ANIMATED WEDNESDAY: CRAZY TRAILERS FOR ANIMATED ADVENTURES 'SMALLFOOT' AND 'HERE COMES THE GRUMP'! SOFIA VERGARA TO PRODUCE 'KOATI' SOUTH AMERICAN JUNGLE ANIMATED MOVIE

SOFIA VERGARA  

TO PRODUCE 'KOATI' ADVENTURE

Koati will be presented for sales at Cannes!

Animation all the way today, starting with the news from Sofia Vergara who will produce and voice animated movie KOATI directed by Rodrigo Perez Castro who worked on Ferdinand and Ice Age movies. The movie will revolve around three unlikely heroes: a free spirited coati (a raccoon-like animal found mainly in Central and South America), a fearless monarch butterfly, and a hyperactive glass frog as they embark on an adventure to stop a wicked coral snake (Vergara) from destroying their homeland and friends.The coming of age story, filled with kind-hearted spirit and positivity, will present us with Latin American jungles, the Amazonian rainforest, and all the fun and cute exotic creatures that call them ‘home’. The movie will try to find distributors at this year's Cannes Film Festival open for foreign sales.

'HERE COMES THE GRUMP'  

TURN UR FROWN UPSIDE DOWN

Grump arrives next month around Europe

Speaking of Ice Age, the writer of its Meltdown sequel Jim Hecht is penning another crazy new animated adventure HERE COMES THE GRUMP now known as A WIZARD'S TALE which should hit European cinemas this May! The voice cast includes Lily Collins, Ian McShane and Toby Kebbell! 

Balloon kingdoms, dopey police dragons and happy wizards are exactly how Terry remembered his Grandmother's whacky fairy tales. Except they are real and it's definitely not as 'cheerful'.

'SMALLFOOT'  

GETS A BIG NEW TRAILER!

SmallFoot arrives this September!

New trailer and poster have been released for animated adventure directed by Karey Kirkpatrick (he directed Over the Hedge and wrote children's classics Charlotte's Web, Chicken Run, James and the Giant Peach, The Spiderwick Chronicles), SMALLFOOT It has the story revolving around a Yeti called Migo (with the voice from Channing Tatum) who is convinced that the elusive creatures known as "humans" really do exist. Beside Channing Tatum as Migo, the voice cast also includes James Corden as Percy, a human, Common as Stonekeeper, LeBron James as Gwangi, Gina Rodriguez as Kolka, Danny DeVito as Dorgle, who are all yetis!

BEST DRESSED AT OSCARS 2016! BEN HARDY JOINS DOUGLAS BOOTH, ELLE FANNING IN 'STORM IN THE STARS' PERCY SHELLEY MOVIE! 'LOUDER THAN BOMBS' TRAILER WITH GABRIEL BYRNE, JESSE EISENBERG, ISABELLE HUPPERT

'THE STORM IN THE STARS'

BEN HARDY JOINS DOUGLAS BOOTH AND ELLE FANNING IN THE CAST

A bit of Oscars, a bit of indie movies today, starting with the info on young Ben Hardy (Angel in X MEN: APOCALYPSE) joining the ensemble cast of Haifaa Mansour's drama THE STORM IN THE STARS! Douglas Booth is portraying a famous Romantic poet in this big screen dramatization of the love affair between poet Percy Shelley and 18-year-old Mary Wollstonecraft — who will later on become famous Mary Shelley that wrote legendary novel 'Frankenstein'! Elle Fanning is taking the lead female role, with Bel Powley also in the cast.

OSCARS 2016 RED CARPET

THE BEST DRESSED STARS
Yep, I agree with you, people, Oscars 2016 were probably the worst I ever remember . Almost all of them went to wrong hands. And fashion didn't vow us either. Who were your red carpet faves? I wasn't impressed by anyone, but I think Lady Gaga (you can see a lighter version of her outfit below at Vanity Fair party), Cate Blanchett in her flowery Armani gown, beautifully pregnant Crissy Tiegen, Saoirse Ronan in emerald green as her Ireland, and Sofia Vergara stood out.

