Kim Basinger In Talks To Play Zac Efron's Mom Aug 14, 2009
The film is being helmed by Efron's "17 Again" director, Burr Steers, whose credits also include "Igby Goes Down." In order to make the film, Efron passed on the "Footloose" remake his role. Efron has expressed a desire to and move away from teen fare. (VHI.com -- Music News)
The why of the Rye Jun 6, 2009
WORKS INFLUENCED BY CATCHER Novels: Bret Easton Ellis's Less Than Zero, Miriam Toews's A Complicated Kindness, Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar, Judith Guest's Ordinary People Films: The Graduate, Dead Poets Society, Tadpole, Igby Goes Down, Donnie Darko Music: Green Day, The Offspring. Source: Dr Sarah Graham. (BBC News -- UK)
Capsule reviews: `17 Again' and other films Apr 20, 2009
Director Burr Steers, a long way from his darkly comic, coming-of-age debut "Igby Goes Down," takes you places you've been before in more charming movies like "Big," "13 Going on 30," "Freaky Friday," "Never Been Kissed" and even "Back to the Future." (Jason Filardi wrote the script. But rather than changing his decision to abandon his dreams of basketball stardom and marry the high-school girlfriend he knocked up, Mike realizes his true purpose is to reconnect with his wife (played as an adult... (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Gaffigan does comedy for everyone Apr 17, 2009
His film credits include the cult hit Super Troopers, 13 Going on 30, Three Kings and Igby Goes Down. He is also co-writing an animated series called Pale Force, which will air on episodes of Conan O Brien s show and the Internet. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Efron - surprise! - plays nice in '17 Again' Apr 17, 2009
The director is Burr Steers, who long ago (OK, 2002) made a film called "Igby Goes Down" that's a beautifully written, expertly played story of bitter teen confusion. Echoes of that skill can be seen here. (Boston Globe)
Review: You've seen ‘17 Again' - again and again Apr 15, 2009
Director Burr Steers, a long way from his darkly comic, coming-of-age debut Igby Goes Down, takes you places you've been before many times in more charming movies like Big, 13 Going on 30, Freaky Friday, Never Been Kissed and even Back to the Future. The idea of going back to high school is so overdone, there was even an entire episode of Family Guy that parodied it. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
Celebrity Chat: Zac Efron stars in '17 Again' Apr 12, 2009
" In the new film, 37-year-old Mike (Matthew Perry) is detached from his teenage kids and getting divorced from high school sweetheart Scarlet (Leslie Mann). Mike wishes he could return to his glory days, and through familiar movie magic, finds himself in his 17-year-old body (Efron), tearing up the basketball court and making girls faint. "The concept was fairly unoriginal," Efron acknowledges. "When (producer) Adam Shankman told me the idea, I made a mental note to forget it," but he liked the... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Keeping Up With The Culkins Apr 8, 2009
"I can't speak for anyone else, but for me it feels like you're in the room with them and you shouldn't be," says Kieran, who had his own experience with on-camera groping in 2002's "Igby Goes Down." "I don't know if that's any more so because he's my brother, but it really feels like you're in the closet peeking at them. It makes you uncomfortable.". In real life, though, the Culkins seem totally comfortable -- except, perhaps, with the idea of a little brotherly competition: At the last... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Zac Efron Signs On For New (Non-Musical) Film Mar 26, 2009
The film will be directed by Burr Steers, who worked with Efron on his upcoming release "17 Again," but has also directed more serious fare like "Igby Goes Down.". According to Variety, the film, based on the book by Ben Sherwood, is about "a caretaker at a cemetery who manages to have weekly meetings with a younger brother whose accidental death he feels was his fault.". (VHI.com -- Music News)
Rogen, Cera, Black will make you laugh Mar 25, 2009
Steers did direct the interesting comedy Igby Goes Down. Web site: Release date: April 17. (MSNBC -- Movies)
