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Steve Carell Will Sneak Into Your Country Club
Cinema Blend News —
Steve Carell Will Sneak Into Your Country Club What is it about golf that makes it so easy to parody? Is it the stereotypical, rich businessmen that play? Is it the incredible boredom that comes from watching it on television? Is it the pants? While other sports, like basketball and boxing, have films that include Hoosiers and Raging Bull , golf's most notable cinematic treatments are Caddyshack and Happy Gilmore . Don't expect that to change anytime soon. According to THR , Steve Carell has signed on to star in Missing Links , a golf comedy based on the novel of the ...
Steve Carell to star in new golf comedy
The Screening Log —
... Risky Business says funny guy Carell would play a golfer who's played at a run-down Boston golf course for years and now finally decides to do whatever it takes to get to play his favorite sport at an elite club. ...
Steve Carell on Par for Rick Reilly Golf Comedy 'Missing Links'
FirstShowing.net —
... While I admit that I do still love the curly haired comedic force that is Will Ferrell, his recent foray into nonsensical off-the-wall sports comedies (e.g. Semi-Pro) is beginning to lose its appeal. Thankfully he's moved on and seems to be passing the reins over to Steve Carell, as THR's Risky Biz Blog reports that the actor will star and produce Missing Links, a comedy set in the world of golf about a player angling for a better place to drive his balls. Okay that sounded dirty, but we've all seen 40-Year-Old Virgin ...
Steve Carell Set to Hit Some Missing Links
Latest News - MovieWeb.com —
Steve Carell is set to tee off in a golfing comedy. According to The Hollywood Reporter 's Risky Business Blog , Carell has been set to star in Missing Links . The film is based off the 1997 comedy novel by sportswriter Rick Reilly, which follows the comedic escapades of four golfing buddies who tire of golfing at shoddy public course and hatch a series of plots to try and golf at a high-class country club. Jay Lavender ( ...
Steve Carell to star in Golfing Comedy MISSING LINKS
GeekTyrant —
... There have been some great golf comedies throughout the years like Caddyshack, which had the 80’s, and Happy Gilmore which had the 90’s. Those are simply two of fantastic comedies, golf or not. I wonder if Missing Links has what it takes to join the ranks of the classic golf comedies. I sure hope so. I haven’t read the book that the movie is based off of, but if you have let me know you thought about it. So what do you think this new golf comedy?
Source: Variety
Steve Carell May Hit the Missing Links
ComingSoon.net - 30 most recent stories —
Risky Business reports that Warner Bros. Pictures has acquired Missing Links , a golf comedy based on a novel from ESPN's Rick Reilly, with Steve Carell loosely attached to star as a golfer angling for a better place to play. Carell will produce via his Carousel Productions, while the company's Vance DeGeneres and Charlie Hartsock are on board as executive producers. Bobby Cohen ( Revolutionary Road ) is also producing. The Break-Up screenwriter Jay Lavender is penning the screenplay. You can learn more about the book ...
Steve Carell finds Missing Links
Total Film News —
... 1997 titular novel, which finds a group of bumbling players who dream up various schemes to move them from their run-down local course to membership of an elite nearby club. Jay Lavender, one of the writers behind The Break-Up, has been hired to write the script, and once it's been developed the film will have to wait in line as Carell picks between various projects to cram into the gaps between working on The Office... [Source: Risky Business Blog] Is a golf comedy the right play for Carell? ...
Steve Carell Finds "Missing Links"
Dark Horizons - News —
Steve Carell is set to produce the golf comedy "Missing Links" for Warner Bros. Pictures and Carousel Productions says Risky Biz Blog.
Based on Rick Reilly's novel, the story follows the comedic escapades of four buddies who tire of golfing at shoddy run-down Boston public course and hatch a series of plots to try and golf at a high-class country club nearby.
Jay Lavender ("The Break-Up") is attached to adapt the script while Bobby Cohen is also producing.
STEVE CARELL STARS RICK REILLY’S STUPID PUN
Filmdrunk —
... Carell will produce via his Carousel Prods banner, “The Break-Up” scribe Jay Lavender is writing the screenplay, with Carell loosely attached to star. [THR] ...
THE CASTING COUCH - 10.27.09
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... based on the novel by ESPN's Rick Reilly. Pic centers on a group of bumblers who, after playing for years at a run-down municipal golf course in a working-class Boston neighborhood, concoct a series of schemes that they hope will lead to them teeing off at a nearby elite club. Carell has both Date Night and the Get Smart sequel upcoming. He is also co-producing through his Carousel shingle along with Bobby Cohen ( Revolutionary Road ). Jay Lavender (The Break-Up) is scripting. via RiskyBusiness Ricky Gervais is set to host the January 17th broadcast of the Golden ...
Carell Finds the Missing Links
At The Movies - Film News and Reviews —
... The Hollywood Reporter’s Risky Business blog says that Steve Carell and Warner Brothers have acquired the rights to Rick Reilly’s 1997 novel, “Missing Links.” Carell’s Carousel Productions is producing, with Carell “loosely” set to star. I guess I would translate “loosely” as “I want to do it but I have a pretty booked schedule already.” ...
Steve Carell Ready to Hit the 'Links'
Cinematical —
... screen career has never taken off quite the same way. There were plenty of successes along the way, and he hasn't had an honest to goodness flop (actually, Evan Almighty lost a whole lot of money), but he just hasn't had that movie role that makes you think "Uh-oh, I think Scranton is going to get a new branch manager," you know? I don't know if Carell's latest will be the role that makes him into a full-fledged movie star, but The Hollywood Reporter's Risky Business Blog is reporting that the comedian is in talks to star in the golf-comedy Missing Links. ...
News & Notes: Steve Carell, Slammin’ Salmon, Shattered Union
Film School Rejects —
... Steve Carell is working on a new comedy for Warner Bros., entitled Missing Links. He will play a golfer who joins fellow municipal course schlubs to take a shot at the country club down the road. Very original. (THR) ...
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