Justin Timberlake Joins Bad Teacher
Justin Timberlake has joined the cast of Bad Teacher starring Cameron Diaz.
The comedy stars Diaz as a foul-mouthed, gold-digging seventh-grade teacher who, after being dumped by her boyfriend, sets her sights on a colleague (Lucy Punch) who is dating the school’s model teacher (Timberlake). Jason Segel also stars as the school’s gym teacher while John Michael Higgins will play the principal. Molly Shannon and Eric Stonestreet also star. Jake Kasdan will direct from a script by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky.
What makes this story more interesting is that Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake were a real-life couple a few years back. Things didn’t work out and Timberlake is currently dating Jessica Biel. He stars later this year in the Facebook movie The Social Network.
First Look At Justin Timberlake In The Facebook Movie
The first picture from the movie The Social Network, written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by David Fincher, has appeared on the website for the UK’s Daily Mail.
In the picture, we get to see how Justin Timberlake looks playing Sean Parker (pictured to the left). Not too bad if I do say so myself.
Parker was one of the co-founders of Napster who managed to weasel himself in with Facebook inventor Mark Zuckerberg, just as the website was gaining its tremendous popularity. He came up with the idea of changing the website, which was being used mainly by college students at the time, from thefacebook to simply Facebook and eventually became the company’s president when it incorporated in 2004. Soon after, Facebook would grow into one of the biggest success stories in the history of the internet, if not the history of the world. Zuckerberg, Parker and a handful of other twenty-something-year-olds became billionaires and millionaires and Facebook now has something in the neighbourhood of 300 million users.
I actually got a chance to read the book about the invention of Facebook called The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal. Zuckerberg sure does not come off looking too good in the book, that I can assure you. It was a very interesting read and hopefully translates into a good movie.
The Social Network is currently filming in and around Los Angeles.
It is scheduled to be in theatres sometime in 2010.
Facebook Movie Casting Rumours
ThePlaylist.com has reported a rumour from a good source regarding the casting for the upcoming Facebook movie, The Social Network. According to the rumour, Jesse Eisenberg will star as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg; Justin Timberlake will play Sean Parker, the co-founder of Napster and eventually the President of the Facebook company; and Andrew Garfield will play Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin.
The movie will be directed by David Fincher with the screenplay by Aaron Sorkin, based on the book by Ben Mezrich, The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal. The film is rumoured to have a $47 million budget and production is set to begin in October at locations throughout Boston, Cambridge and near the birthplace of Facebook, Harvard University.
Craig Robinson in Shrek
Craig Robinson will be voicing a character named “Cookie” in the fourth installment of the Shrek franchise called Shrek Forever After. Robinson confirmed the news in an interview with BDKReviews.
He is best known for his role as “Darryl” in The Office but Robinson seems to be popping up in a movie ever time I turn around. This summer he’s been in The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard and Night At The Museum 2 and he’s also appeared in Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Pineapple Express, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story and Knocked Up.
Shrek Forever After will also feature the voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Justin Timberlake, Ian McShane, Julie Andrews and Larry King, to name a few.
The movie will be in theatres on May 21, 2010.
The Open Road Trailer
The first trailer for The Open Road is now online. Justin Timberlake stars as a son trying to reconnect with his estranged father and bring him home to his ailing mother. The movie will be in theates on August 28th. Check out the trailer below.
The Open Road Poster
Cinematical has an exclusive look at the first poster for The Open Road starring Jeff Bridges and Justin Timberlake. In the movie Timberlake plays a son who tracks down his father, a legendary baseball player, and sets out on an adventurous road trip to be at the bedside of his ailing mother and his father’s ex-wife.
Although the movie has been sitting on the backburner for quite some time, The Open Road will start hitting theatres on August 28th.
Cooper, JT, Reynolds All Vying for Green Lantern
Yesterday we ran a story from AICN that Justin Timberlake was at a testing for the role of The Green Lantern (I actually mistakenly called it The Green Hornet). Well today comes word (from The Hollywood Reporter) that Mr. Timberlake is facing some stiff competition. It seems the field has been narrowed down to three finalists – JT, Bradley Cooper and Ryan Reynolds. Henry Cavill, Michael Fassbender and Jared Leto also read for the role – Jared Leto? Really? Seems to me that Bradley Cooper is a pretty hot commodity right now but Timberlake and Reynolds would also be great choices. I’m going to lean towards Cooper getting the part. I am sure the final decision will be made sooner than later. I’m not sure why I wrote previously that Jack Black was being considered. Let us know what your thoughts are on who should be The Green Lantern. The movie is scheduled to be in theatres in June 2011, so there’s still plenty of time to get things done!
Timberlake As The Green Lantern?
AintItCool is reporting that Warner Bros. ran a screen test for The Green Lantern and musician/actor/golfer Justin Timberlake suited up for that test. The report claims it “does not mean that JT is going to be Hal Jordan, but just that he’s one of the guys that they’ve been seriously considering for the role of our Emerald Knight. At least that’s the latest from our source, Alphonse.” Keep your eyes and ears peeled for the final decisions to be made soon. Apparently Jack Black is also a front-runner. The Green Lantern is scheduled to be in theatres in June 2011.
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