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    • Tooth Fairy

      (2010) PG

      Directed by: Michael Lembeck

      Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Ashley Judd, Billy Crystal

      Overview: After dashing a child's hopes, a hockey player is sentenced to serve one week as a real tooth fairy.

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    • Planet 51

      (2009) PG

      Directed by: Jorge Blanco

      Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, Justin Long

      Overview: An astronaut lands on a planet where the inhabitants are stuck in a version of 1950s America.

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Wednesday, November 11

  • Bill Birch and Geoff Johns "Starting Fresh" With Shazam! Adaptation

    Shazam, it's Captain MarvelWhen young Billy Batson says "SHAZAM," he transforms into the adult superhero Captain Marvel. The character is nearly as old — and as powerful — as DC Comics' premiere hero, Superman. Yet, he's had far less exposure than the Man of Steel. In fact, most people who recognize Captain Marvel think his name is actually the magic word he says to access his powers. This name confusion stems partially from the fact that DC Comics is forced to market Captain Marvel under the name Shazam! because Marvel Comics owns the rights to the name.

    Captain Marvel has appeared in film serials, a live-action TV show, and several cartoon series. There's also long been talk of adapting the comic book into a live-action movie along the lines of Big meets Superman. New Line Cinema had been working on an adaptation but when it folded, the scripter of the intended adaptation, John August (Big Fish), declared Billy Batson and the Legend of Shazam! a "dead" project.

    However, after acquiring the rights from New Line, Warner Bros. decided to move forward with the adaptation, hiring Peter Segal (Get Smart) to direct and bringing in Bill Birch to write a new draft of the screenplay with popular comic book scribe Geoff Johns. In a recent interview with CineFools, Birch said that he and Johns are "in the thick of it, creating a kick-ass update that still honors the lore" of the character. He said that he has "read some of the previous versions," but that he and Johns are "starting fresh."

    I remember being fascinated with the idea that a kid could just say "Shazam!" and become a superhero. It's the ultimate in wish fulfillment and obviously that will be a theme in the script.

    As for the rumors that Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson may be stepping in to play Captain Marvel, Birch said:

    My rule of thumb is that no actor is committed to do a movie until the first day of shooting is over with. (And sometimes even then the cast can still change) I know that Pete Segal and Dwayne have a relationship that was solidified when Pete directed Get Smart. As far as him being committed? I'm sure it'll all depend on the script. That being the case, I don't write with anyone in mind. If the characters are solid it will attract good talent and then there will always be a rewrite to address the talent's concerns. Usually at that point in the process is when you start writing for that specific actor. More than likely the role of Billy Batson will be an unknown but the role of Capt. Marvel? I always thought Ryan Reynolds would have been interesting but now that he's Green Lantern that's not an option.

    Posted 11/11/2009 by BrentJS

    Related: Dwayne Johnson | Peter Segal | Bill Birch | Billy Batson and the Legend of Shazam!

Wednesday, September 23

  • More Guys Added to The Other Guys

    Samuel L. JacksonDirector Adam McKay's newest film, The Other Guys, beefed up its cast with three new additions: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Samuel L. Jackson, and Steve Coogan. Described as an action comedy, The Other Guys stars Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg as a couple of second-string cops who are envious of an elite cop duo. Johnson and Jackson will play the elite cops, while the other recent addition, Coogan, will play the film's villain.

    The Other Guys is being produced by Mosaic and Gary Sanchez Productions. The script is by McKay and Chris Henchy, the writer of Ferrell's latest film, Land of the Lost.


    Next Showing: The Other Guys is slated to open August 6, 2010

    Posted 09/23/2009 by BrentJS

    Related: Adam McKay | Samuel L. Jackson | Dwayne Johnson | Steve Coogan | The Other Guys

Monday, March 9

  • Dwayne Johnson's a 'Fraidy-Cat?

    Jill Simonian

    Jill Simonian is a correspondent for ReelzChannel TV's Movie News, and occasionally shares stories from the field. This week: Race to Witch Mountain and The Rock

    Dwayne Johnson is scared of rides at Disneyland. The former Rock may as well be made of steel with arms bigger than the size of my head, but he admitted to me (at the Race to Witch Mountain junket this past weekend) that not being in control of his own motion somewhat creeps him out a bit. To be specific, he "doesn't like rides with lots of hydrolics." The topic came up with director Andy Fickman while discussing a filming device used for Race to Witch Mountain called the Go-Mobile, which allowed them to shoot high-intensity car chase scenes with Johnson actually inside the car. I asked Fickman if he sensed any fear from Johnson while filming the chase scenes, and he responded, "Why don't you ask Dwayne if he's been on any other rides at Disneyland other than the carousel." When I addressed this with Dwayne himself, he laughed, clarified the "hydrolics" specifics, and then added that since he was able to control the bouncing in the car chases, shooting worked out just fine. But Dwayne, if you ever want to give the rides at Disneyland another go around, I'm sure we can find a few girls who won't mind holding your hand through Alice In Wonderland.


