The Wild N’ Out comedians are known for holding back nothing when it comes to getting these jokes off…so it’s interesting to see what they come up with when placing parent against child in their latest hot seat edition of “Talkin’ Spit.” Do you agree with which team won? Getty/YouTube
Welp, rough news for fans of Fox’s Lethal Weapon action-comedy series . Damon Wayans has just abruptly announced that he plans on quitting the show at the end of filming this season. The news came as a relative surprise during his recent interview with Eurweb . The comedic actor claimed that as a 58-year-old man suffering from diabetes, the grueling shooting schedule had simply gotten to be too much for him. This is a shock for fans (and it seems, perhaps for the network…), who have already had to adjust to severe shake-ups on the show this year. Wayans’ co-star Clayne Crawford bowed out for season 3, replaced instead by Seann William Scott (“American Pie”). Now, with Wayans making an exit as well, there’s no telling what direction the show will go in. Do you watch? What do you think of this shakeup? Getty/Vimeo
First of all, we’d like to give a great big THANKS to everyone who entered our American Reunion caption contest! You all made us laugh out loud with some truly SKINspired captions. But there were three commenters whose quips stood head and shoulders above the rest. For the pic of Katrina Bowden holding her bo-bos as Seann William Scott taunts her on the beach, the Skin Staff got a big laugh out of this caption from HansLanda. That’s a bingo , Hans: “If you’re angry and you know it and you really wanna show it, if you’re angry and you know it clap your hands! CLAP! CLAP!” For our Saturday pic of Ali Cobrin giving Jason Biggs a faceful of thong, we had a few dudes present some variation on this joke, but our favorite came from James Vagabond : “Hmm, never even knew this ride came with rear side airbags.” And over on our Facebook page, Dave Miller won the day with his caption: “The private Romney fundraiser was WAY different than I expected!” Congratulations to Dave, James and HansLanda! You’ll all be receiving an American Reunion prize pack featuring American Reunion on Blu-ray, American Pie on Blu-ray, and beer-flavored lip balm courtesy of our friends at Universal Pictures!
Breaking news: The third installment of Tom Six ‘s Human Centipede saga — which the director promised would see 500 human beings stitched together… in America ! — may be in trouble. According to reports cobbled together through press releases and Twitter missives from Six and his Human Centipede star, Dieter Laser, the German actor took issue with certain script elements, causing him to walk. Six says he’ll sue. Will the script and contract issues be resolved in time to get the erstwhile Dr. Heiter on set for the shoot, commencing later this year? WILL THE PEOPLE OF EARTH GET THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE THREEQUEL THEY WANT DESERVE DREAD?? On closer examination, Laser’s statement explaining why he parted ways with Six actually seems fairly reasonable. That said, what does it mean that Laser claims to be a method actor? *Shudder* Read Laser’s statement , via Best Movies Ever Screen Read: “It’s very simple: I loved the story when it was told, got the contract and the promise to have the script in 4 to 6 weeks. When it arrived – half a year later and only after the official announcement – I didn’t like the realization at all, couldn’t identify with the character the way it was written and developed immediately and enthusiastically in a day and night marathon a version full of concrete and practical suggestions which would enable me to play the lead full throttle – same procedure as with Dr. Heiter – but this time it also would have had some unavoidable effects to the dramatic structure. That was too much for Tom and since he couldn’t live with my suggestions and I as a method actor couldn’t identify with his version, I told him that I couldn’t see any other way than that he would have to ‘change horses.’ That’s it.” Of course, there is the pesky business of legal contracts to contend with. And since Six’s vision involves both Dr. Heiter and Human Centipede 2 ‘s Martin, I can’t imagine Six will let Laser walk without a lot of trouble. This ought to make for a harmonious set. Six Tweeted the following earlier today: @tom_six Tom Six An actor who demands his own script changes which I as the THC creator didnt like. It was his way or the highway after he signed a contract! Mar 29 via web Favorite Retweet Reply Of course, it’s entirely possible, given the self-reflexive nature of The Human Centipede 2 (in which Six and HC1 star Ashlynn Yennie play themselves as the focus of an obsessed Human Centipede fan) that this is all part of some weird meta-narrative in which Six plays himself sparring with his star in real life to frame whatever shenanigans go down in The Human Centipede 3 . Method acting and Hollywood industry inside talk would fit into the U.S.-centric theme, I suppose. What do you think, Movieliners: Publicity stunt or legit creative difference? [ Bleeding Cool via The Playlist ]
