“The Wackness” Trailer #2 and Movie Photos
A brand new trailer for the upcoming Ben Kingsley film “The Wackness” has been released.
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t’s the summer of 1994, and the streets of New York are pulsing with hip hop and wafting with the aroma of marijuana. The newly-inaugurated mayor, Rudolph Giuliani, is only beginning to implement his initiatives against crimes such as noisy portable radio, graffiti and public drunkenness.
“The Wackness” centers upon a troubled high school student named Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck)-a teenage marijuana dealer who forms a friendship with Dr. Jeffrey Squires (Ben Kingsley), a psychiatrist and kindred lost soul. When the doctor proposes Luke trade him marijuana for therapy sessions, the two begin to explore both New York City and their own depression.
“The Wackness” is written and directed by Jonathan Levine, who is also the man behind “All the Boys Love Mandy Lane.” His new movie has already appeared at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. You can catch it in theaters on July 3rd, in limited release.
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Brand New ‘Meet Dave’ and ‘The Wackness’ Posters
Today, we have a two brand new poster: first one for the upcoming Eddie Murphy comedy “Meet Dave,” which is basically a zoomed out look of what was going on in the previous poster. The tagline states: “There’s a whole other world going on inside of him.”
Second poster is for “The Wackness“, which just enjoyed its New York premiere at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival earlier this week. “The Wackness” is written and directed by Jonathan Levine, who is also the man behind “All the Boys Love Mandy Lane.” His new movie has already appeared at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize.
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Red Band Trailer for ‘Hamlet 2′ Comedy
A restricted trailer for the upcoming comedy “Hamlet 2″ has released, which features some language and a “Rock Me, Sexy Jesus” song.
“Hamlet 2″ is directed by Andrew Fleming (The Craft, Nancy Drew) and has already appeared at the Sundance Film Festival. It is scheduled to hit theaters on August 22nd, in limited release.
Cast: Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, Amy Poehler, David Arquette, Elisabeth Shue, Melonie Diaz
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‘What Just Happened?’ to close Cannes
“What Just Happened?” Barry Levinson’s tale of an embattled Hollywood producer, has been chosen to close this year’s Festival de Cannes.
The movie, written by Art Linson and based on his memoir about his experiences as a producer, stars Robert De Niro as Ben, whose professional and personal life comes undone during one turbulent week.
In a life-imitating-art turn, the film’s climactic scene takes place at the Festival de Cannes, with the fictional movie-within-a-movie that Ben has produced opening the festival.
The official announcement is expected sometime next week.
“Happened” also stars Catherine Keener as a tough-as-nails studio chief and features a number of stars, including Sean Penn and Bruce Willis, playing themselves in self-parodying roles.
The 2929 Prods. film generated strong buzz coming in to January’s Sundance Film Festival, with co-reps CAA and Cinetic expected to fetch at least a significant seven-figure price for it. But the movie received a mixed critical response and failed to catch fire with distributors, and its rights remain available.
The Cannes slot will represent a do-over of sorts on the acquisitions front, though it was unclear at press time who would rep it on the Croisette. 2929 was behind last year’s big Cannes sale, James Gray’s crime drama “We Own the Night,” which went to Sony in a reported eight-figure deal.
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First Trailer For Ben Kingsley’s ‘The Wackness’
The trailer for the upcoming Ben Kingsley film “The Wackness” has been released, featuring a few scenes of Mary Kate Olsen and Famke Jenssen.Set in New York in summer 1994, the greatest year in hip-hop, the story revolves around a troubled teenage drug dealer (Josh Peck) who trades pot for therapy sessions with a drug-addled psychiatrist (Kingsley) intent on living his life to the fullest.
“The Wackness” is written and directed by Jonathan Levine, who is also the man behind “All the Boys Love Mandy Lane.” His new movie has already appeared at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize.
You can catch it in theaters on July 3rd, in limited release.
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First Five Minutes: ‘Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden?’
The Weinstein Company has released the first five minutes from Morgan Spurlock’s latest documentary, entitled “Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?.” The first two minutes just show Spurlock fighting Bin Laden in a video game, while the rest prepare him for what he is about to experience.In the new movie, the hunt for the Al Qaeda leader takes Spurlock to Egypt, Morocco, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Along the way he forms a picture of the Middle Eastern populations whose fates are inextricably intertwined with those in the United States.
“Where in the World” already premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and will be hitting theaters on April 18th in limited release.
Source: MTV Movie Blog
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Morgan Spurlock Looks for Osama Bin Laden - Trailer
If you’re a fan of Morgan Spurlock’s work with 30 Days or SuperSize Me, then you might want to keep an eye out for the upcoming Where in the World is Osama bin Laden. This flick’s flown under the radar a bit, but gained some momentum at the recent Sundance Film Festival. Plenty of buzz over whether or not Morgan really found Osama, (we’re guessing no), but hey, neither has Bush.
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