Speed Racer Trailer in HD

The masterminds behind the ‘Matrix’ bring the beloved ’60s anime cartoon to life on the big screen. Forget the bleak Neo-centric vision of the future; this is more Andy Warhol meets the Jetsons. Watch Speed as he battles corruption in the racing industry and his mysterious rival Racer X.

Speed Racer comes out in the US and the UK on 9 May and don’t miss it, because this incredibly insane, fun visual feast will definitely be the one next summer that everyone will ask you if you’ve seen.

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Tom Cruise on Doctor Who?

It seems that too many of the TV rumours lately are all about Who, but get this– Tom Cruise is set to star in a special episode of hit British TV show ‘Doctor Who’.

The ‘Lions for Lambs’ actor is among a host of top US stars, including Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Madonna, who the BBC are hoping to get on board for three blockbuster instalments of the British sci-fi series to be filmed next year.

An insider told Britain’s Daily Star newspaper: “BBC producers know they can’t pay these stars what they are used to, but what they can offer is an exciting role in a real cutting-edge show. And the big stars love that kind of kudos.”

‘Doctor Who’ already has a track record of attracting top stars for cameos.

This year’s Christmas special, ‘Voyage of the Damned’, will see Kylie Minogue play a waitress at the 1912 launch party for the famously doomed ocean liner the Titanic, which sank after hitting an iceberg on its maiden voyage.

The three ‘Doctor Who’ specials will be shot in 2008, but will not hit screens until 2009.

The three episodes are rumoured to be the final time actor David Tennant will play the time-travelling Doctor.

It is also believed 25-year-old actress Billie Piper - who quit the show in 2006 to pursue other projects - will return to play his sexy sidekick Rose Tyler.

The Doctor’s New Girl

The lonely old Doctor has had his lion’s share of attractive female companions in his long run– with the upcoming 4th season of the rebooted franchise will see 3 in 4 years. So how will Donna stack up against the flighty Rose and the serious-minded Martha? And how long will Russel Davies be able to resist before Donna “ain’t bovvered”?

In series 1, pop star Billie Piper and Chris Eccelston helped to bring Doctor Who back to life and up to date to the 21st century. She was cute, flirty, quick-witted, fun and adventurous. Every week, viewers could expect Rose to have changed her hairdo or to be sporting the latest fashions. She works in a shop, hangs out with her mates and her boyfriend, Mickey, she lives in a council flat with her mum and feels like she doesn’t have a whole lot to lose in traveling with the Doctor forever if she can. Over her two years with the Doctor, she developed as a character from just a normal girl to a brave heroine in her own right. However by the time she was shut off in a parallel universe, it was clear that while she may have become braver over time, she was still just a kid with an unrequited crush on a man she would never be able to have, but she was willing to throw away everything– even a reunion with her dead father to travel with the Doctor for the rest of her life. It’s been rumored that Rose Tyler will be returning for one more trip in the TARDIS in a big-screen adaptation of Doctor Who.

After Rose was trapped with her family and Mickey on a parallel Earth, the Doctor came across a smart, ambitious young medical student named Martha. Unlike Rose, who admitted that she didn’t have much going for her in life, Martha has a large family, a successful career on the horizon and big dreams. Martha enjoys traveling with the Doctor and saving the world single-handedly and will be returning briefly in series 4, but in the end she is mature enough to realize that she can appreciate the adventure afforded to her but has a loyalty to her family and her own life. So unlike Rose, who had to be forcibly ripped from the TARDIS, teary-eyed and shaking, Martha is well aware when it’s time for the adventure of time travel to end and the adventure of real life to continue. Despite her willingness to leave the life of high adventure with the Doctor however, she is still involved with the Doctor’s cause and has appeared on Torchwood several times with Captain Jack Harkness.

And then there’s Donna… she was introduced to Who viewers in the 2006 Christmas special when she mysteriously appeared on the TARDIS deck in her wedding gown. Donna is older than the previous two female companions in the new Doctor Who, but seems to be more shallow and naive than either one of them and certainly much louder and more abrasive. She was talked into almost marrying a vicious alien and is completely oblivious to the multiple alien invasions of London over the past several years despite working as a secretary for a Torchwood front company. When the Doctor talks of Cybermen, ghosts, Daleks, giant motherships hovering over the city, Donna just says she must have been hung over or on holiday or something, to which the Doctor takes her to task, accusing her of missing the “bigger picture”. What kind of companion Donna will make is yet to be seen. Shortly after her debut, Russel Davies praised her performance, but said he thought viewers might find the character too annoying to be a full-time companion and then later changed his mind, saying that the character of Donna would make a brilliant companion. So who knows?

Who’s your fave Doctor Who companion and how do you think Donna will fare on the good ship TARDIS?

Gallagher ends Oasis v Blur feud

Oasis rocker Liam Gallagher has officially ended his band’s long feud with rock rivals Blur.

The two groups fell out in the early 1990s when their singles and albums battled it out in the charts. Members of both bands have carried out the rift through the pages of national newspapers, taking every opportunity to attack each other.

But Gallagher insists the row is a thing of the past - and even admits a respect for his one time nemesis.

He tells Mojo, “I don’t mind Blur. I’m over it. It was a laugh man, that’s what you do when you’re young.

“When I see Damon Albarn, I buzz off him. If I was still caught up in it now I’d be a right wanker.”

Source: Yahoo!

Raunchy drama boosts ITV2’s ratings

Billie Piper’s new drama, The Secret Diary Of A Call Girl, gave ITV2 some of its most successful viewing figures on Thursday night.

