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Superbad is one of the best coming-of-age movies. The main characters fall victim to their circumstances as they try to head to an epic party. It's a non-stop laugh-out-loud journey for the audience, with plenty of nostalgia and relatable character arcs. Superbad follows Evan and Seth, played by Michael Cera and Jonah Hill, as best friends on the cusp of big life changes. When this film emerged, it elevated coming-of-age stories, packing them with one-liners and awkward teen moments. While Superbad focused on humor, the more recent Ddi had a different plan. Ddi builds a one-of-a-kind story arc around one pre-teen's awkward journey of self-discovery.

In a handful of ways, Ddi is similar to Superbad but diverges slightly from the comedy and pulls the focus more toward the life of one angsty thirteen-year-old boy. Chris Wang, played by Izaac Wang, struggles to find his place in the world, where exactly...

Model and actress Megan Fox is one of the most known celebrities in the world. She has been working in the industry since an early age and her first big break came from a Disney movie Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen in which she starred alongside Lindsay Lohan. After that, she worked on an ABC television series Hope & Faith. However, she became a household name after starring in Michael Bay‘s action-adventure movie Transformers in which she played the female lead. Recently, Fox starred in the long-running action film series Expendables. So, if you love Fox’s performances here are the 12 best movies and TV shows starring Megan Fox that should be on your watchlist.

12. Big Gold Brick (Hulu & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Samuel Goldwyn Films

Synopsis: Big Gold Brick recounts the story of fledgling writer Samuel Liston and his experiences with Floyd Deveraux, the enigmatic middle-aged...

After years of doubting the viability of cinema releases, "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" have effectively put those fears to rest ... at least for a while. After one big blockbuster after another, August seems surprisingly light, with major players seemingly afraid to try and compete with the Barbenheimer craze. With the undeniable success of "Oppenheimer," Universal Pictures are seeking to continue its run with a film that is the polar opposite of the Cillian Murphy-led biopic: a talking dog movie.

The mere phrase "talking dog movie" is enough elicit groans. While talking-animal movies are prominent in animation, the live-action counterparts tend to be various levels of unbearable -- consider "Marmaduke," "Think Like A Dog," or the "Cats & Dogs" franchise. But "Strays" seeks to buck the trend of disastrous talking-dog movies, and it's got some surprising pedigree behind it. Directed by Josh Greenbaum (who also helmed the vastly underappreciated "Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar...

Exclusive: Mark Padilla has been appointed as President of Worldwide Sales and Acquisitions at Jack and Rebecca Campbell’s indie film sales and production company, Jackrabbit Media.

An industry veteran with over two decades of experience in independent film, Padilla brings extensive knowledge and expertise to Jackrabbit, which will be instrumental in the company’s ongoing growth and success.

Padilla has executive produced starry indies including The Doorman with Ruby Rose and Jean Reno, The Virtuoso with Anthony Hopkins, and Think Like a Dog with Josh Duhamel and Megan Fox. He has also held executive positions at such companies as Double Dutch International, Myriad Pictures, Essential Entertainment, Arclight Films and Dk Media, worked as an international acquisitions consultant for multiple distribution companies worldwide, and served as a jury member for assorted film festivals.

In addition to his work in the industry, Padilla currently teaches two courses at UCLA Extension that...

If your household isn’t wall-to-wall Elf for the entirety of this month, then a) that must be nice and quiet. Can I come and stay? and b) you must be on the look-out for some alternative film options. Find them below in our handy guide to what’s premiering daily on Sky Cinema in the UK in December. Yes, there’s Christmas fare, including something about an animated cow, Mel Gibson playing a gun-toting Santa Claus, and two Sky Original festive films Last Train to Christmas and A Christmas Number One, but there’s much more besides.

Our highlights include monster mash-up Godzilla vs. Kong, Lin-Manuel Miranda musical In the Heights, excellent Thomas Vinterberg drinking drama Another Round (Mads Mikkelsen’s closing scene is worth the price of admission alone), and The Suicide Squad, which needs no introduction round these parts. There’s also the Peter Rabbit sequel for...

Exclusive: Josh Duhamel has been tapped to star opposite Renée Zellweger in NBC’s limited series The Thing About Pam.

