Producer Luc Besson and Director Pierre Morel, who previously worked together on Taken, team up again on a new action movie From Paris With Love, which is based on a script co-written by Besson. The film is starring John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. I’d like to give a green card to Besson and Morel right away: they make movies the American way! And they hire great talents from Hollywood for their movies.

The movie From Paris With Love should be released in 2009.

Here below a first look at the official movie trailer of ‘From Paris With Love’:

From Paris With Love Movie Trailer

FROM PARIS WITH LOVE

Plot:
“A young embassy employee (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) hooks up with an American spy (John Travolta) in Paris. The spy is insane but damn effective!”

At first sight the plot of From Paris With Love may not stand out from the crowd for its originality, even if the plot takes place in Paris, France. Still, I believe that Besson and Morel will deliver a great action movie.

I hope John Travolta will stay bald: he looks great! Not sure about that, but maybe, they get inspired by French goalkeeper Fabien Barthez’ hairstyle:

Or maybe John Travolta was envious of Tom Cruise’s baldness in Tropic Thunder:

If you’re bald yourself you have a moral duty to support From Paris With Love! I will!
:)

Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov are co-producing the movie 9, an upcoming CGI animated science-fiction movie created and directed by Shane Acker. 9 is animated by Attitude Studio (in Luxembourg) and by Starz Animation (in Toronto), with a few sequences done by Duncan Studios in LA and will be released by Focus Features. The film should be released on September 9, 2009, yeap that’s 9.9.9!

The lead voice actors are Elijah Wood, Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Connelly and Crispin Glover.

Here below the first official 9 movie trailer:

9 Movie Official Trailer

Plot:
“When 9 (Elijah Wood) first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good. They must take the offensive if they are to survive, and they must discover why the machines want to destroy them in the first place. As they’ll soon come to learn, the very future of civilization may depend on them.”

Those doll-like creatures evolving in a post-apocalyptic background look really strange and appealing. I’d say that 9 is a Coraline movie for grown ups.

If you’re wondering about the explosive soundtrack of this 9 trailer it’s the song ‘Welcome Home’ by Coheed and Cambria.
:)

We just learned via Coming Soon that Bruce Boxleitner who played the role of as Alan Bradley, aka Tron, in the first movie is set to return in Tron 2!

Tron 2.0 Movie Bruce Boxleitner back as Tron

With both Jeff Bridges and Bruce Boxleitner reprising their roles it is clear that Disney is counting on fans’ nostalgia!

I supposed they checked the negative buzz following the title change to TRZ and are now rolling back to a more friendly TRON 2.0 (the plot has no relation with the game of the same name as far I know). But I’d suggest to leave the .0 part (unless Disney wants to get a featured post on Michael Arrington’s Techcrunch…) and just go with the streamlined title of TRON 2!
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In Public Enemies, upcoming period movie directed by Michael Mann, Johnny Depp plays the role of John Dillinger the gangster and French actress Marion Cotillard (she once played the role of Edith Piaf) got the role of Dilinger’s partner in love and in crime:

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The original criminals (below) were not as photogenic as Johnny Depp and Marion Cotillard…

But that’s a distortion of History that Hollywood is used to!
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Notorious is an upcoming biopic of rapper Christopher Wallace a.k.a. The Notorious BIG. It is starring Jamal Woolard in the lead role:

Notorious movie – Record that:
Biggie Smalls (Jamal Woolard) shows off his impressive freestyle skills.
It’s amazing how vinyl discs are still trendy even if they’re the product of an outdated technology!
:)

Take a look to this new Fast and Furious 4 movie poster:

Fast and Furious Movie Poster

(Click on the poster to enlarge it.)

FAST AND FURIOUS

New model, original parts!

This poster of Fast and Furious could have been better: no colors, no girls… But don’t worry the movie will have great cars doing stunts:

Fast and Furious 4: filming of a race with an American Muscle car performing an astounding wheelie!

And sexy girls:

Fast and Furious 4 will be released on April 3, 2009. Still time to get your engines ready!
;-)

The Code (also title Thick as Thieves) is an upcoming heist movie directed by Mimi Leder and starring Morgan Freeman, Antonio Banderas and Radha Mitchell. I prefer the former movie tittle: Thick as thieves sounds much more funny than The Code! But I suppose that some cold-feet marketing executive vetoed the title and change it to The Code… More mainstream maybe, but so trivial… Besides, curiously, there is no release date yet for the USA, and it looks like that Taiwan (in January) and Spain (in February) will have the premiere of The Code….