The debut of the raunchy drama, attracted an average of 1.8 million viewers and an 11% audience share.

More viewers tuned in to the drama than to programmes showing at the same time on BBC2, Channel 4 and Five, giving ITV2 one its biggest audiences since its 1998 launch.

The Secret Diary Of A Call Girl is based on the online diary, written under the pseudonym Belle de Jour, and is ITV2’s first original commission.

Piper plays Hannah, who has a secret double life as a high-class prostitute.

The drama peaked at 2.1 million viewers and a 12.7% share at 10.05pm.

To date, the highest-rated show on a digital channel was a live Premiership football match between Manchester United and Arsenal on Sky Sports 1 in 2004, with an audience of 2.77 million.

Footballers’ Wives Extra Time holds the record for the most viewers on ITV2, attracting 1.9 million in May 2005.

Source: Associated Press

BB winner Shilpa was ‘not arrested’

Shilpa Shetty’s UK spokeswoman has denied that the Bollywood star was arrested in India over her kiss with Richard Gere.

The Celebrity Big Brother winner was stopped at Mumbai Airport by immigration officials on her way to the opening of the Miss Bollywood musical in Berlin.

But the spokeswoman said she was not arrested or detained.

Earlier, the Bollywood star’s Indian spokesman, Dale Bhagwagar, said: “She called me in the middle of the night and was in tears.”

But UK spokeswoman Teji Singh said: “Every time Shilpa leaves the country she has to show her paperwork, because of the Richard Gere thing.

“There was absolutely no detention, no arrest whatsoever. She was rummaging through to get her paperwork and just stepped aside to a side room so she wouldn’t block the queues.

“She wasn’t crying. She was bunged up with the flu and she was only in there for eight to 15 minutes.”

Hollywood star Gere, 58, caused an outcry when he grabbed Shetty, 32, swept her backwards, and kissed her several times on the cheek at an Aids-awareness event earlier this year.

Gere swooped down on Shetty in April after shouting in Hindi to thousands of truckers “No condom, no sex”.

Shetty went on to defend the actor, saying “so much has been blown out of proportion”, and Gere apologised for causing offence.

Source: Associated Press

Owen Wilson “happy” for show to go on

Owen Wilson is “very happy” for the release of his new film to go ahead, despite it taking on ghoulish parallels with his own life. Wilson allegedly slashed his own wrists recently in an apparent suicide bid and in the film, The Darjeeling Limited, he plays a character who deliberately crashes his motorbike.

Wes Anderson, the film’s director and a friend of Wilson’s, says, “That’s not what I want and not what Owen wants. Owen’s very happy we’re releasing it now.”

Co-writer Roman Coppola (son of Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola)added, “There’s the show business adage of the show must go on. We’re all sympathetic about our friend’s well being. I haven’t spoken with him about this but I think he’d be very eager that the film be shown. He’s proud of the work we did. In terms of art and personal life echoing one another, that’s the proper way to make a movie. I’ve been witness to a lot of movies that my dad did and it’s very familiar to me that your personal life reflects the theme of the movie.”

The Darjeeling Limited has been doing the rounds of the film Festivals in recent weeks and winning plaudits everywhere for it’s writers, director and three main stars: Wilson, plus Jason Schwartzman (another Coppola relative!) and Oscar Winner, Adrien Brody. Most recently it has been selected as the Closing Gala for this year’s BFI London Film Festival, which begins on October 17 and closes with the film on November 1 at the Odeon Leicester Square.

Source: Yahoo!

Dark is Rising Preview

Susan Cooper’s best-selling and much-loved young adult fantasy series is coming to theatres October 5th.

Starring Ian McShane and Christopher Eccleston among others, Dark is Rising is the tale of an 11-year-old boy who discovers that he is last member of a group of immortals dedicated to fighting dark forces of evil. As he uncovers a series of clues, some dating back to biblical times, the boy also discovers the future of the world rests in his hands.

Once this movie is out, we’d love to have your take and reviews on what looks to be a great fantasy.

Spidey release is packed with extras

Spider-Man junkies better get saving, as their pockets are likelier to emptied faster than a kid’s in a sweet shop.

Spider-Man 3 debuts on DVD, Blu-Ray and UMD on October 15 with a plethora of special features making up six hours of bonus material and commentaries including and 11 features. Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2 are also exclusively available for the first time on Blu-ray in the Spider-Man High Definition Trilogy Set.

Spider-Man 3 will be available in several versions for fans to collect, including a 2-disc Special Edition release, UMDTM video and a 6-disc DVD release which will include 2-disc versions of all three Spider-Man films on DVD. Also available is the limited edition 6-disc deluxe box set which includes Spider-Man 1, Spider-Man 2.1 (the extended cut) and Spider-Man 3 plus a 52 page Marvel mega-guide, as well as premium collectible packaging.

In addition, Spider-Man 3 will also be available as a 2-disc release on high definition Blu-ray format as well as making up one third of the 4-disc Spider-Man High Definition Trilogy which also includes Spider-Man and the extended cut version of Spider-Man 2.

Got all that? You could just rent it instead!

Source: Yahoo!

Simon Pegg, Nick Frost Going to America

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost have decided to go to America. According to MTV Movies, Pegg and Frost are hard at work on a script that places these two funny men in the States.

Pegg told MTV that “It’s called ‘Paul’ and it’s a road movie about two British geeks in America.” He went on to say this film will be unlike the pairs previous two films, SHAUN OF THE DEAD and HOT FUZZ, and that Pegg will be the sap in this one.

No director has been set for this one and neither has a release date.

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