Tom Shadyac

ASCAP: ASCAP Cues Next Generation of Television and Film Composers With 20th Anniversary Workshop

Market Wire (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008

NEW YORK, NY (MARKET WIRE) The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) has selected 12 aspiring composers to participate in the 20th Annual ASCAP Television and Film Scoring Workshop with legendary composer, arranger and mentor Richard Bellis. The Workshop begins today in Los Angeles and runs through July.

Is CAA Banned From Fox After Agent's Angry C-Word Outburst? [Anger Management]

Defamer (Free subscription) | 05/27/2008

Some guys really know how to turn on the charm. Take CAA agent Dan Aloni for example, who reps directors Christopher Nolan, Michel Gondry and Tom Shadyac (among others) and who we hear recently...

Michael Bostick Appointed Co-CEO of Walden Media

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 03/25/2008

LOS ANGELES, March 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Michael Bostick has been named Co-CEO of Walden Media, it was announced today by Anschutz Film Group CEO David Weil. Bostick, who until now has served as head of Tom Shadyac's Shady Acres Entertainment, will share CEO responsibilities with Walden Media's Cary Granat. Bostick, who joins on April 16, will be responsible for the acquisition and development of all...

Still Peeved About "Patch"

FilmStew.com (Free subscription) | 03/20/2008

Patch Adams was one of the top ten grossing movies of 1998, but as far as producer Mike Farrell is concerned, the film's director helped place it towards the bottom of his personal professional experiences.

Jim Carrey And Jason Reitman Team Up For Pierre Pierre

Product Reviews Net (Free subscription) | 03/06/2008

Jason Reitman, the Oscar-nominated director of Juno, has chosen his next project and I couldn't be more excited! Reitman is set to team up with Jim Carrey to make Pierre Pierre! The film, written by Edwin Cannistraci and Frederick Seton, is a politically incorrect story of a French nihilist who takes a stolen painting from Paris [...]

Trade Roughage 2/15/08

SpoutBlog (Free subscription) | 02/15/2008

Universal has declined to renew their production deal with Tom Shadyac, who directed a number of massive comedy hits for the studio, including The Nutty Professor and Liar, Liar. Shadyac clashed with the studio over his latest directorial effort, last summer’s Evan Almighty, which grossed almost $200 million worldwide but cost at least that much [...]

Universal cuts ties with Shadyac

Variety.com (Free subscription) | 02/15/2008

Film News: Studio ends director's deal after 'Almighty' flop -- Universal has decided not to renew its production deal with "Evan Almighty" helmer Tom Shadyac. Shadyac's Shady Acres shingle will exit the lot in about four months, upon the expiration of his pact.

Uni Nixes New Deal For Tom Shadyac

Deadline Hollywood Daily (Free subscription) | 02/14/2008

Not even Jesus could save the producer-director's very rich deal at Universal. But what did Tom Shadyac expect after he made the studio's life miserable during the making of Evan Almighty, not just the most expensive comedy ever made (at a cost of $210 million) but also one of the studio's biggest box office losers. As I reported last [...]

A break from politics - videos I've watched lately

<B>Patrick Joubert Conlon</B> (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008

Shrek the Third (2007) I enjoyed the first two Shreks so I got the third. It too was most enjoyable. I give it three stars. Evan Almighty (2006) In director Tom Shadyac's raucous follow-up to the 2003 comedy Bruce Almighty (also helmed by Shadyac), God (Morgan Freeman) summons narcissistic newscaster turned congressman Evan Baxter (Steve Carell) to build an enormous ark in preparation for a devastating...

Win Evan Almighty on DVD

IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 11/23/2007

AWARD-winning actors Steve Carell and Academy Award® winner Morgan Freeman head the cast of Evan Almighty , a comedy blockbuster for all ages and the next chapter in Director/Producer Tom Shadyac's ‘Almighty’ series, set for rental and retail DVD and HD DVD release by Universal Pictures on November 26, 2007. With a supporting cast that includes John Goodman, Lauren Graham, stand-up comedian Wanda Sykes...

Evan Almighty

IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 11/22/2007

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DVD: Evan Almighty (PG)

Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | 11/21/2007

EVAN Baxter (Carell) bids farewell to his job as anchorman on Eyewitness News in Buffalo, New York, to pursue a career in politics.

2007 Movies

Ambival.net (Free subscription) | 11/15/2007

Sunshine Danny Boyle Meet the Robinsons Stephen J. Anderson Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix David Yates The Last Mimzy Robert Shaye Bridge to Terabithia Gabor Csupo 1408 Mikael Håfström The Lookout Scott Frank Music and Lyrics Marc Lawrence Chapter 27 J.P. Schaefer Ratatouille Brad Bird Blood Car Alex Orr SiCKO Michael Moore Halloween Rob Zombie Hostel: Part II Eli Roth Hot Fuzz Edgar Wright...

HD-DVD: Evan Almighty

Film School Rejects (Free subscription) | 11/06/2007

Evan Almighty is a change in tone for the series. Bruce was a romantic comedy. Evan is a children's movie, which may explain why the writers felt they could get away with such a dumb script.

EVAN ALMIGHTY MOVIE IS BLASPHEMY!

raimondo | 10/29/2007

Evan Almighty Movie is Blasphemy!"Fools make a mock at sin..." -Proverb 14:9Complied and commented by David J. StewartThe movie features actors Morgan Freeman and Steve Carell (The 40-Year-Old Virgin). The director is Tom Shadyac, a self-proclaimed "Jesus freak." The word "ineffable" means incapable of being expressed in words, indescribable. It is often used to describe something so utterly bad that

EVAN ALMIGHTY MOVIE IS BLASPHEMY!

raimondo | 10/29/2007