Have I mentioned I love Salma?

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James is going to appear in the new Dennis Dugan film Grown Ups this June 25th, co-starring alongside Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, David Spade, Rob Schneider and Salma Hayek. He’s also part of the cast on The Zookeeper, a romantic comedy coming out in theaters on July 8th, 2011.

Grown Ups bursts into theaters on June 25th from Happy Madison Productions and Columbia Pictures. Watch the UK trailer below from Coming Soon.:

The Adam Sandler and Fred Wolf story centers on five good friends and former teammates who reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend after their high school basketball coach passes away. Grown Ups marches into theaters on June 25th from Columbia Pictures. Watch the new trailer below and let us know what you think.:

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Set to be released under Columbia Pictures on June 25th, check out the new international trailer below from Cinema Blend. Let us know what you think of it.:

Starring in the picture already is Dwayne Johnson along with others like Moon Bloodgood and Billy Bob Thorton. The real question for the Castle Rock Entertainment and CBS Films feature is who are they going to throw into the film fast enough so they can stay on schedule for their set November 19th release date.

February 23, 2010

Synopsis: Young Darren Shan has been fascinated by spiders from an early age. His best friend, Steve “Leopard” Leonard, has grown up reading horror comics and stories of the Wolfman and vampires.One day, a friend of theirs discovers a flyer advertising the “Cirque Du Freak”, a traveling freak show. Steve purchases two tickets and decides to take Darren with him. Darren and Steve are mesmerized by the fantastic and disturbing show, especially by the act of the mysterious Mr. Crepsley and his giant spider Madam Octa.

After the show, Steve sneaks back into the theatre and confronts Mr. Crepsley about the man being a vampire. He demands to become a vampire too, and join the circus as Mr. Crepsley’s assistant. The vampire refuses Steve upon tasting his blood, and declares his blood “evil”. Steve is miserable, and declares revenge on Mr. Crepsley. Unbeknownst to Steve, Darren has been hiding in the theatre, witnessing the confrontation and becoming wary of Steve. Several days later, Darren develops an obsession for Madam Octa, and returns to the theatre to steal her, using his knowledge of Mr. Crepsley’s true nature to his advantage. He trains the spider in secret with a flute that forces the spider to obey his commands. Eventually, Steve visits Darren, demanding to know why Darren is avoiding him. Darren confesses he stole Madam Octa, but does not confess spying on Steve and Mr. Crepsley. When Steve is at Darren’s house playing with Madam Octa, Darren’s younger sister Annie barges into his room, and screams when she sees the spider. Darren gets distracted, losing control over the spider, which hence bites and paralyzes Steve. Steve’s only hope for survival is if Darren makes a deal with Mr. Crepsley to become his assistant.

Steve lives, but Darren is turned into a half-vampire and is thrust into the dark world of the vampires. Darren tries to live amongst humans, but decides to join Mr. Crepsley after nearly attacking his sister. In order to successfully free Darren of all previous bonds, including family, Mr. Crepsley helps his apprentice fake his own death by slowing down Darren’s heartbeat and breathing, breaking his neck, and throwing him out of his bedroom window, perfectly simulating an accidental, but fatal fall. Following the events of Darren’s human body’s funeral, Mr. Crepsley returns and digs Darren up. Unbenownst to Crepsley, however, Steve tries to kill Darren, but chooses not to, saying he is not yet strong enough, instead swearing revenge on Darren for stealing his rightful place of being Mr. Crepsley’s vampire assistant and betraying him. Darren continues following the vampire way.

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Kusturica and Gordan Mihic put together the script and the feature will not start production until sometime in 2011.

The flick is centered around Darren (Chris Massoglia) and his best friend Steve (Josh Hutcherson), who live in an ordinary town, hang out with ordinary people, go to an ordinary school, and are forever changed when they attend an out-of-the-ordinary freak show. Darren loves spiders and Steve has always wanted to be a vampire, so when they attend the freak show and are introduced to a real life vampire and his pet spider, their whole world is turned upside down.

I was impressed with the flick’s production design. The Cirque’s living community was particularly awesome. Each character had their own awesome look and personality, although certain ones stood out more than others. Evra the Snake Boy (Patrick Fugit) was my favorite of the freaks, he stole every scene he was in and in my opinion was completely underutilized by the filmmakers. I also really dug the the super sexy bearded lady, Madame Truska (Salma Hayek), but the biggest surprise of the flick was how cool the goofy haired Larten Crepsley (John C. Reilly) is. I wouldn’t have pictured Reilly as a vampire, but he plays the part straight and brings a certain charm to the character.

While this flick isn’t for everyone, I would recommend it for young adults or adults that are looking to introduce their children to the world of horror. While Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant is flawed, it was still a killer film.

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Today though brings us The Vampire’s Assistant, that was originally titled Cirque Du Freak, but was changed to further emphasize the fact that vampires appear in the film. Freak so far seems to be a lot of fun, and a bit refreshing in comparison to a lot of what’s out in the market currently.

The film opens in theaters October 23rd and is directed by Paul Weitz (brother to New Moon‘s director Chris Weitz), whose previous credits include About A Boy and In Good Company.

The Vampire’s Assistant contains Salma Hayek as the bearded lady, John C. Reilly as the lead vampire, Patrick Fugit as the snake boy, Willem Dafoe as another vampire and Ken Wattanabe.

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A young boy named Darren Shan meets a mysterious man at a freak show who turns out to be a Vampire. After a series of events Darren must leave his normal life and go on the road with the Cirque Du Freak and become a Vampire.

Release Date is October 23.

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