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Jim Carrey Projects
by Frank Kurtz (Tue 12-04-2001)

Jim Carrey looks to be aggressively lining up a number of unusual projects.Currently, Carrey is in talks to star in USA Films' ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, written by Charlie Kaufman (BEING JOHN MALKOVICH).The film, which will be directed by Mic...

Jim Carrey playing mind trick
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 10-13-2003)

Revolution Studios is all set to buy writer Sacha Gervasi's screenplay THE HYPNOTIST, with Jim Carrey attached to star in the project. Gervasi's romantic comedy is about a famous hypnotist (Carrey) who has to fall in love with a woman in order to get his ...

Jim Carrey complete "Riddler" costume on Auction (Mon 12-05-2005)

Jim Carrey complete "Riddler" costume from Batman Forever. (Warner Bros., 1995) This instantly-identifiable costume consists of a green unitard with black question mark motif, matching green jacket, white briefs with integral codpiece, black and green cre...


Jim Carrey and Steve Carell to voice Dr. Seuss film
by Karl Schneider (Wed 09-13-2006)

Jim Carrey and Steve Carell have both signed on to voice characters in the upcoming Dr. Seuss CGI animated feature film, Horton Hears a Who, for 20th Century Fox.Carrey will voice Horton while Carell voces the mayor of Who-ville.The film will center on an...

'Son of the Mask' star avoids Jim Carrey
by Rob M. Worley (Tue 02-01-2005)

Jamie Kennedy, who stars in the upcoming fantasy sequel film Son of the Mask, told SCI FI Wire that he didn't try to outdo Jim Carrey, who starred in the predecessor film The Mask. "I never would have done it," Kennedy said in an interview. "How could you...

FUN WITH Jim Carrey
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 06-04-2003)

Jim Carrey has picked his next project, a remake of the 1977 comedy FUN WITH DICK AND JANE. MEN IN BLACK director Barry Sonnenfeld will direct the picture, which was written by Peter Tolan (ANALYZE THIS). Oscar-winning producer Brian Grazer, keeper of t...

Carrey Talks PHONE BOOTH
by Paul Zimmerman (Tue 12-11-2001)

Jim Carrey has been talking about PHONE BOOTH, and why he left it. While promoting THE MAJESTIC, Carrey addressed his short time on the intimate Joel Schumacher suspenser, saying, "I was going to do that film but there are certain times I don't want to go...


Carrey: MASK/GRINCH Sequels
by Paul Zimmerman (Tue 12-11-2001)

Jim Carrey fans that have been holding their breath for a sequel to THE MASK can finally exhale. Speaking last weekend at a press junket for his new film THE MAJESTIC, the comedian turned dramatist quashed any sequel rumblings once and for all."I don't th...

Carrey Entering DUST BOWL
by Frank Kurtz (Fri 11-16-2001)

In keeping with his plans to alternate between comedies and dramatic projects, Jim Carrey has agreed to produce and star in a film based on nonfiction book called THE CHILDREN OF THE DUST BOWL.Written by Jerry Stanley, the book tells the true story of the...

Carrey Set For Supernatural Comedy
by Frank Kurtz (Thu 11-01-2001)

Jim Carrey has sealed a deal to star in a Gary Ross (PLEASANTVILLE) helmed project out of Universal.In the as yet untitled film, Carrey will play a widower who becomes haunted by his late wife when he falls in love with a much younger woman. Along the way...

Carrey, Shandling Voice Over The Hedge
by Rob M. Worley (Tue 07-16-2002)

Comedic superstars Jim Carrey and Garry Shandling have signed on as the lead voice talents in DreamWorks' CGI animated adaptation f the Michael Fry and T Lewis' comic strip Over The Hedge. The news was reported in today's Variety. The movie, slated...


Carrey Says "No" to The Mask 2
by Rob M. Worley (Thu 12-13-2001)

Cinescape reports that Jim Carrey is unwilling to do a sequel to The Mask for fear of the end of the world. When asked if he'd consider doing The Mask 2 Carrey replied, "If the world's end came tomorrow, I don't want to spend it doing somethin...

Carrey/Kidman comedy shelved
by Christopher Allan Smith (Wed 01-23-2002)

Universal Studios has put a halt on pre-production for the untitled fantasy film staring Jim Carrey and Nicole Kidman. The film, a comedy written and directed by Gary Ross (PLEASANTVILLE), was to have begun shooting in March.The film revolves around a wid...

Carrey, Shandling go OVER THE HEDGE
by Christopher Allan Smith (Tue 07-16-2002)

Jim Carrey and Garry Shandling have signed on to do the principle voices of OVER THE HEDGE, DreamWorks new, major animated effort based on the popular comic strip. Carrey will be the voice of the troublemaking raccoon R.J, while Shandling will speak up fo...

Carrey a USED GUY?
by News Editor (Wed 08-31-2005)

20th Century Fox is in talks with Jim Carrey to possibly star in USED GUYS with Ben Stiller. Jay Roach will direct the sci-fi comedy.The story is set in a world where women run the Earth. Men became extinct because they ingested an enhancement drink that...


Burton & Carrey BELIEVE IT
by News Editor (Tue 11-29-2005)

Tim Burton and Jim Carrey are in talks with Alphaville's Jim Jacks and Sean Daniel to direct and star in, respectively, BELIEVE IT OR NOT!The film will center on the exploits of Robert Ripley, a sport cartoonist who ran out of ideas and turned to the worl...

Kidman Haunting Carrey?
by Frank Kurtz (Wed 11-28-2001)

Though it has previously been rumored, the word is now that Nicole Kidman is in talks to join Jim Carrey in the comic's next film.The film, which will be helmed by Gary Ross (PLEASANTVILLE), has a tentative title finally, called DOG YEARS.But before she c...

Exclusive details on Jim Carrey's animation debut in 'Over the Hedge'
by Rob M. Worley (Wed 11-12-2003)

'Over the Hedge' director Tim Johnson talks about Jim Carrey and Garry Shandling's voice work in the 2005 CGI animated feature.

Mr. Majestic Part One
by Paul Zimmerman (Sun 01-13-2002)

Funny thing about director Frank Darabont: When he's telling a story, he tends to do so by quoting back and forth dialogue just like in a script. Describing an exchange he had while directing Jim Carrey in the new romantic fable THE MAJESTIC, he put it li...


"Believe it or not" pairs Burton and Carrey (Tue 11-29-2005)

Tim Burton and Jim Carrey are teaming up for "Believe It or Not!" an action-adventure loosely based on Robert Ripley. The movie will follow the exploits of Ripley, a sport cartoonist who ran out of ideas and turned to the world of the strange and unusual....

The Capra Redemption Part Two
by Paul Zimmerman (Wed 12-26-2001)

In the new Frank Darabont film THE MAJESTIC, Jim Carrey stars as blacklisted screenwriter Peter Appleton, a man who finds a new life for himself in Small Town, U.S.A. An ode to Frank Capra, the film hearkens back to a simpler time of movie houses and idyl...

