Following on from the great new TV spot we saw for Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax last night, one of the many Super Bowl spots we were treated to, we’ve got a fantastic new clip to share with you from the film, full of cute and cuddly, furry little animals,

The film is directed by Chris Renaud and Kyle Balda, who worked together back on Illumination Entertainment’s brilliant first film, Despicable Me. They’ve brought in a great cast to lend their voices for the film, with Danny DeVito voicing The Lorax himself, along with Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, Ed Helms, Betty White, and Rob Riggle.

“The 3D-CGI feature Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax is an adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ classic tale of a forest creature who shares the enduring power of hope.  The animated adventure follows the journey of a boy as he searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams.  To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.

Danny DeVito will lend his vocal talents to the iconic title character of the Lorax, while Ed Helms will voice the enigmatic Once-ler.  Also bringing their talents to the film are global superstars Zac Efron as Ted, the idealistic young boy who searches for the Lorax, and Taylor Swift as Ashley, the girl of Ted’s dreams.  Rob Riggle will play financial king O’Hare, and beloved actress Betty White will portray Ted’s wise Grammy Norma.

Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax is the third feature created by Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment (Despicable Me, Hop).”

In this new clip, entitled ‘Animal Surprise’, courtesy of Yahoo Movies, we get to see the Once-ler waking up to find the Lorax in his bed, along with his home full of adorable animals dotted all over the place. The little one sleeping between the covers of a book is of course indescribably cute.

If you’re reading this out in the US, then you’ll be happy to know that Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax will be coming to you very soon on 2nd March. Here in the UK, we’ve got a little longer to wait, with the film hitting the big screen later this year on 27th July. Still a while to go yet for this side of the Atlantic, but everything we’ve seen so far has been very promising, and it looks like it’ll be well worth the wait.

Without wanting to jump the gun, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if this is a contender in the Best Animated Feature category at the Academy Awards this time next year. Time will tell. For now, enjoy this great new clip.

Here’s the Super Bowl TV spot for Universal Pictures’ new animation, The Lorax which features voices from Zac Efron, Ed Helms, Taylor Swift, Danny DeVito, Betty White, Rob Riggleand is directed by Chris Renaud. It’ll be with us 27th July.

From the creators of Despicable Me and the imagination of Dr. Seuss comes the 3D-CG feature Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, an adaptation of the classic tale of a forest creature who shares the enduring power of hope. The animated adventure follows the journey of a 12-year-old as he searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world. Danny DeVito will lend his vocal talents to the iconic title character of the Lorax, while Ed Helms will voice the enigmatic Once-ler. Also bringing their talents to the film are global superstars Zac Efron as Ted, the idealistic youth who searches for the Lorax, and Taylor Swift as Audrey, the girl of Ted’s dreams. Rob Riggle will play financial king O’Hare, and beloved actress Betty White will portray Ted’s wise Grammy Norma. Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax is the third feature created by Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment (Despicable Me, Hop).

We’ve seen some brilliant things for the upcoming Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax over the past few months, most recently including the UK trailer that hit the web last month that was just brilliant.

We’ve now got two great new international posters for the film to share with you, courtesy of IMP Awards. As they proudly announce, in their respective languages (which I’m fairly sure are Spanish and Dutch), Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax is brought to us from the creators of Despicable Me, and is directed by Chris Renaud and Kyle Balda, who worked together on that brilliant first feature film from Illumination Entertainment.

The voice cast on the film is pretty great, led by Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, Ed Helms, Betty White, Rob Riggle, and Danny DeVito, who voices The Lorax himself.

“The 3D-CGI feature Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax is an adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ classic tale of a forest creature who shares the enduring power of hope.  The animated adventure follows the journey of a boy as he searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams.  To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.

Danny DeVito will lend his vocal talents to the iconic title character of the Lorax, while Ed Helms will voice the enigmatic Once-ler.  Also bringing their talents to the film are global superstars Zac Efron as Ted, the idealistic young boy who searches for the Lorax, and Taylor Swift as Ashley, the girl of Ted’s dreams.  Rob Riggle will play financial king O’Hare, and beloved actress Betty White will portray Ted’s wise Grammy Norma.

Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax is the third feature created by Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment (Despicable Me, Hop).”

The character of financial king O’Hare definitely looks to be channeling the vibe of Gilbert Huph, Bob Parr/Mr. Incredibles’ boss in The Incredibles, and his henchmen that of a cross between the Men in Black and Agent Smith from The Matrix. Always nice to have nods to pop. culture.

Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax is set to come to cinemas here in the UK in 3D on 27^th July, so we’ve got another six months to wait, but what we’ve seen so far makes it look like it’ll be worth it. Like everyone I know, I loved Despicable Me, and am thoroughly looking forward to seeing what this film will bring. The attention to detail in the animation in both posters, and especially in the background scenery in the Spanish one, is very promising. As usual with the second, click to enlarge.

Lee Daniels began lining up a terrific cast for his follow-up to the Oscar-winning Precious earlier this year, when Zac Efron, Matthew McConaughey, Tobey Maguire, and Sofía Vergara were announced as coming on board The Paperboy.

After a bit of a cast change-up, switching Maguire for John Cusack and Vergara for Nicole Kidman, and adding David Oyelowo to the list, filming got underway through the year and the project is now in post-production, expected to be released sometime next year.

We’ve now got a terrific first poster from the film, courtesy of The Film Stage, with Efron front and centre on this, looking excellent. Sitting beside him, unless I’m wildly mistaken, is Kidman who looks pretty damn transformed for the role.

“A directionless young man helps his reporter brother investigate the possible wrongful conviction of a man on death row, and in the process, falls for the woman whom the convict has been romancing through prison correspondence.”

The script comes from Pete Dexter, who has adapted his own 1995 novel of the same name, and this first official look at the film really does look good. Efron has been diversifying his career a little in the past few years, which I think has been a great move by him. We’ll next get to see him in The Lucky One next May, the adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ original novel, and judging by the trailer we saw for it earlier this month, that should be excellent too.

I initially thought that McConaughey would be playing the villain in this thriller, but that role is instead going to be taken by Cusack, who I can’t wait to see playing the antagonist. By all accounts, this is something to look forward to, and Daniels has set up a fantastic cast for the project. No word yet on exactly when we can look forward to seeing it in cinemas, but with this first poster arriving, hopefully it means that a release date is just on the horizon, along with the concurrent ad campaign. As usual, click to enlarge.

A new trailer for The Lucky One has been released this week. Starring heart-throb Zac Efron, it’s sure to get the girls swooning over his war hero character.

Adapted from the 2008 bestselling novel of the same name, written by Nicholas Sparks, The Lucky One follows US Marine Sergeant Logan Thibault (Efron) who, whilst fighting in Iraq, finds a photograph a woman whom he credits for keeping him alive, believing she was a good luck charm during his time in the war. When he returns home, he travels to North Carolina in search for the unknown woman, where he shows up at her door and ends up taking a job at her family-run kennel. Keeping the photograph a secret, Logan learns that the woman’s name is Beth, played by Taylor Schilling, and a romance begins to blossom. Logan begins to believe that the photograph was more than just a good luck charm, it was fate, but has the secret already been kept from Beth for too long?

Producer Denise Di Novi has already brought three of Sparks novels to the cinema with Nights in Rodanthe, A Walk to Remember and Message in a Bottle, so it’s safe to presume that The Lucky One will be a heavily emotionally yet stunning adaptation like the others.

The film also comes from the author of The Notebook, another highly acclaimed romantic novel and film adaptation. But whilst he’s no Ryan Gosling, Efron is a great choice for this film, especially after his role in the adaptation of Ben Sherwood’s best-selling romantic novel, The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud, in 2010. After seeing his performance in this film, a much more mature actor from his High School Musical days, I’m already looking forward to this adaptation, and I’m not going to be the only one after seeing the sensuous trailer below.

Directed by Scott Hicks, the film also stars Blythe Danner and Jay R. Ferguson, and is set to be released on 4th May, 2012. This is definitely one for the girls, but the men should also be happy that the film misses a Valentine’s Day release, so it’s likely that you won’t have to be dragged along to it too.

You have to worry when a film’s musical medley finale is far more entertaining than what you’ve just sat through. Another snag for the filmmakers of the equally disappointing Valentine’s Day last year is their biggest star, Robert De Niro, is woefully miscast in the sombre role, when his true comedic talent is apparent in the end sing-song.

You’ve guessed it: it’s nearly ball-dropping time in Times Square, New York City, and a bunch of characters have all sorts of New Year’s resolutions to make and keep, all to do with some form of love: forgiveness, compassion, opening their hearts to a different point of view etc. We follow the 24 hours before the ‘greatest reset button in life’, New Year’s Eve and the big countdown.

