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Exclusive 'The Spy Next Door' Poster Premiere!

Filed under: Action », Comedy », Trailer Trash », Family Films », Movie Marketing », Images », Trailers and Clips », Posters »


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Cinematical has just received this exclusive poster for The Spy Next Door, starring everyone's favorite martial arts maniac Jackie Chan as a secret agent undercover and acting like a mild-mannered guy who, while babysitting his neighbor's kids, winds up having to fight off secret agents after one of the kids inadvertently downloads some secret code. Don't you hate it when that happens? You meant to download the latest episode of The Office on Hulu when all of a sudden you end up accidentally hacking into the Pentagon? Oh internet, you so crazy.

Also starring in this War Games meets Spy Kids meets Adventures in Babysitting-type action-comedy are Billy Ray Cyrus and George Lopez, and Brian Levant (Jingle All the Way, Snow Dogs, Are We There Yet?) is the man behind the camera. As an added bonus, Moviefone just premiered the trailer for The Spy Next Door in conjunction with our poster premiere, so after you check out the art, head after the jump to take this sucker for a ride.

The Spy Next Door hits theaters on January 15, 2010. Click the image below to view the full poster, and watch the brand new trailer after the jump.

Papa Cyrus Gets a Gig

Filed under: Action », Comedy », Casting »

We know him as the man who made the radios go wild with "Achey Breaky" hearts, and he who holds the loins that made Miley, but could Billy Ray Cyrus soon become that tough action spy?

The Hollywood Reporter
posts that Cyrus, George Lopez, Amber Valletta, and Katherine Boecher have joined Jackie Chan's upcoming comedy The Spy Next Door. Chan plays a man who helps out his neighbors by babysitting their children. In a twist of bad luck for the guy, one accidentally downloads a code and he must protect the tykes from secret agents. They're lucky Kenneth from 30 Rock wasn't the babysitter... Lopez is "a CIA agent who might not be all the he appears," Cyrus is an agent as well, Valletta is mom, and since we're in spy-land, there are Russian shoes that will be filled by Boecher.

I think it's safe to presume how this will turn out. But what about the family of Cyruses? Will this lead to co-starring father-daughter gigs? Will anyone believe Cyrus is in the CIA? Sound off below!

Billy Ray Cyrus and High School Musical Kid Team for 'Flying By'

Filed under: Drama », Independent », Music & Musicals », Casting », Family Films », Cinematical Indie »

Taking on this story, I must be a masochist. Why? Seeing the name Billy Ray Cyrus, and that face of his, sends me back to a dark time, one that I should never revisit. Achy Breaky Heart had just come out; it was everywhere -- Billy Ray was in that cowboy hat and singing his way out of country obscurity and into super stardom, and my friend loved it -- but 'love' doesn't even come close to describing it. She sung it to me over, and over, and over again, with verve and crazy fanaticism, just like she had years before with Step by Step. Now, years later, Billy Ray is going to hit the stage on the big screen, with a High School Musical star to boot.

The Hollywood Reporter has posted that Cyrus and Olesya Rulin will star together in Jim Amatulli's indie drama -- Flying By. Billy Ray will play "a businessman who risks his marriage, family, and fortune to pursue his dream of being in a rock band." (At least there won't be any Achy Breaky then.) Rulin will co-star as his daughter, who supports his dreams, Robert Gossett (The Closer) and arse-less chaps man Eric Allan Kramer (American Wedding) have already signed on to play his bandmates, Ted Hutton will play a club booker, and Patricia Neal (Hud) is in final negotiations to play his mother. There's no word about who he'll be married to. The film will jump into production on November 26 in San Diego, and in the meantime, Cyrus has his kid's television show, Hannah Montana, and a new album, while Rulin has some time with Jessica Simpson in Major Movie Star.
 
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