The Capra Redemption Part One
by Paul Zimmerman (Fri 12-21-2001)

We've seen Jim Carrey talk out his butt, blow smoke rings out his nose and give mouth to mouth to a cow. Can we take seeing him act standing virtually still? In his new film The Majestic Carrey does just that in his craziest performance yet: Straight.Play...

Mr. Majestic Part Two
by Paul Zimmerman (Mon 01-14-2002)

In the first part of CINESCAPE's profile on THE MAJESTIC director Frank Darabont, the filmmaker discussed the casting of A-list funnyman Jim Carrey as his romantic lead. In part two, Darabont talks more about Carrey, the film's Oscar chances and the possi...


Return Engagement
by Paul Zimmerman (Fri 01-04-2002)

... does he? Jim Carrey, in a 180 degree reversal of what we're used to seeing him do, subtly plays a morally confused blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter in the early 1950s who, after getting bonked on the head, wakes up in Lawson, a town that seems to ha...

Six Million Dollar Man, The
by Coming Attractions (Wed 10-22-2003)

Genre:Action/Science Fiction/Comedy.Studio:Dimension Films/Universal Pictures.Production Company:Unknown.Project Phase:Development Hell.Who's In It:Jim Carrey.Who's Making It:Todd Phillips (Director, Screenwriter; Larry Gordon, Lloyd Levin, Scott Faye (Pr...

From Femme Fatale to Femme Idea Part One
by Paul Zimmerman (Sun 12-30-2001)

In The Majestic, Frank Darabont's new fable-like drama set in 1951, Jim Carrey plays a blacklisted screenwriter who, while suffering from amnesia, wakes up in a small idyllic town. Mistaken for local legend Luke, the All-American boy who disappeared durin...

Photos from the Teen Choice Awards
by Sue Schneider and Marcia Groff (Tue 08-26-2003)

...chless by Jim Carrey's head wrapped in bandages, who commented he was, "not expecting to win and had had some maintenance work done, just a little nip and tuck." Dakota Fanning and Brittany Murphy were excited about the opening of their feature UPTOWN ...


Son of the Mask
by Corona's Coming Attractions (Tue 12-07-2004)

... the 1994 Jim Carrey blockbuster is presently filming, with Jamie Kennedy taking over leading man duties.It also appears that there have been some rewrites to the film's screenplay. According to the Hollywood Reporter article that announces Hopkins inv...

LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
by Rachel Reitsleff (Fri 12-17-2004)

LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS is under the influence of conflicting impulses. Its tone is part Harry Potter-esque fantasy and part broad Jim Carrey vehicle. The results aren't as entirely incompatible as one might fear, but it's never an...

$20 million dollar actor to play THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 10-22-2003)

After making Universal Pictures bags of cash with BRUCE ALMIGHTY, the Dimension Films has convinced Universal Pictures to co-finance their long-in-development project THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN with Jim Carrey attached to play the lead role. Todd Phillips...

DR. SEUSS' HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
by ANDREW HERSHBERGER (Thu 12-06-2001)

...e Grinch (Jim Carrey, ONCE BITTEN) as four young Whoville teens scale the mountain where that Filthy McNasty lives, only to have the dickens scared out of them by one of that lovable rapscallion's booby traps a huge monstrous head. Back in Whoville li...


THE TRUMAN SHOW (1998)
by Steve Biodrowski (Sat 06-09-2001)

Jim Carrey gives a brilliantly modulated performance in this film, directed by Peter Weir from a script by Andrew Niccol. The story follows a character whose life (unbeknownst to him) is the subject of a television show--reality TV taken to its absurd con...

CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON Remake
by Frank Kurtz (Wed 12-12-2001)

... starring Jim Carrey and Nicole Kidman.

Chuck JonesMeetings With An Animation Master
by Steve Fritz (Mon 11-20-2000)

...and stars Jim Carrey, can`t touch the Jones version. What`s impressive about the documentary is that, along with more than its share of quotes from the master himself, it rounded up a stellar roster of Jones apostles. Jones` fellow Termite Terrace vete...

BEDAZZLED
by Steve Biodrowski (Thu 10-19-2000)

...eone like Jim Carrey, who would have seized the opportunity to pull out all the stops and overwhelmed the roll. Come to think of it, there are some general similarities between the early scenes of this film and The Mask, but trust me, Bedazzled is bett...


Genre Films in the '90s: Blockbuster Feeding Frenzy
by Steve Biodrowski (Fri 02-11-2000)

...HOW, with Jim Carrey toning down his manic act in an expertly written, satirical look at a character whose life (unbeknownst to him) is a television show.Fantasy also produced impressive results—none more impressive than the sleeper success of BABE, th...

The Nutty Producer Part Two
by Paul Zimmerman (Fri 12-28-2001)

Aside from his duties as writer/producer of the new CGI animated fest JIMMY NEUTRON: BOY GENIUS, Steve Oedekerk has been keeping busy recently with projects such as next year's comedy Juwanna Mann, retooling 1997's Santa VS. the Snowman into an Imax film,...

Hangin' With the O.G. (the Original Grinch, That is)
by Steve Ryfle (Mon 11-13-2000)

This weekend, the holiday movie bombardment kicks into high gear with Dr. Seuss` How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and all our questions will be answered. Can affable Jim Carrey cut the mustard as the mean, green, Christmas-hating hermit? Can Ron Howard str...

HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE Still Alive?
by Frank Kurtz (Fri 01-04-2002)

...ebrox was Jim Carrey. So if you put those two together perhaps you could see a film there."


Wood set for SUNSHINE
by Mike Whybark (Mon 12-23-2002)

VARIETY notes that Elijah Wood has been selected for the cast of THE ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, which will also features the talents of Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Tom Wilkinson, and Mark Ruffalo under the direction of Michel Gond...

Sonnenfeld splits SNICKET
by Mike Whybark (Mon 01-13-2003)

...m retains Jim Carrey as lead. Paramount heavyweight Rob Friedman denied that Sonnenfeld was fired, stating, "We did not fire him. He withdrew from the project once Paramount and DreamWorks became partners."Questions? Comments? Let us know what you thin...

CAT IN THE HAT has Myers, Breslin in the cast
by Christopher Allan Smith (Tue 07-09-2002)

Universal Studios and Dreamworks have nailed down the casting for the big screen, live action version of Dr. Seuss' THE CAT IN THE HAT. Mike Myers, in a Jim Carrey move, has been cast as the impish feline, while Spencer Breslin (DISNEY'S THE KID) has been...

DVD & VHS This Week: June 11
by John Thonen (Tue 06-11-2002)

... loch, as Jim Carrey plays it sad and Sean Penn plays it dumb. Plus, the "R" rated cut of the recent ROLLERBALL remake. Hey, it can only be better.Vidiocy is our weekly Video & DVD column.Questions? Comments? Let us know what you think at feed...