Director Garry Marshall and writer Katherine Fugate haven’t learnt their lesson from last time, it seems – or they’re under contract to see this limp franchise through to the bitter end. The problem isn’t attracting an impressive cast – as that’s what the film’s main draw is, what with De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Hilary Swank, Zac Efron, Sarah Jessica Parker, Halle Berry, Jessica Biel, Katherine Heigl and even Jon Bon Jovi on board: One could cynically argue that it’s the easiest money they’ve earned all year, so of course, they’ve signed up. Perhaps it’s their collective love for the Big Apple at this time of year, too?

What is highlighted is too much of a good cast, without proper mini plot development in each scenario just produces a damp squib, with characters we don’t much care for, even if we enjoy seeing the famous faces together in one film. Their characters’ trials and tribulations amount to padding until the countdown, with some great musical numbers from Bon Jovi intermixed for fans. Hence, when the big moment finally comes we should be right there with them all, feeling that renewed hope of a great new year ahead, rather than wishing to reset our own time button to two hours earlier.

We see De Niro wasting away – both in body and mind with such a character; Heigl as the usual ‘bridesmaid and never the bride’ – again; Berry like a worn out extra off ER; Swank running around and mounting her own personal crusade – complete with the ever perfect curl in her hair; and Pfeiffer trying to convince us she’s really plain Jane and uninteresting – well, the latter part is true in this film, even with Efron and his cheeky charms trying to inject some life into her and their scenario of completing her wish list, as though she’s going to snuff it at midnight.

And no film set in New York would be complete without Sarah Jessica Parker running around in killer heels, like she’s doing a small SATC Carrie cameo, and forgotten she’s actually playing a concerned mum to teen Hailey (Abigail Breslin) who just wants to be kissed. Valentine’s Day star Ashton Kutcher plays disinterested New Year’s loather Randy in this, rather than over-enthusiastic flower man Reed in the 2010 film. He’s really only there to set up a singing scene for Glee’s Lea Michele in a knockout red number, and gets to slob it out in PJs, like he’s just got out of bed to make a lacklustre appearance in this.

As a result of too many characters and not enough investment in each, New Year’s Eve also suffers from a frustrating lack of explanation, such as what’s Claire Morgan’s (Swank) deep bond with cop friend Brendan (Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges), and why is she estranged from her father, Stan (De Niro) – among others. To be honest, should we really care?

Apart from Bon Jovi rocking the house and a great vocal performance from Michele, Sofía Vergara – who’s like an annoying Cheeky Girl at the start – makes things hot and steamy in chef Laura’s (Heigl) kitchen, as well as steals the only comedic moments as man-crazy sous chef Ava from Heigl, rendering the latter’s usual comedy presence void.

There are a number of other actors and situations going on, one or more of which ought to strike a chord with whoever is watching. Although the filmmakers’ intentions are all good, the execution results in contrived, groan-inducing morality and over simplicity in parts that just undermines the candour of the lessons learnt. Let’s hope there’s not another date in the Western calendar that Marshall and Fugate can get/have got their hands on – even if it means they keep a few big names in easy work.

*~~~~ (1/5)

Here’s the new UK trailer for Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax which hits UK cinemas 27th July 2012. It’s directed by Chris Renaud and includes the voices of Danny DeVito, Zac Efron, Ed Helms, Taylor Swift, Rob Riggle and Betty White. Check out the trailer below which even takes the mikey out of Buzz Lightyear! How dare they!

Scroll down to check it out and thanks to Yahoo.

The 3D-CGI feature Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax is an adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ classic tale of a forest creature who shares the enduring power of hope.  The animated adventure follows the journey of a boy as he searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams.  To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.

Danny DeVito will lend his vocal talents to the iconic title character of the Lorax, while Ed Helms will voice the enigmatic Once-ler.  Also bringing their talents to the film are global superstars Zac Efron as Ted, the idealistic young boy who searches for the Lorax, and Taylor Swift as Ashley, the girl of Ted’s dreams.  Rob Riggle will play financial king O’Hare, and beloved actress Betty White will portray Ted’s wise Grammy Norma.

Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax is the third feature created by Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment (Despicable Me, Hop).

