Jimmy Fallon To Test Drive New "Late Night" Show On The Web

Before funnyman Jimmy Fallon steps in as the new host of NBC's "Late Night" talk show, he'll have a chance to test his routines online.

Fallon, who has been named as Conan O'Brien's replacement when O'Brien relieves Jay Leno on the Tonight Show in 2009, will begin broadcasting on the web this fall.

Related Story: Jimmy Fallon To Take Over For Conan O'Brien in 2009

Late Night producer and Saturday Night Live chief Lorne Michaels told reporters he hopes the unprecedented move will help Fallon "to work out as many of the rough spots in his presentation as possible in performances on a website."

Scheduled to air this fall, "webisodes" are expected to run about five to 10 minutes long each, and his web show will likely air on a nightly basis to establish a regular rhythm for Fallon and new viewers.

Studio-backed and supported web based content and video is nothing new - Heroes, Lost and The Office with Steve Carell all experiment with promoting new characters and story ideas online - but it's the first time the web has been used as a medium for transition to the big time.

NBC's virtual testing room could prove a quick and easy way for getting instant feedback and attracting new viewers - not to mention providing Fallon fans a ton of bite-size laughs on demand.

In the meantime, Fallon is due to be seen this October in "The Year Of Getting To Know Us" co-starring alongside Sharon Stone and Lucy Liu.

The comedy tells the story of Christopher Rocket (Jimmy Fallon) who is a man devoted to his work but unable to commit to his girlfriend Anne (Lucy Liu) or anything else in his personal life. He returns to his hometown after his estranged father Tom Rocket (Tom Arnold) suffers a stroke. Jane Rocket (Sharon Stone), his mother, is a central figure in his dysfunctional past.

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Zac Efron And Vanessa Hudgens Are Truly In Love - Both Back To Work After Vacation

After finishing up the filming of "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" last month, Disney teen couple Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens were able to jet off for a short vacation in the Turks & Caicos Islands. But since returning home, the two have been all business.


Last week, Vanessa was seen being whisked away to a studio in a limo where she was hard at work shooting the Intelligentsia Coffee brand's new ad campaign. Efron was seen in New York doing various press interviews and taking other "work related" meetings.

When Hudgens was asked how serious the couple's relationship was she got right to the point and said she is in love with her "High School Musical" co-star.

"Zac and I are more in love than ever. It's fun to work with him. He's really sweet, and singing all of songs is always a blast."

The actress dismissed the possibility of appearing in another "High School Musical" movie now that the cast members have reached college age.

"Not for us,' Hudgens told reporters. "We're pretty much done, I think."

Related Story: Vanessa Hudgens: 'High School Musical' Cast Is Done After This Movie


When asked about all of her boyfriend's fan attention she insisted that she does not get jealous of Zac's female fans.

The actress, who has been dating her "High School Musical" co-star since August last year, revealed that she often joins in with his screaming supporters. Hudgens also admitted that she has received her fair share of attention since she first appeared as Gabriella Montez in the movies.

"It's all good with Zac. I don't get jealous - not at all - when Zac gets loads of attention," Vanessa explained. "I do, too. And I don't mind if girls scream at him - I like to scream along too."

Following a short trip out to the east coast, Efron has finished up his New York City press duties and has made his way back home to Los Angeles.

The actor was spotted arriving at LAX International Airport last week with his hands full of luggage and a skateboard. At one point, Efron exclaimed, "When did I get so popular?!" as he made his way through the terminal.

And waiting for Efron like a faithful and loving girlfriend was his sweetheart Vanessa Hudgens, who picked him up and whisked him away.

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But with the latest "High School Musical" completed and scheduled for release in October, and the smash hit franchise behind them, what is the young couple in love to for spending money? Never fear.

Efron will be seen again next February in the comedy "Seventeen Again" with Michelle Trachtenberg and Matthew Perry. The film is about a guy whose life didn't quite turn out how he wanted it to and wishes he could go back to high school and change it. He wakes up one day and is seventeen again and gets the chance to rewrite his life.

After that, Efron will star with Claire Danes in the dramatic "Me And Orson Wells", about a teenager who is cast in the Mercury Theatre production of "Julius Caesar" directed by a young Orson Welles in 1937.

Vanessa Hudgens will reappear next year working with Lisa Kudrow in the musical comedy "Rock On", where a high school outcast's bond with a popular girl over their shared love of music results in them assembling a rock group that looks to win their school's upcoming battle of the bands competition.