Ron Howard talks CAT IN THE HAT's Canadian conspiracy
by Paul Zimmerman (Fri 03-15-2002)

... starring Jim Carrey, yet another comic Canadian."With Mike Myers, I think he's the absolute perfect blend of Seuss and irreverence," Howard said. "So the same kind of paradigm that we had going in the GRINCH, I think we're going to be very fortunate w...

Tucker putting new spin on THE PINK PANTHER
by Christopher Allan Smith (Wed 05-29-2002)

It looks like MGM is taking an unconventional yet interesting tact in trying to remake Peter Seller's classic 1963 detective comedy, THE PINK PANTHER. After having little luck wooing the likes of Mike Myers and Jim Carrey over the last few years, the stud...

THE SECRET ADVENTURES OF JULES VERNE: Michael Praed
by Steve Fritz (Mon 01-01-2001)

...risons to Jim Carrey and Robin Williams,` reveals Praed. `He would hate me to say this, but he really is that good. In my opinion he`s a comic genius. He is already a huge star in Montreal and Paris. He`s also a total delight to work with. `Passepartou...

Oedekerk deal brings 'Ripley' back to life
by Rob M. Worley (Mon 12-18-2006)

Paramount Pictures has resurrected shelved pic "Ripley's Believe It or Not!," hiring Steve Oedekerk to overhaul the script. Remaining in place are Jim Carrey as Ripley and Tim Burton as director, both of whom approved Oedekerk. Studio is eyeing a wi...


Mania talks with VFX firm Intelligent Creatures
by Pat Ferrara (Sun 02-25-2007)

... starring Jim Carrey, and Mr. Magorum's Wonder Emporium starring Natalie Portman and Dustin Hoffman. Can you tell us a little bit about what kind of effects we can expect from either of these projects?  LM: We've really focused on the designs ...

Weekend Box Office Report: February 23-25
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 02-25-2007)

... starring Jim Carrey as he obsesses over the Number 23 landed in 2nd place with a 15.1 mil box office draw. The number focused film was in 2,759 screens and had an average of 5,475 per screen per showing.     Coming in 3rd place behind th...

23 Skidoo
by Randall Larson (Thu 02-22-2007)

... starring Jim Carrey in a splendid dramatic role as a man afflicted and affected by the titular pair of digits.  The soundtrack CD is available from New Line Records in the USA and from Silva Screen if you’re in the UK.  The opening ...

Saturday Morning Cartoons return!
by BRIAN THOMAS (Sat 09-02-2006)

...ludes the Jim Carrey breakthrough comedies ACE VENTURA: PET DETECTIVE and ACE VENTURA: WHEN NATURE CALLS. So why list it in Anime Avalanche? Because this set also holds some episodes of the ACE VENTURA cartoon series. (O) BJ'S TEDDY BEAR CLUB AND BIBL...


MAGIC Appears TIMELINE Disappears
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 04-24-2003)

...at (think Jim Carrey in THE GRINCH). Bo Welch, an Oscar-nominated production designer whose credits include MEN IN BLACK and BATMAN RETURNS, is helming the film, which is set to on Thanksgiving (Nov. 21), 2003. Neo spots Agent Smith times three i...

Madsen Lands on NUMBER 23
by News Editor (Wed 01-18-2006)

New Line has set Virginia Madsen to star in THE NUMBER 23. She joins a cast which already includes Jim Carrey, Danny Huston and Rhona Mitra. Madsen is replacing Elisabeth Shue.Carrey will portray a man who becomes obsessed with a book that seems to be ...

EVAN ALMIGHTY
by Brian Thomas (Fri 06-22-2007)

In Bruce Almighty (2003) – you may remember – God (Morgan Freeman) granted unlimited power (within limits) to mortal TV weatherman Bruce Nolan (Jim Carrey) to teach him to take responsibility for his life and stop complaining so much. In Evan ...

EVAN Sails to the Top
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Sun 06-24-2007)

...ting. The Jim Carrey/Morgan Freeman team would go onward to gross 484 million worldwide before it was finished.  It had a future to be positive about.   Evan Almighty taking in 32.1 million in receipts? Not such a positive outlook can be t...


More Info on New DreamWorks Merger
by Jarrod Sarafin (Thu 06-19-2008)

...las Cage, Jim Carrey, George Clooney, Chris Columbus, Tom Hanks & Gary Goetzman, Brad Pitt and Jay Roach. Those deals were touted as part of Reliance Big's $1 billion investment in Hollywood.At the time, Reliance execs described the deals as "...

Jamie Kennedy Talks 'Son of the Mask' (Fri 08-08-2003)

Despite his expertise in disguises, when Jamie Kennedy begins filming the sequel to "The Mask" early next year, he won't be the one replacing Jim Carrey in the green mask.

Jack Black Talks GREEN LANTERN
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Wed 11-21-2007)

...ly by the Jim Carrey hit “The Mask,” the script was to depict an overweight hero using the power ring in comedic ways. “I was going to be making all kinds of stuff,” Black said of the ring, which gives its possessor the power t...

Japan's EVAN Release Canceled
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Mon 07-16-2007)

...d because Jim Carrey was the reason behind it. Steve Carell's 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN wasn't released in Japan nor have showings of his tv show, "The Office." The bankability of Steve in Japan is too shaky for Universal to take the chance or pay f...


A Fantastic Feud: Your Letters
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 06-27-2007)

...ghtweight Jim Carrey wannabe without the genuine insanity to further his art beyond the ilk of fart jokes and ego mania.  Chiklis is decent on The Shield, but he's no Anthony Hopkins, either.  Neither is Gruffud.”   Except for pe...

'Ghost Rider' still #1 (Sun 02-25-2007)

Ghost Rider races forward to another #1 weekend box office, this time collecting another $19.7 million its second weekend, topping the Jim Carrey debut 'The Number 23'. The domestic tally for the demonic thrill ride now stands at a whopping $78.7 million,...

U.N.C.L.E., Tex Avery, & Oscar Noms
by Randall Larson (Thu 01-25-2007)

... starring Jim Carrey in a dead serious role, will be released by Silva Screen on February 23rd. The film has an exciting new score from one of the top Brits working in Hollywood today, Harry Gregson-Williams. His track record is synonymous wit...

First Trailer For HORTON HEARS A WHO
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Fri 12-14-2007)

The first theatrical trailer for Dr. Seuss' HORTON HEARS A WHO has made its way online courtesy of 20th Century Fox and Apple Trailers. The classic tale was adapted to screenplay by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio for Fox. The film stars Jim Carrey, Steve ...


