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Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs
Man, I love that title. I haven't read the kids' book that this is based on but the trailer has tons of charm. Flint Lockwood has always dreamed of being an inventor and now it looks like his latest contraption will solve world hunger as he's got food literally falling from the sky. Not just the titular meatballs, but spaghetti, cheeseburgers and a house made of jello that I thought was particularly cool. The storm clouds start gathering on September 18.

The Cake Eaters
This film concerns the interactions between two families in a small town in upstate New York. The trailer focuses on a budding romance between a guy who works in the school cafeteria and a girl with degenerative neurological disorder, but judging from Erik's review of the film the story covers a lot more. Looks like a worthwhile little drama. It's bypassing theatrical release and arriving on DVD on March 24.

Crank 2
The movie's U.K. site has added a new red band trailer for this action sequel and there's so much packed into the thing I have to wonder if there's anything left for the movie. Jason Statham's heart has been stolen, and I don't mean in a romantic way. The artificial heart he has been left with requires periodic jolts of electricity and, well, it gets a little wacky from there. This will be in U.S. theaters on April 17.

In January, Olivia Wilde joined Harold Ramis' new comedy, The Year One. Her oh-so-lucky role -- Princess Inanna, Jack Black's love interest. Now, there's a number of geek dudes I could get into, but the goofy Black is not one of them (unless we're talking the really old-school days when he was on All-American Girl). Nevertheless, he'll get to sauce it up with her in the film, let her live up to her name, and it could be very, very risque, considering what she told MTV.

It appears that Inanna isn't just some random princess, but the princess of Sodom. Oh yes -- that whole Sodom and Gomorrah thing, and the root of that lovely word -- sodomy. Wilde says: "Michael Cera and Jack Black go on this journey, and they are searching for the meaning of life...they meet all these characters you'll recognize from the bible. It's all these brilliant references to historical things..." Just how much they reference S&G -- the towns infamous for being destroyed by God for their rampant lasciviousness -- she doesn't say. However, she does say: "There'll be a hint towards [the lead characters falling for me], then Jack Black and I come together. It's really funny what we do, and what happens next."

Just how far they will push it, and how over-the-top it becomes, remains to be seen. It's currently filming in Shreveport, Lousiana, and we should find out next year when the comedy hits theaters. In the meantime, hop through the jump and watch The Professor Brothers video about Sodom and Gomorrah to whet your appetite for sexy destruction.

Superbowl surprises, a new month, a new week, and these casting bites from Variety:

• Even if you don't watch soap operas, there's a decent chance that you've seen Eden Reigel. She made waves in the world of soaps (and beyond) when her character on All My Children, Bianca Montgomery (Susan Lucci's daughter), came out as a lesbian. Now she's nabbed herself a role in the new Harold Ramis comedy The Year One. Unfortunately, there's no word on who she'll play -- maybe a cute love interest for Michael Cera?
• After a whole ton of teeny tiny roles like "waiter, "raver," or "restaurant host," Vincent De Paul has been breaking into roles with actual names over the last few years. Now he's wrapped production on a film called Oak Hill, with Sally Kirkland. He plays "a homeless man sleeping in a shelter," but he's also got a lovely name -- Moose. The film is about three women from different backgrounds who live together and struggle with co-existing in a flop house. It's not a huge role, but the guy also has What Just Happened? on the way, which ain't bad at all.
• Last, but not least, there's Bryan Cranston. The dad from the uber-quirky Malcolm in the Middle has signed on to Love Ranch, the latest film from Taylor Hackford (Against All Odds), which centers on the first legal brothel in Nevada. Cranston will play "a conniving state senator" -- but there's no word on what he does that makes him get that title. The actor is joining powerhouses like Helen Mirren and Joe Pesci, the new Laurie Strode, Scout Taylor-Compton, and Taryn Manning.