Movie News: Sunday, November 26

Stamos joins cast for ABC "Raisin" pic (Reuters)
   Reuters - John Stamos has joined the cast of ABC's "A Raisin in the Sun," the TV movie adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry's play.

The Fountain Flops
   I've been looking forward to Aronofsky's new film "The Fountain" for quite some time now... but I remember way back when the first trailer came out... it actually turned me off of it a little bit. It felt really self absorbed (just saying that's how it felt to me) and a bit too trippy. But keep in mind... it was only a trailer. Well, then the booing came. Audiences at the Venice film...

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Penguins, Bond Too Cool for Denzel's Déjà Vu (E! Online)
   

E! Online - It was déjà vu all over again, and that spelled bad news for Déjà Vu.

Peter Jackson Lies To Fans To Get "Better Deal"
   New sad news. This news has been floating around for a couple of days now, but I've not thrown in my two cents worth on it yet. It is yet another twist in the Peter Jackson / The Hobbit tale.. only this one disappoints me more. Looks like Peter Jackson doesn't mind lying to his fans through his teeth. Back when it was announced that Peter Jackson wouldn't be doing The Hobbit, Jackson put out...

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Scorponok In Action
   Max was just kind enough to send me this picture of what I can only assume is Scorponok in the upcoming Transformers movie. This is the first image I've seen of 3D CGI Transformer in action. I... Freaking... LOVE IT!

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Penguins romp over Bond at box office (AP)
   

AP - A dancing penguin was king of the Thanksgiving birds among movie-goers. The animated penguin romp "Happy Feet" remained the No. 1 movie with $37.9 million in ticket sales from Friday to Sunday, while the James Bond adventure "Casino Royale" stayed in second place with $31 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Hollywood's "Nativity" in world premiere at Vatican (Reuters)
   

Reuters - "The Nativity Story," a Hollywood movie of the story of Mary and Joseph before the birth of Jesus, had its world premiere at the Vatican on Sunday and won strong praise from the man known as the "deputy pope."

Movie on Jesus' birth debuts at Vatican (AP)
   

AP - A movie about the birth of Jesus Christ made its world premiere Sunday at the Vatican, the first time a feature film debuted here.

Documentary films rattle business world (AP)
   AP - Starbucks Corp. was one of the companies that turned down interview requests from Nick and Mark Francis when the brothers were shooting their documentary about rampant poverty among Ethiopian coffee growers.

'Happy Feet' dances atop box office (AP)
   

AP - A dancing penguin was king of the Thanksgiving birds among movie-goers. The animated penguin romp "Happy Feet" remained the No. 1 movie with $37.9 million in ticket sales from Friday to Sunday, while the James Bond adventure "Casino Royale" stayed in second place with $31 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.