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Elijah Wood Cast In ‘Speed… at a Piano’

Did you ever think to yourself, what if Keanu Reeves in Speed wasn’t on a bus careening through Santa Monica at the behest of a madman but sitting at a piano giving the concert of his life under pain of certain death? No? Well, that’s why you, my friend, do not have a movie deal with Elijah Wood in place to star as said pianist. A classical thriller, they’ll call it! More on Eugenio Mira’s Grand Piano after the jump. According to THR , Mira’s indie thriller trades on a concept as high as it is brilliantly simple: “The story concerns a once-great concert pianist who suffers from stage fright and comes back to perform after a five-year hiatus. Just when he’s about to play the first bar, he notices somebody has written a threatening note on his music sheet. He’s now forced to play his best concert ever to save his life as well as his wife’s.” “Think Speed at a piano.” Oh, I’m thinking it. And now that I’ve thought it, I’m thinking Speed at a number of other locations. Speed at the post office! Speed at the dry cleaner! Speed on a Zamboni! Speed on a boat! (Oh, wait .) Grand Piano will be written by Damien Chazelle ( Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench , The Last Exorcism 2 ); Rodrigo Cortes, who directed Ryan Reynolds in a box in Buried , along with Buried producer Adrian Guerra, will produce. Director Mira previously made the genre entries The Birthday and Agnosia and appears in Cortes’ Red Lights , but you may also recognize him from this infamous 2010 Fantastic Fest karaoke video in which he, RZA, and future Grand Piano star Wood sing along to the sounds of the Black Eyed Peas. If that’s not an auspicious start to a fruitful film collaboration, I don’t know what is. [ THR ]

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VIDEO: Watch Craig Ferguson’s Lost Big Bang Theory Audition

Tonight, the Big Bang Theory nerds premiere their fourth season in a new time slot (well, they already conquered it last week in re-runs), and on the morning of this time change, Movieline has uncovered Craig Ferguson’s lost audition for the CBS sitcom. (And yes, seeing the middle-aged Scotsman in a tight t-shirt, acting like a socially impaired genius is just as disturbing as you would think.)

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Video Flashback: Ryan Reynolds on the Fine Art of Acting Alone in Buried

The eight months between Buried ‘s world premiere at Sundance and its release tomorrow couldn’t have flown by fast enough: The ingenious Ryan Reynolds thriller — set entirely inside a coffin buried somewhere in Iraq, where American contractor struggles against time (and oxygen, and… well, no spoilers) to arrange his rescue — was one of the fest’s most harrowing and memorable surprises. And not least for Reynolds’ performance, which this week quietly entered the Oscar sweepstakes. After the jump, flashback to the Buried premiere, where Reynolds (along with director Rodrigo Cortés and screenwriter Chris Sparling) elaborated on the agony and ecstasy (but mostly agony) behind one of the best roles of his career to date.

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Lindsay Lohan Nominated For New Brat Pack By ‘Breakfast Club’ Cast

