“The Tale of Despereaux” Cast Interviews
Coming Soon talked exclusively with Dustin Hoffman, Sigourney Weaver, Emma Watson and Matthew Broderick at the Los Angeles press day for their new film, “The Tale of Despereaux,” based on the Newbery Medal-winning, best-selling fantasy novel by Kate DiCamillo.
Shortly after its publication, DiCamillo’s book drew the attention of four-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker Gary Ross. The two had one great thing in common: They both had a knack for telling stories about the most unlikely of heroes. For years, producer/writer Ross’ specialty has been discovering the relatable values and humanity of underdogs: a crippled horse who achieves greatness in “Seabiscuit,” a guy who becomes his better self by finding the boy inside in “Big,” and an everyman who redeems the decency of the Oval Office in “Dave.” When his wife, fellow producer Allison Thomas (”Seabiscuit”), brought the book to his attention, Ross felt the modern fairy tale would make a wonderful CG-animated movie. Continue Reading…
”The Tale of Despereaux” New Animated Movie – Trailer
Universal Pictures have released “The Tale of Despereaux” trailer, another animated mouse tale.
A modern fairy tale, ”The Tale of Despereaux” tells the story of four unlikely heroes: Despereaux (Matthew Broderick), a brave mouse banished to the dungeon for speaking with a human; Roscuro (Dustin Hoffman), a good-hearted rat who loves light and soup, but is exiled to darkness; Pea (Emma Watson), a Princess in a gloomy castle who is prisoner to her father’s grief; and Mig (Tracey Ullman), a servant girl who longs to be a Princess, but is forced to serve the jailer.
Based on Kate DiCamillo’s Newbery Medal-winning fantasy novel, “Tale of Despereaux” follows a little mouse with a big ear. Outcasted by other mice due to his strange appearance, he tops it by doing what mice shouldn’t do, like befriends and falls in love with a human being, Princess Pea. But, by being different, Despereaux is up for a whole new adventure which will make him a hero.
“The Tale of Despereaux” is scheduled to hit theaters on December 19th.
watch the trailer after the jump
Matthew Broderick in ”Diminished Capacity”
The upcoming comedy “Diminished Capacity” is directed by Terry Kinney starring Matthew Broderick, Virginia Madsen and Alan Alda.
The director Terry Kinney, is not known for his filmmaking, but instead for his acting in “OZ”, “Save the Last Dance” and “Devil in a Blue Dress.”
“Diminished Capacity” has already appeared at the Sundance Film Festival and is now scheduled to appear in theaters on July 4th, in limited release.
Alan Alda is Rollie Zerb, a small-town Missouri old-timer with Alzheimer’s, who lives with his sister (and some guy named Wendell in a trailer by the house). They are visited by Cooper (Matthew Broderick), who arrives at his mother’s request to help talk Uncle Rollie into a nursing home. Cooper has mental problems of his own, due to a recent concussion.
While back in town, he runs into Charlotte (Virginia Madsen), his high school sweetheart who is recently divorced from the town mayor. And somehow Rollie, Cooper, Charlotte and her son wind up heading to Chicago, where they are going to try to sell Uncle Rollie’s rare baseball card of Frank Schulte, from the 1908 Chicago Cubs (the last Cubbies team to win the World Series!)
Director: Terry Kinney
Writer: Sherwood Kiraly
Cast: Alan Alda, Matthew Broderick, Virginia Madsen
Release: July 4, 2008
you can see the trailer after the jump
‘Finding Amanda’ – Trailer and Poster
Taylor Peters (Matthew Broderick) is a television writer and producer working on a low-rated, little-respected half-hour sitcom. Taylor was probably destined for better things, but his compulsive gambling, recreational drug use and drinking problem (now under control) all conspired to throw his career off the rails several years back. Now all he does is play the horses, but does his best to keep his wife Lorraine (Maura Tierney) in the dark about it.
Unexpectedly, Taylor and Lorraine are called to Lorraine’s sister’s house to deal with a family emergency: Taylor’s twenty-year-old niece Amanda (Brittany Snow) is living in Las Vegas where, it’s been recently discovered, she’s working as a prostitute.
On their way home, Lorraine finds racing stubs in the glove compartment, and decides to leave Taylor. Lorraine decides not to come home.
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‘Then She Found Me’ – 2 New Posters Released
Two new posters from the upcoming film “Then She Found Me” has been released, featuring Helen Hunt with Bette Midler and Hunt with Colin Firth and Matthew Broderick.
The tagline states: “Life can change in a heartbeat.”
The movie is directed by Hunt and is based on a novel by Elinor Lipman.
More about movie and trailer HERE
It is currently scheduled to hit theaters on April 25th, in limited release.
Helen Hunt in ‘Then She Found Me’
A New York schoolteacher (Helen Hunt) hits a midlife crisis when, in quick succession, her husband leaves, her adoptive mother dies and her real one, an eccentric talk show host, materializes and turns her life upside down.
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Her life becomes more and more complicated when she separated from her husband and met the father from one of her students, with whom she falls in love with.
‘Then She Found Me‘, which marked the directorial debut of Hunt, based on a novel by Elinor Lipman, has gotten rave reviews when it opened the Palm Springs International Film Festival on January 3.
Featuring also Colin Firth, Bette Midler and Matthew Broderick, the ThinkFilm’s movie will be released in limited theaters on April 25.