Four TV Spots for HORTON
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Wed 02-20-2008)

...e Carell, Jim Carrey, Carol Burnett, Seth Rogen, Will Arnett, Isla Fisher, Dan Fogler, Amy Poehler, Dane Cook, Jaime Pressly and Jonah Hill. Jimmy Hayward & Steve Martino directed the Fox adaptation, based on a screenplay penned by Cinco Paul ...

Hoskins, Firth, Oldman Joins CHRISTMAS CAROL
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Mon 12-03-2007)

... Penn and Jim Carrey in the latest version of the Charles Dickens classic. A CHRISTMAS CAROL will hit theaters November 6, 2009.

Myers to Play MITTY
by News Editor (Wed 05-23-2007)

...including Jim Carrey, Steven Spielberg, Mark Waters, Owen Wilson  and Ron Howard.

Flying Saucers over Legend
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 01-03-2006)

...on of the Jim Carrey/Jeff Daniels comedy favorite with six minutes of extra footage, plus deleted footage and alternate endings. (O) EVASIVE ACTION (Echo Bridge) Known to some as CON AIR ON A TRAIN. (O) THE GATLING GUN (Westlake) Cavalrymen and Apaches...


"The Number 23"
by RACHEL REITSLEFF (Fri 02-23-2007)

... Sparrow (Jim Carrey), who narrates for us, postulates that his pleasant life would have proceeded as normal if not for one night when he was delayed by a stray dog. This delay causes Walter’s wife Agatha (Virginia Madsen) to wander into a boo...

HORTON Hears a Victory
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 03-16-2008)

There was to be no shocker or surprise victory this weekend at the box office. 20th Century Fox released its new animation Horton Hears a Who on 3,954 theaters with a running time of one hour and twenty-eight minutes. As such, the film---starring Jim Carr...

Son of the Mask Going To Dogs Director
by Rob M. Worley (Mon 08-12-2002)

...wn actors Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz. According to The Reporter, the new movie follows the adventures of an aspiring cartoonist named Tim Avery who is not ready for fatherhood but finds himself raising a baby endowed with the powers of the mask o...

Howard dons 'Mask' for NL in film sequel
by Rob M. Worley (Thu 10-30-2003)

... starring Jim Carrey. More...


Son Of Mask Family-Friendly
by Rob M. Worley (Mon 12-06-2004)

Jamie Kennedy, star of the upcoming fantasy sequel Son of the Mask, told SCI FI Wire that his follow-up to the 1994 Jim Carrey movie differs significantly. "It's very different, actually," Kennedy said in an interview. "The first one was about a down-on-h...

C2F@5 New Line Prizes!
by Rob M. Worley (Mon 06-03-2002)

...ors named Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - A terrific family movie that melds the edgy black and white comics with the colorful Saturday morning cartoons. The result: Turtle power! ...

Kirsten Dunst on 'Spider-Man 2' (Tue 06-29-2004)

... opposite Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet and Mark Ruffalo. More...

Review: 'Son of the Mask' on DVD
by Rob M. Worley (Sat 05-21-2005)

The Movie "Son of the Mask" arrived in DVD stories this week. This 2005 follow up to the surprise hit "The Mask" (starring then-relative-unknown Jim Carrey and then-unknown Cameron Diaz) has Jamie Kennedy in the lead role as Tim Avery, a frustrated c...


Daredevil: The Mark Steven Johnson Interview - Part III
by Rob M. Worley (Fri 01-31-2003)

...ou've got Jim Carrey, he's genius. But if you've got the Riddler and at the same time you've got Two Face and they're both so big, after a while they wear their welcome out, for me as a fan. "In our movie, it's definitely more realistic than those. ...

Powell To Hear a Who in new Seuss Score
by Randall D. Larson (Mon 10-02-2006)

...voices of Jim Carrey and Steve Carell. Horton is an elephant who struggles to protect a microscopic community from his neighbors. John Powell has scored many important Fox pictures lately, including X-MEN: THE LAST STAND, ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN and ROBO...

Christensen, Hilton, Cruise and MASK all win RAZZIES
by News Editor (Sun 03-05-2006)

In the newest category at this year's 26th Annual RAZZIE® Awards, mega-star Tom Cruise found himself in a lose/lose situation: Competing for Most Tiresome Tabloid Target, his Anti-Psychiatry Rant lost out to his own antics with fiancé Katie Holmes to "win...

Action Music
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 01-15-2004)

...score the Jim Carrey comedy, LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS, a family comedy helmed by CASPER director Brad Silberling. The film is set to open on 25th December 2004.Film Score Monthly's new limited edition CDs features a 2CD set pairi...


Bob's gone Odin for MASK sequel
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 01-15-2004)

Actor Bob Hoskins (WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT?) will play Odin, the Norse allfather of gods in SON OF THE MASK. Alan Cummings (X-MEN 2) had already been revealed to be cast as Loki, the god of mischief and one of the sons of Odin. The sequel to the 1994 Jim ...

A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS has its Uncle Monty
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 12-08-2003)

...ion, with Jim Carrey, Jude Law, Meryl Streep already cast in the movie.Connolly will star as Dr. Montgomery, or Uncle Monty, a distant relative to the Baudelaire orphans. Monty and the kids will face the evil Uncle Olaf (Carrey's character) as he tries...

Lost, Lonely and TV Wasted
by Andrew Hershberger (Mon 10-06-2003)

...mber when Jim Carrey used to be funny? Well, this film precedes THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN © Universal that period.CHARMED (8 pm, WB) The girls have their identities and powers stolen by a trio of nogoodnicks. Warning: It's an evil twins ep...

BRUCE ALMIGHTY produces heavenly box office
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 05-26-2003)

Jim Carrey and the power of the creator proved to be more mighty than Neo this past weekend at the box office. Universal's BRUCE ALMIGHTY took top spot with an estimated $86.4 million dollars worth of ticket sales over the four day weekend. It's Carrey'...


I'm on Hotmail Way Too Much
by Andrew Hershberger (Mon 06-02-2003)

... funny... Jim Carrey, you suck. BRUCE ALMIGHTY my left..."JAWS (8 pm, AMC) Alright, I will concede that this is an American Movie Classic.SUNDAY, JUNE 8SHARK ATTACK 2  (7 pm, SCI-FI) You'd think after the first one, they'd have gotten out of the w...

PREVIEW: Get a peek at LEMONY SNICKET and VAMPIRE: THE MASQUERADE - BLOODLINES
by James Stevenson (Tue 11-02-2004)

...h include Jim Carrey. The game is aimed at a bit younger of an audience, but to be quite frank, I enjoyed playing it a lot.The game allows you to switch between the three main characters in the game. Early on, we were dropped into Count Olaf's house an...

Behold the SON OF THE MASK trailer!
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 11-10-2004)

...hich made Jim Carrey turn into a living cartoon character this time does its magic to a small dog, a small baby and the helpless Dad (played by Kennedy.) You'll get to see some of what each of these three do when the Mask and its powers transform each ...