Michael Dowse’s hockey comedy Goon is crude, violent and deeply enjoyable. It also offers the chance to see Liev Schreiber — a guy who’s played Hamlet, ferchrissakes — living it up as a bloodthirsty minor-league thug in the kind of ’70s eight-track-guy mustache that only hockey players, bless their hearts, still try to get away with. That, to me, is catnip in the form of a hockey puck. In Goon , Seann William Scott plays Doug Glatt, the son of a respected New England surgeon (played by the always-rad Eugene Levy) who hasn’t come close to fulfilling his family’s expectations: He’s a scrappy, bulked-up guy who works as a bouncer at a local watering hole, the only sort of job he seems suited for, until the coach of a local hockey team catches some video footage showing how, during a chance encounter, he easily beats the pants off a mouthy hockey player. Doug is invited to try out and shows up in a pair of borrowed figure skates — they’re like dainty white cupcakes barely able to support the girth of his padded uniform — and makes the team not because he can skate or pass or defend the goal, but simply because he can brawl. Before long, Doug scrambles his way onto one of the stronger minor-league teams, the Halifax Highlanders, where he’s seen as the heir to the throne that Schreiber’s rough-and-tumble Ross Rhea, who plays for a rival team, has been perched on for years. His dual assignments as a new Highlander: To bring back the mojo of one of the team’s best players – he has the too-perfect name Xavier LaFlamme, and he’s played by Marc-André Grondin — whom Rhea roundly smacked upside the head the previous season. And, of course, to fight. If you’re looking for a bold excoriation of how ultra-violent (and dangerous) hockey has become in the past 10 or 20 years, please take yourself and your full set of natural, God-given teeth elsewhere. Goon never gets around to serving up a platitudinous “Violence is bad” message, which is one of its attributes. (The picture was written by Evan Goldberg, co-writer of Pineapple Express and Superbad , and Jay Baruchel, the latter of whom also appears in the picture as a foul-mouthed hockey aficionado. It was adapted from the novel Goon: The True Story of an Unlikely Journey into Minor League Hockey, by Adam Frattasio and Doug Smith.) Instead, the movie glides easily on Scott’s particular brand of firecracker sweetness. Scott isn’t typical leading-man material, but he carries Goon ably on his sturdy shoulders, both in the movie’s romantic subplot (in which he woos an adorable hockey nut played by Alison Pill, who in one scene is shown getting mildly turned on as a she watches a dustup in a televised game) and in the way his character stands up to the boorishness of his teammates (he takes umbrage when they make homophobic remarks, partly because his brother is gay and partly, you sense, because it’s just plain wrong). There’s an air of bewildered naiveté about Doug, which somehow offsets his desire to break his opponents’ faces open when he’s on the ice: He’s protective of his teammates, and belonging to the team gives him a sense of purpose, even though his parents, proper upstanding citizens, certainly don’t understand it. Dowse ( It’s All Gone Pete Tong , Take Me Home Tonight ) takes a great deal of cackling pleasure in showing faces being smashed into Plexiglas rinkside barriers and players being body-checked with caveman ruthlessness. He bookends his movie with two versions of the same image: Droplets of blood falling onto the ice in slow motion, followed by a single spinning tooth. Schreiber has one relatively quiet, pensive coffee-shop scene, but for the most part, he’s roughing it up on the ice with the rest of them, and he seems to be having a ball. Schreiber is a marvelous actor but sometimes a self-serious one, and this is one instance where he’s quite literally allowed to take the gloves off. Goon not only fails to sermonize about violence in sports, but maybe even glorifies it. Even so, the movie is admirable for the way it refuses to offer us the easy comfort of watching its lead character learn a valuable lesson. Doug is a nice guy — you leave the picture believing that someday he’ll get sick of beating people up and hang up his stick for good. It’s just as well that doesn’t happen on-screen. For now, all we have to do is enjoy the movie’s wicked, gap-toothed smile. Follow Stephanie Zacharek on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
