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While He Supports Obama, Don't Look To Spike Lee For Presidential Biopic

Posted 1/20/09 8:09 pm EST by in Sundance09, Video


It's been a much talked-about subject: with Will Smith's interest in potentially playing our new president Barack Obama, could that lead to something real? If that happened, director Spike Lee seems like someone who'd be interested in telling Obama's rags-to-riches story.

Not so fast. Lee tells MTV News that he has no interest in an Obama biopic. "Everybody and their mama is doing a documentary on Obama," he said during an interview for his new Sundance film "The Passing Strange." Watch his comments firsthand in the video below, and then click here to read more about it.

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Sundance Photo Booth: Brittany Snow

Posted 1/20/09 6:58 pm EST by in Uncategorized


In town to promote her new film "The Vicious Kind," the lovely Brittany Snow took time out to strike a pose for the MTV Sundance Photo Booth. Check it out below, and then click here to visit our huge gallery full of celebrity Sundance Photos, including Michael Cera, Olivia Thirlby, John Krasinski, and so many more.

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'The Box' Director Richard Kelly Finds The Arcade Fire

Posted 1/20/09 6:54 pm EST by in News, Sundance09


Arcade FireFor the first time, “Donnie Darko” writer/director Richard Kelly is spilling details about his highly anticipated collaboration with the Arcade Fire for his upcoming horror morality tale, “The Box.”

“They’re just like my favorite band, period,” Kelly tells MTV News. “And I just have always felt that their stuff was really cinematic.” After showing the “Box” script to Arcade songwriter Win Butler, the director and the band traveled to Toronto, where they recorded 80 minutes of original music with a full orchestra, including strings, brass and a rich, polyphonic keyboard called a Mellotron. Singer Régine Chassagne contributed vocal elements to the score. Read More...

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'Twilight' DVD Announcement! Special Features Include Deleted Scenes, Documentary

Posted 1/20/09 5:50 pm EST by in DVD


Twilight'Mark your calendars Twilighters! On March 21st you will finally be able to own a copy of "Twilight" on DVD, and that means you'll be able to savor every single moment as many times as you like. That date falls on a Saturday, an extremely odd day for a DVD release (virtually all other films come out on Tuesdays.) According to the studio, the Saturday date was selected "to encourage midnight release parties for fans across the nation."

And fear not, this release of "Twilight" is anything but a bare bones edition of the film. The eagerly anticipated DVD release is going to be packed with special features. Check them out after the jump. Read More...

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Chris Rock Is Pumped: 'George Bush Is Not President...We're Alive!'

Posted 1/20/09 5:21 pm EST by in Sundance09, Uncategorized, Video


The wave of emotion that emanated today from Washington D.C. even reached Park City, Utah. Yes, even with movies to sell all the actors and filmmakers MTV News spoke to today had one thing on the brain: President Obama. Well, actually Chris Rock was thinking more about former President George W. Bush. "George Bush is NOT president," he grinned and repeated and grinned again. A small part of that smile might also be attributed to his new documentary, "Good Hair" that just debuted here to positive attention.

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Sundance Photo Booth: 'Office' Star John Krasinski

Posted 1/20/09 4:46 pm EST by in Photos, Sundance09


He's "Jim" on "The Office," but for our MTV Sundance Photo Booth, he was just good 'ol John Krasinski. The star is in town to promote his new film, "Brief Interviews For Hideous Men," and as you see, he was all smiles. Be sure to check out the full MTV Sundance Photo Booth gallery featuring all the celebs of Sundance.

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Sundance: 'Hustle & Flow' Director Teams With MTV For '$5 Cover' Webisodes

Posted 1/20/09 3:45 pm EST by in Sundance09, Video


If the future of video is online, then Craig Brewer is already there. As the writer and director of "Hustle and Flow," Brewer rode his film into one of the biggest deals in Sundance history, and saw it launch Terrance Howard's career.

Now Brewer is back, teaming with MTV New Media, to launch a music-flavored webisode series titled $5 Cover. The concept is a novel one: each roughly 8-minute webisode follows a local musician in Memphis, Tennessee. The players are real, but their stories are often fictionalized, and the "characters" will drive in and out of other episodes. There will be 15 webisodes in total, so click here to check out Craig Brewer's "$5 Cover," and get the low-down in the video below.

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Kristen Stewart Sundance Interview: Behind The Scenes

Posted 1/20/09 2:53 pm EST by in Behind The Scenes, Photos, Sundance09


Just about one year after our very first "Twilight" interview with Kristen Stewart, we're back at Sundance and so is she!

By now you must have scene -- as any decent Twilighter would have -- that we spoke with Kristen while she was promoting her festival film "Adventureland." She first sat down with co-star Margarita Levieva and they took their MTV photo booth photos before starting the interview. Half way through, Margarita swapped out and Jesse Eisenberg swapped in to finish up the chat, which you can check out in our Sundance Edition of our Rough Cut show.

While all this was going on, we took tons of photos, which you can check out in our behind-the-scenes gallery, and check out a sneak peek after the jump. Read More...

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Michael Cera On 'Arrested Development' Movie: 'More Hypothetical Than People Think'

Posted 1/20/09 1:45 pm EST by in Hot Stuff, News, Sundance09, Video


We've been covering rumors of an "Arrested Development" movie for nearly a year now, and have spoken about it to most of the actors involved. Everyone from Jason Bateman and Will Arnett have voiced their support of bringing the cult show to the bigscreen. But recently a newer rumor popped up claiming that Cera was the lone holdout of the cast. So is it true?

Speaking to MTV News to promote his Sundance film "Paper Heart," Cera refuted the rumors, saying that he's merely waiting for a script. But that may be a long time coming, claims the actor, labeling the film as "more hypothetical than people think." Check out his (rather hilarious) comments in the video below, and then click here to watch all of our celebrity interviews from Sundance, including Kristen Stewart, Jim Carrey, Mike Tyson and many more.

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Sundance Pauses For Barack Obama's Presidential Inauguration

Posted 1/20/09 1:35 pm EST by in Photos, Sundance09


While it wasn't like the National Mall, Main Street here in Park City was still filled with people watching giant screens tuned to the inauguration ceremony. The Sundance Film Festival unofficially paused this morning for about an hour, when President Barack Obama took his oath and spoke to America for the first time as our President.

The crowed clapped and cheered, and, in some small way, it felt like we were almost there. Like those lucky enough to be in Washington on this historic day, we shared the experience with both friends and strangers alike. Here are some photos from our inauguration celebration:

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