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Showest: DreamWorks Goes 3D
Published 3/11/2008 by Variety.com * at Thompson On Hollywood
... The Theatre des Arts crowd at the Paris donned their 3D glasses and dug the intense action sequence. Then Katzenberg previewed a funny scene from the upcoming Monsters vs. Aliens, featuring a confrontation between the president, played by Stephen Colbert, and a just-landed alien. Here's the casting story. It's all 3D all the time form now on, Katzenberg declared, exhorting the exhibs to upgrade to 3D. 2009 is the big year when some 10 digital 3D pics will hit screens--and there aren't enough of them yet to handle a wide 3D release. ...

Showest: DreamWorks Goes 3D
Published 3/11/2008 by Variety.com * at Thompson On Hollywood
... czar Jeffrey Katzenberg on Tuesday before showing the first piece of 3D footage created by DreamWorks by redoing an entire scene from the upcoming 2D movie Kung Fu Panda in 3D. The Theatre des Arts crowd at the Paris donned their 3D glasses and dug the intense action. Then Katzenberg previewed a scene from the upcoming Monsters vs. Aliens which was terrific and funny, featuring a confrontation between the president, played by Stephen Colbert, and a just-landed alien. Here's the casting story. ...

Reese Witherspoon is a Monster — No, an Alien!
Published 3/12/2008 by Just Jared at Just Jared
... will lend her voice talents to DreamWorks Animation’s latest film Monsters vs. Aliens , according to Variety . The top-earning actress in Hollywood will join Hugh Laurie , Will Arnett , Seth Rogen , Rainn Wilson , Stephen Colbert , Kiefer Sutherland and Paul Rudd in DWA’s first film produced in Ultimate 3-D technology. Here’s what Variety had to say about the plot: “Story, which reinvents the classic ’50s monster movie as a modern-day action comedy, centers on California girl Susan Murphy ( Witherspoon ), who is unexpectedly clobbered by a meteor full of outer ...

Michael Bay Will Single-handedly Sully the Entire History of Horror
Published 3/12/2008 at Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
... Rainn Wilson, Hugh Laurie, Kiefer Sutherland, Paul Rudd, and Stephen Colbert will all provide voices for DreamWorks Animation's Monsters vs. Aliens, a send-up of fifties monster movies. Colbert will lend his voice as the president of the United States, as he has approximately the same level of executive-branch experience as Hillary Clinton at answering the red phone at three in the morning. [Variety] ...

Kiefer Sutherland’s a Monster or an Alien
Published 3/12/2008 by Diana at 24headquarters.com
Kiefer Sutherland has joined the cast of Dreamworks Animation’s Monsters vs. Aliens. The movie, according to Variety, “centers on California girl Susan Murphy (Reese Witherspoon), who is unexpectedly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk and mysteriously grows to 50 feet tall. She is captured and held in a secret government compound. The world learns that the military has been quietly rounding up other monsters over the years.” Sutherland will play General W.R. Monger, presumably one of the military leaders who’s up to no good. Aside from ...

Hugh Laurie’s New Movie!
Published 3/14/2008 by Lynn at House is Right
... No kidding. According to Variety, he’ll be voicing the character of a cockroach with a Ph.D. Here’s an excerpt from the article: ...