Yes, they're now making movies about dolls.
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl is based on the famous line of fake little girls. Ask your little sister about them. She'll understand.
The film stars Abigail Breslin in the title role and comes out on July 2. Here's a preview of it:
Shia LaBeouf turns 22 today.
The young actor has already earned comparisons to Tom Hanks, though he has a long way to go to achieve such lofty status in our eyes.
Still, Shia's early film resume is solid:
In honor of the actor, and for his many female fans out there, here's a photo montage of the actor. Click on the following thumbnails now for larger versions...
M. Night Shyamalan told SCI FI Wire that he's excited to be directing The Last Airbender, a live-action fantasy-adventure movie based on Nickelodeon's animated SF/action/martial-arts series Avatar: The Last Airbender.
"It has martial arts and spirituality and the supernatural, and it has Buddhist philosophy and Hindu philosophy - really, everything I talk about - all in one movie," Shyamalan said.
The Sixth Sense director added:
"It has a mythology. It's Shakespearean. It's all this incredible stuff, and it has a balance. All these movies are plays on magic, whether it's Lord of the Rings or The Matrix or Star Wars even, and each one of them relates to me in a different way, in its belief system."
Up next, of course, Shyamalan is responsible for The Happening. It opens this weekend.
You can learn a lot from a panda that knows kung fu.
That's the message behind, well, Kung Fu Panda. We've added 11 new quotes from that movie to our site, all of which you can browse through at our Kung Fu Panda quotes page.
Check out the sampling of wisdom below:
Oogway: Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.
Po: There is no charge for awesomeness... or attractiveness.
Po: Get ready to feel the thunda!
No, we don't have the trailer for Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins yet.
But we do have news on when fans might expect to see this movie's preview: rumors circulating around the Internet indicate that the trailer for this Christian Bale follow-up will hit theaters the same day as Bale's next film: The Dark Knight.
As if we needed another reason to go see that flick!
Based on posters such as this - which have been spotted around New York City - the next Terminator movie will be released around Memorial Day, 2009.
Katherine Heigl will star in and produce a feature film adaptation of Escape. The bestselling memoir by Carolyn Jessop focuses on the testimony that helped convict polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs.
A bit more background: Jessop was born into the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints sect. At 18 she married a man 32 years her senior; at 35, she fled with her eight children. Heigl will take the lead role.
Katherine Heigl is working on a solid movie resume.
Just as you were getting used to the idea of Seth Rogen as The Green Hornet, here's news of the actor gearing up to portray another superhero.
He and Knocked Up co-star Jay Baruchel (pictured) will star in the action comedy Jay and Seth vs. the Apocalypse.
Can Jay Baruchel and Seth Rogen save the world?
According to Variety, th film is based on a comedy short from Superbad writers Rogen and Evan Goldberg, which in turn was based on a story by Goldberg and Jason Stone.
The comedy centers around two guys dealing with the apocalypse. Makes it rather aptly named, doesn't it?
Baruchel next appears in the Ben Stiller-directed comedy Tropic Thunder.
A trio of semi-hits were released on DVD today. One focused on a sentimental journey between new friends; one set the stage for a possible sci-fi triology; and the third featured two of Hollywood's most beautiful leading ladies.
Here's a rundown of all three filmsâ¦
The Bucket List
Stars: Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman
Why you should rent it: Because you might die next week without having seen it.
Jumper
Stars: Rachel Bilson, Hayden Christensen
Why you should rent it: Because Rachel Bilson and Hayden Christensen began dating soon after filming. It's like a first-hand look at romance blossoming!
The Other Boleyn Girl
Stars: Eric Bana, Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson
Why you should rent it: Because you're a fan of young, gorgeous actresses and historical inaccuracies.
When we first heard that The Incredible Hulk would be the focus of yet another movie (following the Ang Lee-directed disaster that was The Hulk), we wondered why anyone would go see it.
However, reviews of the Edward Norton vehicle have actually been positive so far. Here's a sampling...
- The Incredible Hulk accomplishes exactly what it sets out to do. It simply isn't out to accomplish much... -- Cinema Blend
- Though certainly not the dud many were expecting, the new 'Hulk' is not good enough to justify the need for a restart... -- Dark Horizons
- Much more action-packed and entertaining than the previous Hulk movie... -- Sci Fi Movie Page
- Sharply uneven and structurally messy, new version is only slightly better but decidedly different than Lee's take, a popcorn flick favoring big, loud action and thrilling f/x over plot and characters; makes you curious about Norton's longer, detailed cut... -- Emanuel Levy
Leonardo DiCaprio has signed on to star in Atari, a biopic on Nolan Bushnell, the man that actually invented the home video game console.
As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, after building Atari to an international juggernaut, Bushnell was forced out, only to have a second act as the founder of the Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza chain. Random, we know.
Aside from Atari, DiCaprio recently wrapped the Ridley Scott CIA thriller House of Lies, due out in October. He's also set to film Shutter Island.