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Kevin Hart And Will Ferrell Join Forces On Etan Cohen’s Comedy GET HARD

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(via Kevin Hart’s Facebook page)

Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart are headlining the new comedy, GET HARD, for director Etan Cohen.

The movie is scheduled to open nationwide on Friday, March 27, 2015.

When millionaire hedge fund manager James King (Ferrell) is nailed for fraud and bound for a stretch in San Quentin, the judge gives him 30 days to get his affairs in order. Desperate, he turns to Darnell Lewis (Hart) to prep him for a life behind bars. But despite James’ one-percenter assumptions, Darnell is a hard-working small business owner who has never received a parking ticket, let alone been to prison. Together, the two men do whatever it takes for James to ‘get hard’ and, in the process, discover how wrong they were about a lot of things – including each other.

The film also stars Craig T. Nelson, Alison Brie, and rapper Tip “T.I.” Harris. The movie began filming on location in New Orleans Monday, March 17.

Cohen marks his feature directorial debut with GET HARD, following a successful writing career, with credits including TROPIC THUNDER.

GET HARD is written by Jay Martel & Ian Roberts and Etan Cohen, with a story by Adam McKay and Jay Martel & Ian Roberts. It will be produced by Adam McKay, Will Ferrell, and Chris Henchy, with Kevin Messick and Ravi Mehta serving as executive producers.

The creative filmmaking team includes director of photography Tim Suhrstedt (“Little Miss Sunshine”); production designer Maher Ahmad (“The Hangover Part III”); editor Michael Sale (“We’re the Millers”); and costume designer Shay Cunliffe (“The Bourne Legacy”).

A Warner Bros. Pictures presentation of a Gary Sanchez Production, the film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.

Follow Kevin Hart on Twitter: @KevinHart4real

Follow Etan Cohen on Twitter: @etanjc

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Josh Brolin Could Be One of the MEN IN BLACK…3

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Evidently, Josh Brolin could be turning his duster and facial scars from JONAH HEX in for a black suit and some shades if what the LA Times is reporting has any validation to it.  They are reporting the Academy Award nominee is being considered for a role in the third MEN IN BLACK film, one that would make him a member of the team.

Who, exactly, Brolin will be playing is being kept under wraps, though rumors are coming out that he could be a new member of the duo joining Tommy Lee Jones’ K and Will Smith’s J.  There are also rumors that Brolin could be playing Jones’ K as a younger man.

Personally, what I would like to see, is Jones and Brolin team up to take on an alien that looks like Javier Bardem.  I’m sure that’s not what screenwriter Etan Cohen (Cohen?  Hmmm?) is going for.  However, production is scheduled to begin sometime in 2010 and Smith, Jones, and director Barry Sonnenfeld are all assumed to be returning.

TROPIC THUNDER Scribe Taking on MEN IN BLACK 3

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With a $589 million worldwide take for the first film and a $441 million worldwide pull-in for the second, I am shocked beyond belief (and a little appreciative) that Sony never force-fed a third MEN IN BLACK film.  Granted, there were Saturday morning cartoons, video games, and amusement park rides to rake in some cash off the brand, but a third film, with or without Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones’ involvements, could have easily been thrown together years ago.

Well, those “years ago” have turned in to today, as Risky Biz Blog is reporting that TROPIC THUNDER screenwriter Etan Cohen is hard at work on a third film in the MEN IN BLACK franchise.  Sony officially announced the project back in April, but, since then, not much has moved on the project until now.

Though no deal has been set in stone, Risky Biz is also stating Barry Sonnenfeld, who helmed the first two films, is attached to the new film, though in what capacity they do not state.  When all is said and done, Sonnenfeld may just end up an executive producer, which, for all intents and purposes, is just an approval-giver for the new film.

This brings us to the big question surrounding this project.  Will Smith’s involvement in the MEN IN BLACK series is part and parcel for the success the first two films had.  Will he be back?  With a screenwriter such as Cohen, who has become a hot Hollywood commodity in the last, few years, on board, it does seem Sony isn’t looking to make this a fly-by-night operation.  To that, look for them to dish out all kinds of green to get Smith’s name back into the credit list.  Tommy Lee Jones, not so much, for a number of reasons.  His character could easily be written out, his involvement isn’t all that necessary for the success of the film, and, in recent years, it has appears Jones has gone on to more high-end projects, leaving the MEN IN BLACK and BATMAN FOREVER projects to the ’90s.

What do you think?  Is a MEN IN BLACK 3 right up your sci-fi geek alley?  Is there any chance Sony will able to lure Smith back to the project?  What do you think of Etan Cohen, whose screenplays include IDIOCRACY, TROPIC THUNDER, and MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA, working on the script for this film?  Let us know by commenting below.

Universal to Make ‘Candy Land’

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Universal Pictures has set writer Etan Cohen (‘Tropic Thunder’ and ‘Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa’) to write the screenplay for a feature film adaptation of the board game ‘Candy Land’.   The film will be directed by Kevin Lima (‘Tarzan’ and ‘Enchanted’).

The studio made a deal last February with Hasbro, and this will be the first joint project between the two companies.   Hasbro’s ‘G.I. Joe’ and ‘Transformer’ properties have film adaptations coming out this coming summer.

I’m assuming this will be an animated film, so Lima is a pretty good choice to direct it.

What do you think?   Between this and Ridley Scott doing ‘Monopoly’, is the board game adaptation the new comic book adaptation?   What other board games would you like to see get feature film adaptations?   How long before DreamWorks Animation puts a ‘Hungry, Hungry Hippos’ project in development?   Let us know by commenting below!

Source: Variety