X-Men: First Class is not like the “X-Men: First Class” comics, hence the significant character differences.
It takes place in the 1960s where Kennedy is still president.
Equality and racism are key issues with Martin Luther King and Malcolm X dominating mainstream media with the Civil Rights movement (foreshadowing (even mirroring) the mutant situation to come).
Director Matthew Vaughn is very interested in the setting and what Singer describes as the “James Bond tech of the time”, as Harry puts it.
Shooting will begin with Charles Xavier attending Oxford University.
We’ll get to see classic X-Men costumes, much more similar to the comics than we’ve seen in previous movies.
The movie will be the franchise’s most international yet, with shooting taking place in the U.S. and England, and the story also involving at least The Soviet Union as well.
We’ll get a first look at some X-Men: First Class costumes within a month.
Characters
Story will explore how Charles Xavier (Professor X) and Erik Lensherr (Magneto) met and their goals for the future of mutants (Origin of X-Men and their initial purpose).
Lensherr and Xavier will be in their late twenties – Xavier will have hair and function of his legs.
Cyclops and Jean Grey are NOT in the movie. Havok definitely is and Lucas Till will be playing him.
January Jones is Emma Frost and there’s no truth to Rosamund Pike’s involvement.
Singer is excited about them getting Nicholas Hoult as Beast because of a fortunate delay in start date for Mad Max: Fury Road.
Kevin Bacon’s villain is in fact, Sebastian Shaw. Yes, that means Hellfire Club is in X-Men: First Class.
Singer explains the 1960s setting is perfect for the Hellfire Club, from the characters to costumes.
There are other characters that will be in the film that they’re keeping secret. Could it be more mutant X-Men or more likely, other members of the Hellfire Club?
Finally a new movie trailer for Selena Gomez & Leighton Meester ," Monte Carlo "has been
released! The film also stars Gossip Girl star, Katie Cassidy and Glee star, Cory Monteith. With so many cute artist playing in a movie, of course, very enjoyable. Clearly the movie is not to win Oscars, but we definitely think this will be a hit for the day of the rainy season! Pure girl movie extravaganza!
'Monte Carlo' starring the three female actresses, namely Selena Gomez, Leighton Meester, and Katie Cassidy. This romantic comedy is taken from Jules Bass novel entitled 'Headhunters. "interwoven story line around a girl and his friend who traveled to Paris accompanied by her stepbrother candidate. The story begins when one of the girl identified as one daughter who is a princess heir to the British Empire. Mistaken identity that makes the third girl was trapped in the vortex of the spotlight, and consequently they are in a favorable situation. All three were undergoing adventure and luxury vacations to Monte Carlo, Monaco. In the movie, Selena's role as the girl who thought a princess.
Therefore, he must speak fluent in two accent - an accent of Cordelia, the daughter of the king are genuine, and an accent longer belongs to Grace, the girl fraudsters who exploit the situation by posing as Cordelia.
Monte Carlo Movie 2011 Information
Directed by
Tom Bezucha
Produced by
Nicole Kidman
Denise Di Novi
Arnon Milchan
Alison Greenspan
Per Saari
Rick Schwartz
Filming 'Monte Carlo' conducted at a number of locations such as France, Monaco, and Italy. Beperan as two other girl friends Selena is Leighton Meester and Katie Cassidy. Prior to this, both known for starring in the series'Gossip Girl. "Selena said, however, Meester's role in' Monte Carlo 'will be very much different from the character manjanya on' Gossip Girl."
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"Leighton plays his role with the slick. I can not wait to see people watching it from different sides, "said Selena was quoted as saying Aceshowbiz. 'Monte Carlo', directed by Thomas Bezucha is scheduled to be released in the U.S. on July 1, 2011.
After a very successful market earlier in the year 2008, so he is an expert kung fu panda Po is (hmmm..?) Will again show his martial arts talent in the new movie Kung Fu Panda sequel, titled Kung Fu Panda 2: The Kaboom of Doom.
The plan that genre film animation, animated action / comedy will be formed in a 3D format, directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson, and produced by Guillermo del Toro who previously produced the film Pan's Labyrinth and Blade II.
