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Talladega Nights Trailer

Below are trailer links for TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY. The film will be released on August 4, 2006. TALLADEGA NIGHTS tells the story of NASCAR stock car racing sensation Ricky Bobby (played by Will Ferrell), who is considered a national hero. He and his loyal racing partner and childhood friend Cal Naughton Jr. (John C. Reilly), are a ….

Haggis to Direct Enemies

Fresh from his best picture win for Crash, director Paul Haggis is in final negotiations to direct and produce Against All Enemies for Columbia Pictures, according to Variety. Haggis will either tackle the political drama next or after another directing project first. Either way, he will supervise screenwriter James Vanderbilt (who also wrote The Rundown), who is penning a second draft of the script. Haggis ….

Crouching Tiger Sequel and Theater Productions Planned

Bob and Harvey Weinstein are bringing martial arts to the stage and screen, by getting five novels including Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and bringing them to life in theater, according to the trades. The Weinstein Company has acquired the rights to Crane—Iron Pentalogy, a series of five martial arts novels written by Wang Du Lu. They includeCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the fourth novel ….

Hostel Director wants writing duet with Stephen King

Eli Roth is hoping that bestselling author Stephen King will help him pen the screenplay for the horror master’s latest thriller, called Cell. Roth, who directed the horror film Hostel, knew immediately upon reading the book that he wanted to take on the project. “I couldn’t put it down,” Roth said in an interview recently. “It was such a balls-out horror movie ….

A New Dirty Dozen From Warner Brothers

According to a report by Variety, Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow will co-finance a remake of The Dirty Dozen, the 1967 action flick that starred Lee Marvin as a major who conscripts twelve condemned soldier-prisoners for a dangerous mission in WWII. Joel Silver will produce with Susan Downey. The original Dirty Dozen included Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Richard Jaeckel, George Kennedy, ….

Little Man Trailer Links

Little Man comes from Keenan Ivory Wayans, not the most politically correct guy in the room. Shawn Wayans plays a wannabe dad who mistakes a vertically challenged criminal on the lam (played by his brother Marlon) as his newly adopted son. Other stars include Kerry Washington, Tracy Morgan and John Witherspoon. Little Man hits theaters in July 5, 2006. Check out the trailer links below. ….

X Men 3 Full Trailer Online

The new X Men 3: The Last Stand trailer really gives us some sense of the mythology of the characters in the film. The X Men are back in theaters on May 26, 2006. The film stars Patrick Stewart as Professor Charles Xavier, Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, Ian McKellen as Magneto, Halle Berry as Storm, Famke Janssen as Phoenix, Kelsey Grammer as Beast, Anna Paquin as Rogue, Rebecca Romijn as Mystique, Shawn Ashmore as Iceman, Ellen Page as Shadowcat, Ben ….

Open Season Gets IMAX Treatment

IMAX Corporation and Sony Pictures Entertainment today announced that Sony Pictures Animation’s first CG project Open Season, an animated feature from directors Roger Allers, the acclaimed director of The Lion King, Jill Culton, whose credits include Toy Story 2 and Monsters Inc., and co-director Anthony Stacchi (credits include ANTZ) will be released in IMAX 3D simultaneously with the motion picture’s premiere in conventional theatres on September 29, 2006. The ….

Tribeca Underground Festival

TRIBECA UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL is celebrating its third year. Over the course of five nights about 50 short films from around the world. will be screened including narratives, documentaries, experimental, animation and specs. Screenings will be held from May 2nd to May 6th at the well known SOHO HOUSE NY with a kick off Opening ….

78th Academy Awards Wrap Up

The theme of last night’s Oscars was a return to glamour, but the real theme of this year’s Oscars should have been Surprise! Or Social Commentary. While I loved all the films nominated, I feel some films may have been overlooked, as a result. Films like King Kong, All the King’s Men and The New World, to name a few. Below is a ….

Chrysler Film Competition

The Chrysler Film Competition seeks emerging independent filmmakers looking to compete for the opportunity to receive a feature film production deal. Inspired filmmakers can submit any short film that they have directed along with a screenplay for a movie that they wish to direct. A panel of IFP judges will determine five finalists, each of ….

Travolta and Latifah to Headline Hairspray

John Travolta and Queen Latifah have signed on to star in New Line Cinema’s upcoming feature film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical“Hairspray,” it was announced today by Toby Emmerich, New Line’s President of Production. Travolta will play Edna Turnblad and Queen Latifah will play Motormouth Maybelle in the film, which is being directed by Adam Shankman (“The Pacifier,” “Bringing Down the ….

Will Tippin Talks Alias’s 100th Episode

About.com has an interview with Alias’ Will Tippin (Bradley Cooper), which sheds some light on plans for the show’s finally. Among other things, he talks about why he’s always being abducted and tortured on the show (which happens again in Ep. 100), his relationship with Sidney (Jennifer Garner), and how he fits into the series finale. Cooper will next be seen ….