Oct 12 2009 'Toy Story 3' Trailer: Time For Toys to Escape From Somewhere Again!
Ut oh, toys! Andy has reached the age of 18, which, as we all know, is the age when a young man finally stops playing with wooden cowboys, packs up for college, and starts listening to somber Randy Newman songs to indicate the gravity of the situation. Andy's mom, like my dad, is eager to get that recently-vacated room turned into a den, and decides to donate the Woody, Buzz, Female Woody, Dinosaur Toy, and the rest of the gang to a daycare center. Now, since Woody hates acts of charity, it's time to escape!
Here's the trailer that explains that plot:
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Jul 28 2009 'Toy Story 1 & 2 (in 3D Now!)' Teaser
With Toy Story and Toy Story 2 returning to screens in Gimmick-Vision Disney Digital 3D for a limited, two week engagement, Pixar has released a brief trailer to remind you that, come October, you can finally see the beloved films as they were never meant to be seen: with depth! As you can see in the above still, it gets pretty weird when Buzz finally reveals his feelings for Woody and completely exposes his lower half:
Apr 21 2009 Tom Hanks Will Find That 'Lost Symbol'
If you know anything about Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon, you know there is always another Da Vinci for him to decode or another Illuminati to stop, so, no surprise, Columbia Pictures is all prepared to capture his next Church-denounced adventure on film:
While Columbia Pictures is prepping for the May 15 release of Ron Howard’s Tom Hanks starrer "Angels and Demons," the studio will move quickly on the third pic in the franchise.Author Dan Brown has announced that his next installment in the "Da Vinci Code" series will be "The Lost Symbol," which Doubleday will publish in the U.S. and Canada on Sept. 15.
Sources said Brown has completed his manuscript. Sony has the rights to the Robert Langdon character, which gives the studio the right to negotiate a deal for the new title.
Can we get a return of the Da Vinci Haircut in this one? I'd be much more likely to pay to watch Tom Hanks chase down a lost symbol if he had that little cape of hair flapping against his skull again.
Columbia moves on 'Symbol' [Variety]
Mar 25 2009 Hey, Tom Hanks! Tom Hanks! Hey, Philadelphia! Pose for an 'Angels & Demons' Poster!
I like it whenever a poster gives me the sense that I've been incessantly shouting at someone in a loud, crowded area until they finally turn around--then I snap that picture. Haven't had that glorious feeling since I caught Cyclops at the New York Comic Con.
And here's one more Angels & Demons poster, in which Hanks is doing that classic movie shtick where you pretend you're a statue/mannequin when the bad guys are looking:
Mar 25 2009 Tom Hanks Doing Another Moon Travel Thing
The absurd toy-as-film trend, which has already resulted in plans to for Candy Land, Stretch Armstrong, and Ouija Board-based films, has claimed yet another cardboard-packaged victim. While digging through his childhood rumpus room this weekend, Tom Hanks found the next great franchise shoved inside an Easy-Bake Oven (also a great potential franchise): Major Matt Mason! Who? Apparently some sort of G.I. Joe-like spaceman from the '60s:
Universal will develop "Major Matt Mason," a live-action feature based on the vintage Mattel action figure. Pic will be developed as a star vehicle for Tom Hanks, and Graham Yost ("Speed") will write the script.The toy line originated in 1966; Mason led an astronaut team that worked on the moon and lived in a space station. The toy was a hit in the buildup to the first manned moon mission. Mattel retired the line in the 1970s.
When Mattel execs Tim Kilpin and Barry Waldo came to Playtone for a meeting, they brought an arsenal of the Matt Mason figures. Hanks came armed with his own.
50-something nerds and Rusty Brown are going to be so pissed if this isn't right. "Civilian astronaut Doug Davis is supposed to have a YELLOW suit and BROWN hair! Thanks for ruining my distant childhood, Hanks!"
My guess for the next obscure, collectible toy to become a film: those Happy Meal toys that transformed between robots and McDonald's food packaging.
