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Kevin Lima Will Direct ‘Monkeys of Mumbai’

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Rebecca Murray
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Monkeys of Mumbai Filmmakers
Lisa Stewart (producer), Paul Berges (writer), Gurinder Chadha (writer), Kevin Lima (director), AR Rahman (EP/composer), Stephen Schwartz (EP/lyricist), Chris Chase (producer) – PRNewsFoto/DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc

The filmmaker responsible for making James Marsden as a prince and Amy Adams as a fairy tale princess spring into song in Enchanted will be directing a movie about singing monkeys. DreamWorks Animation just announced Kevin Lima will direct the “Bollywood-style animated musical adventure” film, Monkeys of Mumbai.

The title could be changed prior to the film’s release – although I’m voting they keep it.

Lisa Stewart and Chris Chase are producing. Stephen Schwartz is the lyricist and A.R. Rahman (127 Hours, Slumdog Millionaire, Bombay Dreams) is the film’s composer. Schwart and Rahman are also executive producing. The script is being written by Gurinder Chadha & Paul Berges (Bride & Prejudice, Bend It Like Beckham).

“Kevin is a brilliant director and someone we’ve long wanted to work with at DreamWorks Animation,” stated the studio’s Chief Creative Officer, Bill Damaschke. “We are thrilled to welcome him, Chris, and Lisa on board to round out the excellent creative leadership team on Monkeys of Mumbai.”

 
“Ever since Enchanted, I’ve been looking for a film musical and when DreamWorks Animation approached me with the prospect of doing a Bollywood musical with such renowned collaborators, I knew this was the one,” added Kevin Lima.

According to the press release, Monkeys of Mumbia is “inspired by the great Indian epic tale of The Ramayana – but retold through the point of view of its monkeys. Monkeys of Mumbai revolves around two common monkeys who become unlikely heroes in a last-ditch effort to stop an ancient, thought-to-be-mythical demon from conquering the world.”




‘Hall Pass’ Quotes – The Funniest Lines

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Rebecca Murray
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Jason Sudeikis, Richard Jenkins and Owen Wilson in 'Hall Pass'
Jason Sudeikis, Richard Jenkins and Owen Wilson in ‘Hall Pass’ (Photo © New Line Cinema)

Written and directed by Peter and Bobby Farrell, Hall Pass is an R-rated comedy about two couples who are given hall passes – permission to cheat – for one wild week. Starring Jason Sudeikis, Owen Wilson, Jenna Fischer, and Christina Applegate, the R-rated comedy hit theaters on February 25, 2011.

Jason Sudeikis as Fred: “You know what I love about divorcees? They love sex.”
Owen Wilson as Rick: “Is that true?”
Fred: “I don’t know, I’d like to think so.”

Fred: “What about the known correlation about floppy boobs and large-mouth vaginas?” “Hey, I’m Billy Big Mouth Vagina.” (singing) “Home, home on the range. Where the big mouth vaginas feel strange. Where nothing is good and it can’t fit your wood.”

Christina Applegate as Grace: “Large mouth vaginas?”
Jenna Fischer as Maggie: “You thought that was funny?”
Rick: “No.”
Maggie: “Really, you were laughing like a Hyena when he said it.”

Grace: “What the hell is wrong with you two? You are completely obsessed with sex.”
Fred: “Honey, obsessed is a very strong word.”
Grace: “Oh yeah, this morning you left the computer on cockgobblers.com.”
Fred: “I get my weather from that site.”

Rick: “You know how we dominated our JV basketball?”
Fred: “Yeah, our senior year.”

Rick: “What’s this?”
Fred: “Pick up lines to get the ball rolling.”
Rick: (reading) “You must be from Ireland because when I look at you my penis is Dublin.”
Rick: (saying to 2 girls at the bar) “So are you women from Ireland, per chance?”
Girl: “No.”
Rick: Oh I’m very surprised to hear that news because when I look at you my wiener doubles in size.”

Richard Jenkins as Coakley: “Check this out. Hot, not.”
Rick: “That’s awesome. You’re like A Beautiful Mind.”

Coakley: “That girl in the black is checking you out.”
Fred: “The one who looks like the chief from Cuckoo’s Nest?”
Coakley: “No, the one sitting next to her.”

Coakley: “Well, that may be plausible if her lips weren’t shaking and her fingernails were not chewed down to the nub.” “And that bag, man, is a little too big to be bringing into a club, unless she needs room for a $5 footlong.” “So you have a woman that quit smoking. She’s tense, she’s hungry. It all adds up to what?”
Fred: “That woman needs something in her mouth.”
Coakley: “That’s my boy, let’s go!”




‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ Trailer Arrives

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Rebecca Murray
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Andrew Garfield in The Amazing Spider-Man
Andrew Garfield in The Amazing Spider-Man - © Columbia Pictures

We could make a bunch of spider and bug-related puns here, but instead we’ll just simply announce the arrival of the first official trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man. Columbia Pictures is revamping the franchise with a new director – Marc Webb – and a new Spidey – Andrew Garfield – after three Spider-Man films featuring Tobey Maguire in the lead role and Sam Raimi behind the camera.

Hitting theaters on July 3, 2012, The Amazing Spider-Man is an origin story, however, the exact details of the plot haven’t yet been totally revealed (more should be known by the end of this weekend after the film hosts a panel and Q&A at Comic-Con).

Watch The Amazing Spider-Man trailer:

First “Naked” Teaser Poster for ‘Two and a Half Men’

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Rebecca Murray
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Two and a Half Men 2011 Naked Teaser Poster
‘Two and a Half Men’ 2011 Naked Teaser Poster (Photo © CBS)

With Charlie Sheen no longer in the picture (he’s working on Anger Management), it’s up to Ashton Kutcher to step up and take over co-starring duties alongside Jon Cryer and Angus T Jones on CBS’ primetime hit comedy, Two and a Half Men. And CBS is kicking off the new-look campaign by showing some skin.

Robert Redford to Direct Shia LaBeouf in ‘The Company You Keep’

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Rebecca Murray
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Robert Redford
Robert Redford (Photo by Kristina Loggia)

Robert Redford will produce, direct, and star in the political action thriller The Company You Keep, based on the book by Neil Gordon. Shia LaBeouf has been cast in one of the lead roles, as announced on July 19, 2011 by Voltage Pictures and Redford’s Wildwood Enterprises. Lem Dobbs (Haywire, The Limey) adapted Gordon’s novel for the screen.

The Company You Keep chronicles the story of a former Weather Underground militant wanted by the FBI for 30 years, who must go on the run when his true identity is exposed by a young, ambitious reporter hell-bent on making a name for himself. Redford plays the former radical at the center of this nationwide manhunt and LaBeouf, the determined journalist doggedly chasing him and his story.

Robert Redford, Bill Holderman, and Nicolas Chartier served as producers, with Craig J. Flores executive producing.

“This is an edge-of-your-seat thriller about real Americans who stood for their beliefs, thinking they were patriots and defending their country’s ideals against their government.” said Voltage producer Nicolas Chartier. “It is absolutely amazing to have Shia LaBeouf, arguably the brightest young star in Hollywood today paired with the global icon Robert Redford.”

The film’s currently in pre-production and is set to film in Vancouver in September.

LaBeouf recently starred in the box office sensation Transformers: Dark of the Moon, reprising his role in the Michael Bay series of action films based on the popular Hasbro brand. He recently starred in Oliver Stone’s Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps and can be seen in the upcoming drama The Wettest County in the World, directed by John Hillcoat and written by Nick Cave.




‘Glee: The 3D Concert Movie’ Soundtrack News

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Rebecca Murray
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Glee: The 3D Concert Movie Soundtrack
Glee The 3D Concert Movie (Motion Picture Soundtrack) -PRNewsFoto/Columbia Records

Gleeks, mark August 9th on your calendar. That’s when the soundtrack for Glee The 3D Concert Movie (Motion Picture Soundtrack) will be available in support of the film’s short theatrical run that kicks off on August 12th. The soundtrack features 22 songs from this summer’s concert including “Don’t Stop Believin'” and the Glee original tune, “Loser Like Me.” The Warblers even make an appearance on the album singing “Teenage Dream,” “Silly Love Songs,” and “Raise Your Glass.”

Glee: The 3D Concert Movie was directed by Kevin Tancharoen and features all the principal cast members. The TV series will return for its third season on Fox on September 20, 2011.

