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SPREAD Trailer

post from Rama's SCREEN on 02 July 2009 01:54:54 PM. © Rama's SCREEN

Anchor Bay Films has released the trailer for SPREAD for those of you who still think Ashton Kutcher is a movie star material. The fact that this guy still gets big screen moment just baffles me. I hear this movie’s got lots of sex, whether it’s a good thing or a bad thing it all [...]

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Funny People: Get Ready to Laugh Your Dick Off

post from Film School Rejects on 02 July 2009 01:53:00 PM. © Film School Rejects

Director Judd Apatow's Funny People is nearing release, and as such, the online presence is stepping up. In this case we have a website, LaughYourDickOff.com, that is dedicated to the character Randy, portrayed by Aziz Ansari. Little is known of his character other than that he is a stand-up comedian. I'm sure at some point I read that he room's with Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill but that could be scurillous. We do know that Aziz is hilarious and appears to be taking over my TV screen, with 'Scrubs' and 'Flight of the Conchords', alongside film appearances in Observe and Report and I Love You, Man. An impressive year to say the least.Based on the clips -- one of which can be seen below -- Randy is hilarious. His stand-up is fresh and original and the clip about buying a litre of Jack Daniels etc. is golden. I am quite the connoisseur of stand-up and I would watch this, buy the ticket and buy the DVD.I must not be the only one, as Aziz has tweeted that he's doing a Randy section on a show that will be taped tomorrow, for DVD release in the future, possibly a Funny People DVD extra.I am eagerly awaiting Apatow's third film, and feel that it could be the funniest film of the year, right alongside Bruno, obviously. Clearly Aziz is hilarious and the world is about to find out, so maybe, just maybe, we can get a comedy headlined by Mr. Ansari in the coming year. I know I'd be on board.What do you think? Do you want more Randy?

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Live-Action Star Wars Series In Pre-Production In
Australia

post from /Film on 02 July 2009 01:44:35 PM. © /Film

Remember the time when rumors that a live-action Star Wars television series was in pre-production would have ignited swirls of fan frenzy? How things have changed. Now SciFiWire's report that writers are being assembled down under is just another line item in a crowded RSS feed. The show has long had a planned start date of late '09, so this report goes along with what we've already known. Assuming we do see a Star Wars series premiering next year, what will it actually be?Goerge Lucas, who will be relatively hands-off as an Executive Producer, has said several times that the show would run at least 100 episodes, and at one point there was word that could be upped to 400. He has described the show as "Deadwood meets The Sopranos in space" and repeatedly claimed that no major characters from the films would be integral parts of the storyline, but ...

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Nick Love's - The Firm - Poster

post from Late Mag - film on 02 July 2009 01:41:39 PM. © Late Mag - film

Poster for Nick Love's - The Firm which stars Daniel Mays as Yeti, Calum McNab as Dom and Paul Anderson as Bex the role played by Gary Oldman in Clarkes film. (You can grab a larger version of the Quad poster here)Nick Love's - The Firm - Trailerwww.thefirm84.com...

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Meteor shower: Studios keep on loving them some
videogames

post from The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Business on 02 July 2009 01:39:00 PM. © The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Business

By Steven Zeitchik

Now that Hollywood has plumbed every videogame out there and turned them into (mostly) bad movies, studios are scrambling to pick up...Atari 2600 games?

Four studios have been battling to land rights to the Atari classic "Asteroids," in which (unlike every other Atari game at the time) you controlled a dot on the screen, and pressed your button furiously in an attempt to shoot dots at all the other dots. God we loved the '80's.

Universal triumphed yesterday in what we're told was a furious bidding war. (Interesting move for the studio -- it has faltered a bit with adult-oriented dramas like "State of Play" and "Duplicity" this season, so it has been pushing ahead with what seems like even mor development on a slew of branded titles [the Ludlum books, Hasbro properties, monster remakes.])

There's a difference, though, between this pickup and most of the Playstation/Xbox frenzy of the past few years. "Asteroids" has about as much plot and backstory as a Cinemax special feature. Which means that, without the conventions of modern videogame storytelling to slow it down, it may actually work.

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Predators Finds A Nimrod For A Director