Based on a true-crime phenomenon — the real-life, stranger-than-fiction story behind the 2011 murder of Betsy Faria that was featured on Dateline NBC — The Thing About Pam is produced by Blumhouse Television, NBC News Studios and Zellweger’s Big Picture Co.

Written by Jessika Borsiczky, The Thing About Pam is based on the murder of Betsy Faria that resulted in her husband Russ’ conviction, though he insisted he didn’t kill her. His conviction later wasoverturned. This brutal crime set off a chain of events that would expose a diabolical scheme deeply involving Pam Hupp (Zellweger).

Duhamel will play Joel Schwartz, the defense attorney for Russ Faria.

The Betsy Faria case was examined on several episodes of Dateline, becoming one of the most popular topics to ever air on the hit NBC newsmagazine.

Five top TV production designers will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Btl Experts” Q&a event with key 2021 guild and Emmy contenders this month. Each person will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Tuesday, May 18, at 5:00 p.m. Pt; 8:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Daniel Montgomery and a group chat with Daniel and all of the group together.

RSVP today to this specific event by clicking here to book your reservation. Or click here to RSVP for our entire ongoing panel series. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.

This “Meet the Btl Experts” panel welcomes the following 2021 guild and Emmy contenders:

“The Flight Attendant”: Sara K White

White’s career has included “Mrs. Fletcher,” “Think Like a Dog,” “The Kid” and “Light of My Life.

Exclusive: Netflix’s Adam Sandler movie Spaceman continues to expand its crew with the addition of Golden Globe nominee Paul Dano and 6x SAG nominee Kunal Nayyar to the cast.

The duo also join 2x Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan in the movie; Dano having directed the actress in its 2018 feature directorial debut Wildlife which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. As we first told you, Chernobyl filmmaker Johan Renck is directing Spaceman, which is based on the Jaroslav Kalfar novel Spaceman of Bohemia. Colby Day is adapting.

In the movie, Sandler is an astronaut sent to the edge of the galaxy to collect mysterious ancient dust as he finds his earthly life falling to pieces. He turns to the only voice who can help him try to put it back together. It just so happens to belong to a creature from the beginning of time lurking in the shadows of his ship.

Josh Duhamel is in talks to star opposite Jennifer Lopez in the Lionsgate romantic adventure “Shotgun Wedding,” replacing Armie Hammer in the lead role.

Hammer dropped out of the project last Wednesday, with a representative for the production explaining, “Given the imminent start date, Armie has requested to step away from the film and we support him in his decision.”

Duhamel would star as Tom, opposite Lopez’s Darcy, in the film about a couple who gathers their families together for a destination wedding. Things start to go south, however, after the pair gets cold feet. But it really takes a turn for the worst when the entire wedding party is taken hostage.

The Lionsgate project was first announced last fall. Jason Moore will direct from a screenplay by Mark Hammer and Liz Meriwether. The film will be produced by Mandeville’s Todd Lieberman and David Hoberman, who previously produced “Wonder” for the studio,...

Josh Duhamel is early in talks to replace Armie Hammer in Lionsgate’s “Shotgun Wedding,” opposite Jennifer Lopez, according to an individual with knowledge of the project.

Hammer dropped out the movie amid a social media firestorm about what the actor calls “bulls– claims” about him.

“Given the imminent start date of ‘Shotgun Wedding,’ Armie has requested to step away from the film and we support him in his decision,” a production spokesperson said. The role will be recast.

Hammer’s decision to leave the project came after leaked messages purporting to detail the star’s sex life, including a supposed interested in cannibalism and rape fantasies, surfaced on an Instagram account under the name House of Effie. The actor has flatly disputed the legitimacy of the DMs.

“Shotgun Wedding” follows a couple hosting a destination wedding with their lovable but opinionated families, only for the couple to get cold...

Exclusive: Buchwald has inked feature film and TV writer-producer-director Gil Junger.

Junger is a veteran TV episodic producer-director who has helmed over 250 episodes, 17 pilots (both half-hour and hour) and four movies for television.

