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A group of self-absorbed actors set out to make the most expensive war film.

Ben Stiller plays pampered action superstar Tugg Speedman who is cast in the biggest, most expensive war movie ever produced.

He sets out to Southeast Asia with a ‘Who’s Who’ of celebrity co-stars.

Soon after the production begins, the actors are thrown into a real-life situation and are forced to become the fighting unit they are portraying in order to find a way out of the jungle in one piece.

But after ballooning costs force the studio to cancel the movie, the frustrated director refuses to stop shooting, leading his cast into the jungles of Southeast Asia, where they encounter real bad guys.

Star(s) to watch : Jack Black (”Kung Fu Panda”, “Enemy of the State”, “King Kong”, “Shallow Hal”) as Jeff “Fats” Portnoy, Ben Stiller (”Night at the Museum”, “There’s Something About Mary”, “Meet the Parents”) as Speedman, & Robert Downey Jr. (”Iron Man”, “The Shaggy Dog”, “U.S. Marshals”) as Kirk Lazarus.

Genre : Comedy.

Release date : August 13, 2008

Fact : Written, directed, and produced by Ben Stiller.

Note : The stars of “Tropic Thunder” (Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr) were on the season finale of “American Idol”. Jack Black, Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr also put together a hilarious skit for the MTV Movie Awards.

Rating : Coming soon.

Tagline : “Get Some”

Official website : http://www.tropicthunder.com

Poster :http://movies-update.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/tropic-thunder.jpg

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Cohen got his wish. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is a globe-trotting, time-traveling epic that spans over 2,100 years and unearths China’s legendary terra-cotta army, some three-headed dragons, and, yes, a mummy, this time played by Jet Li. Filmed half in China, half in Montreal, the movie reunites Brendan Fraser with the franchise that made him an action star. But not with Rachel Weisz, his costar in the last two Mummy movies. Instead, Mummy 3 finds the reluctant hero teaming up with Maria Bello and Australian newcomer Luke Ford, who plays Fraser’s son.

Brendan Fraser returns as explorer Rick O’Connell to combat the resurrected Han Emperor (Jet Li) in an epic that races from the catacombs of ancient China high into the frigid Himalayas. Rick is joined in this all-new adventure by son Alex (newcomer Luke Ford), wife Evelyn (Maria Bello) and her brother, Jonathan (John Hannah). And this time, the O’Connells must stop a mummy awoken from a 2,000-year-old curse who threatens to plunge the world into his merciless, unending service.

Starring : Jet Li, Brendan Fraser (”The Mummy”, “The Mummy Returns”, “George of the Jungle”) as Rick O’Connell

Genre : Action, Adventure, Sequel.

Release date : August 1, 2008

Rating : Coming soon.

Official website : http://www.robcohenthemummy.com/

Poster: http://movies-update.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/mummy3.jpg

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“The X-Files: I Want to Believe” is a stand-alone story in the tradition of some of the show’s most acclaimed and beloved episodes, and takes the complicated relationship between Fox Mulder (Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Anderson) in unexpected directions. Mulder continues his unshakable quest for the truth, and Scully, the passionate, ferociously intelligent physician, remains inextricably tied to Mulder’s pursuits.

Release Date : July 25, 2008

Studio : 20th Century Fox

Director : Chris Carter

Screenwriter : Chris Carter, Frank Spotnitz

Starring : David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Xzibit, Amanda Peet, Billy Connolly, Callum Keith Rennie, Adam Godley

Genre : Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Rating : Coming soon…

Official Website : XFiles.com

Movie Poster : http://movies-update.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/the_x_files_i_want_to_believe-202×300.jpg

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Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly, who last teamed in the box-office smash “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,” now star in “Step Brothers,” directed by Adam McKay (”Talladega Nights”). In “Step Brothers,” Ferrell plays Brennan Huff, a sporadically employed thirty-nine-year-old who lives with his mother, Nancy (Mary Steenburgen). Reilly plays Dale Doback, a terminally unemployed forty-year-old who lives with his father, Robert (Richard Jenkins). When Robert and Nancy marry and move in together, Brennan and Dale are forced to live with each other as step brothers. As their narcissism and downright aggressive laziness threaten to tear the family apart, these two middle-aged, immature, overgrown boys will 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. The screenplay is by Will Ferrell & Adam McKay from a story by Will Ferrell & Adam McKay & John C. Reilly. Jimmy Miller and Judd Apatow produce.

