Elizabeth Banks is someone who is recognizable but not wildly famous.  These days, however, she's becoming quite the popular actress.  After appearing as Dr. Kim Briggs, love interest of J.D. (Zach Braff) on Scrubs, the 34-year-old actress has been offered several projects such as W., the biographical film directed by Oliver Stone on the life and presidency of George W. Bush, and the movie Zack and Miri Make a Porno, which is expected to be released on Friday, October 31.

But unlike her other previous projects, the Scrub actress' latest film, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, has generated quite a huge buzz due to its sex and nude scenes, something the managers at Megaplex Theaters think might just be a tad too much for their conservative viewers.

Zack and Miri Make a Porno is a comedy despite what the title may suggest.  Though it has certainly some raunchy and sexually explicit content, most people still regard the movie as anything but porno. You can find out for yourself when the film hits theaters this week.  But in a nutshell, it's about two friends who decide to make a porno movie to make some cash since they're completely broke, after meeting a wealthy gay porn couple at their high school reunion.

The movie, which features the Scrubs actress with Seth Rogen, received an R rating after director Kevin Smith successfully appealed an NC-17.  But Megaplex general manager Cal Gunderson told The New York Post, "we feel it's very close to an NC-17 with its graphic nudity and graphic sex."

As a result, the Megaplex Theaters, which operates 70 screens at five theaters in Salt Lake City, Ogden, Lehi, Sandy and South Jordan, will not be screening Zack and Miri Make a Porno when it opens nationwide Friday.  In fact, it's the only chain that has turned down the movie.


-Kris De Leon, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune, NY Post
(Image courtesy of The Weinstein Company)