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The Meyerowitz Stories Trailer – Adam Sandler teams with Noah Baumbach for a critically praised movie

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The words ‘Adam Sandler’ and ‘critical praise’ are rarely written in the same sentence, but it’s true of The Meyerowitz Stories, which debuted in competition at Cannes and got a lot of positive notices. While the presence of director Noah Baumbach probably helps, Sandler is apparently really good.

He’s also got some great actors in support including Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson. And all this for a movie that will be largely bypassing cinemas and going straight onto Netflix.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘From writer/director Noah Baumbach, The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) is the emotional and comic intergenerational tale of adult siblings (Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, and Elizabeth Marvel) contending with the long shadow their strong-willed father (Dustin Hoffman) has cast over their lives.  With an original screenplay by Baumbach, the film also stars Emma Thompson, Grace Van Patten, Adam Driver, Candice Bergen, Judd Hirsch, and Rebecca Miller. The film was produced by Scott Rudin, Baumbach, Lila Yacoub, and Eli Bush.

‘An Official Selection of Cannes Film Festival 2017, the film will make its North American premiere at this year’s New York Film Festival. The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) will be released on Netflix and in select cinemas on October 13th.’

Take a look at the trailer below. [Read more…]

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Dev Patel & Ben Stiller Teaming For Chippendales Male-Stripper Murder Movie

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It’ll surprise many to hear that the world-famous male striptease outfit, the Chippendales have been around since 1979. While they now known for being at the more reputable end of sexy entertainment, it hasn’t always been that way.

Deadline reports that Dev Patel and Ben Stiller are set to star in a movie about the early days of the outfit, when things got very dangerous and murky. In the movie, Patel will play Bombay-born immigrant Steve Banerjee, who turned an LA dive bar into Chippendales, which very quickly gained a huge following and legions of fan. Ben Stiller will be children’s show producer Nick DeNoia, who ‘recruited the musclebound G-string clad dancers, choreographed their routines and ran a touring company of strippers.’

However, the American dream soon turned soured, as ‘Besides DeNoia, early co-creators included Paul Snider, whose Playboy bunny girlfriend Dorothy Stratten helped come up with the signature cuffs and collars uniforms (before everything but the G-string came off). Snider would later murder Stratten and kill himself (a sordid tragedy chronicled in the Bob Fosse-directed Star 80). Lawsuits and disputes between Banerjee followed, leading to a violence-filled descent. DeNoia was murdered, shot in the face in his New York office. Banerjee would plead guilty of orchestrating that murder, and for an attempt to burn down rival clubs, and for hiring a hit man for other murders including another former Chippendales choreographer. Hours before he was to be sentenced to a long prison sentence for murder, arson and racketeering in 1994, Banerjee was found hanged in his jail cell, his death ruled a suicide.’

It’s quite a story, and could make one hell of a movie.

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New Zoolander 2 Trailer – Ben Stiller must save the world from a celebrity killer

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zoolander-2-teaser-slideIn a week and a half we’ll finally get to see the long awaited Zoolander 2, which has been in the works for years but is only just now making it to cinemas. Will it have been worth the wait? A new trailer is here which hopes to convince us it is.

Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson back in male model mode, with the duo beginning to realise that they aren’t as young as they once were – something that is pretty much fatal in their profession – and also that the world of fashion has changed from the one they once knew. That includes Benedict Cumberbatch as a model who goes beyond androgynous.

There is a problem though, someone is out killing celebrities including Demi Lovato, Usher, Justin Bieber, Lenny Kravitz, and Miley Cyrus, all of whom have died with one of Derek Zoolander’s signature looks on their face.

Take a look at the new trailer below, and expect the movie in cinemas on February 12th, 2016.

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Zoolander 2 Trailer – Ben Stiller & Owen Wilson are being beautiful once more

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zoolander-2-poster1-slideIt’s been a long wait, but Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson back in male model mode for Zoolander 2, and now we have the first full trailer for the movie.

The duo are beginning to realise that they aren’t as young as they once were – something that is pretty much fatal in their profession – and also that the world of fashion has changed from the one they once knew. That includes Benedict Cumberbatch as a model who goes beyond androgynous.

There is a problem though, someone is out killing celebrities including Demi Lovato, Usher, Justin Bieber, Lenny Kravitz, and Miley Cyrus, all of whom have died with one of Derek Zoolander’s signature looks on their face.

Kristen Wiig (who’s almost unrecognisable) and many more star.

Take a look at the trailer below, and expect the movie in cinemas on February 12th, 2016.

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Zoolander 2 Teaser – Derek and his male model pout return

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zoolander-2-teaser-slideAfter many, many years of talking about it, Zoolander 2 is finally coming and we’ll have to hope it doesn’t end up being the slightly damp squib that the Anchorman sequel turned out to.

To get us excited the first teaser has arrived, which even features a Stephen Hawking-style narration (although it does point out at the end that it isn’t actually the great scientist), which takes us inside the brain, before suggestion Derek Zoolander perhaps isn’t the greatest example of human intelligence.