 

Nicholas Sparks’ novels have had without a doubt had tremendous success both in terms of book sales and the box office takings of their film adaptations. His latest novel to be turned into a film is The Lucky One, published back in 2008, and it certainly looks like it is set to continue what is a brilliant trend for the novelist, whose film adaptations to date include Message in a Bottle, Nights in Rodanthe, Dear John, and of course, the incredibly popular The Notebook, which gave a huge boost to the careers of its leading stars, Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling.

Yahoo Movies have now got a brilliant first look at the film with a poster and a great featurette in which Sparks talks about the story of the film along with some its leading cast, which includes Zac Efron (17 Again), relative newcomer Taylor Schilling (Ben Affleck’s upcoming Argo), Blythe Danner (Meet the Parents), and Jay R. Ferguson (The Killer Inside Me).

Taken from Waterstones’ description of the novel,

“Is there really such a thing as a good luck charm? Ex-soldier Logan Thibault thinks he just might have found one. Haunted by memories of the friends he lost in Iraq, Logan knows how fortunate he is to be home. He believes that a photograph he carried with him, a picture of a smiling woman he’s never met, kept him safe. Even though he knows nothing about this woman, he hopes she might hold the key to his destiny. Resolving to find her, Logan embarks on a journey of startling discovery. Beth, the woman whose picture he holds, is struggling with problems of her own: her volatile ex-husband won’t accept their relationship is over and threatens anyone who gets too close to her. And, despite a growing attraction between them, Logan has kept one explosive secret from Beth: how he came across her photograph in the first place…”

The featurette gives us our first look at clips from the film spliced between the interviews with Sparks and the cast, and it looks brilliant. Say what you will about Efron’s early rise to fame through High School Musical, I think he’s becoming a terrific young actor, and just like Kristen Stewart is shaking off her Twilight stereotype and taking more diverse and unexpected parts, Efron looks to be going for roles to demonstrate what a great actor he is, and this looks to be a terrific demonstration of that.

The music of the video also happens to be excellent, closing with One Republic’s great single, Secrets, with its wonderfully feel-good/inspirational chorus. Despite Schilling being relatively new to the industry, she looks brilliant in this opposite Efron, and I really can’t wait for this to hit the big screen.

Directed by twice Oscar-nominated director Scott Hicks (Shine), and with a script from Will Fetters (Remember Me), The Lucky One is due to be released here in the UK on 4^th May next year, and I think they can definitely already count on my ticket money, along with many, many others’. Without further ado, here’s the excellent featurette, followed by the film’s first poster.

If you haven’t seen anything from Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax yet, I highly recommend you play a bit of catch-up on our coverage of what is almost certain to be a huge hit next year.

We got the first trailer for the film a month ago, and have since had some great first look images, as well as a brilliant look inside the film in a fantastic featurette. We’ve now got a new international poster to share with you, courtesy of IMP Awards, following the first poster that we got for the film back in September.

Based on Dr. Seuss’ children’s book of the same name, Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax has been directed by Chris Renaud and Kyle Balda, who’ve worked together in the past on the excellent animated comedy, Despicable Me. The film has a terrific cast lending their voices for the characters, including Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, Ed Helms, Betty White, and Danny DeVito as the eponymous Lorax.

“To find the one thing that will win the affection of the girl (Swift) of his dreams, a boy (Efron) must discover the story of the Lorax (DeVito), the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.”

We’ve still got a while to wait before it hits the big screen, with its UK release date set for 27^th July next year, but it certainly looks so far like it’s going to be another great film from Renaud and Balda, that should appeal far beyond its main family demographic. I, for one, am definitely looking forward to seeing it. Without further ado, here’s the new international poster to enjoy. As usual, click to enlarge.

To celebrate the release of New Year’s Eve on December 8th Warner Bros. have given us three sets of the following merchandise to give away.

• Party Kits (Champagne glasses, horns, confetti, masks, bouchon wine stopper)
• Hoodie
• Candle (Champagne scented aromatherapy candle)
• USB
• Beanie
• T-shirt
• Playing Cards
• Glasses
• Shot Glasses

Scroll down for details on how to enter.

Director/producer Garry Marshall is joined by a stellar ensemble cast to ring in the 2011 holiday season with the romantic comedy “New Year’s Eve.”

“New Year’s Eve” celebrates love, hope, forgiveness, second chances and fresh starts, with intertwining stories told amidst the pulse and promise of New York City on the most dazzling night of the year.

