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'X-Files 2' Top Secret Video Interview With Its Stars


May 16, 2008 09:50:40 GMT


After months keeping mum and keeping a tightly sealed secret of the upcoming thriller "The X-Files: I Want to Believe", David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson finally come out to talk about the highly anticipated movie. Though they both didn't reveal much about the film's storyline, the two co-stars exposed what they have in mind coming back.

In a behind-the-scene interview with Entertainment Weekly, both Duchovny and Anderson confessed their excitement on working together again as Mulder and Scully. "We hadn't seen each other for a while; it was like a reunion," revealed Duchovny. "It's really nice to act with her again, because not only do I, David, enjoy acting with her, but when Mulder and Scully come alive [again onscreen] - that was fun; that was kind of magical for us." Anderson then added, "Coming back together again after time has passed, it felt exciting; it felt like it was a choice that we were making, and one that we were enthusiastic about - that's a cool way to start something."

'Mummy 3' International Teaser Provides First Look


May 16, 2008 09:23:46 GMT


On May 14, director Rob Cohen announced that on Friday, May 16, "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" will get its first teaser trailer posted online. However, before that video footage is able to set its feet on the virtual world, Universal Pictures have let out an international teaser trailer for the action adventure movie.

Timed at 1:47, the teaser appears to be like one of the Indiana Jones films in terms of the opening teaser sequences that show the old dusty archaeological place and clues leading to a discovery. Exposing many action sequences from the film, it gives out first real look into the characters, especially Brendan Fraser's Rick O'Connell, and the adventure lays in front of them. As for the news hour, the teaser can be seen via Yahoo (AU).

Rihanna Leaping to Silver Screen


May 16, 2008 07:53:52 GMT

Rihanna
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Nowadays, Hollywood seems to have a new trend in the entertainment industry since many of successful actors are trying their luck in the music industry and vice versa. With reports from the music biz buzzing around Scarlett Johansson's attempt in debuting her recording, the R 'n' B princess, Rihanna is going to expand her fans base by adding moviegoers to the already expanding numbers of her fanatics.

Having massive success with her hit songs "Umbrella" and "Don't Stop the Music" under her sleeves, the Barbados-born singer reportedly is turning her attention to land a movie role. The singer who is romantically linked to Chris Brown is now said to be going to play in a drama movie entitled "Mama Black Widow" co-starring Kerry Washington, Mos Def and Macy Gray. The speculation of her starring in the movie perhaps holds some truth in it, after all she has expressed interest in acting saying, "I don't know how good I'll be at it, but it's something that I want to try."

'Terminator Salvation' Going Retro With the Robots


May 16, 2008 06:37:02 GMT


Though the filmmakers of "Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins" are taking the latest installment of "Terminator" franchise to the future, it appears that the design of the new Terminators itself will be going backward. Latest report concerning the fourth installment of the action movie firstly made famous by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the '80s suggested that it is going to take a retro turn.

Talking about his work with the upcoming action sci-fi movie, character designer Miles Teves hinted that the new design of the killing machines will be in its natural state. "I did all kinds of work on the new sort of Terminator...uh, I can't describe without being in breach of contract...But there is a new endo-skelleton-type super Terminator that in a way is actually cruder than any of the ones from any of the other films," he explained on the Fanboy Confidential podcast. "This one sort of takes place before all the other films in a weird way. So everything in the film is actually supposed to be cruder technology than we see even in the first Terminator."

Goku and Bulma of 'Dragon Ball Z' Exposed


May 16, 2008 05:17:09 GMT


The question about how Goku and Bulma will look like in person has been answered. On Thursday, May 15, several images revealing the two main characters in the upcoming "Dragon Ball Z" have made their way to the Internet.

The pictures are taken from Japanese magazine Weekly Young Jump and they show up Justin Chatwin posing as Goku and Emmy Rossum as Bulma. The first bigger image unveiled Chatwin with his Goku appearance creating a ball of energy using his two hands, while in the other two smaller images revealed close-up photos of Chatwin and Rossum.

