Kid Cannibis trailer

There is a teaser trailer for the upcoming movie Kid Cannibis online now.

John C. has a part in it that seems like he is a marijuana grower.  You can briefly see him in a few frame sin the trailer.

The trailer is definitely NSFW, due to nudity.

Kid Cannabis Teaser from Tunnel Post on Vimeo.

First look at "Ground Floor"

Ground Floor is the new comedy by Bill Lawrence of Scrubs and Cougar Town fame.

It's starring John C. McGinley as the boss of a bunch of younger people working for a corporation on the ground floor.

There's a 1 minute teaser that just came online yesterday that shows the cast goofing around.  If there is any indication of the success of Lawrence's past two shows, this one should be as entertaining as the previous two.

http://www.cinemablend.com/television/Bill-Lawrence-Comedy-Ground-Floor-Teaser-Finds-Love-An-Elevator-59161.html

Happy belated birthday, John!

I just wanted to wish John a happy birthday!  It was this past weekend on the 3rd.  Keep up the good work, Johnny!

John C on John C.

http://www.mandatory.com/2013/07/16/john-c-mcginley-on-the-career-of-john-c-mcginley/1

He talks about some of his most important roles.

John C. on Good Day L.A. talking about 42.

http://www.myfoxla.com/story/22811180/john-c-mcginley-getting-red-barbers-sound-was-a-real-challenge

John C throws out first pitch at Dodgers game

http://wap.mlb.com/lad/play/?content_id=28503679&topic_id=8010468

John was on "Marie" on the Hallmark Channel today

You can watch a clip of that over on the official site:

http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/marie/videogallery/Video/JohnC.McGinley

John has a part in Tenacious D's unofficial Teen Wolf Sequel "Adult Wolf"

Not really a full length movie, but a spoof made for Jimmy Kimmel's show.

John coming back to cable TV.

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2013/05/10/tbs-greenlights-ground-floor-new-sitcom-from-emmy-mominees-bill-lawrence-and-greg-malins-116510/20130510tbs02/


TBS Greenlights "Ground Floor," New Sitcom from Emmy(R) Mominees Bill Lawrence and Greg Malins
Skylar Astin, Briga Heelan and John C. McGinley Star in Workplace Comedy with a Romantic Twist
TBS has greenlit Ground Floor, a new workplace comedy with a romantic twist written by Emmy(R) nominees Bill Lawrence (Cougar Town, Scrubs, Clone High) and Greg Malins (2 Broke Girls, How I Met Your Mother). The series stars Skylar Astin (Pitch Perfect), Briga Heelan (Cougar Town) and John C. McGinley (Scrubs). Ground Floor is being produced by Lawrence's Doozer, in association with Warner Horizon Television, with Lawrence and Jeff Ingold (Like Father) serving as executive producers. TBS has ordered 10 episodes of the series, which will premiere on the network in 2014.
Ground Floor is set in the modern world of corporate America. The show centers on Brody (Astin), a young hot-shot banker at Whitestone Trust who thought he was just having a one-night stand with Jennifer (Heelan), a beautiful woman he met at a bar. But when he discovers that she works in maintenance for the building where he works, their worlds begin to collide in the most unexpected way. Facing Brody's critical boss, Mr. Mansfield (McGinley), as well as annoyed colleagues, the pair must find a way to deal with their growing feelings for each other in this modern take on Romeo & Juliet.
Starring as Jennifer's co-workers in the building's maintenance office are Rory Scovel (Zach Stone is Going to be Famous) as Harvard, a know-it-all who's secretly enamored with her; James Earl (Glee) as Derrick, who brings a laid-back quality to the office; and Alexis Knapp (Pitch Perfect) as Tori, a sexy young woman who loves to hit the clubs every night. In addition, Rene Gube (Upright Citizens Brigade) stars as Brody's colleague Threepeat, a money manager in love with his hair gel.
"Ground Floor is a smart and extremely funny comedy that blends workplace humor with relatable romantic entanglements," said Michael Wright, president, head of programming for TBS, TNT and Turner Classic Movies (TCM). "It's all brought together by a wonderful ensemble. With Ground Floor, we're thrilled to be extending our creative partnership with Cougar Town's Bill Lawrence.

Interview with John about Platoon, behind the scenes.

Great article with a lot of stuff I hadn't previously known.

http://www.empireonline.com/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1676

42 this weekend and some interview goodness.

42 opens nationwide this weekend, make sure you go check it out.  John stars as the legendary sportscaster Red Barber in the movie.

Also, there has been a lot of publicity stops for John, at many major news outlets promoting the movie.

