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Casting Call: Julia Stiles and America Ferrera Join IT’S A DISASTER, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Ivan Sergei to Star in JEWTOPIA

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: July 14th, 2011 at 6:04 pm

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.

Gerard Butler Will Return for HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Sequel

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: February 14th, 2011 at 11:16 am

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.

Jury Members Announced for 2011 Sundance Film Festival; Includes Matt Groening, Bong Joon-Ho, and Jason Reitman

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: January 18th, 2011 at 12:22 pm

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.

Baruchel, Ferguson, Ferrera, Hill, Mintz-Plasse, Miller, and Wiig to Return for HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Sequel

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: October 11th, 2010 at 7:26 am

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.

5 Movie Clips from DreamWorks HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: March 23rd, 2010 at 5:20 am

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:

America Ferrera Video Interview OUR FAMILY WEDDING

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: March 8th, 2010 at 10:58 am

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:

Forest Whitaker and Regina King Video Interview OUR FAMILY WEDDING

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: March 7th, 2010 at 4:30 pm

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:

Carlos Mencia and Anjelah N. Johnson Video Interview OUR FAMILY WEDDING

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: March 6th, 2010 at 7:02 pm

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:

Lance Gross Video Interview OUR FAMILY WEDDING

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: March 6th, 2010 at 8:29 am

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:

New HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Trailer

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: February 25th, 2010 at 3:46 pm

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.

5 Movie Clips from OUR FAMILY WEDDING Starring Forest Whitaker, America Ferrera, and Carlos Mencia

by David Lane    Posted: February 20th, 2010 at 4:35 pm

Opening March 12 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 film is about a young couple (America Ferrera, Lance Gross) that get back to Los Angeles to tell their family they’re getting married.  Unfortunately, neither family is on board this plan, and each member has their own opinions on marriage and relationships.  To help promote the film, Fox Searchlight has provided us with 5 clips. Hit the jump to check them out:

New Poster for HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: February 11th, 2010 at 11:29 am

DreamWorks Animation, although they may not have the insurmountable rep of Pixar, does make good movies and judging from the trailer their upcoming How to Train Your Dragon looks to be one of them.  A new poster for the film has come online [via Empire] and I really dig it. Here’s the official plot synopsis:

From the studio that brought you “Shrek,” “Madagascar” and “Kung Fu Panda” comes “How to Train Your Dragon.” Set in the mythical world of burly Vikings and wild dragons, and based on the book by Cressida Cowell, the action comedy tells the story of Hiccup, a Viking teenager who doesn’t exactly fit in with his tribe’s longstanding tradition of heroic dragon slayers. Hiccup’s world is turned upside down when he encounters a dragon that challenges he and his fellow Vikings to see the world from an entirely different point of view.

The film features the voice talents of Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, America Ferrera, Craig Ferguson, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, and Kristen Wiig.  Hit the jump to check out the poster.  How to Train Your Dragon hits theaters on March 26^th.

Collider Attends DreamWorks Animation Event; Watches Footage from SHREK FOREVER AFTER, MEGA MIND and HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: January 14th, 2010 at 4:58 pm

Earlier today, I attended a DreamWorks Animation event at the Pacific Design Center here in Los Angeles.  The purpose of the event was to showcase what DreamWorks will be releasing in 2010 to an audience of journalists from around the world.  While some of the footage was not complete, the studio showed us the opening thirty minutes of Shrek Forever After, a few scenes from Megamind, and all of an almost-completed How to Train Your Dragon.

The quick info is…I thought all the footage looked great.  And this is coming from someone that hated Shrek the Third. More after the jump:

Sundance 2010: First Images from OBSELIDIA, SKATELAND Starring Ashley Greene, THE DRY LAND Starring America Ferrera, Melissa Leo, and Wilmer Valderrama, THE IMPERIALISTS ARE STILL ALIVE! and WINTER’S BONE

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: December 6th, 2009 at 8:44 pm

As we move closer to the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, we’re getting the first images of the films that will be playing there.  Since there are so many movies, we’ve decided to group them into a single article because the human brain can only handle so many new images before it starts to go mad.  The films we’ve included in this group Obselidia; Skateland starring the unbelievable hotness that is Ashley Greene; The Dry Land starring America Ferrera, Melissa Leo, and Wilmer Valderrama; The Imperialists Are Still Alive!; and Winter’s Bone starring Jennifer Lawrence and John Hawkes. We also have some more images for Nowhere Boy, the young John Lennon biopic starring Kristen Scott Thomas and Aaron Johnson.  Hit the jump for images and synopses for all these films.

The 2010 Sundance Film Festival will run from January 21-31^st.

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