New movies for the upcoming Memorial Day weekend holiday, there are two power-hitters… The Hangover Part II and Kung Fu Panda 2 and they’re opening this Thursday, May 26th, in theaters.
Basically, it’s the battle of the sequels and I’m betting bucks that Kung Fu Panda 2 will take the box office by storm! I’m banking that each adult will be accompanied by at least one other, aka, small humanoid in their life that wants to see the movie. Other new movies at the box office include The Tree of Life, The Abduction of Zack Butterfield & Tied to a Chair!
A Cinema Static tidbit: One of my instructors … instructed me on the proper pronunciation of Kung Fu sounds like “gung foo.” Thought you’d find that curious!
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The Hangover Part II
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From Warner Bros. Pictures: Starring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha, Ken Jeong, Paul Giamatti and Mike Tyson … again, as those pesky guys, after surviving the bachelor party in Vegas, head to Thailand for Stu’s wedding. Stu’s plan for a subdued pre-wedding brunch, however, goes seriously awry… again, in The Hangover Part II.
LOL.
Todd Phillips returns as director and returning as the “Mr. Creepy” character in the movie. When I first saw that this was coming out, I wasn’t all that motivated by it… I mean what new stuff can they get into? But the later movie trailers seem to hit some new material.
If you liked the first one, I presume you will like this one.
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Kung Fu Panda 2
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From Paramount Pictures: Po, voiced by Jack Black, is back for more animated kung-fu action in Kung Fu Panda 2! With the voice power of Angelina Jolie, Gary Oldman, Seth Rogen, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jackie Chan, Dustin Hoffman, David Cross, & Lucy Liu joining Jack, as Po joins forces with a group of new kung-fu masters to take on an old enemy with a deadly new weapon.
Directed by Jennifer Yuh, who was the story artist for the first part, this is her first movie directorial effort. First time directors worry me, but I don’t know how direction impacts animated features.
Regardless, I bet it will do great at the box office and I’m going to guess, will beat out The Hangover Part II.
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Other movies opening in theaters this weekend include
• The Tree of Life (limited) W/ Brad Pitt & Sean Penn;
• The Abduction of Zack Butterfield
• Littlerock (Seattle International Film Festival)
• Karate-Robo Zaborgar (Seattle International Film Festival)
• Tied to a Chair
No film festivals were noted for this weekend.
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Bonus question… I’ll let you, the reader decide which movie you want me to go see for a write up… I need more than one vote and not repeat votes from the same folks! (I’ll know!)
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Production Status of Various Movie Projects
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Right now, movies that are in development (script & idea phases) include:
· The Expendables 2
· Ghostbusters III
· Untitled Star Trek Sequel
· Cry Macho
· The Wolverine
Movies that are in the pre-production stages of their lives include:
· Man of Steel
· Snow White and the Huntsman
· The Great Gatsby
· Bond 23
· World War Z
Movies filming at this moment in time,
· The Avengers (directed by Joss Whedon)
· The Dark Knight Rises
· The Hunger Games
· The Hobbit: Part 1
· Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
· Men in Black III
· Dark Shadows
· The Perks of Being a Wallflower
· 21 Jump Street
· Wrath of the Titans
· Prometheus
· Total Recall
· Gambit
· Rock of Ages
Movies in the post-production phase of their life-cycle include
· Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
· Transformers: Dark of the Moon
· The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
· The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1
· Fright Night
· Captain America: The First Avenger
· Green Lantern
· The Amazing Spider-Man
· Conan the Barbarian
· Footloose
and quite a few more actually.
Movies that are done, in the can and waiting for release include
· Super 8
· Cowboys & Aliens
· Horrible Bosses
· Cars 2
· Zookeeper
Just to name a few.
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One of the new movies opening the following week include X-Men: First Class.
Keep it tuned here and I’ll try to keep you in the loop of movie developments.
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What Came Out on DVD this Week
Here’s a quick reminder of what came out on DVD and Blu-ray this week:
• I Am Number Four
• Gnomeo & Juliet
• Burning Palms
• Fertile Ground
• Seconds Apart
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All information gleaned from IMDb.
