August 2008 News Archive (Page 9)

With Zack and Miri Make a Porno due out in theaters on October 31st, we decided to feature Kevin Smith as our first director for Reel Movie Stars.

Kevin Smith got his start as a writer and director with his critical darling, Clerks, which took the Sundance Film Festival by storm in 1994.  Since then, Smith has written and directed Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Jersey Girl, and Clerks II.

As an actor, you probably know Smith best as Silent Bob in his various View Askewniverse movies.  However, did you know Smith has also acted in several non-Smith productions including Daredevil, Catch and Release, and Live Free or Die Hard?

Ready for some more fun Kevin Smith trivia facts you may not know?

• Cast his wife, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith as Missy in Jay and Silent Bob Stike Back and Emma in Clerks II
• Named his daughter Harley Quinn after Joker's sidekick from the Comic Book
• Cast his daughter Harley to play a baby Silent Bob in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
• Harley Quinn's godfather in Jason Lee
  
• Owns a comic book store, Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash in Red Bank, New Jersey
• Made a cameo alongside Jason Mewes in the music video for Because I Got High by Afroman
• Has two dogs named Mulder and Scully

Now that you're all Kevin Smith experts, we'll leave you with some fun pictures of this lovable guy.

Here's a look at an international poster for Max Payne.

The movie - based on a video game by the same name - stars Mark Wahlberg, Chris O'Donnell, Beau Bridges, Ludacris, Mila Kunis, Donal Logue, Amaury Nolasco. It opens in theaters October 17th, 2008.

Fans of Zac Efron will be in for a shock when they see him in Me and Orson Welles.

Typically see wearing a basketball jersey and dancing around - as is the case in the High School Musical 3 photos we've uncovered - Efron is taken back to 1937 in this new film.

Here's a synopsis of Me and Orson Welles:

It's the story of a whirlwind week in 1937 New York City when young aspiring actor Richard Samuels (Efron) is thrown into the middle of Orson Welles’ Mercury Theatre Company on the eve of the opening of Welles’ historic staging of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.

During this week, Richard will find romance with a worldly older woman (Sonja Jones, played by Claire Danes), become immersed in a creative experience few are afforded, and learn the downside of crossing the imperious, brilliant Welles (Christian McKay). Richard is about to grow up fast.”

The movie’s first complete screening will be at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, which runs from September 4–13. No release date has been set yet.

Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman star in the upcoming Baz Luhrmann epic, Australia.

Here's a new poster for the movie, which comes out on November 14:

Ben Affleck is in talks to star in Mike Judge's upcoming comedy, Extract.

The actor would portray an ambulance-chasing lawyer in the film, which centers on a flower extract factory owner (Arrested Development's Jason Bateman) who's dealing with workplace problems and a streak of bad luck, including his wife's affair with a gigolo.

Judge - the man behind Beavis and Butthead - wrote the screenplay.

As Harry Potter fans deal with the fallout over the next installment in the franchise - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - being pushed back to July 2009, star Daniel Radcliffe is looking far beyond that release date.

He recently told MTV News that Harry Potter and the Deathy Hallows will be far different in tone than any of the previous films in the franchise.

“The dark parts are with Dumbledore and Voldemort and his influence on things, and the light parts are very, very fun stuff with Ron and Hermione. Jesse Cave, who plays Lavender, is just brilliant. We had a lot of fun."

No release date has been set yet for Harry Potter and the Deathy Hallows, but it's been confirmed that the final book will be split into two movies.

As fans of Watchmen pray the movie is actually released in March - a lawsuit is brewing between Fox and Warner Bros. - at least one director has already seen the comic book adaption.

And he loves it.

Kevin Smith - who was invited to see the film at Zach Snyder’s invitation shortly after Comic-Con last month - has posted a rave review for it on his MySpace account. The writer/director, who's next film is Zack and Miri Make a Porno, wrote:

I saw Watchmen. It’s f---ing astounding. The Non-Disclosure Agreement I signed prevents me from saying much, but I can spout the following with complete joygasmic enthusiasm: Snyder and Co. have pulled it off.

Remember that feeling of watching Sin City on the big screen and being blown away by what a faithful translation of the source material it was, in terms of both content and visuals? Triple that, and you’ll come close to watching Watchmen.

No surprise that a movie about an exiled Playboy centerfold would bring out a bevy of beauties at its world premiere.

That's what went down earlier this week at the opening of The House Bunny. Here's a look at a trio of cute actress that showed up...

Anna Faris is the lead character in The House Bunny.

Amber Heard was the object of Seth Rogen's affection in this summer's Pineapple Express.

Look for Malin Akerman in next year's Watchmen movie.

A recent set visit to Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen revealed the sequel's biggest two stars hanging out on set.

If you look closely at the first photo of Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox, you can see the former's hand in a cast as a result of a recent car accident. If you look closely at the second, you can see the latter squeezing her own breasts.

Yowza!

Jason Statham returns as everyone's favorite criminal, Frank Martin, in Transporter 3.

The third installment of this surprisingly popular franchise opens on November 26. Check out the poster for it now:

Will you watch Transporter 3?