Premiere Reports: 'Kung Fu Panda' Taming Cannes' Red Carpet


May 16, 2008 03:59:07 GMT


Making the celebration of the 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival even merrier, "Kung Fu Panda" rolled down its red carpet on the festival's second day to mark the world premiere of the upcoming comedy animated movie. Held at Palais des Festivals et des Congres in Cannes on May 15, the red carpet event attracted many stars as well as the titular panda himself, which is represented by a man wearing Po's suit.

Attending the special celebration were some of the film's stars, Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Lucy Liu and the very pregnant Angelina Jolie. The latter actress came to the event wearing a low-cut forest green flowing dress and accompanied by her partner Brad Pitt. Beside the four thesps, other notable people grazing the red carpet include Eva Longoria, Natalie Imbruglia, Rachael Leigh Cook and Aishwarya Rai as well as director George Lucas.

Featurette: 'Prince Caspian' Introduces the Creatures of Narnia


May 16, 2008 03:10:54 GMT


Before moviegoers head out to theaters this weekend to catch the latest Narnia movie series, Disney have presented them with the latest featurette of "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian". The newest compilation of clips focuses its discussion on the changes happen to Narnia in the second movie and especially on the variety of creatures to be seen in "Caspian".

Exposing the development of the new as well as the revisited creatures of Narnia, the video footage is aided with the explanation given by director Andrew Adamson, producer Mark Johnson and the special effects crew, including visual effects supervisor Wendy Rogers and Dean Wright and special makeup effects and creature Howard Berger. The featurette, which can be seen below or via AceShowbiz also let out unseen clips from the film that shows some of the creatures closer than before.

'City of Ember' Teaser Trailer Arrives


May 16, 2008 02:17:52 GMT


Introducing their latest adventure fantasy film, Fox-Walden have released the official first teaser trailer of "City of Ember" through their official trailer. Though footages compiled in a one and a half minutes video do not give much of the storyline, it still helps to give an idea of how the movie will look like.

This teaser is said to be the same trailer as the one lets out in the theaters attached to "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian". It picks up its plot momentum using the appearing white words explaining what is happening and what should be done by the two leading kids in order to save the people of Ember. The teaser can be seen below using "Ember" official site's widget, which also includes a countdown clock, a widget map, a news section, and a tab called "Underground" featuring noticeable underground places all over the world. It can also be seen via AceShowbiz.

'Traitor' Lets Out Intense First Trailer


May 15, 2008 09:45:24 GMT


The first trailer of the Overture Films' thriller "Traitor" has appeared on the net. The trailer which takes a bit more than two minutes to be viewed pretty much gives out the idea of how intense the movie will look like.

Telling the story of an undercover CIA agent under a special operation to work in a terrorist group, the trailer picks up with a series of clips accompanied with a conversation between two men about war strategy. Right after that, the video footage starts its explosive action sequences. Then, it exposes the intricate works and difficulties faced by the main character, especially when he is accused to be one of the terrorists.

Former Model Tyrese Gibson Up for Mr.T's Role in 'A-Team'


May 15, 2008 09:02:44 GMT

Tyrese Gibson
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The former model turned actor Tyrese Gibson may be getting a role of a lifetime for his next feature film project. Recently, the 29-year-old revealed that he is eyeing to land an iconic character made famous by Mr. T back in the '80s. That means that the "Transformers" actor may portray the tough B.A. Baracus in the future "The A-Team" movie.

Talking to CHUD, the actor confessed that nothing is certain yet. The script of the John Singleton-directed movie is still under work and the decision of him joining the project still depends on his schedule. Despite the uncertainty, the co-star of Paul Walker and Eva Mendes in "2 Fast 2 Furious" expressed his excitement stating that he is ready to bring the character to the 21st Century which means B.A. could lose his gold jewelries and as for B.A.'s signature mohawk, he is still putting it for speculations.

