Writer/director David Ayer (Street Kings) is bringing his crime drama End of Watch into theaters on September 21st.  While we saw the violent side of Los Angeles law enforcement in the red-band trailer, this second trailer focuses on the partnership and importance of family for Officer Taylor (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Officer Zavala (Michael Peña). The duo finds themselves marked for death after a routine traffic stop turns into an epic drug bust that interferes with a notorious cartel.  End of Watch also stars Anna Kendrick, America Ferrera, Cody Horn and Frank Grillo.  Hit the jump to watch the new trailer.

We’re happy to bring you the first clip from DreamWorks new animated series, DreamWorks Dragons: Riders of Berk.  Based on the Academy Award-nominated film,  the series follows the continuing adventures of Hiccup and his faithful dragon, Toothless, along with their human and dragon friends alike as they soar over the Viking island of Berk.  The series features the returning vocal talents of Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and T.J. Miller, as well as some veteran newcomers, such as Tim Conway and Mark Hamill.  The sequel to How to Train Your Dragon is set to debut in theaters on June 20th, 2014, but the series airs on Cartoon Network starting Tuesday, September 4th.  Hit the jump to see the clip and view the full press release.

We all know him as the lovable bastard on Game of Thrones (who should have taken a roll in the snow with Ygritte (Rose Leslie)), but Kit Harington may soon lend his voice to a more villainous character.  Harington is up for a role in DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon 2.  The sequel to the 2010 hit features the return of Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, America Ferrera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Kristen Wiig, Craig Ferguson, T.J. Miller, Jonah Hill and more in the vocal cast, in addition to the fine assortment of scaly beasts on screen.  Hit the jump for more on this potential casting addition.

Diego Luna, Gael Garcia Bernal, and Pablo Cruz started developing a Cesar Chavez biopic at their Canana Films nearly two years ago.  Chavez is a legendary activist and Latino icon, revered for his efforts in the American labor movement, so his portrayer must be chosen with care.  Two years later, Canana came up with an inspired choice: Michael Pena.  I’ve noticed Pena most visibly in recent years creating distinct comic characters in lighter fare like Observe and Report or 30 Minutes or Less.  But the actor made is name in heavier dramas like Crash and World Trade Center.  Pena is versatile, and you need an actor who can tap into both sides of the craft to play an iconic figure who is a true leader of men.

Luna stepped behind the camera in 2010 to direct Abel, and has decided to make the biopic Chavez his second narrative feature.  Luna cast Rosario Dawson as Dolores Huerta, Chavez’s partner in activism and co-founder of what eventually became the United Farm Workers.  America Ferrera will play Chavez’s wife Helen.  Hit the jump for more, including comments from Luna on the importance of Chavez’s message.

At today’s press day for the hockey comedy Goon, currently available in VOD and arriving in theaters on March 30^th, Collider was able to talk to the film’s producer/co-writer/actor Jay Baruchel after the roundtables and get quick updates on Jay and Seth vs. the Apocalypse, and the How to Train Your Dragon sequel and Cartoon Network animated series. For his responses about each, check out what he had to say after the jump.

We’ve got a couple of casting stories regarding some indie films for you this evening. First up, Julia Stiles and America Ferrera have signed on to star in Todd Berger’s (Scenesters) comedy It’s a Disaster. Deadline reports that the film centers around four couples who meet up for Sunday brunch when they’re suddenly stranded in a house as the world may be coming to an end. Berger himself and fellow The Vacationeers comedy troupe-mates Kevin M. Brennan, Jeff Grace, Blaise Miller will also star. Berger wrote and will direct the pic, which starts filming this fall.

Additionally, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Ivan Sergei (Crossing Jordan) are set to star in the film adaptation of the book and stageplay Jewtopia. The story centers on two childhood best friends who reunite as adults when one needs the other to help him pretend to be Jewish in order to woo a woman. Variety reports that Sergei will play the wannabe-Jew, while Hewitt will take on the role of the woman he’s in love with (she’s still appealing, right?) The tone is likened to Wedding Crashers and My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Bryan Fogel is directing from a cript he co-wrote with Sam Wolfson.

As we reported back in October, Jay Baruchel, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T.J. Miller, and Kristen Wiig will reprise their roles in DreamWorks Animation’s sequel to How to Train Your Dragon.  Empire now reports that Gerard Butler, who played Hiccup’s father, Stoick the Vast, will return as well.  Dean DeBlois, who co-directed the first film, will go solo on the sequel.  Also, in his recent interview with Steve, cinematographer Roger Deakins (True Grit) revealed that he would be consulting on the picture.

Not much is known about the new film other than it will be “epic” and go far beyond the tiny Viking island of Berk.  The sequel to How to Train Your Dragon is set for release in 2013.

The Sundance Institute has announced its juries for this year’s Sundance Film Festival.  There are plenty of notable names that will judging this year’s in-competition films including The Simpsons creator Matt Groening, as well as directors Jason Reitman (Up in the Air), Susanne Bier (In a Better World), Kimberly Peirce (Boys Don’t Cry), Bong Joon-Ho (The Host), and Clark Gregg (Choke).  Actor-writer-director Tim Blake Nelson (Leaves of Grass) will host the awards ceremony on January 29th.

