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The other day, it was reported that Michelle Trachtenberg has joined the cast of Kevin Smith-directed new comedy A COUPLE OF DICKS, she’s set to play Bruce Willis‘ character’s daughter. Comingsoon.net has received some new photos from the film set showing what appears to be a wedding reception scene, Michell looks stunning in her white dress while Willis and co-star Tracy Morgan just chillin’ at the table. Click on these images to view more

Written by Robb and Marc Cullen, the story is about two veteran LAPD detectives who attempt to track down a stolen, mint-condition, 1952 baseball card while getting mixed up in some gangster trouble and trying to rescue a Mexican beauty who holds the key to millions in laundered drug money.
Starring: Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan, Adam Brody, Sean William Scott, Kevin Pollack, Ana De La Reguera who is my strongest reason for watching this movie.
Check out the silly set photos.

A COUPLE OF DICKS opens February 26th, 2010

This is a horror movie directed by 2 pastors.. not that kind of pastors, it’s the brothers Alex and David Pastors. CARRIERS is about 4 friends fleeing a viral pandemic soon learn they are more dangerous than any virus, it’s been sitting on the shelves for 2 years but only now is Paramount brave enough to release it to theaters because the studio believes a certain rising star named Chris Pine of Star Trek will be good enough to attract audience. The scary trailer has finally hit the web which you can watch below. Are you infected?

CARRIERS opens September 4th, 2009

Michael Cera is doing movies, Jason Bateman is doing movies, hell even David Cross and Will Arnett are on the big screen, but we don’t see or hear much of Alia Shawkat anymore. Those of us fans of Arrested Development series would know that Shawkat played Maeby, the cousin that Cera’s character had a huge crush on but Maeby’s completely oblivious about it.

Well, Shawkat will get to play the big boys too because Latino Review reported that Shawkat has been cast as 18 year old bass player in the biopic movie THE RUNAWAYS based on the birth, rise and fall of the 1970s girl rock band.
The band’s first bassist was actually Mickey Steele and then got replaced Peggie Foster who then got replaced by Jackie Fox, the website thinks the movie couldn’t get Steele’s permission to use her name and or likeness so it’s created this character Robin to capture Steele’s essence

Written and directed by Floria Sigismondi, THE RUNAWAYS is based on Jett’s 1970s girl rock band named The Runaways, the members were guitarists Jett and Lita Ford, drummer late Sandy West, singer-keyboardist Cherie Currie and bassist Jackie Fox.The band lasted about four years together, falling apart over management and money issues. The film will revolve around Jett and Currie and follow them from the band’s meteoric rise as teenagers to their dissolution and disillusionment
Kristen Stewart plays Joan Jett while Dakota Fanning plays Cherrie Currie and Stella Maeve as Sandy West and Scout Taylor Compton plays Lita Ford
THE RUNAWAYS is expected to open in 2010

If you hear that Seth Rogen’s going to make another movie, the first thing comes to mind would be ‘o cool.. is it with Paul Rudd, or Jonah Hill, or Apatow again?’.. that or ‘I hope it’s Pineapple Express 2 cause him and Franco and McBride were the bomb, man!’ But if tell you that Rogen’s acting partner in his next movie would be Barbra Streisand as in the Grammy, Oscar, Tony, Emmy, Golden Globe winning Streisand.. you’d reply with a big WTF and you’d think I’ve gone completely out of my freakin’ mind because that’s what I thought I was when I read this info.

Nope, it’s not a comedy where Rogen plays Streisand, not even a scene where some Streisand look-alike plays Streisand while Rogen is super high and imagining things.. It’s Rogen and Streisand in a movie together.

According to Hitfix, this is as true as it gets, Rogen himself confirmed that it is a road trip comedy that’s being developed at Dreamworks, they’re still working on the script with more rewrites ahead, but so far it’s just one of the many projects that he may or may not tackle this in the next 15 years.
Rogen and Streisand out on a road trip, I can see how that would be a funny story.. nah, nope, no I don’t, I really don’t see how that would be funny. I love my mom, but going on a road trip with her would be anything but a funny situation,  I’m assuming this comedy is about a mother and her grown-ass son but I don’t know if it’s such a good idea.. unless we hear more detail that would make the concept sound surprisingly interesting.

Bill Nighy is a veteran versatile Brit thesp whose supporting talent seems under-appreciated. He was menacing as the squid face villain Davy Jones in Pirates of the Caribbean movies, he was a creepy old vampire in Underworld, he was hilarious as an aging musician in Love Actually, he’s even excellent in the upcoming comedy The Boat That Rocked, by the way, I’ll have that review ready when we’re near the release date.

Nighy once said he’s probably the only British actor that never got invited into the Harry Potter franchise while he saw all his old acting friends got cast one by one from the first installment all the way to the sixth.

I don’t know why Nighty had to feel left out, Ian McKellan and Anthony Hopkins never went to Hogwartz but that’s probably because McKellan got LOTR and Hopkins got Oscar worthy gigs waiting at his door.

