Movie News: Wednesday, November 22

Emory Expells Revenge of the Nerds
   It seems that some people like to see the payout before seeing what they are being paid for. Those at Emory University seemed to have jumped to that conclusion when agreeing to let the Revenge of the Nerds remake shoot their footage on their grounds. Cinematical Spots:According to THR, Emory University booted the production after only two weeks, reportedly because they didn't appreciate the...

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Bruce Lee to Star in a NEW Movie!
   We have debated about who the next big action star is, and now we know. Bruce Lee. All the people who feared that George Lucas creating too many digital characters would lead to actors being replaced by CGI have come true. Movie Hole says:Rob Cohen, director of 1993?s ?Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story?, is planning on making another film about the legendary martial artist ? only this time, he...

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New Spiderman 3 Poster
   As if we need MORE incentive to get excited about Spiderman 3. Movie Web shows us: I REALLY like this design. This is by far the BEST Spiderman poster I have seen yet. One of the stories I have always liked about Superhero movies is when they get into the actual lives of the hero instead of just making it about what badguy is on your dance card this episode. In each of the Spiderman...

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Will Ferrell not interested in Old School Dos
   It looks like Will Ferrell is deciding against taking on Old School Dos, despite rumors to the contrary. The good folks over at cinematical.com gave us this bit of sad info: Which brings us to another recent Will Ferrell interview in which, once again, Old School Dos was brought up. This time, after he talks about how he turned down a staggering $29 million to star in a sequel to Elf, the dude is...

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New online movie tickets will include DVD extras with purchase
   For a while now movie tickets have been available for purchase online, and sales have been ok, not great but ok. That may all change with the new movie ticket purchasing system created by Mark Cuban. What's so different about his? Well slashfilm.com let us know with this little article: Internet genius Mark Cuban has come up with a new distribution system which will give moviegoers a boat load of...

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Broken Sky
    ( Release: Sep. 29, 2006   Rated: PG-13    Details  ) — Two gay university students become entangled in a passionate love affair in which the spark flames out very quickly. Disillusioned, the couple break up and start dating other men. However, once ensconced in their new relationships, the former couple begins to see that they were much happier together than apart.

Tawny Kitaen's Cocaine Rap (E! Online)
   

E! Online - No baseball players were harmed in the making of this drug bust.

The Secret Life of Words
    ( Release: Dec. 15, 2006   Rated: N/A    Details | Trailers  ) — A loner (Sarah Polley) is brought to an isolated oil rig where all the workers are men. She's come to care for a man (Tim Robbins) who has been temporarily blinded. Despite the odds, a strange intimacy develops between them.

Kirk Douglas serves LA Skid Row meals (AP)
   AP - "Spartacus" star Kirk Douglas, who turns 90 next month, joined volunteers on Thanksgiving eve to dish up turkey feasts to thousands of street denizens outside the Los Angeles Mission.

McKellen "sad" that Jackson may not make "Hobbit" (Reuters)
   

Reuters - Sir Ian McKellen, who played the wizard Gandalf in the smash hit "Lord of the Rings" movies, said on Wednesday he is sad director Peter Jackson may not make a film based on author J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit."

Mia Farrow assails 'genocidal violence' (AP)
   

AP - Actress and UNICEF goodwill ambassador Mia Farrow called Wednesday for peacekeepers to be sent immediately to halt "genocidal violence" that she said was spreading from Sudan's Darfur province into neighboring eastern Chad.

'Christmas Story' house brought to life (AP)
   

AP - Ralphie Parker and Brian Jones know what it's like to want something. For Ralphie, the object of desire was an official Red Ryder, carbine-action, 200-shot, range model air rifle. (Go ahead, say it, "You'll shoot your eye out, kid.")

Backstage
    ( Release: Nov. 22, 2006   Rated: N/A    Details | Tickets | Trailers  ) — In what's supposed to be the thrill of a lifetime, a young groupie (Isild Le Besco) meets her pop star idol (Emmanuelle Seigner) and is instead humiliated beyond belief on reality TV. But, undaunted, the starstruck fan looks to connect with the object of her admiration no matter what.

No Revenge for New Nerds (E! Online)
   

E! Online - They've been laughed at and picked on and now the nerds have been booted off campus.

Kitaen charged with drug possession (AP)
   

AP - Tawny Kitaen has been charged with felony drug possession after sheriff's deputies said they found cocaine in her apartment.

Jolie makes surprise visit to Cambodia (AP)
   

AP - Angelina Jolie has made an unannounced visit to Cambodia, a country where she is funding a nature conservation project, officials said Wednesday.

O.J. says book wasn't a confession (AP)
   

AP - O.J. Simpson said in a radio interview Wednesday that his ill-fated "If I Did It" book and TV project was not a confession to the murders of his ex-wife and her friend and that the title wasn't his idea.

Maldivians want to say `hello' to TomKat (AP)
   

AP - Residents of the Maldives want to say "hello" to newlyweds Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes.

Security tight at India's beachside film festival (Reuters)
   Reuters - Navy patrols and gun-toting soldiers will guard movie fans at an international film festival that begins in India's Goa state on Thursday after warnings the tourists who flock to its golden beaches could be attacked.

School's out for naughty "Nerds" (Reuters)
   Reuters - A remake of the 1984 cult classic "Revenge of the Nerds" has been shut down after only two weeks because it was too raunchy for the Atlanta university hosting the production.

"Deck the Halls" Christmas dreck (Reuters)
   Reuters - Nearly every year about this time we get a holiday comedy in which characters celebrate the season as poorly as possible for 95% of the movie. Then an epiphany arrives in a nick of time to remind everyone how to correctly celebrate the spirit of Christmas. Let's call this the Dysfunctional Christmas Comedy.

Thanksgiving moviegoers will feast on penguins (Reuters)
   

Reuters - With four wide releases opening this Thanksgiving holiday weekend and three strong holdovers looking for business, the North American box office is going to be extremely crowded.

Fan's love turns house into "Christmas" present (Reuters)
   Reuters - When it comes to Americana, Cleveland has collected a number of calling cards. It is home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It is the birthplace of Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. And it also is the setting for the 1983 holiday classic "A Christmas Story," directed by Bob Clark.

Bacon, Bana and Hurt possibly starring in Golden Compass
   Pretty much any movie with Kevin Bacon has me stepping up to buy a ticket, but add to that Eric Bana, John Hurt, Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig and there I will be first in line for the new movie The Golden Compass. That is, if the rumors are true. According to comingsoon.net they may just be, here's what's being said: 'Ciboule' alerted us that an interview with Casino Royale star Eva Green in...

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