post from Film School Rejects on 02 July 2009 01:26:00 PM. © Film School Rejects

After seemingly months of rumors and movie-blog speculation Robert Rodriguez has finally announced who'll be directing the reboot of the Predator franchise.AICN reports that Nimrod Antal will be directing Predators with Rodriguez serving as a very hands-on producer. (Credit goes to Latino Review for breaking the story first last month.) Antal's third film, Kontroll, brought him international attention which he quickly parlayed into his first Hollywood gig with the dark and underrated Vacancy. His follow-up, Armored, is due later this year.Rodriguez spoke with AICN and provided some more info as well. The film will be shot at his Troublemakers studio in Austin (Reject HQ!) and they'll be using his original script from 1994 as a starting point. It's being re-written of course, "but it still involves a very intense group of people stranded on a Predator planet discovering unspeakable horrors (that are not always from outside their group). So like the original movie, the title does have a double meaning."Regarding his choice for director, Rodriguez says Antal reminds him "of Quentin with how he was able to work with a group of very strong, singular actor talents and make it look effortless. I know he'll be able to get the most out of what we want to be an outstanding cast. We really want to go with a character driven action movie." He's apparently seen an early cut of Armored and was very impressed with Antal's action sensibilities as well.And on a very promising note, Rodriguez says KNB will definitely be involved on the effects side. "I can't wait to finally give them a real budget to make some really kick ass creatures," he says. "And we know we don't want to go crutching on CG for this."Color me a little more optimistic now than I had been previously. Plus, since Reject HQ is also in ...

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Planet 51 Movie Trailer

post from /Film on 02 July 2009 01:24:15 PM. © /Film

The full theatrical trailer for the animated 3D film Planet 51 has appeared at Yahoo. The film is about a human astronaut (voiced by Dwayne Johnson) who lands on an alien planet, only to discover that it looks exactly like Earth. Sure, the denizens are green aliens, but otherwise they're just like us...and not too happy to have an alien invader in their midst. Gary Oldman, Jessica Biel, Justin Long and John Cleese are also in the voice cast. Joe Stillman (Shrek and Shrek 2, the upcoming Gulliver's Travels) is credited with the script and Jorge Blanco, Javier Abad and Marcos Martinezare co-directed. See the trailer after the jump.Planet 51 isn't quite a world just like ours -- more like stereotypical '50s America, only where the women walk little alien dogs. (By which I mean zenomorph, chestbursting dogs.) The dogs are the least of astronaut Chuck Baker's problems, though, as ...

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Robogeisha Trailer Is Exactly What You Expect
Plus Ass-Swords

Ah Japan... taking any opportunity to further fetishize your women for international audiences the world over. We thank you...The Machine Girl was a huge hit (relatively speaking) thanks to a trailer filled with originality and audacity. Director Noboru Iguchi and effects man Yoshihiro Nishimura developed a very basic story of revenge and then caked it in absurdity, Karo syrup, and a schoolgirl's skirt... and it came out exactly as you'd expect. After a brief diversion with a short spinoff called The Hajirai Machine Girl, Iguchi has finally returned with a feature-length follow-up. Thanks to Twitch, we present the glory of Robogeisha!I enjoyed The Machine Girl (review) for the bizarre and violent psuedo-comedy that it was. And I actually loved Tokyo Gore Police (review) thanks to it's brilliant combination of crazy effects, kinetic action, and social commentary wrapped up in a semi-coherent plot. But I may be growing numb to the barebones conceit at play here. The over-abundance of CGI blood, the lack of even an attempt at plot, and the overall cheapness are all feeling a little old at this point.On the plus side though, Geisha Transform and Tengu Milk both put a smile on my face. As does the giant robot ode to Godzilla films of years past. And the buildings that burst with blood when hit by the giant robot. And the Hip Katanas that are really just fancy ass swords. And the improvement in fight choreography. And the girl who gets stabbed in the ass... okay, I could do without the bloody anus.What do you think? Does your heart have room for Robogeisha?

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PODCAST: Pablo LarraÃn

As Andrew Grant, David Fear and I discussed in our podcast last October, Chilean filmmaker Pablo LarraÃn's Tony Manero was my favorite feature at the 2008 New York Film Festival, a marvelously unhinged study of pop-culture obsession in a...

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Its Game Time For The A-Team

Joe Carnahan's A-Team has been gearing up for it's August shoot by assembling the cast in the last few weeks. We already have Liam Neeson and Bradley Cooper, but we may now know who's not gonna be gettin' on that damn plane. Fool.The guys at BlackFilm are saying that they have a 'highly reliable' source that points toward rapper turned actor The Game (Jayceon Taylor to his mother). B.A. Baracus was always going to be the hardest part to fill, Mr. T was the most iconic image of the series, so whoever takes the role will inevitably get some flak. Common was originally in the frame but as he's filming Just Right with Queen Latifah he seems to be out of contention. Ironically we saw The Game and Common together last year in Street Kings, in which Common was strong and The Game was. . . forgettable.He does seem to have the attitude in place, as he blazes up rap battles with all and sundry, so maybe he can pull off complaining throughout the film. If he cannot then we have two other names to ponder, with Ice Cube and mixed martial artist Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson also in the frame. 'Rampage' is not a name I'm familiar with, but IMDB puts him in 'The King of Queens' for an episode so thats defintely acting. Mostly though he appears to have been in UFC, which means I may not make another joke about him. Ice Cube may, may, not be the worst idea. I know many are against it but he can act, he just chooses not to most of the time. Boyz N The Hood and Higher Learning were awesome, and he's in Three Kings! So lets just not think about some of the kiddie fare.The thing with all of ...

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