Che: El Argentino & Guerrilla (What to Know)

Soderbergh Making Back-to-Back Che Films

Steven Soderbergh is finally ready to make his long-gestating biopic of Latin American revolutionary Che Guevara, & he'll do so with two films.Sources have leaked to us that Soderbergh will shoot them back-to-back, using mostly Spanish dialogue. Production begins next May in Mexico & other South American locations.Benicio Del Toro will play Guevara with Javier Bardem, Franka Potente & Benjamin Bratt are in talks to play key roles. The producer is Laura Bickford, who began working on the project with Del Toro & Soderbergh right after they made Traffic together.

The first film, The Argentine, begins as Che and a band of Cuban exiles (led by Fidel Castro) reach the Cuban shore from Mexico in 1956. Within two years, they mobilized popular support & an army and toppled the U.S.-friendly regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.

The second film, Guerrilla, begins with Che's trip to New York, where he spoke at the United Nations in 1964 & was celebrated in society circles. Soderbergh has already shot that opening footage with Del Toro and Julia Ormond, who plays TV journalist Lisa Howard.

Soderbergh has already shot that opening footage with Del Toro & Julia Ormond, who plays TV journo Lisa Howard. Journalist acted as an informal intermediary between the Kennedy White House & Cuba.

Combined budget for the pic pair is less than $70 million. Both scripts were written by Peter Buchman, who, with Del Toro, has been working with a translator to put the dialogue into Spanish. Filmmakers also have been shooting a companion documentary while researching the film, including interviews with many of those who fought alongside Guevara in Cuba & in Bolivia.

Meet The Robinsons (Teaser Poster Release)

Boy genius invents a machine that recovers forgotten memories, and inadvertently travels forward in time, where he encounters a family whose survival depends on his ingenuity.

Grade: A -
Teaser HERE
Trailer HERE

Terabithia (Movie Watch)

Jess Aarons, an 11 year old boy whose efforts to be the fastest runner in his grade are thwarted by a new girl who outruns all the boys. Leslie Burke, the new girl who becomes friends with Jess, despite their awkward introduction, ultimately opens up a world of imagination for Jess in the land of Terabithia that changes his life forever.
Together Jess & Leslie create the world of Terabithia, an imaginary kingdom filled with all manner of magical beings. While the real world of family & school may be filled with challenges, in Terabithia, Jess & Leslie rule as King & Queen.

Teaser HERE

Spiderman 3 (Teaser Poster)

After the oppressive truth about his double life has finally emerged, Peter Parker, aka Spiderman, is set to start a real relationship with his beloved Mary Jane Watson, but naturally, he will also have to face the resulting consequences. J. Johan Jameson, Parker’s relentless boss, is angered by Mary Jane’s decision to leave his son for the clumsy photographer and hires an investigative reporter named Eddie Brock to track Parker and dig up any juicy secrets. In the meantime, Spiderman takes interest in an escaped convict named Flint Marko. After a dreadful mishap transforms him into a shape shifting sand creature with superhuman strength, Marko becomes Spiderman’s newest foe, the Sandman. While at the scene of the accident, a black substance fuses with Spiderman’s costume, spawning a new hero with superior abilities. As it turns out, he will need all the strength he can get. It’s not only Marry Jane that knows Spiderman’s secret identity, but also his best friend, Harry Osborne, who's still bent on destroying Spider-Man after the web crawler killed his father. Equipped with his dad’s tricks and disguises & partnered with the Sandman, Osborne sets out to create chaos & kill Spiderman in the process.

Grade: A -
Teaser HERE

Superman to Return, Again. (What to Know)

According to our sources, the "Superman Returns" sequel is now in the works. Warner Bros was not gambling on a sequel after the film became a box-office failure.

The reality is, "Superman Returns" brought in $200 million domestically, which covered its production budget. Then the film went on to bring in the same amount worldwide, bringing the total to almost $400 million. Impressive.

With the DVD on the way to do even more damage to some of your wallets, the studio has finally agreed to bring Superman for a sequel. After MUCH fighting for & hyping it up, Bryan Singer got the deal signed & sealed with the start of pre-production scheduled for September.

The big differences between the two films will be a smaller budget, being somewhere between $140 and $175 million. Small? Not! But more importantly there will be more action, thank the gods. Warner Bros. shockingly feels happy the way the first film re-introduced Superman back to the world, & now it's time to re-introduce his powers, of course, duh.

We have been told that Superman will have the battle of his life in the sequel & audiences can expect one of the ultimate baddies in the D.C. universe to come to Metropolis to pick a fight with the Man of Steel. Please don't let it be Doomsday! PLEASE!!!!!! Brainiac anyone?

Coming: 2010

Factory Girl (Movie Watch)

A beautiful, wealthy young party girl drops out of Radcliffe in 1965 & heads to New York to become Holly Golightly. When she meets a hungry young, artist named Andy Warhol, he promises to make her the star she always wanted to be. And like a super nova, she explodes on the New York scene only to find herself slowly lose grip on reality.

Trailer HERE

The Dead Girl (Movie Watch)

Clues to a young woman's death in The Dead Girl, come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated people begin to intersect.


Trailer HERE

Notes on a Scandal (Movie Watch)

In Notes of a Scandal, a pottery teacher enters into an affair with one of her students, causing upheaval in her personal and professional lives.

Grade: A
Trailer HERE

Smokin' Aces (Movie Watch)

In these interlocking tales of high stakes & low lifes, Mob boss Primo Sparazza has taken out a hefty contract on Buddy "Aces" Israel, a sleazy magician who has agreed to turn state's evidence against the Vegas mob. The FBI, sensing a chance to use this small-time con to bring down big-target Sparazza, places Aces into protective custody-under the supervision of two agents dispatched to Aces' Lake Tahoe hideout. When word of the price on Aces' head spreads into the community of ex-cons & cons-to-be, it entices bounty hunters, thugs-for-hire, smokin' hot vixens & double-crossing mobsters to join in the hunt. With all eyes on Tahoe, this rogues' gallery collides in a comic race to hit the jackpot & rub out Aces.

Grade: C
Trailer HERE
Teaser THERE

24: Day Six (TV Watch)

As the clock ticks closer to 24's highly anticipated return, Fox has made a special, extended "Day Six" teaser available for worldwide viewing below! For all of you who have written off Jack, Jack was last seen, bound & tortured, on a ship headed for China. His life is now the tipping point for U.S. International relations. On the "24" hour themed movie, Keifer Sutherland, spoke to sources about the current status of the movie project. While many fans, why I do not know, are itching to see their favorite show on the big-screen, Sutherland has confirmed that he is completely dedicated to the show for now even though over the summer he worked with the show's writers for the new season. A script is being worked ion but getting the show's 24 hour theme to work for a film is still being worked on. I personally cannot see how this will work as a movie but we shall see if Bauer can escape crappy movie hell.

On: DVD/Blu-Ray
Day 6th Teaser HERE