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'Inside Man 2', Cruise's Villainy and Alba is 'Invisible'
Published 9/8/2008 at RopeofSilicon.com
... ] Jessica Alba turns Invisible : Jessica Alba will topline modern-day fable An Invisible Sign of My Own . Filmmaker Marilyn Agrelo begins lensing the film, based on Aimee Bender's novel, next month from a screenplay by Pam Falk and Mike Ellis. The story revolves around a young woman who has retreated from the world and is consumed by numbers and math. Things begin to change when she becomes a second-grade math teacher. [ Variety ] Kilmer finds his Identity : Val Kilmer will topline crime thriller Fake Identity for Nu Image/Millennium Films directed by Dennis ...

Trade Roughage 09/08/08
Published 9/8/2008 by Christopher Campbell at SpoutBlog
Bangkok Dangerous opened with only $7.8 million over the weekend, but on the upside it still topped the box office chart and it was still better than Nic Cage’s last non-National Treasure movie, Next. Far more embarrassing is Babylon A.D.’s 58% drop and College’s 55% drop in their second week, as well as Hamlet 2’s 52% drop in its second week in an already disappointing attempt at wide release. Perhaps the Bard will have better luck in Paramount’s announced adaptation of the young-adult novel Spanking Shakespeare, which ...

Slow News Day Tidbits
Published 9/8/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Flicks News) at Flicks News
Very Slow News Day Today For Interesting New So Here Is Some Tidbits: Ed Norton To Star In Leaves Of Grass Val Kilmer Has A Fake Identity Jessica Alba Takes Lead An Invisible Sign Of My Own Will Smith To Be The Last Pharaoh Soul Men Trailer Helen Mirren Researched Latest Film Role In A Brothel John Simm And Catherine Tate Set For One Off Special Doctor Who Return? Really Cool 'The Wrestler' Toronto Film Festival Poster :

Will Smith Now the Fresh Prince of Egypt
Published 9/8/2008 at Vulture
... Squared: Jessica Alba will star in the modern-day fable, An Invisible Sign of My Own, directed by Mad Hot Ballroom's Marilyn Agrelo from a script by Pam Falk and Mike Ellis (The Wedding Planner). Story follows a woman who retreats from the world to study math and then becomes a second-grade math teacher. Complications ensue when she forgets to Please Excuse [Her] Dear Aunt Sally. [Variety] ...

Jessica Alba Is Mad Hot
Published 9/8/2008 at Cinema Blend News
Jessica Alba Is Mad Hot Mad Hot Ballroom was one of the most exciting, surprising and entertaining documentaries of 2005, a summer that also boasted March of the Penguins . So you'd figure director Marilyn Agrelo would have been flooded with offers and given her pick of Hollywood to work with for her first fiction feature. Not, you might imagine, Jessica Alba. But that's exactly who is set to star in An Invisible Sign of My Own , reports Variety , which will be Agrelo's first film since Ballroom . Much like Alba's recent role as a world-class violinist in The Eye , the ...

The Dailies: September 8, 2008
Published 9/8/2008 by Shawn Adler at MTV Movies Blog
... - Jessica Alba goes Invisible…again. Former Mrs. Fantastic to headline “An Invisible Sign of My Own,” about a young woman consumed by math. (Variety) ...

Jessica Alba Turning “Invisible” Again
Published 9/8/2008 by Rick at TunaFlix
Good thing she isn’t really… Jessica Alba is all set to play another invisible woman, according to Variety. No, it’s not a Fantastic Four spin-off; instead the former Sue Storm has signed to star in a new film titled An Invisible Sign of My Own. Alba’s first role since her pregnancy, she’ll try to reverse what’s been a pretty epic box office losing streak - she hasn’t had a movie gross over $35 million since the ...

Casting: Jessica Alba, Val Kilmer and Michael Caine
Published 9/8/2008 by Erik Davis at Cinematical
These people just landed a part in a movie and you didn't: Sorry boys, but Jessica Alba has officially become a math nerd. Oh yes, Variety tells us the actress has signed on to star in An Invisible Sign of My Own, based on the book by Aimee Bender. Marilyn Agrelo (Mad Hot Ballroom) will direct the flick, which follows a woman who becomes obsessed with numbers and math ... and then lands a gig as a second-grade math teacher. Hot, steamy gratuitous love-making scene not included. Val Kilmer has decided he needs more action in his life, as the dude has hopped onboard the crime thriller Fake ...

Will Pharaoh [Trade Roundup]
Published 9/8/2008 by Seth at Defamer
... · Jessica Alba will star in An Invisible Sign of My Own, based on an Aimee Bender novel about "a young woman who has retreated from the world and is consumed by numbers and math." Alba, we're told, will play this young woman's totally bangable, much hotter sister. [Variety] ...

Jessica Alba looks for ‘Invisible Sign’
Published 9/9/2008 by Franck Tabouring at The Screening Log
Jessica Alba has signed on to star in Marilyn Agrelo’s upcoming drama “An Invisible Sign of My Own,” according to Variety. Based on the novel by Aimee Bender, the story centers on a young woman who lives in solitude and spends most of her time burying herself in a world of numbers and math. Everything changes when she takes on a job as second-grade math teacher. Agrelo, whose credits include “Mad Hot Ballroom,” is directing a script by Mike Ellis and Pam Falk. The duo also wrote Adam Shankman’s 2001 comedy “The Wedding Planner.” Alba most recently starred in “The Eye” and “The Love Guru.” ...

On a Scale of 1 to 10: The likelihood you'll see this Jessica Alba movie
Published 9/9/2008 by Mandi Bierly at Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
On a Scale of 1 to 10: The likelihood you'll see this Jessica Alba movie Jessicaalba_l According to Variety , Jessica Alba is set to star in the "modern-day fable" An Invisible Sign of My Own . Per the trade, "Invisible revolves around a young woman who has retreated from the world and is consumed by numbers and math. Things begin to change when she becomes a second-grade math teacher." On a scale of 1 to 10, how likely is it that you'll see this movie? I'm at a 1, but only because the director is from Mad Hot Ballroom and the writers penned one of my TBS staples, The Wedding Planner .

Worst Miscasting Ever?
Published 9/9/2008 by M.C. (noreply@blogger.com) at Crabbie's Hollywood
Got a chuckle out of Variety's article about Jessica Alba's new role: Jessica Alba will topline modern-day fable "An Invisible Sign of My Own." ... "Invisible" revolves around a young woman who has retreated from the world and is consumed by numbers and math. Things begin to change when she becomes a second-grade math teacher. I'm having a hard time picturing Jessica Alba as someone who's consumed with numbers and math. Consumed with getting manicures and buying shoes maybe. Consumed with denying her ethnic heritage. Consumed with boring the living piss out of anyone with ...

They Hired Her?
Published 9/11/2008 by Perez Hilton at Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton
Jessica 'Don't Call Me Latina' Alba scored another movie job, even though her box office record is crap. The new mom will star in Invisible, which revolves around a young woman who has retreated from the world and is consumed by numbers and math, according to Variety. Things begin to change when she becomes a second-grade math teacher. They want us to buy into her as a math genius? Ha ha ha ha! To help things along, we bet she's going to do the 'ugly' thing, a la Charlize Theron in Monster's Ball, right? What ...