Nighy’s wish has just come true because according to comingsoon.net based on the information from The Leaky Cauldron, Nighy has joined the cast of HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS which will come in 2 parts.

“I don’t think I’m allowed to say it but I’m going to be in the next Harry Potter film,” he told the newspaper. “I won’t say which character, but he’s a goodie. I just got the gig.”

He might stay mum.. but word has it Nighy might play the character Rufus Scrimgeour, a veteran Auror in the Ministry of Magic who spends most of his time fighting Dark Wizards. Those of you who’ve read the book, are you familiar with what this Rufus character can do in relation to Harry?
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS Part I opens November 19, 2010
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS Part II opens July 15, 2011.

You have never seen Matt Damon like this before. WB has released the trailer for THE INFORMANT, mustache, glasses, and he seems to put on a few pounds, Damon is completely comical. On top of that, this is exactly why Columbia should’ve had more faith in director Steven Soderbergh because the man clearly knows how to make an entertaining movie. They should’ve given him a shot with that MONEYBALL project. Well, it’s their loss.

What was Mark Whitacre thinking? A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company’s multi-national price-fixing conspiracy to the FBI, Whitacre envisions himself being hailed as a hero of the common man and handed a promotion. But before all that can happen, the FBI needs evidence, so Whitacre eagerly agrees to wear a wire and carry a hidden tape recorder in his briefcase, imagining himself as a kind of de facto secret agent. Unfortunately for the FBI, their lead witness hasn’t been quite so forthcoming about helping himself to the corporate coffers. Whitacre’s ever-changing account frustrates the agents and threatens the case against ADM as it becomes almost impossible to decipher what is real and what is the product of Whitacre’s rambling imagination. Based on the true story of the highest-ranking corporate whistleblower in U.S. history.

THE INFORMANT opens October 9th, 2009

UPDATE: There’s more featurette clips below via Youtube. A clip of the original song ‘Down In New Orleans‘, an interview with the voice star of Princess Tiana, Anika Noni Rose and also the animators.

We saw the magical trailer and now traileraddict has a really cool but very brief behind-the-scenes featurette for Disney’s upcoming return to handrawn animation, THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG. The clip is part of the Disney Channel segment featuring the movie’s directors Ron Clements and John Musker. We get to see ome new footage including storyboard images and we finally get to hear what the characters sound like.

Walt Disney Animation Studios presents the musical “The Princess and the Frog,” an animated comedy set in the great city of New Orleans. From the creators of “The Little Mermaid” and “Aladdin” comes a modern twist on a classic tale, featuring a beautiful girl named Tiana (Anika Noni Rose), a frog prince who desperately wants to be human again, and a fateful kiss that leads them both on a hilarious adventure through the mystical bayous of Louisiana.
“The Princess and the Frog” marks the return to hand-drawn animation from the revered team of John Musker and Ron Clements, with music by Oscar®-winning composer Randy Newman (”Monsters, Inc.,” “Cars,” “Toy Story”)

THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG opens limited November 25th, 2009 in New York and L.A. on November 25 and expands nationwide on December 11th.

Whatup, students of Hogwartz, I hope by now you’ve bought your IMAX tickets from any of those 3 select theaters, better hurry. Check this iTunes has released a new clip from HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE showing Dumbledore and Harry’s preparation for their journey to the cave, you can watch it using the media player below.

HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE opens July 15th, 2009

Universal Pictures has released the trailer for COUPLES RETREAT an upcoming comedy that I could’ve seen twice by now. I guess I chose not to go to the screenings cause I knew it would be your usual Vince Vaughn humor (Fred Claus, Four Christmases). The trailer doesn’t make me laugh except for the last part, Jason Bateman is good at looking uncomfortable during awkward moments. It must’ve been fun filming this movie though.. just check out how beautiful the place is, not to mention having Kristen Bell, Malin Akerman, and Kristin Davis around. Traileraddict has the poster below.
Here’s something awesome, Slumdog Millionaire’s A.R. Rahman did the score for this movie.

Starring: Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Jon Favreau, Malin Akerman, Kristin Davis, Kristen Bell, Faizon Love, Kali Hawk and Jean Reno.
The film follows four Midwestern couples who embark on a journey to a tropical island resort. While one of the couples is there to work on their marriage, the other three set out to jet ski, spa and enjoy some fun in the sun. They soon discover that participation in the resort’s couples therapy is not optional. Suddenly, their group-rate vacation comes at a price. What follows is a hilarious look at real world problems faced by all couples

COUPLE’S RETREAT opens October 9th, 2009

The trailers for American summer blockbusters: Transformers 2, Wolverine, Star Trek are small potatoes compared to this Japanese madness! Above is by far the craziest trailer of the year! It’s for ROBOGEISHA, via Twitch and AICN, from the twisted Orientals who came up with Machine Girl and the VFX folks of Tokyo Gore Police. I don’t recommend eating sushi while watching this trailer, you might throw up at the sight of blood squirting everywhere but you might just die from laughing too hard. This would make a fun watch for Saturday night though.