Ah, to be young and in love in Hollywood!

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Heath Ledger in Batman Dark Knight - Steals The Show…

Frightening scenes of Heath Ledger playing the Joker from the just released Batman movie, "The Dark Knight", have audiences on edge - nearly eight months after the actor was found dead in New York.

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In one scene from the film, Ledger is dressed in a white nurse's uniform, waving a gun and wearing a surgical mask. In another, his face painted with the Joker's trademark evil grin in red, he points a gun directly at the camera.

These are just two of the many images film company Warner Bros is using to promote The Dark Knight, just released in Australia and the US on July 17.

From the movie's marketing material to the trailer, Ledger appears to be the main draw, with Christian Bale, who plays Batman, taking a back seat.

The film also stars Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman and Christian Bale - playing the role of Batman.

Ledger had his work cut out for him by accepting the part of the Joker, which was made legendary by Jack Nicholson.

Ledger was found dead in his New York apartment on January 22 after an accidental overdose.

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Sneak Peek: Christian Bale in "Terminator Salvation" - New Movie Trailer

How does one top a starring role in what may possibly be the hottest movie of 2008? Christian Bale knows how - star in the hottest movie of 2009 as well.

Bale, currently being seen in theaters as Batman in "The Dark Knight" working with Heath Ledger and Morgan Freeman, is currently filming the Terminator sequel "Terminator Salvation" as the now grown John Conner.

Due in February 2009, this is the fourth movie in the Warner Brother's "Terminator" franchise, and some feel it will be difficult to produce a movie with the staying power of the first three films. But with the success of "The Dark Knight" it is clear that audiences will flock to any project with Christian Bale attached.

With the first three Terminator films grossing well over a billion dollars you knew there had to be another. But one question remains unanswered - will Arnold Schwarzenegger make an appearance? No one knows for sure. He is absent in the new trailer, but we hear the door has been left open if Arnold wants a piece of the action.

"Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins" associate producer James Middleton, has revealed more details about the new movie.

"It's set after the events of 'Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,' where we see the nuclear exchange at the end of the movie, and we show what the world is like after this event, and we show how people try to deal in a post-apocalyptic world," Middleton said.

"And we introduce a new character, who becomes very important to the resistance and to John Connor, a new hero. It's really about the birth of a new hero."

He added that John Connor will certainly be a central character in the film as well. "I would look at him as a character that is introduced and that will grow in the second and third movies of the trilogy," he said about the character.

Set in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor (Christian Bale) is the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators. But the future Connor was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row.

Connor must decide whether Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the past. As Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor and Marcus both embark on an odyssey that takes them into the heart of Skynet's operations, where they uncover the terrible secret behind the possible annihilation of mankind.

Watch The New "Terminator Salvation" Movie Trailer


Christian Bale is an actor who is primed to become a household name. In addition to "The Dark Knight" and "Terminator Salvation", he has lined up a number of projects scheduled for release next year. Get ready for a Christian Bale explosion.

In June of 2009, Bale will star with Johnny Depp in the crime drama "Public Enemies", where the Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s.

In November of next year, Bale will star with Russell Crowe in the action flick "Nottingham", where a love triangle forms between the legendary hero Robin Hood, his Maid Marian and the archer's arch nemesis, the Sheriff of Nottingham.

And to top things off, Bale will also star in the action crime drama " Killing Pablo", the true story of how the Colombian gangster, Pablo Escobar, was assassinated and his Medellin cocaine cartel dismantled by US special forces and intelligence, the Colombian military, and a vigilante gang controlled by the Cali cartel.

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Salma Hayek And Billionaire Henri Pinault Call Off Wedding

Actress Salma Hayek and her French billionaire businessman fiance Francois Henri Pinault have called off their engagement, a spokeswoman said Friday.

"We are sad to announce the engagement of Salma Hayek and Francois-Henri Pinault has been canceled. There will be no further comment," her representative in New York, Cari Ross, said.

The couple announced plans to wed back in March 2007. They met in Italy in 2006, and have a daughter, Valentina, who was born in September 2007.

The actress is currently working on the drama "Keep Coming back" due this year and starring Hayek and Steve Buscemi, about a good teenager with a bad heart condition and a crush on a stripper (Salma Hayek) twice his age who opts to join her Alcoholics Anonymous group just so he can be in the same room with her.

