Imagine a movie being made. It's a hockey comedy involving Jessica Alba as the Toronto Maple Leaf's owner, Verne "Mini Me" Troyer as the coach, Justin Timberlake as an L.A. King hockey player named Jaccque, who's trying to steal the wife of a Maple Leaf star played by Romany Malco (the hoodrat hittin' Jay from "40 Year Old Virgin"). Now is that something that would interest you?
If anyone but Mike Myers was behind this movie, I'd worry. But Mike has both the comedy and the hockey chops to make this work. And frankly, I'm just glad this isn't one more Will Farrell wacky sports comedy (dude, it's getting old).
Mike's next movie is "The Love Guru", set to start filming in Toronto next month with a release date of June 2008. Myers wrote the script, in collaboration with Graham Gordy, and Marco Schanbel makes his directing debut after working on Austin Powers and Meet The Fockers.
"The Love Guru" focuses on Pitka (Myers), American dumped at the gates of an ashram in India who returns to the States as a self-help guru. His skills are put to the test when he's hired to provide marriage counseling for a Toronto Maple Leafs star (Malco) and his wife. When the player's wife begins dating Jacques Grande (Timberlake), a professional rival on the Los Angeles Kings, he goes into a slump, causing tensions with the Maple Leafs' owner (Alba) and coach (Troyer).Justin Timberlake has proven to be a comedic secret weapon after his recent appearances hosting Saturday Night Live, and I'm looking forward to seeing Romany Malco hitting the puck bunnies rather than the hoodrats. Filming in Toronto starts next month, along with an expected influx of Timberlake and Alba obsessed paparazzi.
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Now how does Verne Troyer approach the role of "Coach for the Maple Leafs"? Would he parody Pat Burns or Pat Quinn? Personally, I'd the "what if" scenario and play it like Don Cherry was coaching the Leafs. Mini-Me in small Don Cherry suits would be priceless.
Does anyone know where the movie set is? I would just LOVE to catch a glimpse of Jessica Alba or *gasp* a picture - with HER! =D
yes actually. The set is being done at the GM centre in Oshawa. Where the Oshawa Generals play. Production has already begun, so you might be late...
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