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Mila Kunis Will Quietly Take Over the World

Richard Lawson — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:27:00 EDT

Today we have news about unexpected rising stars, videogames turned movies, and gay people on TV. There are no gay people on TV!

The appropriation continues! Another old-timey throwbacky kinda thing will be made into a movie, because no one knows what else to do anymore. Remember Castlevania, that sorta-creepy, sorta-silly vampire videogame from long ago? It will be a movie now. Directed by the guy who directed Saw. Sigh. [Variety]

Wow, does Mila Kunis keep defying the odds (whither Wilmer, Laura, Topher, and Danny?) and getting work. She'll next star opposite Natalie Portman in a new Darren Aronofsky movie. Quite a get! The film is Black Swan, a "supernatural drama" about a ballet dancer (Portman) who is haunted by a rival (Kelso's girlfriend). [THR]

Robert Downey Jr. is jumping on another gravy train, this one called the Todd Phillips express. He's signed on to star opposite Zach Galifianakis in Due Date, a buddy road trip comedy. Which Phillips does a lot of! So, capable hands and all that. [Variety]

Moon Bloodgood, who didn't embarrass herself in Terminator Salvation but didn't ennoble herself either, has been cast in the Spielberg-produced TNT pilot that is about aliens invading. The tentative title is Not 'V', Sorry Elizabeth Mitchell. (Not really). [THR]

Speaking of the Kunis-factor! Her new Mike Judge comedy Extract, got a "warm" reception at Comic-Con this year. What this movie has to do with comics is a mystery. Is it that Jason Bateman sorta looks like a cartoon? [Variety]

Out of 15 TV channels, HBO has topped (heh) GLAAD's Network Responsibility Index. NBC and CBS failed. Unsurprisingly. Please make David Caruso gay on CSI. 'Twould be hilarious. [THR]

Unencumbered By Boob-Job Drama, George Clooney Mulls His Next Step

Seth — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:45:00 EDT

· Warner Bros. is developing the spy thriller novel The Tourist as a potential George Clooney vehicle which will explode in the first reel and set the entire plot in motion. What about the goat movie? When does that one come out? [Variety]
· The WGA will hold a referendum next month to simplify its credit procedures, hopefully eliminating screenwriter name-gumbo like this. [Variety]
· If you're currently in production, we hope you're shooting in Waiverland, as SAG head Alan Rosenberg doubts any agreement will be reached by the deadline date of June 30. [Variety]
· Jack Black has dropped out of Borat-writer/director Todd Phillips's Man-Witch, a movie about a man who's a witch, supposedly because Black is concerned Phillips will shoot another movie called Hangover, about a bachelor party who wakes up in Vegas and realizes they lost the groom, first. May the best wacky premise win! [THR]
· Universal buys a comedy spec called Raindrops All Around Me, about "a socially inept high school teacher who learns to 'dumb it down' in order to fit in with the people around him." Said a Universal rep, "We think after a few more drafts to broaden the humor, Middle America will really eat this up!" [THR]

Mini Cooper Action In North Hollywood! Todd Phillips Shoots Commercial, We Get An Exclusive

Ray Wert — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:14:22 EST

Todd Phillips directed some pretty magnificent chase scenes in his time — like the car/boat scene in the recent "Starsky & Hutch" movie, or who can forget the epic snatch n' grab scene with Will Ferrell from "Old School?" Okay, so by magnificent — we mean magnificently horrible. Regardless — the man's been tasked by BMW to put together a new commercial for the new-for-2007 Mini Cooper line of itty-bitty cars, and Jalopnik reader Zack, a fairly regular contributor of corrected information — dropped us the following scoop:

This past weekend, Moxie Films shot scenes from a new Mini Cooper commercial campaign - right in the alley behind our own fabrication shop, here in North Hollywood, CA.

We've got Zack's video of the Phillips-directed chase scene above, a gallery below and after the jump, we've got a few more Zack-provided deets.

*The director is Todd Phillips - he directed Old School and Starsky and Hutch (the new one, with Ben Stiller) *Rhys Millen was the driver behind the wheel of the Mini. Rhys is part of Drivers INC, which we are also affiliated with. It's a consortium of stunt drivers. *It's a new, 2007 Mini - they had 2 on set. *This was only 1 of 6 locations shooting today. The script is a rather extensive shoot, similar to the whole Starsky and Hutch motif. (Rhys was wearing a wig and a mustache!)

And oh yeah, is that the Porsche Cayenne camera-car I spy? Yeah, that's exactly what that is. – Ray Wert