Tooth Fairy

Dwayne Johnson and Julie Andrews Interview TOOTH FAIRY

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: January 19th, 2010 at 6:39 pm

Opening this Friday is Dwayne Johnson’s new family film Tooth Fairy.  If you’re looking for another Rundown, this is definitely not for you.  But if you’ve enjoyed Johnson in films like Race to Witch Mountain and The Game Plan, this is another in the family friendly genre.  Here’s the synopsis:

Dwayne Johnson is The Tooth Fairy, also known as Derek Thompson, a hard-charging hockey player whose nickname comes from his habit of separating opposing players from their bicuspids. When Derek discourages a youngster’s dreams, he’s sentenced to one week’s hard labor as a real tooth fairy, complete with the requisite tutu, wings and magic wand. At first, Derek “can’t handle the tooth” – bumbling and stumbling as he tries to furtively wing his way through strangers’ homes…doing what tooth fairies do. But as Derek slowly adapts to his new position, he begins to rediscover his own forgotten dreams.

To help promote the film, last week I got to attend a small press conference with Dwayne Johnson and Julie Andrews.  They talked about making the film,  why they wanted to be involved, what they have coming up, how they feel about watching their previosu movies, and a whole lot more.  If you’re a fan of either Dwayne Johnson or Julie Andrews…you’ll like this interview:

Jessica Biel talks A-TEAM and Dwayne Johnson talks WITCH MOUNTAIN Sequel, TOOTH FAIRY, JONNY QUEST and NAMOR THE SUBMARINER

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: November 9th, 2009 at 5:05 pm

Earlier today I attended the press day for Sony’s new animated movie Planet 51 and in attendance were Jessica Biel, Dwayne Johnson and Justin Long.  While I’ll have a transcript of the entire press conference in the coming days, since Jessica Biel talked about The A-Team and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson gave updates on a possible Witch Mountain sequel, Tooth Fairy, Jonny Quest and Namor the SubMariner, I figured you’d like to read what they had to say tonight.

While I’d love to report major news on any of the movies, it seems nothing is happening on a Witch Mountain sequel, Jonny Quest, or Namor the SubMariner.  But the best news came from Jessica Biel who made it sound like The A-Team might be a lot of fun.  Hit the jump for exact quotes:

Trailer for TOOTH FAIRY Starring Dwayne Johnson

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: October 1st, 2009 at 7:15 pm

I may have to retire “Dwayne Johnson is better than this,” because while I know he has the charisma and ability to star in good movies, it’s been six years since “The Rundown” and he seems to have embraced lowest-common-denominator family fare that’s not only insidious but formulaic.  Look, he’s a big mean guy (which automatically means “Pro Athlete”, I guess) who needs to learn a lesson in kindness but first we’re going to strip away his masculinity and put him in really embarrassing situations!  Box Office Gold!  That’s pretty much the plot synopsis for “Tooth Fairy”.  The only difference between this and “The Gameplan” is that he gets turned into a Tooth Fairy as a penalty for “killing dreams”.

Slow down.  There’s a penalty for killing dreams?  I highly doubt that.  If that were true, I’d be doing 500-1000 years for dream murder in the dream penitentiary right now.  Also, have we not mastered green-screen technology yet?  “The Daily Show” has more convincing composites.  All the flaws aside, if you have kids, you’re probably going to regret having them on January 22^nd, 2010 when the film hits theaters.  You can watch the trailer after the jump if you think I’m always wrong and this is a gem.  Also, you can try to explain why he’s flying away with a 13-year-old boy near the end.

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