Hayek has recently completed work on the animated family comedy "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" due in theaters this October and starring Drew Barrymore, Jamie Lee Curtis, George Lopez and Cheech Marin. The film tells the story of Chloe, a ritzy Beverly Hills Chihuahua, who while on vacation in Mexico finds herself lost and in need of assistance in order to get back home.

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"The Day The Earth Stood Still" - Plot Update And New Movie Trailer

As the first wave of the summer blockbusters starts to dry up, everybody is setting their sites on the fall line-up. One film starting to get some buzz is director Scott Derrickson's "The Day The Earth Stood Still"

This update is a remake of the 1951 classic science fiction film about an alien visitor and his giant robot counterpart who visit Earth.

Starring Keanu Reeves as Klaatu, Jennifer Connelly as Helen, and John Cleese as Dr. Barnhardt, we notice one important departure from the original 1951 version - Where's Gort? None of the sources we have seen, including IMDB, have a cast member for the robot. What gives?

The giant robot did play a critical role in the plot of the original movie:

A flying saucer orbits the 1950s Earth and lands in Washington, DC on the Mall. The lone occupant steps out and is shot by a jumpy soldier. Gort, a large and very powerful robot appears to save him and is able to melt tanks with the slightest bit of his power.

The wounded alien orders Gort to stop his rampage and is taken to a hospital from which he escapes in order to learn more about this planet, even moving in as a boarder with an Earth family. When they begin to suspect him, he reveals himself, along with the news that Gort is a member of a race of super-robot enforcers invented to keep the peace of the galaxy that will destroy the Earth if provoked.

According to sources, the 2008 remake of "The Day The Earth Stood Still" will be done a bit differently:

"The Gort robot character has not been cast at this time and will most likely be created using FX. The remake will remain true to the original movie, however there is a chance it will more likely remain true to the short story upon which the 1951 movie is based."

In either case the alien 'weaponry' seems to have been upgraded. In addition to a city going dark, and a very brief look at the new Gort, the new film trailer shows a cloud of black smoke, capable of rapid movement and disintegrating matter on contact.

In the 1951 movie, Gort is described as one of a race of robots created by the planets to maintain peace throughout the galaxy. If the 2008 remake follows the short story by Harry Bates, "Farewell to the Master" upon which the 1951 movie is based, it will be revealed at the end of the movie by Gort himself that he is the master, and not Klaatu.

Watch "The Day The Earth Stood Still" New Movie Trailer


"The Day The Earth Stood Still" will be released December 12, 2008.

In addition to "Earth", Keanu Reeves can be seen in 2009 in the dramatic "The Private Lives of Pippa Lee", starring alongside Winona Ryder - a story about what happens after her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, and Pippa Lee engages in a period of reflection and finds herself heading toward a quiet nervous breakdown.

Jennifer Connelly will also be seen this December 26 in the animated fantasy adventure "9" starring Elijah Wood and John C. Reilly, about a post-apocalyptic nightmare in which all of humanity is threatened.

Related Story: Jennifer Connelly And Elijah Wood In "9" - See Plot And Trailer

Connelly will then appear again in February 2009 in the comedy "He's Just Not That Into You", working with an all-star cast including Scarlett Johansson, Jennifer Aniston, Ben Affleck and Drew Barrymore in the Baltimore-set movie of interconnecting story arcs that deal with the challenges of reading or misreading human behavior.

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Will Ferrell Ready To Make You Laugh With "Step Brothers" - See Plot And Movie Trailer

Kids. They grow up so fast.

Just when you are really getting to know them they move out and start a life of their own. Right?

Well, not if you're Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly!

The two actors are preparing to release their latest comedy movie "Step Brothers" on July 25. Directed by Adam McKay and scripted by Ferrell, the movie tells a funny tale of never wanting to grow up.

A perfect summer movie about two adults who have been spoiled and still live at home and meet when their parents get married. They initially hate each other but find out that they are not too different. They become best friends but their parents decide to kick them out unless they get jobs. The movie is about growing up and still being a kid.

Synopsis:

Brennan Huff (Will Ferrell), a sporadically employed thirty-nine-year-old, lives with his mother, Nancy. Dale Doback (John C. Reilly), a terminally unemployed forty-year-old lives with his father, Robert.

When Robert and Nancy marry and move in together, Brennan and Dale are forced to live with each other as stepbrothers. As their narcissism and downright aggressive laziness threaten to tear the family apart, these two middle-aged, immature, overgrown boys orchestrate an insane, elaborate plan to bring their parents back together.