In addition to his Peabody and Humanitas awards, Junger received Emmy and DGA nominations for his work on the transformative “coming out” episode of Ellen, starring Ellen DeGeneres. His TV credits also include Devious Maids, Hot in Cleveland, Hope & Faith, Harry’s Law, According to Jim, Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane, The Jeff Foxworthy Show, Blossom and The John Larroquette Show.

In 1999, he made his feature film directorial debut with Touchstone’s teen comedy 10 Things I Hate About You which catapulted the careers of Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon Levitt and Heath Ledger.

Other notable feature directing credits followed including Black Knight starring Martin Lawrence and If Only starring Jennifer Love Hewitt and Tom Wilkinson.

Most recently, Junger...

Saban Films has acquired the U.S. rights to “Buddy Games,” a comedy and the directorial debut from actor Josh Duhamel, the distributor announced Friday. A release date has not yet been announced.

“Buddy Games” is about a group of friends who reunite for a series of absurd physical and mental challenges and in the process heal old wounds, right past wrongs and figure out the true meaning of friendship…or die trying. Duhamel also stars in the film alongside Olivia Munn, Dax Shepard, Kevin Dillon, James Roday, Nick Swardson and Dan Bakkedahl.

“I set out to make a movie that I would want to see – something grounded but outrageous enough to shock audiences, and ultimately a story of friendship and camaraderie,” Duhamel said in a statement. “I’m grateful to Saban Films for giving us the perfect platform for audiences to see it.”

Also Read: Saban Films Snags Comedy...

Did HBO Max just provide a preview of what we can expect in the upcoming Oscar campaign awards season (if there is one)?

Last night I attended my first virtual world premiere. The occasion was created online for HBO Max’s upcoming series Love Life, starring Anna Kendrick in an anthology series that features a different protagonist each season revolving around weekly episodes with a new love interest each time. In what may be a harbinger of some of the pandemic-created changes we will see cross over to movie awards season, was this a successful attempt to create the feeling of a real Hollywood or New York premiere at a time when people are not allowed to party or walk physical red carpets, much less sit in a theater together, as would be the normal case for an event like this? HBO has always been a big proponent of holding theatrical-style premieres for their shows,...

Megan Fox and Josh Duhamel Lead a New Breed of Comedy

Premiering in Households Everywhere June 9 from Lionsgate

Don’t miss the paws-itively heartwarming family comedy Think Like a Dog, premiering on Digital, and On Demand June 9 from Lionsgate. The film will be available on Blu-ray (plus Digital), and DVD the same day. A doggone good time for all ages, the film stars Gabriel Bateman (Annabelle, Benji, Playmobil: The Movie), Kunal Nayyar (TV’s “The Big Bang Theory,” Trolls, Ice Age: Continental Drift), Julia Jones (TV’s “The Mandalorian,” “Westworld,” The Twilight Saga: Eclipse), Janet Montgomery (The Space Between Us, TV’s “New Amsterdam”), Bryan Callen, Todd Stashwick as the voice of “Henry”, with Megan Fox (Transformers, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Jennifer’s Body), and Josh Duhamel (Transformers: The Last Knight), and is written and directed by Daytime Emmy® nominee Gil Junger and produced by Andrew Lazar, Cory Chen (upcoming The Doorman), and Linshu Zhang.

It’s never a surprise when Hollywood churns out another family comedy featuring an adorable talking dog. Nor is it a surprise that the director of said talking dog comedy is a fan of the Transformers franchise. But it is a little surprising to see Josh Duhamel and Megan Fox, two former Hollywood It stars, playing the good-natured parents […]

The post ‘Think Like a Dog’ Trailer: Josh Duhamel and Megan Fox Are Playing Parents Now in a Family Comedy appeared first on /Film.

"I would do anything to acquire this technology." Lionsgate has debuted an official trailer for a fun-for-the-whole-family comedy titled Think Like a Dog, being released direct-to-vod starting in June this summer. A 12-year-old tech prodigy's "hear your thoughts" science experiment goes awry and he forges a telepathic connection with his best friend, his dog named Henry. The duo join forces and use their unique perspectives on life to comically overcome complications of family and school. Starring Gabriel Bateman as the boy, Todd Stashwick as the dog's voice, with Josh Duhamel, Megan Fox, Janet Montgomery, Madison Horcher, and Kunal Nayyar. This looks charming, but also super cheesy and cliche - the same plot we've seen before in all these movies. Don't let evil corporate bad guy steal the tech, save your family, get the girl. Here's the first official trailer for Gil Junger's Think Like a Dog, direct from Lionsgate's...

