Article by Ramsey Boeckholt
When Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon team up for a Christmas flick, they're not looking to remake "The Santa Clause." As such, this November's "Four Christmases" isn't a cookie-cutter flick about rounding up the entire family on Christmas day and watching the excitement and hilarity that ensues. No, it’s about an ever-worsening trend in American culture: Divorce.
“The movie is all about family,” Witherspoon told us recently of the currently filming flick. “It’s about the connection with your mother and your father, and those dynamics, so I really think people are going to relate to it.”
"It’s going great. It’s very funny, and I’m having a lot of fun doing it," Vaughn said of the film, which follows a married couple struggling on Christmas day to visit each of their four divorced parents. Read More...
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Jon Favreau is hard at work at putting the final bells and whistles on "Iron Man," but the director told MTV News that he's already keen on starting his next project, an animated film called "Neanderthals." No, like, right now.
"Avengers Assemble!" Marvel's mightiest team join forces to fight foes no single superhero can withstand. But if Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Captain America, and Ant-Man thought Count Nefaria or the Krees were formidable – wait'll they get a load of the Countless Nerds and the Geeks, who will dissect every announcement and decision from the film like it was the word of God.
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Countdown To 'Iron Man': MTV Wants To Know What Do You Want To See?
Posted 4/11/08 6:00 pm EST by Josh Horowitz in Commentary, Hot Stuff
Okay, sorry. Lost it for a second. But seriously, what do you think? We want to hear from you. It's T-minus three weeks until "Iron Man" opens. What NEEDS to be in the flick? Hints of Tony Stark's alcoholism? A cameo by Stan Lee? Some memorable quote or allusion that makes Iron Man the character and franchise you love? We'll be taking the best comments to the cast, and it might even end up on MTV.
It's now or never! Sound off. What damn well better be in "Iron Man" to make you, the loyal fan, happy?
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