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The Walt Disney and Touchstone Pictures 2010 Movie Preview
18 December 2009 11:41 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Walt Disney Pictures and Touchstone Pictures are the latest to reveal their 2010 slate of films with such selections as Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, the videogame adaptation Prince of Persia, Toy Story 3, Step Up 3D, Oceans, Rapunzel and several more.
All the cast, director and synopsis information is listed over the course of the next few pages as well as all the release dates for 23 upcoming films. Gallery links have been added for all films and remember, the links open in a new browser window so just close the new window to return to this article and continue the preview.
When In Rome January 29 Photo: Touchstone Pictures Browse The Gallery Starring: Kristen Bell, Jon Heder, Dax Shepard, Will Arnett, Danny DeVito, Josh Duhamel
Director: Mark Steven Johnson
An ambitious young New Yorker (Kristen Bell), disillusioned with romance, takes a whirlwind trip to Rome where she defiantly plucks magic »
- Brad Brevet
Blu-Ray Review: ‘Race to Witch Mountain’ With Dwayne Johnson a Waste of Energy
13 August 2009 2:04 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – “Race to Witch Mountain,” now on Blu-Ray and DVD, is a head-scratcher, a movie with more than enough individual elements that should work but proof that a film is not just the sum of its parts. Dwayne Johnson is charismatic, AnnaSophia Robb is one of the better young actresses working today, Carla Gugino is always good, and the source material is beloved, but “Race to Witch Mountain” is a mess that never connects with its target audience or their parents.
Blu-Ray Rating: 2.0/5.0 The plot of “Race to Witch Mountain” is simple. A pair of aliens who look like teenagers (AnnaSophia Robb, Alexander Ludwig) crash land near Las Vegas. While they’re being chased by an alien bounty hunter and a group of human men in black (including Ciaran Hinds, Chris Marquette, and Tom Everett Scott), they stumble into the life of a cab driver (Johnson) and a scientist (Gugino »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Patrick Duffy Finds You Again
12 August 2009 6:03 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
According to The Hollywood Reporter Patrick Duffy will make his studio feature debut in Disney's You Again. The film is directed by Andy Fickman. Also joining the cast is Jimmy Wolk.
Starring in the film is Kristen Bell, Sigourney Weaver, Jamie Lee Curtis and Odette Yustman. The film follows a woman (Bell) who discovers that her brother is about to marry the girl (Yustman) who made her high school years the worst time of her life. She sets about trying to show her brother who the girl really is.
Patrick Duffy will play a former high school crush of the Weaver and Curtis characters. Duffy was big TV star due to his role as Bobby Ewing on Dallas. He never did cross over into films.
Jimmy Wolk will be playing the brother that is about to get married.
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Race to Witch Mountain Blu-ray Review with D-box
6 August 2009 10:59 PM, PDT | TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news »
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson steers Disney's Race to Witch Mountain our way as an adolescent escapist adventure stripped down from its outdated and more grounded quasi-inspiration, 1975's Escape to Witch Mountain. It is Jerry Bruckheimer for kids; illogical in every sense and carried by a brooding overly charismatic star with car chases designed to put an insurance agent into cardiac arrest. Today's youth should feel insulted but are more apt to be thoroughly entertained by Johnson's charm and flashy visual effects. What better way to grab a kid's attention than kick-start with a crashing spaceship and massive government hunt for its bipedal alien passengers (Alexander Ludwig and AnnaSophia Robb) making a beeline to Las Vegas. The set-up is strong, until the aliens reveal themselves as predictably emotionless pale blond teenage kids delivering dialogue with blinders to a broader vocabulary. Hardly a stretch for Robb who has proven her acting chops before in Bridge to Terabithia, »
Andy Fickman Interview, Race to Witch Mountain
6 August 2009 8:00 PM, PDT | MoviesOnline.ca | See recent MoviesOnline news »
Andy Fickman is the director of Race to Witch Mountain starring Dwayne Johnson and Carla Gugino. Below you can read an interview where he discusses working on the remake of the classic family tale. Race to Witchmountain Just hit DVD. Race To Witch Mountain is a thrilling action-adventure about a hard luck Las Vegas cab driver Jack Bruno (Dwayne Johnson), whose life is thrown into chaos when apparent ‘runaway’ teenagers Sara (Annasophia Robb) and Seth (Alexander Ludwig) jump into his taxi. He soon realizes his two fares are children with exceptional paranormal powers whom he must p »
Carla Gugino Discusses Race to Witch Mountain
4 August 2009 10:31 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Carla Gugino talks about working in this new Disney remake
Carla Gugino is just part of the all-star cast that made up Race to Witch Mountain, which hits the shelves on DVD and Blu-ray/DVD combo pack today, August 4. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has passed along a brief chat with Gugino talking about her role in the film, and here's what she had to say.
