Good Sunday everyone, this is The Sunday Lunch, HeyUGuys’ excuse to let down our Movie News blogging hair and enjoy the lighter side of movies. This week’s Sunday Lunch funny comes from a clip that Jon Lyus sent me which put the biggest smile on my face. It shows Jim Henson, being voiced by Kermit [...]
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Revenge Gets A Release Date
September 19, 2010 By 1 Comment
Oscilloscope Acquire Kelly Reichardt’s Meek’s Cutoff
September 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Oscilloscope have acquired the North American distributions rights to Kelly Reichardt’s western-drama Meek’s Cutoff, which premiered in Toronto. Meek’s Cutoff stars Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Bruce Greenwood, Shirley Henderson, Will Patton and Zoe Kazan, and takes place in 1845 on the Oregon Trail as three families hire an unreliable mountain man to lead them over [...]
Lionsgate/Roadside Acquire Will Ferrell’s Everything Must Go
September 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions have acquired the US distribution rights to Will Ferrell’s new dramedy Everything Must Go, following its premiere at the 35th Toronto International Film Festival. Everything Must Go was written and directed by first-timer Dan Rush and stars Ferrell, Rebecca Hall, Laura Dern, Michael Peña, Todd Bryant and Leslea Fisher. Synopsis: When [...]
Pinocchio to be Played by a Real Boy
September 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Variety is reporting that Warner Brothers plan to bring Pinocchio back to the big screen in a new live-action adventure. The article claims that Dan Jinks and Nick Nanell will produce through their Dan Jinks Co. banner while Brian Fuller has been tapped for script writing duties. Reportedly inspired by Tim Burton’s box office juggernaut Alice [...]
Super 8 Gets Some Cast Members
September 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
According to Vulture, J.J. Abrams has officially cast two people to be in his upcoming super secret film, Super 8. Who are the two people you ask? Well, it’s 12 year old Elle Fanning from The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Kyle Chandler from Friday Night Lights. Fanning can be seen in the trailer for [...]
Mark Strong to Appear in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
September 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Whenever Mark Strong gets involved in a project my interest increases, and there is news today that he is joining the Tomas Alfredson adaptation of the John Le Carre Cold War thriller Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. There’s been a bit of movement in the assembling of the cast for this film, but the addition of [...]
First Trailer for The Dilemma
September 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Apple have posted the exclusive first trailer, and poster, for Ron Howard’s new comedy The Dilemma. Featuring performances from Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Jennifer Connelly, Winona Ryder, Queen Latifah, Talulah Riley and Channing Tatum, The Dilemma centers on a man (Vaughn) who discovers that his best friend’s wife (Ryder) is having an affair. The film has an [...]
The Roommate Trailer Only Wants To Be Your Friend
September 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A nicely silly trailer to end the week on right here, with Christian E. Christiansen’s College set Single White Psycho Killer Thriller, The Roommate. I’ve singled out my favourite screengrab from the trailer, prompted by Bleeding Cool‘s write up, and there’s a lot to enjoy with this trailer for the film which may as well [...]
More Pirates of the Caribbean 4 Set Photos Surface
September 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
It seems to be the day for on set pics as we caught a glimpse of Milla Jovovich and friends in their finery on the set of The Three Musketeers and now we get these photos from the set of Rob Marshall’s Pirates of the Caribbean 4. Penelope Cruz and Johnny Depp are all at [...]
Autumn Movie Preview FDA Trailer
September 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Now that the summer blockbuster season is firmly behind us, our thoughts turn to the wealth of films still to come in the latter part of 2010. Here’s a fine trailer which splices together footage from some of the biggest films still to hit the screens, as well as peppering the whole shebang with a [...]
Charlie St. Cloud Premiere Report
September 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Zac Efron came to London with his beard and his good looks and London responded by putting on a great show for the UK premiere of his latest film, Charlie St. Cloud. Cast and crew were in attendance but the main draw remains Mr Efron, and we had our chance to speak to him yesterday [...]
Five Posters for Due Date
September 17, 2010 By 1 Comment
Earlier today we posted the brand new trailer for Due Date, a new road-trip comedy from the genius behind The Hangover. Warner Bros. have subsequently revealed five new posters for your pleasure. Due Date stars Zach Galifianakis, Robert Downey Jr., Michelle Monaghan, Jamie Foxx, Alan Arkin, Juliette Lewis and Danny McBride. The Hangover will be [...]
Jennifer Garner Joins Peter Hedges’ The Odd Life of Timothy Green
September 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Playlist are reporting that Jennifer Garner will be joining Peter Hedges’ The Odd Life of Timothy Green. The Odd Life of Timothy Green is based on an idea by the film’s producer Ahmet Zappa and is a “modern day fable that centers around a child-prodigy musician and his parents.” Garner is attached to play [...]
Due Date Trailer Number Two Raises Expectations
September 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Sticking Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis in a car seems like a good idea to Hangover director Todd Phillips and who are we to argue with him? Now, with another trailer for the road trip comedy Due Date we get to see more of this mobile odd couple. Galifianakis and Downey Jr. are clearly [...]
UK Poster for Let Me In
September 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Empire have revealed the official UK poster for Let Me In. An adaptation of John Ajvide Lindqvist acclaimed vampire novel, Let Me In centers on a bullied young boy (Smit-McPhee) as he befriends a young female vampire (Moretz) who lives in secrecy with her guardian (Jenkins). Let Me In is directed by Matt Reeves (Cloverfield) [...]
HeyUGuys Speaks To Paul Franklin – VFX Supervisor On Inception
September 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Recently Paul Franklin, Visual Effects Supervisor on Inception, and one of the founders of London-based effects house Double Negative gave a talk at the Apple store on Regent Street to promote the forthcoming release of the Blu-Ray Boxed Set of Inception (available to pre-order now). The day before hand, HeyUGuys were fortunate enough to get [...]
Joaquin Phoenix’s “I’m Still Here” Scores an F for Fake
September 17, 2010 By 1 Comment
I guess we can probably file this one under “not a surprise”, but various comments from Casey Affleck in an interview and a series of e-mails with the NY Times seem to confirm what many have suspected, namely that Phoenix’s melt-down documentary “I’m Still Here” was an elaborate hoax. Casey Affleck is Phoenix’s brother-in-law and followed Phoenix around [...]
The Three Musketeers On Set Photos
September 17, 2010 By 4 Comments
More photos from the set of Paul W.S. Anderson’s The Three Musketeers (in The Three Dimensions) have appeared and we get our first proper look at the cast in all their get up. Christoph Waltz make Orlando Bloom kneel before God and offers Milla Jovovich his ring to nuzzle and it looks like a jolly [...]
Mediocre Poster for Paranormal Activity 2
September 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Empire have posted an exclusive new poster for Paranormal Activity 2. Albeit a rather mediocre poster – one that shows us nothing we haven’t already seen – the poster does hint at the surprises that may be in store once this is finally released. Directed by Tod Williams, the film appears to focus on Katie [...]