Hit the jump for the full press release and a list of all of the jury members.  The 2011 Sundance Film Festival runs from January 20th – 30th.

Jay Baruchel, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T.J. Miller, and Kristen Wiig will reprise their roles in DreamWorks Animation’s sequel to How to Train Your Dragon.  Also returning is Toothless and other non-speaking-but-adorable dragons from the first film.  Co-writer and co-director Dean DeBlois will fly solo on this one with Chris Sanders (who is busy on DWA’s 2012 caveman comedy The Croods) executive producing.  Since How to Train Your Dragon was conceive as a “prequel-of-sorts” to Cressida Cowell’s book series, DeBlois plans to expand the world presented in the first film.  Producer Bonnie Arnold explains, “There are nine books, and I feel like there are all sorts of elements that we could pull from.”

How to Train Your Dragon has been a box office smash for the studio ($489.6 million worldwide) and it’s one of my favorite films of the year.  DreamWorks Animation has the 3D sequel on track for a 2013 release.  Hit the jump for the press release.

Opening this weekend is DreamWorks animated movie How to Train Your Dragon.  The film features the voices of Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, America Ferrera, Craig Ferguson, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Kristen Wiig, and T.J. Miller.  While DreamWorks animated movies are definitely hit or miss, this one is fantastic and absolutely worth paying to see in a movie theater.  Also, the 3D is great and it’s currently at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes!

If you’ve seen the preview (click here to watch it), you know it’s about a teenage viking named Hiccup who doesn’t fit in with the rest of his tribe.  Instead of wanting to kill dragons, he gets along with the creatures and wants to teach his tribe that killing isn’t the answer.  Of course he needs to overcome a number of obstacles before his tribe will listen to him.

Again, How to Train Your Dragon is great.  For a taste of the film, we’ve been given 5 clips and you can check them out after the jump:

Opening this Friday is writer/director Rick Famuyiwa’s Our Family Wedding. The premise is a young couple (America Ferrera and Lance Gross) travel to Los Angeles to tell their families they’re getting married.  Unfortunately, neither family is on board with the news, and each member has their own opinions on marriage and relationships. The film also stars Forest Whitaker, Carlos Mencia, Regina King, Anjelah Johnson, Diane-Maria Riva, and Lupe Ontiveros.  To help promote the film, I recently got to speak with America Ferrera.  We talked about why she wanted to make this film, who she plays, and a lot more.  Hit the jump to check it out:

Opening this Friday is writer/director Rick Famuyiwa’s Our Family Wedding.  The film stars Forest Whitaker, America Ferrera, Carlos Mencia, Regina King, Lance Gross, Anjelah Johnson, Diane-Maria Riva, and Lupe Ontiveros. The story is a young couple (America Ferrera and Lance Gross) travels back to Los Angeles to tell their families they’re getting married.  Unfortunately, neither family is on board with the announcement, and each member has their own opinions on marriage and relationships.  Forest Whitaker plays Lance Gross’s dad, and Regina King is Whitaker’s best friend.  To help promote the film, I recently spoke to Forest Whitaker and Regina King.  Hit the jump to watch the interview:

Opening next weekend is the writer/director Rick Famuyiwa’s Our Family Wedding. The premise is a young couple (America Ferrera and Lance Gross) travel to Los Angeles to tell their families they’re getting married.  Unfortunately, neither family is on board with their announcement, and each member has their own opinions on marriage and relationships. The film also stars Forest Whitaker, Carlos Mencia, Regina King, Anjelah Johnson, Diane-Maria Riva, and Lupe Ontiveros.

In the film, Carlos Mencia plays America Ferrera’s father and Anjelah N. Johnson plays her sister.  As you might imagine when you cast two stand up comedians as family members, they’re not only there to help the story move forward, they’re also trying to make you laugh.  To help promote the film, I recently got to speak with Carlos Mencia and Anjelah N. Johnson and you can watch our interview after the jump:

Opening this Friday is writer/director Rick Famuyiwa’s Our Family Wedding.  The film stars Forest Whitaker, America Ferrera, Carlos Mencia, Regina King, Lance Gross, Anjelah Johnson, Diane-Maria Riva, and Lupe Ontiveros. The premise is a young couple (America Ferrera and Lance Gross) get back to Los Angeles to tell their families they’re getting married.  Unfortunately, neither family is on board with this plan, and each person has their own opinion on marriage and relationships.

To help promote the film, I recently spoke to one of the stars of the film, Lance Gross.  We talked about making Our Family Weedding, doing publicity, filming in L.A., working with Charlie Murphy, Taye Diggs and Forest Whitaker, and his career.  Hit the jump to check it out:

DreamWorks Animation has released a third trailer for director Chris Sanders How to Train Your Dragon. The movie features the voices of Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, America Ferrera, Craig Ferguson, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Kristen Wiig, and T.J. Miller.

How to Train Your Dragon is about a teenage Viking named Hiccup who doesn’t fit in with the rest of his tribe.  Instead of wanting to kill dragons, he gets along with the creatures and wants to teach his tribe that killing isn’t the answer.  Of course, he needs to overcome a number of obstacles before his tribe will listen to him, and you know where the story is going to end.  Saying that, I really enjoyed the film and think it’s going to be a big hit for DreamWorks.

Hit the jump to watch the newest trailer.  And keep your ears open for some music from True Romance.