“Everything comes to life,” “Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian director Shawn Levy boasted to MTV News from the middle of an exact replica of the Air and Space Museum. “Everything.”
But in reality, it’s not everything. There’s Amelia Earhart’s plane, and look, there’s Amelia Earhart (played by Amy Adams). There's Hank Azaria as an Egyptian pharaoh. There’s the Wright Brother’s plane, and there’s the Wright Brothers (played by Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon). There’s the Apollo 11 Lunar Module. There’s…wait a minute, just where are Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin? Read more...
Before it was announced which character Amy Adams would play in "Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian," we guessed Amelia Earhart, to which she replied, "I'm not going to tell," with a smile on her face.
Of course, a few days later, our guess was confirmed. And Amy Adams was besides herself with grief and remorse, for not having given us the scoop first. Or not. "I know, I know," she apologized when we reconvened for a night at the Museum of the Moving Image, for a tribute to Ben Stiller. "I just wanted to be respectful of the production."
So what happens to Amelia Earhart at the Smithsonian, given that the plane she flew on her non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic is part of the exhibit? This time, Adams didn't mind dishing a bit: "She gets to fly again." Read more...
- As good as a second breakfast! “Hobbit” scripting has begun. (OneRing)
- Rev your engines. Again. Vin Diesel directing a 20-minute prequel to "4 Fast, 4 Furious," or whatever they are calling this fourth lap around the same track. (ComingSoon)
- Has the key grip been hired for this yet? We seriously don’t have enough casting news for “Inglorious Bastards,” which just added Michael Fassbender. (Variety)
- James McAvoy and Emily Blunt to lend voices to animated “Gnomeo and Juliet.” Anybody says anything bad about Emily Blunt, I will cut you. (THR)
- First look at Amy Adams as Amelia Earhart in “Night at the Museum 2.” (Bad and Ugly)
