Jim Carrey, whose recent Twitter rants about prescription drugs and “suppressive personalities” have fueled speculation that he’s become a Scientologist (wouldn’t that be a nice, easy explanation for why he stopped being funny), is set to play a French art thief in a film from Borat/Bruno director Larry Charles.  Suckre Bleu, they could call it.  Mercury taint my vaccines, Deadline:

Charles has signed on to direct Pierre Pierre, a comedy that has Carrey playing the role of a Frenchman who transports a stolen painting from Paris to London, behaving more obnoxiously than any waiter you’ve ever encountered at Cannes.
[Added the reporter, "La di da, the south of France is so passé these days, don't you think?" Then cut a robust fart and inhaled deeply. -Ed.]
This project is moving forward again after weathering some serious setbacks. Two years ago, the script by then-unknowns Edwin Cannistraci and Frederick Seton [make that "still-unknowns"] made the Black List and sold for $1 million, with Carrey to star and Juno‘s Jason Reitman attached to direct. Fox Atomic’s Debbie Liebling and Peter Rice won the bidding battle over three others. Then: Reitman dropped out; Fox Atomic imploded; Liebling moved to Universal; Rice moved up in the Fox hierarchy. Sans champion, Pierre Pierre fell into turnaround. With Charles aboard, the comedy will be shopped again by its producers, Escape Artists’ Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal and Steve Tisch, and Category 5′s Brian Sher. They plan to make the movie for just over $20 million.

I’ve said it before, but what happens to Black List scripts is one of the best examples of how Hollywood ruins good things.  Scripts make the Black List mainly for being funny and/or original.  Producers then buy these funny, original scripts, and usually attach big stars like Jim Carrey (who’ve already burned us three or four or six times in a row) to attract funding. Then the studios hire someone to “polish” that good, original script for the big star, and suddenly it looks a lot like his three previous movies that sucked.   Shampoo, Rinse, Record Scratch, Repeat. They should just combine this with the Knight and Day sequel and call it Knight and Day and Jim Carrey and Farts.

On Friday I reported that Universal had cut a scene from Brüno featuring LaToya Jackson a few hours before the Brüno premiere in LA.  At the time it was unclear whether the scene would make it into the theatrical version.  They’ve since confirmed that it won’t be.

The studio confirmed the scene would be out of the theatrical version of the movie, and said removing it won’t be expensive because the prints have not yet been made or shipped.

Sacha Baron Cohen interviews an unsuspecting LaToya Jackson about a number of topics, including her brother. Among the gags is a joke about the King of Pop’s high-pitched voice, as well as a reference to his trademark white glove, all done in Baron Cohen’s characteristically absurdist tone. [THR]

Oh no, not his voice or his glove!  Too far, you guys. That’s the Ronald Reagan of pop you’re talking about.  Lot of people think you can make fun of dead people, but really, that’s the best time to make fun of them.  For one they can’t chase you and for another you can dress them in silly outfits.  Haha, why you hittin yourself, Billy Mays?

• I’d love to see a truth-in-advertising campaign for the Biffy Bidet.  “Biffy: It cleans the poop off your butthole.” [via Videogum]
• Borat/Bruno director Larry Charles next project will take on the topic of old people having sex. I say “take on” because it’s the kind of thing you don’t want to approach without a knife or a pool cue. [ScreenJunkie]
• Since I know many of you will be excited about this, Eastbound & Down has been renewed for another season. ..And that is why I am the BEST PERSON in THE WORLD.  So kiss my ass and suck my di- *please turn over to side two* [WarmingGlow]
• The only thing that would make HolyTaco’s tribute to girls cleaning cars better is if it were about girls cleaning my house.  [HolyTaco]
• Year One was given an R rating by the MPAA despite an appeal for leniency from Judd Apatow and director Harold Ramis.  Said Ramis following the ruling, “Yeah, well all those mother effing C essers can go eff themselves in the B.  Buncha jerks.” [THR]
• Al Pacino is set to play Napoleon in Betsy & the Emperor. Meanwhile, short Italian guys everywhere have been playing the part of Napoleon for years. In related news, Napoleon Bonerpart would be a sweet porn name. [Empire]

Read the rest of this entry »

This is the Canadian poster for Religulous, Bill Maher and Larry Charles’ documentary about religion.  Very subtle, I thought.  I noticed that they missed Buddhism, so I sent them the picture I took of the Buddha passed out at a frat party after I drew a cock on his face.  On second glance, it might’ve just been a Korean guy, but I still say he had it coming.  

[Thanks to RoboPanda for the tip]