Universal Pictures has just unleashed the first trailer for the comedy caper, Tower Heist, starring Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Casey Affleck, Alan Alda, Matthew Broderick, Judd Hirsch, Téa Leoni, Michael Peña, and Gabourey Sidibe.
Directed by Brett Ratner, Tower Heist is set for a November 4, 2011 release.
The Plot: Queens native Josh Kovacs (Stiller) has managed one of the most luxurious and well-secured residences in New York City for more than a decade. Under his watchful eye, nothing goes undetected. In the swankiest unit atop Josh’s building, Wall Street titan Arthur Shaw (Alan Alda) is under house arrest after being caught stealing two billion from his investors. The hardest hit among those he defrauded? The tower staffers whose pensions he was entrusted to manage.
With only days before Arthur gets away with the perfect crime, Josh’s crew turns to petty crook Slide (Murphy) to plan the nearly impossible…to steal what they are sure is hidden in Arthur’s guarded condo. Though amateurs, these rookie thieves know the building better than anyone. Turns out they’ve been casing the place for years, they just didn’t know it.
Check out the Tower Heist trailer:
And then check out the new photos from the comedy film:
Ryan Kwanten, best known to American audiences as ‘Jason Stackhouse’ in True Blood, takes on the superhero genre with Griff the Invisible. Directed by Leon Ford, the PG-13 action comedy will open in theaters on August 19, 2011.
In addition to Ryan Kwanten, the cast includes Maeve Dermody and Patrick Brammall.
The Plot: Ryan Kwanten stars in this charming, quirky, and totally unpredictable romantic comedy about the superhero in all of us. Griff (Kwanten), a shy and awkward office worker by day, finds escape from his ordinary life by assuming the identity of a fantastic superhero each night.
Griff’s secret is jeopardized when he meets Melody (Dermody), a cute but unconventional daydreamer. She quickly becomes fascinated by his idiosyncrasies, which are equal only to her own. In the face of mounting pressure to live in the “real world,” it’s up to Melody to rescue Griff the Invisible for the sake of herself, Griff and their newfound love for each other.
The Who will release Quadrophenia: The Director’s Cut Box Set in November 2011, with Pete Townshend calling Quadrophenia The Who album he’s most proud of. The rock opera follows the story of Jimmy, a young mod, and his struggle to come of age in the mid-1960s. The story also takes its influence from the band’s early fans from the original mod era, and its themes of teenage angst and disaffection still resonate strongly today.
One of the most popular albums of The Who’s discography, Quadrophenia reflected the four characters of The Who and contains some of Townshend’s best and most personal songwriting.
“This 2011 revisit to The Who’s 1973 Quadrophenia recording is inspired by current and continuing interest in the project,” explained Townshend. “The Who performed a concert version of the piece at the Royal Albert Hall in 2010 for the Teenage Cancer Trust with excellent reviews, and the success of that event led to the prospect of a Who tour in 2012 based on the album. The last such tour was between 1996-1997.”
Universal Music Enterprises is planning a November release of the box set which will include a remaster of the original double album, Pete Townshend’s previously unheard demos including songs that didn’t make it onto the original album, an exclusive eight-track 5.1 sound DVD, a deluxe hardback book, previously unseen personal notes, photographs, memorabilia as well as other material still to be announced.
Cinemax launched the half-hour thriller Femme Fatales on May 13, 2011 and on July 29th they renewed the mystery series for a second season. Tanit Phoenix (Death Race 2, Lost Boys 3) plays the host of each standalone episode, with the 13 episodes each featuring different casts and storylines – some of which are intertwined.
The Synopsis: From the creators of Femme Fatales Magazine comes a new late-night anthology series about powerful, sexy, and dangerous women. In each of the 13 stand-alone episodes, women find extraordinary ways of coping with their problems, channeling their survival instincts and bringing out their inner guile. The show is inspired by and styled in the tradition of pulp stories, film noir, and graphic novels, and takes place in contemporary settings.
