Patrick Dempsey - Tom Bailey (Made of Honor) - Filming is done! Waiting for the first press! *spoilers*

**Eternal Flame** · 01-20-2007, 07:05 AM

MADEofHONOR

*beware of spoilers*

Movie Synopsis:

When a lovelorn man is asked to serve as the maid of honor in the wedding of the woman with whom he has fallen deeply in love, he accepts the offer in hopes of winning her heart and proving his undying love.
Patrick Dempsey stars in a romantic comedy that takes a look at love from the male perspective.

More summaries:

The story centers on Tom Bailey (Dempsey), who is in love with his best friend Claire. Production Weekly adds Tom has a fear of commitment and refuses to admit the obvious: he should propose to Claire before she finds a less procrastinating suitor. But when Colin, a rich Scotsman sweeps Claire off her feet and asks for her hand, he must witness her unquestioned happiness up close and personal, because she's chosen him to be her Maid Of Honor.

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Made of Honor revolves around Tom (Dempsey) and Claire (Monaghan), who have been platonic friends for 10 years. He’s a serial dater, while she wants marriage but hasn’t found Mr. Right. Pollack will play the father of Tom. Just as Tom is starting to think that he is relationship material after all, Claire gets engaged. When she asks Tom to be her “maid” of honor, he reluctantly agrees just so he can attempt to stop the wedding and woo her.

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Patrick about the film (TVGuide Sept. '07)
'It's about two best friends who met in college. My character invents the cardboard sleeve for coffee cups and makes a ton of money and becomes a bit of a player. Michelle Monaghan's character goes off to Scotland, meets a man and asks my character to be her maid of honour. During the process he discovers she's the perfect woman for him.'

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Tom Bailey is a guy who is extremely successful because he invented the coffee collar. (A coffee collar keeps you from burning your hand.) Tom is a bit of a playboy and he’s really good friends with Claire. They’re best friends. When she comes back from Scotlang, engaged and in love with a Scottish man and she goes off and falls in love with this Scottish man, then comes back and asks him to be the maid of honor and at that point he realizes how much he really loves her and that she’s the perfect girl for him and then he has to go and try to figure out how to sabotage the marriage and the wedding.
(PD about movie in moviesonline.ca interview)

by fozzy81

Movie Information

Current Film Status: Post - Production
Type: Features
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Release Date (USA): May 2nd, 2008

Production on Made of Honor began early May in Los Angeles, New York and Scotland. Filming finished on the weekend of July 7th.

Cast
Patrick Dempsey as Tom Bailey
Michelle Monaghan as Claire
Kevin McKidd as Colin Murray
Kelly Carlson as Christine
Sydney Pollack as Tom Bailey's dad
Kadeem Hardison as ...
Beau Garrett as ...
Richmond Arquette as ...
Busy Philipps as Melissa
Kathleen Quinlan as Joan

Crew
Paul Weiland - Director
Deborah Kaplan - Screenwriter
Harry Elfont - Screenwriter
Neal H. Moritz - Producer
Aaron Kaplan - Executive Producer
Sean Perrone - Executive Producer
Tania Landau - Executive Producer
Adam Sztykiel - Screenwriter

Websites
IMDB
Official Website (not yet available)

Media/Articles
First day on set - More Pictures - Shooting a wedding - Shooting in NY - Michelle/Patrick - NY Shooting - More NY Shooting (08/06) - Filming on the Bridge - Patrick and Kadeem - Patrick Shirtless and in a Dress - Patrick filming in a kilt

Youtube - Made of Honor Set Visit - PD on set - Short clips of Made of Honor

Movie Spoilers
There will be a flashback.

Flashback will take us back to a Halloween Party where Patrick is dressed up as Bill Clinton.

Patrick will wear a kilt - Filming in England/Scotland will take 6 weeks!

International Release Dates
Australia - 8th May '08
Belgium - July 30th '08
Bulgaria - 22nd August '08
Czech Republic - 12th June '08
Germany - 24th July '08
Netherlands - July 31st '08

Previous Threads
#1 - Filming is done! Waiting for the first press!

Patrick and Michelle Monaghan

Gio Gio · 01-20-2007, 09:14 AM

Karen thanks for the thread

Beatriz · 01-20-2007, 09:24 AM

Thank you for the new thread. I love romantic comedies, so I hope we get to know more about this one soon

**Eternal Flame** · 01-20-2007, 09:25 AM

I hope we get more info too, since I see more and more websites with the same release date..

Though I also read that whether the movie is being released or not, Patrick still gets the money.. Talk about a sweet deal

BrucasForever<3 · 01-20-2007, 10:10 AM

Sounds like a good Movie...but with Patrick in it, it should be good.

thegreenlight · 01-20-2007, 06:14 PM

It's good to see Patrick starring in a movie.

It seems kind of impossible that it'd be releasing in December of this year, considering we don't even have a full cast yet. I assume it'll be filmed this summer, so I don't really see how it'll be out by the end of the year.

