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Jim Carrey is one of the most prolific comic actors in Hollywood. The actor changed the way comedy stars were looked at in the industry by giving solid hits in the ‘90s with films such as Ace Venture: Pet Detective, The Mask, Liar Liar, and more. Though he has done great work in dramas such as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, he is known for his comedic work the most.

Carrey scored a trio of incredible hits including his breakthrough release Ace Ventura. After the success of the comic book adaptation The Mask, Carrey played the role of Lloyd Christmas in the comedy Dumb and Dumber. The actor was so committed to the role of a stupid limo driver that he chipped the cap off of his tooth to give him the iconic look.

Jim Carrey’s Extreme Commitment To Make People Laugh Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura:...

The “American Pie” franchise is one of the most popular and successful comedy franchises. The series spans nine movies and follows a group of friends navigating the highs and lows of teenage life.

From first kisses to losing their virginity, the “American Pie” movies capture the essence of being young and in love. And whether you’re a fan of the original cast or the newer additions, there’s something for everyone in this hilarious franchise.

Throughout the first film in the original series, Jim Levenstein (Jason Biggs) attempts to establish a connection with Nadia (Shannon Elizabeth), his schoolmate. Jim and three of his closest pals, Kevin Myers (Thomas Ian Nicholas), Paul Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas), and Chris Ostreicher (Chris Klein), make a promise to lose their virginity before graduation.

“The American Pie Movie” series was a huge success and became an American cultural phenomenon. The series began with a...

Last night, one of the last of the awards season dominos fell when the Directors Guild of America had their annual awards gala. With the DGA having chimed in, it’s just left to BAFTA and their forthcoming show, in terms of what can really factor in to an Academy Award voter’s mind. There were two frontrunners going into the evening in the two major categories, though an upset was speculated in one. Go figure then, a surprise winner was crowned somewhere, but not where we all expected… In an upset, the First Time Director category did not go to Bradley Cooper for A Star Is Born. Instead, the Directors Guild gave that prize to Bo Burnham for Eighth Grade. Obviously, Burnham did strong work and is deserving, but this marks the first time that someone nominated in both categories did not win this one in a walk. Obviously,...

“Roma” filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron won one of the top prizes at Saturday night’s 71st Directors Guild of America Awards, beating out Bradley Cooper for “A Star Is Born,” Spike Lee for “BlacKkKlansman,” Adam McKay for “Vice,” and Peter Farrelly for “Green Book” for the feature film award.

Bo Burnham was also among the guild’s big winners, taking home the first-time feature film prize for his coming-of-age drama “Eighth Grade.” He was up against Cooper, Carlos Lopez Estrada for “Blindspotting,” Matthew Heineman for “A Private War,” and Boots Riley for “Sorry to Bother You.”

While Cooper lost out on both awards, two other actors-turned-directors were victorious: Ben Stiller and Bill Hader. Stiller won in the movies for television and limited series category for his prison-break drama “Escape at Dannemora,” while Hader won for comedy series for “Barry,” which he also toplines.

McKay didn’t take the top film award,...

Just moments ago, the Directors Guild of America revealed their nominations. This was a hotly anticipated announcement, as it helps to somewhat clarify one of the biggest Oscar categories out there. The DGA usually comes pretty close to predicting what the Academy Awards will do, so they’re worth paying plenty of attention to. We now have our Guild information to process, so look for that to be reflected with new predictions on Friday. In the meantime, we can stick with DGA discussion. What did they do this year? Well, it was a very good day for Bradley Cooper, that’s for sure. DGA cited Cooper twice, once in Outstanding Director and once for Outstanding First Time Director, both for A Star Is Born. Joining him in the big category is Alfonso Cuaron for Roma, Peter Farrelly for Green Book, Spike Lee for BlacKkKlansman, and Adam McKay for Vice. Could these be the Oscar five?...

The Directors Guild has announced nominees for outstanding directing in a film for 2018, along with its annual first-time director noms. This year’s list includes a double mention for Bradley Cooper, who made his directorial debut with Warner Bros’ musical drama A Star Is Born, and Spike Lee, who gets his first DGA nom ever for Focus Features’ BlacKkKlansman. That may be a shocking statistic about Lee, but he has also never been nominated for the directing Oscar either. This year reps his best chance to break that curse.