Dario Argento returns
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 08-23-2005)

...est film, Jim Carrey plays a man who unknowingly has lived his entire life in a controlled environment on television. Special edition includes Making-Of, deleted footage and more. (O) WEEKEND (New Yorker) Jean-Luc Godard's 1967 feature takes a group of...


TV Not on DVD: The Your-Two-Cents Edition
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 10-31-2005)

...CST, TCM) Jim Carrey slaps on Loki's mask and engages in wacky…no, wait, this is the Eric Stoltz one.THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3THE O.C. (7 PM CST, Fox) "The Perfect Storm." I'm not sure what THE O.C. has to do with drowning George Clooney and Mark Wa...

Latest for David Newman
by Randall Larson (Fri 07-01-2005)

...and stars Jim Carrey, Tea Leoni, Angie Harmon, Alec Baldwin, using the same plot from the original film, about a financially well-off couple that resorts to crime to pay their bills and debts. Set to score the film is David Newman, of MONSTER-IN-LAW, T...

Son of the DVD
by BRIAN THOMAS (Fri 03-11-2005)

The long-unawaited sequel to the Jim Carrey CGI laff-fest THE MASK is coming to DVD. New Line Cinema has set May 17 as the street date for SON OF THE MASK, in which cartoonist Jamie Kennedy finds the fabled magic mask that gives seemingly unlimited powers...

TOP 12: FOCKERS continues to dominate the box office
by Patrick Sauriol (Sun 01-02-2005)

...weeks the Jim Carrey comedy has earned $94 M. THE AVIATOR also moved up a notch to number three overall file FAT ALBERT dropped to fourth place even though it made a little more than it did last weekend. In fact, the only films in our top twelve that e...


Sloth
by Andrew Hershberger (Mon 05-12-2003)

... pm, FOX) Jim Carrey does a bad Clint Eastwood impression in a bad movie, the title of which is a bad word play on me, myself and I. Awful; if I did this kind of work at my job I'd get fired in 10 seconds.CROCODILE DUNDEE II (8 pm, TBS) Thank god this ...

AMERICA Tribute Spans All Networks & More
by Frank Kurtz (Wed 09-19-2001)

...m include Jim Carrey, George Clooney, Tom Cruise, Robert de Niro, Cameron Diaz, Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Will Smith, Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Sheryl Crow, the Dixie Chicks, Clint Eastwood, Faith Hill, Billy Joel, Alicia Keys, Tom Petty, Paul Simon...

Remembering Fred Karlin
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 05-06-2004)

...sequel to Jim Carrey's THE MASK (1994), while it won't stars Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz or director Chuck Russell, but its original composer will reunite with the character to compose the new film. Randy Edelman has been hired to score SON OF THE MASK...

Ending The Year With a Howl
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 12-29-2005)

... starring Jim Carrey and Tea Leoni. Theodore Shapiro contributes a "rhythmic, fun, romp of a score that is melodic and energetic." On the same date, Varese will issue the soundtrack to Eli Roth's HOSTEL "the scariest American movie in a decade," accor...


Anniversary Plans for the Crystal Lake Eight?
by Brian Thomas (Tue 08-26-2003)

...TEN (MGM) Jim Carrey romances vampire Lauren Hutton.(O)     POLTERGEIST 2: THE OTHER SIDE / POLTERGEIST 3 (MGM) They're hee-ere. Again.(O)     PYROKINESIS (Media Blasters) After completing the hit Gamera trilogy,...

GARY & MIKE
by Steve Fritz (Mon 01-08-2001)

... knew was Jim Carrey. Small, Bahr and Carrey co-created Fire Marshall Bill for the Wayans Family’s In Living Color. This probably went a long way towards getting them attention from Quincy Jones, who was putting together another sketch show, Mad TV.It ...

C2F@5: Today's Winner!
by Rob M. Worley (Mon 09-02-2002)

... an early Jim Carrey, a then-unknown Cameron Diaz, some cool CGI effects and a spunky Jack Russell terrier for some hilarious comic book action. Based on the Dark Horse Comic, Carrey plays a shy banker named Stanley Ipkiss whose in...

Oldman gets promoted in 'The Dark Knight'
by Leslie Morgan (Thu 07-10-2008)

...arol with Jim Carrey and at one point he's pacing up and down and you dare not go near him because he was winding himself up. I've done it ya know where I have a tough scene and you give yourself a moment." If there were a Batman sequel would ...


Paramount resurrects "Ripley's Believe It or Not!"
by Karl Schneider (Mon 12-18-2006)

According to Variety, Paramount has resurrected Ripley's Believe It or Not!, which was previously stuck in development hell.The script will be overhauled by Steve Oedekerk and the film still plans to star Jim Carrey as Ripley with Tim Burton directing the...

"Horton Hears a Who" gets a voice cast
by Karl Schneider (Tue 03-13-2007)

...usly cast Jim Carrey and Steve Carell.The film is about an imaginative elephant who hears a cry for help coming from a tiny speck of dust floating through the air. Suspecting there may be life on that speck and despite a surrounding community which thi...

Grinch Action Figures
by Dan Cziraky (Sun 11-26-2000)

DR. SEUSS` HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS (Playmates)Okay, so whether you`re a fan of Ron Howard`s live-action Jim Carrey vehicle or not, these are still pretty nifty mini-versions of The Grinch and several of Whoville`s most notable inhabitants. Playmate...

BATMAN: DARK VICTORY - Jeph Loeb
by Russell Lissau (Wed 11-29-2000)

... one with Jim Carrey as the Riddler, so I took the chance that he would return my call. He was really very helpful. I wanted to thank him in the letters pages – but we ran out of letters pages!`In the final issue, Loeb and Sale knocked off the last rem...


SUPERMAN LIVES, Part 2: Writer Kevin Smith
by Edward Gross (Fri 05-12-2000)

... in which Jim Carrey is supposed to be Brainiac?’ I said, ‘Heavens no.’ The exec said, ‘It’s so bad, so fucking abysmal.’` Since then, of course, William Wisher’s script supposedly has pleased the studio, though no official announcement of a start d...

Genre Films 2000: A Preview of Things To Come
by Steve Biodrowski (Thu 01-27-2000)

... Funnyman Jim Carrey stars as the Grinch in this live-action remake of the animated cartoon. Anticipation scale: 6. Box office: big--you can`t go wrong with remaking baby-boomer properties.FROM HELL (Fox) The Hughes Brothers (MENACE II SOCIETY) are put...

Bat Battle: Who's The Best Movie Batman Ever?
by Jay Pinkerton (Fri 01-11-2008)

...man-child Jim Carrey and senior citizen Tommy Lee Jones, either of whom anyone in the audience for Batman Forever could probably take in a fight. Coolness of Costume BatKilmer starts Forever sporting probably the best of the Batsuits from the original ...

