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Will Forte
Orville Willis Forte IV ( ; born June 17, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He was a cast member and writer on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' for eight seasons from 2002 to 2010. During his time on the show, he played a recurring character that led to a feature film adaptation, '' MacGruber'' (2010), and a streaming limited series in 2021. Forte also created and starred in the sitcom '' The Last Man on Earth'' (2015–2018). For the series, he received three Primetime Emmy Award nominations: two for acting and one for writing. After obtaining a history degree from the University of California, Los Angeles and becoming a financial broker like his father, Forte changed his career path to comedy and took classes with the improv group The Groundlings. He worked as a writer and producer on ''3rd Rock from the Sun'' and ''That '70s Show'', before joining ''Saturday Night Live''. Forte played various roles in comedy films, before starrin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WonderCon
WonderCon is an annual comic book, science fiction, and film fan convention, convention held in the San Francisco Bay Area (1987–2011), then—under the name WonderCon Anaheim—in Anaheim, California (2012–2015, 2017–present), and WonderCon Los Angeles in 2016."WonderCon Moves To Anaheim With Costumed Avengers In Tow" CBS 2 San Francisco (March 17, 2012). The convention returned to the Anaheim Convention Center in 2017 after a one-year stint in Los Angeles due to construction at the Anaheim Convention Center. The convention was conceived by retailer John Barrett (comics), John Barrett (a founder of the retail chain Comics and Comix) and originally held in the Oakland Convention Center. In 2003, it moved t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nebraska (film)
''Nebraska'' is a 2013 American comedy-drama road film directed by Alexander Payne, written by Bob Nelson, and starring Bruce Dern, Will Forte, June Squibb, Stacy Keach, and Bob Odenkirk. Released in black-and-white, the story follows an elderly Montana resident and his son as they try to claim a million-dollar sweepstakes prize on a long trip to Nebraska. The film was nominated for the Palme d'Or (Grand Prize) at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, where Dern won the Best Actor Award. It was also nominated for six Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Dern, Best Supporting Actress for Squibb, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Cinematography. The film was acclaimed by critics and became a commercial success, bringing in $27.7 million from the box office on a $13.5 million budget. It was the final film to be released by Paramount Vantage, as Paramount Pictures folded the label after its release. Plot In Billings, Montana, an elderly man nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foodtopia
''Sausage Party: Foodtopia'' is an adult animated television series that serves as a sequel to the film ''Sausage Party'' (2016) created by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Kyle Hunter, and Ariel Shaffir, and developed by the latter two for Amazon Prime Video. It features the returning voices of Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Michael Cera, David Krumholtz, Edward Norton and Scott "Diggs" Underwood, with Will Forte, Natasha Rothwell, Sam Richardson, and Yassir Lester voicing new characters. The first season premiered on Amazon Prime Video on July 11, 2024, with a second season currently in development. The series received generally mixed reviews from critics, who praised its voice acting, animation, score, and humor, while others were divided about its controversial political themes, and criticized its writing and characters. The second season will be released on August 13, 2025. Premise After standing up to the human race following the events of the film, Frank and his friends establish a safe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
''Scott Pilgrim Takes Off'' is an anime adventure television series developed by Bryan Lee O'Malley and BenDavid Grabinski for Netflix. The series is based on the ''Scott Pilgrim'' graphic novels written and drawn by O'Malley, with the entire main cast from the 2010 film adaptation, '' Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'', reprising their roles for the English voice cast. The series was released on November 17, 2023, to critical acclaim. Unlike the film, which is a largely faithful adaptation of the comics, ''Takes Off'' features a different plot, wherein the titular Scott Pilgrim disappears in the first episode; the remainder of the series follows his love interest Ramona Flowers as she tries to find out who was responsible for his disappearance, all while other characters within the story work on a fictional adaptation of Scott's life. Premise The series, set in Toronto, Canada, serves as an alternate retelling of the original ''Scott Pilgrim'' graphic novel series and movie. L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Motion Picture
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lego Movie (franchise)
''The Lego Movie'' is an American media franchise and shared universe based on Lego construction toys. It began with the 2014 film '' The Lego Movie'', which was directed and written by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. The success of the film led to the release of two licensed video games, a 4D film theme park attraction, two spin-off films titled '' The Lego Batman Movie'' and '' The Lego Ninjago Movie'', which were released in 2017, '' Unikitty!'' an animated television series that also came out in the same year, and the sequel to the original film titled '' The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part''. Development would end in 2020, with Warner Bros. letting the rights lapse back to The Lego Group after ''The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part'' underperformed at the box office and the studio failed to materialize any new projects. The franchise has received a generally positive critical reception, with the exception of ''The Lego Ninjago Movie'' which received mixed reviews, and has gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clone High