The film’s all-star cast includes Academy Award® winner Halle Berry, Jessica Biel, Jon Bon Jovi, Academy Award® nominee Abigail Breslin, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, two-time Academy Award® winner Robert De Niro, Josh Duhamel, Zac Efron, Hector Elizondo, Katherine Heigl, Ashton Kutcher, Seth Meyers, Lea Michele, Sarah Jessica Parker, Academy Award® nominee Michelle Pfeiffer, Til Schweiger, two-time Academy Award® winner Hilary Swank and Sofia Vergara.

Reuniting with Marshall from last year’s hit romantic comedy “Valentine’s Day” are screenwriter Katherine Fugate and producers Mike Karz and Wayne Rice.  Serving as executive producers are Toby Emmerich, Samuel J. Brown, Michael Disco, Josie Rosen and Diana Pokorny, with Heather Hall as co-producer.

To be in with a chance of winnig this great prize, simply answer the following question using the form below:

New Year’s Eve is helmed by this veteran director, who helmed Pretty Woman and, more recently, The Princess Diaries films as well as Valentine’s Day. Name the director. 

COMPETITION NOW CLOSED

The small print:

• Open to UK residents only
• Only one entry per household will be counted
• The competition will close 19th December at 23.59 GMT
• The winner will be picked at random from entries received
• No cash alternative is available

The usual T&Cs can be found here. Good Luck!

It’s a night of possibilities with the New Year’s Eve Wishing Wall…

Every year people from all over the world pin their wishes to the ‘Wishing Wall’ in Times Square, New York City.  On New Year’s Eve these wishes form the confetti that rains down on party-goers at midnight!

Now here’s your chance to be a part of one of the biggest celebrations in the world.  Add your wish to the New Year’s Eve Wishing Wall on the official New Year’s Eve Movie UK Facebook page and your wish will be sent to New York and could be seen up in lights as part of the UK digital poster campaign!

 POST YOUR WISH HERE!!  

© 2011 Warner Bros. Ent. All Rights Reserved.

Based on Dr. Seuss’ children’s book of the same name, Chris Renaud and Kyle Balda’s adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax is sure to be a huge hit when it comes out next year. We got the excellent first trailer for it last month, followed up by some great first look images just a few days later.

Yahoo Movies have now got a great video that takes a look inside the film, with short little interview with the cast cut together between clips of the film from the trailer, with the same awesome song by The Polyphonic Spree, Light & Day / Reach For The Sun, playing in the background.

Renaud and Balda worked together on last year’s brilliant animated success, Despicable Me, and judging by what we’ve seen so far, their work on this is giving us another fantastic film to look forward to next year.

Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax has a great cast lending their voices to the 3D animated feature, headed up by Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, Betty White, Ed Helms, and Danny DeVito as The Lorax himself.

“To find the one thing that will win the affection of the girl (Swift) of his dreams, a boy (Efron) must discover the story of the Lorax (DeVito), the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.”

America will be getting this on 2nd March next year, which would have been Dr. Seuss’ 108th birthday (according to Wikipedia), but we’ve got a few months to wait to see it here, with its release date coming a little later on 27th July. Our release date was originally to be the end of March, so keep your fingers crossed that the release date will be pulled forward once more to that original date, because this really can’t come fast enough. It looks sure to be a favourite of people of all ages, and I can’t wait to see how it turns out. Without further ado, here’s the great look inside the film.

Here’s some first look images that we received earlier in the week for Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax. It stars Danny DeVito, Zac Efron, Ed Helms, Taylor Swift, Rob Riggle and Betty White. It’s directed by Chris Renaud and is released 27^th July 2012.

The 3D-CGI feature Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax is an adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ classic tale of a forest creature who shares the enduring power of hope.  The animated adventure follows the journey of a boy as he searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams.  To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.

Danny DeVito will lend his vocal talents to the iconic title character of the Lorax, while Ed Helms will voice the enigmatic Once-ler.  Also bringing their talents to the film are global superstars Zac Efron as Ted, the idealistic young boy who searches for the Lorax, and Taylor Swift as Ashley, the girl of Ted’s dreams.  Rob Riggle will play financial king O’Hare, and beloved actress Betty White will portray Ted’s wise Grammy Norma.

Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax is the third feature created by Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment (Despicable Me, Hop).

In my opinion the more Dr. Seuss there is in the world the better we are for it, and this new trailer for The Lorax gives a quirky twist to the usual hyper saturated colourama of CG animated features.