Kung Fu Panda 2
Some of the cast in the previous series will again present here and certainly with the addition of several new characters as well.
The film is scheduled to be released in May 2011 and for the original version will be named with Kung Fu Panda 2: Pandamonium.
For the voice of the panda Po itself will be filled Jack Black, who previously had announced it would become the voice for the sequel to Kung Fu Panda at the Nickelodeon Kid's choise Awards in the year 2009.
Then the other voice cast including Jack of Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Angelina Jolie, Lucy Liu, Seth Rogen, David Cross, and James Hong had to undergo back their role as first.
While the voice cast for the new characters will be filled by Victor Garber, Michelle Yeoh, Gary Oldman and Jean-Claude Van Damme. The Kaboom of Doom is still struggling on the life story of the panda Po (Jack Black) who has now earned his Master Kunfu.
He fought combat crime along with Master Shifu (Dustin Hoffman) and five of his disciples are referred to as The Furious Five - Mongkey (Jackie Chan), Crane (David Cross), Tigress (Angelina Jolie), Viper (Lucy Liu) and Mantis ( Seth Rogen).
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They all form an alliance with other martial arts group that gawangi by Thundering Rhino (Victor Garber), Soothsayer (Michelle Yeoh), and Croc (Jean-Claude Van Damme) tries to beat a peacock demon named Lord Shen (Gary Oldman), who appears with a deadly weapon that will surely destroy the entire existence of the world per-kungfuan.
Along with running the story, Po will find out about his past and reveal who he really is.
Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom Of Doom seems to be able to match the success of his first film, with a fairly interesting plot especially if you see a little of some leaked to a really cool screenshot. Putu Adheswara.
Kung Fu Panda 2 : The Kaboom of Doom
Release Date: May 26, 2011
Studio: DreamWorks Animation
Director: Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Screenwriter: Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger
Starring: Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross, James Hong, Gary Oldman, Michelle Yeoh, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Victor Garber
Production has commenced on location in Hawaii, the United Kingdom and Los Angeles on Walt Disney Pictures' and Jerry Bruckheimer Films' sweeping comedy adventure "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides," directed by Rob Marshall ("Chicago"), the fourth entry in the blockbuster franchise which has already reaped $2.7 billion in worldwide box office from the previous three films, and the first to be filmed and presented in Disney Digital 3D(TM). Johnny Depp returns to his iconic, Academy Award(R)-nominated role of Captain Jack Sparrow, newly joined by Academy Award winner Penelope Cruz ("Vicky Cristina Barcelona," Rob Marshall's "Nine"), Ian McShane (HBO's "Deadwood") and newcomers Astrid Berges-Frisbey and Sam Claflin. Also rejoining Johnny Depp and Captain Jack are Academy Award-winner and three-time nominee Geoffrey Rush ("Shine," " Shakespeare in Love") and Kevin R. McNally (first three "Pirates of the Caribbean" films, "Valkyrie"). The film is slated to open May 20, 2011.
"Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" captures the fun, adventure and humor that ignited the hit franchise --this time in Disney Digital 3D(TM). In this action-packed tale of truth, betrayal, youth and demise, Captain Jack Sparrow crosses paths with a woman from his past (Penelope Cruz), and he's not sure if it's love--or if she's a ruthless con artist who's using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, the ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard (Ian McShane), Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn't know who to fear more: Blackbeard or the woman from his past.
Rush reprises his role as the vengeful Captain Hector Barbossa, and Kevin R. McNally returns as Captain Jack's longtime comrade Joshamee Gibbs. Claflin stars as a stalwart missionary, while Berges-Frisbey is transformed into a mysterious mermaid.
"Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" is written by "Pirates" veterans Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio. The executive producers are Mike Stenson, Chad Oman, Barry Waldman, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio and John DeLuca.
