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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Mar 11, 2015 8:27:12 GMT -6
deadline.com/2015/03/zoolander-2-february-12-2016-1201389738/‘Zoolander 2′ Coming To Catwalk February 12, 2016 Paramount Pictures used Paris Fashion Week as the occasion to set Zoolander 2 for a February 12, 2016 release date. They even had rival supermodels Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller) and Hansel (Owen Wilson) shaking their moneymakers during the Valentino Women’s Collection Fall/Winter 2015-16 Fashion Show. We told you last November that Penelope Cruz was signing on to be the female lead in a sequel that puts Stiller back behind the camera again, with a Justin Theroux script. I’d heard then that Will Ferrell was discussing a return as the sinister Mugatu. Stiller and Stuart Cornfeld are producing for Red Hour. The original Zoolander was an irresistibly silly film, anchored by Stiller’s total commitment to his empty-headed mugging buffoon supermodel. There were some hilarious moments in the original, from Blue Steel to the catwalk showdown between Zoolander and Hansel, to the freak gasoline fight accident that was one of the funniest movie comedy moments in recent years. Will his 87-year-old dad Jerry Stiller reprise as his weak-willed modeling agent Maury Ballstein?
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Mar 25, 2015 10:02:00 GMT -6
variety.com/2015/scene/news/ben-stiller-on-zoolander-2-brooklyn-hipsters-and-his-noah-baumbach-comedy-1201459060/Ben Stiller on ‘Zoolander 2,’ Brooklyn Hipsters and His Noah Baumbach Comedy The Noah Baumbach comedy “While We’re Young” premiered at New York’s Paris Theatre on Monday night with stars Ben Stiller and Amanda Seyfried. The indie, which was picked up by A24 out of Toronto, follows a struggling documentary filmmaker (Stiller) who befriends two younger Brooklyn hipsters (Adam Driver and Seyfried). Naomi Watts, who didn’t attend the premiere, plays Stiller’s wife. The film shot in New York last year, both in Upstate and throughout Brooklyn (including Williamsburg and Greenpoint). “I hadn’t spent a lot of time in Brooklyn,” Stiller said. “I’m from the Upper West Side. I remember going to Brooklyn as a kid, and the neighborhoods are always very exotic to me and so different.” Stiller said he didn’t absorb much about hipster culture during the shoot. “I feel like it’s all ridiculous the way people are categorizing it,” said Stiller. “People are doing their thing, and you can make fun of it easily. I think the people who are quote-unquote hipsters probably are not all hipsters. They are people who might have a beard.” “While We’re Young” marks Stiller’s second collaboration with Baumbach after 2010’s “Greenberg.” Baumbach wrote the script with Stiller in mind. “I was very happy to work with him again,” Stiller said. “He writes these really specific roles.” Added Baumbach: “I wanted to make a comedy about marriage. That was my initial thought going into it.” The director said he doesn’t encourage his actors to improvise. “I work hard on these things,” Baumbach says. “I want them to say the lines.” Stiller had flown in from Rome, where he’s shooting “Zoolander 2.” “I should be back there,” he said. “I’ve been working on the script for the last 10 years.” He wouldn’t say if the second chapter is funnier than the first. “I will leave that for the audience to judge,” Stiller said. “I’m trying to make it its own thing and different, but also (incorporate) things that people like from the first one.” “While We’re Young” was introduced by A24’s David Fenkel, and the after-party was held at Lexington Brass. Wes Anderson, who stayed through the film’s end credits and took selfies with fans waiting outside, walked over with Vogue editor Grace Coddington. The “Moonrise Kingdom” director was later seen chatting in a dark corner of the party with another powerful New York filmmaker — Spike Jonze (who said he still hadn’t seen the “Girls” finale, on which he had a cameo as a music executive). Emily Mortimer and Mamie Gummer huddled at the bar. At around 11 p.m., Greta Gerwig gave several women long hugs, and then hovered by the door as she waited for her boyfriend. “I’m trying to get Noah out,” she explained to friends. But the most unusual exchange came from a man who approached Stiller with an aggressive pitch at the end of the evening. “I’m making a short film,” the man said. “I would like for you to be in it. Rachel Dratch is in it. It would be you and Rachel in three vignettes.” Stiller nodded, and then promptly headed for the exit.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Apr 22, 2015 10:41:42 GMT -6
variety.com/2015/film/news/ben-stiller-zoolander-2-will-be-a-giant-bomb-filled-with-money-1201476630/Ben Stiller: ‘Zoolander 2′ Will Be a Giant Bomb…Filled with Money Ben Stiller provided the comic counterpoint to Arnold Schwarzenegger and Tom Cruise at Paramount’s presentation at CinemaCon on Tuesday, evoking guffaws as he reprised the goofy Derek Zoolander in a video clip for “Zoolander 2.” “It’s great to be at Comic-Con,” he said. “You’re like the Justice League with your superpower being exhibiting movies.” Stiller noted that the original film grossed $46 million domestically and “whopping” $15 million internationally in 2001. And he promised that the sequel will be bigger. “‘Zoolander 2′ is going to drop like a giant bomb — only a good bomb where that explodes with all this money that you can keep,” he said. Stiller is joined by Owen Wilson and Will Ferrell in the sequel as well as Penelope Cruz, who he referred to as “an Australian actress.” Billy Zane, who recently joined the cast, was introduced in the clip by Stiller, who remained staring at the camera. Stiller and Wilson announced the film’s release date by walking in the Valentino show at Paris Fashion Week in March. The sequel is written by Stiller and Justin Theroux with Stiller set to direct.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Apr 30, 2015 9:47:16 GMT -6
variety.com/2015/film/news/justin-bieber-zoolander-2-cast-ben-stiller-1201481304/Justin Bieber Joins ‘Zoolander 2′ Justin Bieber is joining Ben Stiller’s “Zoolander 2″ in an unspecified role, according to a posting that Bieber made on his Twitter account. Bieber will be joining a cast that includes Stiller, Owen Wilson, Billy Zane, Will Ferrell and Penelope Cruz. “Zoolander 2″ opens on Feb. 16, 2016. Stiller and Wilson announced the film’s release date by walking in the Valentino show at Paris Fashion Week in March. The sequel is written by Stiller and Justin Theroux, with Stiller set to direct. Paramount showed a video clip last week at CinemaCon of Stiller as he reprised the goofy Derek Zoolander, saying, “It’s great to be at Comic-Con,” he said. Stiller noted that the original film grossed $46 million domestically and a “whopping” $15 million internationally in 2001. And he promised that the sequel will be bigger. “‘Zoolander 2′ is going to drop like a giant bomb — only a good bomb where that explodes with all this money that you can keep,” he said.
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