First “Planet 51″ Clip
The first clip for the upcoming animated “Planet 51,” voiced by Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, Gary Oldman and John Cleese, has been released.
The sci-fi animated film revolves around American astronaut Captain Charles “Chuck” Baker who lands on Planet 51 thinking he’s the first person to step foot on it.
“The Other Guys” Begins Filming
Principal photography begins today on Columbia Pictures’ action-comedy “The Other Guys,” starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg. The film is directed by Adam McKay (Step Brothers, The Procedure, The Landlord) and written by Adam McKay & Chris Henchy(Land of the Lost). The film is a co-production between Gary Sanchez Productions and Mosaic. Adam McKay, Will Ferrell, Jimmy Miller, and Patrick Crowley produce. David Householter, Chris Henchy and Kevin Messick are the Executive Producers. Jessica Elbaum and Josh Church serve as Co-Producers.
Set in New York City, “The Other Guys” follows Detective Allen Gamble (Ferrell), a forensic accountant who’s more interested in paperwork than hitting the streets, and Detective Terry Hoitz (Wahlberg), who has been stuck with Allen as his partner ever since an embarrassing public incident with his quick trigger finger. Allen and Terry idolize the city’s top cops, Danson and Manzetti (Dwayne Johnson and Samuel L. Jackson), but when an opportunity arises for the Other Guys to step up, things don’t quite go as planned.
Planet 51 Cute Teaser Trailer
The teaser trailer for the upcoming animated “Planet 51,” voiced by Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, Gary Oldman and John Cleese, has been released.
“Planet 51″ revolves around American astronaut Captain Charles “Chuck” Baker who lands on Planet 51 thinking he’s the first person to step foot on it. To his surprise, he finds that this planet is inhabited by little green people whose only fear is that it will be overrun by alien invaders. With the help of his robot companion “Rover” and his new friend Lem, astronaut has to avoid capture in order to recover his spaceship and try to return home.
“Planet 51″ directed by Jorge Blanco and Javier Abad from the script by Joe Stillman will hit the theaters on November 20, 2009.
Brendan Fraser and Dwayne Johnson in ‘G.I. Joe’?
Though the upcoming action film “G.I. Joe” has started its production this February, it seems that the casting have yet to be settled as new casting reports are still coming in.
The latest reports came from the action adventure film suggested that the former WWE champion Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson may get a role in the film, where as Brendan Fraser have been tapped to join the cast.
Rock has been offered the role of Hector Delgado, a Navy Seal who is nicknamed Shipwreck, while Fraser has been signed to make a cameo appearance in the film as Gung Ho, the Village People-looking soldier.
The site further noted that Rock has yet to make any decision on the offer. Meanwhile, on Fraser’s role, it was said that the star of “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor” has done shooting for his one scene role. The scene reportedly is taken place at ‘The Pit’ and it will be showing a training sequence.
If the report contains any truth in it, the two Hollywood actors are joining the other already cast members, including Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Sienna Miller and Marlon Wayans, Ray Park, Rachel Nichols, Christopher Eccleston, Arnold Vosloo, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Byung-hun Lee. The shooting of the Stephen Sommers-directed film has been reported to have begun the filming on February 11, 2008. The film is expected to arrive at the theaters on August 7, 2008.
