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Trade Round-Up: Williams, Travolta To Form Latest Unholy Buddy Comedy Union

· No, sillies! His name is Gay! LOL! CMT would never hire a real Gay! [Variety]
· We thought that Disney could never top itself after casting John Travolta, Tim Allen, and Martin Lawrence together in Wild Hogs, but they've just officially blown our minds by getting Travolta and Robin Williams into Old Dogs, the story of "two best friends and business partners whose lives are turned upside down when they find themselves in the care of 7-year-old twins." This one could do $300 million, easy. [THR]
· With no more female-friendly MOW worlds to conquer after landing both Jennie Garth and Lacey Chabert for upcoming projects, Lifetime president/CEO Betty Cohen "steps down" barely 24 hours after the network's upfront presentations. [Variety]
· Following yesterday's (possibly premature) reports that Spiderman: 3 may have already been pirated in Beijing, enraged MPAA head Dan Glickman stops just short of announcing an immediate Hollywood-led nuclear strike against China. [THR]
· In happier MPAA news, pirate-hunter emeritus Jack Valenti is out of the hospital after a recent stroke, but could suffer a setback should he be updated on this troubling China/Spider-Man situation. [Variety]

12:07 PM on Wed Apr 25 2007
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metroville at 12:24 PM on 04/25/07
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With what title will Travolta complete his career-defining -ogs trilogy? Cogswell's Cogs?
BoHan at 12:25 PM on 04/25/07
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"Old Dogs" = 2 and a Half Men plus One Half a Man = 3 Men, or something like that.
NoWireHangers at 12:28 PM on 04/25/07
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Hey Disney, let me try: "Rabid Trogs" loosely based on the 1970 Joan Crawford film, this time staring Travolta (in drag) as a disenchanted divorcee and Williams as one of many hairy cave-dwellers who shows her the tender underbelly of ape/man love. Supporting cast TBD.
invalid-username at 12:35 PM on 04/25/07
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@Mooninite: I think it's actually "Old Dogs" = 3 men and a baby - three men + 2 grumpy old men + one of the Jolie-Pitt kids.
MyThighsRHot4GoatFelons at 01:10 PM on 04/25/07
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How about "Old Dogs" = old dog crap?
MyThighsRHot4GoatFelons at 01:10 PM on 04/25/07
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How about "Old Dogs" = dog crap?
Desk_hack at 01:27 PM on 04/25/07
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I'll give $50 to whomever can tell me what location on Earth is the farthest from a movie theater so I can hide out the weekend that monstrosity opens.
MyThighsRHot4GoatFelons at 02:12 PM on 04/25/07
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Oh, the shame...the double post curse strikes again. Please forgive! Waaaah!
badhatharry at 02:24 PM on 04/25/07
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Great. Another movie my weekend mom will demand that I go see and then ruin yet another Rosh Hashana by repeating all of the lines from it. For those who don't believe me, or think that it's not that big a deal, I invite you to join me in my DeLorean and go back to the time when Gone Fishin' came out.
Sweet Panda Love at 02:44 PM on 04/25/07
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@invalid-username: Isn't it Two And A Half Men + Cop And A Half - Three Men And A Baby/Three Fugitives?

The fact that Disney bought that shit as a pitch for seven figures makes me want to set myself on fire.
nick_r at 03:49 PM on 04/25/07
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I'm not that surprised by Disney's recent live-action slate... I mean, think about it. The big guns there now are Iger and Jobs. Iger's a TV guy, and Jobs's dream is for the whole company to be reliant on Pixar. So, of course these movies are getting greenlit. The fact that they're making money -- that's the accident.
NotReadyForPrimeTime at 06:27 PM on 04/25/07
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How about "Old Wogs?" Buddy comedy/Scientology propaganda film. L. Ron would be proud.
s00p3rm4n at 02:36 PM on 04/26/07
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As long as this trilogy culminates in a shootout between aging stars and wisecracking, gun-toting baby fugitives, I'm entirely willing to forgive the rest of this cinematic Holocaust.

From the CMT article: "Prior to joining MTV Networks, Gay was a partner at Booz." Figures.
Scout at 06:08 PM on 04/26/07
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@Desk_hack:

I will gladly pay $50 to join you. We can hide out in a cave and watch Six Feet Under DVDs and pig out on those incredible Ferrero-Rochet-thing chocolates.