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June, 2011:

Leverage preview

eric stoltz,leverageA nice find from Eric Stoltz fans on Facebook: a sneak peek from tomorrow’s episode of Leverage, this time with Eric in it.

You can watch it here.

The episode airs tomorrow at 9 pm on TNT.

Edit — the clip has made it to YouTube:

Unrelated: Film Stalker mentioned Racing Patriots in a recent article about F1 movies. No updates, just this:

This could mark the beginning of a great period of motorsport films, we’ve just seen the Senna documentary and there’s word of a James Hunt biographical film in development with Steven Spielberg’s company at the moment and a loosely connected F1 film called Racing Patriots from Eric Stoltz which will follow three motor racing champions who worked with the French Resistance fighting during World War II.

Another film appearance: Elektra Luxx


DVD Talk
mentions that Eric makes an appearance in one of the deleted scenes of Elektra Luxx, an R-rated comedy by Sebastian Gutierrez, starring Carla Gugino and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, which has been released on DVD today (Amazon link).

“Deleted Scenes” (18:44) offer a lackluster interview between Bert and a dim-witted pornstar, a moment of aborted intimacy between two supporting characters, and follows jittery personalities played by Eric Stoltz and Lucy Punch as they negotiate their first three-way.

Judy Moody clip & new IMDB credits

Eric’s cameo in Judy Moody is on YouTube.

A couple of new film/TV credits showed up on his IMDb page this week. One, an episode of A New Kind of Family from 1979, which isn’t available anywhere, and the other, a video he did with Tate Donovan in 1995, produced by Yoko Ono and directed by Peter Bogdanovich, which has been on YouTube for a while now, along with some BTS footage. You can see it here.

And it looks like he is directing an episode of Californication this season. According to the IMDb, it will be episode 5.06. No details yet.

Mention in THR’s Emmy contenders column

Hollywood Reporter has a new article today on Emmy contenders in the directing categories (link). Eric is submitted for Glee 2.04, “Duets.” The nominations will be announced on July 14. THR:

Stoltz’s Glee episode will battle Kaling’s Steve Carell-farewell Office installment, while Gordon’s Dexter is up against Matthew Weiner’s Mad Men finale. Whether contending for comedy or drama, each of these 12 skilled directors would agree that this year, more than ever, it will be a honor just to be nominated.

And let’s snag that quote:

Eric Stoltz
Glee (Fox)
Episode: “Duets”

eric stoltz,glee,directing“Anytime they break into song and dance, it’s a massive challenge — both technically and emotionally. You want to be able to tell a story within the story of the song, and with the music and dancing — and the reaction — it can all be a bit overwhelming. Because the show itself has become such a phenomenon, a lot of the actors have become quite savvy and quite sophisticated in their sense of humor and their approach to the work. What I remember about directing this episode is that I tried to get them back to the place of innocence and wonder, perhaps when they were actually auditioning for the show and didn’t have the job and weren’t affected by the success of the show. I remember feeling a little guilt over two numbers in particular: Amber Riley and Naya Rivera did “River Deep — Mountain High” and Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Ushkowitz did “Sing,” and both of those numbers were incredibly exhausting for them. I kept asking for one more take, and I could see them literally about to collapse on the set. I felt like I was driving them too hard, but they are so passionate about doing good work that I overcame my guilt and they recovered — although they all told me how wiped out they were the following few days. It’s a serious feeling you don’t often get when you direct a show — that you’re physically abusing the actors with the goal of creating something wonderful.”

 

New film cameo: Judy Moody (out in theatres today)

judy moody and the not bummer summer,movie posterLos Angeles Times mentions that Eric briefly appears in Judy Moody (trailer), the new kids movie directed by John Schultz (When Zachary Beaver Came to Town, The Honeymooners) that opens in theatres in the U.S. today. Not the best review ever, but here is the relevant bit:

Cartoony and Crayola-bright, the high jinks might entrance very young moviegoers, but for all the shenanigans, which include not only unsafe driving but politically incorrect candy consumption, there’s maybe one or two (half-hearted) laughs in store for anyone over 5.

Grown-up viewers can at least pass the time looking for familiar faces, Eric Stoltz’s among them, in uncredited cameos. — L.A. Times

No idea how brief the cameo is, but it may or may not involve zombies according to this tweet. Dean Cameron is also in the film.

Synopsis:
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New TV appearance: Leverage season premiere

leverage season fourOkay, I just went over a bunch of behind-the-scenes clips and promotional photos and there is no sign of Eric in any of them, but Aldis Hodge (who plays the tech guy on Leverage) sort of casually mentioned in an interview that he is in the season four premiere. The episode airs on Sunday, June 26 at 9 pm on TNT. That’s a little over two weeks from now.

Source:

BTV: You’d be going over my head there. Getting back to the show, can you tell us anything about the season 4 guest stars?
AH: Sure. Everybody knows by now we’ve got the great Danny Glover in episode 4 and 5. We have Eric Stoltz in episode 1, the premiere. We have Mark Sheppard coming back to revisit Sterling, and that’s going to be pretty awesome. We also have… another guest star coming back… We actually have two guest stars coming back. I don’t know if I can talk about those guys. They’re actually from the first season. They’re coming back in episode 11 or 12, possibly. So for the audiences who like to go back and check the history, that’s going to be really fun for them. — Buddy TV

Synopsis:

“The Long Way Down Job” – Sunday, June 26, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT)
To take down a corrupt financier, the LEVERAGE team must recover lost evidence high up on a mountain, racing hired guns and killer weather.

Directed by Dean Devlin
Written by Joe Hortua & John Rogers
Created by John Rogers & Chris Downey — Spoiler TV

Haunted Summer DVD available on Amazon

Just a heads-up: Haunted Summer is already available on Amazon. They started shipping the DVDs yesterday.

Here is the link: Haunted Summer