The story appeared more than 300 years ago, but it seems as if Jonathan Swift’s “Gulliver’s Travels” was written with the specific idea that one day Jack Black might portray the title character. Lemuel Gulliver, after all, is a giant among the tiny Lilliputian people he encounters after a shipwreck, a man whose fish-out-water energy both meshes with and disrupts life for the native population.
Joining in the adventure -- which is part satire on the human condition, part fantastical travel epic, part absurdist comedy -- will be Emily Blunt. While promoting her newest film, “Sunshine Cleaning,” the British actress revealed fresh details about a “Gulliver’s” production that is still very much under wraps. Read more...
Jack Black has some friends to hang out with in Lilliput. Variety reports that Emily Blunt and Jason Segel have signed on for Rob Letterman's "Gulliver's Travels," a re-imagining of the Jonathan Swift classic.
Black will play Lemuel Gulliver, a travel writer who takes an assignment to the Bermuda Triangle and ends up washing ashore on the island of Lilliput, where he is a giant among the tiny population. Blunt will play a Lilliputian princess who falls for Black. Segel will play Horatio, a Lilliput native who quickly becomes Guilliver's best friend, and who helps him escape when he is captured. Read more...
You can rest easy tonight, because the next Jack Black comedy is now set in stone. According to Variety, Black is set to star in "Gulliver's Travels," a contemporary take on the classic Jonathan Swift story. It will be directed by Nicholas Stoller, the director behind "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," and penned by "Shrek" writer Joe Stillman.
Black will play Lemuel Gulliver, a free-spirited travel writer, who is on assignment to the Bermuda Triangle (who the heck did he annoy for that job?) when he is suddenly washed ashore on the hidden island of Lilliput. It's a friendly island, filled with happy and industrious people -- but they are all miniature, making Black a giant among them. Read more...
