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Head on over to Apple to check out the first trailer for the football players-turned cheerleaders comedy. I can't tell if I enjoyed this trailer or not. On the one hand, it made me laugh a couple times and it stars Disturbia cutie Sarah Roemer. On the other hand, it's about FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO DECIDE TO BECOME CHEERLEADERS! How ridiculous is that? Sure, it's for the sake of getting girls, but as if they couldn't do that being football players? And not just any football player, STAR football players! Don't they have college scouts to consider, too? Then again, I may be reading far too much into the premise of a teen comedy. Anyone else notice that Eric Christian Olsen has been playing a high school kid for, like, 10 years? And anyone else think that Nicholas D'Agosto is looking considerably less douche-y than he did on Heroes? These are the things I think about...
Apple has released the trailer for The Great Buck Howard, the comedy starring John Malkovich, Colin Hanks, Emily Blunt, and Steve Zahn. Malkovich plays a former star "mentalist" who gets an unlikely second shot at fame, while Hanks plays his newly hired personal assistant and Blunt his fiery publicist. You'll also notice from the trailer that Colin Hanks' real-life dad, Tom Hanks, makes an appearance as his, well, dad. This role looks like it was written for John Malkovich. Lots of sneering and smiling and over-the-top goodness. Follow the link to take a look for yourself.
Fresh on the heels of the Sherlock Holmes pictures that surfaced earlier today, Collider now has a release from Warner Bros. with a look at several more of their 2009 releases. Included are stills we've seen before from WB tentpoles such as Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Watchmen, and Terminator: Salvation, but they've also got new pictures up for some other notable films. Click on through to see images from Seth Rogen's Observe and Report, Nick Cassavetes' My Sister's Keeper, Zac Efron's 17 Again, Peter Sarsgaard and Vera Farmiga's The Orphan, Robert Rodriguez's Shorts, Kate Beckinsale's Whiteout, Steven Soderbergh and Matt Damon's The Informant, Richard Kelly's The Box, and my personal favorite, Spike Jonze's much-delayed Where The Wild Things Are. Expect more stills from the other studios in the next few days.
In true Guy Ritchie-fashion, we're getting plenty of abs in the upcoming Sherlock Holmes film. Robert Downey, Jr. shows off his in one of two exclusive pics that IESB has posted. No telling how this fits into the story, though fans of the books will remember that Holmes was, among other things, a boxer. Looks like he might have gotten himself into a bit of a scrap in this picture. Head on over to IESB to see the full image and another of Downey, Jr. whispering to Jude Law's Watson.
UPDATE: Variety reports that Chris Weitz has officially signed on.
It was rumored earlier, but now it looks like Summit Entertainment has all but signed Chris Weitz on as the director for New Moon, the second film in the lucrative Twilight series. Entertainment Weekly breaks the news that though nothing official has happened yet, Summit has broken off talks with other potential directors and is finalizing the deal with Weitz. Word is that Weitz has a good relationship with Summit president of production, Eric Feig, and could be in Vancouver as early as Monday to begin preproduction on the film if everything goes smoothly. Weitz and his brother Paul launched the American Pie series with the first film in that franchise back in 1999, then did the very good About A Boy together before Chris went on to do last year's The Golden Compass on his own. Despite its box office troubles, I actually enjoyed the film and it seems Summit liked what he did, too. I think Weitz is a talented guy and though he may be male, he definitely does have some of the pedigree to assuage any people who cry foul. Let's see if he can improve on what Catherine Hardwicke started.
Forest Whitaker and UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture have signed on to join the cast of Sylvester Stallone's upcoming action flick The Expendables. The film centers around a group of mercenaries who go on an undercover mission to South America to overthrow a dictator. Written and directed by Stallone, the film will also star Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, and Sly himself. AICN also reports that, among other sure-to-be-badass-scenes in this movie, one will find Li and Lundgren facing off in a fight. I love the rejuvenation of Sylvester Stallone's career. He's put out two very enjoyable films in the Rocky and Rambo revivals, and this is sounding like it could be another fun ride.
Tom Cruise earned his most positive praises in a long time this past summer with his hilarious turn as studio exec Les Grossman in Tropic Thunder. After yesterday's announcement that Cruise had been nominated for a Golden Globe for the role, today we find that we may get more of the foul-mouthed booty shaker. Tom Cruise spoke to E! Online and says that he's been talking it over with Ben Stiller.
"I’ve talked about doing different videos with the character," Cruise said. "I’ve started working with Ben [Stiller] on it, and we’ve kind of talked about different things to do. We were gonna do some in our free time, but we haven’t found the free time…yet."
I, for one, would love to see more of Grossman. For all of Tropic Thunder's hilarity, nothing surprised me more or gave me more pleasure than watching it the first time and saying, "Wait, is that..? Oh my God, could it be..? HOLY SHIT IT IS!" and hearing the rest of the audience react with me. C'mon, you gotta agree it was a great performance. Play-ya! Plaaaaaay-ya!
The one sheet for David S. Goyer's upcoming The Unborn has been released. The trailer for this film certainly made it look like it could be good, but how's this for an attention grabber? Odette Yustman shows off her tushy with a creepy demon kid staring back at her. Ten bucks says he's looking at the same thing we are. What're your thoughts? Too much? Or good marketing? Click through to see a bigger version.
Hugh Jackman has been tapped to host this year's Oscar ceremony, taking over for Jon Stewart, who has hosted the event for the past two years. Jackman hosted the Tony Awards from 2003 to 2005, and won the 2004 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role in The Boy From Oz (hence, the title of this post. Witty, I know). He also won an Emmy in 2005 for his hosting performance. You can see the opening act he performed in 2004 here. I like Hugh Jackman. He's charismatic, he can sing, dance, and even direct, it seems. Plus, he seems to have a pretty good sense of humor. I'd still love to see a Conan O'Brien or Stephen Colbert hosted Oscars, but I'll take what I can get for now.
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