Married to the mob

It looks like Melissa McCarthy is going to make a dramatic turn in her next film...

Melissa McCarthy is finalizing a deal to star with Tiffany Haddish in The Kitchen, the drama on which Andrea Berloff will make her directorial debut. New Line Cinema and DC Entertainment are making the film, with a screenplay that Straight Outta Compton scribe Berloff wrote based on the 2014 comic book series by Ollie Masters and Ming Doyle for DC’s Vertigo. 

The film is an uncommon one for a major studio: a gritty drama directed by a female filmmaker, with three strong female leads in the anti-hero roles. The Kitchen is an Irish mafia story set in Hell’s Kitchen, New York in the 1970s. An FBI sweep catches mob leaders, and while they are under arrest and their criminal enterprise is jeopardized, the mob wives take over. They end up running the illicit business in more vicious fashion than their husbands ever did.

Oh, I'd pay good money to see Melissa McCarthy playing a kickass mob wife. Few ladies can swear and fight as well as she has in past films.

Honestly, listening to her swear in any movie is something that makes me laugh more than most humans ever should.

And I'm okay with that.

Who you gonna call?

It appears that the cast of the Ghostbusters remake has been decided...

Sony Pictures and director Paul Feig have found their foursome to reboot the Ghostbusters franchise. Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig are rejoining their Bridesmaids helmer Feig on the pic, with Saturday Night Live castmembers Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones also coming aboard. 

We’re hearing the studio is still in negotiations but Feig apparently is confident enough about locking his cast that will fill the iconic roles played by Bill Murray, Dan Ackroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson: The news came via a Feig tweet.

I love me some Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy and Kate McKinnon is always funny on SNL...so this might just be a hoot.

And a hollar.

Heat is on

Melissa McCarthy (she of Bridesmaids and Mike and Molly) has two movies coming out next year and, as always, she continues to be hilarious.

Here is the profanely-entertaining trailer for Heat, with Sandra Bullock...



And here is Identity Theft, with Jason Bateman...



These both look pretty funny, but I do hope that Melissa will also do some other fun comedies, one day, where she gets to play someone who appears to have taken a shower.

Regardless, she's still a very funny lady.

Very.

Gone Girls

Netflix just released the first trailer for Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life today....



Oddly, I don't think I've ever seen an episode of the original show, but it seems like something I might have enjoyed. Plus, it had Melissa McCarthy in it (and she's back for these too), so I might just be compelled to watch the four new episodes.

Hopefully they'll feature a scene where Melissa shouts a ranting monologue of profanities at someone...cause very few people do it better than she does.

And it ALWAYS makes me laugh.

It's a gift.

All four episodes will be available on November 25th.

Trix and Treats

Melissa McCarthy should win an Oscar just for making us laugh so hard in this Victorian bunny dress she wore during the Academy Awards on Sunday.

Love her.

Bossy Pants

The first trailer for The Boss was released today and, if it's anywhere near as hilarious as this trailer...it should be a LOT of fun!

The kid fight scene looks wrong on so many levels and, yet, SO funny!

I love me some Melissa McCarthy.

I'm in.

The movie opens on April 8th.

Training Day

Melissa McCarthy (from Bridesmaids and Mike and Molly) is announcing the Emmy Nominations this morning, so she decided to get some tips on how to do that from last year's announcer, Joel McHale...



That's McFunny.

Good golly, Miss Molly!

Congrats to the mulit-talented Melissa McCarthy for her Academy Award nomination for Bridesmaids! She was hilarious in that (and everything she does, including Mike and Molly).

Also congrats to Kristen Wiig for her nomination for writing that movie. I wish she'd show up to the awards show as the Target Lady. I enjoy that character so much.

Whoo Hoo!

Here is a list of all the nominations.

Declined

The first trailer for Identity Theft starring Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman was released today and it looks like it's gonna be pretty funny.



The punches to the throat...

Hilarous!

The movie opens in May 2013.

Miss Molly

Melissa McCarthy is hosting Saturday Night Live again this weekend. Her previous hosting gig last year was one of their most popular and hilarious episodes in a long time, so hopefully this one will be equally as entertaining.

Here are some funny promo spots for the show...



I. Can't. Wait!

Moose Lambs

One of the funniest sketches SNL has done in a LONG time....



I didn't think it was possible for me to love Melissa McCarthy any more than I already did.

But, I do.

Bridal Mania

Although The Hangover 2 made a bazillion dollars this weekend (I still have to see the first one, so I'm holding off), I went to see Bridesmaids instead and it was HILARIOUS!

Melissa McCarthy (above) almost steals the movie (and that's hard to do, because Kristen Wiig is a riot).



If you want to spend a couple of hours just laughing your ass off, I highly recommend you see this.

I won't spoil any of the surprises, but there is a scene in this bridal shop that you won't soon forget.



I'll just say this...refrain from drinking any beverage once they enter that room.

Trust me.

Muppet Mayhem

The first trailer for The Happytime Murders was released today...



I love Melissa McCarthy, but am not sure how I feel about this one. It's either going to be hilarious or awful.

I'm rooting for hilarious.

The movie opens on August 17th.

A Hero

Here is a sneak peek at a very funny Kia commercial, starring Melissa McCarthy, that will be airing during the Super Bowl this weekend...



It's entertaining, but I really wish they would have allowed her swear in it.

Very few people on this planet can verbally assault the air with a barrage of obscenities like she can.

It's an art and it always slays me when she does it.

Always.

Spy

The Red Band (ie: lots-o-swearing) trailer to Melissa McCarthy's upcoming movie, Spy, was just released and it looks pretty funny...



I loved Heat and she always makes me laugh, so I'll definitely be checking this out.

Oh, it's ON!

The Heat opens today and it's a RIOT!

I saw a sneak preview a few weeks ago and will have to go see it again because there were so many funny moments, that the laughter ran over the next funny lines. Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy are just so damn funny together.

If you like either of these gals...you should not miss it.

Here is the trailer...



Also, here is a great video bit that Sandra Bullock did last year with Chelsea Handler.

It's really funny.



OMG...they slay me!

Simply Divine

Melissa McCarthy (above) makes a pretty spot-on version of Divine (below) in Entertainment Weekly.





That's quite a hair-don't she's rockin' there.

Here she is on the cover...



I'm very happy for her and the recognition that she's finally getting after all of these years.

She's one funny lady.

via: Towleroad

Lunch Lady

The second trailer for Spy, starring Melissa McCarthy, was released today and it's just as funny as the previous Red Band trailer (without as much swearing, unfortunately)....



She always cracks me up and I'm really looking forward to seeing this when it opens on June 5th!

Funny Stuff

It's been a while since I've added a new sitcom to my DVR, but Mike and Molly is now on my Monday night must-record list.

If you haven't seen it, you should check it out. The writing is funny, the leads are very likeable (Melissa McCarthy, who plays Molly, has one of the most hilariously expressive faces on TV) and the supporting cast is great.



I like Swoozie Kurtz as Molly's liberal mom (although her plastic surgery is a bit distracting), but my two favorite supporting characters are Molly's sister, Victoria (she makes up corpses for a living and is usually stoned), and Mike's mother, Peggy (a no-nonsense no-filter woman with a hideous dog).

Here is a clip from last night's episode that features them all trying to give Peggy a makeover before her first date in 40 years.



Peggy: I never wear makeup. Well, I might put some beet juice on my lips for Christmas mass."

She is like Maxine (the cranky greeting card lady) in 2D.

If you haven't watched the show yet, you should give it a chance.

It's a hoot and, often, a hollar.