Jason Lee spent part of his time off after the second season of his TV series My Name is Earl wrapped working on the 20th Century Fox movie Alvin and the Chipmunks. Lee gets to share the screen with Alvin, Simon and Theodore, indisputably the most famous singing – or non-singing - chipmunks in the world, in the family-friendly film.In Alvin and the Chipmunks Lee takes on the role of Dave, an amateur songwriter who’s the chipmunks’ adoptive dad. In real life, Lee’s the father of a 4-year-old. Being a dad, however, has nothing to do with his string of appearances in family films. “It's not for my son, but it's a bonus that I have a son that's very excited about movies like this,” explained Lee. Read On...
- Alvin and the Chipmunks Photo Gallery
- Trailer for Alvin and the Chipmunks
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Screenwriter David Benioff says the greatest challenge of adapting Khaled Hosseini’s bestselling book The Kite Runner was compacting the story down into a two hour screenplay. Hosseini’s 370 page novel follows two young Afghanistan boys - Amir and Hassan – whose friendship is ripped apart when Amir betrays his best friend by failing to come to his aid.- Screenwriter David Benioff on Adapting The Kite Runner
- One on One with Shaun Toub from The Kite Runner
- Khalid Abdalla on The Kite Runner and Visiting Kabul
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It’s been 10 years since we’ve heard from Francis Ford Coppola in a director capacity and, according to the five-time Oscar-winner, that’s due to numerous reasons including the time it takes to choose a project. The unusual, twisty dramatic film Youth Without Youth starring Tim Roth brings Coppola back into the spotlight as a director.
Read On...- Youth Without Youth Trailer
- Youth Without Youth Photos
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