To pull it off, they must form an unlikely bond that maybe, just maybe, will finally get them out of the house.

"Step Brothers" was nominated, and won the Golden Trailer award for the best summer movie poster. Really? There is an award for movie posters?

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After "Brothers", Will Ferrell won't be seen again until next year when he stars as park ranger Rick Marshall in the classic sci-fi adventure comedy "Land Of The Lost" based on the Saturday morning television show from years gone by.

There is also rumor that Ferrell and Sacha Boren Cohen are teaming up to star in a comedy version of "Sherlock Holmes"

Related Story: Can Will Ferrell And Sacha Cohen Do Sherlock Holmes And Watson?

John C. Reilly will be seen this December starring with Jennifer Connelly and Elijah Wood in the animated sci-fi adventure "9", about a post-apocalyptic nightmare in which all of humanity is threatened.

Related Story: Elijah Wood And Jennifer Connelly Lend Their Voices to the Animated Movie "9"

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"Journey To The Center Of The Earth" Due July 11 - Watch Trailer

Movie maker Eric Brevig has confessed a myth about a key scene in his upcoming "Journey To The Center Of The Earth" movie remake - that it was shot using a cheap "slip-and-slide" in a parking lot.

Thanks to clever film making and technology, movie fans will see Brendan Fraser drop down a huge waterfall in the film, when in fact the scene was shot at night in a parking lot.

Brevig reveals, "We couldn't afford to build an actual waterfall set so, out of desperation, we had a slip-and-slide built outside in the parking lot at night.

"It's basically a 50-foot table covered in black plastic with fire hoses shooting down at it, and we're dragging the actors with ropes attached to them by their feet.

The remake of the classic "Journey To The Center Of The Earth" stars Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson and Anita Briem and will be released on July 11.

Fraser plays a science professor whose radical theories have completely tarnished his reputation. While backpacking across Iceland with his nephew Sean (Josh Hutcherson), the two explorers and their mountain guide find a cave that leads them deep down into the bowels of the planet.

They discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth with bizarre landscapes filled with terrifying creatures.

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The movie opens July 11 and was filmed in Sony Digital 3-D - so it should prove to be quite the adventure and movie experience!
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First James Bond "Quantum of Solace" Movie Trailer Released - Watch It Here

James Bond will be back at it on November 7 2008, but aside from all of the on set accidents and problems plaguing the production we really don't know a lot about it - until today.

The first movie trailer for the new film "Quantum Of Solace" featuring British secret agent James Bond appeared online today.

Starring Daniel Craig as Agent 007, the secret agent thriller tells the story of James Bond seeking revenge for the death of his lover when he sets out to stop an environmentalist from taking control of a country's water supply.

The Producers say the film's title was taken from one of the short stories by Ian Fleming penned back in the 1960's. Producer Michael G. Wilson promised more action than "Casino Royal", which marked the debut of Daniel Craig's role as the British spy.

The film shoot began in November at British Pinewood studios and has had nothing but problems - but things again appear to be proceeding on schedule.

Related Story: James Bond Cuts Off Finger - Movie Filming Plagued With Accidents


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The new James Bond film is scheduled for release this November.

In addition to his James Bond role, Daniel Craig can also be seen this December 12 in the war drama "Defiance", about three Jewish brothers who escape from Nazi-occupied Poland into the Belarussian forest where they join Russian resistance fighters and try to build a village in order to protect themselves and others in danger.

Next for Craig, and scheduled for release next year is "I, Lucifer", a fantasy comedy horror where the devil gets one last chance at redemption in the body of a suicidal writer. Based on Glen Duncan's bestseller.
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New Batman The Dark Knight Trailer Is Here! Watch It Now

While everybody was out watching "Get Smart" this weekend, Warner Brothers Studio released the new full-length movie trailer for "The Dark Knight".

Not as big on the crash and burn action as the first trailer, this one lays more foundation for the real meat of The Dark Knight's story, giving more information about Aaron Eckhart's crusading district attorney Harvey Dent.

Also, Heath Ledger is looking better and better as the Joker each time we see him. Go Batman




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Pixar Ready To Open With "Wall-E" June 27 - Watch Trailer - Review

Pixar Animation has done it again. Fresh off the success of "Ratatouille" comes the animated family comedy "WALL-E" scheduled for release June 27, 2008.

