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Alec Baldwin, Chris Pine, Hugh Jackman, Jude Law, Isla Fisher Join Rise of the Guardians – DreamWorks Animation

By Fiona | Jan 27, 2011 | Movie News (0) Comment

Another 3D movie is coming, and this time we’re here to have a little chat about DreamWorks Animation’s 3D film titled Rise of the Guardians, based on William Joyce‘s upcoming children’s book series The Guardians of Childhood.

Alec Baldwin, Chris Pine, Isla Fisher, Hugh Jackman, Jude Law

So, no big deal? Wait until you hear who will voice the lead roles in the whole thing!

Alec Baldwin, Chris Pine, Hugh Jackman, Jude Law and Isla Fisher. Not bad for a 3D epic, right?

Here’s the Rise of the Guardians synopsis:

“When an evil spirit called Pitch becomes bent upon taking over the world by inspiring fear in the hearts of kids everywhere, a group of our greatest heroes – Santa, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, the Sandman and Jack Frost – band together for the first time, determined to stand in Pitch’s way.

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Rango Trailer #2

By Allan Ford | Dec 15, 2010 | Movie Trailers (1) Comment

Rango

Paramount pictures have debuted the second trailer for Gore Verbinski‘s CGI-animated film  Rango, starring Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Abigail Breslin, Bill Nighy, Stephen Root, Ray Winstone, Beth Grant, Ned Beatty, Harry Dean Stanton, and Alfred Molina.

Synopsis: A chameleon that aspires to be a swashbuckling hero finds himself in a Western town plagued by bandits and is forced to literally play the role in order to protect it.

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Two New Rango Posters

By Allan Ford | Dec 15, 2010 | Movie Posters (1) Comment

Rango poster

Today we have two new posters for the upcoming animated Rango movie.

The movie follows a chameleon that aspires to be a swashbuckling hero but finds himself in a Western town plagued by bandits and is forced to literally play the role in order to protect it.

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International Burke & Hare Poster

By Allan Ford | Oct 28, 2010 | Movie Posters (0) Comment

Burke & Hare

Below you can checkout the international poster for John Landis’ black comedy Burke & Hare.

Burke and Hare is a comedic take on a true murder case happening in 1828 Edinburgh. It revolves around the two title characters (Andy Serkis and Simon Pegg) who turn into grave robbers to overcome their financial problems and soon become murderers when corpses are not readily available.

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11 New Burke and Hare Photos, Clip and Two TV Spots

By Allan Ford | Oct 26, 2010 | Movie News, Movie Photos, Movie Trailers (0) Comment

Burke and Hare, Simon Pegg and Isla Fisher

Today we have 11 new photos, clip and two TV spots for John Landis’ Edinburgh-set black comedy Burke And Hare.

The story is based on the true story of Irish serial killers in Edinburgh, Scotland who murder their victims to then sell them as medical cadavers.

Burke (Pegg) and Hare (Serkis) were immigrants to Scotland from northern Ireland who, in the 1820s, got into the business of selling corpses to Edinburgh medical schools. The only problem with such enterprising activity was that they were involved in grave robbing and then murder to obtain the cadavers, rather than dedicated to the cause of advancing medical science.

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Burke and Hare Trailer Online!

By Allan Ford | Oct 5, 2010 | Movie Trailers (0) Comment

Burke and Hare

The first trailer for director John Landis‘ black comedy Burke and Hare is now online.

Based on the true story about the famous murderers, Burke And Hare follows the hapless exploits of these two men as they fall into the highly profitable business of providing cadavers for the medical fraternity in Nineteenth Century Edinburgh, then the centre of medical learning. The one thing they were short of was bodies.

The movie stars Simon Pegg, Andy Serkis, Isla Fisher, Tim Curry, Tom Wilkinson, Jessica Hynes, Bill Bailey, Stephen Merchant and Ronnie Corbett.

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Rango Movie Trailer

By Allan Ford | Jun 29, 2010 | Movie Trailers (0) Comment

Rango image

Yesterday we debuted the poster, now today we’ve got a new trailer for the upcoming animated film Rango.

Rango centers on a chameleon who’s going through an identity crisis and embarks on a cross-country journey where he ends up in the dangerous SouthWest territory. Instead of the animals being portrayed as creatures in the wild they’re given human characteristics, a cowboy/mariachi wardrobe, and a Western genre vibe.

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First Burke and Hare Set Photos

By Allan Ford | Mar 1, 2010 | Movie Photos (1) Comment

Burke and Hare photo, Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis

A brand new batch of photos from black comedy Burke and Hare has just been released.

A comedic take on the true story of the 1828 Edinburgh body-snatchers William Burke and William Hare. These two Irish entrepreneurs discover that a dead body can fetch a hefty price when the demands of the leading medical professors Dr. Knox and Dr. Monroe reach beyond that of the local supply.

Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis play William Burke and William Hare respectively, also stars Isla Fisher, Tim Curry, Tom Wilkinson, John Cleese, and Stephen Merchant.

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Isla Fisher In Two New Comedy

By Fiona | Oct 8, 2009 | Movie News (0) Comment

Isla FisherIsla Fisher (“The Confessions of a Shopaholic”) has signed up to star in two new romantic comedies for Universal.

Fisher will play the lead in “Life Coach” written by Liz Cackowski and Maggie Carey.

The movie follows the story of “a young woman who consults a life coach who turns out to be messed up”.

Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Chris Henchy will co-produce the film alongside Fisher.

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