Ben Stiller directs once more, from a script by Justin Theroux. Owen Wilson, Christine Taylor and Will Ferrell’s also return, with Kristen Wiig and Penelope Cruz joining the fun.

It’ll be out next year. [Read more…]

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While We’re Young Trailer – Ben Stiller & Naomi Watts try to keep their youth

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While-Were-Young-pic1Noah Baumbach (Frances Ha, Squid And The Whale) is back with While We’re Young, which reteamed him with his Greenberg star Ben Stiller, alongside Naomi Watts, Adam Driver and Amanda Seyfried, for a look at a 40-something couple trying to keep hold of their youth.

Stiller and Watts are the couple, plodding along in early middle-aged life when they meets Driver and Seyfried’s hipster young couple. Their ennui – Stiller’s character has spent 10 years editing a single documentary – is upended and they suddenly feel energised, but of course recapturing your youth isn’t that simple.

A March 27th, 2015 US release is set and it’ll be out in the UK a week later. [Read more…]

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New Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb Trailer – Dan Stevens & Rebel Wilson join Ben Stiller

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night-at-the-museum-secret-of-the-tomb-posterFor Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb, Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan and Rami Malek are back, along with franchise newcomers like a very suave looking Dan Stevens as Sir Lancelot and Rebel Wilson as a British security guard in a nifty hat.

For this third instalment the action moves to London, with Stiller’s Larry Page and the museum exhibits looking for a way to save the artefact that allows the inanimate to come to life at night. Perhaps they’ll manage to find a point in bringing things to the UK in the actual film, but it comes across as a little pointless in the trailer – even if the Trafalgar Square lions do come to life.

Take a look at the new full trailer below. The movie will be in cinemas at Christmas. [Read more…]

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Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb Trailer – Ben Stiller is joined by Dan Stevens & Rebel Wilson

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night-at-the-museum-3-slideAfter the first images were released yesterday, it’s time for the trailer for Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb.

As you can see the likes of Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan and Rami Malek are back, along with franchise newcomers like a very suave looking Dan Stevens as Sir Lancelot and Rebel Wilson as a British security guard in a nifty hat.

To be honest, there is a slight sense of laziness this time around, where the action moves to London, with Stiller’s Larry Page and the museum exhibits looking for a way to save the artefact that allows the inanimate to come to life at night. Perhaps they’ll manage to find a point in bringing things to the UK in the actual film, but it comes across as a little pointless in the trailer – even if the Trafalgar Square lions do come to life.

Take a look at the trailer below. The movie will be in cinemas at Christmas. [Read more…]

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Ben Stiller, Dan Stevens & Co. In The First Pics From Night At The Museum 3

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Night-at-the-Museum-3-pic3After the success of the first two instalments, Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb is on its way, with a Christmas release date set. Now USA Today has released the first few images, with the promise a trailer will arrive later this week.

The shots feature old faces such as Ben Stiller, Robin Williams and Rami Malek, along with franchise newcomers like a very suave looking Dan Stevens as Sir Lancelot.

And as you may notice by the fact they’re standing in front of the National Gallery in one of the pics below, the action has moved to London this time around. It’s believed the film takes in several of the city’s most famed museums, and centres around the fact the artefact that brings the exhibits to life at night is starting to decay, so Stiller’s Larry Daley and company need to find out what’s going on.

Take a look at the pics above and below.

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Ben Stiller In Talks To Play Gay Choreographer In Alan Ball’s I Am Chippendales

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Ben-StillerSince the success of Magic Mike, the film world has known there’s a market out there for movies about male strippers. Now Ben Stiller may be starring in one, as Variety reports that he is circling I Am Chippendales, with American Beauty and True Blood’s Alan Ball set to write and direct.

The movie is based on the true story of how Paul Snider, Somen “Steve” Banerjee and lawyer Bruce Nahin founded the Chippendales nightclub. However after initial massive success, things rather went to Banerjee’s head as he helped orchestrate a plot to murder of three former Chippendales dancers he thought were now in competition with him, as well as attempting to have Chippendales co-founder, Bruce Nahin, killed.

He pleaded guilty to attempted arson, racketeering and murder for hire charges.

If a deal is finalized, Ben Stiller will play choreographer Nick DeNoia, who helped conceive the idea of the Chippendales, helping turn the male dance club into an international sensation. However DeNoia ended up being one of the people Banerjee wanted dead.

Banerjee was known for being incredibly flamboyant and sharp, not putting up with any dancer who didn’t meet his exacting dimensions. It’s also believed he slept with more than a few, although due to the fact this was the 80s and the Chippendales were so determined they were for female rather than gay eyes, there was also a lot of homophobia around. It’s now known exactly how the film will deal with all this, but as Alan Ball is gay himself and has dealy with LGBT themes throughout his career, it probably won’t shy away from it.

Ball is directing from his own screenplay, which is adapted from Rodney Sheldon’s book. It’s not known when it will shoot.

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