Not many people have heard about it, and there has been little advertising for the film yet, but it is shaping up to be one of Pixar's best.

"WALL-E" has only one big name celebrity, Sigourney Weaver, instead of the usual ensemble casts of big-time Hollywood names. John Ratzenberger and Fred Willard provide additional character voices.

The movie revolves around an adorable little robot that becomes more human as the plot progresses.

The year is 2700. WALL*E, a robot, spends every day doing what he was made for. But soon, he discovers what he was meant for.

After hundreds of lonely years of flawless operation, WALL*E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) discovers a new purpose in life (besides collecting knick-knacks) when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE.

EVE comes to realize that WALL*E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet's future, and races back to space to report her findings to the humans who have been eagerly awaiting word that it is safe to return home.

Meanwhile, WALL*E chases EVE across the galaxy and sets an adventure into motion. Joining WALL*E on his journey across the universe is a cast of characters including a pet cockroach and a heroic team of malfunctioning misfit robots.

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"Wanted" With Angelina Jolie - Early Review And Extended Movie Trailer

Angelina Jolie dodges a bullet - and fires off a round too - in the action-packed, extended trailer for Wanted, her sexy, new action thriller.

Let's take a look at the movie - which costars James McAvoy and Morgan Freeman - and tells of a young man (McAvoy) who discovers that his father is an assassin. "Wanted" hits theaters on June 27.

"Wanted" tells the tale of one apathetic mans transformation into an unparalleled enforcer of justice. In 2008, we're introduced to a hero for a new generation: 25-year-old employed slacker, Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy). Wes is the most isolated, cube-dwelling, clock-punching drone this planet has ever known. His boss chews him out hourly, his girlfriend ignores him routinely, and his life plods on in interminable boredom and routine.

Everyone knows this detached slacker will amount to absolutely nothing, and so does he, until he meets the sexy, foxy woman named Fox (Angelina Jolie), and then everything changes. Wes' estranged father is murdered, and the deadly Fox recruits him into 'The Fraternity', a secret society that trains him to avenge his father's death, by unlocking his dormant powers.

And oh boy does he have powers, as she teaches Wes how to develop his lightning-quick reflexes and phenomenal agility, he discovers that The Fraternity lives by an ancient, unbreakable code: to carry out the death orders given by emotionless Fate itself.

Wes, with his wickedly brilliant and sexy tutor, plus the paternal guidance of The Fraternity's enigmatic leader, Sloan (Morgan Freeman), young Wes grows to enjoy all the strength and success he ever wanted. But, slowly, he realizes there's more to his dangerous associates than meets the casual eye. And, as he wavers between new found heroism and vengeance, Wes will come to learn what no one can ever teach him; that he alone controls his destiny.

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"Get Smart" Ready For June 20 Release - See Review - Watch Movie Trailer Here

Saving The World. And Loving It.

Mel Brooks believes that the movie update of his spy parody TV series "Get Smart" will appeal to modern audiences. Brooks described the film's leading man Steve Carell, taking over the role made famous by Don Adams in the '60s, as "brilliant".

Brooks said "To choose a guy who's right in the Don Adams groove, you couldn't get a better guy than Steve Carell. And yet he doesn't do Don Adams. He does none of his delivery. He just does Steve Carell." Brooks added that the spy comedy would appeal to contemporary audiences because it matches people's perceptions about intelligence agencies.

Plot:

Bungling secret agent Maxwell Smart (Steve Carell), also known as Agent 86 for CONTROL, is on a mission to battle the forces of their evil crime nemesis known as KAOS with his more-competent partner Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway), at his side. Bill Murray also has a role as Agent 13.

When the headquarters of U.S. spy agency Control is attacked and the identities of its agents compromised, the Chief has no choice but to promote his ever-eager analyst Maxwell Smart, who has always dreams of working in the field alongside stalwart superstar Agent 23.

Smart will do whatever it takes to thwart the latest plot for world domination by KAOS.

Written by Tom J. Astle and Matt Ember; Directed by Peter Segal. Release data: June 20, 2008. Rated PG-13 for some rude humor, action violence and language. Run time: 110 minutes.

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Kiefer Sutherland To Star In Horror Movie "Mirrors" - Watch New Trailer

Just when you thought Jack Bauer didn't have time for any more problems, he has decided to go and make a new movie.