What attracted you to Race to Witch Mountain?
Carla Gugino: For starters, I was a big fan of the original films. I had a motor home for many years as a kid, so I always related to the children in the original movie - although I didn't really relate to the alien part of their life. I thought the script was really good. Plus, I'm a big fan of [director] Andy Fickman, so when we sat down to talk about it, I decided we »
[DVD Review] Race to Witch Mountain
4 August 2009 7:00 AM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »
Just as Return From Witch Mountain lost a little of the magic that made the original Escape to Witch Mountain so special, the series continues to atrophy with the third entry in the conceptual story with Race to Witch Mountain. Escape to Witch Mountain shrouded its story in mystery by keeping the children’s history concealed from both the antagonists, the audience and the children themselves. The film as a whole was a testament to discovering identity, a feat which Return From Witch Mountain couldn’t quite replicate as it became nothing but a film to demonstrate how good Disney had become at its cable-based stunt work. So what benchmark does that leave for Disney to score with Race to Witch Mountain?
Whatever it is, Disney definitely doesn’t quite achieve it.
Jack Bruno (Dwayne Johnson) drives a taxi cab in Las Vegas and, in doing so, meets a lot of interesting people. »
- Lex Walker
AnnaSophia Robb and Alexander Ludwig Talk Race to Witch Mountain
3 August 2009 10:13 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
The new child stars of the Disney remake talks about the new film, working with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and future films
Walt Disney Studios relived their 1975 classic Escape to Witch Mountain with a new modern-day spin in the popular remake Race to Witch Mountain, which hits the shelves on DVD and a Blu-ray/DVD combo set on August 4. This new remake got a revamped cast with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Carla Gugino and even the grown-up child stars of the original film, Kim Richards and Ike Eisenmann. Of course, the new film also needed new child stars which they got in the wonderful combination of AnnaSophia Robb and Alexander Ludwig, who portray the alien siblings Sara and Seth. I had the chance to speak with Robb and Ludwig over the phone recently about their new film on DVD and Bd, and here's what they had to say.
So, first of all, »
Review: 'Race to Witch Mountain' on DVD
2 August 2009 8:45 AM, PDT | Comicmix.com | See recent Comicmix news »
When the opportunity presented itself, I could not help but wait to screen the DVD of Race to Witch Mountain until my niece Corinne, 11, arrived for a visit. After all, family-friendly films should be seen by all aspects of its target audience. The film, going on sale Tuesday, is based on Alexander H. Key’s 1968 novel Escape to Witch Mountain and is an updated remake with little connecting it to the 1975 Disney film or the 1995 sequel.