''Clone High'' is an adult animated science fiction sitcom created by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Bill Lawrence for MTV. It premiered on November 2, 2002, in Canada, and January 20, 2003, in the United States. Set at a high school populated by the clones of well-known historical figures, the series follows its central cast which includes adolescent depictions of Abe Lincoln, Joan of Arc, Gandhi, Cleopatra and JFK. The series also serves as a parody of teen dramas such as ''Dawson's Creek'', '' Degrassi'', and ''Beverly Hills, 90210''; every episode is humorously introduced as a "very special episode" with narration provided by Will Forte. Lord and Miller first developed the series' concept, originally titled ''Clone High School, USA!'', while at Dartmouth College in the 1990s, later pitching it to executives of the Fox Broadcasting Company during their tenure at Disney, who ultimately decided to pass on the program. The rights were purchased by Viacom International t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, his assassination in 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil War, defeating the Confederate States of America and playing a major role in the End of slavery in the United States, abolition of slavery. Lincoln was born into poverty in Kentucky and raised on the American frontier, frontier. He was self-educated and became a lawyer, Illinois state Illinois House of Representatives, legislator, and U.S. representative. Angered by the Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854, which opened the territories to slavery, he became a leader of the new History of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party. He reached a national audience in the Lincoln–Douglas debates, 1858 Senate campaign debates against Stephen A. Douglas. Lincoln won the 1860 United States presidential election, 1860 presidential election, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lab Rats (American TV Series)
''Lab Rats'' is an American Television comedy, comedy television series created by Chris Peterson and Bryan Moore that aired on Disney XD from February 27, 2012 to February 3, 2016. The series stars Billy Unger, Spencer Boldman, Kelli Berglund, Tyrel Jackson Williams, and Hal Sparks. Plot A young teenager named Leo Dooley lives a normal life until the day his mother Tasha marries billionaire inventor Donald Davenport, with whom they move in. While trying to find his bedroom, Leo accidentally discovers teenage siblings with bionic superpowers living in his new basement. The series follows the bionic teens as they unravel in adventurous situations in an attempt to live life like a normal family in the fictional town of Mission Creek, California. As the series progresses, the series introduces various new characters, including Davenport's younger brother Douglas and Douglas' android son Marcus; Krane and his bionic soldiers Taylor, formerly known as S-1, and Sebastian, formerly k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney XD
Disney XD is an American pay television television channel, channel owned by the Disney Branded Television and Disney Entertainment units of The Walt Disney Company. The channel is aimed primarily at older children ages six to eleven years old. Disney XD's programming consists of original first-run children's television series, television series, current and former original series and Television film, made-for-TV films inherited from sister station, sister network Disney Channel, theatrically released films, and acquired programs from other distributors, along with a primetime block of programming involving Esports, competitive gaming. , Disney XD is available to approximately 44,000,000 pay television households in the United States, down from its 2013 peak of 82,000,000 households. In recent years, Disney XD has lost carriage with the growth of streaming alternatives including its parent company's Disney+, and has generally been depreciated by Disney in current retransmissio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scoob!
''Scoob!'' is a 2020 American animated mystery comedy film produced by Warner Animation Group, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is a reboot of the theatrical'' Scooby-Doo'' film series and the third theatrical film based on the characters, following ''Scooby-Doo'' (2002) and '' Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed'' (2004). The film is directed by Tony Cervone (in his feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Adam Sztykiel, Jack Donaldson, Derek Elliott, and Matt Lieberman, and a story by Lieberman, Eyal Podell, and Jonathon E. Stewart. It stars the voices of Frank Welker, Will Forte, Gina Rodriguez, Zac Efron, and Amanda Seyfried. The film also features the voices of Mark Wahlberg, Jason Isaacs, Kiersey Clemons, Ken Jeong, and Tracy Morgan as other animated Hanna-Barbera characters. Set in a Hanna-Barbera animated shared universe, the film follows Mystery Incorporated working with the Blue Falcon to solve their most challenging mystery behind their mas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Willoughbys
''The Willoughbys'' is a 2020 animated comedy film directed by Kris Pearn and co-directed by Rob Lodermeier (in his feature directorial debut), from a screenplay written by Pearn and Mark Stanleigh. Based on the book of the same name by Lois Lowry, the film stars the voices of Will Forte, Maya Rudolph, Alessia Cara, Terry Crews, Martin Short, Jane Krakowski, Seán Cullen, and Ricky Gervais, who also narrates the film. The story follows four children trying to find new parents to replace their self-centered and neglectful ones. ''The Willoughbys'' was released on April 22, 2020, with 37 million people viewing the movie. It received positive reviews for its animation, acting, story, and soundtrack by Mark Mothersbaugh, as well as Cara's song, "I Choose". It has received six Annie Award nominations, including Best Animated Feature. Plot A cat narrates a story about the Willoughby family siblings: Tim, Jane and twins both named Barnaby. The Willoughby legacy has an accomplished ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
