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'Vacation' Gets Back to Work

7 October 2009 12:49 PM, PDT | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »

If you're interested in hurling bad fruit at the studios over once again dusting off a classic from years gone by, the line forms to the left.

New Line is making "a sequel of sorts" to National Lampoon's Vacation, which will be produced by David Dobkin, and The Hollywood Reporter says he might also direct. Dobkin has one undeniable success on his resume - Wedding Crashers - but Fred Claus, Clay Pigeons, and Shanghai Knights don't add up to very much. Still, provided a good story can be developed, Dobkin could be a decent choice.

Speaking of the story, it's now Rusty's turn to load up the family roadster, and there will apparently be opportunities for Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo to make cameos, but nothing's set in stone. Would you want Anthony Michael Hall back as Rusty? Technically, it wouldn't matter since Hall was only Rusty in the original »

- Colin Boyd

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Ferrell and Dobkin Say Goodbye to Neighborhood

2 August 2009 10:07 PM, PDT | TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news »

Will Ferrell has dropped out of the Fox comedy Neighborhood Watch. Director David Dobkin, who most recently helmed Fred Claus and the box office hit Wedding Crashers, in which Ferrell made a cameo appearance, has also left the project. Watch centers on an urbanite that gets more than he bargained for when he moves to the suburbs and joins the neighborhood watch, with a sci-fi element included via a plot line about aliens. The duo were attached to the comedy in the spring, and Dobkin had recently submitted revisions to Jared Stern's script. Dobkin’s other directing credits include Shanghai Knights and Clay Pigeons. No reason was given for Ferrell and Dobkin’s departure. Ferrell, whose recent Land of the Lost was a summer misfire, has a role in the upcoming Jeremy Piven comedy The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard. He’s also developing the buddy flick The Other Guys, »

- James Cook

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David Dobkin Takes Over Neighborhood Watch

5 May 2009 10:49 PM, PDT | TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news »

David Dobkin, whose credits include Shanghai Knights, Wedding Crashers and Fred Claus, is attached to direct the comedy Neighborhood Watch, taking over for Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum). Watch centers on an urbanite who gets more than he bargained for when he moves to the suburbs and joins the neighborhood watch, with a sci-fi element included via a plot line about aliens. Jared Stern wrote the script Levy is still producing "Neighborhood Watch" with 21 Laps’ Tom McNulty. The shingle's Billy Rosenberg, who is shepherding the project, will also serve in some producing capacity. Producers are currently out to cast, with conversations under way with Will Ferrell to play the lead, though insiders said those conversations were still in the early stages. Ferrell had a cameo role in Dobkin’s Crashers. Dobkin is also attached to direct an update of superhero tale The Flash, the whimsical romantic comedy Helium and »

- James Cook

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High Speed Action in New '12 Rounds' Trailer

16 January 2009 7:21 PM, PST | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

An ex-con burnt with revenge fire is playing games with Detective Danny Baxter in the action thriller "12 Rounds". Apt to its title, Baxter has to face 12 challenges set by the evil crime lord named Miles Jackson in order to save his girlfriend.

A trailer of the movie coming from the director of "Die Hard 2" has been released. In the footage, it is revealed how a past accident leads to the kidnapping of Baxter's girlfriend. On his duty, the female companion of Miles was killed in an accident, but the con doesn't think it was. So a year later he retaliates by kidnapping Molly and gives Baxter a chance to redeem his 'fault' by going through 12 challenges around the streets of New Orleans in a short limited amount of time.

Danny Baxter is played by Wwe John Cena while Miles Jackson is played by "Shanghai Knights" actor Aidan Gillen. The »

- AceShowbiz.com

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Lennon Biopic 'Nowhere Boy' Gets its Cast

12 January 2009 5:02 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

Last summer, word hit that John Lennon's childhood was getting the feature treatment in Nowhere Boy, penned by the impressive Matt Greenhalgh, the writer behind Control. And while just about any biopic written by Greenhalgh would be music to my ears, it all depends on the cast -- which I can now share with you, courtesy of The Daily Mail.

Most important part, of course, is John Lennon, who will be played by the 18-year-old Aaron Johnson. The actor hasn't made a heartthrob name for himself yet, but you might recognize him -- whether it be as Charlie Chaplin in Shanghai Knights, the younger Ed Norton in The Illusionist, or as one of the leads in Gurinder Chadha's latest, Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Snogging. He's a bit too cute for Lennon, but that's just the way of the silver screen. Meanwhile, Anne-Marie Duff will play Lennon's laid back mother, »

- Monika Bartyzel

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