'LOUDER THAN BOMBS' TRAILER

STARRING GABRIEL BYRNE AND JESSE EISENBERG

Our Monday trailer is the first one for festival movie from Joachim Trier LOUDER THAN BOMBS which follows Gene (Gabriel Byrne) and his sons Jonah and Conrad (Jesse Eisenberg and Devin Druid) two years after the death of their wife and mother Isabelle (Isabelle Huppert), an internationally celebrated photographer. As Gene takes the first steps toward a new relationship, Jonah has just had a baby of his own. Meanwhile, Conrad is a typically alienated teenager.

REESE WITHERSPOON TO ADAPT JESSICA KNOLL'S 'LUCKIEST GIRL ALIVE' NOVEL! NEW 'HOT PURSUIT' COMEDY TRAILER WITH REESE WITHERSPOON AND SOFIA VERGARA

REESE WITHERSPOON TO ADAPT

'LUCKIEST GIRL ALIVE'  NOVEL

It seems we shall have a Reese Witherspoon day today, people, starting with the news that her company Pacific Standards has bought the movie rights on Jessica Knoll's first novel LUCKIEST GIRL ALIVE which will be published next month by Simon and Schuster. 

The story of LUCKIEST GIRL ALIVE centres on Ani FaNelli, a 28 year old New Yorker who appears to have it all: a sought after position at a women’s magazine, a killer wardrobe and a dream wedding with her handsome fiancé on the horizon. But behind Ani’s veneer of perfection lies a dark trauma from her past, which resurfaces to unravel her meticulously crafted life.

NEW 'HOT PURSUIT' TRAILER

WITH REESE WITHERSPOON PROTECTING SOFIA VERGARA

A trailer to end the working week is the second one for upcoming new comedy HOT PURSUIT which arrives into theatres next month starring Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon as Officer Cooper whose latest assignment has her protecting the demanding widow of a drug dealer (Sofía Vergara) from criminals out for revenge.

NEW 'LONGEST RIDE' TRAILER WITH SCOTT EASTWOOD! 'HOT PURSIT' TRAILER WITH SOFIA VERGARA, REESE WITHERSPOON! VANESSA WILLIAMS JOINS KEVIN CONNOLLY IN 'FANTASY LIFE' SITCOM! 'ENORMOUS' BEASTS MINI SERIES

VANESSA WILLIAMS JOINS

'FANTASY LIFE' FOX SITCOM

In today's TV news, Deadline reports that gorgeous Vanessa Williams will join Kevin Connolly in Fox new sitcom pilot FANTASY LIFE! When a hard working guy, Mitch (Connolly) lands his ultimate dream job hosting a fantasy football show, he’s forced to navigate office politics while becoming the star he never thought he could be. Vanessa Williams will play bold, pragmatic, unapologetically caustic and apologetically compassionate Mitch’s (Connolly) new boss.

ENORMOUS BEASTS MINI SERIES

Deadline, also reports that comic book ENORMOUS will be turned into mini TV series! Set in the near future, the story finds the world suffering a planetary resource crisis when a vast ecological cataclysm spawns The ENORMOUS, massive beasts unlike anything ever witnessed. Displaced from atop the food chain, humankind struggles to stave off extinction, and a shattered society scrambles for refuge in the wake of the monstrous rampage.

'THE LONGEST RIDE' TRAILER

FROM NICHOLAS SPARKS
And since it's Valentines this weekend, check out the second trailer for romantic adaptation of Nicholas Sparks novel THE LONGEST RIDE which is out this April centring on the star-crossed love affair between Luke (Scott Eastwood), a former champion bull rider looking to make a comeback, and Sophia (Britt Robertson), a college student who is about to embark upon her dream job in New York City's art world. As conflicting paths and ideals test their relationship, Sophia and Luke make an unexpected and fateful connection with Ira, whose memories of his own decades-long romance with his beloved wife deeply inspire the young couple.

'HOT PURSUIT' TRAILER

SOFIA VERGARA AND REESE WITHERSPOON VS GUNMEN

Warner Bros. has released the first trailer for their new comedy HOT PURSUIT which brings an unusual pairing of Sofia Vergara and Reese Witherspoon to the cinemas this May! The story follows an  uptight and by-the-book cop (Reese Witherspoon) who tries to protect the sexy and outgoing widow (Sofia Vergara) of a drug boss as they race through Texas pursued by crooked cops and murderous gunmen.