Four 'Indy 4' Behind the Scene Footages Online


May 15, 2008 08:04:32 GMT


Less than a week from its premiere in Cannes Film Festival and its theatrical release, a series of "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" behind the scene videos have come out on the net. All four videos focuses on director Steven Spielberg's work on the set of the new installment of the Indiana Jones' latest adventure.

One of the videos is entitled "Steven Spielberg Directs" and like its title, the footages contained within expose how the acclaimed filmmaker take his job on the shooting location. Meanwhile, the other three compilations of clips work like a documentary of what happens behind the filming of "Crystal Skull". In one of the video, one can even see the famous Indy's hats up close. The video also let out footages of Harrison Ford and Cate Blanchett off camera. The videos can all be enjoyed below.

'Saw VI' to Be Developed, David Hackl Replaced


May 15, 2008 07:27:09 GMT


Apparently, Lions Gate Films still do not get enough of their horror thriller franchise "Saw". Though the fifth film about a psychopathic murderer with deathly traps has yet to generate screams in any theaters everywhere, a sixth film has been planned and it won't have director David Hackl as its helmer for the second time in a row.

In "Saw VI", the first time director will be replaced by another newcomer in the directing business, Kevin Greutert. Like Hackl who has been involved with the production of the earlier "Saw" movies, Greutert is the editor of all five "Saw" franchise, including the upcoming "Saw V". The news of Greutert's selection was broken out by Hackl himself on Wednesday, May 14 when talking with ShockTillYouDrop.com.

More to Jon Favreau's Yet Unsigned in 'Iron Man 2' Story


May 15, 2008 06:56:00 GMT

Jon Favreau
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The success of the man in armor suit "Iron Man" to keep on soaring high collecting more and more gold and to stand unchallenged atop the box office chart could not be separated from the good work done by its director Jon Favreau. But, when Marvel Entertainment announced the development of the superhero sequel, the filmmaker made a shocking confession that he hasn't been officially aboard the new project and the uncertainty still lingers on as of Tuesday, May 13.

The latest news coming from the man behind the success of Will Ferrell's 2003 Christmas comedy "Elf" revealed that he is still not signed to helm "Iron Man 2". Talking to radio show host and television personality Howard Stern, the 41-year-old stated, "They haven't offered me anything yet. They're all talking - they want to do it, they even announced a date." Despite the fact that he has yet signed, Favreau still shared what he has in mind for the second film stating that he is interested in picking up the "infamous Devil in a Bottle storyline", so claimed Slash Film.

George A. Romero's 'Dawn of the Dead' Gets 3-D, Sequel in Plans


May 15, 2008 06:11:27 GMT


The horrifying "Dawn of the Dead" is preparing to let out the scare once again and this time, the zombies will appear closer and more realistic to the audience, literally. On the new project, producer Richard Rubinstein has shared that he is planning on re-releasing George A. Romero's 1979 zombie movie in a 3-D format.

Exposing his plan to Fangoria, the filmmaker confessed that he has doubt over the "dimensionalization" re-editing at first, but when he is able to see the result, he said that he is in awe with the work of In-Three, Inc. "When Mike Messina [another producer on the DAWN redux] and I began to investigate using In-Three's technique, I was very skeptical," so claimed Rubinstein. "I couldn't see how it could be used without re-editing George's film, which I was not going to do."

Sarcastic 'Beavis and Butt-head' Going Big Screen Again


May 15, 2008 04:15:05 GMT


Who can forget the '90s MTV's cartoon series about the sarcastic and heavy metal loving duo "Beavis and Butt-Head"? When the series ended, it left its fans yearning for more. However, fans of the series can now put their hopes high in seeing a live action version of their favorite characters after the series' creator Mike Judge opens possibility of it being brought to the big screen.

Talking to MTV in order to promote "The Animation Show", Judge hinted that he has been thinking of making the live action movie out of the animated series. "I used to hate the idea for years, and now I think maybe there's something there," admitted the "Idiocracy" filmmaker. "I feel like it's something I can come back to and do." Further, he added, "I've even thought about doing a live-action 'Beavis & Butt-Head' possibly."

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