Disconnect Trailer – Jason Bateman gets a bit dramatic & has tech troubles


I can’t help but wonder if Jason Bateman has been having a few problems with technology, which he’s now exploring on-screen. He recently starred in Identity Thief, where he has to deal with Melissa McCarthy stealing his details and pretending to be him. And now we’ve got a trailer for Disconnect, an ensemble drama all about the dangers of modern technology, which Bateman also stars in.

The movie follows ‘A hard-working lawyer, attached to his cell phone, can’t find the time to communicate with his family. A couple is drawn into a dangerous situation when their secrets are exposed online. A widowed ex-cop struggles to raise a mischievous son who cyber-bullies a classmate. An ambitious journalist sees a career-making story in a teen that performs on an adult-only site. They are strangers, neighbors and colleagues and their stories collide in this riveting dramatic thriller about ordinary people struggling to connect in today’s wired world.’

No UK date is set yet for this intriguing looking film, but it’s out in the US on April 12th. It’s certainly something more dramatic that we’re used to from Bateman, who usually sticks to comedy.

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Adam Brody Turns Flamboyant Flight Attendant For Baggage Claim

It’s almost like a coming of age for actors nowadays to play gay, and the latest to sign up to do just that is Adam Brody, who’s joined the comedy Baggage Claim as what Variety describes as ‘a flamboyant flight attendant’.

OC stars Brody joins Paula Patton and Octavia Spencer, with Patton as Montana Moore, a flight attendant who is the oldest, unmarried woman in her family. She goes on a cross-country trek to find a husband in 30 days, before her younger sister gets hitched. Spencer and Brody are fellow flight attendants who come up with a plan to help Patton’s character, organising for her to bump into various exes as she goes on her travels.

The movie is already shooting, with Taye Diggs, Derek Luke, Djimon Hounsou, Lauren London and Jill Scott also set to star.

Octavia Spencer Joins Baggage Claim

Octavia Spencer is now an Oscar-winner, allowing her to have a far greater pick of projects. Now she has joined the cast of Baggage Claim for Fox Searchlight Pictures and writer-director David E. Talbert, according to Deadline.

Back in May Paula Patton signed on to star as Montana Moore, a flight attendant who is the oldest, unmarried woman in her family. She goes on a cross-country trek to find a husband in 30 days, before her younger sister gets hitched. No details are currently known regarding Octavia Spencer’s character. Derek Luke is also starring in an unspecified role.

David E. Talbert (First Sunday) is directing from his own screenplay, which he adapted from his novel of the same name. Shooting is slated to begin in September.

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (DVD)

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Tom Cruise hasn’t had a great run recently. Mission: Impossible II in 2006 was his last bona fide hit, so it’s not surprising that he was keen to return to the franchise in the hope of keeping his star shining. What’s perhaps more surprising is that it works, as this well be the best Mission yet.

Ethan Hunt is called up for a new job – breaking into the heavily fortified Kremlin in order to retrieve some information. However after having failed to get what he went in there for, the building is destroyed in a devastating explosion. The agent quickly realises that he’s been set-up so that someone else could steal sensitive info from the Russians, destroy the building and then having everything blamed on Hunt and his team. The frame job has worked though, as the IMF is being shut down and Hunt and his crew disavowed. [Read more...]

Paula Patton Joins Washington & Wahlberg in 2 Guns

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol star Paula Patton is one of those actresses who constantly seems to flit around the edge of major recognition, but never quite gets it. Now she’s adding another decent role to her belt, as Deadline reports she’s in talks to take the female lead in 2 Guns, opposite Mark Wahlberg and Denzel Washington.

The film will be directed by Baltasar Kormákur, who last worked with Mark Wahlberg on the action thriller Contraband, and is based on the Steven Grant graphic novel of the same name. Paula Patton will play the love interest of Denzel Washington’s character in this story of a DEA Agent and a Naval Officer ordered to investigate one other. It’s not the first time Patton and Washington have worked together, as they both starred in Deja Vu.

Shooting will begin later in the year on 2 Guns, after Mark Wahlberg completes filming Michael Bay’s comedic thriller Pain and Gain, as well as promoting the comedy Ted, which he stars in and is release this summer.