DreamWorks Animation has debuted the teaser trailer for Puss in Boots [PUSNB] on Apple. Voiced by Antonio Banderas [ABAND], the suave kitty from the Shrek franchise gets his own spin-off movie that will chronicle his early adventures.
IFC Films has released the first trailer for the comedy Super [SUPER], which unfortunately will be seen as an imitator of Kick-Ass even if the filmmakers did not intended it that way. Rainn Wilson [RAWIL] and Ellen Page [EPAGE] dress up as wannabe superrheroes to right the injustices in their little world.
Clark Kent and Jimmy Olsen reunite for horror comedy based on the comic Dylan Dog: Dead of Night [DEADN]. Brandon Routh [BROUT] stars as a private investigator specializing in the affairs of the undead, while Sam Huntington [SHUNT] plays his sidekick who has died and revive as a living dead. Omnilab Media has released the trailer on Apple and plans a wide release on April 29th through FreeStyle Releasing.
Going against the current trend of presenting CG animated films in 3D, Rango [RANGO] foregoes the glasses to remain 2D, which should please the pocketbooks of adults with children. Johnny Depp [JDEPP] voices the title lizard character in the PG-rated western, which has build up good buzz since its first teaser. DreamWorks’ How to Train Your Dragon opened to $43.7 million last March, though it was in 3D. Paramount opens Rango in 3917 theaters and could wrangle up around $41 million.
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Warner Bros. has launched a second and much better trailer for the comedy remake Arthur on Apple. As seen also on the new second poster, the trailer now features Greta Gerwig [GGERW] as the woman who captures the heart of the trust fund man child played by Russell Brand [RBRAN]. Now that an alternative to Jennifer Garner [JEGAR] is presented, the premise of the movie makes a lot more sense, at least to thiose who haven't seen the 1981 original. Helen Mirren [HMIRR] adds a bit of class as...
The King's Speech triumphed at the 83rd Academy Awards winning Best Picture, Best Actor for Colin Firth, Best Director for Tom Hooper and Original Screenplay for David Seidler. Natalie Portman took home the Oscar for Best Actress in Black Swan. Christian Bale won Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Fighter while his co-star Melissa Leo was named Best Supporting Actress. The statuette for Best Adapted Screenplay went to Aaron Sorkin for The Social Network.
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Two new releases underperformed at the weekend box office and allowed Gomeo and Juliet [GNOME] to take the crown with an estimated $14.2 million. Disney's animated fairy tale has banked $75.1 million after three weekends.
Hall Pass [HLPAS] opened in second place with $14.2 million. With word of mouth and reviews poor, the comedy is unlikely to have legs.
Last weekend's top film Unknown [UWMAL] trailed off 43% to $12.4 million for third place. Fellow sophomore release I Am Number Four...
Lionsgate has revealed a new trailer for Tyler Perry's Big Happy Family [MDBHF]. While audiences have tired of Martin Lawrence's Big Momma, Tyler Perry [TPERR] still has a devoted following for his cross-dressing as a wise-cracking grandma. Big Happy Family is the fourth film basd on a previous play featuring Madea, with 2009's Madea Goes to Jail being the biggest yet.
The Weinstein Co. has uploaded the trailer for the drama Miral [MIRAL] directed by Julian Schnabel [JSCHN]. Frieda Pinto [FPINT] plays a Palestinian schoolgirl during the 1980s who falls for a political activist and gets caught up in the Intifada resistance against Israel. The film is based on the semi-autobiographical story of Palestinian journalist Rula Jebreal.
While Hollywood celebrates its best high-brow films from last year at the Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday, it offers two new low-brow fares for moviegoers this weekend. The Farrelly brothers [FARRE] are back with their latest R-rated comedy Hall Pass [HLPAS]. Owen Wilson [OWILS] and Jason Sudekis [JSUDE] star as two married men whose wives let them mess around for a week. The storyline may attract males at the expense of females, who did not respond to the cheating ways in the comedies...
