Ben Mckenzie on “Funny or Die”

Posted by Michal on June 19, 2011 | Filed under Media Alerts, Site Updates, Video Updates | Browse the News Archives

From: funnyordie.com

The Blisters with Ben McKenzie

Whenever a band breaks up it’s especially hard on all the members, when one of the guys in the group is just too old for the group, that’s when it gets really tough.

A link to the video was posted by Ben himself via his new twitter account, @ben_mckenzie. In his latest tweet Ben wrote:

Boarding a plane back from Europe to the states. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on the short…in 12 hours.

So be sure to tell Ben what you thought of the video.

Batman: Year One Sneak Peek

Posted by Michal on June 11, 2011 | Filed under Batman: Year One, Media Alerts, Site Updates, Video Updates | Browse the News Archives

From: dailyblam.com

The next animated feature from DC Entertainment and Warner Premiere will be the adaption of the acclaimed Batman story from Frank Miller, with Bryan Cranston, Ben McKenzie, Eliza Dushku and Katee Sackhoff lending their voices to the main characters.

Batman: Year One — otherwise known simply as Year One — is a 1987 comic book story arc written by Frank Miller and illustrated by David Mazzucchelli. The story finds a young Bruce Wayne who has spent his adolescence and early adulthood traveling the world so he could hone his body and mind into the perfect fighting and investigative machine. But now as he returns to Gotham City, he must find a way to focus his passion and bring justice to his city.

Retracing Batman’s first attempts to fight injustice as a costumed vigilante, we watch as he chooses a guise of a giant bat, creates an early bond with a young Lieutenant James Gordon, inadvertently plays a role in the birth of Catwoman, and helps to bring down a corrupt political system that infests Gotham.

Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston will voice Jim Gordon, while Ben McKenzie is Bruce Wayne/Batman. Dollhouse’s Eliza Dushku will play Catwoman, and fan-favorite actress Katie Sackhoff will voice Detective Sarah Essen, a love interest to Gordon. Alex Rocco has also been announced to be playing crime lord Carmine Falcone.

Bruce Timm previously confirmed that a Catwoman short would be attached to the feature. Batman: Year One is directed by Lauren Montgomery and Sam Liu and scribed by Tab Murphy. The animated film will be rated PG-13 and is due out in this fall but will make it’s world premiere at the San Diego Comic-Con in July.

Ben’s interview on Ryan Seacrest’s radio show.

Posted by Michal on February 22, 2011 | Filed under Interviews, Media Alerts, Southland | Browse the News Archives

Ben was interviewed early Tuesday morning on Ryan Seacrest’s radio show. You can listen to the interview HERE or click on the image below for it.

Ben’s appearance on The Ellen Degeneres Show has been rescheduled

Posted by Michal on February 11, 2011 | Filed under Gallery Updates, Interviews, Media Alerts, Public Appearances | Browse the News Archives

Ben’s appearance on The Ellen Degeneres Show has been rescheduled to Monday, February 14 (Valentine’s Day). Ben was taping his appearance on Ellen today for airing on Monday.

This was posted on “seriouslyomg.com“:

Ben McKenzie’s mom has given up on him

Ben McKenzie will be on Ellen on Monday and he told her his mother is over him.

Ellen: Now, will you be spending Valentine’s Day with someone?
Ben: I knew you were going to get to this. I’m not married. Audience cheers. This is really going to cheer me up. I’m not married. Recently out of a relationship. Audience cheers again. This is doing wonders for my confidence. This is fantastic.
Ellen: We probably have somebody in the audience. Audience cheers. Look there are people pointing, voting already. Audience cheers. Well, we’ll put the names in a hat and just pick one.
Ben: It’ll probably work as well as my system at this point.
Ellen: And what is your system?
Ben: I don’t have one. Laughs. It’s a disaster.
Ellen: Well, you’re working all the time.
Ben: I am. And that’s what I tell my mother. I’m working.
Ellen: Is your mother bugging you about that?
Ben: She’s given up on me. She’s moved on to my two younger brothers who are both married. They’re more likely to give her grandkids at this point which is really the point of the whole exercise. I mean, she cares about me, she’s my mother. But it’s really about grandkids so she just moves on to them.

The site’s gallery has also been updated with pictures of Ben at the opening night performance of ’33 Variations’ at the Center Theatre Group’s Ahmanson Theatre on February 9, 2011.

Ben is scheduled to appear on The Ellen Degeneres Show on February 10

Posted by Michal on February 08, 2011 | Filed under Media Alerts, News & Gossip, Public Appearances, Southland | Browse the News Archives

Ben is scheduled to appear on The Ellen Degeneres Show on February 10 (Thursday this week). This is from the official site of Ellen’s show:

When BEN McKENZIE was last here, he told Ellen about a scene he did in “Southland” — completely pantless! Maybe he’ll consider doing a pantless interview today! The sexy guy is stopping by today, and he’ll make sure to give Ellen an update on his adorable rescue dog, Oscar.

Ben as TCM Guest Programmer

Posted by Michal on January 24, 2011 | Filed under Gallery Updates, Media Alerts, Public Appearances, Southland, Video Updates | Browse the News Archives

From: TCM.com

Ben McKenzie, this month’s Guest Programmer, has become a television superstar thanks to his roles as Ryan Atwood in Fox’s teen drama The O.C. and as Ben Sherman in the gritty crime series Southland, currently showing on TNT. McKenzie also has earned awards and solid reviews for his acting in such films as Junebug (2005), 88 Minutes (2008) and Johnny Got His Gun (2008).

Film fan McKenzie says programming movies from the vast TCM library is “hard work,” and he has settled on an eclectic mix of dramas and comedies that span the decades. He tells host Robert Osborne that Terrence Malick’s atmospheric thriller Badlands (1973) is one of his all-time favorites and “one of the reasons I became an actor.” As a fan of sports movies, McKenzie admires both the book This Sporting Life and the 1963 film version starring Richard Harris in a “terrific” performance as a tough rugby player.

For a comic change of pace McKenzie picks Duck Soup (1933) because, with the Marx Brothers, “Everything is on the table–they will make fun of absolutely everything. This one takes aim at the political establishment, government, war.” McKenzie first saw David Lean’s The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) on television as a youngster and enjoyed its adventure, then later came to appreciate its “great performances” and stirring themes of “patriotism, loyalty and honor.”

Here’s the video of Ben on the show (5 parts):