Much as the recent Taking of Pelham 123 had to update itself to reflect today’s technology and storytelling, this film works in many modern touches so some credit goes to screenwriters Andy Fickman, Mark Bomback, and Matt Lopez. The two orphan children from the book are seen here as aliens in human form, escaping from their crashed flying saucer, trying to obtain a device they need to not only save their ecologically challenged home »
- Robert Greenberger
Fox Rescues Al Franken's Idea From A Desert Island
25 June 2009 7:22 AM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
I want you to picture Al Franken, shirtless, lingering on a desert island with a bunch of supermodels. Don't think about it too long, both because it's harmful to your brain and beacuse this mental image, thankfully, will never come to exist. But you must know that the almost-Senator from Minnesota wrote the pitch Don't Send Help along with Geoff Rodkey, and now, God save us, it's actually becoming a movie. Fox has hired screenwriting Cameron Fay to shape the script into something manageable, according to THR, with Soul Men director David Friendly on board as well. Friendly is stepping in for Andy Fickman, who presumably moved on to bigger and better things following Race to Witch Mountain's massive success. The whole pitch sounds like the definition of a one-note joke, and I'm not sure how much humor can really be wrung out of seeing a guy marvel at the »
Ladies lining up for Disney's 'Again'
16 June 2009 3:46 PM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Jamie Lee Curtis, Kristin Chenoweth, Odette Yustman, Betty White and Victor Garber have joined the cast of Disney.s "You Again." They join Kristen Bell and Sigourney Weaver in the film, to be directed by Andy Fickman. The story line centers on a woman (Bell) who finds out that her brother is planning to marry the girl who made her high school years a living hell and tries to convince him that his fiancee is not the nice girl she pretends to be. Curtis and Garber will play Bell's parents, and White will play her grandmother. Weaver is her rich Aunt Ramona. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Chenoweth plays "a wedding extraordinator." Yustman plays Bell's nemesis. Moe Jelline wrote »
- Adnan Tezer
Female Power Adorns Disney's Upcoming Comedy "You Again"
16 June 2009 10:59 AM, PDT | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »
Jamie Lee Curtis, Kristin Chenoweth, and Betty White have joined Kristen Bell and Sigourney Weaver in the upcoming Disney comedy "You Again" to be directed by Andy Fickman.
Odette Yustman and Victor Garber also joined the cast.
The plot tells the tale of a woman (Bell) who's afraid that her brother is about to marry a girl who's not what she pretends to be. Apparently, the girl made Bell's character miserable in high school. So she's not really nice bro!
Bell's parents will be played by Curtis and Garber, and the super-adorable White will play her grandma. Meanwhile, Weaver will star as her rich aunt Ramona, Chenoweth will be the wedding planner, and Yustman will be Bell's nemesis.
Fickman is also producing from a script by Moe Jelline.
You go girls! »
- Manny
Chenoweth, Curtis join Disney comedy
16 June 2009 8:26 AM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Kristen Chenoweth and Jamie Lee Curtis have joined the cast of Disney comedy You Again. Odette Yustman and Betty White are also new additions to the Andy Fickman-helmed project, according to The Hollywood Reporter. You Again revolves around a young woman (Kristen Bell) who discovers that her brother is planning to marry the girl who bullied her throughout high school, (more) »
- By Alex Fletcher
Jamie Lee Curtis, Kristen Chenoweth, Betty White Join "You Again"
16 June 2009 7:28 AM, PDT | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »
Jamie Lee Curtis, Kristen Chenoweth, and Betty White are adding some serious female comic power to the upcoming Disney comedy "You Again." The female stars join Kristen Bell and Sigourney Weaver who are already cast.
"You Again" stars Bell as a woman who finds out her brother is going to marry her high school nemesis. She then has to convince her brother that his fiancee isn't who she pretends to be. Odette Yustman ("The Unborn") has also been cast as the fiancee.
Curtis will play Bell's mom, while White will play her grandmother. Sigourney will play Bell's rich aunt. Chenoweth will play a wedding planner.
Andy Fickman, who helmed this year's "Race to Witch Mountain" and 2007's The Rock comedy "The Game Plan," will direct. Shooting is expected to begin in late summer in Los Angeles.
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Five more for You Again
16 June 2009 2:46 AM, PDT | Corona's Coming Attractions | See recent Corona's Coming Attractions news »
Casting is shoring up for the new Kristen Bell comedy You Again. Joining the Veronica Mars actress now are Cloverfield's Odette Yustman, Pushing Daisies' Kristen Chenoweth, Beverly Hills Chihuahua's Jamie Lee Curtis, Milk's Victor Garber and Betty White. Betty doesn't need me to mention a credit for her, after all she's goddamn Betty White, right?
Curtis and Garber are playing Kristen's on-screen parents, Chenoweth plays a wedding planner and Betty is Bell's grandmother. Sigourney Weaver had been cast earlier as the rich aunt of Kristen's character, a woman who recognizes her brother's new fiancee (Yustman) as the über-bitch that made her years in high school a living hell.
The Walt Disney movie is being directed by Race to Witch Mountain helmer Andy Fickman, with a late summer start of filming on the schedule.
