I typically associate Seth MacFarlane with Family Guy or American Dad, neither of which I’m a fan of. So I had no interest when it was announced he would be directing a live action comedy that he also wrote. But then a few hilarious trailers came out and I thought that maybe TED would be [...]
Universal Studios has officially announced that the summer comedy TED, from director Seth MacFarlane and starring Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Joel McHale, Giovanni Ribisi, Patrick Stewart and featuring the voice talents of Seth MacFarlane, will be available in a Blu-ray/DVD/Ultraviolet digital copy combo pack on December 11th, 2012. TED follows the story of John Bennett [...]
This shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone, but Universal Studios has confirmed that they will be making sequels for the summer comedy TED, starring Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis, as well as THE BOURNE LEGACY, which starred Jeremy Renner and Rachel Weisz. According to sources at the studio, Universal wants to push these two [...]
Continuing with the proven theory that all summer animated sequels do well, ICE AGE 4: CONTINENTAL DRIFT took the top spot at the weekend box office, beating out last week’s winner, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN. I’m not sure what it is with the Ice Age films, but kids seem to love them. Personally, I think of [...]
I can only imagine the executives at Sony breathing a deep sigh of relief today as their Spider-Man reboot, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN not only did well during the 4th of July holiday, but also did pretty well at the weekend box office. Not there was too much doubt; slapping the name “Spider-Man” on just about [...]
I’m trying to think of the last time R-rated films finished in first and second place at the weekend box office, in the summer. I’m drawing a blank, but that’s exactly what TED and MAGIC MIKE managed to do this weekend. These two movies owe just about all of their success to the great marketing [...]
I’m not the biggest fan of ‘Family Guy’ creator Seth MacFarlane, but I would consider myself moderately interested in his effort to leap to the big screen, TED. I’m not quite sure how they’re going to work in a talking, stuffed teddy bear, but the first trailer for Ted had me laughing and everything we’ve [...]
