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Mamma Mia! is an upcoming film adaptation of the West End musical of the same name based on the songs of pop group ABBA. It will be produced by Universal Pictures in partnership with Playtone and Littlestar. It is slated for a release date of July 11, 2008 in Sweden and the United Kingdom, and July 18, 2008 in the United States. The Australian release date is July 10th.

The basic premise to Mamma Mia! is using the hit songs of ABBA to tell the story of Sophie Sheridan a young girl who hopes to discover the identity of her father. On the eve of her wedding to Sky (Dominic Cooper), she brings three men, Sam Carmichael (Pierce Brosnan), Bill Austin (Stellan Skarsgård) and Harry Bright (Colin Firth), from her mother Donna's (Meryl Streep) past back to the Greek island they visited over two decades ago.

The trailer for Mamma Mia! is below:

Cast:
Meryl Streep as Donna Sheridan, Sophie's mother.
Christine Baranski as Tanya, Donna's friend.
Julie Walters as Rosie, Donna's friend.
Amanda Seyfried as Sophie Sheridan, Donna's daughter and Sky's fiancée.

Dominic Cooper as Sky, Sophie's fiancée.
Pierce Brosnan as Sam Carmichael, Sophie's possible dad #1.
Colin Firth as Harry Bright, Sophie's possible dad #2.
Stellan Skarsgård as Bill Anderson, Sophie's possible dad #3.

Other Info:
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Directed by: Phyllida Lloyd
Produced by: Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
Written by: Catherine Johnson, Benny Andersson
Distributed by: Universal Picture Playtone
Budget: $US 90 million
Release date: USA - July 18th, 2008; Australia - July 10th, 2008; UK - July 11th, 2008

*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Mamma Mia! (film).

**This movie poster is used here under fair use. It came from the same Wikipedia page as above.

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U2 3D

February 29th 2008 11:17

U2 3D is the first live-action movie to be shot, produced, and screened exclusively with digital 3-D technology. The film is composed of footage from several shows from U2's Vertigo Tour in 2006. It is the band's second movie, after 1988's Rattle and Hum. It will be released in Australia on April 10th.

U2 3D puts viewers within the pulsing energy of a live U2 stadium concert. Marrying innovative digital 3D imagery and 5.1 Surround Sound, it creates an immersive theatrical experience unlike any 3D or concert film that has come before. Shot in South America during the `Vertigo` tour, U2 3D continues the band’s use of technology to create exceptional multi sensory experiences.
"Bono wanted to go somewhere magical" with the creation of "U2 3D", says director Catherine Owens; he was seeking an intensity the already ecstatic feelings evoked by U2's live concerts.
The film, primarily directed by Irish artist Catherine Owens, and Mark Pellington, who co-directed the live shoot and provided invaluable creative support throughout post-production, sets out to capture the band's relationship with each other and the resonant response of their fans.
The first digital 3D, multi-camera, real-time production, the film was brought to life by 3ality Digital, who shot over 100 hours of footage with the largest collection of 3D camera technology ever used on a single project.

The trailer for U2 3D is below:

In the film which runs for 85 minutes, the band plays an 11-song set, returns to the stage for a two-song encore, and returns to the stage a final time to perform one more song while the end credits roll.

"Vertigo"
"Beautiful Day"
"New Year's Day"
"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own"
"Love and Peace or Else"
"Sunday Bloody Sunday"
"Bullet the Blue Sky"
"Miss Sarajevo" / Reading of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
"Pride (In the Name of Love)"
"Where the Streets Have No Name"
"One"

First encore

"The Fly"
"With or Without You"

Second encore / end credits

"Yahweh"

*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article U2 3D.
**This movie poster is used here under fair use. It came from the same Wikipedia page as above.

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Step Up 2 the Streets

February 13th 2008 11:34

Step Up 2 the Streets is the sequel to the hit Step Up. It includes much of the production team behind the original film including Step Up’s cutting-edge hip-hop choreographer Jamal Sims. Also on the production team are choreographers from other hit dance films including Hi-Hat (Bring It On) and Dave Scott (Stomp the Yard).