Betty White's next movie is The Proposal. Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds »
- Patrick Sauriol
Jamie Lee Curtis, Odette Yustman join 'You Again'
16 June 2009 12:21 AM, PDT | screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news »
Jamie Lee Curtis, Kristin Chenoweth, Odette Yustman, Betty White and Victor Garber have signed on to star in Andy Fickman's upcoming Disney comedy "You Again."
Written by Moe Jelline, the film follows a woman who discovers her brother is about to marry the girl who constantly bullied her in high school. Kristen Bell and Sigourney Weaver co-star.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Bell plays the lead. Curtis and Garber will team up to play her parents, with White on-board as her grandmother. Yustman plays the former bully.
Curtis recently starred in "Beverly Hills Chihuahua." Yustman appeared in "The Unborn," and she has "Rogue's Gallery" coming up. As for Garber, he starred in "Milk." »
- Franck Tabouring
More Join Fickman's You Again
15 June 2009 11:16 PM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Disney’s romantic comedy You Again – the latest flick from Race To Witch Mountain director, avid Empire reader and all-round nice guy, Andy Fickman – has just bolstered its cast with the addition of a group of kick-ass ladies who could give the Fox Force Five a run for their money.Kristin Chenoweth, Jamie Lee Curtis, the resurgent Betty White and Odette Yustman have joined a cast that was already doing pretty damn well in the oestrogen stakes, thanks to the presence of Kristen Bell and Sigourney Weaver.In case you weren’t aware, the comedy stars Bell as a woman whose brother is marrying her old high school nemesis – so, naturally, she sets out to discredit her rival. Hilarity ensues.Yustman, who must be delighted to be taking a break from screaming her lungs out in the likes of Cloverfield and The Unborn, will play Bell’s bete noire, while »
Females Flock to You Again
15 June 2009 7:16 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Jamie Lee Curtis, Kristin Chenoweth, Odette Yustman and Betty White have joined the Disney comedy You Again, along with Victor Garber.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, they join Kristen Bell and Sigourney Weaver in the film, which will be directed by Andy Fickman.
The story line centers on a woman (Bell) who finds out that her brother is planning to marry the girl who made her high school years a living hell and tries to convince him that his fiancee is not the nice girl she pretends to be.
Curtis and Garber will play Bell's parents, and White will play her grandmother. (Weaver is her rich Aunt Ramona.) Chenoweth plays "a wedding extraordinator." Yustman plays Bell's nemesis.
Moe Jelline wrote the screenplay. Fickman is producing with Eric Tannenbaum and John Strauss.
Production hopes to commence in late summer in Los Angeles.
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Sigourney Weaver to star in 'Paul;' 'You Again'
4 June 2009 1:44 PM, PDT | screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news »
Sigourney Weaver is in talks to join Greg Mottola's upcoming comedy "Paul," about two sci-fi freaks who encounter a real alien during a road trip to Area 51. The film also stars Seth Rogen, Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Jane Lynch, Simong Pegg and Nick Frost, with Rogen set to voice the alien. Variety says Weaver's role in the film would not be announced at this stage.
Weaver also recently joined the cast of Andy Fickman's upcoming Disney comedy "You Again," about a woman who discovers her brother is about to marry the girl (Weaver plays her rich aunt) who constantly bullied her in high school. Kristen Bell also stars in the film, which Dave Johnson and Moe Jelline wrote.
Weaver recently appeared in "Vantage Point" and "Baby Mama." She also did some voice work in "Wall-e" and "The Tale of Despereaux." Upcoming projects of hers include James Cameron »
- Franck Tabouring
Weaver has the laughs
4 June 2009 12:34 PM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Sigourney Weaver has been cast in .You Again. for Disney and is in talks to join the Greg Mottola-directed comedy .Paul. for Universal and Working Title. According to Variety, Weaver will first shoot .Paul,. a comedy about two sci-fi fans (Simon Pegg, Nick Frost) who come across an escaped alien (voiced by Seth Rogen) near Area 51 and try to help it escape. Weaver is keeping quiet regarding the role she plays in the film. She will then star in .You Again. with Kristen Bell for director Andy Fickman. Bell will play a young woman who returns home for her brother.s wedding and is horrified to find he.s marrying her high school rival. Weaver will play the bride.s wealthy aunt. »
- Adnan Tezer
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