Jun 25 2008 'RocknRolla' Trailer is Snatch-a-Lock-Stock-Tastic

Empire has the debut of the trailer for Guy Ritchie's RocknRolla, starring that fellow from The Wire, the guy from Cupid, the considerate dead boyfriend of P.S. I Love you, Ludacris, and more! If you can imagine a live-action version of Grand Theft Auto IV but with slightly more-varied accents, it sort of looks like that. Or if you've seen any of Guy Ritchie's films besides the one with his sinewy wife, it's exactly like that.

See the trailer here. All comments regarding it must begin with "I liked it more when it was called..."

Apr 7 2008 Newton and Gruffudd Appropriately Join 'W' Cast

Oliver Stone, continuing his trend of not-at-all glamorizing his George W. Bush biopic, has cast Thandie Newton and Ioan Gruffudd as Condoleeza Rice and Tony Blair, respectively. As you may recall, they join a cast that already confusingly includes Elizabeth Banks as Laura Bush and Josh Brolin as W himself.

Clearly the announcement of Jessicas Alba and Biel as the Bush daughters can't be far behind, but who do you think Stone will go with for Cheney? I'd say smart money is on a bald-capped George Clooney.

Thandie Newton, Ioan Gruffudd cast in 'W' [Hollywood Reporter]

Mar 4 2008 'Run, Fatboy, Run' Poster

Working off a script by Simon Pegg and Stella's Michael Ian Black, David Schwimmer directs a tale in which the questionably-fat Pegg must reunite with his ex-fiance after leaving her at the altar--which was apparently located in the desktop of Windows XP.

Run, Fat Boy, Run Poster [IMPA]