There's a 10 minute interview/bio here that's worth checking out:
http://www.cbc.ca/strombo/mobile-video/guest-interview/john-c-mcginley-1.html

John on his 5 favorite television shows

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John C. McGinley is widely known for his work on Scrubs as the ever-cantankerous Dr. Perry Cox, but starting tonight the self-proclaimed TV junkie is taking on a new role: that of Tom Card, former CIA training officer and mentor to Michael Westen on Burn Notice. In honor of McGinley's new gig—he'll appear in at least five episodes of the USA spy show—we called up the actor to chat about why he loves TV and what he's watching on it. Here's what he had to say...

On people who don't watch television:
McGinley said he hates it when people say they don't watch any television, a sentiment he shares with Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence.

"Billy Lawrence, who was the executive producer on Scrubs, would say it was an arrogant, back-east thing, and it's always a lie when celebrities would tell him they didn't watch any television," McGinley said. "When someone would tell Billy they didn't watch TV, he would always go, 'Yes, you do!' And I've seen him do it, and after a few seconds, they'll say, 'I guess I watched 60 Minutes, and Game of Thrones' ... 'Oh, so you doooooo watch TV!'"

On his TV influences:
"One of my biggest influences is Carroll O'Conner from All In The Family, but just to scramble your eggs," he said to me while laughing maniacally, "I'm going to throw in Phyllis Diller, she was a daffy, female comedian who used to destroy Johnny Carson. When I was a kid she destroyed me. I can't remember why, but she did. And then there's Redd Foxx of Sanford and Son, and he's also one of the dirtiest stand-up comedians in the history of stand-up. And Flip Wilson, he was a cross-dressing comedian and played a woman name Gerald Dean."

On loving his DVR:
"That box is the greatest thing ever invented." 

Read on to find out which TV shows made McGinley's top five, starting with his absolute favorite.

Homeland:

"I would put this show up there with The Sopranos. It has a great layered complex storytelling. I like the agreement that it seems to make with the audience that we're going to start this story out really slowly and meticulously and YOU ARE GOING TO WATCH. That leap is unbelievable. It's just so ballsy. It's the best show on TV, by far!"

Game of Thrones:

"The A B C D storylines in each episode are shot on different continents. It's as good visually as most films to me. The actors are completely superior, the direction is flawless, and it's as good as any old-fashioned serialized storytelling. I just can't wait for the next episode."

Boardwalk Empire:

"I especially loved Season 2 because the writers learned from all the mistakes that were made in Season 1. The storytelling got so much more sophisticated and then of course I love when you kill a principle [character]. In the Season 2 finale, a principle [character] was murdered. Also, Steve Buscemi is one of my favorite characters on the show—he's sublime."

Dexter:

"Love the show, but the last season I felt they lost their way a little bit. The first three or four seasons were really good, and I'm not going to say negative things because I'm not going to. I just thought they lost their way a bit and that means this season will be spectacular. Also, to follow up Johnny Lithgow as a bad guy is almost impossible. He was so unbelievable and even before him Jimmy Smits was great."

Spartacus:

"This fifth one is my guilty pleasure. This is sooooo good. It's all T 'n' A, big sweaty men, the hot chicks, Roman extravagance—it's great. The technology used by the director of the film 300 during the swordplay and the scenes where they slow down a fight is used in Spartacus. It's great."

John spreads the word about "End the Word"

John C. McGinley to star in new pilot for Bill Lawrence called Ground Floor

SOURCE

John C. McGinley may have found himself at the mercy of his company in Glengarry Glen Ross, but now the actor is about to start running things. McGinley will star as a corporate boss in the TBS comedy pilot Ground Floor, according to Deadline.com. The new work place comedy will mark a reunion between McGinley and Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence. 

Written by Lawrence and Greg Malins and directed by Gail Mancuso, Ground Floor follows a 29-year-old alpha male who has successfully risen through corporate America. He soon becomes forced to interact with his company’s support staff, a close group of care-free and fun-loving people. McGinley will play the group's boss Mr. Mansfield.

McGinley returned to Broadway after a 26 year absence earlier this season in the Al Pacino-led revival of Glengarry Glen Ross. He is known for his nine season turn as hot-tempered doctor Perry Cox onScrubs. His film credits include The Rock, Platoon and Seven. 

Watercolor Postcards trailer

John has a supporting role in this new movie.

Trailer is here:

Watercolor Postcards Trailer 1 from Rajeev Dassani on Vimeo.