Kiefer Sutherland will star in the Alexandre Aja horror movie "Mirrors" due in theaters August 15. The story revolves around a mall security guard who becomes wrapped up in a mystery involving a particular department store's mirrors that seem to bring out the worst in people.

Then his wife and kids start having strange things happen with the "Mirrors" in their house, and there are a few very creepy scenes in the new trailer released this week. Especially the scene with the little boy sitting in front of the mirror talking to his reflection - but when he moves away his reflection stays. Spooky.

"Mirrors" may well rank right up there with "Strangers" as far as horror movies go, and we seem to be having a resurgence of good movie making stuck in between the action hero movies that have dominated this summers flicks.

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Stuntman Dies In Fire On John Woo's Movie "Red Cliff" - Watch Trailer

A stunt man filming John Woo's new thriller movie in Beijing was killed in a bizarre fire when a small boat rammed into the set of an ancient warship, state media said on Tuesday.

At least three people were injured in the accident during the shooting of the battle epic movie "Red Cliff."

"The fire broke out early Monday morning when the crew were shooting a scene in which a small, smoking boat crashed with a large ancient war vessel," Xinhua news agency said.

At the point of collision, when technicians let out smoke, an uncontrolled flame leaped 100 feet into the air, the Beijing News said, citing crewmembers at the northern Beijing location.

Woo, director of such movie hits as "Face/Off" starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage, and "Mission Impossible II" starring Tom Cruise, was in Hong Kong at the time of the accident.

The film, adapted from China's classic novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms," is set in 208 AD in the dying days of the Han dynasty, ending in the battle of "Red Cliff" where 2,000 ships were burned and destroyed.

It stars Hong Kong's Tony Leung, the Chinese mainland's Zhang Fengyi and Takeshi Kaneshiro, whose father is from Japan and mother is from Taiwan.

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"The Incredible Hulk" Movie Trailer And Plot Summary

Get ready fans. Now that Iron Man and Tony Stark are old news, Marvel and Universal Studios have "The Incredible Hulk" waiting in the wings for a June 13, 2008 release.

"The Incredible Hulk", starring Edward Norton and Liv Tyler is a story where the cure is in reach for the world's most primal force of fury - "The Incredible Hulk".

The film finds scientist Bruce Banner, living in the shadows, scouring the planet for an antidote. But the warmongers who dream of abusing his powers won't leave him alone, nor will his need to be with the only woman he has ever loved, Betty Ross (Liv Tyler).

While in Mongolia, The Incredible Hulk is captured by the Russians, And after many days of torture and tests, they are able to collect enough DNA to create the "Abomination". The Hulk eventually escapes and the Russians send the Abomination to destroy him.

Upon returning to civilization, The Abomination ruthlessly pursues our brilliant doctor, a nightmarish beast of pure adrenaline and aggression whose powers match The Incredible Hulk's own.

A fight of Marvel comic book proportions ensues, as Bruce Banner must call upon the hero within to rescue New York City from total destruction. And one scientist must make an agonizing final choice - accept a peaceful life as Bruce Banner or the creature he could permanently become - The Incredible Hulk.

Call it beautiful marketing, but there is also an appearance by our most recent super hero Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) - remember him? Iron Man? Last month?

So there you are, all of our friends are back together again, Tony Stark, Iron Man, Bruce Banner, Betty Ross, and the sexy celebrities who portray them. This is the first we've seen of Ed Norton and Liv Tyler in a while, but you absolutely must call this next 45 days the comeback of Robert Downey Jr.

We have already learned of an Iron Man 2 sequel, do we see a sequel for Bruce Banner? - "The Incredible Hulk 2" - only the CEO of Marvel Studios knows for sure.

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"Bucket List" With Jack Nicholson And Morgan Freeman Now On DVD - Watch Trailer

Aging womanizer Jack Nicholson is desperate to have one last sexual fling before he dies - despite already bedding more that 2,000 women. The 71-year-old added the feat to a list of things he hopes to achieve following his role in the movie "The Bucket List." For those that missed it, never fear - it is now available on DVD.

In the movie, Nicholson plays an aging billionaire who makes a list of the things he wants to do before he passes away.

Edward Cole (Jack Nicholson) has worked hard his whole life to build his hospital corporation into a Fortune 500 company. As CEO, Edward is on top of the world when cancer comes knocking on his door. In the hospital, Edward is put into a room with another cancer patient, Carter Chambers (Morgan Freeman).

