John Cena Enters 'The Nest' with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler

On Sunday night WWE poster boy John Cena won his 15th (!!!) World Heavyweight Championship at the Money in the Bank PPV, bringing him only one away from matching Ric Flair. It's quite a feat considering he's popular enough to not really need the title to stay relevant, but we've also seen WWE's willingness to push those who have branched out to other media. Cena has certainly done that, starring in The Marine, 12 Rounds, and Legendary before taking a break from acting to focus on wrestling. Lately he's been making a return to the screen, lining up a role in Judd Apatow's comedy, Trainwreck, and now he's joining Amy Poehler and Tina Fey in The Nest.

The interesting thing is that Cena is rumored to be playing a villain, after years of WWE fans begging for his hero character to turn heel. This may be the closest they're ever going to get to that and it may be enough to lure a few Monday Night Raw viewers to check the film out. Jason Moore (Pitch Perfect) is directing with Poehler and Fey as siblings who decide to throw one last bash at their childhood home after it's put up on the market.

Also starring James Brolin, Ike Barinholtz, Maya Rudolph and John Leguizamo, The Nest opens November 18th 2015. [Deadline]

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Maya Rudolph Enters 'The Nest'; Isla Fisher and Rebel Wilson Join 'Grimsby'

* It's a total SNL reunion in the upcoming comedy The Nest as Maya Rudolph has joined stars Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Directed by Jason Moore (Pitch Perfect), the Fey and Poehler play two 30-something sisters who decide to throw one final bash at their childhood home upon learning it's been put up for sale. James Brolin is set to play the father, while Neighbors scene-stealer Ike Barinholz will take the male lead with Rudolph as a childhood friend. Rudolph will film The Nest before moving on to join The Greens Are Gone, an indie drama directed by Peer Pederson and starring Catherine Keener. [THR]

* Sacha Baron Cohen has rounded up a pair of funny ladies of his own for Grimsby, the spy spoof he'll be starring in alongside Mark Strong. Rebel Wilson and Cohen's wife Isla Fisher have joined the film which has Strong as an elite spy forced to team up with his football hooligan brother, played by Cohen of course. Ian McShane, Johnny Vegas, Gabourey Sidibe, and Annabelle Wallis co-star with Phil Johnston (Wreck-It Ralph), Peter Baynham (Borat), and Cohen having provided the screenplay. This will be the first time Cohen and Fisher have teamed up on a project and hopefully it works out well enough that it won't be the last.

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Amy Poehler Joins Tina Fey in 'The Nest'; John Magaro Meets 'Carol'

* It's a Weekend Update reunion as Amy Poehler has joined Tina Fey in The Nest. Directed by Jason Moore (Pitch Perfect) with a script by SNL vet Paula Pell, this sounds like the perfect film for them to reunite for. They'll play sisters Kate and Maura, who are forced to move out of "the nest" when their parents sell the family home and move into a condo. So the siblings do the adult thing and throw one wild final party. It'll be their first film together since 2008's Baby Mama, which is best left forgotten.[Showbiz411]

* It's been pretty quiet for John Magaro since his big 2012, when he starred in rock music drama Not Fade Away and Josh Radnor's Liberal Arts, but now he's starting to get busy again. He's joined the cast of Carol, Todd Haynes' adaptation of the Patricia Highsmith novel. Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara headline the 1950s drama about the relationship between a young shop girl and a middle-aged woman trapped in loveless marriage for money. Magaro will play Dannie, a writer for the New York Times who relates to Mara's character. [TheWrap]

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