Burton exits 'Believe it or Not'
by Rob M. Worley (Tue 06-13-2006)

... starring Jim Carrey. But Grey refused to give the project a green light until the ambitious production, based on the adventurer Ripley, fell into the $150 million range, co-president of production Brad Weston confirmed. More...


Cary Elwes Joins CHRISTMAS CAROL
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Mon 12-10-2007)

Cary Elwes will be joining the cast for the upcoming performance capture/Disney digital 3-D take on A CHRISTMAS CAROL, says Variety. Director Robert Zemeckis has already cast Jim Carrey, Bob Hoskins, Colin Firth, Gary Oldman and Robin Wrigh...

The Number 23 soundtrack features original music from Harry Gregson-Williams
by Randall Larson (Mon 02-12-2007)

Jim Carrey makes a rare dramatic turn for the film The Number 23.   The film, which was directed by Joel Schumacher, features a soundtrack composed by Harry Gregson-Williams, released on February 20th in the US by New Line Records (and by Si...

Flitter Leads ACE VENTURA 3
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Tue 07-17-2007)

... starring Jim Carrey. According to Variety, ACE VENTURA 3, is on the horizon starring young actor Josh Flitter(LICENSE TO WED, NANCY DREW & THE GREATEST GAME EVER PLAYED)...He has been selected to topline the third installment in the Ace franchise....

'Son of the Mask' filled with childish humor
by Chris Brown (Sat 02-19-2005)

'Son of the Mask', the sequel to 1994' s hit 'The Mask' opens in theatres everywhere this weekend. Perhaps it's 10 years too late or just that Jim Carrey is a tough act to follow, but regardless 'Son of the Mask' falls flat. The idea is that Tim...


RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT is on hold
by Karl Schneider (Wed 06-14-2006)

Paramount has pulled the plug, temporarily, on the Tim Burton and Jim Carrey film, RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT!.The FX-heavy film has been put on hold because of a skyrocketing budget and script alterations. The film is still expected to move forward next...

The 10 Most Awesome Movies Hollywood Ever Killed
by David Wong (Fri 01-04-2008)

... 2 It was Jim Carrey, before he got older and started making serious movies. It was Matt Stone and Trey Parker, before South Park got all preachy and libertarian. Their paths nearly intersected in a way that could have made, yes, we'll say it, Poop Jok...

Directors Who Matter - Tim Burton
by ANTHONY C. FERRANTE (Sun 01-01-2006)

...yone from Jim Carrey to Will Ferrell were considered for the role of Willy Wonka. "The tact we took was to go back to the book," says Burton. "If not, then why make this to begin with?" But he admits some of the early scripts did go a bit astray. "They...

See Dick
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 04-11-2006)

...r-the-top Jim Carrey image. (O) FUN WITH DICK & JANE (Sony) Jim Carrey and Tea Leoni turn to crime and go for revenge after getting screwed over by a corporation in this sharp comedy that targets dishonest US business giants. Includes both screen f...


Castle Rock Gets HUGHES
by Frank Kurtz (Mon 12-17-2001)

Things look to be moving quickly on that recently reported Jim Carrey starring Howard Hughes vehicle. Now, word comes that Castle Rock has acquired the rights to Richard Hack's book HUGHES: THE PRIVATE DIARIES, which will be used as the basis for the film...

BRUCE ALMIGHTY
by Abbie Bernstein (Fri 05-23-2003)

There is a good comedy premise in BRUCE ALMIGHTY, in which a decent fellow gets nearly infinite power and the responsibility that comes with it. It is in many ways ideal for the talents of Jim Carrey, who certainly has some stellar moments here. However.....

Shaggy Dog Story
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 03-23-2006)

... starring Jim Carrey and Virginia Madsen. Other upcoming assignments for the busy composer includes another Dreamworks animation project, FLUSHED AWAY, and Tony Scott's new film, DEJA VU. And finally, Film Music Radio reports that Marco Beltrami will c...

Your own DVD marathon
by Brian Thomas (Tue 01-23-2007)

... a young Jim Carrey as a stand-up comic who mentors an overweight girl with a knack for making people laugh. Warning: This is actually under an hour long and is so bad that it only got released because Carrey became a star.   (O)   S...


Comicscape - May 11, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 05-11-2005)

...'t that a Jim Carrey flick?METABARONS VOL 3 POET AND KILLER TP $11.95This is worth getting for the art alone. Yes, that is one of the few times you'll ever hear me say that.MNEMOVORE #2 (OF 6) (MR) $2.99Al: I checked out the first issue of this series,...

LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
by James Stevenson (Thu 11-11-2004)

...voiced by Jim Carrey) takes them in to try and get his hands on their inheritance. The game begins as the children move into the house.Finding the pieces of inventions and making them is one of the tenets of the game, and works pretty well. The first l...

More for LEMONY tale
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 11-10-2003)

The cast for LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS continues to grow. The latest talent to join the movie are Luis Guzman (TRAFFIC) and Craig Ferguson (THE DREW CAREY SHOW), and they join Jim Carrey, Jude Law, Meryl Streep, Jennifer Coolidge, Li...

Merry Marvel Mutants on the march again!
by Brian Thomas (Tue 11-25-2003)

...V newsman Jim Carrey nigh-unlimited power. Hilarity ensues. Available in full and widescreen, both with deleted scenes, outtakes [IMG4R]and more.(O) CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG (MGM) Dick Van Dyke stars as inventor Caractacus Potts, who invents a flying su...


DUNE: Ian McNeice
by Steve Fritz (Mon 12-11-2000)

...t up with Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, vamping it up to the max in one of Milos Forman’s best costume dramas, Valmont, or getting down to the very basics of the Welsh working class in The Man Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain...

C2F@5: Today's Winner!
by Rob M. Worley (Mon 07-01-2002)

... an early Jim Carrey, a then-unknown Cameron Diaz, some cool CGI effects and a spunky Jack Russell terrier for some hilarious comic book action. Based on the Dark Horse Comic, Carrey plays a shy banker named Stanley Ipkiss whose inner-party animal i...

The second secret life of WALTER MITTY
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 03-31-2004)

Paramount Pictures is dusting off its plans to remake THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY, with Jim Carrey considering taking the leading role if he likes the script. Richard LaGravenese (THE FISHER KING) is in negotiations to write the screenplay.MITTY tells...

Downloading a peek at LEMONY SNICKET
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 04-05-2004)

The Movie Box is hosting a one-minute television spot for LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS. The trailer gives us our first real look at the upcoming adaptation of the children's novel with Jim Carrey starring as mean old Uncle Olaf, the gua...


BLACK SUNDAY (1960)
by Randy Palmer (Sat 06-09-2001)

...W (1998). Jim Carrey gives a brilliantly modulated performance in this film, directed by Peter Weir from a script by Andrew Niccol. The story follows a character whose life (unbeknownst to him) is the subject of a television show--reality TV taken to i...

ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
by Abbie Bernstein (Fri 03-19-2004)

...specially Jim Carrey, who convinces here as a normal, even slightly subdued fellow who lights up with love but doesn't become manic. Winslet gives us a young woman who does seem somewhat manic but is transparent about it, showing us the fear and affect...

Bewitched
by Corona's Coming Attractions (Thu 05-27-2004)

...amantha, Jim Carrey as Darren, and Shirley MacLaine as Endora. [Anonymous.]September 2002... Even though we has been mentioning her name all those years ago, The Hollywood Reporter now reports that Nicole Kidman is in talks to play the part of Samanth...

Bring Me the Music of Alfredo Garcia
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 03-11-2004)

...ilm stars Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, and Elijah Wood, and features a score by Jon Brion (MAGNOLIA, PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE). In addition to a heavy assortment of Indie-pop and rock vocals. The CD is actually quite compelling and not as jarring a...


SON OF THE MASK Soundtrack To Hit Stores
by Randall Larson (Tue 02-01-2005)

On Feb 7th Silva Screen Records will release the soundtrack album for SON OF THE MASK, Lawrence Gutermanb's new sequel to the 1994 Jim Carrey comedy classic, that opens on Feb 11th. The album only includes three score tracks by Randy Edelman (who revived...

"Mean Girls" Director Has "Secret Life"
by News Editor (Tue 03-29-2005)

...ncluding: Jim Carrey, Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard and Chuck Russell.

Schumacher to Helm Thriller 23 for New Line
by News Editor (Thu 09-22-2005)

...ting that Jim Carrey is in talks with New Line to star in the film.The script was written by Fernley Phillips. Beau Flynn and Tripp Vinson will produce.

Shue Fits for THE NUMBER 23
by News Editor (Tue 11-08-2005)

New Line Cinema has signed Elisabeth Shue to star opposite Jim Carrey in the psychological thriller THE NUMBER 23.The story centers on a man who comes into contact with an obscure book titled "The Number 23." As he reads it, he becomes increasingly convin...


Carell is EVAN ALMIGHTY
by News Editor (Sat 08-27-2005)

... Neither Jim Carrey nor Jennifer Aniston are expected to reprise their roles.Universal is even interested in making a series of ALMIGHTY pictures will Morgan Freeman as God, if the film is successful.

Back in Black (and Browder)
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 07-25-2005)

...days when Jim Carrey thought he might actually win an Oscar?THE 4400 (8 PM CST, USA) "Rebirth." Trouble comes looking for a 4400 with the ability to heal chromosomes in utero.SIX FEET UNDER (8 PM CST, HBO) "Ecotone." You know what this show needs? Z...

You're a puppet!
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 05-17-2005)

...eaming of Jim Carrey and special effects to celebrate the sequel's release. Includes 2 commentraks, 4 featurettes, deleted scenes and more. Oh, forgot to say "ssssmokin'!". MOSQUITOMAN © First Look (O) MOSQUITOMAN (First Look) The two most...

Tim Burton and The Chocolate Factory
by ANTHONY C. FERRANTE (Wed 07-13-2005)

...yone from Jim Carrey to Will Ferrell were considered for the role of Willy Wonka. "The tact we took was to go back to the book," says Burton. "If not, then why make this to begin with?" For the full story, check out the next issue of Cinescape


January 27 February 2: Dawn, Joe and Geeks
by Sonia Mansfield (Mon 01-27-2003)

...st boring Jim Carrey movie ever, THE MAJESTIC at 8 p.m. Maybe it's time for THE CABLE GUY 2.Teens encounter hostile parasites from space in the movie ALIEN PREDATOR (Sci Fi, 8 p.m.). I don't know if I would call crabs "hostile parasites from space."Cha...

TOP 10: When there's no more room at the box office...
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 03-22-2004)

...e the new Jim Carrey drama/romantic-comedy ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND is at sixth overall. Positive word of mouth should help SUNSHINE maintain its earnings.And next week we've got more newcomers. Look for SCOOBY-DOO 2, THE LADYKILLERS, JERS...

Carry the ALMIGHTY for a day
by Christopher Allan Smith (Wed 03-27-2002)

Jim Carrey has reunited with his ACE VENTURA: PET DETECTIVE collaborators in an effort to bring BRUCE ALMIGHTY to the big screen.Carrey, who started working on the project last month with DETECTIVE director Tom Shadyac and co-writer Steve Oedekerk, would ...

Being Charlie Kaufman Part Two
by Paul Zimmerman (Sun 04-21-2002)

...he movie. Jim Carrey (will play the lead) along with a woman who isn't determined yet." Hmm. Fractured story... part mystery... sound familiar? "The backwards chronology is pre-MEMENTO," Kaufman says quickly laughing. "And I want to point that out beca...


KUNG POW: ENTER THE FIST
by MICHAEL TUNISON (Mon 01-28-2002)

...LS cohort Jim Carrey could have made something memorable out of such obvious bits as the moment when Chosen starts adopting ridiculous poses to show off his kung fu style to dozens of armed enemies. This scene comes maybe 10 minutes into the movie, and...

December 23 December 29: Golden Globe Nominations
by Sonia Mansfield (Mon 12-23-2002)

...guy named Jim Carrey. What ever happened to that guy?Why is NBC airing SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE CHRISTMAS 2002 (9:30 p.m.) on December 28? Just wondering.It's a double feature of crap on USA with THE FLINTSTONES at 7 p.m. followed by THE FLINTSTONES: VIVA R...

Screenwriter talks FAST AND THE FURIOUS 2
by Eric Moro (Fri 06-29-2001)

...one after Jim Carrey and THE MASK," he jokes the screenwriter notes that the time table he is working under is, you guessed it, fast and furious."I met with the director yesterday, Rob [Cohen]," says Thompson. "I talked to Neil today. I talked to the ...

Teen Choice Genre Winners
by Frank Kurtz (Wed 08-15-2001)

...ssy Fit - Jim Carrey (HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS)Choice Movie Your Parents Didn't Want You To See - SCARY MOVIE 2TVChoice TV Actress - Jessica Alba (DARK ANGEL)


DVD & VHS This Week: June 18
by John Thonen (Tue 06-18-2002)

...eams with Jim Carrey, who proved his dramatic chops in THE TRUMAN SHOW, and a host of fine character actors to offer an uninteresting, maudlin, heavy-handed tale. The film offers the viewer an amnesiac Hollywood writer who wanders into a small town in ...

The Nutty Producer Part One
by Paul Zimmerman (Thu 12-27-2001)

...st member Jim Carrey, they cranked out a broad slapstick called Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and they were both on their way. By 1995, writer-director Oedekerk was a powerful hyphenate to be reckoned with. An animation buff, he had his eye on taking a pr...

Haunted Horror, Schifrin Style
by Randall D. Larson (Wed 09-18-2002)

...IAR) with Jim Carrey as a guy who complains about God too often and is given almighty powers for 24 hours to teach him how difficult it is to run the world. Debney also is set to score THE HOT CHICK for director Tom Brady, a fantasy about an attractive...