Based on the Dr. Seuss’ children’s book of the same name, The Lorax is directed by Chris Renaud​ and stars Danny DeVito​, Zac Efron​, Ed Helms​, Betty White​, Taylor Swift​ and Rob Riggle​ and has this brief synopsis to account for itself,

To find the one thing that will win the affection of the girl (Swift) of his dreams, a boy (Efron) must discover the story of the Lorax (DeVito), the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.

The Lorax will be released in the U.K. on March 23, 2012.

Here’s the trailer,

Apple, we salute you.

The upcoming ensemble romantic-comedy, New Year’s Eve, has got pretty much every face under the sun surrounding the rom-com genre, and I was a little surprised to find myself enjoying the last trailer we saw for the film.

A new poster has now been sent over to us and it’s pretty much just about showing off all the famous faces that you can look forward to seeing in the film.

It’s not really a creative or well thought-out poster, in my books, and is essentially just a pretty unsubtle way of saying, ‘Just in case you don’t know these people by name, here are their very recognisable faces.’

And those faces include, but are not limited to, HalleBerry, Ashton Kutcher, Jon Bon Jovi, Katherine Heigl, Sarah Jessica Parker, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Sofia Veraga, Hilary Swank, Josh Duhamel, Robert De Niro, Lea Michele, and Zac Efron.

Nonetheless, the trailer from a couple of weeks ago was actually pretty feel-good and did have me, somewhat ashamedly, a little intrigued by the project, given that I’m not really its target demographic. Last year’s Valentine’s Day managed to more than quadruple its $50m. budget at the box office, and I wouldn’t be surprised if New Year’s Day has a pretty good run too when it hits cinemas on 9^th December this year. Until then, here’s the new poster to enjoy (or be bemused by on account of the total lack of subtlety). As usual, click to enlarge.

After the success of last year’s ensemble romantic comedy Valentine’s Day, which turned $50m. into more than $200m., director Gerry Marshall is returning this year for another ensemble romantic comedy, New Year’s Eve.

At first, I was a little sceptical of the project, but after a surprisingly good first trailer, I became a lot more enthusiastic about it. We’ve now got a great follow-up trailer and poster for the film.

Just like Valentine’s Day, New Year’s Day has got a cast full to the brim of well-known stars that all come together for what could be a pretty great holiday film, including (and you’ll have to forgive me for the length of this list) Halle Berry, Jessica Biel, Jon Bon Jovi, Abigail Breslin, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Robert De Niro, Josh Duhamel, Zac Efron, Hector Elizondo, Katherine Heigl, Ashton Kutcher, Seth Meyers, Lea Michele, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michelle Pfeiffer, Til Schweiger, Hilary Swank, and Sofía Vergara.

The music for the first trailer was excellent, with Pink’s Raise Your Glass, and the tone remains the same this time around, kicking off with The Afters’ Start Over fifty seconds into the video. It’s pretty awesome.

With these kinds of ensemble films, it’s a bit of a worry that with so many stars, each character will only get about five minutes of screen time for us to enjoy. But this new trailer certainly looks promising, with the different characters all having their own little story to look forward to. Robert De Niro’s little moment at the end of the trailer is just brilliant. Without further ado, here’s the great new trailer and the poster for the film beneath it. If you’d like to watch it in beautiful HD, then you can do so over here.

Universal Pictures have unleashed the first official poster for Illumination Entertainment’s The Lorax.

Based on the Dr. Seuss’ children’s book of the same name, The Lorax is directed by Chris Renaud and stars Danny DeVito, Zac Efron, Ed Helms, Betty White, Taylor Swift and Rob Riggle.

To find the one thing that will win the affection of the girl (Swift) of his dreams, a boy (Efron) must discover the story of the Lorax (DeVito), the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.

The Lorax will be released in the U.K. on March 23, 2012.

Check out the official poster below:

Source: Yahoo!

Warner Bros. have released this new ‘Special Content Trailer’ which seems to be a cross between a trailer and a featurette. As well as some new footage, we also get to see some interviews with many of the cast which is all rather extensive and includes Robert De Niro, Ashton Kutcher, Halle Berry​, Jessica Biel, Michelle Pfeiffer​, Sarah Jessica Parker​, Hilary Swank, Zac Efron, Sienna Miller, Lea Michele, Sofia Vergara, Abigail Breslin, Til Schweiger​, Seth Meyers​, Jon Bon Jovi, Josh Duhamel​, and Carla Gugino.