My experience at Glengarry Glen Ross and meeting John C. McGinley

I went to go see Glengarry Glen Ross in late December on Broadway.  How could I pass up seeing John in one of the best written plays ever?

The performance started out a little bit shaky as Pacino's lines could barely be heard in the back where I was seated.  Then he ramped it up a bit.  I felt Pacino as Levene was a miscast in the beginning of the play, but he gave it a life of his own later on in the second act.  The second scene started and John C. McGinley stole the show with his rendition of Dave Moss, landing each line with precision you do not see too often.

While he was only in a few scenes and leaves the play towards the 2/3 mark, I strongly feel that John was a big anchor for the entire show.  A feat that was hard going against Pacino and Cannavale (who really took the Roma role to a new level).

I waited outside the theater afterward in hopes to get some signatures and meet John after the show got out. Unfortunately I was too late in getting to the right spot where the actors come out and missed him completely as he had exited first.  I didn't find this fact out until everyone else had left the stage doors and another person waiting had told me.

I was a little upset, but I didn't let that stop me.  My friends and I decided to come back two weeks later and get in line for the autograph seekers earlier on in the evening before the show let out.  I was hoping that the second time might be the charm.

I was right.  John came out right after Al Pacino did.  I was able to get his autograph, mention to him that I had been running this site, drop him a little note asking for an interview if he ever had the time and even got a picture with him.  He was extremely nice and made my wish of meeting him a reality that I will not forget.

His public relations manager contacted me the next day and arranged an email interview for the site, which I will post as soon as I hear back from her.

My dream of meeting my favorite actor finally came true and I could not be more happy about it.

Awesome!

John speaks about Glengarry.

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/12/28/john-c-mcginley-on-glengarry-glen-ross-critics-and-al-pacino/

When John C. McGinley got a call asking him to play Dave Moss in “Glengarry Glen Ross” with Al Pacino on Broadway he immediately began memorizing. Five days a week, four hours a day, for four weeks straight, he learned every ellipsis and comma in the brutal Pulitzer-prize winning script by David Mamet. He turned his rehearsal space in Los Angeles into “Mamet Theater Boot Camp” he says, and hired a young actor to be the “text police.”

“I told him what I want you to do is police the commas, the pauses, and the italics,” says Mr. McGinley. “I don’t ever want you to tell me how you think this is going, because you have no idea. All I want you to do is just be the word police,” Mr. McGinley says. “I just became this Mamet zealot.”

The technique worked. The most anticipated show of the fall – with Pacino as Shelley Levene and Bobby Cannavale as Ricky Roma – has gotten mixed reviews overall but McGinley, whose character plots to rob a third-rate real estate office, is often singled out for his performance.

Although he’s friends with Ed Harris, who played Moss in cult-status movie version of the play, he wouldn’t ask him for any advice or even watch the film. “I wanted to explore this one by myself.”

He admits his co-stars were surprised when he showed up for the first rehearsal looking a little like the do-gooder student who actually completes all of his summer reading over the vacation.

“I came to New York so wired it wasn’t even funny,” he laughs. “They thought I was a jackass.”

He spoke to Speakeasy about working with Pacino, memorizing Mamet, extending previews, and his not-so-delicate thoughts on critics. Following is an edited transcript.

How does it feel to be getting so many good reviews?

I’ve never gotten notices like this. I wouldn’t even put that kind of stuff on my bucket list, because it would never have occurred to me before. I wouldn’t put on my bucket list being on Broadway with Al Pacino and being directed by Daniel Sullivan — because it’s just never gonna happen. So when it does, it’s kind of astonishing.

I’ve done 70 films, 200 episodes of TV…  as Dr. Cox on “Scrubs” I got some good write ups there, but not like this. You don’t dream about this stuff. And so I’ll see these different write-ups and it seems like I must have composed them in a dark closet somewhere and dispatched them myself.

You haven’t been on Broadway in 27 years – not since “Requiem for a Heavyweight” in 1985. What took you so long?

The last time I was here we opened on a Thursday and closed on Sunday. It was shattering. It was profoundly upsetting.  Enough to where I didn’t want to do it anymore. I turned down a bunch of Broadway shows because it was too emotionally expensive.

You worked with Pacino on Oliver Stone’s “Any Given Sunday.” Is he the one who wanted you in this production?

I haven’t had the spine to ask why I got offered this play. I’m sure someone must have championed me and I haven’t asked yet. I don’t know why. It’s a little cowardly.

You often get cast as a jerk. Why is that? Are you one?

Sometimes I get cast as kind of a tough guy with a heart of gold. That’s what I try to do. Because, if the character’s just a jackass all the time there’s nothing redeeming. You can’t follow that character for nine years on TV. We tried to make Dr. Cox a tortured, damaged guy.

