DreamWorks Animation has definitely been a bit hit and miss, but they’ve definitely has success and plenty of profit from the Madagascar movies. From the first film is was clear that one of the best things about the franchise was the Penguins.
They soon got their own TV series, and now they’re getting a spin-off movie, which also benefits from the voice talents of Benedict Cumberbatch as a wolf.
Here’s the synopsis: ‘Discover the secrets of the most entertaining and mysterious birds in the global espionage game: Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private now must join forces with the chic spy organization, the North Wind, led by Agent Classified (we could tell you his name, but then … you know), voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch to stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine, voiced by John Malkovich, from taking over the world.’
The film is due out towards the end of the year. Take a look at the trailer below. [Read more…]
Fury has booked itself a prime Oscar-bait release later this year, but now we get our first look at the movie with a ‘World Of Tanks’ featurette.
In the last couple of days we’ve had Guardians Of The Galaxy character posters for Rocket Raccoon and Groot, and Zoe Saldana’s Gamora. Now the set is complete the release of promo pics for Chris Pratt’s Star Lord and Dave Bautista’s Drax.
Gamora (Zoe Saldana) Gamora is an orphan from an alien world who was raised by the mysterious Thanos to become the perfect weapon. As Thanos’ personal assassin, Gamora has earned a reputation as a formidable warrior. Gamora now seeks redemption for her past crimes.
Drax (Dave Bautista) A physical brute, Drax has a personal vendetta against Ronan, who killed his family. Now fueled by pure rage, Drax will stop at nothing to take his revenge on the most dangerous being in the galaxy.
Groot (Vin Diesel) Groot descends from a race of walking flora and resembles a sentient tree. Despite his strange appearance and limited communication skills, Groot proves to be a valuable ally and a loyal friend—not only to his fellow bounty hunter Rocket but to the rest of the Guardians of the Galaxy as well.
Kylie Minogue may have started out as an actress, but she doesn’t book that many gigs in front of the camera nowadays. However now 
Hollywood is running out of franchise characters to make family friendly movies out of, but Sony thinks it’s found one more, as they’re teaming with Sega for a live action/CGI Sonic The Hedgehog movie.
The Step Up franchise is back this summer with Step Up 5: All. It isn’t just trying to entice us into theatres by bringing together many of the stars of earlier instalments, but releasing a new poster and trailer that promises plenty of hot guy shirtlessness.
Actress Mindy Cohn (The Facts of Life, Scooby Doo) and Tamlyn Tomita (The Joy Luck Club, Glee) are attached to play two gay moms in Quentin Lee’s (director of White Frog and Ethan Mao) upcoming non-profit educational short film, Operation Marriage, for children worldwide.
The last month should have been one of triumph for Bryan Singer as he celebrated X-Men: Days Of Future Past grossing over $600 million around the world. However he was forced to pull out of all publicity for the film after 
Normal people watched The Normal Heart, but President Obama had a screening. I’m not sure why anything the President sees is a ‘screening’ but that’s the terminology that’s always used. One of his recent ‘screenings’ was the acclaimed The Normal Heart.
Yesterday we got a Guardians Of The Galaxy character poster for Groot and Rocket Raccoon. Now it’s Gamora’s turn, as you can see above. And if you’re wondering who it is underneath all that green, it’s Avatar and Star Trek’s Zoe Saldana.