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Dreading 2/14/10: 'Valentine's Day' Trailer Hits
Filed under: Comedy », Romance », Trailers and Clips »
Finally! It's the trailer for He's Just Not That Into You. Wait ... sorry! This is the new 50-million notable faces jam-packed into one neat romantic comedy package movie -- Valentine's Day. No, not the Nia Vardalos romcom I Hate Valentine's Day. That movie: A. Came out in the summer rather than, you know, the day of romance. B. Had a stupendously bad showing at the box office. But something tells me this flick won't have the same problem.No, not because it looks particularly good, but because it's got the formula. It's coming out on Valentine's Day, so it's already catering to the couples itching for romantic cinema. It's got all the recognizable goofs and jokes we've seen before. Even more importantly, it's jam-packed with notable names and faces -- Julia Roberts (re-teaming with Pretty Woman director Garry Marshall), Bradley Cooper, Ashton Kutcher, Jessica Biel, Anne Hathaway, Patrick Dempsey, Topher Grace, Emma Roberts, Eric Dane, Jamie Foxx, Shirley MacLaine, Jessica Alba, Queen Latifah, George Lopez, Jennifer Garner, and Twilight heartthrob Taylor Lautner (amongst others, because why have a few recognizable faces when you can have 50?).
The trailer's got all the gals talking about their romantic lives, or lack thereof. Hathaway brags about her sexual prowess, Alba gets to travel with her dog, Roberts (Emma, not Julia) talking mom and dad or grams and gramps about how she plans to sleep with more than one person in her lifetime, and Biel gets the honor of praising her blackberry's vibration talents. Get tantalized after the jump.
Dane, Dempsey ... Is There a Difference?
Filed under: Comedy », Romance », Casting »
Patrick Dempsey, Eric Dane -- Is one Grey's Anatomy star all that different from another? In a strange news twist and ultimate bit of Grey's fandom, our classic movie trades are reporting that both of the hit show's leading hottie doctors are signing up for Garry Marshall's Valentine's Day. Variety reports that Eric Dane (who plays Dr. Mark Sloan) is joining the cast, while The Hollywood Reporter posts that Patrick Dempsey is. Neither mentions the other bit of casting. Is New Line spreading the casting news wealth? Dane will play a quarterback wondering whether he should retire in the ensemble comedy, while Dempsey once again plays a doctor. But this time, he's no good doctor, but rather "a married obstetrician dating [Jennifer] Garner's character on the sly, with her unaware of his status." Bad Dempsey.
Valentine's Day is the super-packed romcom ensemble that Peter posted about back in May. Following on the He's Just Not That Into You bandwagon, the film boasts names that range from Julia Roberts to Jessica Biel as they work "their way through a tangle of circumstances in Los Angeles" -- presumably on Cupid's big day.
While I'd like to see this flick have a little more brains than the one it's following after, I bet the chances are slim to none. Marshall is the guy, after all, who followed up Pretty Woman and Frankie and Johnny with Exit to Eden. But for the undying fans of floofy romantic schlock, I bet this'll be downright irresistible.
La Lohan's Impressive Family Tree
Filed under: Drama », Casting », Newsstand »
Apparently untroubled by how deeply annoying the
once-adorable Lindsay Lohan has
become, Hollywood is casting her right and left. Just off her work with the legendary Robert Altman in A
Prairie Home Companion, in which Oscar winner Meryl Streep
plays her mother, La Lohan has scored herself another award-winning mom in the form of Felicity Huffman. The two have signed on to costar in Georgia
Rule, which Garry Marshall
will write, direct and produce for Morgan Creek. In the film, Lohan plays a rebellious young woman (a role that will be
a true test of her acting chops) who so exasperates momma Huffman that she's sent off to spend the summer with grandma,
who will be played by none other than officially back-in-the-game Jane Fonda.Very little about this project is yet official, but if financing falls into place and all the personnel work out as expected, there are hopes for a summer shoot.
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