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Moviefone Goes Behind the Scenes On 'Land of the Lost'

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With all of the focus on Star Trek, Terminator: Salvation and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, it's kind of easy to forget that Land of the Lost is also coming out this summer. The big-screen remake hits theaters on June 5, and Moviefone's Maggie Furlong was lucky enough to take a trip behind the scenes and bring you all kinds of fun secrets and video interviews with Will Ferrell, Anna Friel, Danny McBride, Brad Siberling, and original co-creator Marty Krofft.

If you're as squeamish about the empty black eyes of the Sleestaks as I am, you might find this tidbit from Friel very comforting. Apparently she and her daughter Gracie had quite a thing for the lizard men: "She's only 2, but she strokes the sleestaks. They're quite handsome underneath those suits ... they're very tall. Hot sleestaks!" And the way you get into a Sleestak costume? Lots and lots of KY Jelly. (Seriously.)

If you're dying to know all about Lost before June, head over to Moviefone and check out their video and their write up. The actors address the story changes (what was once a 14 year old blonde is now a beautiful love interest), the special effects and the kitsch factor. And aren't you just dying to know what sparked jealousy off-screen between McBride, Ferrell, and Jorma "Chaka" Taccone ... and what producers did to resolve it? Go visit our Moviefone friends and find out.


EXCLUSIVE: 'Land of the Lost' Poster Premiere!

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Cinematical has just received this exclusive teaser poster for this summer's hotly-anticipated Land of the Lost, starring Will Ferrell, Danny McBride, Anna Friel and Jorma Taccone. Based on the classic television series, Land of the Lost was directed by Brad Silberling and follows a has-been scientist (Ferrell), a crack-smart research assistant (Friel) and a redneck survivalist (McBride) who get sucked through time and spit out into an alternate universe -- one that finds them running from dinosaurs and weird reptiles called Sleestaks, while trying to figure a way out of this hybrid dimension. Really looking forward to watching Ferrell and McBride pair up on screen together, and with the "alternate universe" angle thrown in, I'm sure we're in store for all sorts of ridiculousness.

Land of the Lost arrives in theaters on June 5, 2009.



SNL Cast Gets a Hot Rod

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Though it's unclear how long ago talks about Hot Rod began, it can't be a coincidence that all the appropriate papers were signed very shortly after its key players made the world go crazy over a little ditty known as Lazy Sunday. The film was written by Pam Brady, who had nothing whatsoever to do with the Chronic of Narnia, but it stars Andy Samberg and Jorma Taccone and will mark the directorial debut of Akiva Schaffer, a trio that, when not working on SNL, make up a comedy team known as The Lonely Island. (Just to review, in case you haven't thought about Mr Pibb and Redvines in a while, Samberg was in the Lazy Sunday sketch, Schaffer directed it, and Toccone served as musical director.)

Disappointingly, there will be no rapping and, probably, no Narnia mentions in Hot Rod, which is a comedy (a "rowdy" one, no less -- does that mean people-getting-hit-in-the-crotch jokes?) about a not-so-talented stuntman (that's Samberg) who decides the only way he can earn the respect of his hardass step-father is to "jump the Snake River on a moped," ala Evel Knievel. Production is slated to get underway in July, presumably because the SNL season has to be wrapped up before any significant work on the film can begin.
 
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