Nine times out of ten, the news of a pop star joining a movie would be cause for alarm. But Justin Timberlake has proved himself a very able and respectable actor. He's become one of the best regular Saturday Night Live hosts (particularly for the Dick in the Box skit) and was the best thing in Alpha Dog. Also, he brought sexy back, which we all feared was lost forever. Now the man who can explode a female gusset at forty paces is joining Mike Myers' latest comedy, The Love Guru. The comedy centres on a new Myers character, Pitka, an American who was left at the gates of an Indian ashram as a baby and raised by gurus. Therefore he decides to find fortune as a love guru. His skills are put to the test when he's employed to settle a rift between a hockey player (Romany Malco) and his estranged wife. The wife has since started dating a rival hockey player (Timberlake), causing her husband to go seriously off his game, much to the horror of the team's owner (Jessica Alba) and coach (Verne Troyer). The Love Guru will be Myers' first live-action movie in five years.

Olly Richards

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Fuck off Myers and Timbertool
Myers your films are shit, You lost the funny after Waynes World, Austin Powers was complete cackybumpoo. Timbertool, you are shit, music and acting, getting Janet Jacksons Tit out (how dare you) just leave it and die. Thanks for listening. ... Read More kinge247 About me
11:22, 29 August 2007 | Report This Post
For trousersnake...For...for...damn my friudian typing
Amazing how one little word can change a whole sentance!! ... Read More Teamwak About me
18:02, 28 August 2007 | Report This Post
Also, he brought sexy back, which we all feared was lost forever.
I have a fear that this article may well be better than this film. Quality line, Olly! I have some love of Trousersnake. Good luck to him! And Fat Tony, you have nothing nice to say about anything ... Read More Teamwak About me
18:01, 28 August 2007 | Report This Post
RE: Sounds ok
Jessica Alba in another film nooooooooo lol ... Read More kumar About me
11:57, 23 August 2007 | Report This Post
Sounds ok
Sounds like it could be Ok. Mike myers has gone recenlty from being ace to mediocre. Lets hope this is a return to form. ... Read More shool About me
11:08, 23 August 2007 | Report This Post
is it me or has Mike past his sell by date he was good in the 90s but i think it's time for both Myers and Jim C to leave the 00s to Steve C and Will Ferral ... Read More Tony Soprano About me
09:52, 23 August 2007 | Report This Post
sounds BETTER...
It still sounds a bit dodgy, I can kinda see the jokes coming already a year off, but it sounds better than the original "Mike Myers plays and Indian" pitch. Hopefully it will be a bit more Wayne's World, a little less Goldmember. ... Read More britesparc About me
09:16, 23 August 2007 | Report This Post
I really like the deodorant I just prefer the Tshirt
Sorry Mike, but its all sounding a bit flimsy ... Read More badmartin About me
09:05, 23 August 2007 | Report This Post
go away Justin
go away go away go away go away go away i hate you i hate you stay in the music biz ... Read More Tony Soprano About me
08:32, 23 August 2007 | Report This Post