The list, which also includes Alfonso Cuarón for Roma, Peter Farrelly for Green Book and Adam McKay for Vice, does not contain huge surprises but it is especially important as the guild has been a savvy prognosticator on who will be the eventual Oscar winner — in fact it has differed only seven times since the DGA started giving awards in 1949. Interestingly...

In a year when the Oscar race is packed with popular films with flaws of one sort or another, the Directors Guild of America awards nominations provide a significant signpost of where things are headed. Golden Globe-winner “Bohemian Rhapsody” may be showing strong Guild support, but the DGA, which dictated that Bryan Singer get director credit for the film he left under fire (completed by Dexter Fletcher), did not go there.

The 2018 DGA nominations went to five lead auteur contenders for the Best Picture Oscar: Alfonso Cuaron for “Roma,” his second nomination after DGA-winner “Gravity,” Bradley Cooper for “A Star is Born,” Peter Farrelly for “Green Book,” Spike Lee for “BlacKkKlansman,” and Adam McKay for “Vice.” McKay was also nominated for “The Big Short.”

Cooper also landed a second nomination for first-time director. This marks Lee’s first DGA nomination; he is the fourth African-American director to be nominated for Best Feature by the DGA,...

In a year when the Oscar race is packed with popular films with flaws of one sort or another, the Directors Guild of America awards nominations provide a significant signpost of where things are headed. Golden Globe-winner “Bohemian Rhapsody” may be showing strong Guild support, but the DGA, which dictated that Bryan Singer get director credit for the film he left under fire (completed by Dexter Fletcher), did not go there.

The 2018 DGA nominations went to five lead contenders for the directing Oscar: Alfonso Cuaron for “Roma,” his second nomination after DGA-winner “Gravity,” Bradley Cooper for “A Star is Born,” Peter Farrelly for “Green Book,” Spike Lee for “BlacKkKlansman,” and Adam McKay for “Vice.” McKay was also nominated for “The Big Short.”

Cooper also landed a second nomination for first-time director. This marks Lee’s first DGA nomination; he is the fourth African-American director to be nominated for Best Feature by the DGA,...

The Directors Guild of America has nominated Alfonso Cuaron for “Roma,” Bradley Cooper for “A Star Is Born,” Spike Lee for “BlacKkKlansman,” Adam McKay for “Vice,” and Peter Farrelly for “Green Book” for its top feature film award.

Cooper also received a DGA nomination for its first-time director award on Tuesday, along with Bo Burnham for “Eighth Grade,” Carlos Lopez Estrada for “Blindspotting,” Matthew Heineman for “A Private War,” and Boots Riley for “Sorry to Bother You.”

Cuaron won the DGA and Academy Award for directing five years ago for “Gravity.” It’s the first DGA nomination for Cooper, Farrelly, and Lee. It’s McKay’s third DGA nom, three years after he received a nod for “The Big Short.” He also received a television nomination Monday for directing an episode of “Succession.”

There were no surprises in the DGA’s announcement, which came two days after Cuaron won the...

Title: Demoted Directed by: J.B. Rogers Starring: Sean Astin, David Cross and Michael Vartan Running time: 94 minutes, Rated R, Available on DVD Special Features: None A couple of prankster tire salesmen who happen to be in tight with the boss have a rude awakening when the boss suddenly dies; and the one guy they picked on incessantly, becomes their boss. Their punishment? Demoted to secretaries. Rodney (Michael Vartan) has a wedding to plan with his fiance, and is under constant scrutiny from his future father-in-law. Mike (Sean Astin) still lives at home, and is under pressure to finally move out and not be such a loser in his father’s [ Read More ]...

