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Shirtless Jake Johnson Attempts To Fulfill His Mother's To-Do List In First Trailer For 'Ride The Eagle'

Jake Johnson shows off his physique while attempting to fish with his bare hands in the first trailer for his new movie, Ride The Eagle.

Here’s a summary of the movie: When Leif’s estranged mother Honey dies she leaves him a ‘conditional inheritance’.

But, before he can move into her picturesque Yosemite cabin, he has to complete her elaborate, and sometimes dubious, to-do list.

Leif and Nora, his canine BFF, step into Honey’s wild world as she tries to make amends from beyond the grave in this hilarious and heartfelt comedy.

Jake stars alongside Susan Sarandon as Honey, D’Arcy Carden as Audrey and J.K. Simmons as Carl in the flick.

Written and also produced by Jake, Ride The Eagle will be out in theaters and on digital on July 30.

Watch the trailer below!

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Chris Pratt's 'Tomorrow War' Teaser Brings All the Action - Watch Now!

The first teaser for Chris Pratt‘s The Tomorrow War has finally arrived!

Here’s a synopsis: In The Tomorrow War, the world is stunned when a group of time travelers arrive from the year 2051 to deliver an urgent message: Thirty years in the future mankind is losing a global war against a deadly alien species. The only hope for survival is for soldiers and civilians from the present to be transported to the future and join the fight. Among those recruited is high school teacher and family man Dan Forester (Pratt). Determined to save the world for his young daughter, Dan teams up with a brilliant scientist (Yvonne Strahovski) and his estranged father (J.K. Simmons) in a desperate quest to rewrite the fate of the planet.

Amazon Studios will exclusively release the film globally on Prime Video on July 2, 2021. Stay tuned! The trailer drops tomorrow and we’ll embed it right here!

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J.K. Simmons & Nina Arianda In Talks to Play William Frawley & Vivian Vance in Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Biopic

We may have found our Fred and Ethel Mertz!

It is being reported that J.K. Simmons and Nina Arianda are in final negotiations to play William Frawley and Vivian Vance in Amazon and Aaron Sorkin’s Being the Ricardos, according to Deadline.

Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem will be playing Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in the upcoming biopic.

J.K.‘s character William played Fred Mertz in the beloved sitcom I Love Lucy. Nina‘s character Vivian played his wife and Lucy‘s best friend Ethel Mertz.

Being the Ricardos will be set during one production week of I Love Lucy which was a Monday table read through Friday audience filming schedule.

It will focus on when Lucy and Desi face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.

After it was revealed that Nicole would be playing Lucy, many fans were not happy with the decision. However, Lucy‘s daughter defended Nicole‘s casting.

Aaron will not only direct the film, but wrote the script for it as well.

JK Simmons Remembers Headbutting Lupita Nyong'o After Winning at The Oscars

JK Simmons is looking back at his Oscar journey where he won in 2015 for Best Supporting Actor.

The -year-old actor revealed that while you probably saw him shake hands and give presenter Lupita Nyong’o a kiss on the cheek ahead of his acceptance speech on stage, it was more of a head butt for them.

“There’s a billion people watching, and you’re in the Kodak theater with every famous actor you grew up watching, so I was a little nervous, and I never actually wrote an acceptance speech,” he admitted on the WTF Podcast. “I had a theme in mind … and I wanted to talk about what’s most important in life, which is family.”

JK went on, recalling that he was “kind of formulating my thoughts and walking up on stage, and Lupita Nyong’o was going to hand me the trophy and I reach out with one hand to take the trophy, and I reach out with the other hand to shake her hand, like we’re two dudes making a business deal, and then I realized, ‘Oh no, it’s Hollywood. You’re supposed to do the fake kiss on the cheek.’”

“So, I kind of awkwardly go in for the fake kiss on the cheek thing, and I gave her a little of a head butt. But [thankfully] not enough to take her down.”

Find out which mega-popular movie won’t be eligible for an Oscar at all…

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JK Simmons to Play Spider-Man's J. Jonah Jameson Again, He Confirms!

JK Simmons portrayed J. Jonah Jameson in the 2000s Spider-Man movies, and fans were shocked to see him reprise his role in the latest Spider-Man film Far From Home‘s end credits scene.

He is the first-ever Marvel actor to play a role in an earlier series and then return for the latest Marvel movies. Now, it looks like, he will be returning for more!

“We have, assuming that movie theaters reopen and people are back in movie theaters some time in the next…ever, and if not, I guess we’ll see it on our TVs at home,” JK said during an appearance on SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Show, via The Wrap. “There is one more JJJ appearance in the can, and from what I’m hearing, there is a plan for yet another one.”

Find out the roles JK really wants to play!

JK Simmons Wants To Play All The Famous Chris's Dads In Movies

JK Simmons has a new goal in his acting career: to play each famous Chris‘s dad on screen.

During his video interview with PeopleNow, the -year-old Oscar winner was talking about playing Chris Evans‘ father in the Apple TV+ series Defending Jacob, and joked that he’s making it a personal goal to play the other famous Chris’s dads, too.

“My career plan now is to play the father of every handsome, blue-eyed movie star stud named Chris,” he said. “So I checked off my Chris Evans box, and I just finished a film [The Tomorrow War] with Chris Pratt where I play his father, so that’s number two.”

JK added, speaking to studios out there who are currently casting for projects: “I’m looking — Chris Pine, I’m available, and Chris Hemsworth — in either order, I mean we don’t have to go alphabetical.”

Chris Pratt took a quiz one time to figure out just which Hollywood Chris he was, and received a surprising result.

This other actor also named the hottest Hollywood Chris. Do you agree?

J.K. Simmons & Betty Gilpin in Talks to Join Chris Pratt in 'Ghost Draft'

J.K. Simmons and Betty Gilpin might be joining Chris Pratt in a new thriller!

The 64-year-old Oscar-winning actor and the 33-year-old GLOW actress are in talks to join the Ghost Draft, according to Hollywood Reporter.

The film directed by Lego Batman director Chris McKay and written by Zach Dean stars Chris and The Handmaid’s Tale actress Yvonne Strahovski.

Ghost Draft “is set in a future where humanity is losing a war against aliens. To turn the tide, scientists draft soldiers from the past to fight the war.”

Production is set to begin in Atlanta, Georgia and Iceland this September.