Movie News: Saturday, December 02

American Indians hail 'Apocalypto' cast (AP)
   

AP - Mel Gibson's effort to find an indigenous cast for his new movie "Apocalypto," which depicts the end of the Mayan civilization, is drawing praise from American Indian leaders.

German Communist era film wins top Europe award (Reuters)
   

Reuters - "The Lives of Others," a drama about how East Germany's Stasi security police shattered the lives of ordinary people, won top prize at the European Film Awards on Saturday held in Poland's capital.

American Indians fete 'Apocalypto' cast (AP)
   

AP - Mel Gibson's effort to find an indigenous cast for his new movie "Apocalypto," which depicts the end of the Mayan civilization, is drawing praise from American Indian leaders.

Chan Kwok-kwan stars in Bruce Lee series (AP)
   AP - Looking like Bruce Lee has paid off for Hong Kong actor Chan Kwok-kwan. The actor played a Lee look-alike in the 2001 comedy "Shaolin Soccer" and has now landed the lead role in a new Chinese television series on the late kung fu star, newspapers reported Saturday.

Seeing Beyond What We Already Know - No One Is Irreplaceable
   One of the recurring themes around The Movie Blog is one of fans attitudes towards replacements. You know what I mean: One director being replaced by another, one actor being replaced by another. Why is it that fans think that when one director/actor/writer does a great job on something, then that automatically means they were the ONLY people who could have possibly done it or should do it in...

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Transformers Autobot Ratchet
   First look at the robot mode of the Autobot emergency vehicle "Ratchet" from the upcoming Transformers movie sent to me by wolf (apparently from tfw2005.com). I dig it much!

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Hot Fuzz Trailer
   The new Hot Fuzz trailer has hit the web, and damn it's slick. The movie comes to us from the amazing team that brought us the massively underrated and under viewed "Shaun Of The Dead". Director Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and even Bill Nighy (Davey Jones in Pirates of the Carribean 2) for good measure. Here's a quick synopsis:Top London cop, Police Constable Nicholas Angel, finds...

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