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Well, Grown Ups made a lot of money, so why not make a sequel? I hope you’re happy, America. A trailer has emerged from the bog for the new film, which will presumably feature the further antics of Chris Rock and a bunch of other guys who are way less talented than he is.
Here’s the synopsis. Read it in the voice of the narrator from this video for the full effect. | Full Story
Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore are collaborating as co-stars again, and this time, they’ve joined with Frank Coraci, director of The Wedding Singer. Moviehole has the info:
“Recently divorced mother of two boys, LAUREN REYNOLDS, and widowed father of three girls, JIM FRIEDMAN, have a disastrous blind date that puts them off dating for the foreseeable future. However, when the two purchase a discount “Familymoon” vacation from Lauren’s best friend and business partner, JEN, they wind up at an African resort with their kids in tow. | Full Story
Adam Sandler is back alongside Kevin James, Chris Rock and David Spade to provide more laughs in Grown Ups 2. New to the team will be Drew Barrymore who has previously worked opposite Sandler in films such as The Wedding Singer and 50 First Dates.
Take a look below at the first poster to come on the scene for the film. According to IMDB, Grown Ups 2 reunites the all star comedy cast for some “more summertime laughs.” Lenny (Sandler) permanently relocated his family back to the small town where he and his friends were raised. In the previous installment, the gang attempted to have fun reviving their childhood ways, but this time around, the Grown Ups are “learning lessons from their kids on a day notoriously full of surprises: the last day of school.”
Dennis Duqan will be at the helm with a script from Fred Wolf, Adam Sandler and Tim Herlihy. | Full Story
Sony Pictures just released the full-length trailer for their new animation Hotel Transylvania. The film features the voice of Adam Sandler as Dracula, Selena Gomez as his daughter, and Andy Samberg as the wacky human who wanders into the exclusive monsters’ retreat. In addition to those actors, Kevin James is the voice of Frankenstein and Cee-Lo Green stands in as the voice of Murry The Mummy.
Here’s a synopsis from Yahoo Movies:
Welcome to the Hotel Transylvania, Dracula’s lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up, free to be the monsters they are without humans to bother them. | Full Story
Shaq has got to be the biggest person to ever wear a police uniform!
The first photos of Adam Sandler, Kevin James and Chris Rock’s upcoming Grown Ups sequel have been released. The photos of Sandler, James, Rock were interesting but it was Shaq’s flicks that stole the show. The 7′ 3″ former NBA star appeared on set in an awkward looking police uniform and a rather funny hairdo.
The Columbia Pictures movie will feature a group of frat boys who will face off against Sandler, James, Rock, David Spade, and Rob Schneider. | Full Story
Taylor Lautner may be teaming up with Adam Sandler in an upcoming movie. The Twilight star is currently in negotiations to join Sandler in Grown Ups 2.
Grown Ups 2 is a sequel to Columbia Pictures’ 2010 comedy hit that featured Chris Rock, David Spade, Rob Schneider, Kevin James, Salma Hayek and Maya Rudolph.
A rep for the 20-year-old actor mentioned that he would play a “fun” role that would see him go toe-to-toe with Sandler’s character. | Full Story
At the 25th annual Kids’ Choice Awards, host Will Smith promised a record amount of slime.
“No one is safe from the slime!” screamed Smith. “You have to earn the slime! It’s an honor.”
Halle Berry was the first to be baptized in the green gunk, but she would be joined by several others before the show was over. Twilight star Taylor Lautner, who won favorite “buttkicker”, was dumped on, as well as Glee star Chris Colfer. | Full Story
Miley Cyrus joins the family that owns Hotel Transylvania. Cyrus comes in as Dracula’s desperate-to-get-out-of-the-house teen daughter. Dracula tries his best to keep his daughter within the confines of the Hotel wall, but when a young worldly chap comes along and shows her the awesomeness beyond the dark walls of the hotel she rebels and goes to explore the real world with him. Adam Sandler will be the voice of Dracula, Kevin James will be voicing Frankenstein, and Fran Drescher is voicing his bride. | Full Story
Leonardo DiCaprio is the year’s highest paid actor (from May 2010 to May 2011). Chi-Ching! This guy is beating out other mega stars like Johnny Depp ($50 Million), funny man Adam Sandler ($40 Million), black man Will Smith ($36 Million) and ol’ reliable Tom Hanks ($35 million). Those stars are coming up short compared to Dicaprio’s staggering $77 millions. How can you beat a man that starred in a movie like Inception and also Shutter Island – both for a combined gross of $1.2 billion? | Full Story
Adam Sandler got the role of Dracula. He will be the voice of Sony’s ‘Hotel Transylvania’. Its a Hotel where some of the world’s most famous monsters Frankenstein, his bride, the Mummy, the Invisible Man and family of werewolves and more can kick back in safety to peace. Everything goes crazy when some ordinary guy stumbles on the hotel and gets smittin by Dracula’s (Sandler) daughter Mavis.
directed by Genndy Tartakovsky. | Full Story
Movies have enriched Dan Schindel's life so much that he decided
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Role?, he writes for ScreenPicks, We Are Movie Geeks, Off to
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reviewing a documentary every day for his blog, Days of Docs, so now he
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