War film spoof "Tropic Thunder" tops box office
Hollywood war movie satire "Tropic Thunder" topped the UK film charts after its opening weekend, keeping "Mamma Mia!" down in second place for yet another week. Starring Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr.and Jack Black as a group of actors lost on location while filming a southeast Asian war epic, Tropic Thunder took 2.48 million pounds, according to Screen International. The Abba-themed musical Mamma Mia! has now been 11 weeks in the UK charts, mostly in second or third place, and has taken 60.1 million pound

Tropic Thunder Holds off Taken at UK Box Office
Despite tough competition from Taken Ben Stiller comedy Tropic Thunder remains top of the UK box office for a second week consecutive week.Taken, which stars Liam Neeson as a former CIA agent travels through Europe to find his kidnapped daughter, was held down in the number two spot and the top two movies were the only films that broke the £1 million barrier this weekend.Reuniting Robert De Niro with Al Pacino for the first time since Heat has proved to be a box office success as the film rounded off t

Tropic Thunder Holds off Taken at UK Box Office
Despite tough competition from Taken Ben Stiller comedy Tropic Thunder remains top of the UK box office for a second week consecutive week.Taken, which stars Liam Neeson as a former CIA agent travels through Europe to find his kidnapped daughter, was held down in the number two spot and the top two movies were the only films that broke the £1 million barrier this weekend.Reuniting Robert De Niro with Al Pacino for the first time since Heat has proved to be a box office success as the film rounded off t

Stiller unable to write 'Tropic' score
Ben Stiller reveals that he tried - and failed - to compose the score to Tropic Thunder.

The rights and wrongs of the Tropic Thunder retard debate
Those who berate Ben Stiller for his frankness about our attitudes to the mentally deficient are in danger of indulging those views they most despise

Kung Fu Panda 2 Arrives in 2011
Jack Black returning for the sequel..

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DreamWorks Animation has officially confirmed that a sequel to its animated hit "Kung Fu Panda" is in the works and has set a release date of June 3, 2011. The film will be in 3-D and Jack Black and Angelina Jolie will reprise their roles. Warner Bros. Pictures is developing a feature version of "Yogi Bear," the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon, and Surf's Up co-helmer/co-writer Ash Brannon is attached to direct. The Screen Actors Guild passed a resolution seeking the endorsement of SAG's national boar

'Kung Fu Panda' Sequel Coming in 3-D
Angelina Jolie and Jack Black will reprise their characters for the sequel to Kung Fu Panda, tentatively titled Pandamonium, which will be released June 3, 2011. Variety reported what has been a no-brainer for some time: Kung Fu Panda is an animated movie, it's a very good movie, and it was a big hit, staring down Pixar's Wall-E in the U.S. and worldwide, so naturally it will have a sequel. Expect Pandamonium (the title is itself kind of a no-brainer) to be in 3-D; beginning next fal

"Kung Fu Panda" sequel set for 2011
"Kung Fu Panda" sequel set for 2011 LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Panda-ing to fans, DreamWorks Animation has officially confirmed that a sequel to its animated hit "Kung Fu Panda" is in the works and has set a release date of June 3, 2011. The film, which will reunite Jack Black, as kung fu fan Po, Angelina Jolie and other members of the original voice cast, will be released in 3-D -- the new standard for all DreamWorks Animation movies starting next year -- on regular and

"Kung Fu Panda" sequel set for 2011
Panda-ing to fans, DreamWorks Animation has officially confirmed that a sequel to its animated hit "Kung Fu Panda" is in the works and has set a release date of June 3, 2011. The film, which will reunite Jack Black, as kung fu fan Po, Angelina Jolie and other members of the original voice cast, will be released in 3-D -- the new standard for all DreamWorks Animation movies starting next year -- on regular and Imax screens worldwide. The 2011 date means that "Panda" will be sharing the summer box-office sch

Kung Fu Panda 2 On The Way - In 3D!!!
Jack Black and Angelina Jolie to return

Jack Black In Comedy ‘Bourne Identity’
Jack Black has had two massive hits this year, playing an actor turned soldier in Tropic Thunder and an animated kung fu panda in, well, Kung Fu Panda. And today has seen his next project announced, which sees him teaming up again with the people behind that martial arts animal film. Yes, Kung Fu Panda. The [...]