Garry Marshall comes back to direct this movie which follows on (sort of) from the 2009 movie, Valentine’s Day. It’ll hit UK cinemas 9th December.

“New Year’s Eve” celebrates love, hope, forgiveness, second chances and fresh starts, in the intertwining stories of couples and singles, told amidst the pulse and promise of New York City on the most dazzling night of the year.

We had a teaser trailer for the movie last week but now Warner Bros. have released this new batch of images from their new movie, New Year’s Eve which is a follow-up, sequel of sorts to their 2010 movie, Valentine’s Day. Both are directed by Garry Marshall of Pretty Woman fame and he has used his influence to include every single actor and actress on Planet Earth in the movie!

New Year’s Eve stars….. Robert De Niro​, Ashton Kutcher​, Halle Berry​, Jessica Biel​, Michelle Pfeiffer​, Sarah Jessica Parker​, Hilary Swank​, Zac Efron​, Sienna Miller​, Lea Michele​, Sofia Vergara​, Abigail Breslin​, Til Schweiger​, Seth Meyers​, Jon Bon Jovi, Josh Duhamel​, and Carla Gugino​!

“New Year’s Eve” celebrates love, hope, forgiveness, second chances and fresh starts, in the intertwining stories of couples and singles, told amidst the pulse and promise of New York City on the most dazzling night of the year.

I simply cant wait for 9th December when this hits UK cinemas!

Even though I thought it was rubbish. Warner Bros. didn’t (because they look at the bottom line) and here we have the sort-of sequel to their movie, Valentine’s Day in the form of New Year’s Eve. The cast list is sort of silly as it has a gazillion a-listers in it who will (I assume) only get around 2 minutes of screen-time each!

New Years Eve Stars (get ready and take a deep breath) Robert De Niro, Ashton Kutcher, Halle Berry, Jessica Biel, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sarah Jessica Parker, Hilary Swank, Zac Efron, Sienna Miller, Lea Michele, Sofia Vergara, Abigail Breslin, Til Schweiger, Seth Meyers, Jon Bon Jovi, Josh Duhamel, and Carla Gugino!

Garry Marshall comes back to direct and we can expect this little gem 9th December this year.

THR is reporting that Lee Daniels, director of 2009’s Academy Award-winning Precious, is going to be directing Matthew McConaughey, Tobey Maguire, Zac Efron, and Sofía Vergara in upcoming thriller, The Paperboy, the film adaptation of the 1995 book of the same name by Pete Dexter.

Pedro Almodóvar (The Skin I Live In, All About My Mother) has been working with Dexter on turning the novel into a film for over a decade, and with Daniels now signed on to direct, and the leads now filled with some promising names, the project is certainly taking a more concrete form.

At the centre of the story is the character Jack James (presumably to be played by Efron), younger brother of investigative journalist, Ward, who works for the Miami Times. Ward returns to his hometown in Moat County, Florida, with fellow reporter Yardley Acheman to look deeper into the murder of a local sheriff, whose supposed murderer is on death row. A woman by the name of Charlotte Bless has fallen in love with the inmate, and comes to Florida to help fight against his execution, and it is she who first puts Ward and Yardley onto the case.

Though it is yet to be announced, it’s likely safe to assume that Ward and Acheman will be played by McConaughey and Maguire, and Bless will be played by Vergara. Which of the roles will go to each of the men is not yet clear. Acheman is said to be a man who likes to cut corners and is more willing to be a little more lenient with the “facts,” so I think McConaughey could well be the more likely of the two to be cast in his role, with Maguire perhaps more believable as a small-town reporter making a name for himself in Miami. The novel is told from the perspective of Jack, so of all the stars, Efron could well be the most prominent in The Paperboy, which gets its name from Jack’s job delivering the papers for his father’s newspaper.

Efron is often undeservedly written off as a ‘serious actor’ because of his popularity amongst young teens after his success with High School Musical, but in my eyes he’s shown he’s more than capable to fill other roles in recent years. Hilary Shor (Children of Men) will be producing alongside Daniels, and Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, and Danny Dimbort (the team that brought us The Expendables, The Mechanic, and will be bringing us Red Sonja) will be serving as executive producers. Daniels is going to be working on Selma, an upcoming film about the Civil Rights Movement in 1960s America, and hopefully work on The Paperboy will get underway soon after that.