Summer movie cameos: Funny or superfluous?

‘Hancock’

Cameo: Michael Mann / Nancy Grace

Funny or superfluous?: Superfluous

Before “Hancock” was a good-time Will Smith summer blockbuster, it was a project called “Tonight, He Comes,” a hard-nosed action drama that director Michael Mann considered making. Although Mann eventually passed on the project, he stayed on as a producer. He makes a brief appearance as a hard-nosed businessman watching PR guy Ray Embrey (Jason Bateman) give a presentation. It’s an amusing sighting for those in the know, but not for anyone else. Nancy Grace, however, succumbs to the Larry King disease.  (Frank Masi / Associated Press)