Dave Moss is the exploration of hopelessness, and what desperation spawns. All actors are familiar with hopelessness, we’ve all had a taste of hopelessness and it feels profoundly desperate. So if I plugged that into this character, all of a sudden I connected to that sense of hopelessness. When men are hopeless, it’s game on.

You’ve said you followed Mamet’s script exactly, breath for breath.

[In the script] there are pauses and words italicized and capitalized and in bold font for where David wants you to do this, that, and the other thing. I took that to be like Shakespeare – unless you’re going to do Iambic pentameter you might as well do a different play. And in my brain I just figured unless you are going to respect what David put on the page — I mean the play only won a Pulitzer — I just think you might as well do a different play. You might as well dance the steps that he put down for you to dance. And I did, and I still do.

That’s what people seemed to be a little miffed about with Pacino — that he wasn’t doing that specific Mamet-speak.

I don’t buy that stuff.  Al’s a god. You’re lucky to be in a room with him for two hours. Give me a break. There are nights when I watch that guy from the side of  the stage and I weep. He’s one of the greatest actors in the history of cinema and he’s astonishing on stage. I think they’re taking cheap shots. Al’s one of the great storytellers ever. You get to be in a room with him for two hours. Be quiet.

Well, people seemed to feel a little confused by the whole extended preview process and the price of the tickets.

Not people. Not people. A couple of writers at the New York Times.  Not people. I don’t agree with you. Not people. Here’s the problem. It’s real simple. If you’re a reviewer and your review is rendered irrelevant because the run is sold out, you’re going to be a petulant child and want to take your basketball and go home so the other kids in the playground can’t play with it. Because your opinion is not going to move the meter. So of course you’re going to have an axe to grind.

Who cares that there were more previews? What a jackass thing to reference. 1200 people are standing at the end of the show every night. What’s that? That’s because the previews were postponed? Yeah, it got tuned up, sure. So what?

(He laughs.) Now the New York Times is going to kill me the rest of my career.

Well the economics are a little bizarre for these plays. They would be hard to mount successfully without Al Pacino, but on the other hand, tickets were not cheap.

The business model worked out beautifully. There are only two or three people who can do this. Hugh Jackman, Al, and a couple other people where whatever the critics write is completely irrelevant. And that pisses them off. So what! These are the same people who hated “Les Mis” when it opened and tied to kill it. That didn’t work either.

John talks preparation for Glengarry and why it's his favorite role to date.

http://broadwaysbestshows.com/buzz/news/2012/12/03/john-c-mcginley-talks-mamets-glengarry-broadway-and-malibu/

How do you feel about your return to Broadway? Does it feel different with Glengarry Glen Ross?

It is profoundly different because last time I was in a show, it tuned up for a month in three different cities before it came to Broadway. We ran for two weeks of previews. We opened on Friday and closed on Sunday. It was completely and utterly devastating. It’s been different doing this run since it is pretty much sold out and will run until January 20th.!

Before returning, you have been keeping plenty busy in the worlds of television, film, voice-over work, etc… Do you have a favorite medium you’ve had the chance to work in?

Doing Glengarry is the single most exciting thing I’ve done as an actor. If you’re lucky enough to make a living as an actor, your family still has bills to pay. If you can get into the fraternity that is voice-over acting, it’s grand! If you can get on a TV show that runs for 9 years, that’s what dreams are made of. If you can do 6 movies with Oliver Stone, you’re lucky because the only other director who hires actors again that many times is Preston Sturgess. I feel I’m the single luckiest guy on the planet.

Recently, you’ve been working on multiple projects simultaneously. How do you balance your time while juggling all of them?

I just love doing it so it fuels me. The chaos fuels me.

Do you ever need any escapes from the chaos?

We live in Malibu, so I have to commute to every gig I get. It gives me time to go over stuff as I drive. I grew up in New York and Malibu reminds me of the Jersey Shore. Malibu is equidistant to Los Angeles as Bayhead is to the Village. I get the best of both worlds this way!

Going back to Glengarry, how to you start your process of getting to know your character Dave Moss?

I needed to start with the music of the language before I did anything else. I set up a theater boot camp in my rehearsal space in Malibu back in August. I hired a young kid to come out and just do the music of the words for four weeks. I used a metronome and many tricks to really get the rhythm and language in my bones.

