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The Party Down Movie Will Film in 2012

Party Down fans, there is finally real hope: According to series co-star Megan Mullally , a feature film continuation of the cancelled show, about Hollywood hopefuls employed by an L.A. catering company, is on its way with most of the original cast likely to return. Get more details after the jump! Spilling the news over the weekend at the Television Critics Association tour, where she was promoting her new show Breaking In , Mullally dropped more concrete details on the film, which her co-stars and series co-creator Rob Thomas have hinted at for months. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Mullally says the Party Down film will pick up where the show’s second season ended when it was cancelled by Starz in June of 2010, and that “the entire cast is coming back, with the possible exception of Jane Lynch, who she was not sure about.” Co-creator John Enbom is currently writing the script, with shooting to commence this spring or summer. Shooting during the spring hiatus makes the most sense, since various Party Down alums have since scattered to other shows. So, fans — how excited are you to hear of actual movement on a Party Down movie? And is it too early to start planning a double feature movie night with the eventual (knock wood) Arrested Development movie? • TCA: Megan Mullally Confirms ‘Party Down’ Movie Shooting in 2012 [THR]

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VIDEO: Here’s the Drive/Star Wars Mash-Up You Didn’t Know You Wanted

If you watched the pretty killer trailer for Drive and thought, “Needs more Han Solo,” great news as you head into the weekend. Some enterprising video editor decided to mash-up the audio from Drive ‘s trailer with video from Star Wars , and it’s… not bad! Could use some better dubbing though. Click through for a peek.

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9 Milestones in the Evolution of Paul Rudd

In Our Idiot Brother , Paul Rudd plays the shaggy-haired titular character, a guy so naively idiotic that he hands a uniformed police officer marijuana after the cop claims to be having a bad day. How did Rudd transform himself from a socially conscious law student who romances his hot ex-stepsister in Clueless to a socially imbecilic drifter who yearns for his dog Willie Nelson? You can always trace a direct line through a few important roles to illustrate what led to an actor’s current success. As such, let’s look at nine pivotal performances that track the evolution of Paul Rudd.

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Come to Transformers For the Robots, Stay For the Scenery-Chewing

True story: “[T]here’s a spray-tanned John Malkovich going real big ; an absolutely bonkers physical comedy endurance routine from Ken Jeong; Frances McDormand vacillating between phone-in and terrifying commitment as a chief spook; a big and effortlessly campy John Turturro splatter-painting of a performance. That is a lot of actors trying things without much supervision and, to be fair, they’re all winners in the losing battle of man versus machine.” [ The Awl ]

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9 Milestones in the Evolution of Tom Hanks

In this weekend’s Larry Crowne , Tom Hanks plays a hardworking retail employee who is laid off suddenly because he doesn’t have a college degree. How did Hanks transform himself from a smooth-talking cross-dresser named Buffy to a dorky community college student who dresses in Dockers and crosses campus on a scooter?

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Pixar Releases Yet Another Image of Brave’s Archer Princess Merida

You may have seen the trailer and stills for Pixar’s first fairy tale Brave but that doesn’t mean that you know anything more about the film than when it was first announced. A new image of Princess Merida (voiced by Kelly Macdonald) doesn’t do much to clear that mystery up… but it is gorgeous. Check it out ahead.

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Party Down Creator Says That Shooting on Party Down Film Could Start Next Spring

It has been a complete year since Starz pulled the plug on Party Down , and creator Rob Thomas refuses to give up hope on reuniting Adam Scott, Ken Marino, Lizzy Caplan and Martin Starr for a big screen adaptation. “People are talking to us about doing a Party Down movie,” he said. “We are pretty far down the deal-making process with that, so we’re hopeful that there will be a Party Down movie. Ideally, if it works out we could be shooting in television hiatus time next spring.” Are we having fun yet ? [ SlashFilm ]

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7 of the Most Scandalous Television Subplots of the Year

In our valiant quest to review everything notable from the past year in television — from the best episodes , the worst failures and the naughtiest characters — Movieline continues today by examining another theme on the small screen in 2010: Television subplots that brilliantly toed the line between the not-so-politically correct and downright offensive. Below, our own list of envelope-pushing subplots and sequences, that in some instances, even made viewers recoil in disgust. As always, feel free to suggest your own faves in the space below.

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Talkin’ ‘Bout My Generation: The 10 Biggest Television Fails of the Year

When you think of big time television fails of 2009 , your first thought is likely The Jay Leno Show . A year later, Movieline reviews ten more small screen failures — including the most heartbreaking television cancellations and most horrifying cleavage on Sesame Street — as we approach the end of the calendar year. Enjoy, and feel free to contribute your own suggestions ahead.

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