Tag: Universal Pictures

Borat star's next film sparks bidding war

Tags: Borat + Bruno + Sacha Baron Cohen + Universal Pictures

david
Posted by david 3 years 25 days ago; via today.reuters.com/news/ar...

"Bruno," English comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's follow-up to next week's release "Borat," triggered an intense bidding war in Hollywood on Thursday.

By early evening, sources said leading contender Universal Pictures had offered more than $42 million for worldwide rights to the film.

As in the case of "Borat," Jay Roach would produce with Baron Cohen. No director is on board, though it has been reported that Baron Cohen wants to shoot the movie in the summer.

In "Bruno," he will call upon another of his alter egos, a gay fashionista...

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You, Me and Dupree (2/5 stars) A tired comic tale lamely told.

Tags: You Me and Dupree + Universal Pictures + Kate Hudson + Matt Dillon + Owen Wilson

sonia
Posted by sonia 3 years 4 months ago

if you are going to go up against George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart ("The Man Who Came to Dinner") and Jean Renoir ("Boudu Saved From Drowning") to tell the old chestnut about an impossible house guest who will not leave, then you'd better have the comedic and dramatic goods. The team behind "You, Me and Dupree" -- directors Anthony and Joe Russo and writer Michael Le Sieur -- do not. The comedy is obvious and flat while the drama is stale. They did do one thing right, however: They attracted a stellar cast.
Kate Hudson is every shade of...

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