Joining Bruckheimer and Marshall for the new voyage is a top-flight group of award-winning behind-the-scenes artists, including director of photography Dariusz Wolski (first three "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies, Tim Burton's " Alice in Wonderland"), production designer John Myhre (two-time Academy Award(R) winner for Marshall's "Chicago" and "Memoirs of a Geisha"), costume designer Penny Rose (all three "Pirates of the Caribbean" films, "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time"), visual effects supervisor Charles Gibson, who won an Academy Award for "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," Oscar(R) winner and eight-time nominee special effects supervisor John Frazier ("Pirates of the Caribbean" films," "Pearl Harbor") and stunt coordinator George Marshall Ruge, who also devoted his talents to the previous three "Pirates" films as well as Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer's "National Treasure" franchise. The editors include two Oscar winners, Michael Kahn ("Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time") and David Brenner ("Born on the Fourth of July"), as well as Wyatt Smith ( Marshall's "Nine").
Rob Marshall's first three films, "Chicago," "Memoirs of a Geisha" and "Nine," have been honored with a total of 23 Academy Award(R) nominations. For his work on "Chicago," winner of six Oscars(R) including Best Picture, Marshall received the Director's Guild Award, an Oscar nomination, a Golden Globe Award(R) nomination, a BAFTA nomination The National Board of Review Award and the New York Film Critics Online Award. A six-time Tony Award(R) nominee and George Abbott Award winner, Marshall's extensive work on Broadway includes co-director and choreographer of the worldwide award-winning production of "Cabaret" and director/choreographer of the Broadway revival of "Little Me," along with many others. He also produced, directed and choreographed the NBC television special "Tony Bennett: An American Classic," which earned seven Emmy Awards(R), including three for Marshall, and directed and choreographed Disney/ABC's critically acclaimed movie musical "Annie," which received 12 Emmy nominations with two wins, including Marshall for Outstanding Choreography; it also won the prestigious Peabody Award.
First in partnership with Don Simpson, and then as the chief of Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Bruckheimer has produced an unprecedented string of worldwide smashes, impacting not only the industry, but mass culture as well. Bruckheimer's films include (producing with Don Simpson) "Top Gun " "Beverly Hills Cop," "Beverly Hills Cop 2," "American Gigolo," "Flashdance," "Bad Boys," "Dangerous Minds," "Crimson Tide," "The Rock," and (producing solo) "Con Air," " Armageddon," "Enemy of the State," "Gone in 60 Seconds," "Coyote Ugly," " Remember the Titans," "Pearl Harbor," "Black Hawk Down," "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl," "Bad Boys II," "Veronica Guerin," " King Arthur," "National Treasure," "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," "National Treasure: Book of Secrets, " "G-Force," "Confessions of a Shopaholic," "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" and "The Sorcerer's Apprentice."
On television, Bruckheimer had an unprecedented 10 television series airing in the 2005-6 season, a record in the medium for an individual producer. JBTV's series have included "C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation" and its spinoffs " C.S.I.: Miami," "C.S.I.: NY" and "Without a Trace," "Cold Case," "The Amazing Race" and "Dark Blue."
Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Television have been honored with 41 Academy Award(R) nominations, six wins, eight Grammy Award(R) nominations, five wins, 23 Golden Globe(R) nominations, four wins, 88 Emmy Award(R) nominations, 18 wins, 23 People's Choice nominations, 15 wins, numerous MTV Awards, including one for Best Picture of the Decade for "Beverly Hills Cop" and 20 Teen Choice Awards.
"Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" will film on the islands of Kauai and Oahu, Hawaii, followed by locations and studio work in the United Kingdom and Los Angeles.
Director Paul Fieg and producer Judd Apatow team-up again for this comedy that stars Kristen Wiig as Annie, a romantically unattached failed bakery owner who fears she's losing her BFF, Lillian (Maya Rudolph), the best thing in her life, when Lillian announces she's gotten engaged. Annie's anxieties deepen as Lillian grows close to Helen (Rose Byrne), a wealthy and beautiful new friend who quickly assumes control of planning all the pre-wedding festivities. On top of the main storyline of a female friendship being torn apart, the movie adds a romantic storyline for Annie, who starts the film answering a booty call from the casually cruel yet undeniably handsome Ted (Jon Hamm), but develops a lovely flirtation with an Irish cop named Rhodes (Chris O'Dowd) after he pulls Annie over one night thinking she's driving drunk. As the low-self-esteem Annie sabotages this new possibility for love, she also feels the most important friendship in her life slipping away. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
The powerful but arrogant warrior Thor is cast out of the fantastic realm of Asgard and sent to live amongst humans on Earth, where he soon becomes one of their finest defenders.