Nothing in life has come easily for 16-year-old street dancer Andie West (Briana Evigan) - nothing, that is, except dance. After her mother died, she was taken in by her mother's best friend, Sarah (Sonja Sohn), but for Andie, Sarah's house is just one more place she doesn't belong; her only real family is her dance crew, the 410, and her guardian angel from the neighborhood, Tyler Gage (Channing Tatum). After Andie skips school for the hundredth time to rehearse with the 410, Sarah tells her she's had enough - she's sending Andie to live with her aunt in Texas. But luckily for Andie, Tyler steps in and saves the day: he convinces Sarah to let Andie stay in Baltimore if she agrees to attend the Maryland School of the Arts. Now all Andie has to do is get in.

Once Andie lands at MSA, she finds herself fighting to fit in while also trying to hold onto her old life. Her school commitments quickly start taking up all her time, and after she misses one too many 410 rehearsals, her crew throws her out. But Andie refuses to give up; instead, she joins forces with the MSA's hottest dancer Chase Collins (Robert Hoffman), and they recruit a crew of their classmates to compete in Baltimore's underground dance battle, The Streets. Sparks fly between Andie and Chase, and she ultimately finds a way to live her dream while building a bridge between her two separate worlds.

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To prepare for the role of Chase, Robert Hoffman actually went into the Baltimore city underground dance scene and participated in competitive break dance circles.

Genre: Drama / Musical / Romance
Directed by: Jon M. Chu
Produced by: Adam Shankman, Anne Fletcher
Written by: Tori Ann Johnson
Starring: Briana Evigan, Robert Hoffman, Channing Tatum, Cassie, Will Kemp
Music by: Aaron Zigman
Cinematography: Max Malkin
Distributed by: Touchstone Pictures, Offspring Entertainment
Release date: USA - February 14th, 2008; Australia - March 20th, 2008; UK - February 14th, 2008
Budget: $US 35 million
Rating: US - PG-13; for language, some suggestive material and brief violence.

*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Step Up 2 the Streets.
**This movie poster is used here under fair use. It came from the same Wikipedia page as above.

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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

December 3rd 2007 11:12

Based on the Stephen Sondheim musical of the same name comes Tim Burton's interpretation starring Johnny Depp as "the demon barber of Fleet Street" Sweeney Todd. Sweeney returns to London after escaping the life imprisonment of Benjamin Barker, only to find his wife Lucy (Laura Michelle Kelly) and daughter Johanna (Jayne Wisener) have suffered at the hands of the very man who had imprisoned him, Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman). With the assistance of his former landlady, Mrs. Nellie Lovett (Helena Bonham Carter), Sweeney launches a plan for revenge that initially targets the individuals responsible for his imprisonment, but ultimately draws all of society in his sights.
The film is scheduled for release in the United States on December 21, 2007. The Australian release date is January 24th, 2008.

The trailer for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is below:

Genre: Crime / Musical / Thriller
Directed by: Tim Burton
Produced by: Richard Zanuck, Walter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, John Logan
Written by: John Logan, Christopher Bond
Starring: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Jamie Campbell Bower, Jayne Wisener, Sacha Baron Cohen
Distributed by: DreamWorks (USA), Warner Bros.
Release date: US - December 21st, 2007; AUS - January 24th, 2008; UK - January 25th, 2008
Budget: $US 65 million
Runtime: 105 mins
Rating: US - R; for graphic bloody violence.

*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film).
**This movie poster is used here under fair use. It came from the same Wikipedia page as above.

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The Nightmare Before Christmas, 3D

October 1st 2007 06:58

Despite having recently presided over a very successful Halloween, Jack Skellington, aka the Pumpkin King, is bored with his job and feels that life in Halloweenland lacks meaning. Then he stumbles upon Christmastown and promptly decides to make the Yuletide his own.
The Nightmare Before Christmas in 3D will be released on October 20th, 2007 in the US and October 25th in Australia.