Release Date : July 25, 2008

Studio : Columbia Pictures (Sony)

Director : Adam McKay

Screenwriter : Will Ferrell, Adam McKay

Starring : Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Richard Jenkins, Mary Steenburgen, Adam Scott, Katherine Hahn

Genre : Comedy

Official Website : StepBrothers-movie.com

Movie Poster : http://movies-update.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/step_brothers-201×300.jpg

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Stop what you’re doing. Put down the remote, stop clicking the mouse elsewhere, drop everything and come watch this trailer now! From Batman gearing up again in a new Batsuit, to the Joker, played perfectly by Heath Ledger, to seeing Michael Caine as Alfred again, to Detective Gordon destroying the Bat-symbol skylight. This is going to be one hell of an awesome movie next summer, so fire up this trailer up right now and enjoy!

Most of the stories featured in Legends are set in the early years of Batman’s career, though a few have been set in the present and even the future. Stories set at the beginning of Batman’s career are referred to as taking place during Year One, meaning Bruce Wayne’s first year of crime fighting as Batman. The title had been initially promoted as only doing stories from before Robin, Dick Grayson, the first Robin, did appear in issue 23, though he was still a circus performer. The title was discontinued with issue #214, in January 2007, to make way for a new Batman anthology series, Batman Confidential, which focuses on more personal events in Batman’s life (first encounters, building of new technology etc.), rather than early crime-fighting tales.

If this turns out to be true, it would be disastrous decision on the part of Warner Brothers. It’s entirely unnecessary to cut scenes from a movie just because of a few overly sensitive screening attendees. The countless fans and supporters of The Dark Knight will understand the true vision of the film and the importance of every last scene that Christopher Nolan put in. Apparently the early screening reports also claim that The Dark Knight is a more superior film than Batman Begins and that Ledger’s role is as profound (and even Oscar worthy) as originally thought. Don’t risk screwing that up Warner Brothers!

Genre : Action, Adventure, Adaptation, Sequel.

Release date : July 18, 2008

Rating : Coming soon …

Official website : http://thedarkknight.warnerbros.com/

Poster : http://movies-update.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/the_dark_knight-202×300.jpg

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“Space Chimps” is an intergalactic comedy that highlights the antics of astronaut chimps with the “wrong stuff.” Ham III (Samberg), the slacker grandson of the first chimp blasted into space before manned spaceflight, joins two other astronaut chimps for a dangerous mission through a black hole to an inhabited planet. When they’re stranded there, the chimps must help the inhabitants rid themselves of a tyrannical leader, and then figure out how to get back to Earth.

The hilarious new CGI-animated adventure-comedy follows the adventures of a mischievous circus chimp named Ham (Samberg) who happens to be the grandson of the first primate ever sent into space. As a publicity stunt, Ham is chosen to lead a mission into space to explore a mysterious new planet. But when he and his crew crash land on the bizarre yet beautiful world and find their lives in peril, Ham must prove that he really does have “the right stuff.”

But when Cassidy dug up footage of the U.S. Air Force’s chimp program from the national archives and other sources, he also found press reels celebrating the exploits of the space chimps Ham and Enos. Ham paved the way for the first American to ever fly in space, Alan Shepherd, and Enos flew before just before John Glenn orbited the Earth.

Release Date : July 18, 2008

Studio : 20th Century Fox

Director : Kirk De Micco

Screenwriter : Simon Goltsman, Kirk De Micco

Starring : Andy Samberg, Cheryl Hines, Patrick Warburton, Kristin Chenoweth, Stanley Tucci

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy

Rating : Coming soon…

Official Website : SpaceChimpspower.com

Movie Poster : http://movies-update.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/space_chimps-202×300.jpg

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Order Mamma Mia tickets for another stellar performance at the Cadillac Winter Garden Theatre. Mamma Mia is a musical comedy that incorporates the infectious music of the Swedish quartet, ABBA. Written by Tony-award nominated Catherine Johnson, Mamma Mia is a talented, musical romp.

Mamma Mia follows Sophie on a small Greek island, who desperately wants her father to give her away at her upcoming wedding. Unfortunately, Sophie doesn’t know who her father is, and her mother, Donna, isn’t telling. Undeterred, Sophie reads her mother’s diary and discovers there are three potential men who could be her father, so she invites them all to her wedding. Music, comedy, and romance ensue as the musically talented cast sleuths their way through the play trying to discover the real father, and belting out classic ABBA songs, under the direction of Phyllida Lloyd and the choreography of Anthony Van Laast.

Meryl Streep leads an all-star cast in the feature-film adaptation of the beloved musical that has been seen by more than 30 million people in 160 cities and 8 languages around the world. Bringing the timeless lyrics and melodies of iconic super group ABBA to movie audiences, Summer 2008 is the season for “Mamma Mia!”

