Maya Rudolph Joins BIG HERO 6, Is Likely Voicing Honey Lemon

TheWrap is reporting another awesome addition to the voice cast of Marvel and Disney's Big Hero 6. Comedian Maya Rudolph (SNL, Bridesmaids, Idiocracy) has taken an unnamed lead role in the animated film. I have to assume the role is team member Honey Lemon, as Leyu Yoshida/Sunpyre is owned by Fox (unless they're able to share the character). The film co-directed by Don Hall and Chris Williams, already has TJ Miller voicing Fred and Jamie Chung is voicing GoGo Tomago. It's release date is set for November 7th, 2014.

“Big Hero 6” is a comedic action-adventure movie about brilliant robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada, who finds himself in the grips of a criminal plot that threatens to destroy the fast-paced, high-tech city of San Fransokyo. With the help of his closest companion — a robot named Baymax — Hiro joins forces with a reluctant team of first-time crime fighters on a mission to save their city.”

SOURCE: THEWRAP

Jorma Taccone To Direct Comic Book Film 'THE GREAT UNKNOWN'

It's looks like Jorma Taccone (MacGruber) is getting another directing gig as HeatVision reports he'll direct The Great Unknown for New Line Cinema. The film is based on the comic from Image Comics and will be produced by Mark Gordon (Source Code, Saving Private Ryan, Speed).

"The comic centers on a slacker with delusions of grandeur who believes his so-called great ideas are popping up elsewhere. After failing to convince his friends and family that his mind is being pilfered, he goes on a quest to solve the mystery behind the idea thefts."

Jorma is 1/3 of the comedy trio The Lonely Island who are the guys behind SNL's impressively funny Digital Shorts. He's also had supporting roles in films like Hot Rod and The Land of The Lost. It's interesting to see Jorma getting another shot at a rather large film after his first film MacGruber didn't make a giant splash at the box office. The action comedy based on the SNL skit seemed humorous enough but didn't connect with audiences. The disastrous casting of non-comedians like Val Kilmer and Ryan Phillippe didn't help matters.

Kristen Wiig Attached To Action Comedy From Descendants Writers

It sounds like a perfect comedy match up with ShowBlitz reporting that Kristen Wiig is negotiations to star in an untitled action-comedy from screenwriters Jim Rash and Nat Faxon. The pair recently won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Descendants. Wiig was Oscar nominated this year for co-writing Bridesmaids in the Best Original Screenplay category. The combination of the three is amazing considering Faxon was involved with the bizarre but fun Broken Lizard films, Rash being an integral part of the wacky show Community and Wiig being the funniest person on SNL.

Zero details are known about the project but it landed at Indian Paintbrush, with other studios making their own offers. Paintbrush is a new production company but has an impressive list of films that includes Young Adult, Like Crazy, Seeking A Friend At The End of The World,  Fantastic Mr. Fox, Jeff Who Lives At Home, Moonrise Kingdom and The Darjeeling Limited under their belt. I assume that we should be seeing some really interesting names attaching themselves in supporting roles.