Will Ferrell hits the hardcourt as Jackie Moon, owner of the ABA team the Flint Michigan Tropics, in the New Line Cinema comedy Semi-Pro. Ferrell’s no stranger to stripping down to his shorts and as one of the star players of the Tropics, Ferrell once again gets to show off a lot of skin. But that wasn’t what drew him to Semi-Pro. “I love kind of combining sports and comedy together,” said Ferrell at the Los Angeles press conference where he joined co-stars Andre Benjamin, Woody Harrelson, Will Arnett, and director Kent Alterman to discuss the film. “It’s a great framework to kind of do comedy in. You can parody the sport, in this movie you can parody the era. And, at the same time, you have a built in arc that’s fun for the audience to watch this team of losers try to attain the lofty goal of fourth place.” Read On...(Photo © New Line Cinema)
Top 10 Films for the Weekend Ending 02/24/08
1) Vantage Point - $22,874,9362) The Spiderwick Chronicles - $13,100,192
3) Jumper - $12,708,768
4) Step Up 2 The Streets - $9,605,703
5) Fool's Gold - $6,554,284
6) Definitely, Maybe - $5,217,775
7) Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins - $4,158,700
8) Juno - $4,154,502
9) Be Kind Rewind - $4,050,655
10) There Will Be Blood - $2,687,229
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New on DVD - Beowulf
Filmmaker Robert Zemeckis has, obviously, fallen in love with the performance capture technology. Zemeckis wrote, produced and directed The Polar Express and executive produced Monster House. His third entry into the performance capture film arena is by far the best of the lot. Beowulf is a stunning action drama and Zemeckis' choice of using the performance capture technology to tell the story was absolutely the right way to go. Beowulf Director's Cut DVD ReviewMore on Beowulf
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Forgetting Sarah Marshall Cast Takes the Stage at Wonder Con
Producer Judd Apatow was too sick to attend but the rest of the Forgetting Sarah Marshall pack took to the stage in front of an appreciative 2008 Wonder Con crowd to preview the latest production from Universal Studios and the Apatow gang. Forgetting Sarah Marshall might seem an unlikely film to preview at a gathering of comic book enthusiasts, but the whole Comic Con experience has dramatically changed over the years with the increasing presence of Hollywood. Now comedy movies, horror films, and action/adventure epics are just as popular and accepted by the crowd as comic book-inspired and graphic novel-based films. Read On...(Photo © Universal Pictures)
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