Anna Faris and Sam Rockwell to Make Linda Lovelace Biopic Inferno
Slashfilm is so tawdry today. The last time I recall reading about Inferno, the Linda Lovelace/Deep Throat biopic with Anna Faris set to star, Vulture was getting lashed by Faris’s dad for making bad puns. Faris now tells MTV that the film, a seedy departure for the goofy comedienne (Smiley Face, the Scary Movies), will likely begin shooting this summer with Slashfilm fave, Sam Rockwell (real name), apparently aboard to play her husband.
“I’m going to do [’Observe & Report’ with Seth Rogen] first, and then hopefully we’ll get together for the summer. …You’re not going to even know who I am,” she half-joked. “I’m not there right now, but I will be when the time comes. I’ll be in a very dark place.”
The movie will be directed by newcomer Matthew Wilder (real name) whose quasi-Philip K. Dick (real name) biopic, Your Name Here, starring Bill Pullman (real name/bad pun) opens this year. We’ll post the trailer for that one shortly. It’s jammed econo with enough ’70s duds, nude hugs and drugs to light a path for Inferno’s American tale of kinky debasement, relentless exploitation and sniffled redemption.
In her early 20s, Lovelace (real name/bad pun, Linda Boreman) starred in Deep Throat, the lil’ porno funded by the mob that became a worldwide theatrical/socio-political sensation in 1972. Its broad influence was examined in the 2002 doc, Inside Deep Throat. She was married to two guys widely described as abusive sleazebag opportunists (Rockwell would play the second one), and later led an anti-pornography crusade of sorts, decrying that much of Deep Throat was filmed against her will. She died in 2002, the result of a car accident. The subject matter isn’t too fresh, but I think Faris would be enticingly insane for this role, far stranger than Val Kilmer as John Holmes in Wonderland.
Joan Rivers removed from live British talk show
Can we talk … without using curse words? Comedienne and home shopping pioneer Joan Rivers was removed from a live British talk show for swearing.
Well, OK, it’s not like she was dragged off kicking and screaming during the live broadcast (like this guy), but she was asked to leave the set during a commercial break. Rivers was on the show Loose Women (ahem) and they were talking about Russell Crowe and Rivers said that he was “f***ing shit.” I think she meant the phrase as an adjective, not a verb.
Rivers is actually over there doing a one woman show on the West End, Joan Rivers: A Work In Progress By A Life In Progress. She has apologized for what she said, the host of the show apologized for what she said, and ITV apologized to viewers for she said.
Just to be safe, TV also apologizes for what Rivers said. Thank you.
Joey Lawrence is hosting a new dance show for TLC
TLC has a new competition series called Master of Dance (worst title ever). The show will test dancers’ skills by changing the song mid-performance to measure the breadth of their repertoire and the level of their creativity. This sounds a little too much like Freezedance but for prize money. The grand prise is $50,000 to be exact.
Joey Lawrence will host and there will be three judges: Lucinda Dickey (Solid Gold, Breakin’), Tyce Diorio (choreographer on So You Think You Can Dance), and Loni Love (comedienne voted one of Comedy Central’s Top 20 Comics to Watch in 2008).
“The winner of this show will be that person at the wedding or party that always has the right moves and knows every popular dance. We’re looking for real people with real skills to get on stage and just have fun,” explains producer Craig Piligian. From the sound of it, I don’t think this show will featuring professional dancers. But, I’m willing to give this a shot because it’s produced by Pilgrim Films & Television, the same people who gave us Dirty Jobs and American Chopper. What do you think?
Master of Dance premieres Sunday, June 8th at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
CSI meets Two and a Half Men - VIDEO
We told you a long time ago about the writers of CSI switching places with the writers of Two and a Half Men for one episode, way back when people thought it was a joke and that it would never actually happen. Well, it’s happening, and after the jump is the video to prove it.
The idea came from Two and a Half Men creator Chuck Lorre, who approached CSI executive producer Carol Mendelsohn about switching teams for one episode of each series. The plot involves the murder of a famous Hollywood comedienne/sitcom diva who is difficult on the set of her show, and Lorre is quick to point out that it’s NOT based on Cybill Shepherd, who he worked with on her show (*cough cough wink wink*). The video shows the behind the scenes goings on as the shows meet in the writers room and plan her Las Vegas demise.