March 2008 News Archive (Page 9)

Troy Duffy had a very good St. Patrick's Day - and he wanted to share it with fans of his movie, Boondock Saints.

The writer/director of the cult classic posted a new video confirming that a sequel, The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day. Check it out now.

Duffy says that orignal stars Sean Patrick Flannery, Norman Reedus and Billy Connolly are all back. However, he didn't mention Willem Dafoe. We'll keep you posted as we learn more.

Quentin Tarantino's third movie, Jackie Brown, had the impossible job of following up Pulp Fiction.

However, we certainly still enjoyed the movie that Quentin Tarantino based off of Elmore Leonard's Rum Punch.

Jackie Brown brought back the career of star, Pam Grier and won Robert Forster an Academy Award.

So please, enjoy the following photo montage, check out an amazing soul-filled soundtrack, watch the trailer, and, as always, enjoy our collection of Jackie Brown quotes.

There are new behind-the-scenes shots of Zac Efron and Michelle Trachtenberg in 17 Again (previously called just Seventeen) that will be featured in the April 2008 issue of teen mag J-14.

Regarding the film, Producer Adam Shankman recently said:

"This is about a man whose life has not gone the way he wants it to, so he wishes he was 17 again and he gets his wish. And then he's realizing it's nothing like he thought it would be. So it's a reverse Big. It has as many funny scenes in it as it does heartfelt scenes."

17 Again opens in August.

In anticipation of Nim's Island - in theaters on April 4 - check out the following pictures from the fantasy epic. Click on any images below to see larger versions...

Also, check out the Nim's Island movie trailer now to get a closer look at the film.

In an interview with MTV News, director Christopher Nolan says fans should expect a whole lot from The Dark Knight.

"In this case, literally, we were able to directly carry on and explore the idea that Gary Oldman brings up at the end of Batman Begins, which is the idea of escalation," said Nolan. "We have seen the rise of Batman, we have seen his rise to power, now what are the criminals going to do? How are they going to fight that? That's the jumping off point for this film, and we just ran with it as far as we could."

Yesterday, we brought you Out of Sight, a movie adaptation of the Elmore Leonard novel.

Today, we're bringing you Get Shorty, another movie adaptation of an Elmore Ledonard novel, made in 1995.

Get Shorty stars John Travolta as the main character Chili Palmer after his popular from Pulp Fiction.

Being based off an Elmore Leonard novel you can count on great quotes and we brought you as many as we could find.

You can also count on director Barry Sonnenfeld to bring you a great visual feast.  Just check out the collection of stills we added to the gallery.

As usual for completeness, we've also added the soundtrack and original trailer for the movie.  Enjoy!

Directed by David Schwimmer, Run Fatboy Run is receiving a ton of critical praise. It should be a sleeper comedy hit, one that comes out on March 26.

You can read why right now by checking out a few Run Fatboy Run quotes. Also, click on any of the following thumbnails for larger versions of photos from the film...

Check out the following clip from Drillbit Taylor, the Owen Wilson comedy coming out this Friday:

Fans of Knocked Up and Superbad are in for a trio of treats over the next few months: writer/director Judd Apatow has three movies coming out.

He recently spoke to ComingSoon.net about them all:

CS: Tell me a little bit about "Drillbit Taylor" and the cast.
Apatow: "Drillbit Taylor" is a hilarious movie that Seth Rogen wrote with Kris Brown. They both wrote for this TV show we did called "Undeclared" and Seth obviously wrote "Superbad" and also "Pineapple Express." It's about these kids that are being bullied and they hire a bodyguard who they think is an Army Ranger. It really turns out that he is just a homeless guy who is planning on stealing and robbing their parents' houses.

The original idea came from John Hughes who wrote a treatment of the movie but he never got around to writing it. So when Paramount said, "Hey, guys you want to write this idea that John Hughes never got around to doing?" We said "sure. We'll take a pop at it."

CS: Moving on to the film "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," what was it like working on that set?
Apatow: "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" was a movie written by Jason Segel who was one of the stars on "Knocked Up" and "Freaks and Geeks." It's about a guy whose girlfriend dumps him. He goes to Hawaii to get over it and she happens to be at the same resort with her new rock star boyfriend.

The rock star is played by Russell Brand, who is a very famous comedian in England. His girlfriend is played by Kristen Bell from "Heroes." He starts falling for a woman who works at the hotel played by Mila Kunis. Jason Segel really came through and wrote this hysterical script. He's always been the kind of comedy actor that I thought is really fun to watch get beat up on. We call it a romantic disaster movie.

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Sad movie news to start the day:

Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella has died, his agent Judy Daish announced this morning. He was 54 years old and no cause of death has been given.

Minghella directed the The English Patient, which won nine Academy Awards. He was also behind the camera for The Talented Mr. Ripley and Cold Mountain.

The director is survived by his wife Carolyn Choa and 22-year-old son Max Minghella, who most recently filmed Hippie Hippie Shake.