“American Reunion” begins with the franchise’s typical sexual misunderstanding played for casual sitcom laughs. Married couple Jim (Jason Biggs) and Michelle (Alyson Hannigan) are preparing for bedtime when she excuses herself to take a late night bath. Without saying a word, Jim watches her leave before visiting bookmarked porn sites on his laptop computer, pleasing himself with a sock filled with what can only be considered an excessive amount of lubrication. Through a few prepackaged pratfalls too implausible to properly explain, Jim and Michelle’s pre-pubescent son learns that Mommy and Daddy had been pleasuring themselves in separate rooms, and lack the self-awareness to properly shield themselves when caught. The camera stays fixed on the silent milieu of an embarrassed Michelle shrinking underneath the bubbles in her bathtub, and Jim clenching the bleeding tip of his crotch, the two of them separated by a shower handle excitedly dancing across the tiles.

Owned helmed by J.B. Rogers of American Pie 2, casts Paul Iacono in Jessica Szhor comedy Paul Iacono, known for Fame and TV's The Hard Times of R.J. Berger, is set to join teenage comedy which Dobré Films and Radar Pictures are producing, reports Variety. J.B. Rogers (Demoted, Say it Isn't So, American Pie 2) directs from Jim Freeman's script, with a story concerning a new girl ina school who blackmails her nerdy neighbor with a compromising video, which ends up making him a super-popular kid in school.

Owned helmed by J.B. Rogers of American Pie 2, casts Paul Iacono in Jessica Szhor comedy Paul Iacono, known for Fame and TV's The Hard Times of R.J. Berger, is set to join teenage comedy which Dobré Films and Radar Pictures are producing, reports Variety. J.B. Rogers (Demoted, Say it Isn't So, American Pie 2) directs from Jim Freeman's script, with a story concerning a new girl ina school who blackmails her nerdy neighbor with a compromising video, which ends up making him a super-popular kid in school.

Jessica Szohr will play the female lead in new teen comedy flick Owned.

Szohr will star as a high school student who tries to blackmail her nerdy neighbor with a compromising video when she joins a new school only for him willing to become popular as a result.

American Pie 2 helmer Jb Rogers will direct the movie from a script penned by Jim Freeman. New comedy will be co-produced by Radar Pictures and Dobre Films.

Jessica’s feature credits include Fired Up and Piranha 3D where she joined with former adult movie star Riley Steele, Kelly Brook, Jerry O’Connell, Elizabeth Shue and Richard Dreyfuss for a sexy remake of the 1978 cult film about killer fish.

Riley remembers before they’d shoot a scene:

Me and Kelly go out in a boat and basically try to get innocent Jessica to become a wild girl. So, I’m basically playing myself!

While it's still not a sure thing that The Twilight Saga: New Moon director Chris Weitz is out of the running for the director spot of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, it appears that Chris Weitz is getting even busier as each day passes.

You already know that Weitz is scheduled to direct The Gardener sometime this year.

According to Fused Film,

A few weeks ago we posted that Universal was keen on making an American Pie 4 nd bring back some of the origina ... Weitz did help his brother Paul Weitz with directing American Pie, the first of the three films in the series, his main position served was as a producer or executive producer for the films (note that American Pie 2 was directed by J.B. Rogers and American Wedding was directed by Jesse Dylan ...

Some Cannes footage has been put together in trailer-form for upcoming comedy Demoted, which on the strength of this taster looks pretty amusing.Mike (Sean Astin) and Rodney (Michael Vartan) are mid-level employees with a fondness for playing pranks on office jerk Ken Castro (David Cross). But when their kindly boss dies, Castro is promoted to his place and Mike and Rodney are demoted to the secretarial pool. Where, unsurprisingly, they don't cope too well.The film's directed by American Pie 2's James B. Rogers, which admittedly is no guarantee of funny, and written by Dan Callahan. Let's hope that we get a chance to see it for ourselves.

Michael Vartan will co-star opposite Jada Pinkett Smith in "Time Heals," an upcoming series from TNT which Sony TV are producing.Set to make its premiere later this year, the series focuses on a strong and caring nursing director in a North Carolina hospital. Vartan will play Tom Wakefield, the director of medicine at the hospital. Apparently, the colleagues care for each other, quite possibly more than just on a working basis.   Pinkett Smith was last seen in "The Women" with Meg Ryan, Annette Bening and Eva Mendes. Vartan is in post-production for James B. Rogers "Demoted" starring Sean Astin and David Cross.  ...