**Eternal Flame** · 01-21-2007, 06:20 AM

That's why I'm confused about the date as well.. Especially seeing how Enchanted was filmed last summer and is being released around the same date.

My guess is still on 2008, and I'm guessing that they made a mistake. And if it's indeed the release date, then they'd better hurry!

thegreenlight · 01-21-2007, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by shinystar (View Post)

That's why I'm confused about the date as well.. Especially seeing how Enchanted was filmed last summer and is being released around the same date.

Enchanted has a lot of animation and special effects, which is why it is taking a while to be released.

Gio Gio · 01-29-2007, 05:22 AM

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Weiland Directing Dempsey's Honor
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
January 28, 2007

Columbia Pictures has hired Paul Weiland to direct the romantic comedy Made of Honor, starring Patrick Dempsey, says The Hollywood Reporter.

Written by Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont from an original script by Adam Sztykiel, the story centers on a man (Dempsey) who is in love with a woman, but she's engaged to someone else. When the woman asks Dempsey's character to be her maid of honor, he agrees with the intention of winning her heart.

The studio, which bought Sztykiel's spec script in April 2003, is searching for a female lead.

Neal Moritz is producing through his Sony-based Original Film shingle. Aaron Kaplan and Sean Perrone are executive producing alongside Original's Tania Landau.

Source: Weiland Directing Dempsey's Honor - ComingSoon.net

**Eternal Flame** · 01-29-2007, 08:44 AM

That makes sense Lis

and thnx for that Gio! Nice to finally have a director's name

I don't really know much from his IMDB site, other then the Mr. Bean stuff.. I'm curious..

fozzy81 · 02-16-2007, 07:42 AM

Sounds like a good movie i like Patrick in the romantic lead

**Eternal Flame** · 02-16-2007, 07:49 AM

Looking forward to this movie as well.. I wish there was a bit more information about the cast.

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Dempsey's Made of Honor Gets Beaned
January 29th.

Paul Weiland

Anything is possible. Patrick Dempsey went from a lawnmower-riding heartthrob to being completely off the radar, only to come back again as Dr. Derek "McDreamy" Sheperd on the popular Grey's Anatomy. Sure, he's had a few films of note in between, like his stint as a police detective on Scream 3 and being shafted by Reese Witherspoon in Sweet Home Alabama, but they haven't inspired sighs of "Oh, Patrick!" like Grey's. While he gets his next chance at movie heartthrob status with Made of Honor, he's getting a very, very surprising directorial Best Man.

While the idea of a Dempsey-headed romantic comedy might inspire you to think of a number of romantic comedy directors, Columbia Pictures is taking a different route. Believe it or not, the film is to be directed by the man who not only brought us a myriad of Bean movies from Merry Mishaps to Perilous Persuits, but also the oh-so-awesome Leonard Part 6 -- yes, I'm talking about the one and only Paul Weiland. Sure, the man is also responsible for Roseanna's Grave, but is that film really enough to keep him in mind for romantic comedies?

As Erik shared in December, Honor follows Dempsey's character, a man in love with a woman (yet uncast) who is engaged to someone else. She asks him to be her "maid" of honor, and he accepts the position, planning to steal her from her current beau -- definitely not a plan made of honor. It's great to see the idea of "maid of honor" get questioned, since men and women are no longer socially divided by sex, but that's pretty much dashed by his scheme to get the girl. I can only hope that they give the woman some credit and not have her heart won by a man who agrees to stand at her wedded side only to get the goods for himself.

Dempsey's Made of Honor Gets Beaned - Cinematical

thegreenlight · 02-16-2007, 07:13 PM

Thanks for the article, Karen.

Hopefully we'll hear more about the cast soon.

Gio Gio · 02-23-2007, 08:07 AM

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Patrick Dempsey Becomes the Made of Honor
Thursday, February 22nd, 2007

Patrick Dempsey is set to star in the romantic comedy, Made of Honor for Sony Pictures.

Paul Weiland is directing the Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont script; the story centers on Tom Bailey (Dempsey), who is in love with his best friend Claire. Production Weekly adds Tom has a fear of commitment and refuses to admit the obvious: he should propose to Claire before she finds a less procrastinating suitor. But when Colin, a rich Scotsman sweeps Claire off her feet and asks for her hand, he must witness her unquestioned happiness up close and personal, because she's chosen him to be her Maid Of Honor.

Production on Made of Honor will begin early May in Los Angeles, New York and Scotland.

Made of Honor
Rating: NONE
Release: December 14th, 2007
Starring: Patrick Dempsey
Studio: Columbia Pictures

Source: Patrick Dempsey Becomes the Made of Honor

**Eternal Flame** · 02-23-2007, 04:34 PM

Thank you for that information Gio!! Finally some news!!

Good to hear that they'll start shooting in May, when Grey's is done shooting.
and the release date is still December.. I hope that will turn out fine, that the editing won't be rushed..