<![CDATA[Gawker: defamer, wayans brothers]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: defamer, wayans brothers]]> http://gawker.com/tag/defamer/wayansbrothers http://gawker.com/tag/defamer/wayansbrothers <![CDATA[Wayans Family Threatens Comeback With Half-Funny 'Dance Flick' Trailer]]> We are shocked and pleased to report that the new trailer for the latest Wayans Clan spoof, Dance Flick, hints that the family has made its first legitimately funny film since... we can't even remember. Or at least they've made 90 seconds of a legitimately funny film, with Amy Sedaris, locker-bound toddlers and a few serviceable sight gags redeeming the acute horror of its introductory jokes. It won't make you forget the minor masterpiece that was Pineapple Express's red-band riot, but it may yet portend the rise of director Damien Dante Wayans as the Nephew Who Would Be King. King of what, though, you'll have to tell us. It's hard not to look like you're soaring after White Chicks. [MySpace via /Film]

]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5087730&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[McLovin Rising]]> mclovin.jpg· Breakout Superbad actor Christopher "McLovin" Mintz-Plasse takes the next step in his inevitable march towards Hollywood superstardom, signing on alongside Jack Black and Michael Cera (re-team!) for biblical comedy Year One. Judd Apatow is producing, but you've probably already guessed that part on your own. [THR]
· Butching up a resume recently marked by turns as flouncey pirates and singing barbers, Johnny Depp is coming aboard hardboiled™ director Michael Mann's Public Enemies for Universal, in which Depp will play notoriously ruthless, extravagantly well-hung gangster John Dillinger. [Variety]

· Maybe we're a little dead inside, but why can't we make ourselves care about potential Hilary Swank starring vehicles? Even if they involve a "modern day Dracula"? [Variety]
· Fox announces that XZibit, Amanda Peet and Billy Connolly will be in the new X-Files movie, though the obligatory veil of secrecy around the project prevents them from telling us about their roles. [THR]
· VH1randomly selects three members from the Wayans Brothers' talent pool to create "edgy urban comedy" pilot for the network. [THR]

]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=330970&view=rss&microfeed=true