
In case The Hangover 2 left you with nagging questions like, “Why does Justin Bartha get the short end of the stick each time?” or “Were there any jokes they didn’t repeat from the first Hangover?” then you are in luck. Warner Bros. is sticking its debit card in the Todd Phillips ATM one more time, because the studio is currently in negotiations with Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis for a third installment of the Wolfpack franchise.
And it looks like the three best friends are about to get paid.
Sources close to the negotiations say Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis and Ed Helms are asking for $15 million each (against backend) to reprise their roles, and they now are likely to get it.
That’s a big raise from 2009’s The Hangover, which was made for about $35 million and paid the headliners under $1 million each (Cooper made the most because he had the biggest name recognition at the time). When the R-rated bachelor-party comedy unexpectedly grossed $467 million worldwide, the studio found itself without talent deals for a sequel. Negotiations were heated for The Hangover Part II, released last May, with the three principals each scoring around $5 million, according to a source, plus back-end compensation that raised their haul into the mid-teens (and counting) when the movie grossed $581 million worldwide. (Via The Hollywood Reporter)
First of all, good for them. They deserve to be paid A-list money for a third installment because as you just read, The Hangover movies are cash cows. But let’s not kid ourselves, the only positive outcome of The Hangover 3 is their payday. So let me save Phillips and Co. a little time and make a few bold predictions…
"I'll f*ck you and your dog until you love me, Dr. Fagg*t."
Three weeks ago, the man who gave Mike Tyson his infamous, er, iconic face tattoo had filed suit against the producers of The Hangover II, asking for an injunction to stop the film’s release, scheduled for this Thursday. The original complaint read in part:
“When Mr. [S. Victor] Whitmill created the Original Tattoo, Mr Tyson agreed that Mr. Whitmill would own the artwork and thus, the copyright in the Original Tattoo,” argues the complaint. “Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. — without attempting to contact Mr. Whitmill, obtain his permission, or credit his creation — has copied Mr. Whitmill’s Original Tattoo and placed it on the face of another actor … This unauthorized exploitation of the Original Tattoo constitutes copyright infringement.”
Now you’ll never believe this next part, but it seems a multi-billion dollar corporation can afford better lawyers than a guy who makes his living giving tribal face tattoos.
A St. Louis judge just ruled against Mike Tyson’s tattoo artist’s request for an injunction, allowing The Hangover 2 to be released as scheduled on Thursday. [Deadline]
The case, however, isn’t over, this just means the judge won’t block the release. (If they resolved these things quickly, the lawyers couldn’t get paid so much). Whitmill is still asking for $30 million in damages, and the judge even said he had a “strong likelihood of ultimately succeeding.”
Bros! If we don’t clean up all these pumpkins by sundown, my big bro Steve is going to make me Edward 40 Hands till I hose! Katie from Chi O (not blow job Katie) said it was those SigEp assh*les! After we get this cleaned up, let’s power hour at the Kappa pig roast, then head over to Eagle Rock while those f*gs are at the Sigma Kattle date auction! Taco! Fitzy! Bed Pan! Beaner! You guys pick up the pig from Spoogie’s uncle’s! Panda! Taint! Dozer! Asian Steve! Help me rally the troops! Get the key to the med lab from Manson! Tell Burger to borrow his mom’s wagon to haul the cadavers! NO LETTERS! If you get rolled, tell the Po-Po you’re the state lacrosse team! (Haha, remember when Black Steve got arrested for getting a handy from that Asian Zeta slut on the hayride and then the cop shot him? F*cking rad, bro.) Tex! Tell the pledges they’re on banner watch tonight! T-Bone spent six hours spray painting the ponchos for the Cinco De Marcho party this Friday, so if your little bro wants my sig, do NOT LET those DSP f*ggots steal that sh*t again! And kick down some money for 30 packs, I know you’re not broke, your mom drives a Lexus.
Bring it in, broslices! Let’s teach these queer f*cks to mess with the DFC, then rock dawn patrol at Jimmy Johns! Grip circle it up on three! AHOOGA! AHOOGA! AHOOGA! Now who wants to strip naked and wrestle?
Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms, and Todd Phillips carried the first Hangover, even though the script was pretty lame and hacky. I was going to say that, instead of calling it “overrated”, but then the sequel teaser hits and practically the whole thing is glowing quotes from critics about the first one. Really, guys? That’s still the movie where the fat guy gets a BJ from an old lady in an elevator, right?
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