Exclusive: Megan Fox and Bruce Willis are joining Emile Hirsch in Randall Emmett’s directorial debut Midnight In The Switchgrass, which Highland Film Group will be selling at the upcoming Efm.

Set in 2004, the film will follow an FBI agent (Fox) and a Florida State officer (Hirsch) who team up to investigate a string of unsolved murder cases. Willis will play Fox’s FBI agent partner.

After producing more than 100 movies with Emmett/Furla Films partner George Furla, including Best Picture Oscar nominee The Irishman, Emmett begins shoot on his directorial debut March 9 in Puerto Rico. The $15M-budgeted thriller is being financed by Efo Films.

Furla and Eff’s Tim Sullivan and Alex Eckert are producing with Luillo Ruiz. Executive producer is Lydia Hull, who brought the Alan Horsnail-penned script to the company.

Projects in post for Efo include Survive The Night with Bruce Willis, Force Of Nature with Mel Gibson and Hirsch,...

Production set for March at Nu Boyana Studios in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Megan Fox has signed on to star in Till Death, Millennium Media’s high-concept horror thriller from director S.K. Dale that the company is taking to Efm in an aggressive push to worldwide buyers.

Production is scheduled to begin in March at Nu Boyana Studios in Sofia, Bulgaria on the story of Emma (Fox), who is left handcuffed to her dead husband as part of a sickening revenge plot and must survive two hired killers on their way to finish the job.

Jason Carvey wrote the ’Blood List’ screenplay and David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick,...

“Jennifer’s Body” is celebrating its 10th anniversary this month, but the movie’s release wasn’t exactly the best of times for star Megan Fox. The movie was marketed heavily on the actress’ sex appeal, which had become something of an obsession in Hollywood following Fox’s breakout role in Michael Bay’s “Transformers.” In a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight, Fox said that constantly being sexualized by Hollywood created a “fraught relationship” between her and both the press and the public.

“It wasn’t just that movie, it was everyday of my life, all the time, with every project I worked on and every producer I worked with,” Fox said. “It preceded a breaking point for me. I think I had a genuine psychological breakdown where I wanted just nothing to do.”

Fox continued, “I didn’t want to be seen, I didn’t want to have to take a photo,...

Exclusive: Twilight alum Cam Gigandet is set to star in Marco Ristori’s (House Of Evil) action-drama Wreckage, which Double Dutch International is launching sales on in Cannes.

Currently in pre-production, the project charts the story of man who finds himself trapped in the rubble of a building following a terrorist attack. His only contact with the outside world is a compassionate counter-terrorism agent on the other end of his cell phone. Script comes from A.J. Ferrara and producers are Alexia Melocchi (Soul Journey) and Graem Luis (Delinquent).

“We are very excited to bring Wreckage to the world market. It’s a very intense movie with a surprise ending. Cam Gigandet is perfect for the lead role,” said Ddi chief Mark Padilla.

Ddi’s Cannes slate includes Think Like A Dog with Josh Duhamel and Megan Fox, Becoming with Toby Kebbel, Sometimes Always Never with Bill Nighy, A Violent Separation...

Sir Ben Kingsley and Guy Pearce are teaming up for action feature Long Gone Heroes. The special forces thriller will be launched in Cannes by Double Dutch International.

Directed by Santiago Manes Moreno (Alfred Hitchcock’s Gun), the film is produced by 7ONE7 Films with Moreno and If Beale Street Could Talk production manager Ines Mongil-Echandi, producing alongside Noli Mollakuqe (Warning Shot), Double Dutch International boss Jason Moring, Stanley Preschutti (Think Like A Dog) and Mark Padilla (Super Troopers 2) with Jay Fragus exec producing.

Long Gone Heroes tells the story of a special forces soldier for hire who’s given up country, religion, and even hope, and must return to the field of battle with his military team to track down a female reporter entangled in a huge political scandal while being hunted by the same mercenaries’ former comrades.

