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A movie about Pac Man, one of the greatest video games of all time, might be coming to a theatre near you. Plug in the Atari.

Pac Man: The Movie

True story. I haven’t played video games in years. My brother brought his X-Box 360 to my house on a visit and it had a modern day version of Pac Man on it that caused me to lose three days of my life. We literally sat in front of the television for 72 hours playing Pac Man. It was part nostaglia, part competition, part flat out dumb, but we couldn’t quit. I’m not sure that means you make a movie out of it though.

Castle Sky Pictures has received financial backing, $200 million, from Grosvenor Park for the making of five features, one of which is about Pac Man.

“This financing is helping us in our expansion plans to greenlight films more quickly…the Grosvenor Park-funded slate include an adaptation of Richard Branson’s memoir “Losing My Virginity,” a bigscreen adaptation of vidgame “Pac-Man” and a sequel to John Woo’s actioner “Hard Boiled.”

After a little research, this project looks like it’s been in the works for a long time. Probably where it should stay. The trailer below is confirmation.

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Though not set to release until November 7, 2008, “Changeling” is already starting a buzz of excitement. Starring Angelina Jolie and John Malkovich, “Changeling” is the story of a mother’s search for her lost son. Set in 1928, Angelina comes home from work to find her son missing. When a boy returns months later saying he’s her son, Angelina knows he’s not, and the quest to find the truth in the Prohibition Era begins. John Malkovich stars as the Reverend who helps Angelina along the way.

Angelina Jolie In “Changeling”

Clint Eastwood directs this promising drama. He says,

“A mother’s love is the whole driving force of the movie.”

When the script was laid in front of him, Eastwood was particularly impressed by how closely it followed the actual events of the time. In 1928, the mother’s story and her conflict with the LAPD had riveted Los Angeles and appeared all over the news.

“Changeling” premiered at Cannes. Clint Eastwood, Angelina Jolie, and Brad Pitt did the promotional rounds, and insanity followed. The press couldn’t wait to get their photos of a pregnant Angelina Jolie (twins!) standing next to Brad, but even without her baby bump Angelina would draw some attention with the powerful performance she pulls off in her upcoming film.

See more photos of Angelina Jolie on the set of “Changeling” and a video of Eastwood and Jolie discussing the movie below.

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We’ve got another Shakespeare movie on our hands, and the two most likely actresses to be cast have been. In the upcoming “King Lear”, Keira Knightley has been tagged to play Cordelia, the king’s youngest daughter, and Gwyneth Paltrow is set to star as Regan, the nasty, middle daughter. No word on who will play Goneril, the eldest.

Keira Knightley To Star In “King Lear”

The “King Lear” movie was announced at Cannes Film Festival and is budgeted at $35 million. This will be the 21st remake of the Shakespeare classic, but only the second to show the “King Lear” nude scene - sorry fellas, that scene is probably going to Sir Anthony Hopkins.

The “King Lear” role makes a busy year for Keira. She is getting ready to release “The Edge of Love” and start the promo circuit with Sienna Miller. She is also filming “The Duchess”, another old English drama based on the life of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire.

See more photos of past King Lear stars and a video clip from one of the movies past.

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The Indiana Jones review from Cannes is in and it starts with a 3 1/2 standing ovation from the audience. The film’s world premiere was Sunday night at the film festival and it looks like Harrison Ford will be enjoying another successful run at the box office.

Indiana Jones Review

Reporters and fans have made this movie the event of the festival so far. There was an overwhelming reaction to Ford, Steven Spielberg, and George Lucas by both the crowd and photographers when they took the red carpet.

Before the film had ended, the festival sent out an alert that it would be reviewing tapes of the hordes of photographers on the red carpet, and revoking the closing-night credentials of those responsible for “inacceptable incidents.”

The film has been the target of many internet critics, but it looks like Indiana Jones fans aren’t listening. After all, according to Spielberg, they are the ones who got the film made.

“I never thought it was a gamble. Although, to be fair, every movie I’ve ever made is a gamble…but this was something I and the cast members were always asked, ‘When’s Indiana Jones coming back’?”

From the beginning, it was thought the movie would always be a commercial success. After the premiere at Cannes, it looks like it could be a critical success also. You can see more photos from the movie and the premiere below.

