New Adam Sandler’s “Zohan” Photos
After few interesting trailers, we now have new photos from upcoming comedy “You Don’t Mess with the Zohan.”
The film centers on a Mossad agent (Adam Sandler) who fakes his death so he can move to New York and become a hairstylist. Rob Schneider already has boarded the project as an East Yistannen cab driver. Judd Apatow, Robert Smigel and Sandler penned the screenplay.
“Zohan” is directed by a long-time Sandler collaborator, Dennis Dugan, who has helmed other Sandler starrers like “Happy Gilmore” and “Big Daddy.” Scheduled to hit theaters on June 6th, 2008.
Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster to Star in ‘Pandorum’
Dennis Quaid and Ben Foster have signed on to topline the sci-fi thriller Pandorum, with Constantin Film financing and Overture Films releasing domestically.According to Variety, Christian Alvart, who made his directorial debut on Antibodies, is attached to direct.
Pandorum, penned by Travis Milloy, centers on two crewmen who awaken aboard their spacecraft unaware of their mission or identities and then make a discovery that threatens the survival of mankind.
Production begins in early August in Berlin.
Johnny Depp stars opposite his fan!
Johnny Depp will be starring alongside one of his biggest fans in his new movie ‘Public Enemies‘.
The fan paid a staggering $91,000 to appear as an extra in a non-speaking role opposite the Johnny Depp.
Money from the charitybuzz.com auction will go to the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial, a living memorial which aims to “advance the human rights movement through providing innovative support to courageous human rights defenders around the world who have won the RFK Human Rights Award”.
Other experiences available in the auction, which runs until May 14, include the chance to meet Will Smith at the premiere of his new film ‘Hancock‘.
‘Twilight’ trailer to break ‘Indy’ record
The trailer for Catherine Hardwicke’s teen vampire film Twilight is on target to break the record for the most watched internet trailer.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull currently holds the record after amassing 4.1 million views in a week when its trailer was released online in March.
After debuting on MySpace on Monday, the trailer for Twilight was watched more than 2 million times over a three-day period.
An adaptation of Stephanie Meyer’s young adult novel, Twilight focuses on a teenage girl who falls in love with a vampire. The novels have sold more than 6 million copies in the US.
A recent Time Magazine profile dubbed Meyer the “new J.K. Rowling”.
Twilight is scheduled for release in December.
Natalie Portman pulls out of ‘Wuthering Heights’
Natalie Portman has reportedly angered studio bosses by quitting a big screen version of Wuthering Heights.
The actress actively lobbied for the role of heroine Catherine Earnshaw in the adaptation of Emily Bronte’s 1847 novel after director John Maybury originally said he wanted to cast an English star.
He and producers Ecosse Films and HanWay gave Portman the part and agreed to her request for casting approval for central character Heathcliff, currently tipped for Michael Fassbender.
The film is scheduled to begin shooting in autumn.
‘Speed Racer’ - First 7 Minutes
The first seven minutes from “Speed Racer” have been released online to entice you to check out the film in theaters.
The movie is based on the classic 1960’s Japanese animated series chronicling the aspirations of a young race car driver as he attempts to obtain glory, with the help of his family and the Mach 5, the advanced car created by his father.
“Speed Racer” is scheduled to hit both conventional and IMAX theaters TODAY (May 9th).
New ‘Kung Fu Panda’ Trailer
A new trailer for DreamWorks‘ latest animated feature, Kung Fu Panda, has just debuted online. The movie stars Jack Black as Po, a lazy, irreverent slacker panda, who must somehow become a Kung Fu Master in order to save the Valley of Peace from a villainous snow leopard. The movie boasts an impressive voice cast, which features Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, Dustin Hoffman, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu and Michael Clarke Duncan.
The writers and directors for “Kung Fu Panda” are very inexperienced, but have worked on the animated show “Father of the Pride,” and have written several “King of the Hill” episodes. Kung Fu Panda opens on June 6.
‘Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian’ to premiere at O2 arena
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian will debut at a record-breaking premiere in London, the BBC reports.
The film will get its first showing at the O2 arena in front of an audience of 10,000.
A giant cinema screen will be installed at the venue, making the Disney film’s premiere the “biggest single screen, shared audience experience ever”.
Based on the book by C.S. Lewis, Prince Caspian is the second entry in Disney’s Narnia franchise following 2005’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
Liam Neeson and Tilda Swinton reprise their roles from the first film while newcomer Ben Barnes plays the titular Prince.
Tickets for the premiere go on sale from tomorrow (May 9) with a portion of the money raised being donated to Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity.
‘Iron Sky’ Teaser Trailer
In 1945, realizing that the war was taking a turn for the worst, the Nazis sent a collection of their best and brightest to establish a secret base on the moon where they would nurse themselves back to strength and develop their powerful military technology until the were ready to return. That day will arrive in 2018.
