Movies | Neil Patrick Harris Fan

“The Smurfs” Trailer

By Hilary | Published Fri Mar-11-11 -

A new trailer has been released, featuring Neil and Jayma Mays. Smurf it out below!

'Smurfs' Theatrical Trailer @ Yahoo! Video

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Pre-order The Best and the Brightest on DVD!

By Rach | Published Wed Mar-9-11 -

The Best and the Brightest is currently in the process of screening, or arranging screenings, around the world. But if there isn’t one near you, or even if there is, you can now pre-order on amazon.com! The movie will be available on DVD from August 16th.

The movie is also available to add to your Netflix queue!

Beastly promotion

By Rach | Published Sat Mar-5-11 -

Beastly was released in the US yesterday, and there’s been a lot of promo stuff this last week. Reelz caught up with Neil, Alex and Vanessa at the premiere, the video is here. Neil also talked to Clevver TV.

Neil acted as guest editor on Teen.com this week, and you can watch this video for his thoughts on Beastly, the Oscars and winning awards (amongst other things), and click through this tag for all of the posts that use his comments as guest editor.

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The Best & The Brightest news!

By Rach | Published Sat Feb-26-11 -

The Best & The Brightest has some distribution news!

From late August/September (date TBD) the video will be available to purchase via DVD/On Demand/various other forms, thanks to the movie’s new distribution partners New Video (domestic) and Echo Bridge (international). There will also be a theatrical opening in LA and New York, with preview screenings around the world (all those ‘demands’ weren’t for nothing!) over the spring and summer.

For full details, check out the blog.

As previously mentioned, there is a screening at The Bell House in Park Slope, Brooklyn, on Saturday March 19th at 8pm (Tickets $10). Star Bonnie Somerville has been added to the guest list, and additionally, there will also be a screening on Friday March 18th at the same venue. Special guests for this one include Bonnie, Jenna Stern, Kelly Coffield & Steve Park, as well as writer-director Josh Shelov. Tickets are available here and also cost $10.

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Beastly Premiere & iVillage results announced!

By Rach | Published Sat Feb-26-11 -

Last night was the Los Angeles premiere of Beastly, which opens in the US next Friday, March 4th.We’ve updated the gallery with some Red Carpet photos, and both AfterElton and PopSugar have (different) exclusive clips from the movie that heavily feature Neil. In the modern retelling of Beauty and the Beast, Neil plays a blind man who is sent to mentor Kyle, the hunky high school hot shot turned grotesque beast.

ETonline spoke to Neil at the premiere:

Neil Patrick Harris also stars in the movie, playing a visually-impaired man. While filming, Harris aided his performance by wearing lenses over his eyes that blocked his vision, and he dished to Frazier about the pranks pulled on him while he couldn’t see.

“Alex would mess with me, ’cause he knew that I couldn’t see him,” said Harris. “He’d always, as I was talking, move to different sides and try to lick my face and stuff.”

Movieweb have up an interview with Neil recorded during filming, and Reelz also has an interview clip featuring Neil, Alex Pettyfer and Vanessa Hudgens.

You can listen to his recent interview on Ryan Seacrest’s radio show here.

Neil will be appearing on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson next Thursday (March 3rd).

Thanks to all your voting, Neil won the ‘Gay Man We Wish Could Be Our Boyfriend‘ category in the iVillage awards, coming in with 44% of the vote.

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Beastly & DDvSB

By Rach | Published Sat Nov-13-10 -

OntheFlix.com has a new Beastly featurette up, with some new clips and a tiny clip from an interview with Neil.

Steven Anderson talked to MySocialBeauty about working as the makeup artist on Dracula’s Daughters vs the Space Brains.

Q: So what was it like working with Neil Patrick Harris?
A: Neil is a very nice guy. He is smart, witty, has lots of energy and is a Pro.

Q: With a film title like Dracula’s Daughters vs. the Space Brains, was it easy decide on Harris’ makeup look?
A: Sure, in this film, Neil looks like a normal guy, until….. so his ‘makeup’ was very simple: Make Neil look like Neil.

Q: Although this was a short film, how often did you have to touchup Harris’ makeup?
A: Neil has great skin; he holds his makeup well and did not require much touch up. I do not like to do excessive touch ups on any project, rather only when necessary.

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The Best and the Brightest updates

By Rach | Published Sat Oct-16-10 -

The Best and the Brightest premieres tonight at the Philadelphia Film Festival. Cast members Bonnie Somerville, Jenna Stern, Peter Serafinowicz and John Hodgman will be in attendance, along with writer/director Josh Shelov. The premiere is sold out but there are still tickets available for the screenings on Monday 18th and Sunday 24th.