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One of the Summer’s big-budget films is Wanted with Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy, and Morgan Freeman, which opens on Friday, June 27.

Wanted is the story of a twenty-something slacker, played by McAvoy, who is recruited into the “Fraternity,” a secret society of vigilante justice enforcers with lightning-quick reflexes and superhuman moves.

If you have not seen a trailer for Wanted, a huge portion of the trailer is dedicated to “curving bullets.” The whole curving bullets thing seems so gimmicky that it bothers me to no end. It just seems like some producers were sitting in a room and were like:

Dumb Movie Producer #1 “I just had a flash of brilliance. What if a hero could curve bullets?”

Dumb Movie Producer #2 “Curve bullets? Damn, that is mind blowing. That could be the whole focus of the movie and its promotions.”

Dumb Movie Producer #1 “I know, dumb viewers would eat that up without even worrying about a story or plot.”

Dumb Movie Producer #2 “Seriously, all we need is a $200 millionish budget, a smoking hot female hero, a young up and comer, and maybe we can get Morgan Freeman to sell out. I mean he did do Deep Impact.”

Dumb Movie Producer #1 “I like the way you think sir. I’ll blow the dust off one of our action scripts on the shelf, and get a writer to rework it in about 8 weeks. You call Morgan Freeman, and I’ll see if I can get Angelina Jolie’s agent to talk her into doing another violent, gun-toting, blow-crap-up movie between one of her UN missions of peace.”

Seriously, does anyone else find it just a little ironic that UN ambassador, peace loving, soon to be mother of 5, Angelina Jolie stars in all of these not so peaceful movies? Nevertheless, if you are amazed at the idea of someone being able to curve bullets, oooooooh, then enjoy Wanted. But don’t tell me I didn’t warn you.

Click below to see peace-loving Angelina Jolie in some of her not-so-peaceful movies.

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Jason Reitman, the hot new director in Hollywood, has just announced his the next film that he’s going to be working on. Jason Reitman’s new movie will be a film adaptation of the book “Up in the Air”.

Jason Reitman’s New Movie: “Up In The Air”

Jason Reitman was born for Hollywood. His father is “Ghostbusters” director Ivan Reitman, so it was only a matter of time before he joined the movie business. At age 12, Jason had a tiny role in “Ghostbusters 2″, and he’s done a little more acting since then. But he is most known for his writing and directing - he wrote and directed “Thank You For Smoking” and directed the indie instant-classic “Juno”.

Since Ellen Page made Jennifer Garner the happiest adoptive mother in Minnesota, everyone has been wondering what Reitman will do next, and now we know. Reitman recently announced that he will be writing the adaptation for and directing the movie “Up in the Air”. The film is a comedy and a drama, according to Reitman. It takes a shot at the corporate world, following a professional who specializes in “career transition counseling”, a.k.a. firing people. His two main goals in life are to acquire a million frequent flier miles and work for the company MythTech. The book, written by Walter Kirn, was named one of Amazon.com’s Best of 2001, and reading the reviews it sounds pretty entertaining. One reviewer writes,

Reading Walter Kirn’s “Up in the Air” is like sitting next to someone on an airplane who’s led a fascinating life and won’t shut up about it.

See more photos of Jason Reitman and a video of Michael Cera and Ellen Page singing a song about him below.

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Actress Sarah Michelle Gellar is nude…for charity.

Sarah Michelle Gellar Nude

Who was the charity that got Sarah Michelle to take it all off? The Coalition of Skin Diseases in America is the lucky organization. The 30-year-old Gellar helped raise over $2000 for the online auction. Sarah Michelle was joined by three other celebrities, Dave Navarro, Amanda Bynes and Leila Ali, who agreed to get naked in front of the camera. After seeing over 10,000 bids for pictures of the nude celebrities, Vaseline donated another $25,000.

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Sarah Michelle is also featured on the 2008 “ultimate list of the world´s most beautiful women.” Maxim released their Hot 100 and Gellar came in at #5 behind Eva Longoria Parker, Jessica Biel, Scarlett Johansson and #1 Marisa Miller. Mrs. Freddie Prinze Jr. may not be slaying vampires anymore, but she has three projects coming out this year. Check out more hot photos of Sarah Michelle Gellar below.

