In case you haven't been able to tell from the omnipresent marketing campaign there's a biopic out now as much in the vein of "Knocked Up" as "Coal Miner's Daughter." The movie of course is "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story" and it should be no surprise that it sprang in part from the mind behind "Knocked Up," the great Judd Apatow.
Judd's written for us a bunch before and he's back now with a cool little column all about the making of "Walk Hard" and formative concert experiences that shaped him.
Here's Judd on his first concert, "the Doobie Brothers. I was in eighth grade. I could not have loved it more. The Minute by Minute tour hit the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island, New York. I had such a good time that I went to see another concert just a few months later. It was the Doobie Brothers returning to the Nassau Coliseum."
Don't forget to check out the rest of Judd Apatow's "Walk Hard" column here.
As Dunder Mifflin Scranton branch receptionist Pam Beesly on "The Office," Jenna Fischer certainly knows from paper. Pretty soon she's gonna need a whole ream of the good stuff, the 34-year-old actress excitedly revealed to MTV News.
Of all the cameos in "Walk Hard" – Jack White as Elvis, Paul Rudd as John Lennon, Frankie Muniz as Buddy Holly – one brief, scene stealing appearance stands tall above the rest.
Reporting by Brandy Schaefer
If taglines are any indication of how funny a movie will be, than you might want to start counting down the days until "Walk Hard," whose new poster brags: "Life made him tough/Love made him strong/Music made him hard."
I was a big fan of the much underappreciated (and virtually ignored) comedy "The TV Set" when it came out earlier this year. Starring David Duchovny as a TV series creator facing a series of vexing career dilemma as his pilot negotiates the "creative" process in Hollywood, it's a fine effort by director Jake Kasdan (set to make the leap to the big time next with the holiday comedy, "Walk Hard").
Our links of the day are For your Eyes Only, back with, yes, news on the latest James Bond film. That and Spike Lee, "Walk Hard," "Friday the 13th" and more below.
Not since Mel Brooks in the late 60's/early 70's has a comedic writer/director/producer been on a roll quite like what Judd Apatow is engineering at this present time. Between "The 40 Year Old Virgin" and "Talladega Nights", next month's hilarious "Knocked Up" and the outrageous August sleeper "Superbad", everything this guy touches is turning into an instant classic. That's why we were psyched to get some exclusive news on the music for "Walk Hard", a recently-wrapped biopic spoof featuring "The Office" star Jenna Fischer and a "Talladega" shake-and-baker.
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