Danny McBride rescues his hair from Sam Worthington and returns to Eastbound & Down ; More superheroes no one asked for; Glee‘s students return to high school we guess; Spidey to challenge The Avengers to a money duel; we lose a great actor from the sliver screen; we get our next ‘Tribute’; Terry Crews spreads his power; and Lifetime will probably make us cry — this has nothing to do with Lindsay Lohan.
HBO is on some sort of renewing roll. First it was the sensationally dull The Newsroom, and then True Alcide’s Buttock Clenches, and now Eastbound & Down, starring a spectacular Jheri Curl worn by Danny McBride. The show will be back for 8 more episodes. So we’ll find out what happens to Kenny Powers in his new role as a cockfighter in Mexico, which makes total sense. We’re sure he could’ve left to be a parrot trainer in Costa Rica and it would’ve been just as weird and in keeping with the nature of the show. We imagine the whole thing to this is hoping that Powers never, ever gets his life together. It’s always much better to see him have mini-meltdowns while flipping that glorious pelt of shellacked curls over his shoulder. This is Powers Nirvana. [Deadline]
There just can’t possibly be more superhero movies vying to sling their webs or crash their super special crap hammers onto something in movies, right? Oh, you would be so very, very wrong. We’re thinking if Marvel had a comic book hero called “The Amazing Paper Cut Man” that thing would get a movie and three sequels. Oh, well. Gird your pristine plastic comic book protectors…Marvel just today, nerds…TODAY said that they’ll make a movie about the superhero team Guardians Of The Galaxy. Fanboys grab your inhalers right now. We know nothing about this group of intergalactic super forces. Deadline tells us that they’re time travelers who need to fight some purple dude named Thanos, who we guess is some sort of bizarro Barney. Haha! Don’t lose your shit fanboys. We know he’s not like Barney. Whatever. Apparently, Adam Warlock, Drax The Destroyer, Gamora, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, and Phyla-Vell/Quasar will try and stop BarneyThanos from conquering whatever purple monster-men conquer. Rocket Raccoon, though? Okay. Fine. [Deadline]
Remember how we said the show about Sectionals, Glee, was coming back but no one knew what would happen with most of the cast who supposedly graduated from high school? Well, because Sectionals really also means revitalizing a show with core characters who somehow need to be attached to high school, most everyone will return back to the show. Yes, even, Lea Michele and Cory Monteith. Sectionals! That’s like a high five with a twist, sprinkled with liberal Spirit Fingers. Also all the other core people, Matthew Morrison, Jane Lynch, Chris Colfer, Naya Rivera, Kevin McHale, Darren Criss, Amber Riley, Jenna Ushkowitz, Jayma Mays, Dianna Agron, Mark Salling, Harry Shum Jr and Heather Morris will be back to send people to Sectionals! Round-off kick, flying wheelbarrow donkey split! And that’s not all! Kate Hudson and Sarah Jessica Parker will guest star and probably sing some stuff. Sectionals! Jumping trapeze forward pike hula-hoop running man! No one knows for how many episodes everyone will be back for, but they’ll be there at some point, rest assured Glee fans. And Chord Overstreet, which sounds like a porn name derived from a combined musical reference and a highway turnoff, will become a regular. Sectionals! Loss of oxygen, fall down dead. [Deadline]
Superhero comic book movies, the only type of entertaining theater the masses can recognize — Shakespeare just rolled in his grave and bludgeoned himself with Yorick’s skull — have another burgeoning success on their hands. The Amazing Spider-Man is off to a stellar start. Predictions say people will flock to see angst-ridden Spidey in his skinny-man full body stocking this midweek holiday to gross upward of $27 million. Wowza! That’s like a direct challenge to The Avengers. Bring it Robert Downey Jr’s soul patch! The movie has already raked in $7.5 million in Monday midnight showings and Sony projects a conservative debut in the $110 million to $120 million range, but yeah many believe it’ll really be in the $120 million and $140 million range. So a successful to-be haul for this latest super dude. Fantastic. Somebody totally better get on “The Amazing Paper Cut Man,” because that guy is going places. Armed with tea tree oil and lemon juice, he’s like going to totally wipe out the offspring of rendered trees everywhere. Make my movie! DO IT! [THR]
In honor of the late Andy Griffith who passed on today at the age of 86, TV Land will air a special 5-hour block on July 4 (8 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET) of The Andy Griffith Show, and Turner Classic Movies will air its tribute on July 18. Four of his films will be shown. Many of us grew up watching The Andy Griffith Show, a quaint family comedy, and a classic in black & white television. Ron Howard who played Griffith’s son, Opie, said, “Andy Griffith his pursuit of excellence and the joy he took in creating served generations & shaped my life I’m forever grateful RIP Andy.” [THR]
Your next Catching Fire Tribute is Jena Malone. Known mostly for her role in Sucker Punch which seemed like it kinda wanted to be very Hunger Games or Hunger Games-esque, right? We don’t know. There was so much CGI stuff in that movie, and you guys know how we feel about gratuitous CGI movie upchuck all over a movie, big pixie princess eyeballs notwithstanding. She’ll play Johanna Mason, who is being billed as a bit of a snipey snake person. This has been your Hunger Games update. [THR]
POWERRRRRR! HAHA! Okay, we will always love Terry Crews in those Old Spice commercials. Now the odor blocking explosive actor will take time out from being wet and muscle-y and/or running around protecting Sly Stallone’s meat-mangled 90’s facelift, to play a bodyguard, and unofficial life coach, to Jeff Daniels’ character on the most frustrating show on television, The Newsroom. Well, good for him. [Vulture]
Here’s a trailer for the Lifetime Network for ladies with lady parts remake of Steel Magnolias starring Queen Latifah, Jill Scott, Phylicia Rashad, Alfre Woodard and Condola Rashad (Phylicia’s daughter!). Yawr, it looks like they didn’t alter the script much, except for the obvious, but no matter! We’ll probably curl up and watch this in our chenille robe while drinking something hot with rum in it! “Clairee, you are too twisted for color teeveee.”[THR]