Set in the world of New York City’s elite private kindergartens, THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST centers on a fresh-faced young couple from Delaware, Jeff (Neil Patrick Harris) and Samantha (Bonnie Somerville), who have only recently moved into town. The comedy centers on the extreme lengths they must go to in order to get their five-year old daughter into school.

Ahead of the premiere, The Best and the Brightest has launched a new website with cast and crew bios, a blog, and the ever-popular “demand a screening” feature. Be sure to log on to bestnbrightestmovie.com and request a screening in your town/nearest city/country.

Here are a couple of snippets of things director Josh Shelov has to say about Neil’s involvement in the movie.

The catalyst was when Amy Sedaris signed on – she’s so brilliant, and is so beloved by other actors, that she acted as a talent magnet. Neil Patrick Harris had heard about Amy’s involvement and was dying to work with her – fortunately he liked the script and signed on. After that everything happened pretty fast – Kate Mulgrew and Christopher McDonald and Bonnie Somerville and Peter Serafinowicz and Bridget Regan and Jenna Stern signed on soon after, and we were off.

Creatively, it’s just a dream working with actors of this caliber. Neil is just incredible – I don’t think he flubbed a syllable during the entire shoot, no lie – and yet he’s always raw and real every time, too. I’m insane about our leading lady, Bonnie Somerville – I think she’s literally perfect as Sam.

If anybody attends the premiere, please get in touch and let us know what you thought!

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Neil to direct first feature film

By Rach | Published Thu Oct-14-10 -

The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Neil has signed up to direct “Aaron and Sarah”, a romantic comedy with Emma Roberts and Josh Hutcherson currently attached to the lead roles.

Hollywood Renaissance man Neil Patrick Harris is taking on yet another role.

The “How I Met Your Mother” star and Emmy Awards host is planning to make his feature directing debut with the romantic comedy “Aaron and Sarah.” The indie film has also attached Emma Roberts and Josh Hutcherson as its leads.

Written by Chad Gomez Creasey and Dara Resnik Creasey (TV’s “Pushing Daisies”), the story follows a geeky guy and a popular girl who become friends as freshmen in high school and see their relationship deepen through the four years, four proms and one funeral before graduation. The spec, originally titled “B.F.F.,” was purchased by Rogue Pictures several years ago before Fox 2000 picked it up out of turnaround.

David O. Russell, who just signed on to write and direct “Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune” for Columbia, was on board to direct early last year. “Sydney White” helmer Joe Nussbaum was developing the film before that.

Though the film is no longer set up at Fox, it could be a likely home since the project once resided there. Sandy Stern is producing for Single Cell Pictures along with Beau Bauman and Jesse Israel.

Harris, who is repped by Paradigm and the Booh Schut Co., will next star in CBS Films’ “Beastly” in March and the Columbia family film “The Smurfs” in August. He will also appear once again as a skewed version of himself in a third “Harold & Kumar” movie for Warner Bros.

Roberts, repped by Sweeney Management, is currently in theaters in “It’s Kind of a Funny Story.” She appeared earlier this year in “Valentine’s Day” and “Twelve,” and she has “What’s Wrong With Virginia” and “Scream 4″ hitting theaters in 2011.

Repped by ICM and the Beddingfield Co., Hutcherson most recently starred in the Focus Features comedy “The Kids Are All Right.” He has the MGM remake of “Red Dawn” in the can for release next year, and he is currently shooting the horror film “Detention” before heading to Oahu for the New Line sequel “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island.”

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It’s @BestNBrightest’s poster contest voting time!

By Rach | Published Sun Oct-3-10 -

The entries are all in for The Best And The Brightest’s poster competition, and three finalists have been chosen. Now they want you to vote for your favourite! Tweet @BestNBrightest to tell them which is your favourite, and the winner will be displayed on the website and at the premiere in Philadelphia on October 16th.

The three finalists are (click to see full size) A: Hannah Greer, B: Rachael Toaduff and C: Mary Fernandes – and if you click on your favourite below you’ll be taken straight to Twitter to vote for your preferred winner! (Full disclosure: poster B is mine, so any votes would be appreciated!)

The premiere on October 16th is now sold out, but you can still get tickets for the screenings on the 18th and 24th.

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The Best & The Brightest: More News!

By Rach | Published Wed Sep-29-10 -

The Best & The Brightest’s website is now officially live! Visit bestnbrightestmovie.com to request demand a screening in your area – anywhere in the world – if you can’t make it to the screenings in Philadelphia!

Huge thanks to director Josh Shelov for providing us with the photo above – how awesome does Neil look??

Don’t forget that you can enter a poster in the contest until Sunday, and tickets for all three PFF screenings are still available here at Filmadelphia.org. And if you want to know more about the movie in a spoiler free fashion, check out its very first review, at moviecitynews.com.

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