**Teaser Trailer for THE HANGOVER PART II **First Image from RISE OF THE APES **Charles McDougall to Direct BURT WONDERSTONE Starring Steve Carell **Ewan McGregor Joins Bryan Singer’s JACK THE GIANT KILLER

Teaser Trailer for THE HANGOVER PART II

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: February 24th, 2011

Warner Bros. has released the teaser trailer for The Hangover Part II.  Rather than highlight a joke or two, the teaser makes the odd decision to highlight all of the critical acclaim for The Hangover.  It’s not necessarily a bad decision, but I would have liked to see at least one joke beyond “Hey, look!  A monkey wearing clothes!”  It’s probably just best to think of this as an announcement trailer and wait until the serious trailer hits in probably about six weeks or so.

Hit the jump to check out the trailer.  Directed by Todd Phillips, The Hangover Part II stars Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Jeffrey Tambor, Mike Tyson, Justin Bartha, and Ken Jeong.  The film opens May 26th.

Click over to Apple to see the trailer in HD.

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http://collider.com/the-hangover-part-ii-trailer/77135/

Charles McDougall to Direct BURT WONDERSTONE Starring Steve Carell

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: February 24th, 2011

Charles McDougall has signed on to direct the comedy Burt Wonderstone. The film stars Steve Carell as a Las Vegas magician who must rediscover his mojo in order to compete with a younger rival. Chad Kultgen penned the original script, and John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein (Horrible Bosses) wrote the current draft. THR reports that the film is set to shoot this fall. Before conjuring up Wonderstone, Carell will shoot Great Hope Springs with Meryl Streep.
McDougall has had a successful career in directing TV, including episodes of The Office (the US version), Parks and Recreation, and won an Emmy for directing the pilot of Desperate Housewives.
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http://collider.com/burt-wonderstone-charles-mcdougall/77689/

First Image from RISE OF THE APES

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: February 24th, 2011

Fox’s Planet of the Apes prequel, Rise of the Apes, was scheduled to come out this summer, but was pushed back to the holiday season so that there was more time to work on the special effects.  The new Apes flick centers on a young scientist (James Franco) whose attempts to cure Alzheimer’s leads to the creation of a super-intelligent ape (played by Andy Serkis using motion-capture).  The first official image from the film has been released, and while there are no apes rising, we do get to see Franco working hard at the science.
Hit the jump to check out the image.  Rise of the Apes also stars Freida Pinto, John Lithgow, Tom Felton, Tyler Labine, and Brian Cox.  The film opens November 23rd.
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http://collider.com/rise-of-the-apes-movie-image/77693/

Ewan McGregor Joins Bryan Singer’s JACK THE GIANT KILLER

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: February 24th, 2011

The cast of director Bryan Singer’s fantasy-adventure film Jack the Giant Killer is rounding itself out nicely. Ewan McGregor is in negotiations to join the cast of the fairy-tale update that now includes Stanley Tucci as the villain, Bill Nighy and John Kassir as the two-headed leader of the giants, and Nicholas Hoult (X-Men: First Class) as the titular hero Jack.
The story sees Jack on a mission to rescue a princess from the kingdom of the giants. Heat Vision reports that McGregor will play the leader of the king’s elite guard, and fighter of giants of course. The role of the princess for the New Line tentpole has yet to be filled, but the report singles out Adelaide Kane (Power Rangers: RPM) and Eleanor Tomlinson (Alice in Wonderland) as actresses testing for the role, in addition to the previously reported Lily Collins (The Blind Side) and Juno Temple (Greenberg). Filming is set to get underway in late March.
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http://collider.com/ewan-mcgregor-jack-the-giant-killer/77753/