Director:
Kenneth Branagh
Writers:
Ashley Miller (screenplay), Zack Stentz (screenplay), and 6 more credits »
Stars:
Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins and Natalie Portman
Cast overview, first billed only:
Chris Hemsworth
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Thor
Natalie Portman
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Jane Foster
Tom Hiddleston
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Loki
Anthony Hopkins
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Odin
Stellan Skarsgård
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Erik Selvig
Kat Dennings
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Darcy Lewis
Clark Gregg
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Agent Coulson
Idris Elba
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Heimdall
Colm Feore
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King Laufey
Ray Stevenson
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Volstagg
Tadanobu Asano
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Hogun
Josh Dallas
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Fandral
Jaimie Alexander
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Sif
Rene Russo
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Frigga
Adriana Barraza
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Isabel Alvarez
Storyline:
The warrior Thor (Hemsworth) is cast out of the fantastic realm of Asgard by his father Odin (Hopkins) for his arrogance and sent to Earth to live among humans. Falling in love with scientist Jane Foster (Portman) teaches Thor much-needed lessons, and his new-found strength comes into play as a villain from his homeland sends dark forces toward Earth.
Dominic and his crew find themselves on the wrong side of the law once again as they try to
switch lanes between a ruthless drug lord and a relentless federal agent.
Storyline
Former cop Brian O'Conner partners with ex-con Dom Toretto on the opposite side of the law. Since Brian and Mia Toretto broke Dom out of custody, they've blown across many borders to elude authorities. Now backed into a corner in Rio de Janeiro, they must pull one last job in order to gain their freedom. As they assemble their elite team of top racers, the unlikely allies know their only shot of getting out for good means confronting the corrupt businessman who wants them dead. But he's not the only one on their tail. Hard-nosed federal agent Luke Hobbs never misses his target. When he is assigned to track down Dom and Brian, he and his strike team launch an all-out assault to capture them. But as his men tear through Brazil, Hobbs learns he can't separate the good guys from the bad. Now, he must rely on his instincts to corner his prey... before someone else runs them down first.
Prince William And Kate Middleton Wedding Kiss ...
In 2011 the hottest and beautiful couple Prince William And Kate Middleton wedding scenes are so romantic. Everyone loves those moments. Prince William and Kate Middleton kiss twice on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after their wedding service in Westminster Abbey.
Cast: ReeseWitherspoon as Marlena RobertPattinson as Jacob
Christoph Waltz as August
Paul Schneider as Charlie
Jim Norton as Camel
Hal Holbrook as Old Jacob
Mark Povinelli as Kinko / Walter
Richard Brake as Grady
Stephen Taylor as Wade
Ken Foree as Earl
Scott MacDonald as Blackie
Sam Anderson as Mr. Hyde
John Aylward as Mr. Erwin
Brad Greenquist as Mr. Robinson
Directed by Francis Lawrence
Story:
After his parents are killed in a car accident leaving him penniless, veterinary student Jacob Jankowski (Robert Pattinson) runs off and joins the Benzini Bros. Circus. Once their sadistic owner and ringmaster August (Christoph Waltz) learns of Jacob's veterinary background, he hires him to care for the animals, though Jacob has an eye for August's wife and the circus' star performer Marlena (Reese Witherspoon). The circus has been failing so August buys an elephant named Rosie to try to get people back into the bleachers.
Analysis:
Even without reading Sara Gruen's bestsellling novel but knowing the story and why women love it, few would be shocked it would be adapted to the screen so quickly, because it makes the perfect fodder for the type of old school Hollywood romance epics that have done so well going back to "Gone with the Wind." Other than maybe Baz Luhrmann's "Australia," which suffered from a cumbersome story and over-romanticizing of the old movies it tried to emulate, few modern movies have tried to capture that sort of look and feel and been able to do it as ably as "Water for Elephants."