Release Date : July 18, 2008

Studio : Universal Pictures

Director : Phyllida Lloyd

Screenwriter : Catherine Johnson

Starring : Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Julie Walters, Dominic Cooper, Amanda Seyfried, Christine Baranski

Genre : Comedy, Musical, Romance

Rating : Coming soon…

Official Website : MammaMiamovie.com

Movie Poster : http://movies-update.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/mamma_mia-202×300.jpg

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Here, Norbit director Brian Robbins re-teams with Murphy on a film that tells of a crew of miniature human-looking aliens whose human-looking spaceship walks around Earth doing funny things. Though, originally, they set out to save their planet, problems arise when their spaceship (in the form of Eddie Murphy) falls for a regular Earth girl (Elizabeth Banks).

Murphy looks to be using a combination of his Coming to America accent and his usual shtick for the spaceship character, and then he also plays the miniature alien operating said spaceship. Cue up a ton of fish out of water jokes, a few raunchy set pieces and a good amount of special effects — and, well, Meet Dave.

A about a year ago there was talk of breathing new life into the franchise with a good script and some other “straight-man” types to play off of like in the first two. This was in hopes to make everyone forget or at least forgive the cluster that was the third BHC movie. He may still be able to do it, but his window is slowly shrinking. One more over-the-top, multi-character, family flop and he can kiss any chance he may have goodbye. If Bruce Willis and Mel Gibson can do it Eddie so can you!

Release Date : July 11, 2008

Studio : 20th Century Fox

Director : Brian Robbins

Screenwriter : Rob Greenberg, Bill Corbett

Starring : Eddie Murphy, Elizabeth Banks, Gabrielle Union, Ed Helms, Judah Friedlander, Pat Kilbane

Genre : Comedy, Sci-Fi

Rating : Coming soon

Official Website : MeetDavemovie.com

Movie Poster : http://movies-update.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/meet_dave-202×300.jpg

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Adventure games in general tend to be more linear than CRPG’s, and Journey to the Center of the Earth is no exception. It’s impossible to miss the vast majority of this game– if you don’t complete a conversation, finish a quest, or notice a meaningful detail, you generally aren’t allowed to leave the area until you rectify this.

Journey to the Center of the Earth is inspired by Jules Verne’s classic novel of the same name, but if you haven’t read it, don’t worry: The game’s story stands on its own (even if it’s very wobbly on its narrative feet). Taking part in a popular adventure game trend, Journey puts you in the shoes of a young female character, in this case a photojournalist named Ariane. Ariane is poorly fleshed out, though, and certainly won’t make you forget better-written adventure game heroines like Nico Collard, April Ryan, or Kate Walker.

An exciting adventure based on the classic Jules Verne novel “Journey to the Center of the Earth,” “Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D” stars Brendan Fraser (”Crash,” “The Mummy”) as a science professor whose untraditional hypotheses have made him the laughing stock of the academic community. But on an expedition in Iceland, he and his nephew stumble upon a major discovery that launches them on a thrilling journey deep beneath the Earth’s surface, where they travel through never-before-seen worlds and encounter a variety of unusual creatures. “Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D” is directed by Academy Award-winning visual effects veteran Eric Brevig (”Total Recall,” “Pearl Harbor”) from a screenplay by Michael Weiss and Jennifer Flackett & Mark Levin. The film is a co-venture between New Line Cinema and Walden Media. “Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D” is scheduled for a July 11, 2008 release.

Release Date : July 11, 2008

Studio : Warner Bros. Pictures

Director : Eric Brevig

Screenwriter : D.V. DeVincentis

Starring : Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson, Anita Briem

Genre : Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Rating : Coming soon…

Official Website : Journey3Dmovie.com

Movie Poster : http://movies-update.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/journey_to_the_center_of_the_earth-202×300.jpg

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Visionary filmmaker Guillermo (”PAN’S LABYRINTH”) Del Toro directs “HELLBOY 2: THE GOLDEN ARMY”, which expands the world introduced to movie audiences in his 2004 film Hellboy. Following the exploits of HB and his partners-pyrokinetic Liz, empath Abe and protoplasmic mystic Johann-in the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Development-The Golden Army tracks the expanding super team as they try to stop an other-wordly threat from eradicating life as we know it.

Star(s) to watch : Ron Perlman (”Blade II”, “Alien Resurrection”) as Hellboy.

Genre : Action, Adventure, Sequel.

Release date : July 11, 2008

Rating : Coming soon …

Official website : http://www.hellboymovie.com/

Poster : http://movies-update.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/hell_boy_ii_the_golden_army-196×300.jpg

Director : Guillermo del Toro

Distributor : Universal Pictures

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