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Vertigo/DC Comic Adaptation THE KITCHEN Now In Production

Vertigo/DC Today in news for folks ever roused by living in The Big Apple, principal photography is officially underway as of Friday in New York City’s famed Manhattan subsect, Hell’s Kitchen, for New Line Cinema’s gritty drama, The Kitchen. Oscar nominated Straight Outta Compton scribe Andrea Berloff is directing from her own script based on the Vertigo/DC Entertainment comic book series from creators Ollie Masters and Ming Doyle, and with a September 20, 2019 date stamped from Warner Bros. Pictures. Starring Oscar nominee Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids), Tiffany Haddish (Girls Trip) and Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale), The Kitchen centers on three 1978 Hell’s Kitchen housewives whose mobster husbands are sent to prison by the FBI. Left with little but a sharp ax to grind, the ladies take the Irish mafia’s matters into their own hands—proving unexpectedly adept at everything from running the rackets to taking out the competition…literally. Also starring […]

Melissa McCarthy To Headline Action Comedy SUPER-INTELLGENCE For Summer Shoot

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Fox Husband/Wife film duo, actress Melissa McCarthy and filmmaker Ben Falcone are readying a July start date for New Line Cinema action comedy, Super-Intelligence. As Borys Kit’s exclusive at The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday notes, the film will be their fourth collaboration in an actor/director capacity since Tammy (2014), The Boss (2016), and the upcoming May 11 release of Life Of The Party. In Super-Intelligence, McCarthy will play Carol Peters, a former corporate executive whose earnest yet unfulfilled life is turned upside down when she is selected for observation by the world’s first super-intelligence – an artificial intelligence that may or may not take over the world. The Boss scribe Steve Mallory is penning the script. Further casting and crewing remain pending for the actress who, before filming Super-Intelligence, will go into production very soon for dark, gritty, female centric Vertigo/DC comic adaptation, The Kitchen with fellow stars Tiffany Haddish and […]

New Line/DC Adaptation, THE KITCHEN, Joins Melissa McCarthy With Tiffany Haddish

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Comedienne and actress Melissa McCarthy (Tammy, Spy) is taking her craft to a darker, grittier toned setting in The Kitchen, for New Line Cinema and DC Entertainment. As Mike Fleming Jr. over at Deadline notes, Straight Outta Compton scribe Andrea Berloff is setting forth her directorial debut here from her own script based on the 2014 limited series from author Ollie Masters. Here’s how Vertigo details the narrative: New York City, late 1970s. Times Square is a haven for sex and drugs. The city teeters on the verge of bankruptcy, while blackouts can strike at any moment. This is the world of THE KITCHEN. The Irish gangs of Hell’s Kitchen rule the neighborhood, bringing terror to the streets and doing the dirty work for the Italian Mafia. Jimmy Brennan and his crew were the hardest bastards in the Kitchen, but after they’re all put in prison, their wives – Kath, Raven […]

The New GHOSTBUSTERS Trailer Joyfully Slimes You In Every Crack

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I remember when filmmaker Paul Feig’s reboot of the horror comedy franchise, Ghostbusters, was met with a bit of brouhaha from some fanboys who weren’t very keen on seeing an all-female line-up. Gladly, those voices have gladly been silenced over the past year lest the rest of us endure any further noise on that end, because let’s be very clear about something: Feig knows what he’s doing when it comes to comedy and he does a great job honing in on it. He did so last year with actress Melissa McCarthy in Spy which was my first sampling of his work. That said and as far as opinions go, if that film is any indication of what this newest venture into reboot territory will look like from start to finish, consider me sold in accordance with this week’s first full trailer featuring our cast at hand thusfar. Proton packs and […]

REVIEW: I SPY With My Little Eye, Something Beginning With AWESOME!

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SYNOPSIS: Susan Cooper (Melissa McCarthy) is an unassuming, deskbound CIA analyst, and the unsung hero behind the Agency’s most dangerous missions. But when her partner (Jude Law) falls off the grid and another top agent (Jason Statham) is compromised, she volunteers to go deep undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent a global disaster. REVIEW: Paul Feig’s Spy, the latest film in what I will now describe going forwards as ‘The McCarthy & Feig Trilogy’, is one of those rare movie experiences that gives you everything you wanted and expected from a film when you walk into the auditorium, but also leaves you grinning from ear to ear on the way out at the unexpected treats found within. A bit like going into the bathroom for a wee, and noticing a box of Ferrero Roche once you’re finished washing your hands. Bonus! I’m not going […]

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Watch The Newest Trailer For Paul Feig's Action Comedy, SPY

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If there’s one thing that director Paul Feig is proving with newest action comedy, Spy, it’s the danger of underestimating a good thing. The new film starring Melissa McCarthy and action star Jason Statham has already received several upworthy reviews following its SXSW premiere earlier this month, landing this as a considerably entertaining piece of work from the Feig/McCarthy duo in lieu of their forthcoming Ghostbusters prosepcts. Keep this in mind, should the earlier red and green-band trailers from January have slipped under your radar, as the film just got a new trailer which you can now watch below ahead of its June 5 release. And to say the least, with some cool R-rated action to accommodate, McCarthy doesn’t miss a beat here either. SYNOPSIS: Susan Cooper (Melissa McCarthy) is an unassuming, deskbound CIA analyst, and the unsung hero behind the Agency’s most dangerous missions. But when her partner (Jude […]

Melissa McCarthy Goes Above The Call Of Duty In The New Trailer For SPY!

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I suppose there’s a reason nowadays that comedic actress Melissa McCarthy is currently being sought for a role in the long-awaited production of the new Ghostbusters film to be directed by Paul Feig. Whatever reason that may be, if you didn’t see it in Bridesmaids back in 2011 or their initial 2013 pairing with actress Sandra Bullock in The Heat, perhaps their latest fish-out-of-water offering in Spy will suit you best. Action star Jason Statham offers his fair share of comedy relief alongside the likes of actress Rose Byrne and actor Jude Law for the film’s forthcoming release on May 22, 2015. And on that note, two new trailers online courtesy of Yahoo!, including a lovely Red-Band trailer with McCarthy and Statham flexing their best mouthy muscles yet, and if you’re sensitive about unicorns, consider yourself warned. SYNOPSIS via Comingsoon.net: Susan Cooper (Melissa McCarthy) is an unassuming, deskbound CIA analyst, […]