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After Scott Pilgrim vs. the World underperformed last fall, pundits politely asked Michael Cera to try something a little bit out of his hoodie-nerd wheelhouse. Would you accept a movie shot in an entirely different language? Cera’s friend, director Miguel Arteta, told The Playlist that the actor is currently studying Spanish for his next project, an untitled Chilean film that will be directed by Sebastian Silva (The Maid). “He’s spending five hours a day learning Spanish,” said Arteta. “He follows his own heart.”
Michael Cera is reportedly set to play himself in an indie drama, written and directed by Mark Webber.The Scott Pilgrim Vs The World star will appear as a “heightened version of himself”, alongside Amanda Seyfried, Shannyn Sossamon and Jason Ritter, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The as-yet-untitled movie, currently in production in Los Angeles, will focus on a struggling single dad (played by Mark) and his relationship with his two-year-old son – who will be portrayed by Mark’s own son of the same age.
“That’s the crux of the film. After spending so much time with my son being a father, I became obsessed with the idea of showing the most authentic father-son dynamic on screen,” Mark told The Hollywood Reporter.
“It’s been really cool and eye-opening to limit the exposure to my son but create the scenes and moments that seem realistically uncomfortable.”
The celebrities are his real friends. Mark, whose biggest screen credit is a small role in Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, said: “I’m getting them to show a real side of who they are and smash that up with people’s expectations of celebrity.”
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World Up For Visual Effects Oscar?
Edgar Wright’s ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. The World’ is in contention for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, being named in the final seven ahead of the shortlist of five announced later this month.
‘Scott Pilgrim vs. The World’ is among seven films in contention for an Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects.
The geeky comedy – about a young man (Michael Cera) who must fight off the seven evil ex-partners of a girl he has fallen in love with – has made the final long-list for the category alongside ‘Alice in Wonderland’, ‘Inception’ and ‘Tron: Legacy’.
The list still has to be put down to five nominations, but the seven will be viewed by members of the Academy’s visual effects branch on January 20 ahead of the final shortlist announcement on January 25.
The other films in the list include ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’, Clint Eastwood’s ‘Hereafter’ and ‘Iron Man 2′, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
‘Scott Pilgrim vs. The World’ – which was directed by Edgar Wright and saw star turns from Cera, Kieran Culkin and Jason Schwartzman – was well received by critics upon its release in August 2010, and has made $47.5 million world.
A new indie super group combining the talents of Joe Plummer from Modest Mouse and members from Man Man and the Islands has launched, under the name Mister Heavenly.
They’ve been supporting Passion Pit and surprised fans at the first show by rocking up with a new bassist, none other than Michael Cera.
Cera who played an avenging bassist in the movie Scott Pilgrim vs the World, has apparently taken the role to heart.
The group’s publicist said Cera is not a full-time member and that none of the band members are currently available for interview, “but an album might come out within a year from now.”
Michael Cera Becomes The Latest Actor-Turned-Bassist
mtv.com wrote:
Michael Cera is an accomplished young actor whose career highlights include the cult television classic “Arrested Development” as well as starring roles in films like “Superbad,” “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist” and the just-released-on-Bluray “Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World.” Many of those movies are music-centric, and in “Scott Pilgrim,” Cera even plays a bassist in a band. Now he is taking that fiction into the real world, as Cera has joined the indie supergroup Mister Heavenly as their bassist. The group made its debut on Tuesday night (November 30) at a club in Seattle, and they have signed a deal with legendary indie Sub Pop. The band is fleshed out by Canadian mastermind Nick Thorburn (of Islands and Unicorns fame), Joe Plummer (Modest Mouse) and Ryan Kattner (also known as Honus Honus of Man Man).
According to a press release, Cera isn’t an “official” member of the band, but he will be playing with them for the duration of their tour. Strangely, there is a bizarre set of precedents for Cera’s latest project, as he isn’t the first actor to pick up a four string and carry the low end in a rock band. Keanu Reeves is probably the most famous member of this exclusive society, as he was a founding member of rock trio Dogstar (who formed right as Reeves was becoming a big star). They put out a handful of releases (including the 1996 EP Quattro Formaggi) and went on a handful of tours, but 90 percent of their ticket sales were probably because of the fact that the group’s bassist was a huge movie star. (In an interesting note, Dogstar toured shortly after the release of “The Matrix,” and it became something of a meme to throw plush black cats on stage during shows, suggesting that Reeves was experiencing deja vu.)
In addition to Cera and Reeves, Dustin Diamond is also a member of the actor/bassist club. Most notable for playing Samuel “Screech” Powers on various iterations of “Saved by the Bell,” Diamond also served as the bass player in a prog rock band called Salty the Pocketknife (who put out a self-titled album but appear to be defunct).
Michael Cera’s representative has shot down reports the actor is dating his Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World co-star Anna Kendrick.
America’s Star magazine claimed the two stars became close while shooting the fantasy film earlier this year (10), alleging, “Michael’s been crushing on Anna for a while… one thing led to another.”
But Cera’s rep has moved swiftly to deny the report, telling GossipCop.com he is “absolutely not” dating the Twilight actress
Hollywood is set to descend once again on San Diego for Comic-Con, an annual five-day event that’s become the de facto epicentre for sneak previews of upcoming movies and TV shows, whether they have anything to do with comic books or not.
