Dane Cook haters rejoice! The man has 2.5 million Myspace buddies, but search most online message boards, and you'd be hard pressed to find a vocal supporter for the popular comedian. And he's finally seeing the light himself…well, in films anyway.
"Basically, I'm an a--hole," Cook joked of his role as Tank in the upcoming "My Best Friend's Girl," a sort of reverse romantic comedy opposite Kate Hudson and Jason Biggs.
"I'm a guy that you hire when your ex breaks up with you and you want her back. Maybe you screwed up, maybe you didn't - it's not for my guy to judge," Cook explained. "But he goes in and dates your girl and is so maniacal and ruthless he drives her completely insane. She starts to feel like you weren't so bad after all. I force her into the arms of the last guy." Read more...
In just this past year alone, Dane Cook has gone from comic to killer to dramatist in movies like "Good Luck Chuck," "Mr. Brooks," and "Dan in Real Life." But the biggest reinvention is yet to come, Cook excitedly revealed to MTV News, as he prepares for his next role in...an action movie?
Believe it, Cook teased, saying he's getting ready to give the Superfinger to crime in "Dead Already," a buddy cop movie "in the vein of 'Lethal Weapon.'" Read more...
If you've ever wondered what would happen if you managed to get hottie Jessica Alba and comedy kingpin Dane Cook in a room together, ponder no further...apparently they make out a lot. For proof, take a gander at the clip below from their new film "Good Luck Chuck," which hits your local grindhouse on September 21.
Of all the montages in film history — the "training" montage, the "making it happen" montage, the "falling in love" montage — none will be as memorable as the one in "Good Luck Chuck," laughed star Dane Cook.
"There's a montage of about 30 women [I sleep with]," Cook announced. "My p---- had to be CGI."
It was co-star Jessica Alba and not Cook, however, who had 6,000-plus audience members salivating at Comic-Con. Asked by a costumed Optimus Prime what fans of the sexy actress would find most surprising about her, she replied, "I'm also a sexy man."
Alba almost shows the world her full monty in a scene from the film in which she tries to initiate a romantic encounter with Cook while both lie in a bathtub.
It was enough to make anyone lose some self-control. "I love you," a fan yelled out at Alba. "I like you," Cook chimed in. "But I want to see other people."
"Iron Man" picks up a surprise guest, the original "Transformers" hold a summit, Jolie gets a co-star and more, in today's Dailies.
- Hollywood fuses Western and sci-fi for bigscreen adaptation of graphic novel "Cowboys & Aliens." (Variety)
- Sammy Jackson as Nick Fury for "Iron Man"? (AICN)
- The Dane Cook wagon train rumbles on, will star opposite Kate Hudson for "Bachelor No. 2." (Variety)
- Actor Terence Stamp joins thriller "Wanted" alongside Angelina Jolie. (Variety)
- Peter "Optimus" Cullen and Frank "Megatron" Welker discuss their "Transformers" gigs in a video interview. (UGO)
- See, dreams do come true. Lowly assistent pitches "Coma Boy" to Brian Grazer, gets movie deal. (Hollywood Reporter)
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In today's Dailies: Craven's "House" gets raided, a Lostie snags corpses and Harvey Dent does Dr. Phil (not in that way). Eh, slow news day.
- The Greeks, fresh off their "300” success, turn their eyes toward remaking Wes Craven's "The Last House on the Left." (Hollywood Reporter)
- The Weitz Brothers set to adapt author Michael Moorcock's "Elric" fantasy saga. (Empire)
- "Lost" star Dominic Monaghan plays Victorian-era grave robber in "I Sell the Dead." (AICN)
- World's prettiest comedian Dane Cook plans for Lionsgate's "Bachelor No. 2." Something about getting hired to take people's ex-girlfriends on horrible dates so they come crawling back. (Hollywood Reporter)
- Aaron "Harvey Dent" Eckhart to play self-help guru in drama pic "Traveling." (Variety)
"Mr. Brooks" is being heralded as the triumphant re-return of Kevin Costner; whether or not that's the case, it'll at least be known as the first serious role for comedian Dane Cook. The pic, which also stars Demi Moore and William Hurt, features Costner as Mr. Brooks, a seemingly perfect gentlemen who also happens to be a serial killer. All well and dandy until someone (Cook) witnesses his crimes, and gets hunted by a tenacious detective (Moore). Catch "Mr. Brooks" in theaters on June 1st, but for now watch an exclusive clip below.