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It’s the slowest weekend at the box office so far - only one movie releasing tomorrow. But that one movie should bring in the crowds, because it’s “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian”.

“The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Capsian”

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

The kids from the wardrobe are back, but things aren’t as rosy this time around. It’s been a year since Lucy, Edmond, Peter, and Susan were in Narnia, but for Narnia it’s been 1300 years and times have changed. In the time that has passed, Narnia was conquered by the Telmarines and King Miraz. Under Miraz’s rule, the rightful heir to the throne, Prince Caspian, has been forced into hiding to avoid assassination. It becomes the quest of the Pevensie children to restore Narnia to the great land that it once was.

The movie looks to be as entertaining both in storyline and in pictures, and a great follow-up to the first instant classic. (Come on. When you get an SNL Short rap about your movie, it’s an instant classic.) Although noticeably darker, the reviews have been strong. Chronicles has been called,

“A grand and visually stunning epic with thrilling battle scenes and powerful themes.”

and

“… an elaborately presented feast …”

Most are even calling it better then the first. No matter what, I know I’ll be singing “the chronic what cles of Narnia”.

See the trailer for “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” below.

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Angelina Jolie arrives at the Cannes Film Festival to promote her new animated movie “Kung Fu Panda.”

Angelina Jolie at Cannes Film Festival

Angelina and Jack Black were comparing bellies on the red carpet, but I think the Panda has both of them beat. Jolie’s co-stars have managed to let out all of her pregnancy secrets in the last couple of days. First, Jack confirmed to Natalie Morales at the Today Show that she and Brad Pitt were having twins. Then Dustin Hoffman announced the due date – August 19.

“It seems like everybody is bursting at the seams around her with her baby news.”

The next question to answer is where will the birth take place? France seems to be the front runner, but maybe they’re trying to throw off the paparazzi. I’m sure People magazine has already paid a small fortune for those pictures.

You can see more of Angelina Jolie on the red carpet at Cannes below.

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I absolutely loved “Fraggle Rock” when it was a television show in the 1980s. I would sing and dance along every time the show came on. So it must be my lucky day because I just found out they’re making a “Fraggle Rock” movie. Apparently sales of the first three seasons have done so well on DVD that The Weinstein Co. has commissioned Cory Edwards to write the screenplay.

Fraggle Rock Movie

In this musical movie, the main five Fraggle Rock characters return: Gobo, Wembley, Moko, Boober, and Red. And things get interesting when the fraggles finally travel outside the Rock and make contact with the human world. The fraggles, though, think we’re aliens.

The making of the “Fraggle Rock” movie is part of the attempt by Harvey Weinstein to expand his base in the family-friendly movie area. “Fraggle Rock” will be the company’s third movie of this variety.

See more photos of the Fraggle Rock characters and the song from the television show below.

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Meet Elizabeth Reaser, the actress currently stirring up trouble on “Grey’s Anatomy” and filming several movies while she’s at it. See her biography, photos and video here.

Elizabeth Reaser

On last week’s episode of “Grey’s Anatomy”, Elizabeth Reaser’s character Ava told Alex she was pregnant. However, Izzie was the one doing the blood work and it turns out Ava is in fact NOT with child. But Izzie can’t tell Alex because of doctor-patient confidentiality. Drama, drama, drama. Let’s see if Reaser can carry that skill over to the big screen.

As a biography, Elizabeth Reaser was born on June 15, 1975 in Bloomfield, Michigan, so her age is 32. In college, Elizabeth transferred to the Juilliard School of Drama where she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1999. In October 2004, Elizabeth was named one of “14 to be”, a list of up-and-coming stars to be on the watch for.

Elizabeth has wanted to be an actress since she was little, and she finally got the chance with a role on “Guiding Light”. Since then, she has appeared in several television shows, such as the TNT hit “Saved”, and movies, including in “Sweet Land” which opened to fantastic critical acclaim. But it’s her role on “Grey’s Anatomy” that has brought the most attention. As the amnesia-suffering pregnant woman known as Rebecca and Ava, Reaser turned heads. But unfortunately her run is coming to an end. It looks like CBS has offered Elizabeth a starring role in a sitcom called “The Ex List”, the premise of which reads “psychic tells single girl she has one year to find her soul mate or she’ll be alone forever”.

