Zooey Deschanel

'Our Idiot Brother' Trailer: Paul Rudd's A Lovable Moron

Posted 6/15/11 5:00 pm EST by Terri Schwartz in Trailers

Paul Rudd may be "Our Idiot Brother," but he's also a guy we love to love.

A new theatrical trailer has hit the web for his upcoming flick "Our Idiot Brother," and it's definitely a lot more charming than the teaser we saw back in April. Rudd plays a good-hearted goofball whose kindness gets in the way of his brains most of the time, to humorous but disastrous results. Co-starring Elizabeth Banks, Emily Mortimer and Zooey Deschanel as his sisters who are forced to take him in, the new trailer showcases the Rudd we all find so endearing more than previous promotional material has.

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Remembering Douglas Adams: Five Reasons We Love 'The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy'

Posted 5/11/11 12:09 pm EST by Terri Schwartz in Commentary, Five Reasons, old school

Grab your copies of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and share a moment of silence with us, because today marks the 10th anniversary of the death of author Douglas Adams.

With his quirky sense of humor combined with a unique take on life in outer space, Adams remains on our list of all-time favorite science fiction novelists. In honor of his memory, we've decided to take a look back at Hollywood's best attempt to bring his best-selling book to the big screen: the 2005 adaptation of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."

Though it's not a universally adored adaptation -- though there's something appropriate to that fact -- we'd be lying if we said we didn't appreciate the effort involved with "Hitchhiker." After the jump, we'll tell you everything we loved about that movie, from saving "The Hobbit" to making Alan Rickman cute and cuddly.

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'Your Highness': Meet The Cast Of James Franco, Danny McBride And Natalie Portman's Fantasy Comedy

Posted 4/8/11 12:20 pm EST by Katie Calautti in Casting Call, Commentary, Humor

Danny McBride fans, stand up! Your favorite “Foot Fist Way” and “Eastbound & Down” star and co-writer karate chops the big screen today in “Your Highness.”

McBride brings his trademark stoner slacker style to the medieval fantasy genre as Thadeous, a prince comfortably living in the shadow of his heroic and accomplished older brother Fabious (James Franco). When Fabious’ bride-to-be Belladonna (Zooey Deschanel) is kidnapped by the villainous, power-hungry Leezar (Justin Theroux), the duo forgoes their sibling rivalry and teams up on a quest to defeat their enemy and save Fabious’ betrothed, meeting vigilante Isabel (Natalie Portman) along the way.

“At the end of the day, when you’re involved with a movie like this, you want the audience to kind of let go and be able to follow,” McBride recently told MTV News of the "Your Highness" cast. “Even finding humor in a guy who has to fulfill his prophecy and he has all these pressures put upon him by his parental figures, we were just trying to find the humanity in the comedy.”

Indeed, there are some A-list players involved in the side-splitting, traditional medieval archetype-busting “Your Highness,” and they bring their respective smarts to the table. Here are five of the key reasons you should worship “Your Highness.”

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Zooey Deschanel Serenades 'Winnie The Pooh' In This Behind-The-Scenes Video

Posted 3/31/11 4:35 pm EST by Terri Schwartz in Video

Who doesn't love Winnie the Pooh?

Zooey Deschanel asks that very important question in her adorable little behind-the-scenes video about the music she created for Disney's upcoming "Winnie the Pooh" movie. The answer is fairly obvious, of course (no one, in case you were wondering), but it comes paired with an equally appropriate question: "Who doesn't love Zooey Deschanel?"

The She & Him singer seems the perfect match for Disney's latest flick taking place in the Hundred Acre Wood, appropriately titled "Winnie the Pooh." In the video, Deschanel performs her song "So Long" amidst animated music notes and Pooh and Tigger. And then she goes on and tries to say that Pooh is the cuddly and adorable one.

"It's basically a movie about friendship, which is what 'Winnie the Pooh' is all about," Deschanel explains.

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Zooey Deschanel, Elizabeth Banks And Emily Mortimer Talk About Their Sundance Jitters

Posted 1/23/11 9:05 pm EST by Terri Schwartz in Sundance 2011, Video

There are plenty of things to be worried about for an actor when their film is about to premiere, but it's a whole different ball game when their film is about to premiere at a movie festival. Studios are there to purchase the actors' independent films, judges either criticize (or love) their film, and there are interviews upon interviews to conduct to promote the film.

The lovely female stars of "My Idiot Brother" -- Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel and Emily Mortimer -- all have done their fair share of indie films, but they all admitted to MTV's Josh Horowitz that they got a bit nervous when they had to premiere their film into a large theater of people.