The doctors have given both the news that they have six-months to a year to live. Carter just blocks out the bad news and continues watching Jeopardy on TV, because he knows all the answers. When Carter was young, he was able to attend the first year of college, but when his wife got pregnant, Carter found work as an automobile mechanic.

Carter remembers that in one of his classes the professor gave them an assignment to fill out a Bucket List of the things you want to do in life before you kick the bucket. Carter starts writing his list of things to do. Edward sees the list and writes some other things to do like skydiving and racecar driving. They both decide to leave the hospital and embark on fulfilling all the things on the "Bucket List."

Is Jack excited about the DVD release? A little. The evening before the release party he spent with daughter Lorraine Nicholson at game three of the 2008 NBA Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics.

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Tom Cruise - Still Filming "Valkyrie" - Watch Movie Trailer

Tom Cruise is set to shoot more scenes for his World War II thriller "Valkyrie."

The actor will film three scenes in North Africa within the next few weeks, Variety boss Peter Bart reports on his blog.

Cruise plays German officer Col. Claus Von Stauffenberg in the movie, which revolves around an assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler.

The plot is indeed a complicated one; where at the height of WW2, a group of high-ranking German officers hatch a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, and seize power of the military command in order to end the war. The operation was codenamed "Valkyrie", for the emergency plan that was to be used in case of a revolt against the Nazi government.

The plan had been modified by the conspirators to ensure their success, but for various reasons the plot failed when finally carried out on 20 July 1944. The conspirators of the inner circle were shot after a kangaroo trial or sentenced to death soon after.

The release date for "Valkyrie" was recently pushed back to February 13, 2009.

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Our only problem is that Tom Cruise does not even try to fake a German accent in the film. Seems a bit hard to picture him in Nazi Germany with his California accent.

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"Brokeback Mountain" At The New York City Opera In 2013

The New York City Opera commissioned Charles Wuorinen to compose an opera based on "Brokeback Mountain," the 1997 short story by Annie Proulx that became the basis for the 2005 movie starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal - the film won three Academy Awards.

The opera is scheduled to open in the spring of 2013, City Opera said Sunday. It will be City Opera's second Wuorinen premiere, following "Haroun and the Sea of Stories," which was based on a Salman Rushdie novel and opened in October 2004.

"Ever since encountering Annie Proulx's unusual story I have wanted to make an opera on it, and it gives me great joy that Gerard Mortier and New York City Opera have given me the opportunity to do so," Wuorinen said in a statement.

"Brokeback Mountain" was released in 2005, set against the sweeping vistas of Alberta's Rocky Mountains. The film tells the story of two young gay men - a ranch-hand and a rodeo cowboy - who meet in the summer of 1963 and unexpectedly forge a lifelong connection, one whose complications, joys and tragedies provide a testament to the endurance and power of love.

Sadly, the movie was one of Heath Ledger's last films before dying of a drug overdose in January 2008.

Related Story: Actor Heath Ledger dies at 28

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Jake Gyllenhaal will next be seen in the December 2008 release of the war drama "Brothers" starring Natalie Portman and Tobey Maguire, where a young man comforts his older brother's wife and children after he goes missing in Afghanistan, and based on Susanne Bier's film, "Brothers".

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Adam Sandler Finishing Up Movie "Bedtime Stories"

After working out for seven months to play commando Zohan, Adam Sandler is preparing to flex an entirely different set of muscles.

The "You Don't Mess With The Zohan" star is finishing work on "Bedtime Stories" - a special-effects-heavy family fantasy due this Christmas from Disney.

Sandler won't say too much about that production -- "We haven't finished it yet, " he said during a recent press conference - but both "Bedtime Stories" and the new Judd Apatow movie just announced, may indicate the 41-year-old Sandler is trying to expand his range beyond the safe zone of "Click" and "Big Daddy."

As he told journalists, "The best thing about producing is I get the studio to lend Rob Schneider money."

Directed by Adam Shankman, "Bedtime Stories" is a family comedy, and tells the story of a hotel handyman (Adam Sandler) whose life changes when the lavish bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew start to magically come true. Surprisingly, no movie trailer has been released yet.

"Bedtime Stories" stars Guy Pearce, Russell Brand, Teresa Palmer, Richard Griffiths, Lucy Lawless, Courtney Cox, Adam Sandler and Keri Russell, and is scheduled for release on Christmas Day 2008.

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