'Love Guru' Soundtrack Gives Us Deeper Clues To Just How Painful Mike Meyers Comedy Will Likely Be

You've seen "The Love Guru" trailer and you've cringed in pain over just how unbelievably unfunny and terrible it looks. We actually shuddered the first time we saw it, it's wretched.

The film is tracking incredibly poorly right now, but we honestly think stupid audiences are going to go see this in droves regardless (we'd love to be proven wrong though).

Here's an amusing rumor via Slate.

"The impossibly difficult Mike Myers is said to be driving the folks at Paramount so crazy that some say—jokingly, we think—that the studio set the film to open in June against the presumably more commercial 'Get Smart' as payback."

Not the first time we've read that Mike Meyers is supposedly an insufferable prick and extremely difficult to work with. Well, the good part is Meyers is going to be singing his heart out seemingly through the entire movie! He sings Dolly Parton's "9 To 5," Steve Miller's "The Joker" and Extreme's "More Than Words," in the film and those scenes will surely be the typically painful Meyers smarmy mugging moments that can turn even the bravest audiences stomaches. I mean you have Justin Timberlake in this film as a French-Canadian hockey player and perhaps the only potentially funny element of this film, why not maybe get him to do a new song? Nope, not happening. The saving grace on this thing is the Cornershop song, it's an old gem.

The soundtrack is due June 17 the movie comes out June 20 for the morbidly sick and curious. Oh, and it looks like the producers of this film don't quite get the viral marketing thing yet.

"The Love Guru" soundtrack tracklist.
01. Morning Meditation - Andrew Mendelson
02. 9 To 5 - Mike Myers
03. Brimful Of Asha (Norman Cook Remix) - Cornershop
04. Stop Hitting Yourself (dialog) – Mike Myers
05. More Than Words - Mike Myers and Manu Narayan
06. The Joker - Mike Myers
07. Lead Me To Your Rock -Telma Hopkins and Toronto Children’s Concert Choir
08. Big Boi - B.A.S.K.O.
09. C'est La Vie - Robbie Nevil
10. I Drove All Night - Celine Dion
11. My Name Is Guru Pitka (dialog) – Mike Myers
12. Mere Mitwa Mere Meet Re - Lata Mangeshkar and Mohd Rafi
13. Guru Vindaloo - George S. Clinton
14. Mathar - Danny Saber
15. Guru Lineage (dialog) – Mike Myers
16. Guru Pitka Chant - Guru Pitka's Ashram Band
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Random: Pete Seeger, Justin Timberlake, Beastie's MCA, 'Planet B-Boy'

PBS aired the documentary "Pete Seeger: The Power of Song," this week about the now-88-year-old Godfather of american folk music. The film interviews with fans such as Johnny Cash Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Joan Baez, Dixie Chicks Natalie Maines, and more and chronicles Seeger's life from his early folk days through his blacklisted McCarthy dark period. The old dude who has been around long enough to have spent time with Leadbelly didn't even really like the film though. "It's too much a eulogy if you ask me. It didn't tell all the stupid things I've done. I've done hundreds of stupid things." [Rolling Stone]

The trailer for movie where Justin Timberlake plays a "trousersnake"-touting French Canadian professional skater/ aspiring porno actor - "The Love Guru," with Mike Meyers and Jessica Alba is online. It looks largely terrible with a few guffaws and is set for July. [Moviefone]

"Weaving between the vivid backdrops of Osaka, Paris, Seoul and Las Vegas, spectacular choreography frames the intimate stories of dancers who struggle for their dreams despite being misunderstood by larger society and their own families," the breakdance documentary "Planet B-Boy," is due in theaters March 21. [Apple Trailers]

Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch's new film production company, Oscilloscope Pictures, is already has its eyes on a handful of new films. “There are cool, interesting films that fall between genres that the larger companies might not be not looking to distribute.” Yauch said. The rapper/director and filmmaker says he's looking at the Film house as a small indie label and says he's learned from the shuttering of the Beasties’ defunct Grand Royal imprint. “There’s a danger of getting too much overhead going...a big part of the idea is to do everything in-house — the artwork, the DVD covers, posters, that kind of stuff.” [Rolling Stone]

Watch: "Pete Seeger: The Power of Song" trailer

Watch: "Planet B-Boy" Trailer

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