‘Ben Stiller Says ‘Zoolander 2’ Flop Was ‘Blindsiding’ and ‘Freaked Me Out’ Because ‘I Thought Everybody Wanted This’: ‘I Must’ve Really F—ed This Up’

Ben Stiller has said in the past that “Zoolander 2″ flopping at the box office was “not a great experience,” but he now admitted on an upcoming episode of David Duchovny’s “Fail Better” podcast (via People) that he was blindsided by the disastrous results that met his 2016 sequel. After all, the original “Zoolander” became one of his most beloved and quoted movies in the years after its 2001 theatrical release.

Angelina Jolie’s Axed ‘Cleopatra’ Was a Love Affair Epic That Had ‘Elements of a Political Thriller With Assassinations and Sex’: It ‘Was Almost Made’

Angelina Jolie‘s scrapped “Cleopatra” movie was part romance epic and part “political thriller with assassinations and sex,” according to the movie’s original screenwriter Brian Helgeland. The Oscar-winning actor was set to play the Egyptian queen in a tentpole for Sony Pictures that once courted director David Fincher to helm. It never got off the ground.

 

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Assassination

Charles Bronson

” Classic Bronson, Love it. “

Keoma

Franco Nero

” The unknown western “Keoma” was a great surprise for me. Although predictable, the story is great, disclosing the relationship of Keoma with his brothers and father through his recollections from his childhood, and does not have a happy commercial end. ”

Barnyards

Kevin James

” This is a great movie for kids and adults alike!! A wonderful way to convey the message of the importance of responsibility but to not forget how to still have fun once we become a “GROWN UP!!” The humor isn’t focused strictly towards the kids but also has moments the adults will find themselves laughing right along as well!! ”

Close Range

Scott Adkins

” This is a must-watch movie guys! Once Adkins and Florentine get their engines rumbling, “Close Range” manages to deliver some compelling combat sequences, blasting, kicking, and stabbing its way through a southwestern war zone. “

War of the Worlds

Tom Cruise

” War of the Worlds was a great Movie to watch, not knowing what was going to happen every minute of the film. Very Interesting and I want to see the Old Classic War of the Worlds too. I give it a 10 Star. ”

A Fistful of Dollars

Clint Eastwood

” A classic. The first, or one of the first, films to introduce the concept of the Western antihero. Sergio Leone pioneered a lot of things here. The brightness, the oppressive sunlight. The ugly brutality of Western gunfights, that had always been cleaned up in Hollywood. I understand that Leone’s occasional framing of the shooter and his victims in the same shot was not allowed at the time in American films. ”

Close Range

Scott Adkins

” Once Adkins and Florentine get their engines rumbling, “Close Range” manages to deliver some compelling combat sequences, blasting, kicking, and stabbing its way through a southwestern war zone. “

Trapped in Paradise

Nicholas Cage

” The unknown western “Keoma” was a great surprise for me. Although predictable, the story is great, disclosing the relationship of Keoma with his brothers and father through his recollections from his childhood, and does not have a happy commercial end. ”

A Fistful of Dollars

Clint Eastwood

” A classic. The first, or one of the first, films to introduce the concept of the Western antihero. Sergio Leone pioneered a lot of things here. The brightness, the oppressive sunlight. The ugly brutality of Western gunfights, that had always been cleaned up in Hollywood. I understand that Leone’s occasional framing of the shooter and his victims in the same shot was not allowed at the time in American films. ”