"I was really nervous last night," Mortimer said. "I sort of forgot to be nervous in the run up to coming. I was too worried about my outfits and what shoes to bring and what parties we were going to get invited to and then you get here..." Read More...

Tags elizabeth banks, Emily Mortimer, my idiot brother, paul rudd, Sundance 2011, Video, zooey deschanel

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Paul Rudd Talks 'My Idiot Brother,' Rocks Grizzly Adams Beard: Sundance Film Festival Preview

Posted 1/19/11 5:29 pm EST by Tom DiChiara in Interviews, Sundance 2011, Video

Paul Rudd didn't look like his usual, clean-cut self when we visited him on set during his last day of filming the indie comedy "My Idiot Brother" this summer. In fact, sporting long hair, a bushy beard, cutoff shorts and a pair of bright orange Crocs, he looked like either a homeless man or the kind of guy who would follow Phish around on tour. That's because Rudd is playing the title character in the film and not, as you may have originally suspected, the idiot's less idiotic sibling. Check out what Rudd had to say about the film, which was directed by Jesse Peretz and debuts as this year's Sundance Film Festival, in the video below.

"I immediately go to jail for selling marijuana to a uniformed police officer," Rudd said of his character, an idealistic organic farmer who, in the wake of his incarceration, is forced to stay with each of his three sisters in turn. "However, the character is not dumb. The character just kind of appeals to everybody's higher angels and thinks that if he throws goodness out there, it will in turn come back." He's not exactly correct, as his attempts to sow happiness ultimately end up reaping a healthy amount of havoc. Read More...

Tags elizabeth banks, Emily Mortimer, jesse peretz, my idiot brother, paul rudd, rashida jones, Sundance 2011, Video, zooey deschanel

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Natalie Portman Shows Some Skin In The 'Your Highness' Red-Band Trailer

Posted 11/17/10 12:00 pm EST by Terri Schwartz in Trailers, Video

When it was originally announced that Danny McBride, James Franco, Natalie Portman and Zooey Deschanel would be starring in a comedic action/adventure fantasy set in medieval times, it immediately went straight to the top of my "films to watch for" list. The red-band trailer for that movie, titled "Your Highness" (yes, it is a double entendre referencing the smoking of weed) is now online... and if you weren't already excited for this movie, you should probably prepare yourself.

Zooey Deschanel Is Ada Lovelace, Daniel Dae Kim Plays 'Deathgames' In Today's Dailies -- 4/21/10

Posted 4/21/10 4:30 pm EST by Josh Wigler in Dailies

-- Zooey Deschanel is Ada Lovelace in "Enchantress of Numbers," a new biopic about the math genius directed by Bruce Beresford. Billy Crudup co-stars as her husband William King, while Toby Jones has been cast as mathematician and philosopher Charles Babbage. [Production Weekly]

-- "Lost" actor Daniel Dae Kim is keeping busy. He's already signed on for the "Hawaii Five-O" television remake and now he's slated to star in "Deathgames" as a Kendo master opposite the previously cast Samuel L. Jackson and Kellan Lutz. [Heat Vision] Read More...

Tags Alice Braga, billy crudup, Bobcat Goldthwait, Daniel Dae Kim, Deathgames, Enchantress of Numbers, Frank Baldwin, Gregory Hoblit, I Dream of Jeannie, predators, Project X, the dailies, Toby Jones, Todd Phillips, zooey deschanel

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Marc Webb In The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards Director Spotlight

Posted 9/11/09 3:30 pm EST by Adam Rosenberg in Video Music Awards

Next up in our 2009 VMA director spotlight is Marc Webb, who is also up for a Moonman in the Best Direction category. Webb has been in the game since the late '90s, though he only recently made the jump into feature film directing. His "(500) Days of Summer," starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel, scored a lot of buzz at Sundance earlier this year and has continued to score well with critics since its August 7 release.

For Sunday night's 2009 MTV Video Music Awards ceremony, Webb hopes to pick up a statue for his work directing the video for Green Day's "21 Guns." Check out that video below and hit the jump to compare it with some footage for "(500) Days."

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Check Day One Of '(500) Days Of Summer' In This EXCLUSIVE Clip

Posted 7/15/09 5:30 pm EST by Brian Jacks in Video

Having scored considerable praise during its run at Sundance, "500 Days of Summer" is coming to theaters and we've got an exclusive first look at the quirky romantic comedy. The film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a young professional who falls for co-worker, Zooey Deschanel, and chronicles the journey through their relationship.

Watch the clip below to see how they first meet, and how it was love at first sight.

Tags 500 days of summer, joseph gordon-levitt, Video, zooey deschanel

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