Sean Astin, Sara Foster and Ceila Weston are the latest to join Michael Vartan and David Cross in James B. Rogers' upcoming indie comedy "Demoted," according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Written by Dan Callahan, the film centers on two tire salesmen (Vartan, Astin) who enjoy playing big pranks on their co-worker (Cross). But when the latter suddenly becomes their new boss, he seeks revenge by making them his new secretaries.

Foster will jump into the role of Astin's wife, who thinks he's just been promoted, while Weston will star as the head secretary who pushes the two friends to pursue a revenge on their own.

Astin most recently starred in "The Final Game," and is currently filming "Stay Cool" for Michael Polish. Foster's acting credits include "D.E.B.S." As for Weston, she most recently starred in Oliver Hirschbiegel's "The Invasion."...

Savage Steve Holland, the writer-director of 1980s classics like "Better Off Dead", is returning to the genre that made his career with "The Big One 3", his first feature film in more than 18 years.

Warren Zide is producing via his Flipzide Studios along with JB Rogers.

Holland wrote and directed 1985's "Dead" and 1986's "One Crazy Summer", both starring John Cusack, before segueing into television, building a name for himself directing such shows as "Even Stevens", "Lizzie McGuire" and "Phil of the Future".

Zide described the script, which sat on Holland's shelf for a while, as something that will compliment "Dead" and "Summer", making it a trilogy of sorts.

"This is based on a true events in Savage's life," Zide said. "When he was a kid, he had his 13th birthday party and the only one that showed up was a clown, and all that that guy did was hit on his sister."

The family comedy centers on a father who will do whatever he can to make his 13-year-old son's birthday special because his was a disaster.

Oscar-nominated actress Mariel Hemingway is set to portray California's first lady, Maria Shriver, in the A&E biopic See Arnold Run. The film, from Cypress Point Prods. and Stu Segall Prods., will chronicle Arnold Schwarzenegger's rise from an Austrian bodybuilder to a Hollywood star and governor of California. Hemingway will star opposite Jurgen Prochnow, who was cast as Schwarzenegger (HR 7/12). Shriver, niece of the late President John F. Kennedy, has been married to Schwarzenegger for 18 years. In February, she put an end to her 18-year NBC News career to focus on her duties as first lady. Matt Dorff, who penned See Arnold Run, will exec produce the movie with Gerald W. Abrams, Michael Goldstein and A&E's Delia Fine. J.B. Rogers is directing the film, which is slated to begin production July 27 in San Diego. Hemingway, who was nominated for an Oscar for Manhattan in 1980, has starred in such films as Star 80, The Contender and TBS' First Daughter. She is repped by Don Buchwald and Associates and manager Jonathan Brandstein of MBST Entertainment.

A&E is in negotiations with Jurgen Prochnow to play the role of Arnold Schwarzenegger in the upcoming biopic See Arnold Run. While terms of the contract are still being finalized, A&E is looking to tap the German-born Prochnow (The English Patient) for Run, which is scheduled to begin shooting next month in Southern California and could air as early as the fourth quarter (HR 6/30). J.B. Rogers (American Pie 2) will direct from a script by Matt Dorff (ABC's Inside the Osmonds). A&E declined comment. A&E has already cast Roland Kickinger to play a younger version of Schwarzenegger in Run, which will focus on his gubernatorial bid as well as his early bodybuilding career. Cypress Point Prods. (44 Minutes) and Stu Segall Prods. (The Last Ride) are producing Run, with Stu Segall, Gerald W. Abrams and Michael Goldstein serving as executive producers. Paramount Television will handle distribution of the film. Still to be cast is the role of Schwarzenegger's wife, Maria Shriver.

A&E Network is moving forward with its Arnold Schwarzenegger biopic, tapping J.B. Rogers as director and casting the actor who will portray the younger version of the bodybuilder-turned-movie star who was elected governor of California last year. Roland Kickinger, previously a regular on the FX comedy series Son of the Beach, has been tapped to play the younger Schwarzenegger in See Arnold Run. The two-hour telepic will begin shooting next month in San Diego and Los Angeles. Rogers (American Pie 2) will direct from a script by Matt Dorff (ABC's Inside the Osmonds).