What is Page 2? Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 35 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness. If…
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The first big film Ed Helms booked after the success of The Hangover was Cedar Rapids, in which he plays a naive smalltown insurance guy who is sent to the 'big city' of Cedar Rapids to represent his company at a convention. Probability of wacky hijinks: very high. Now there's a trailer, which you can…
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The 2011 Sundance Film Festival is fast approaching and if you can't make it to Utah yourself, the festival is bringing some of its highest profile films to a city near you. The largest and most important U.S. film festival will take place from January 20-30 in and around Park City, Utah and the selection…
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Jennifer Hudson made a splash on American Idol, then quickly went on to win an Oscar for her debut role in Dreamgirls, but we haven't seen much of her onscreen since. Now she's got a follow-up role to her big breakthrough: in Winnie, she'll play Winnie Mandela, wife to South African president Nelson Mandela. Directing…
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It's casting notes time again. Alan Cumming has joined Steve Antin's Burlesque, about "an ambitious small-town girl with a big voice who finds herself at a neo-burlesque club." Christina Aguilera is the girl, Kristen Bell is the rival dancer, and Cumming is the gender-bending club MC. So this is really a failsafe in case that…
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Some decent casting notes cropped up in the trade breaks last night, and because I'm just this sort of nice guy I'm about to round up the best for you. First involves James Caan and Vera Farmiga, who've just joined Keanu Reeves in Henry's Crime. The film, you may remember, is written by Anvil! director…
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Let's start with the bad news. Jessica Alba is joining the cast of Little Fockers, as "an attractive pharmaceutical rep whose looks wreak havoc on male characters in the story." The bad news isn't Alba's involvement, but that Little Fockers is still being made. But Universal needs a reliable earner, and this, to my great…
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Most of the big casting news post-Hangover has focused on Bradley Cooper and Zach Galifianakis. Maybe that's because their co-star Ed Helms was already quite well established thanks to The Daily Show and The Office. But he'll be on hiatus from shooting The Office in October, and according to Variety he'll fill the time by…
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