Showing up in season one are Stacy Stas, Marc Crumpton, Christine Donlon, Catherine Annette, Madison Dylan, Ana Alexander, Kiko Ellsworth, and Charlie O’Connell. Season one also features Reggie Hayes, Dean Haglund, Angus Scrimm, Daphne Duplaix, Paul Mazursky, and Vivica A Fox.
Jeff Fahey, Robert Picardo, Kyle Gass, Robert LaSardo, Leilani Sarelle, and Casper Van Dien are also featured.
The horror film Apollo 18 asks the question: what if Apollo 17 wasn’t the last mission to the moon? Directed by Gonzalo López-Gallego, the PG-13 film is set to open in theaters on September 2, 2011.
The cast of the horror thriller includes Lloyd Owen, Warren Christie, Ryan Robbins, Michael Kopsa, and Andrew Airlie. Brian Miller wrote the screenplay and Timur Bekmambetov and Michele Wolkoff served as producers.
Official Synopsis: Officially, Apollo 17, launched December 17th, 1972, was the last manned mission to the moon. But a year later, in December of 1973, two American astronauts were sent on a secret mission to the moon funded by the US Department of Defense. What you are about to see is the actual footage which the astronauts captured on that mission. While NASA denies its authenticity, others say it’s the real reason we’ve never gone back to the moon.
ABC wants to get you all worked up over the return of Castle and they’ve just released a new preview clip, which debuted at Comic-Con, to get you ready for the new season. Nathan Fillion returns in the lead role in the popular series which finds Fillion playing a novelist who gets involved with the NYPD and helps to investigate homicides.
Red Tails, a film that’s been a passion project of George Lucas’ for years, has finally nabbed a release date. The Lucasfilm Ltd production inspired by the heroic exploits of the first all-African-American aerial combat unit will hit theaters on January 20, 2012, under the 20th Century Fox banner.
Anthony Hemingway (Treme, The Wire, Battlestar Galactica) directed the World War II action epic with Rick McCallum and Charles Floyd Johnson producing, and George Lucas executive producing.
“I am humbled and honored to direct the story of the Tuskegee Airmen – heroes who have paved the way so others could have the opportunity to pursue their dreams,” stated Hemingway. “To be selected by George Lucas and Rick to direct this film was more than my wildest dreams come true. It’s been a blessing to work with them, along with the amazingly talented artists at Industrial Light & Magic. I’ve grown a lot on many levels from this experience. As director, I had the fortune to work with a highly skilled crew from the Czech Republic, U.K., and the U.S., along with a remarkably talented group of actors. The resonant beauty, strength and dedication of our heroes is reflected in the powerful ensemble cast.”
“I’ve wanted to do this film for a great many years,” said Lucas. “So it is especially gratifying to see it all come together. It has been a real pleasure to work with Anthony and the extraordinary cast on a project that we all passionately believe in. The Tuskegee Airmen were such superb pilots that it was essential for us to create visual effects that would live up to their heroism and put audiences in the cockpit with them. They were only in their early 20s when they performed these amazing feats. They became the best of the best—the top guns. It is an honor to bring to the screen a story inspired by their heroics.”
The Red Tails cast includes Cuba Gooding Jr. (Jerry Maguire), Oscar nominee Terrence Howard (Crash), Emmy winner Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad), Nate Parker (The Secret Life of Bees, The Great Debaters), David Oyelowo (The Last King of Scotland, Rise of the Planet of the Apes), and Tristan Wilds (90210).
The cast also includes Grammy Award winner Cliff Smith aka Method Man (The Wire), Kevin Phillips (Pride), Rick Otto (The Wire), Lee Tergesen (Monster), Andre Royo (Heroes), Grammy Award winner Ne-Yo (Stomp the Yard), Elijah Kelley (Hairspray), Marcus T. Paulk (Take the Lead), Leslie Odom Jr. (Grey’s Anatomy), Michael B. Jordan (Friday Night Lights, Chronicle) and Daniela Ruah (NCIS).
