Jack Black stars as Ignacio (friends call him Nacho), a cook by day in a Mexican orphanage, who moonlights as a lucha libre wrestler to raise money for his orphanage in this comedy from the creators of NAPOLEON DYNAMITE and the writer and star of THE SCHOOL OF ROCK.
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May 17, 2007: Black in Olde Times:
Hyperkinetic, rotund funnyman Jack Black has apparently joined the cast of the comedy YE OLDE TIMES. The story centers on the employees of two rival Renaissance Fairs who resort to subterfuge to grab hold of the entire Renaissance Fair market. Because in any...
March 15, 2007: Videogames-To-Flix #31:
VIDEOGAMES-TO-FLIX is a JoBlo.com column showcasing reviews of videogame translations of Hollywood
films (or games soon-to-become Hollywood movies). With both industries getting
closer and closer, and videogames, in general, getting so much more...
June 27, 2006: South Park vs. Mormons:
This isn't exactly movie news but it's close enough and funny enough that some of you out there may enjoy hearing it. "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone
are teaming up with British playwright Jeff Marx (whose play "Avenue Q", an adult-themed...
June 22, 2006: The truth behind Nacho's music:
A while back we wondered what exactly was up with the complicated situation revolving around the score of NACHO LIBRE. It was announced early on that Beck would compose his first feature score for NACHO. Then came word during post-production that Beck was...
June 13, 2006: Whose music in Nacho?:
Remember when we reported that Beck would be writing the score for NACHO LIBRE? Haven't heard much about it since, huh? That's cause it's not happening anymore. For reasons that hasn't been made clear yet, Beck abruptly left NACHO LIBRE while the film was in...
June 15, 2006: INT: Jared Hess:
Just
like the mavericks from NYU and USC who revolutionized the world of cinema
in the 1970s and 80s, Jared Hess is part of a cadre of BYU grads who are
taking
Hollywood
by storm today. Ok, not quite. Hess’s...
June 12, 2006: INT: Jack Black:
Relentlessly
wacky Jack Black returns to theaters this week as an aspiring Mexican
wrestler in NACHO
LIBRE . Last year Black toned down his act a bit for Peter
Jackson’s KING KONG, but now he’s once again ready to unleash the...
June 5, 2006: Little Man/Nacho sites:
Two new sites have recently made some interesting revamps and both have similar ideas when it comes to interactivity. First up, Sony's site for the Wayans' comedy LITTLE MAN has gone live and it boasts a number of things besides the standard trailer and...
June 7, 2006: Excl: Nacho clip!:
With NACHO
LIBRE only a week and a half away from release (June 16th),
you're sure to either be in the "I really wanna see this
movie!" camp by now or the "I want nothing to do with this...
May 18, 2006: New Nacho pics:
Paramount was cool enough to slip us a ton of new pics of Jack Black getting his tubby ass whupped by tiny Mexican "luchadores" in the upcoming NACHO LIBRE . This movie is poised to be the funniest film of the summer and if the
box office numbers don't...
May 16, 2006: Nacho confessionals:
For those of you keeping score at home, Jack Black's "confessionals" from the set of his upcoming comedy NACHO LIBRE are up to fifteen out of a proposed twenty. Thus far, Black has
showed us his chariot (that's not a euphemism for anything, by the way),...
May 15, 2006: Full Nacho/Pulse sites:
The full sites for Paramount's Jack Black-starring comedy NACHO LIBRE and
The Weinstein Co.'s Veronica Mars Kristen Bell-starring horror PULSE were recently activated. They're both filled with all the bells and whistles of a film's official site...
April 17, 2006: Guillory is Jill again:
Sienna Guillory has agreed to reprise her role as Jill Valentine in the upcoming third installment in the RESIDENT EVIL franchise, RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION. She'll,
of course, join Milla Jovovich in kicking zombie ass in a micro mini-skirts and a...
April 6, 2006: Excl: Nacho trailer!!:
Paramount
was cool enough to toss the latest NACHO
LIBRE trailer exclusively our way, so that JoBlo.com
readers can enjoy it before it hits theaters on Friday, so check it...
March 20, 2006: Nacho confessional #1:
Paramount was cool enough to slip us some video links to Jack Black's first "confessional" from the set of his upcoming NACHO LIBRE . As I mentioned last time , the confessionals are basically just Jack Black riffing on whatever comes to mind and will...
March 8, 2006: Nacho confessional:
I haven't seen this "confessional" of Jack Black on the set of NACHO LIBRE
yet so I don't know exactly what it is but from the sound of it, they gave Black a handheld camera and basically let him do whatever the hell he wanted. Apparently, they'll...
February 28, 2006: Beck & Jack Black?:
As wonderful as NAPOLEON DYNAMITE was, few people would compare director Jared Hess to Federico Fellini. One of the people that would (along with probably his mom and dad) is rocker Beck who said just that recently. And it's because of the high regard for Hess...
February 3, 2006: Excl: Nacho Libre poster:
I think you guys already
know how stoked we are about the upcoming release of NACHO
LIBRE starring Jack Black (June 2). The film's OFFICIAL
WEBSITE is now up and running, as well as...
February 1, 2006: New Nacho pics:
Some gringa over at Paramount was cool enough to slide us some new pics of Jack Black as a pudgy luchador in the upcoming NACHO LIBRE . The outfit alone is dynamite but Black's do and the killer 'stache
make it all the more sweeter. Hopefully you're as...
January 27, 2006: More Nacho pics:
One of the movies that
many of us are looking forward to this year is NACHO
LIBRE , the Jared Hess-directed comedy written by Mike White and
starring chub actor Jack Black as Nacho. Being a massive fan of...
January 24, 2006: Sunshine hits big:
Every year at Sundance one particular film sends Park City into a hysterical frenzy, with reports of extended standing ovations, studio bidding wars over distribution rights
and the filmmakers using their newfound renown to convince hot young actresses that...
January 24, 2006: Carell talks Almighty:
Recently, at some tv-related thingamajig (that's a technical term), Steve Carell spoke a little about his upcoming divinely-inspired sequel EVAN ALMIGHTY.
"Morgan Freeman comes to my character and instructs him to build an ark…and he...
December 9, 2005: Black talks Nacho:
MTV recently went to the set of Jack Black's upcoming NACHO LIBRE and got
some pretty snazzy commentary from Black and director Jared Hess about the movie. What was the most interesting to hear is that it's based on a true story. I won't spoil
it so...
November 18, 2005: EXCL: Black as Nacho Pic!:
When I first reported the news that Jack Black would be starring in a Mike White scripted film directed by Jared Hess, I said it looked like it was gonna be great film just based on the talent alone. On top of that you have Black starring as a priest...