Q&A with John C. McGinley

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/172411-PLAYBILLCOMS-CUE-A-Scrubs-and-Glengarry-Glen-Ross-Star-John-C-McGinley

Stage and screen star John C. McGinley, who returns to Broadway in the role of Dave Moss in the current revival of Glengarry Glen Ross, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture tidbits.

McGinley has previously appeared on Broadway in Requiem For a Heavyweight and played Stu in the Public Theater and film versions of Talk Radio.

Full given name:	John Christopher McGinley
Where you were born/where you were raised:	Born in Greenwich Village, NYC. Grew up in Short Hills, NJ.
Zodiac Sign:	Leo
What your parents did/do for a living:	Father: Businessman Mother: Teacher
Siblings	Two brothers and two sisters
Special skills:	Advocating for the special needs community
Something you're REALLY bad at:	Suffering bullies
First Broadway show you ever saw:	Harry Chapin's The Night That Made America Famous
If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be?	The Petrified Forest with Humphrey Bogart
Where did you train and were there any particularly memorable college productions?	NYU Graduate Theatre Program (M.F.A. '84)Camino Real
Did you have any particular mentors or inspirations as a young actor?	Mentor: Ron Van Lieu
Favorite showtune(s) of all time:	"Not While I'm Around" "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"
Favorite musicals:	Sweeney Todd The Mikado Dreamgirls Camelot
Some favorite modern plays:	Speed-the-Plow Danny and the Deep Blue Sea M. Butterfly Angels in America
Some favorite modern playwrights:	David Mamet, John Patrick Shanley, Tony Kushner and David Henry Hwang
Stage or screen stars of the past you would most have loved to perform with:	Spencer Tracy, Robert Shaw, Anna Magnani, Rita Hayworth, Richard Farnsworth
The one performance – attended - that you will never forget:	David Dukes and Richard Gere inBent
Music that makes you cry or moves you, any genre:	"Kentucky Ave" by Tom Waits "The Fixer" by Eddie Vedder "Do Ya" by E.L.O.
Your personal acting idols:	Burt Lancaster, Paul Newman, Walter Huston
MAC or PC	MAC
Most-visited websites:	Huffington Post Sports Illustrated NY Times
Most played song on your iPod:	The Prelude to Lohengrin
Last book you read:	"The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Must-see TV show(s):	"Homeland" "Dexter" "Boardwalk Empire"
Last good movie you saw:	"The Odd Life of Timothy Green"
Some films you consider classics:	"The Grey Fox" "Field of Dreams" "Casablanca" "Butch Cassidy…" "There Will Be Blood" "Gilda" "The Godfather"
Performer you would drop everything to go see:	Luciano Pavarotti
Pop culture guilty pleasure:	Vanity Fair Three favorite cities: Dublin, Florence, San Francisco Favorite sport/team/player: Football The New York Giants! Lawrence Taylor First CD/Tape/LP you owned: Steve Miller's "The Joker" How you got your Equity card: A summer stock production ofCarousel in Auburn, NY. Favorite liquid refreshment: Coffee What was your most recent stage production? Breast Men in the Los Angeles One-Act festival What do you most appreciate about the stage? No one can call "Cut!" What drew you back to Broadway after 25 years? David Mamet… and Al Pacino… and Daniel Sullivan Have you seen any previous productions of Glengarry? The original with Joe Mantegna How did you research for this role? Worked with my acting coach David Allen Warshofski! Any upcoming projects you can talk about? "Burn Notice" "Alex Cross" with Tyler Perry "42" with Harrison Ford Will there be hockey this year, and why or why not? Not so much. Because of short-sighted, greedy owners. How's your golf game these days? My sticks have been put away for the winter! How are you enjoying your extended time in New York? It has been spectacular! Worst flubbed line/missed cue/onstage mishap: I "went up" during my monologue in Talk Radio at the Public. After a few seconds I turned upstage and sat back down in my seat… brutal!! Worst costume ever: The dolphin shorts in "Are We Done Yet?" Most challenging role you have played onstage: "Heracles" directed by Tony Kushner Out of so many, do you have any favorite screen roles? Sergeant O'Neil in "Platoon" Dr. Cox in "Scrubs" Bob Slydell in "Office Space" Marvin in "Wall Street" Other Mamet plays you'd like to take on: Lakeboat Something about you that surprises people: That I will not abide even the most casual use of the words "retard" or "retarded." Three things you can't live without: Max Billie Grace Kate Career you would want if not a performer: Stone mason Words of advice for aspiring performers: 1. Train until you are blue in the face 2. Learn your lines!!

Glengarry opening gets pushed back a month.

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/06/glengarry-glen-ross-pushes-back-opening-by-a-month/