It comes as Ddi is preparing to launch a slate...

In a pre-Cannes deal, Ben Kingsley and Guy Pearce have signed to star in the action feature “Long Gone Heroes.”

Santiago Manes Moreno is directing from his own script. “Long Gone Heroes” is produced by 7ONE7 Films. Producers are Ines Mongil-Echandi (“If Beale Street Could Talk”), Moreno and Noli Mollakuqe, along with Jason Moring, Stanley Preschutti, and Mark Padilla of Ddi. Executive producer is Jay Fragus.

“Long Gone Heroes” is the story of a special forces soldier for hire who’s given up country, religion, and even hope, and must return to the field of battle with his military team to track down a female reporter entangled in a huge political scandal while being hunted by the same mercenaries’ former comrades.

“This is such a strong, engaging action script,” said Moring. “With Sir Ben and Guy leading the way, audiences are in for some excitement.”

Ddi will launch sales at the Cannes Film Festival,...

While in Berlin, Mark Padilla, Double Dutch International senior vp sales and acquisitions, will be flying the flag for a company expanding in the face of indie film headwinds, not retrenching. “We’ve seen other companies shrink in the marketplace,” Padilla tells THR. “We’re hiring. We’re going in the other direction.”

Arriving at the Efm with a varied sales slate that includes the Ruby Rose heist thriller Doorman and the family title Think Like a Dog, Ddi will also be on the hunt for acquisitions in the $3 million to $20 million range.

Padilla, who completed executive ...

While in Berlin, Mark Padilla, Double Dutch International senior vp sales and acquisitions, will be flying the flag for a company expanding in the face of indie film headwinds, not retrenching. “We’ve seen other companies shrink in the marketplace,” Padilla tells THR. “We’re hiring. We’re going in the other direction.”

Arriving at the Efm with a varied sales slate that includes the Ruby Rose heist thriller Doorman and the family title Think Like a Dog, Ddi will also be on the hunt for acquisitions in the $3 million to $20 million range.

Padilla, who completed executive ...

120dB Film Finance has executed a memorandum of understanding with a New York-based investment management firm for $100 million of financings with 100 loans during its 14-year history.

The company made the announcement Thursday at the American Film Market in Santa Monica, Calif. Founded in 2004, the company offers gap, presale, tax credit, P&A, bridge, and finish fund loans to independent filmmakers and television producers.

“We are pleased to announce this transition in our business model as we approach our 15th anniversary, and 100th film loan since inception in 2004. Our first transaction under the new facility for Bcdf’s film ‘Can You Keep a Secret,’ based upon the best-selling novel and starring Alexandra Daddario, closed in just over two weeks,” said Stephen Hays, 120dB Films’ founder and managing member. “We look forward to offering borrowers much more competitively priced loans for larger transactions, while retaining the highly attentive service that has been our model from the outset.

Production underway in Dallas, Texas, on horror comedy.

Toronto-based Double Dutch International will launch international sales at Afm next week on the horror comedy Satanic Panic starring Rebecca Romijn.

Production is underway in Dallas, Texas, on the film about a pizza delivery girl who must fight for her life when her last order of the night leads her to a satanic society in need of a virgin sacrifice.

Romijn leads the satanists, while newcomer Hayley Griffith plays the delivery girl. Rounding out the cast are Ruby Modine, Arden Myrin, Jerry O’Connell, Aj Bowen, Jordan Ladd, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Hannah Stocking,...

In today’s film news roundup, Christopher Walken and Christina Ricci star in a farming drama, Megan Fox is playing a war correspondent and Tania Raymonde has unveiled a dark comedy set in the art world.

Castings

Christopher Walken and Christina Ricci are starring in the farming drama “Percy,” a Scythia Films production that has started shooting in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Clark Johnson is directing from a screenplay written by Hilary Pryor and Garfield L. Miller. “Percy” is produced by Scythia Films’ Daniel Bekerman, Ian Dimerman, Brendon Sawatzky, Pryor and Miller. Executive producers are Ethan Lazar from Scythia Films, William Santor and Andrew Chang-Sang for financier Productivity Media, Kevin Hoiseth for sales agent Concourse Media, Christopher Yurkovich, Alex Ordanis, Deepak Kumar, Mark Gingras and John Laing.