    Posted 03/09/2009 by Jill

    Related: ReelzChannel Movie News | Andy Fickman | Dwayne Johnson | Race to Witch Mountain

Sunday, February 1

  • Super Bowl Trailer for Race to Witch Mountain

    Super Bowl 43 Deep into the 3rd quarter and the Pittsburg Steelers are stealing the game with a score of 20-7 over the Arizona Cardinals.

    I'm getting sick of all the Heroes commercials that seem to be in every break. They must be really hurting in the ratings because the whole gist of the next season is that they are getting back together and going back to the "fugitive" storyline. Death knell.

    We finally got to see the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen trailer -- which is posted already below for your viewing pleasure.

    Now already into the fourth quarter Pittsburg is still holding Arizona at 7, but the Cardinals are on the one yard line at the moment and getting ready to score. Yep, they got it. 20-14 now.

    Another new trailer that just aired is Disney's Race to Witch Mountain -- another chance to capture the glory of an older property. This stars Dwayne Johnson and a couple of kids. Check it out.


    Posted 02/01/2009 by Jim

    Related: Dwayne Johnson | Race to Witch Mountain

Monday, June 16

Friday, July 27

  • LIVE FROM COMIC-CON: WARNER BROS. PRESENTATION

    Jeff Otto here at Hall H at Comic-Con with live updates from the Warner Bros. presentation.

    Things just got rolling here and we were shown about 5 minutes from Get Smart. The footage looks great. Tons of laughs, lots of action. It ended with a scene in which Carell, as Maxwell smart, vomits in an airplane he is piloting. The vomit bag comes open and vomit goes everywhere. Big Applause.

    Now director Pete Segal, The Rock, Steve Carell, Ken Davidian (Azamat from Borat) and a few other cast members have come out.

    Carell, joking, says that Pete Segal never wore pants or underwear on set. "I found that funny," says Carell.

    "Especially because he wanted us to call him Big Pete," says the Rock. Big laughs.

    A nervous fan is taking forever to ask a question.

    Carell interupts, yelling "ASK THE QUESTION! ASK THE QUESTION! WE DON'T HAVE ALL DAY HERE!"

    Greeting from Nicole Kidman has been taped and is airing for Invasion.

    "It's an interesting twist on the original," Kidman says of Invasion.

    Clip from Invasion now. Footage looks all right, but nothing major. Very quick.

    Now we are seeing footage from an upcoming horror movie called One Missed Call. It's met with rather lukewarm applause.

    Now the stars Shannyn Sossman and Ed Burns have joined for a Q & A.

    Burns is asked about a sequel to Confidence.

    "Like most of the films I'm in, it came out and died at the box office, so that pretty much killed any sequel." Lots of laughs.

    Now we are getting the world premiere of Roland Emmerich's 10,000 B.C. It looks like Apocalypto meets Jurassic Park. Very tepid reaction from the crowd.

    Footage from Whiteout... Again kind of mixed reactions.

    Joel Silver is out for a Q & A now.

    Silver on Speed Racer: "The races are just unbelievable."

    Kate Beckinsale is supposed to be here, but isn't showing up. They show the Whiteout footage again. People still seem unimpressed.

    Finally, Silver disappears and returns with Beckinsale. Almost looks to be pushing her out.

    Kate is asked about playing Catwoman, which she says she'd consider. She's not sure about more black latex.

    The panel seems to go on forever and people are getting restless. We want The Dark Knight!

    Now footage from Trick 'R Treat. Actually looks pretty cool.

    It's time for Watchmen! And here's Zack Snyder!

    Snyder is saying that Watchmen will reflect the time in which it was made rather than directly referencing the current political climate.

    He verifies it's an R-rated superhero movie. "Are there other R-rated superhero movies?" Snyder says. "It's an adult movie, whatever that means. If you call me an adult, which is a mistake... I'm not going to make it accessable to teenyboppers."

    "We have a lot of sets that we are building in Vancouver. We have a New York City backdrop... We are not going to Mars, which I know if going to disappoint some people... I promise you, if we could, we would. They will not spend the money to send the crew to Mars on an R-rated movie." (Laughs)

    He says he cast actors in the middle of the age range of the characters so that he could age them up and down.

    "Manhattan needed to be more than a man... When he grows to 200 feet and he's tromping through the jungles of Vietnam, you've got to buy that and believe it."

    Some of the cast is coming out. Malin Ackerman (Entourage), who plays Laurie, and Jackie Earle Hayley, who plays Rorschach, join the panel.

    Questions about Alan Moore's participation. He is not involved and his name is not on the project. Snyder hopes he will check it out at some point and he hopes he's happy with it, but he understands why Moore has said "F**k Hollywood" up to this point.

    Snyder has one last surprise. It's the poster and they are giving it out. It's a drawing from the comic. It has the date: 03.06.09 - DC will have it here at the Con.

    And that's it from the Warner's panel. More to come in a bit.


    Posted 07/27/2007 by reelz

    Related: Dwayne Johnson | Peter Segal | The Dark Knight | I Am Legend | Watchmen | Get Smart | The Invasion | Speed Racer

Wednesday, April 11

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