‘I hope that no one gets that mantle put on them,’ Judd Nelson says at movie’s 25th anniversary screening. By Eric Ditzian Molly Ringwald Photo: MTV News In February of 1985, the young hot-shot actors soon to be dubbed the Brat Pack assembled in Los Angeles for the premiere of their brand-new flick, “The Breakfast Club.” A then-16-year-old Molly Ringwald settled into her seat with an eye on heading home to do homework afterward. Meanwhile, Judd Nelson and Emilio Estevez where nowhere to be seen. “Emilio and I were in the bathroom throwing up from sheer nerves,” Nelson recalled. “It was already playing and we walked out like, ‘We can’t watch this!’ We knew it was a great script, but you don’t know if the public will think that way.” Just over 25 years later, a considerably less nervous Nelson gathered with his cohorts to celebrate the film’s silver anniversary and to honor the memory of Hughes, who passed away in August 2009 at the age of 59. And as the cast (minus Estevez) walked the red carpet outside the Paris Theatre in New York, they spoke to MTV News about which young actors have taken over the pop culture mantle of the Brat Pack. “I have to say Lindsay Lohan is a really, really talented actress, and my heart goes out to her,” Ringwald told us. “I really wish the press would lay off of her and that somebody would step up and really help her.” “Lindsay Lohan!” seconded Ally Sheedy, before adding, “There are all the cool ‘Harry Potter’ kids!” Hughes became inextricably bound up with the Brat Pack back in the day, writing and directing films like “Sixteen Candles,” “Pretty in Pink” and, of course, “Breakfast Club.” Anthony Michael Hall, who first collaborated with Hughes for 1983’s “Vacation,” noted how a new generation of directors has risen up after Hughes to address similar issues of alienation and slackerdom. “Judd Apatow does great work. Kevin Smith does great work,” he said. “In terms of the young talent in the industry today, I salute them. The world has changed so much, and it’s more competitive than ever.” For his part, Nelson remains wary, even 25 years later, of the Brat Pack label. “I hope that no one gets that mantle put on them,” he said. “I’m not a fan of that term. I think people look back on that term in a cuddly way, but I still think it’s reprehensible. I hope that no one is painted with such a broad brush.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com .

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Ryan Reynolds Likens Filming ‘Buried’ To ‘A Fever Dream’

‘I would have been a fool to not pursue this with everything I had,’ he tells MTV News. By Kara Warner, with reporting by Josh Horowitz Ryan Reynolds Photo: MTV News Props to Ryan Reynolds for stepping out of his standard zany comedy and blockbuster action film roles and into the intense — and claustrophobia-inducing — thriller “Buried.” The entire film takes place inside a wooden coffin buried under the sand of the Iraqi desert. Reynolds plays Paul Conroy, a desperate man trying to escape, and he is the only actor shown onscreen. When we caught up with Reynolds and his “Buried” director, Rodrigo Cortes, we wondered what kind of prep the “Green Lantern” actor did to get ready to be in that box for so long. “This is the only film I’ve ever done where I did not rehearse a moment of it before stepping onto the set,” Reynolds said. “I just don’t know if you could. Who wants to? It would be awful to try and rehearse this at home and try to express all of these different kinds of emotions in a close-up. “It’s just something you’ve gotta do when you’re out there, and then it will feel like a fever dream,” he continued. “And that’s what it was. I walked away thinking it felt like I had a weird nightmare.” So would Reynolds rather get back in a box for a sequel or do another “Van Wilder” movie? “Gosh, that’s a good question,” he said. “I’ll take another film in a box, because the reward is pretty great doing a film like this.” Speaking of rewards, Reynolds’ director had nothing but the highest praise for his star. “[Ryan is] an actor able to develop very deep and very committed emotions with very small things, in a very organic way,” Cortes said. “It’s impossible to catch him lying. He never acts; he always is. It’s amazing. It’s so heartbreaking.” He went on to compare Reynolds to one of the most memorable actors in Hollywood history: Cary Grant. “He has an alien sense of timing. I haven’t seen anyone like that since Cary Grant, so it’s a gift for a director,” Cortes said. “So from the very first moment, he was a long shot, he was going to say no, it was between ‘The Proposal’ and ‘Green Lantern,’ so come on, is he going to come to Barcelona to our little box? But for some reason, he said yes. I still wonder why.” A humbled Reynolds seemed flattered by the compliments. “That is high praise. I’ve taken it with a grain of salt or a crate of Valium,” he laughed. “It was a unique opportunity, and I would have been a fool to not pursue this with everything I had. It was just such an amazing script with an amazing filmmaker and something that had never, ever been done before.” Watching “Buried” with an audience, Reynolds said, is as unique as filming the project. “I’ve never been a part of a film where you walk into the theater and everybody takes a deep breath before the credits start rolling and you don’t exhale until the end,” he said. “It’s just amazing.” Check out everything we’ve got on “Buried.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com . Related Videos MTV Rough Cut: Ryan Reynolds

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