Nightmare originally opened in wide release on October 29, 1993. Although it received generally positive reviews by critics, with a 97% "fresh" at Rotten Tomatoes, the film struggled to find an audience. It eventually earned a respectable $53 million at the box office, but still was not nearly as successful as many other Disney films of that time.
The film won the 1994 Golden Globe Award for best original score. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Visual Effects, but lost to Industrial Light & Magic's dinosaurs in Jurassic Park.
When The Nightmare Before Christmas was released on video on September 30, 1994, it gradually gained a cult following. In the late 90's, its following boomed; it has since become a mainstream hit, and is even considered a Halloween/Christmas classic.
On October 20, 2006, a remastered Disney Digital 3D version of the film was released in select theatres. In conjunction with the 3D re-release, Disney released a special two-disc soundtrack album on October 24, 2006. It features musical artists such as Fall Out Boy, Marilyn Manson, Panic! at the Disco, Fiona Apple and She Wants Revenge, who contribute cover versions of songs featured in the film. The album quickly rose to #4 on the iTunes Top Albums chart.

A preview for a 2007 3D re-release was shown along with Meet The Robinsons. The 2007 theatre release in North America is October, 20, 2007.

There has been talk of adapting the show for Broadway.

*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article The Nightmare Before Christmas.
**This movie poster is used here under fair use. It came from the same Wikipedia page as above.

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Hairspray

July 11th 2007 08:36

Hairspray is a 2007 American musical film produced by Zadan/Meron Productions and distributed by New Line Cinema, set to be released in the United States and United Kingdom on July 20, 2007, and Australia on September 13th. The film is an adaptation of the Tony Award-winning 2002 Broadway musical of the same name, itself adapted from John Waters's 1988 comedy film. The plot follows the quest of a young, "pleasantly plump" girl named Tracy Turnblad as she simultaneously peruses stardom as a dancer on a local TV show and rallies against segregation in 1962 Baltimore, Maryland.

Adapted from both Waters' 1988 script and Thomas Meehan & Mark O'Donnell's book for the stage musical by screenwriter Leslie Dixon, the 2007 version of Hairsrpay is both directed and choreographed by Adam Shankman. Hairspray stars John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Amanda Bynes, James Marsden, and Queen Latifah. The film also stars Brittany Snow, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley, Allison Janney, and introduces newcomer Nikki Blonsky as Tracy Turnblad. Hairspray features songs from the Broadway musical written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, as well as three new Shaiman/Wittman compositions: Ladies' Choice, The New Girl in Town, and Come So Far (Got So Far to Go

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Dreamgirls Movie Preview

November 24th 2006 06:31

Dreamgirls is an upcoming musical film set in the 1960s and 1970s with a predominantly African-American cast. It is adapted from the 1981 Broadway musical Dreamgirls, which itself is loosely based upon the lives and careers of Motown act The Supremes. The film adaptation stars Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé Knowles, and Eddie Murphy, also featuring Danny Glover, Anika Noni Rose, Keith Robinson, and, in her film debut, Jennifer Hudson (of American Idol fame). Jamie Foxx and Beyoncé Knowles are possible Oscar nominees for their respective performances. It will be released wide into North America on Christmas Day. The Australian release date is January 18th.

Effie White, Deena Jones, and Lorrell Robinson - three friends from Chicago - are a promising singing trio called The Dreamettes. Accompanied by their songwriter C.C. White (Effie's brother), they travel to New York to compete in a talent show at the Apollo Theatre. Although the girls lose this first bid for fame, their talent attracts an ambitious manager by the name of Curtis Taylor, Jr., who uses unscrupulous tactics to move the girls from backup singers of superstar James "Thunder" Early to superstars of their own. Curtis reshapes the group to "crossover" from R & B to the lucrative pop music scene. Lead singer Effie gets replaced by the more attractive Deena and is eventually dropped from the trio. The group evolves into a more sophisticated group, The Dreams, with a lighter sound and chic look. They successfully attract a "whiter" audience and The Dreams rise to international stardom. The money, fame, and adulation, however, doesn't bring them happiness

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