Glee The 3D Concert Movie (Motion Picture Soundtrack) Track List

1. “Don’t Stop Believin'”

2. “Dog Days Are Over*”

3. “Sing”

4. “I’m A Slave 4 U”

5. “Fat Bottomed Girls”

6. “I Want To Hold Your Hand”

7. “Ain’t No Way”

8. “P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)”

9. “Born This Way”

10. “Firework”

11. “Teenage Dream”

12. “Silly Love Songs”

13. “Raise Your Glass”

14. “Happy Days Are Here Again / Get Happy”

15. “Lucky”

16. “River Deep, Mountain High”

17. “Forget You”

18. “Don’t Rain On My Parade”

19. “Jessie’s Girl”

20. “Valerie”

21. “Loser Like Me”

22. “Safety Dance”

23. “Somebody To Love”

* Bonus Track

Woody Allen’s ‘Midnight in Paris’ Sets a Record

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Rebecca Murray
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Rachel McAdams and Owen Wilson in Midnight in Paris
Rachel McAdams and Owen Wilson in ‘Midnight in Paris (Photo © Sony Pictures Classics)

Woody Allen’s 42nd feature film has set a record. Allen’s Midnight in Paris, a romantic comedy starring Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, and Michael Sheen, has become the veteran filmmaker’s highest-grossing movie of his lengthy career.

As of July 17, 2011, Midnight in Paris had grossed $41,792,695 in North America, moving past 1986’s Hannah and her Sisters. It’s also one of Allen’s best-reviewed films of the past decade.

The Story: This is a romantic comedy set in Paris about a family that goes there because of business, and two young people who are engaged to be married in the fall have experiences there that change their lives. It’s about a young man’s great love for a city, Paris, and the illusion people have that a life different from theirs would be much better.

‘True Blood’ Season 4 August Episode Guide

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Rebecca Murray
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Ryan Kwanten in True Blood Season 4
Ryan Kwanten in ‘True Blood’ Season 4 (Photo © HBO)

Spoiler alert! Read no further if you don’t want to know what’s happening in August 2011 on the fourth season of HBO’s fangtastic vampire/werewolf/telepath series, True Blood.

  • Episode #43: “Cold Grey Light of Dawn”
    Debut: SUNDAY, AUG. 7 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT)
    Other HBO playdates: Aug. 7 (11:00 p.m.), 9 (11:30 p.m.), 10 (9:00 p.m.), 13 (10:00 p.m.) and 26 (8:00 p.m.)
    HBO2 playdates: Aug. 8 (9:00 p.m.), 11 (10:00 p.m.), 12 (midnight) and 14 (5:00 p.m.)
    With Marnie (Fiona Shaw) empowered by spirits of the dead, Bill (Stephen Moyer) issues an unpopular order to save vampires from the light. Eric (Alexander Skarsgård) embraces his amnesia; Luna (Janina Gavankar) discovers Sam (Sam Trammell) is not the man she thought he was; Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis) expands his consciousness; Pam (Kristin Bauer van Straten) gets a body peel; Andy’s (Chris Bauer) date with Holly (Lauren Bowles) doesn’t go as planned; Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll) has doubts about her future with Hoyt (Jim Parrack); Alcide (Joe Manganiello) and Debbie (Brit Morgan) join a new pack.
    Written by Alexander Woo; directed by Michael Ruscio.
  • Episode #44: “Spellbound?”
    Debut: SUNDAY, AUG. 14 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
    Other HBO playdates: Aug. 14 (11:00 p.m.), 16 (11:30 p.m.), 17 (9:00 p.m.), 20 (9:45 p.m.) and 26 (9:00 p.m.)
    HBO2 playdates: Aug. 15 (9:00 p.m.), 18 (10:00 p.m.), 19 (1:15 a.m.) and 21 (5:00 p.m.)
    As Bill and Marnie brace for a dangerous midnight faceoff, Sookie (Anna Paquin) and Eric pledge their allegiance to the King. Jason (Ryan Kwanten) is torn between friendship and passion, and Jessica is spurned from two homes; Lafayette becomes the pawn of a tormented spirit; Tommy (Marshall Allman) takes a walk in someone else’s shoes; Sam contends with yet another adversary in Marcus (Dan Buran), Luna’s ex and the leader of Alcide’s new pack.
    Written by Alan Ball; directed by Daniel Minahan.
  • Episode #45: “Run”
    Debut: SUNDAY, AUG. 21 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
    Other HBO playdates: Aug. 21 (11:00 p.m.), 23 (11:30 p.m.), 24 (9:00 p.m.), 26 (10:00 p.m.) and 27 (2:00 a.m.)
    HBO2 playdates: Aug. 22 (9:00 p.m.), 25 (10:00 p.m.), 26 (1:15 a.m.), and 28 (4:30 p.m.)
    Convalescing after her latest near-death trauma, Sookie envisions a world where there’s room for both Bill and Eric. Jesus (Kevin Alejandro) tries to purge the restless spirit out of Lafayette; Marcus enlists Alcide to help him deal with the Sam situation; Bill and Nan Flanagan (Jessica Tuck) clash over their agendas; Hoyt asks Jason to make a delivery to Jessica; despite Tara (Rutina Wesley) and Holly’s misgivings, Marnie plots her next move against the vampires, during a “Festival of Tolerance” event at Shreveport.
    Written by Brian Buckner; directed by Romeo Tirone.
  • Episode #46: “Burning Down the House”
    Debut: SUNDAY, AUG. 28 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
    HBO playdates: Aug. 28 (11:00 p.m.), 30 (11:30 p.m.) and 31 (9:00 p.m.), and Sept. 3 (1:30 a.m.) and 7 (8:00 p.m.)
    HBO2 playdate: Aug. 29 (10:00 p.m.)
    As all hell breaks loose in Shreveport, Sookie summons her most potent powers yet to save Bill, in the process breaking a spell and leading Marnie/Antonia to re-evaluate her mission. Jason urges Jessica to glamour him for Hoyt’s sake; Terry (Todd Lowe) drags Andy to “Fort Bellefleur” for an intervention; Alcide reconsiders his allegiances after Marcus’ fight with Tommy; Jesus, accompanied by Sookie, Lafayette and Jason, tries to breach the Moongoddess Emporium’s defenses to liberate Tara and Holly, while Bill leads a brigade of vampires committed to blowing the place to kingdom come.
    Written by Nancy Oliver; directed by Lesli Linka Glatter.