Red Tails Synopsis:
1944. As the war in Europe continues to take its toll on Allied forces, the Pentagon brass has no recourse but to consider unorthodox options – including the untried and untested African-American pilots of the experimental Tuskegee training program. Just as the young Tuskegee men are on the brink of being shut down and shipped back home, they are given the ultimate chance to show their courage. Against all the odds, with something to prove and everything to lose, these intrepid young airmen take to the skies to fight for their country – and the fate of the free world.
Steve Carell’s latest comedy, Crazy, Stupid, Love (which is neither crazy nor stupid, but we do love it so that part of the title works), is now showing in theaters, and in this FunnyorDie video, Carell shows just what it took to make him happy as far as the film’s promotional posters were concerned.
And when you actually do take a look at the posters from his previous films, it appears as though this hilarious video might not be all that far from the truth…
Crazy, Stupid, Love hit theaters on July 29, 2011.
HBO announced the second season of the Emmy-nominated series Boardwalk Empire will kick off on Sunday, September 25, 2011 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT). Executive produced by Terence Winter, Martin Scorsese, Stephen Levinson, Mark Wahlberg, and Tim Van Patten, the second season will consist of 12 episodes with the major players – including Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, and Michael Pitt – returning to the show.
Hung returns for its third season on Sunday, October 2nd with Thomas Jane back as the high school teacher who moonlights as a male prostitute. HBO will be serving up 10 episodes of the Emmy-nominated series.
Also returning on October 2nd is How to Make It in America, back for an eight-episode second season. Bryan Greenberg, Victor Rasuk, Luis Guzman, Lake Bell, and Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi star in the series which follows “two enterprising twenty-somethings as they hustle their way through New York City, determined to achieve the American Dream by making a name for themselves in the competitive fashion scene.”
Jason Schwartzman revives his character of a Brooklyn writer who takes on side jobs as a private detective in Bored to Death, set to return to the small screen for its third season on Monday, October 10th (9:00-9:30pm).
HBO’s also introducing a brand new series starting on October 10th at 9:30pm called Enlightened. Laura Dern stars in the dramedy which is executive produced by Mike White (Year of the Dog). Per HBO, “the show focuses on a self-destructive woman who has a spiritual awakening after a meltdown. Though determined to live a more enlightened existence, the former career executive finds her new lifestyle wreaks havoc both at home and at work.”
Molly Parker (Deadwood, Swingtown) has signed on to the cast of NBC’s legal drama The Firm, so says NBC, Entertainment One (eOne), Sony Pictures Television Networks and Global Television. Parker will be playing Abby McDeere in the show based on the bestselling novel by John Grisham.
Here’s the scoop on Abby, per NBC: “Ten years ago, Abby helped her husband Mitchell McDeere (Josh Lucas, The Lincoln Lawyer, Sweet Home Alabama) bring down a Memphis law firm that was a front for the Chicago mob. Her life was never the same. Abby’s a true partner to Mitch — a smart, resourceful woman who after a tumultuous decade is excited to start a new life in Washington, D.C., as a school teacher.”
In addition to Parker and Lucas, The Firm cast includes Juliette Lewis as Tammy, “Mitch’s feisty, sexy receptionist” and Callum Keith Rennie as Ray McDeere, “Mitch’s charming yet volatile older brother whose work as an investigator in Mitch’s office is uniquely informed by his past stretch in prison for manslaughter. Despite a highly un-ambitious nature that stands in stark contrast to his Harvard-grad brother, Ray shares one key quality with Mitch: a loyalty that is unbreakable.”
The Plot: The Firm continues the story of attorney Mitchell McDeere (Lucas) who, as a young associate, brought down the prestigious Memphis law firm of Bendini, Lambert & Locke, which operated as a front for the Chicago mob. After a difficult decade, McDeere and his family now emerge from isolation to reclaim their lives and their future — only to find that past dangers are still lurking and new threats are everywhere.