Here below the first movie trailer of the Code (an international Code trailer from Taiwan actually):

The Code Trailer with Morgan Freeman and Antonio Banderas

THE CODE

The Bait, The Bounty, The Catch

Plot:
“A veteran thief recruits a younger crook to help him pull off one final job in order to repay his debt to the Russian mob. Mitchell plays a temptress whose romantic liaison with a thief (Banderas) threatens to come between him and his partner in crime, her godfather (Freeman).”

The plot of movie of The Code does not seem to bring anything new but Morgan Freeman and Antonio Banderas make a good duo. Also, Radha Mitchell looks so sexy when she dances! So shall give The Code a try!
:)

Land of the Lost
Adventure/Comedy/Sci-Fi
Directed by Brad Silberling
Starring Will Ferrell, Danny R. McBride, Anna Friel, Jorma Taccone
Release Date: June 5, 2009

More at: Land of the Lost Trailer

http://land-of-the-lost-movie-trailer.blogspot.com/

9
Animation/Adventure/Fantasy/Sci-Fi/War
Produced by Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov
Directed by Shane Acker
Starring Elijah Wood, Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Connelly and Crispin Glover.

More at: 9 trailer

http://9-movie-trailer.blogspot.com/

From Paris With Love
Action
Produced by Luc Besson
Directed by Pierre Morel
Starring John Travolta, Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Release Date: February 19, 2010

Below the trailer of From Paris With Love:

FROM PARIS WITH LOVE

More information at: From Paris With Love Trailer

http://from-paris-with-love-movie-trailer.blogspot.com/

Take a look to this new banner poster of The Reader, upcoming period drama movie starring Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes:

The Reader Movie

(Click ont he poster to enlarge it.)

I wish I didn’t read the novel the movie is based on: I would have been really surprised by the plot of the Reader. But even knowing what the Reader is about I’m still impatient to see the movie. Maybe even more impatient with Kate Winslet having the lead role!
:)

Thanks to the latest poster of the sci-fi movie Push we may have a better understanding of Chris Evans‘s abilities in the film:

Push Movie Trailer

(Click on the poster to enlarge it.)
PUSH
One Push can change everything.

I’m not sure the movie will be as amazing as seen on the poster… But I can’t but give it a try: Push can’t be that bad either!
:)

A preview clip of the indie film Wendy and Lucy is available:

Wendy and Lucy Movie

The movie Wendy and Lucy is about a woman whose life is derailed en route to a potentially lucrative summer job when her car breaks down…

It’s a heartbreaking movie that somehow mirrors what’s happening to many through America because of the the current recession…

Wendy and Lucy is an independent movie but it has a country-wide release, to know the nearest theater in which you may watch Wendy and Lucy, just head to the official site at:

Wendy and Lucy in Theaters

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Summit Entertainment has announced the release date of the movie New Moon, sequel to Twilight: New Moon is tentatively scheduled for a release on November 20, 2009.

Much more information at:

–> New Moon Movie in November 2009

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart will be back respectively as Edward and Bella. But Summit Entertainment has decided to replace Director Catherine Hardwicke with Chris Weitz.

Now they can indeed afford a more expensive director: the first Twilight movie was real gold for the production company.

As long as Stephenie Meyer keeps scrutinizing the development of the movie New Moon, there is no need to worry about the change for the fans.
:)

Director Bryan Singer enrolled Tom Cruise as Colonel Stauffenberg in the movie Valkyrie. Here a few movie clips of Valkyrie:

Valkyrie Preview Clips

Valkyrie – We have to kill HitlerPlot synopsis:
“In Nazi Germany during World War II, as the tide turned in favor of The Allies, a cadre of senior German officers and politicians desperately plot to topple the Nazi regime before the nation is crushed in a near-inevitable defeat. To this end, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, an Army officer convinced he must save Germany from Hitler, is recruited to mastermind a real plan. To do so, he arranges for the internal emergency measure, Operation: Valkyrie, to be changed to enable his fellows to seize control of Berlin after the assassination of the Fuhrer. However, even as the plan is put into action, a combination of bad luck and human failings conspire on their own to create a tragedy that would prolong the greater one gripping Europe.”

Colonel Stauffenberg was a real hero, so sad his attempt at assassinating the evil Hitler failed…
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