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Check out new cast members Michelle Yeoh, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dennis Haysbert, Gary Oldman and more in new images from Kung Fu Panda 2

From DreamWorks Animation—the studio behind How to Train Your Dragon, Shrek, and the Oscar and Golden Globe-nominated Kung Fu Panda—comes the latest adventures of one of the most unlikely heroes ever to transition from noodle shop employee to kung fu master. In Kung Fu Panda 2 Po (Jack Black) is now living his dream as ….

Kung Fu Panda 2 and Puss in Boots to be released in IMAX 3D

DreamWorks Animation and IMAX announced yesterday that the studio’s two upcoming releases, Kung Fu Panda 2 and Puss in Boots, will be released in digital IMAX theatres in IMAX 3D. Kung Fu Panda 2 will be released to IMAX theatres in select international territories in conjunction with each of the territory’s release dates; Puss in ….

Entourage series ending next summer with creator circling movie adaptation

HBO officially announced that Entourage will end next summer, according to THR’s Live Feed. The cable net will order a shortened final season of its longest-running series, bringing the show to a conclusion in 2011. “The plan right now is we’ll finish up this season, we’ll do a shorter order for next season, we’ve talked ….

Cast attached to Straw Dogs remake

Screen Gems has contracted with James Woods, Prison Break’s Dominic Purcell and Willa Holland (The O.C., upcoming Legion) to star in Straw Dogs, the Rod Lurie-directed reimagining of Sam Peckinpah’s 1971 cult classic film, according to Variety. Lurie will direct the film from his own script, which already has James Marsden (X-Men) attached to star ….

Straw Dogs remake gets cast

Kate Bosworth and Alexander Skarsgard (True Blood) are set to star opposite James Marsden in Screen Gems reimagining of Straw Dogs, based on the cult classic 1971 Sam Peckinpah thriller, according to Variety. Rod Lurie (Resurrecting the Champ, Nothing But the Truth) wrote the screenplay and will direct the new film. Shooting is scheduled to ….

Kung Fu Panda Blu Ray review

Tomorrow – that’s right on Sunday, November 9th – Paramount and Dreamworks will release the animated hit Kung Fu Panda on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. I hadn’t watched Kung Fu Panda, aside from trailers and clips, along with an extended scene at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, that featured Po vigorously attempting to grab some ….

George Lucas receives AFI’s 33rd Life Achievement Award

Thousands of guests filled the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California, last night for the 33rd American Film Institute (AFI) Life Achievement Award honoring George Lucas. The two-hour special event, executive produced and written by Bob Gazzale and directed and co-produced by Louis J. Horvitz, was taped for telecast on USA Network on Monday, June ….

Arnold Schwarzenegger to Announce Best Picture at Golden Globes

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will announce the nominations and present the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture (Drama) at The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards to be telecast live on NBC Monday, January 15 (8 – 11:00 p.m. EST) at The Beverly Hilton. He joins more than 50 superstar presenters including Tim Allen, David Arquette, Drew Barrymore, Jessica ….

Biel, Combs, Foxx, Hounsou, Spielberg, Zellweger & more Set as Presenters at Globes

Tim Allen, Jessica Biel, Sean Combs, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Dustin Hoffman, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Djimon Hounsou, Steven Spielberg and Renee Zellweger have been set as presenters at The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards to be telecast live on NBC Monday, January 15 (8 – 11:00 p.m. EST) at The Beverly Hilton. They join previously announced presenters Drew Barrymore, ….

Covenant, King’s Men, Gridiron and More Fall Previews

Sony’s Fall slate of films includes a good mix of the Oscar-bait, including the much-anticipated All the King’s Men, which was written and directed by Academy Award winner Steven Zaillian, the horror, including The Covenant and The Grdge 2, which is a sequel to the 2004 hit, the inspirational, including The Pursuit of Happyness, starring Will Smith, and Gridiron Gang, recalling the true life story of a detention camp ….