Several upcoming comic book adaptations are fighting it out for fanboy attention, including next year’s Green Lantern with Ryan Reynolds as the famous DC Comics hero. Metro will be in San Diego all week to report on the announcements, parties and general insanity that is Comic-Con.
Marvel Comics has the most movie adaptations presenting at the convention, with star-studded panels packed for Thor and Captain America, which are currently in production.
Fans also expect to hear updates on TheAvengers, the planned film to unite those two characters with Iron Man, the Hulk and others.
Though Robert Downey Jr. is set to reprise his Iron Man role in the film, Marvel had a very public falling out earlier this month with Edward Norton, who will not return as the Hulk for the team-up film. Insiders predict Marvel will use Comic-Con as an opportunity to announce who will take on the part next.
At least one movie being presented at the convention has a direct link to the event: Shaun of the Dead star Simon Pegg will present details about Paul, a film about two geeks who meet an alien on their way to Comic-Con.
A notable absence will be anything related to the Twilight saga. Though fans of the series hit Comic-Con last year en masse, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner won’t be showing up this year. Breaking Dawn, the next installment, won’t be out until November 2011.
Michael Cera talks ‘Arrested Development’ movie: ‘I feel scared by all the expectations’
Cera said he hadn’t spoken to Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz about the movie “in a while.” More generally, the actor admitted to being apprehensive about the project. “I feel scared by the all the expectations on it at this point,” he revealed. “People ask me about it a lot. And to make a movie that already has expectations built in before the script is even written seems intimidating.”
On the other hand, Arrested Development fans can look forward to a mini cast reunion in Scott Pilgrim. One of Cera’s costars is Mae Whitman, who portrayed his girlfriend Ann on AD but, in Scott Pilgrim, plays one of the punch-happy “evil exes” of Cera’s new gal pal. “It was great,” Cera said of re-teaming with Whitman. “She’s so funny in this, and impressive too in her fight sequence.”
Jason Schwartzman Hated Fighting Michael Cera in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Actor Jason Schwartzman may play an “evil ex-boyfriend” in writer-director Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, but apparently villainy doesn’t suit him. Schwartzman plays Gideon Graves, one of Ramona V. Flowers’ (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) seven exes that Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) must defeat to win her affections. He recently told MTV that he hated to do the final fight scene against Cera because it was “not natural” for him.
Despite any misgivings he had about his role in Scott Pilgrim, Schwartzman called the movie “fantastic” and had nothing but praise for Wright.
“It’s so amazing, because it has so many different things in it. It’s many different layers and tones — comedy, emotion, action, drama.
Edgar worked so hard on it and put so much into it. It’s really just fun to watch, too, because it’s always changing. Just when you think you have your finger on it, it alters.”
The Scott Pilgrim production wrapped in August 2009, but Wright recently confirmed rumors that he had scheduled three days of reshoots to add “icing on the cake.” He said that the reshoots had nothing to do with any perceived problems with the movie and hinted that he simply wanted to touch on some of the content of the sixth volume in creator Bryan O’Malley‘s comic series on which the movie is based. Schwartzman confirmed that he had filmed “a little bit” during the reshoots, but would not elaborate on the content.
Edgar Wright Analyzes the Scott Pilgrim vs. The World Teaser Trailer
Article from reelzchannel.com talking about Michael’s new movie:
The teaser trailer for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World created some huge buzz around the Internet after its premiere with its arresting, comic book-esque visuals and its spot-on sense of humor. The story sees Michael Cera as Pilgrim, who must fight seven evil ex-boyfriends to win the love of the girl of his dreams (Mary Elizabeth Winstead). Director Edgar Wright spoke to Empire and gave a frame-by-frame analysis of the trailer, which Wright says only reveals a portion of what the movie has in store.
There’s a lot of eye-candy crammed into 85 seconds, but it doesn’t cover how crazy it gets. I wanted the whole film to be like a ride in one sense, and a bit of a trip in a way.
One part of the “ride” is the use of written sound effects, taken directly from the Bryan Lee O’Malley comic book which Wright says is part of the movie’s obvious comic book homage.
That does exactly what it says on the tin. ‘Whud!’ I felt that the last time that was really done was in the Batman TV series. Bryan’s books are comedic and I was always a big fan of pop-arty comic book adaptations like Danger Diabolik or Flash Gordon, something that gave me an excuse to have some fun with the medium. There’s a high graphic element in the film, that you couldn’t or wouldn’t do with a grittier comic book adaptation. It’s also been interesting seeing how much information an audience can take in at one time.
The visuals continue inashort clip where Chris Evans — who reportedly accepted another comic book role in Captain America — throws Cera into a building and celebrates with an improvised “Boom!” and bicep-pump. Evans told Wright he was glad the moment made the trailer.
This is straight from the books, this shot. Chris just sent me an email saying that he was very pleased that “Boom!” made it into the trailer. I said, if you don’t say “Boom!” when you throw your shield at Hitler’s face in Captain America, I want my money back.
Wright admits that Cera is not the typical choice for a comic book action hero but says that’s exactly what made him perfect for Scott Pilgrim.
What’s brilliant about him is that he’s the ultimate underdog. I remember reading once someone saying Chris Evans should play Scott Pilgrim. To me, it’s much more satisfying and amusing to see Michael fight Chris Evans rather than a Chris Evans-type fight Chris Evans. Michael being a flaming sword-wielding bad-ass is the ultimate wish fulfillment, to me. Michael’s perfect and by him coming from a more naturalistic place, it makes his transformation into bad-ass more satisfying.