Walken portrays a small-town Saskatchewan farmer; the film follows his unlikely crusade against genetically modified crops. Ricci plays an anti-gmo activist. The cast includes Roberta Maxwell,...

Genre project currently in post-production.

Toronto-based Ddi has picked up worldwide sales rights to supernatural horror The Cleansing Hour and will launch sales at the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) next week.

CEO Jason Moring (pictured) and his team will introduce buyers to the feature about millennial entrepreneurs who get tormented by a demon during a live webcast.

When the evil spirit possesses the fiancée of one of the men, it forces them to expose dark secrets. Ryan Guzman, Kyle Gallner and Alix Angelis star

The Cleansing Hour is currently in post-production and marks the feature directorial debut of Damien LeVeck,...

Black Swan actress Janet Montgomery, The Big Bang Theory star Kunal Nayyar and Wind River actress Julia Jones have joined the cast of Think Like a Dog, the new feature from 10 Things I Hate About You director Gil Junger.

Bryan Callen (Ride Along) and Gabriel Bateman (Benji) have also been cast in the upcoming family comedy, which will star Megan Fox and Josh Duhamel. Written and directed by Junger, Think Like a Dog follows teen tech prodigy Oliver (Bateman) whose science-fair experiment goes awry and creates a telepathic connection between himself and his dog. Fox and Duhamel will play...

In today’s roundup, think like a dog but act like a human in the upcoming feature film “Think Like a Dog,” starring Megan Fox and Josh Duhamel, now casting a background role. Plus, a feature-length comedy about dumb but lovable brothers is casting one of its leads, a music video is looking for a full-figured female actor and fighters, and Elysium Conservatory Theatre is casting its Summer Rep Cycle. “Think Like A Dog,” Track And Field COACHCasting is underway for a background role in “Think Like a Dog,” a feature film starring Megan Fox and Josh Duhamel about a 12-year-old tech prodigy whose science experiment goes awry and he forges a telepathic connection with his best friend: his dog. A male actor, aged 30–69, with coaching experience is wanted to portray a track and field coach in a track scene. Production will take place in May in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Megan Fox is just like the rest of us ... ditching style for comfort on laundry day. Megan was out in Louisiana on Sunday running errands that included a pit stop at Walmart to grab some laundry detergent. What's she doing in the Bayou state, ya might ask ... she's there filming "Think Like A Dog" with Josh Duhamel. Gumbo and Josh? Tasty. The 'Transformers' star looked down to earth in yoga pants, a t-shirt,...

Transformer stars Megan Fox and Josh Duhamel are reuniting for the family film, Think Like A Dog, written and directed by Gil Junger (10 Things I Hate About You). The pic, which hails from Double Dutch International, follows 12-year- old tech prodigy, Oliver, whose science fair experiment goes awry and creates a telepathic connection between himself and his dog, Henry. The connection brings them even closer as the duo join forces to comically overcome complications of…...

Production set for May in New Orleans.

Megan Fox and Josh Duhamel will star in the upcoming family film Think Like A Dog that Jason Moring’s Toronto-based Ddi sells internationally.

Gil Junger wrote and will direct the story of a 12-year-old tech prodigy whose science fair experiment goes awry and creates a telepathic connection between himself and his dog.

Principal photography is scheduled for May in New Orleans, Louisiana. Fox and Duhamel will play the roles of the boy’s parents.

Andrew Lazar is producing and previously worked with Junger on 10 Things I Hate About You. Robert Engelman, Cory Chen of M-Star International,...

Transformers alumni Megan Fox and Josh Duhamel are set to reunite for the upcoming family film Think Like a Dog.

Written and directed by Gil Kunger (10 Things I Hate About You), the film tells the story of a Oliver, 12-year-old tech prodigy whose science fair experiment goes awry and creates a telepathic connection between himself and his dog, Henry. The connection brings them even closer as the duo join forces to comically overcome complications of family and school. Fox and Duhamel will play Oliver's parents.

Andrew Lazar (American Sniper, Cats & Dogs), who previously worked with Junger on 10 Things...