SUNSHINE shoots in January
by Mike Whybark (Thu 11-14-2002)

SCI FI WIRE has some info from Charlie Kaufman about his upcoming production of ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, an sf/fantasy film about an amnesia procedure. Kaufman says, "It's in preproduction. It's going to shoot in January, with Jim Carrey and...


MASK sequel finally getting going?
by Christopher Allan Smith (Mon 08-12-2002)

...played by Jim Carrey just as he was getting very big, was such a massive hit New Line has been trying to get a second film going for years, but with no luck as Carrey's plate has been perpetually full. Now Guterman has signed-on to direct SON OF THE MA...

LEMONY SNICKET's unfortunate events
by Mike Whybark (Mon 12-16-2002)

VARIETY reports that producer Scott Rudin has departed from the LEMONY SNICKET project at Paramount. Based on a popular kids' book series that repurposes Gorey-esque dark humor for a young readership, SNICKET is still set to star Jim Carrey and be directe...

The Al Pacino Show Part One
by P. MACDOUGAL (Tue 08-20-2002)

...wrote the Jim Carrey fantasy THE TRUMAN SHOW, again parodies the entertainment industry with this film as he did in TRUMAN. For Pacino, his ability to nail the comedic aspects of the film was the result of Niccol's talent."Comedy is as difficult as it ...

The Industry's Dark Horse Part Two
by Eric Moro (Thu 11-27-2003)

...SK. Jim Carrey in THE MASK © 1994 New Line RICHARDSON: Right. We took that to New Line and Jim [Carrey] was unknown at the time. There were a number of people talked about by the studio to play The Mask people like Rick Moranis and Martin ...


Jim Shooter Returns to Marvel
by Rob Allstetter (Thu 12-06-2001)

Jim Shooter, former editor-in-chief at Marvel Comics, is returning to Marvel.He will be writing an eight-issue AVENGERS series. The series will also mark the return of Korvac, the team's cosmic arch-nemesis. Editor Tom Brevoort is currently narrowing down...

THE MAJESTIC Pix
by Frank Kurtz (Wed 08-15-2001)

Warner Bros. has released a couple of shots from Jim Carrey's next film, THE MAJESTIC. Jim Carrey as writer Peter Appleton in Frank Darabont's THE MAJESTIC © 2001 Warner Bros. The film, which is directed by Frank Darabont (THE GREEN MILE), te...

From Femme Fatale to Femme Idea Part Two
by Paul Zimmerman (Thu 01-03-2002)

As Adele, the beautiful female lead in Jim Carrey's new fantasy drama THE MAJESTIC, actress Laurie Holden provides an ideal blend of rosy cheeks, full lips, blonde hair and toothsome smile. It's a perfect classic Hollywood look, just as the film director...

Q&A With Jim Lee of CMX Manga (Fri 10-28-2005)

We recently had the opportunity to send some question the way of Jim Lee, the man behind Wildstorm under which the CMX imprint resides. We solicited questions from several readers and staffers and you can see the results here.


Hold Jim Lee's version of BATMAN in your hands
by Patrick Sauriol (Fri 10-24-2003)

Last year saw the return of the BATMAN comic book to the top of the monthly sales chart due to the talents of superstar artist Jim Lee and writer Jeph Loeb teaming up on the 12-part story arc "Hush". Lee's designs of the Dark Knight, his rogues gallery of...

Jim Lee to draw SUPERMAN
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 07-29-2003)

Various comic book websites are confirming the news that superstar comic book penciller Jim Lee will be drawing DC Comics' Man of Steel in SUPERMAN. Lee will draw the book for a 12-issue run commencing in March 2004. Joining him will be writer Brian Azzar...

Jim Davis on 'Garfield: The Movie" (Tue 06-08-2004)

"I never wanted to do traditional animation for one reason, it would be tough to out-Disney Disney. It's only human nature to compare every animated feature to Disney," says 'Garfield' creator Jim Davis. Lots more Q & A...

Jim Lee to sketch Berry as 'Catwoman' (Tue 04-20-2004)

Jim Lee writes: "I got the call from the producers to fly out to Vancouver to draw Halle Berry on the set of her latest movie—Catwoman! The call went something like this..."


Jim Caviezel hoping for 'Superman'? (Mon 07-26-2004)

Jim Caviezel was reportedly seen on TV Guide saying he hopes his next role involves alot of working out, blue tights, and a red cape.

Director Jim Isaac on JASON X... and Beyond
by SCOTT COLLURA (Wed 05-01-2002)

Now that Jason Voorhees has returned to the big screen after a nine-year absence, slasher movie fans can rest easy. While JASON X, the tenth film (duh!) in the never-ending FRIDAY THE 13TH series, didn't make the huge splash at the box office on its openi...

Jim Caviezel Chases Jackson in BLOWN
by Jarrod Sarafin (Wed 11-12-2008)

Jim Caviezel will have his hands full on the big screen soon by trying to stop Samuel L. Jackson from destroying London in the espionage thriller Blown, says The Hollywood Reporter. Director Martha Fiennes is leading behind the camera based on a screenpla...

Jim Lee sketchbook
by Rob Allstetter (Fri 06-28-2002)

DC Comics had announced an incentive for retailers ordering GEN13 #1, 21 DOWN #1 and THE RESISTANCE #1. For every combined total of 40 copies ordered of the three titles, retailers will receive a bonus: a copy of a new JIM LEE SKETCHBOOK. This 16-page, c...


Correction: Over The Hedge
by Rob M. Worley (Tue 07-23-2002)

In last week's Over The Hedge write-up we incorrectly stated that the CGI movie would be the first animated voice work for Jim Carrey. A reader named Dan wrote in to point out that Carrey has done animation work before in an animated short called I...

Jim Lee on BATMAN
by Rob Allstetter (Tue 04-30-2002)

Jim Lee is beginning his first monthly gig as an artist since DIVINE RIGHT, joining writer Jeph Loeb on DC Comics' BATMAN. Lee's art begins with October's BATMAN #608. He is expected to be on the title for at least 12 issues. Lee has already drawn more ...

Jim Caviezel is OUTLANDER
by Karl Schneider (Tue 09-26-2006)

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Jim Caviezel has signed on to star in the Weinstein Co.'s upcoming science fiction adventure film OUTLANDER.The film follows a man from another galaxy who crash-lands on Earth during the time of the Vikings. By acciden...

Jim Krueger Slays Filmmaking Dragons
by Rob M. Worley (Wed 09-18-2002)

Jim Krueger gave Marvel comics fans an unsettling look at the futures of their favorite heroes with his modern-classic mini-series Earth X. He's followed that up with Universe X and the currently-in-progress Paradise X. Before that he was well know ...


Jim Hill talks Disney Franchises
by Karl Schneider (Thu 02-22-2007)

According to