Tom Hanks circles 'Major' toy story [Variety]
Feb 11 2009 'Angels & Demons' Trailer: Tom Hanks Stops All This Branding/Drowning/Crucifying Nonsense
The Illuminati are out for revenge against the Catholic church, and there's only one man who can stop them: whoever the Tom Hanks character is! In Angels & Demons, Hanks uses the same skill set he used to decipher the Da Vinci Code (thought, sometimes running) to foil the enemies and learn something about Christian lore that your mom will mistake as fact.
From the looks of the trailer, they've added some underwater parts to make the video game better:
Jan 23 2009 'Great Buck Howard' Trailer: Not That Great
John Malkovich in the story of a once-famous magician's return to glory would be a no-brainer must-see in the hands of someone like the Coen Brothers--and how did they not make that already?--but instead the offering comes from writer/director Sean McGinly, a man whose resumé consists largely of writing jobs on questionable direct-to-video fare like Sexual Roulette, Strategic Command, Sonic Impact, Fugitive Mind, and other ridiculous combinations of two words. I hoped The Great Buck Howard might be an ascent to something greater, but the jokes about Gary Coleman and the Police Academy sound effects guy tells me probably not. Mocking them, Mr. T, David Hasselhoff, or Screech has been off limits for several years.
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Oct 30 2008 'Angels & Demons' Teaser, Now with Morphing Statue
Tom Hanks has a dapper new haircut and he's ready to fight the Illuminati in this new teaser trailer for Angels & Demons, the sequel to a movie with the same protagonist as The Da Vinci Code. Kyle, who pointed out the trailer, says it's like watching "a $100 million travelogue without the Hanks good hair." He's mostly right, but I feel I should also mention all the hot iron-branding that appears to take place. If only more expensive travelogues involved branding, that Mario Batali/Gwyneth Paltrow go to Spain show would be so much more watchable.
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Oct 28 2008 'Angels & Demons' Shots Show Hanks May Have Normal Hair
USA Today has posted four new shots from Angels & Demons, the sequel to The Da Vinci Code. I am, of course, disappointed to see that Tom Hanks's hair looks so much less Nic Cage-ian, but at least with the shots of Ewan McGregor in a robe you can pretend he's a jedi again:
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Oct 3 2008 'Angels & Demons': We Finally Got Those Two Together, and Here's the Poster
Angels & Demons? More like Angels and Dozin'! Because it will be boring!
Like the movie will literally put me to sleep. This snoozing angel statue is a more accurate representation, of how I'll sleep through it. You know what I'm saying?
Angels & Demons Poster [IMPA]
Oct 12 2007 'Charlie Wilson's War' Trailer, Y'all
Wouldn't you love to see Tom Hanks's role as a smooth-talking southern gentleman from Ladykillers implanted in a political thriller based on real-world events, like the CIA's arming of Afghan forces in the '80s? The makers of Charlie Wilson's War are really, really hoping you do. They'll even throw in Philip Seymour Hoffman and Julia Roberts in an unconvincing blonde wig.
Charlie Wilson's War Trailer [Yahoo!]
Aug 6 2007 Tom Hanks Stretching for Fahrenheit 451?
Will Tom Hanks lead Frank Darabont's adaptation of the Bradbury classic Fahrenheit 451? So says an AICN tipster, who claims the actor will play the novel's fireman protagonist Guy Montag. If the rumor proves true, it will remain to be seen if Hanks can pull off playing a sort of "everyman" role. And if so, will the moviegoers be willing to look past his parts in Bosom Buddies and Bachelor Party to see him as a different character? God I hope so! I, for one, like this Tom Hanks fellow, and I think he should be getting more famous leading roles like this.
Apr 27 2007 Tom Hanks Gets $50 Million for Turd
I will buy and sell you, motherf*cker.
Tom Hanks is rumored to be making $50 million for the The Da Vinci Code sequel, which is funny, because that's about how much you'd have to pay me to see it.
Just kidding, I'd eat cat poop for a dollar.
According to one source, the former "Bosom Buddies" star is due to get about $35 million up front, and possibly another $15 million based on the film's eventual profit.Source