True Blood was created by Alan Ball and is based on the Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris

Daniel Radcliffe Video – On Harry Potter and Quidditch on The Daily Show

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Rebecca Murray
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Daniel Radcliffe in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Daniel Radcliffe in 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2' - ©Warner Bros Pictures

Being the “chosen one” doesn’t appear to have affected Daniel Radcliffe. Starring as Harry Potter, the boy who lived, in the eight Harry Potter films hasn’t sent Radcliffe into therapy, and for the most part he’s kept out of all the tabloid magazines over the past decade. Radcliffe wasn’t caught exhibiting behavior unworthy of Harry Potter (getting naked in Equus doesn’t count as that was purely professional) and he’s kept his sense of humor about him as he’s endured a decades-worth of questions from reporters and fans. That sense of humor’s evident in this video clip from Comedy Central’s The Daily Show in which he answers questions from real-life Quidditch players, including one pivotal question: “Do you feel any guilt at all for my ongoing virginity?”
  


 
The final Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, hit theaters on July 15, 2011.
 
More on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2:
– Photo gallery
– Film review
– News, interviews, and cast list
 

‘Captain Planet’ Movie in the Works

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Rebecca Murray
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Captain Planet
Captain Planet, the world’s first eco-hero, created by cable pioneer and environmentalist Ted Turner. (Photo: Business Wire)

We can never have too many superhero films, right? Cartoon Network’s trusting that audiences haven’t yet hit the breaking point when it comes to films based on superheroes as they’re planning a live-action Captain Planet feature film. Cartoon Network’s just completed a deal with Transformers producers Don Murphy and Susan Montford and their company Angry Filmworks to develop a film based on Captain Planet and the Planeteers.

Captain Planet and the Planeteers debuted on TBS and TNT in 1990, with celebrities including Whoopi Goldberg (Gaia), Meg Ryan (Dr. Blight), Martin Sheen (Sly Sludge), Edward Asner (Hoggish Greedly), James Coburn (Looten Plunder), Dean Stockwell (Duke Nukem) and Sting (Zarm) lending their voices to the series. Ted Turner and DIC Enterprises created the “world’s first animated environmental series” to address serious environmental issues. The official synopsis of the show explains it’s “about a group of young people who combine their special powers (The Planeteers) to summon Captain Planet, an environmental superhero, to battle the world’s worst eco-villains.”

In the press release announcing the feature film, President and COO of Turner Broadcasting System Inc.’s Animation, Young Adults and Kids Media division Stuart Snyder stated, “The messages of Captain Planet are even more relevant today,” said Snyder. “We feel this team can bring the world’s first eco-hero to life in a powerful motion picture that is not only pertinent but entertaining.”

“We are extremely excited about bringing the good Captain back to life,” said producer Don Murphy. “His adventures are known worldwide and he is recognized across generations. We expect to make a spectacular series of films with the amazing team at Cartoon Network.”




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