'Walt Before Mickey' Trailer: Walt Disney Biopic Shows The Early Years
Watch the Walt Before Mickey trailer, a new independent film which chronicles the early years of Mickey Mouse creator and animation legend Walt Disney.
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20 Pieces Of Trivia We Learned At The 'Napoleon Dynamite' 10th Anniversary Screening
The Napoleon Dynamite 10th anniversary is currently underway and at a special screening, the cast and crew revealed a bunch of secrets. Read 20 of them here
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Images From 'Walt Before Mickey' Featuring Thomas Ian Nicholas And Jon Heder As Walt And Roy
Most of the time we hear about films well before production. Other times, we hear about them when cameras are already rolling. That's the case with Walt Before Mickey, an independent feature directed by Ari Taub. It's based on a book by Timothy S. Susanin that chronicles the life of Walt Disney from 1919-1928, which is…
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'Wrong' Director Finishes New Film 'Realite,' Featuring Jon Heder In A Rat Suit; Also Editing 'Wrong Cops,' With Appearance From Eric Wareheim
I've come to really admire director Quentin Dupieux, the man behind the films Rubber and Wrong. I love the way he both respects rules and throws them out the window on a regular basis. He goes where his ideas take him, and I find his movies to be tremendously entertaining as a result. I don't…
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'For Ellen' Trailer - In Which Paul Dano Is A Deadbeat Dad And Napoleon Dynamite Is His Lawyer
Having played struggling writers in Being Flynn and Ruby Sparks, Paul Dano is switching gears to play a struggling musician in For Ellen, his third feature of 2012. Directed by So Yong Kim (Treeless Mountain), the indie drama centers around a wannabe rock star named Joby Taylor who never quite attained the fame and fortune…
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Napoleon Encounters A Liger And Kip Takes A Bath In New Clips From 'Napoleon Dynamite: The Animated Series'
A few months ago we showed you the first trailer for Napoleon Dynamite: The Animated Series, which offered a brief glimpse at the new show. At this year's Comic-Con, FOX brought out several clips to give the audience a better taste of what to expect. Based on 2004's sleeper hit indie, the new show will…
Read MoreFirst Look: Fox's Animated 'Napoleon Dynamite' Television Show
Gosh! Now it'll be super easy for Napoleon Dynamite to get extra chap stick, tame a wild stallion or go off some sweet jumps because it'll be drawn for him. Fox has picked up a six-episode animated TV version of the 2004 cult film which launched the careers of director Jared Hess and star Jon…
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Fox Developing Napoleon Dynamite Animated Television Series
MediaBistro is reporting that 20th Century Fox is developing an animated television series based on the 2004 Fox Searchlight film Napoleon Dynamite. According to the report, most of the original cast from the Sundance cult classic has signed on to reprise their roles from the film, including: Jon Heder as the title character Napoleon Dynamite,…
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Casting Notes: Paul Dano In For Ellen; Gerard Butler In Machine Gun Preacher; Carey Mulligan For My Fair Lady?
After last week's flurry of great big casting stories, we're going to start small today. Paul Dano will appear in For Ellen, from director So Young Kim, who last made In Between Days. Dano will be "a struggling indie rocker who, after nearly wrecking his car during an overnight long-distance drive, arrives in a small…
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Jon Heder To Star In Buddy Holly Is Alive And Well On Ganymede
Jon Heder, best known for playing the title role in Napoleon Dynamite, has signed on to star in an adaptation of Bradley Denton's comic sci-fi novel Buddy Holly Is Alive and Well on Ganymede. Robert Rugan wrote the screenplay adaptation and will direct. Heder will shoot the film when he has time off from his…
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Moving McAllister Movie Trailer
 Moving McAllister is one of those road trip indie comedies that is written by its main star.The official plot synopsis reads: Rick Robinson is a ladder-climbing law intern from Miami with four days until the Bar Exam. Desperate to score points with his boss (McAllister), he commits to a favor he can't afford. He…
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