First Look: Check Out the New Talent in Fame
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: MGM, Musicals, Remakes, Trailers, Upcoming Releases,
If the judges of So You Think You Could Dance and American Idol ever taught at a high school, it might look a little something like this.
Later this fall, a new crop of aspiring performers will hit the big screen in Fame, an update of the 1980 hit film. The movie, like the original, will center around students at New York High School of Performing Arts. Tutelage will be provided a number of television vets including Megan Mullaley, Bebe Neuwirth, Kelsey Grammar and Charles S. Dutton.
SYTYCD followers will also see two familiar faces. Season 4 contestant Kherington Payne will be featured as one of the students while choreographer Debbie Allen - who played Lydia Grant in both the film and the TV series - has been cast as Principal Simms.
Fame debuts on September 25.
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Sorority Row and Destination Mark Reemergence of Bad Teen Horror
Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: New Line, Horror, Mystery, Remakes, Thrillers, Casting, Trailers, Upcoming Releases,
As much as raping Asian horror films like The Eye and One Missed Call irked me, I’m fairly sure that Sorority Row and The Final Destination (trailer after the jump) are leaving me even more distressed at the fate of American horror.
By the looks of the trailer, the remake of 1983’s The House on Sorority Row strikes me as a bad mix of I Know What You Did Last Summer and The House Bunny (seriously, what is Rumer Willis‘s character from that film doing in this one?). I’m happy to see Carrie Fisher get work, although I find it disheartening that the only gig she can get is this egregiously-looking thriller. Then again, this is a Summit production…
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Find the Weight on Penelope Cruz
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Weinstein Company, Adaptation, Musicals, Celebrity Gossip, Upcoming Releases,
Let me start by saying that I agree with actress Nia Vardalos. Too much emphasis is placed on women and weight in Hollywood. But every once in a while, I come across a story like this and I can’t help but laugh.
During the production of Nine, several of the cast members were asked to gain weight for their roles in the musical. According to singer Fergie, it was suggested by director Rob Marshall that she and Penelope Cruz each add on 17 pounds. “We were eating our brains out. We ordered everything fried and full of fat and salty,” she told Allure magazine.
While it’s easy to see from the trailer that the Black Eye Peas performer did reach at least part of her goal (I highly doubt that was 17 pounds), I’ve been struggling to see - from any angle - what the Oscar-winner put on. Can anyone help me?
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First Look: Aniston and Eckhart in Love Happens
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Universal, Drama, Romance, Trailers, Upcoming Releases,
The day Jennifer Aniston attempts a new genre in film is the day she does something drastically different with her hair. But when the object of her affections is Aaron Eckhart, who could blame her?
In Love Happens, love happens between a self-help guru and a hotel florist. Eckhart plays the widowed motivational speaker who finds himself opening up after meeting Aniston at a grief seminar. (BTW - did anyone else think of Notting Hill when they saw they saw the trailer?)
The Universal feature premieres on September 18.
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In Theaters This Weekend: June 19, 2009
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Columbia Pictures, IFC Films, Sony, Touchstone, Action, Adventure, Biopics, Documentary, Foreign, Horror, Period, Romance, Comedy, Lists, New Releases,
Here are some possible suggestions for your upcoming weekend:
- The Proposal (PG-13): starring Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Mary Steenburgen (directed by Anne Fletcher)
- Year One (PG-13): starring Jack Black, Michael Cera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse (directed by Harold Ramis)
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Three Stooges Loses Sean Penn
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: MGM, Comedy, Casting, Celeb News, Upcoming Releases,
Jim Carrey might have been willing to gain 50 pounds to play Curly Howard, but his film has lost an entire body. Sean Penn, who was scheduled to play Larry Fine in the Three Stooges, has just dropped out of the project.
The Farrelly brothers film would have joined the two-time Oscar winner with Carrey and Benicio Del Toro. (The Che star was picked to star as Moe Howard.) Unfortunately, Sean has reportedly decided to put family before work. (His rocky relationship with Robin Wright Penn is currently back on.) That choice means giving up a role in Cartel as well.
It’s not known at this point what Sean’s leave will mean for the long-awaited comedy. Stooges was slated to begin production sometime in August. If the studio opts to wait for his return, the film could be delayed for another year.
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Early Reviews for Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Paramount, Action, Science Fiction, Sequels, Upcoming Releases,
Do you like your movies loud, big, long and mindless? Then it sounds like Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen might be for you. Unfortunately, it wasn’t the ticket for some who’ve had the chance to watch it so far.
The movie doesn’t debut in the United States until June 24, but it’ll hit the UK on June 19. Here are few of the early reviews:
Hollywood Reporter: “With its intelligence at the level of the simple-minded, however, the film is not likely to attract moviegoers who seek something more than a screen filled with kaleidoscopes of colored metal. Fan boys will no doubt love it, but for the uninitiated it’s loud, tedious and, at 147 minutes, way too long.”
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Harrison Ford tops Highest Paid Actor List
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Paramount, Box Office, Celeb News, Lists,
Harrison Ford is Hollywood’s highest paid actor after earning $60.37 million over the last 12 months. The 66-year-old star made the staggering sum after starring in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - which took $701 million worldwide at the box office. Ford - who had only appeared in four movies since 2000 before agreeing to reprise the famous role for a fourth time - was paid the figure between June 2008 and June 2009 as part of a deal that saw studio Paramount give the veteran star, director Steven Spielberg and producer George Lucas a percentage of the film’s earnings.
Other stars to make the list, compiled by business bible Forbes magazine, include Adam Sandler, who came second after raking in $51.38 million, Will Smith, who finished third with $42 million, and fourth placed Eddie Murphy, who earned $37.3 million. Rounding off the top five was Nicolas Cage, who was paid $37 million in the last 12 months. Forbes compiled the list of top earning stars by speaking to agents, managers, producers and lawyers to find out what money stars received upfront for movies in development and earnings from released films. Advertising and other earnings from the last 12 months were also taken into consideration.
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Little Fockers to explore death and divorce
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Universal, Sequels, Comedy, Upcoming Releases,
Little Fockers will examine themes of death and divorce. The third movie in the comic franchise - starring Ben Stiller and Teri Polo - will focus on more serious topics, but writer John Hamburg promises to deal with them in a “really comic way”. He told IGN: “We’re catching up with these characters five years later and Pam and Greg have twins so they are dealing with that. And people are dealing with where they’re at in their lives, and themes of death and divorce and all these real things that as we get older, we start to think about, but in a really comic way.”
John also promised that Owen Wilson’s character Kevin Rawley will have an expanded role in the new film.
Box Office Breakdown: Hangover Hangs on for Another Win
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, Disney, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family, Horror, Remakes, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Thrillers, Box Office, Lists,
This is one hangover that’s taking a while to recover from.
For the second week in a row, the must-see comedy of the summer has taken the top spot at the charts. The Hangover, which already had a greenlighted sequel prior to its debut, raked in another $32.7 million over the weekend. The film has now earned over $100 million and given Bradley Cooper his second #1 entry of the year. (His first was February’s He’s Just Not That Into You.)
Sitting in third place this week (right behind Up), was The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, a remake of a 1974 version starring starring Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw. The action thriller, which had Denzel Washington working with director Tony Scott for the fourth time, pulled in a respectable $23.3 million. Meanwhile, Imagine That, Eddie Murphy’s latest stinker, earned $5.5 million in wide release. That gross bests the premiere of Meet Dave by approximately $200,000.
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