After months of work and fine tuning to get everything just right the teaser arrived on YouTube yesterday, which seems a shameful way to treat something as visually impressive as this. Apparently the director agrees as he’s just passed us a Much higher quality version of that same promo spot to load in to the Player. And, the wait has been worth every second. This thing is spectacular, from the detailed CG work, to the spectacular production design, to that weirdly mournful title song - one that wouldn’t be out of place in a Bond film. Everything about this thing is absolutely perfect.
First Look At Josh Brolin As George W. Bush
When it was revealed that Josh Brolin had been cast as George W. Bush in Oliver Stones my first thoughts were ‘Why the hell are they making a movie on George Bush?’, and secondly, ‘Josh Brolin doesn’t look anything like him. Brolin looks slightly intelligent for a start.’
However, Entertainment Weekly have released the first images of Brolin in costume, and he does kind of look like the President.
Oliver Stone has publicly promised the biopic will be a “fair, true portrait of the man,” but already there are those accusing him of the politics of personal destruction - and, worse, of trying to influence the election by painting the current Republican administration as reckless doofuses. Naturally, Stone vehemently denies all charges.
“Bush may turn out to be the worst president in history,” he declares. “I think history is going to be very tough on him. But that doesn’t mean he isn’t a great story. It’s almost Capra-esque, the story of a guy who had very limited talents in life, except for the ability to sell himself. The fact that he had to overcome the shadow of his father and the weight of his family name - you have to admire his tenacity. There’s almost an Andy Griffith quality to him, from A Face in the Crowd. If Fitzgerald were alive today, he might be writing about him. He’s sort of a reverse Gatsby.”
The rest of the cast includes Thandie Newton as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Ioan Gruffudd as Tony Blair, Rob Corddry as Ari Fleischer, James Cromwell as George Herbert Walker Bush, Ellen Burstyn as Barbara Bush and Jeffrey Wright as General Colin Powell.
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First ‘The Promotion’ Trailer
Dimension Films has now released the trailer for their upcoming comedy “The Promotion,” starring John C Reilly (Walk Hard) and Seann William Scott (The Rundown).
In the movie, when two assistant managers of a large grocery-store chain learn that a long-awaited promotion is soon to be announced, the competition that soon heats up between the pair drives their families and co-workers to the edge of sanity in this comedy starring Seann William Scott and John C. Reilly.
“Pursuit of Happyness” screenwriter Steve Conrad makes his feature directorial debut with “The Promotion.”
‘Meet Dave’ Pictures
Take a look at these pictures from the upcoming Eddie Murphy comedy ‘Meet Dave‘.
The story centers on a spaceship that takes the form of a human (Murphy). It’s operated by 100 human-looking, quarter-inch-tall aliens seeking a way to save their planet.
Complications ensue when their captain (also played by Murphy) falls in love with an Earth woman who always picks losers to date.
Elizabeth Banks, Gabrielle Union, Ed Helms, Judah Friedlander will also star.
‘Meet Dave’ is scheduled to hit theaters on May 30th, 2008.
Cannes Film Festival will pay its own tribute to Warner Bros.
The Cannes Film Festival announced plans on Wednesday to pay tribute to Warner Bros. on the studio’s 85th anniversary by screening a classic movie from the studio’s archives.
Cannes’ Cinema de la Plage will screen a Warner pic every night, including a one-off “Looney Tunes” event, as part of the Cannes Classic section.
The tribute begins with a screening of Mervyn LeRoy’s 1932 I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang and ends with 1999’s The Matrix.
The festival said that it will also premiere film critic Richard Schickel’s documentary, You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story, narrated by Clint Eastwood, as well as a night of Looney Tunes shorts.
Somewhat surprisingly, the film series does not include a screening of The Jazz Singer, the first sound film, produced in 1927 and starring entertainer Al Jolson.
‘Quantum of Solace’ - Promo Photoshoot
Here are the first promo photos of Olga Kurylenko and Daniel Craig at the floating stage on Lake Constance in Bregenz, Austria.
A film crew will be in town until May 9 to shoot scenes for Quantum of Solace.
Indiana Jones Tops Hero Poll
Actors Bruce Willis and Harrison Ford have been voted the greatest ever action heroes. Around a quarter of the 3,000 people polled remembered Ford fondly as Han Solo in Star Wars and swashbuckling archaeologist Indiana Jones, a role he takes up again later on this year - for the fourth time.
Willis also set the standard in the 1980s, as John McClane in Die Hard, a role he reprised for the fourth time last year.
Third place was taken by Last Action Hero star Arnold Schwarzenegger, with 15 per cent of the vote.
Newer breeds of action hero Matt Damon as Jason Bourne, and Daniel Craig as James Bond, achieved fourth and fifth-equal places in the poll.
Craig tied with Sylvester Stallone, Steven Seagal and Mel Gibson in joint fifth place with 5 per cent each.
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