Showing Out

We could all use a little more Tracy Morgan in our lives. After the trailer for Laffapalooza!: Live from Las Vegas debuted at the end of last month, we get a clip from the evening’s emcee Morgan, who does a nice little routine about being an old perv who’s gotten to the sick point of watching women shop for cucumbers in the supermarket. The DVD release, which hits retail on March 16th care of Code Black Entertainment, features stand-up routines from Lavell Crawford, Mark Curry, Earthquake, Corey Holcomb and Sheryl Underwood from their night of comedy at a club in Las Vegas, having originally aired on TBS back in November 2009. Click here to pre-order, fool.

Disney seems pretty confident that their upcoming film Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is going to be a hit. So much so, in fact, that they’re bringing it to the big, big screen. According to THR, the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced and Mike Newell-directed film will be released on IMAX screens on May 28th in conjunction with its normal theatrical run. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal as the Prince of Persia, the Walt Disney Pictures film, based on the Ubisoft game, focuses on a street urchin in 6th century Persia that teams up with Princess Tamina (Gemma Arterton) to prevent villain Nizam (Ben Kingsley) from abusing the Sands of Time, a gift from the gods. Prepare to get blown away by this epic flick.

At this rate, you won’t even have to go to the movies to see Hot Tub Time Machine, considering that there have been two red band trailers, a green band trailer and a red band clip already released for the flick. But thanks to IGN, we’re getting to see even more of the film before it hits theaters next Friday. Though this red band clip comes at the end of this long, hilarious interview, it shows that this movie is more about jokes than plot, which is wonderful considering that the plot seems to be whipped up by a bunch of third graders. And in case you didn’t already know, te film stars John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, Clark Duke, Lizzy Caplan, Crispin Glover, Sebastian Stan, Charlie McDermott and Chevy Chase in a story that focuses on four friends who wake up in 1986 after a night of heavy drinking and partying. This gives them the opportunity to make all the wrongs of their lives right before they even happen. Look out for this one when it his next week.

What’s this? A stage play starring Lloyd that’s headed for release on DVD? Count us in. Above is the trailer for Alvin Moore Jr.’s When the Lights Go Out, which stars R&B singer Lloyd, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Clifton Powell and Alvin Moore. The play focuses on a family struck by heartbreak and betrayal, throwing them into turmoil and testing their ties. But after dealing with their problems, the family begins to see what truly matters in life and gets their chips in order. The production is headed to DVD on March 23rd, and if this trailer does it for you, feel free to click over and get that pre-order on. Can’t pass up this golden opp, especially with Lloyd doing something that distracts him from his singing career (even if he does sing in the play – yikes).

With today’s news that Precious star Gabourey Sidibe is joining the cast of Showtime’s The Big C, it only makes sense that we take a moment and reflect back on where it all began for Sidibe. In the above clip, you can see her audition tape for Precious, which she taped on a day where she skipped school and used her last fiver to get there. Though there’s nothing much to write home about here, you can see her act out one of the most emotional scenes in the film where her character breaks down while discussing the ills in her life. After seeing this, you still don’t think she would have won the Best Actress? Getcho mind right.

Last we heard on the third installment of the Men in Black franchise, Tropic Thunder scribe Etan Cohen had been tapped to write the script for the threequel, with Barry Sconnenfeld (who worked on the first two flicks) attached to lend his expertise. Now, there’s more news in the pipeline. According to Bloody Disgusting, Columbia Pictures is already looking to cast the film, speaking with Jonah Hex star Josh Brolin to headline the film and showing “strong interest” in Sacha Baron Cohen and Jemaine Clement for the role of a guy named “Yaz.” Though there’s no official date on when this one is set to begin shooting, it looks as though the wheels have started to turn on this one. Get excited.

If Passion of the Christ can hold the record for highest winter bow in theaters for more than five years, then anything is possible. And as far as we’re concerned, this falls under “anything is possible.” According to Deadline Hollywood, Paramount Pictures and Cary Granat are teaming with Reel Fx to film In the Beginning, which sees the creationist story headed to the big screen for a 3D release. Source material? The Book of Genesis. A script has already been written by John Fusco (Hidalgo) and will be directed by David Cunningham, with a $30 million budget to shoot the pic. The only thing missing from this? Essential casting bits, like who will be playing the snake in the film. Our vote? This guy.

Back in January, news got out that writer-producer Marti Noxon (Mad Men) had been tapped to pen the script for the remake to the film Fright Night, with plans to find a director in the future. Now, it looks as though the future is now. According to the L.A. Times, DreamWorks is apparently closing the deal with director Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl, Mr. Woodcock) to hop behind the camera to helm the remake of the 1985 cult classic. And if this is the first you’re hearing of the film, it tightropes between kitschy comedy and horror in this vampire tale, where a teen that discovers his neighbors are actually vampires and are murdering people from the town. Stay tuned for more info on whether or not this deal will actually go through.

Well this was unexpected. After Lenny Kravitz did a surprisingly impacting cameo in Precious as a male nurse, he’s teaming back up with director Lee Daniels for his next film Selma. Last week, Daniels dished that Hugh Jackman would be joining the cast (that already includes Robert DeNiro), and after Kravitz did a little interview on the red carpet during last night’s Oscars, it looks like Selma just got its third member. According to The Playlist, Kravitz will play civil rights activist Andrew Young in the film, which is set to begin shooting in May. DeNiro is allegedly playing racist Governor George Wallace and Jackman doesn’t yet have a role laid out, but the film is already shaping up to be quite the Hollywood affair. Stay tuned for more on this one.

Wesley Snipes is doing heavy promo for his new movie Brooklyn’s Finest, giving journos the opportunity to ask about any and everything pertaining to his career. Leave it to MTV to talk with Snipes about his recent comments on the fourth installment of Blade, the popular film series where he starred as a vampire who murders evil vamps. In a recent interview with MTV News, Snipes spoke on rumors swirling around the film’s production. “Man, this has been coming up quite a bit,” he said. “I’m really surprised to see how people are anticipating me doing another one, so you never know. […] There are some things we really want to do that we didn’t get a chance to do. The first and the second one were experiments, and we started to get better. If we do another one, it will reflect our maturity and our better understanding of the genre.” And as for what he wants to see in a new one? “[I'd like to see] a larger, multiracial cast, and it would be great to have some rehearsals before some of the action sequences,” he said. Wouldn’t we all.