If you thought that the new Michael Myers wacky comedy The Love Guru couldn't scrap the acting barrel any lower than Jessica Alba, then think again! The news from Coming Soon is that Justin Timberlake is the lastest name to join the cast as Jacques Grande, a proffesional hockey player. The movie which is a joint production of Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment is to showcase Myer's first original character since Austin Powers ten years ago, and is to be directed by first time helmer Marco Schranbel who worked as second-unit on Austin Powers: Goldmember.
In the comedy, "The Love Guru" (Myers), Pitka is an American who was left at the gates of an ashram in India as a child and raised by gurus. He moves back to the U.S. to seek fame and fortune in the world of self-help and spirituality. His unorthodox methods are put to the test when he must settle a rift between Toronto Maple Leafs star hockey player Darren Roanoke (Malco) and his estranged wife. After the split, Roanoke's wife starts dating L.A. Kings star Jacques Grande (Timberlake) out of revenge, sending her husband into a major professional skid -- to the horror of the teams' owner Jane Bullard (Alba) and Coach Cherkov (Troyer). Pitka must return the couple to marital nirvana and get Roanoke back on his game so the team can break the 40-year-old "Bullard Curse" and win the Stanley Cup.
I know, I know. It just sounds like a huge disaster of a film doesn't it? A terrible supporting cast surrouding Myers and a character which sounds about as dumb as anything he has done in the past. Take into the account his big rest from live-action films and I'm thinking this has shown more than enough evidence to believe it's going to flop. Or at least be crap. Probably both.