Facebook.com – Become a Fan! Twitter.com – Follow Us! Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, Seann William Scott, Neil Patrick Harris, Shannon Elizabeth. Eddie Kaye Thomas, John Cho, and Eugene Levy all made appearances at the “American Reunion” US Premiere at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Alyson Hannigan, who is currently pregnant, was very engaged signing autographs for fans, while Shannon Elizabeth showed up, looking more stunning than ever. Neil Patrick Harris “suited up” and made an appearance. Jason Biggs and Eddie Kaye Thomas engaged the crowd and posed for photos, As well as Seann William Scott. CF1A5A70
On April 6, the cast from American Pie will reunite for their 10th high school reunion in East Great Falls, Michigan, and so much has changed. Or not at all. The new American Reunion trailer below shows Seann William Scott in all his glory as the sex-crazed, pot-stirring Stifler, while Jason Biggs’ Jim is married with a kid. When a girl he used to babysit invites Jim to her 18th birthday party, Stifler wants him to hit it, to which Jim says, “I’m not going to cheat on my wife. I’m a father.” Stifler’s eloquent response: “Be her daddy.” Classy as always! American Reunion Trailer (Full Length) Another classic, revolting moment: Jim’s dad telling him all the good things a man can do with a strategically placed thumb. Some things never change … American Reunion also brings back Mena Suvari, Eugene Levy, Tara Reid, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Shannon Elizabeth, Chris Klein, Thomas Ian Nichols and Jennifer Coolidge.
Who’s ready for another slice of warm, moist American Pie? The first full trailer for American Reunion , the fourth film from the American Pie franchise with the full cast, has been released, and focuses on (what else) their 10th reunion. It looks like the more things change, the more they stay the same. Jim (Jason Biggs) and Michelle (Alyson Hannigan) are still married with a kid, Stifler’s (Seann William Scott) still a player, Nadia’s (Shannon Elizabeth) still hot and Stifler’s mom (Jennifer Coolidge) is still on the prowl. Tara Reid was actually asked back too somehow. Check out the trailer for it below and see what you think: American Reunion Trailer
Red-band sneak peek shows Jason Bigg’s character as older, but maybe not wiser. By Kevin P. Sullivan Jason Biggs in “American Reunion” Photo: Universal Old habits die hard, and that’s never been more apparent than in the brand-new red-band trailer for “American Reunion,” the fourth “American Pie” movie centering on the original cast. It’s been 12 years since the first “Pie,” and Jim ( Jason Biggs ) may have gotten married in the last movie, but he’s still the same awkward, horny kid at heart. And as you’ll see in the trailer, the same goes for his wife, Michelle ( Alyson Hannigan ). The new movie follows the gang as they prepare for the East Great Falls class reunion. But what makes the get-together truly special is that this is the first time since “American Pie 2” that the entire cast is back together onscreen. When we say the entire cast, we mean the entire cast. The movie brings back many of the memorable smaller roles from the series, including the Shermanator, Stifler’s mom and even John Cho as MILF Guy #2. The trailer doesn’t show much in the way of the story, but it has one big surprise built in that should set off the good old “American Pie” cringe. No matter how much things have changed, it looks like for Jim, they’re exactly the same. “American Reunion” hits theaters April 6 and stars Biggs, Hannigan, Seann William Scott, Mena Suvari, Shannon Elizabeth, Tara Reid, Chris Klein, Thomas Ian Nicholas and Eddie Kaye Thomas. Video: ‘American Reunion’ movie trailer (mature) Check out everything we’ve got on “American Reunion.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com .