Kung Fu Panda Sequel Announced
Angelina Jolie and Jack Black have both signed up to reprise their roles in a Kung Fu Panda sequel. Titled Pandamonium, the animated flick is slotted for release on June 3, 2011, DreamWorks Animation announced Wednesday. The film will be released in Imax theaters worldwide; and, like all DreamWorks Animation feature films beginning in 2009, will be produced in stereoscopic 3-D technology. DreamWorks Animation's CEO, Jeffrey Katzenberg, said, "We are thrilled to reunite the creative team that made Kung Fu

"Kung Fu Panda" sequel set for 2011
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Panda-ing to fans, DreamWorks Animation has officially confirmed that a sequel to its animated hit "Kung Fu Panda" is in the works and has set a release date of June 3, 2011. The film, which will reunite Jack Black, as kung fu fan Po, Angelina Jolie and other members of the original voice cast, will be released in 3-D -- the new standard for all DreamWorks Animation movies starting next year -- on regular and Imax screens worldwide. The 2011 date means that

Kung Fu Panda Sequel Announced
DreamWorks announced Wednesday (October 1) that a sequel to the successful animated feature ‘Kung Fu Panda’ is in the works, with original cast of Jack Black and Angleina Jolie reprising their characters. Jeffrey Katzenberg, head of DreamWorks Animation, said that the new movie will follow Po’s journey as the chosen one who fulfills an ancient prophesy while mastering the art of kung fu. “We are thrilled to reunite the creative team that made ‘Kung Fu Panda’ such a glob

‘Kung Fu Panda’ sequel gets release date
It sure is coming! According to Variety, DreamWorks Animation is currently developing “Pandamonium,” the sequel to this year’s successful animated action flick “Kung Fu Panda.” The film is scheduled for release June 3, 2011, and it will be produced in stereoscopic 3D technology. Jack Black and Angelina Jolie have already agreed to return as part of the voice cast. The return of Po the fat panda is certainly no surprise. After all, the first film took home $214.9 million domestically and more tha

Robert De Niro Plays to Character
Yes, yes — we're looking at you.Photo: Getty ImagesDe Niro Paints Houses:Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro just can't escape the mob, having signed on for the Paramount adaptation of Charles Brandt's I Heard You Paint Houses. Steve Zaillan is attached to write, and De Niro is cast as Frank "the Irishman" Sheeran, the mob hit man believed to have carried out the murder and dismemberment of Jimmy Hoffa. And Scorsese will presumably just point a camera on De Niro, who won't need much directin

"Kung Fu Panda" sequel set for 2011 - Reuters
Panda-ing to fans, DreamWorks Animation has officially confirmed that a sequel to its animated hit "Kung Fu Panda" is in the works and has set a release date of June 3, 2011. The film, which will reunite Jack Black, as kung fu fan Po, Angelina Jolie and other members of the original voice cast, will be released in 3-D -- the new standard for all DreamWorks Animation movies starting next year -- on regular and Imax screens worldwide. The 2011 date means that "Panda" will be sharing the

Screen shots: Mereilles' Blindness under fire and some big screen bear necessities
Ben Child: Julianne Moore's new film attracts protests from people with sight impairments, Jack Black sticks the panda suit back on, and news of a Dark Knight sequel

3D KUNG FU PANDA 2 opens June 3rd, 2011
Real quick now, according to Hollywood Reporter, KUNG FU PANDA 2 will be released by Dreamworks in theaters on June 3rd, 2011 in the same summer season as the release of Disney’s sequel CARS 2. Like all DreamWorks Animation feature films starting in 2009, The sequel to this year’s $215.2 Million domestic box office earner will be produced in stereoscopic 3D technology. It will bring back the whole cast including Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman and the rest of the gang, the story will

"Kung Fu Panda" sequel set for 2011
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Panda-ing to fans, DreamWorks Animation has officially confirmed that a sequel to its animated hit "Kung Fu Panda" is in the works and has set a release date of June 3, 2011. The film, which will reunite Jack Black, as kung fu fan Po, Angelina Jolie and other members of the original voice cast, will be released in 3-D -- the new standard for all DreamWorks Animation movies starting next year -- on regular and Imax screens worldwide. The 2011 date means that

Kung Fu Panda Sequel Sets Release Date
The DreamWorks Animation film will reunite the voices of Jack Black and Angelina Jolie.

Kung Fu Panda 2 Officially Headed to Theaters in 2011
We've already been saying 2011 will be one hell of a year. Now throw into a mix a sequel to one of the best DreamWorks animated movies since Shrek. Kung Fu Panda 2 has official begun production and is slated for release on June 3rd, 2011. Both Jack Black and Angelina Jolie will return for the sequel, which will follow Po, "the world's biggest kung fu fan, as he continues his journey as the chosen one who fulfills an ancient prophesy while mastering the art of kung fu." Screenwriters Jonathan Aibel and Glenn

Scorsese and De Niro Reunited. Trade Roughage 10/02/08
Marty and Bobby are back in the mob game; Yogi and Boo-Boo are back for the CG game; Jack Black and Angelina Jolie are back in the Panda game; Hayden Christensen is surprisingly still in the game; and Bollywood is taking a big time out.