September 7, 2010
Todd Phillips Talks John Belushi Biopic
Cautioning that the project is in its "very nascent stages," Todd Phillips tells MTV that his John Belushi biopic will "take a very renegade approach" to "one of the most renegade comedy actors of all time."
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July 2, 2010
Todd Phillips Taps Newcomers for Project X
The cast for the Todd Phillips-produced comedy referred to as "Project X" is starting to fill out, with young actors Kirby Bliss Blanton, Miles Teller, and YouTube phenom Dax Flame among those added.
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April 21, 2010
Todd Phillips Talks Project X
Rumors have surrounded the so-called "Project X" that Todd Phillips is producing since it was announced. In a new interview with Collider, Phillips sets the record straight.
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March 29, 2010
Todd Phillips Talks Due Date, Hangover 2
With the Zach Galifianakis/Robert Downey Jr. comedy "Due Date" and a "Hangover" sequel in the pipeline, Todd Phillips has plenty to look forward to, and he discussed both projects in a new interview with Collider.
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December 1, 2009
Todd Phillips Talks The Hangover 2
"The Hangover" is now the highest-grossing R-rated comedy of all time -- and Todd Phillips tells Entertainment Weekly he's halfway finished with the script for the sequel.
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October 7, 2009
A New Due Date for RZA
Todd Phillips' "Due Date" cast just got bigger, with RZA joining Robert Downey Jr., Zach Galifianakis, Michelle Monaghan, and Jamie Foxx in the tale of "a man with a mismatched travel companion who races home in hopes of arriving before his wife delivers their first child."
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October 1, 2009
Jamie Foxx Shares Downey and Galifianakis' Due Date
Jamie Foxx has joined Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis in "Due Date," a Todd Phillips-helmed comedy about "a high-strung father-to-be (Downey) forced to hitch a ride with a college slacker (Galifianakis) to make it to the birth on time."
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June 4, 2009
Box Office Guru Preview: Lost and Hangover Deliver the Laughs
It's a comedy battle at the North American box office as Will Ferrell takes on his Old School director in a vicious fight for the silver medal. Universal's Land of the Lost puts the funnyman in Hollywood's latest remake of a television show while Todd Phillips helms the raunchy post-bachelor party laugher The Hangover. Adding to the mix is the release of the tour guide comedy My Life in Ruins. All three films aim to challenge current champ Up from Disney/Pixar which hopes to become the first animated film in over a year to repeat at number one.
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April 6, 2009
Another Hangover for Todd Phillips
Todd Phillips' "The Hangover" won't reach theaters until June, but Warner Bros. is already so enamored with the Vegas-themed comedy that the studio has inked Phillips and Scot Armstrong for a sequel.
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September 17, 2008
A Pair of New Projects for Galifianakis
Zach Galifianakis is a very busy boy: the comedian has scored a role alongside Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms in "The Hangover," a Todd Phillips comedy for Warner Bros., and will also star in an HBO pilot titled "Bored to Death."
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May 8, 2007
Luke Wilson: I Need "Old School 2"
About a month after Ivan Reitman announced he was in possession of a new draft for an "Old School 2" script, star Luke Wilson got excited. He hasn't been privy to the screenplay but he's already committing to it.
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April 6, 2007
Reitman Receives New Draft for "Old School 2"
"Old School 2" has been rumored ever since the first one became the new millennium's first bona fide quotable movie by college kids. But as the costars became megastars, it kept not happening. Now producer Ivan Reitman has a new script he hopes will entice the gang back together.
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September 28, 2006
Box Office Guru Preview: Ashton vs. Ashton - This Time It's Personal
Ashton Kutcher fans get two chances to see (or hear) their favorite star this weekend as the Hollywood prankster takes on reigning box office champ "Jackass: Number Two" by voicing a mule deer in the animated comedy "Open Season" and going up against Kevin Costner in the action drama "The Guardian."
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September 28, 2006
Critical Consensus: 'Tis Not The "Season," "Guardian" Lacks Defenders, And "School" Flunks
This week at the movies, we've got jive talking woodland creatures ("Open Season," with Martin Lawrence and Ashton Kutcher). We've got a school for Coast Guard rescue swimmers ("The Guardian," starring Kevin Coster and Kutcher again). And we've got a school...for scoundrels ("School for Scoundrels," starring Billy Bob Thornton and Jon Heder). Which of these flicks will get a passing grade from critics?
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September 18, 2006
Todd Phillips Discusses "Old School" Sequel Ideas
Writer/director Todd Phillips ("Old School," "Road Trip") has a new movie coming out this weekend called "School for Scoundrels," and he took a few minutes to chit-chat with Gareth over at SKNR.net. Aside from talking about his newest comedy, Phillips also answered a few questions about "Old School 2," which looks to become a reality sooner than later.
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June 22, 2006
Trailer Bulletin: Borat
If you don't think that Sacha Baron Cohen is one of the funniest guys on the planet, well ... then I'd have to disagree with you. Even if you're judging solely by the guy's 'Borat' character, Cohen is a drop-dead hilarious goofball/satirist. And here's some good news: There's a "Borat" movie coming -- and here's the trailer!
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June 13, 2005
"Old School" Director to Unleash "Dogs of Babel"
Variety brings news of director Todd Phillips' ("Old School," "Starsky and Hutch") next project: Based on the novel by Carolyn Parkhurst, "Dogs of Babel" focuses on "a grieving linguistics professor who tries to communicate with his Rhodesian Ridgeback because the dog was the only witness to the death of the man's wife, who fell from a tree in their backyard."
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