Clement Cast in 'Men in Black 3,' Molina in 'Abduction' and Murphy Hints at 'Nutty Professor 3'
Plus Juno Temple eyes queen role in 'Three Musketeers'
Conchords Star to Play MIB3 Villain: "Flight of the Conchords" star Jemaine Clement is in final negotiations to play one of the villains in Columbia's Men in Black 3. The film is ramping up as Will Smith recently signed on to reprise his role as the alien-chasing government agent, Agent Jay last scene in 2002's Men in Black 2. Tommy Lee Jones will also be back as Agent Kay but in an undefined capacity as most of the film takes place in 1969, with Josh Brolin playing a young Kay, who will bookend the movie. Most of the new casting will be the villains, whose identities, look and super-abilities are being kept under lock and key. It is known that Clement is playing a villain named Boris, who is described as being charmy and creepy at the same time. Original helmer Barry Sonnenfeld is also back in the director's chair with a May 25, 2012 release date already set. [Heat Vision]
Temple Tapped as Musketeers Queen: Juno Temple (Greenberg) is in negotiations to play the royal highness in Paul W.S. Anderson's 3D version of The Three Musketeers, which is set to begin shooting in September with Logan Lerman, Ray Stevenson, Luke Evans, Matthew Macfayden, Christoph Waltz, Mads Mikkelsen and Milla Jovovich already set to star. [THR]
Molina Set for Abduction: The Taylor Lautner vehicle decided to help determine the young actor's star power Abduction has just added Alfred Molina to the cast. Molina joins Lautner and Lily Collins in the John Singleton directed featured centered on a teen who realizes he was kidnapped as a child, and is forced to run for his life after he reaches out to find his real parents. Molina will play a dogged CIA agent who is one step behind, determined to bring the teenager in alive. [Deadline]
Murphy Penning Nutty Professor 3: Eddie Murphy's live-action features have gone bust lately (Dreamgirls excluded of course), but he may be returning to one of his most beloved, Sherman Klump, in Nutty Professor 3. Murphy was recently quoted saying, "You know what, there might be another Nutty Professor. We kind of wrote something that might be kind of funny." He made the statement at the Shrek Forever After premiere adding, "If the studios want to do it, we'll do it. If you don’t see it, the studio was like, 'This isn't funny.'" [Access Hollywood]
Page Starring in Freeheld: Ellen Page is set to play New Jersey car mechanic Stacie Andree in Freeheld, a film based Cynthia Wade's award-winning short documentary of the same name telling the true story of the New Jersey car mechanic and her police detective girlfriend Laurel Hester, who both battled to secure Hester's pension benefits after she was diagnosed with a terminal illness. Ron Nyswaner (Philadelphia and The Painted Veil) is penning the script. [THR]
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Eddie Murphy needs one of two things: an R-Rated feature where he can be what everyone knows him for OR go back to his roots and do some stand-up comedy shows. Enough of these damn family-friendly movies that tank harder and harder each and every single time, and go back to doing stuff that people want to see.
Heck, do a Beverly Hills Cop 4 for all I care, just do something we like seeing you in. Who honestly needs more Nutty Professor?????? Why don't you go ahead and do "Imagine That 2" and "Meet Dave Again" while you're at it.
Well, I don't feel that strongly about Eddie Murphy's decisions these days but I don't really see any reason for another Nutty Professor film.
I actually enjoyed the nutty professors, but a third one isn't neccesary unless the script is gold, but your right he needs r rated stuff like from the 80s or some stand up stuff. Why would he do kids & family films for so long! I can see shrek & the first dr dolittle but he needs to get back to where he was in movies like Martin Lawerence and all the other black comedians are doing.
THE NUTTY PROFESSOR MOVIES RULE. PLEASE MAKE A THIRD ONE EDDIE MURPHY.