Elizabeth’s latest movie is “Against The Current”. Also starring Joseph Fiennes, Mary Tyler Moore, Michelle Trachtenberg, and Andy from “Weeds” (real name Justin Kirk), the film is about a man who sets out to swim the Hudson River to mark the fifth anniversary of his wife’s death. After watching the trailer, it looks like a pretty good film - emotional and touching, the kind you’ll want to see with your mom.

With all of the movies she’s been in, it’s surprising we haven’t seen Elizabeth Reaser nude. There was even that bedroom scene in “Puccini for Beginners”. Perhaps we will get a movie with Elizabeth Reaser nude a little later - only time will tell.

See more photos of Elizabeth Reaser and the trailer for “Against the Current” below.

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Metallica is releasing a new album due in September, and now fans can be a “fly on the wall” to see the band behind the scenes. Their new site, Mission Metallica, gives fans a back stage pass to exclusive content, bits of new songs and video of the guys in action.

Mission Metallica

The only video footage available now is a three minute clip you can see below. Although, there is a teaser offering eventual “platinum status,” which will give fans much more access to their 9th studio album.

“For all you hard core Metallica nuts who are insatiable and need more, more, more and extra more! A copy of the new album physically delivered to your doorstep the day it comes out, additional fly on the wall video footage on a weekly basis, many more photos, cool contests to travel, and lots of other stuff.”

Looks like Metallica is trying to make a little money on their music before it hits the internet…and everyone downloads it for free. I guess you can do things like this when you’re one of the best selling bands of all time with 100 million albums sold, winners of 7 Grammys, and have catalog sales since 2000 second to only The Beatles.

See the video below for a taste of their new material and check these dates for Metallica’s tour to a city near you.

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‘Sex and the City: The Movie‘ is finally here and you can see the world premiere photos below. I’m especially digging Sarah Jessica Parker’s choice of head gear. No, I did not photoshop it, but I wish I had. Cynthia Nixon reportedly agrees:

“What was SJP wearing on her head?,” she was heard to say. “What was going on there?”

Sex and the City: The Movie World Premiere Photos

The girls, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Catrall, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis, stepped out in London, England on May 12th at the Odeon Leicester Square. They were all looking very couture and Nixon was one wind gust away from a nip slip. You can see her very revealing dress here. Coincidentally, Nixon is also the only one of the four girls who appears nude in the film.

Check out more photos of the world premiere below and a video of Cynthia talking about the film.

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Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio. These were the names I expected to see top the list of highest paid film salary of all time. Imagine my surprise when I was sobered with the reality that we live in a world where Keanu Reeves is the highest paid actor of all time for his performance in The Matrix Reloaded and Revolutions. That’s $185 million after his $20 million salary plus 15% gross.

Seriously, if highly intelligent beings visited us from another planet what would they think of us as a species for rewarding Keanu’s “acting” more than any other thespian? Be afraid aliens, be very afraid.

After Keanu/Neo, Tom Cruise has four of the top 13 highest salaries for War of the Worlds, Mission Impossible I & II, and Vanilla Sky.

Oddly enough, one of the top two highest paid female actors of all time is Tom Cruise’s ex, Nicole Kidman. Kidman has 5 of the 25 highest salaries for female actors all time. To put this into perspective, Kidman received $17.5 million for Bewitched, while Tom received $100 million for War of the Worlds. Unfortunately, women are not anywhere close in salaries and have to be content with getting half after the divorce.

Buyer beware, highest salaries do not show the highest quality. Aside from Keanu, who actually was pretty good as Neo, Julia Roberts received $20 million for The Mexican, Sandra Bullock received $17.5 million for Miss Congeniality 2, and good ‘ol Adam Sandler received over $30 million for Little Nicky.

Compare that to the total budget of $40 million for There Will Be Blood in which Daniel Day-Lewis gave one of the greatest performances of all time. I guess in this case, Little Nicky is the one drinking the milkshake.

You be the judge: Click below to compare Sandler’s and Day-Lewis’ performances in Little Nicky and There Will Be Blood.

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