It opens with a scene of Hal Holbrook standing outside a circus in the rain, obviously playing an older version of Robert Pattinson's Jacob, and he proceeds to tell a circus worker his story as we watch it unfold in flashback. After suffering a personal tragedy, Jacob's introduction to the circus is not a pleasant one, its owner August reluctant to hire anyone new due to the circus' growing financial problems, but Jacob's veterinary background wins out. August's wife Marlena is the circus' star performer, but when the main horse in her act dies, August has the duty of buying an elephant and he wants Jacob to train it for her new act.
Some may be surprised to see the name of Francis Lawrence listed as director, not that his previous genre films weren't directed just fine, but "Water for Elephants" seems like such a departure from them. He handles the real world material quite masterfully, establishing the circus setting as a backdrop for a fairly conventional drama, while capturing all the magic and romanticism that comes along with that environment. Granted, this isn't a story that requires great subtlety and Lawrence doesn't let his budget go to waste, enhancing every shot with lush and lavish scenery.
He's working from a solid screenplay by Richard LaGravanese, whose writing really pushes the cast to do stronger work. Pattinson brings plenty of personality to Jacob, making him immensely likeable and keeping the viewer invested in all his highs and lows, the role offering lots of opportunities to show a wide range of emotions. Witherspoon doesn't have a lot of heavy lifting and she's more impressive for her acrobatics on an elephant than her dramatic moments. Their romance is kept mostly on the backburner for a good hour, but what keeps the movie from being a standard love triangle conflict between Jacob, Marlena and August is the arrival of the elephant Rosie and what her presence brings to their relationships.
When Rosie isn't stealing scenes, that honor goes to Christoph Waltz, whose character August is an amalgam of two characters from the book. Similar to his role in "Inglorious Basterds," Waltz is once again playing a violent and sadistic man who hides under the guise of a calm and compassionate one. Who knows what is going on with his accent or where this character is supposed to be from, but as shocking as it is when August's psychosis rears up, the fact Waltz has moments where you actually feel bad for his character exemplifies the subtle genius behind his performance.
Many of the scenes are played up for maximum melodrama, but it never feels like any scene is being used merely as story filler, because even some of the lighter scenes are used to enhance the family atmosphere of the circus. By the very nature of this style of storytelling, it's fairly obvious where things are going, especially when it comes to some of the side characters, and the third act does take a bit of a downturn as things start going exactly where expected, but it builds to a fantastic climax that's larger in scope and scale than anything else in the movie, and it all pays off.
The Bottom Line:
Few films deliver exactly what's advertised as well as "Water for Elephants" does with the results being an old school Hollywood romantic epic unlike anything we regularly see anymore. The fact it works as well as it does is a strong testament both to the source material and to those involved with bringing it to the screen
Release Date: April 22, 2011 Studio: Lionsgate Director: Tyler Perry Screenwriter: Tyler Perry Starring: Tyler Perry, Loretta Devine, Shad "Bow Wow" Moss, David Mann, Cassi Davis, Tamela Brown Mann, Lauren London, Isaiah Mustafa, Rodney Perry, Shannon Kane, Teyana Taylor, Natalie Desselle Reid Genre: Comedy, Drama MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for drug content, language and some mature thematic material) Official Website:MadeasBigHappyFamilymovie.com Review: Not Available DVD Review: Not Available DVD: Not Available Movie Poster
Plot Summary: Madea, everyone's favorite wise-cracking, take-no-prisoners grandma, jumps into action when her niece, Shirley, receives distressing news about her health. All Shirley wants is to gather her three adult children around her and share the news as a family. But Tammy, Kimberly and Byron are too distracted by their own problems: Tammy can't manage her unruly children or her broken marriage; Kimberly is gripped with anger and takes it out on her husband; and Byron, after spending two years in jail, is under pressure to deal drugs again. It's up to Madea, with the help of the equally rambunctious Aunt Bam, to gather the clan together and make things right the only way she knows how: with a lot of tough love, laughter...and the revelation of a long-buried family secret.
96 min - Animation | Adventure | Comedy 15 April 2011 (USA
When Blu, a domesticated macaw from small-town Minnesota, meets the fiercely independent Jewel, he takes off on an adventure to Rio de Janeiro with this bird of his dreams.
Director:
Carlos Saldanha
Writers:
Carlos Saldanha (story), Earl Richey Jones (story), and 5 more credits »
