Johnny Depp to Guest-star in New Ricky Gervais Sitcom
March 26, 2011 by Trend PK
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Ricky Gervais has another TV sitcom in the pipeline called “Life’s Too Short”, Johnny Depp has signed up for a spot on the show. Gervais confirmed the news himself by writing on his blog “This Side of The Truth“. But he also confirms the rumor that Jerry Seinfeld will take part is just that, a rumor;
“The Depp bit is true. The Seinfeld bit isn’t.”
The shows story revolves around the day to day frustrations experienced by Warwick Davis. His character is an egomaniac dwarf who runs a talent agent for dwarves. As Gervais describes the show;
“Third in our trilogy of TV sitcoms, Life’s Too Short is another naturalist observational comedy, dealing with everyday problems, human foibles and social faux pas… but with a dwarf.”
The new BBC2 comedy is expected to have various cameo’s by big names. Gervais has co-written the sitcom with his longtime creative partner Stephen Merchant and they are both likely to cameo in the show themselves. “Life’s Too Short” will also air on HBO as a six episode series.
“True Grit” trio added to growing list of Golden Globes presenters
TrendPK.com: Joel and Ethan Coen’s “True Grit” will be well represented at Sunday’s 68tht Annual Golden Globes, even if it doesn’t win a single trophy.
That’s because “Grit” stars Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld and Matt Damon were confirmed as presenters on the GG’s official Twitter feed, which recently exploded with celebrity confirmations.
Robert Downey Jr., Kevin Spacey, Tina Fey, Julie Bowen, Kevin Bacon, Helen Mirren and Scarlett Johansson were just a few of the names added to a list that already included Robert Pattinson and Jennifer Lopez. So yes, as expected, the Globes will be a star-studded affair.
This year’s ceremony will be aired on NBC live on Sunday, Jan. 16, at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT. Once again, comedian Ricky Gervais will host the event, which celebrates the finest film and television outputs from 2010.
Ricky Gervais Show
January 14, 2010 by Trend PK
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Ricky Gervais Show, HBO has a bit of artwork up on HBO depicting the three main characters of the upcoming animated The Ricky Gervais Show: Stephen Merchant, Ricky Gervais and Karl Pilkington. The three men have been recording podcasts for years. In the beginning the podcasts were free through iTunes, but when they became incredibly popular, iTunes started charging for them. Now there’s a TV series based on the antics of Karl, with commentary by Ricky and Stephen. I’m genuinely intrigued; I want to see more. But the premiere isn’t until February.
In the meantime, the new F/X animated comedy Archer premieres Thursday night at 10:00 p.m. ET. You may have guessed from the late timeslot that this cartoon is strictly for adults. You would be right. I’ve seen the first three episodes and they are 1) High-larious 2) Dirty as all get out and 3) Offensive to all races, creeds, sizes and sexes. My favorite line is, “Johnny Bench called.” You just have to see it.
Ricky Gervais Show was first posted on January 14, 2010 at 12:19 pm.
‘Couples Retreat’ tops at box office
October 13, 2009 by Trend PK
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LOS ANGELES : ‘Couples Retreat’ tops at box office, Relationship comedy ‘Couples Retreat’ shot to the top of the North American box office in its first week of release, final figures showed Monday.
The movie, starring comic favourites Vince Vaughn and Jason Bateman, follows four couples at a retreat where their relationships come under a little more scrutiny than they would like.
The movie scored 34.3 million dollars to knock down tongue-in-cheek comedy “Zombieland” to the number two spot, according to figures from Exhibitor Relations.
The gory but hilarious take on a zombie invasion, starring Woody Harrelson, took 14.8 million dollars in its second week in theatres.
“Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,” the animated tale of an island rained on by junk food, also fell a place to number three, earning 11.5 million in box office receipts.
In fourth place was low-budget supernatural thriller “Paranormal Activity,” raking in 7.9 million dollars after being screened in only 159 theatres.
The film, reportedly made for a paltry 11,000 dollars, has earned comparisons to 1999 hit “The Blair Witch Project” and focuses on supernatural goings on in a suburban San Diego house.
Falling to fifth spot was the 3-D format re-release of popular Pixar cartoons “Toy Story” and “Toy Story 2,” which took in a combined 7.8 million. The films came ahead of the much-anticipated “Toy Story 3,” due out next year.
Futuristic Bruce Willis action film “Surrogates” about people living their lives through sexy robot replicas of themselves took sixth place with 4.3 million dollars.
Coming in seventh was “The Invention of Lying,” which stars British comedian Ricky Gervais and Jennifer Garner as a couple living in an alternative reality where nobody ever lies. The film took 3.3 million dollars.
Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut “Whip It” set in the world of all-female roller derbies with “Juno” star Ellen Page was eighth with 2.8 million dollars.
Ninth spot was taken by controversial documentarian Michael Moore’s “Capitalism: A Love Story,” with 2.6 million dollars.
Rounding out the top 10 was “Fame,” an updated version of the 1980 musical, earning 2.5 million dollars in its third week in theatres.
‘Couples Retreat’ tops at box office was first posted on October 13, 2009 at 9:27 am.
