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Nothing Like the Holidays – First teaser poster

The film Humboldt Park, which now will be called ‘Nothing Like the Holidays’ (far better name), will be released November 26, but we already obtained a leaked poster of the movie which contains some scenes of the Latino protagonists. With its all-star Hispanic cast, this is definitely going to be one of those hyped up films fopr the Spanish market.The film stars John Leguizamo, Luis Guzmán, Jay Hernandez, Alfred Molina, Melonie Díaz and Freddy Rodriguez.

Tobey Maguire signs on for Universal’s ‘The Crusaders’

Tobey Maguire has signed on to star in new Universal pic ‘The Crusaders’. 

Gary Ross will be directing the drama about the landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education case.

Maguire is lined up to play Jack Greenberg, an idealistic lawyer fresh out of law school who joined with NAACP Legal Defense Fund head and future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall to win a Supreme Court case that ruled segregation in American schools illegal.

Danny Strong is penning the script for the movie, reports Variety.

On board as producer is Bob Cooper with Ross and Maguire exec producing through Ross’s U-based Larger Than Life Prods.  

The project is based on Greenberg’s memoirs ‘Crusaders in the Courts’.

It was originally developed by Cooper at New Line but was let go after the studio was absorbed by Warner Bros. (ANI)

Tom Cruise gunning for Top Gun 2?

UPDATE: It appears that Tom Cruise will not be returning to the franchise that made him bigger than life, and has officially not been cleared for take off.

Earlier this week, reports surfaced suggesting Cruise was in line to reprise his role as Maverick in the fighter jet film, 22 years after the original.

However, “Access Hollywood” has confirmed those reports are false.

As Tom Cruise continues to hunt for a new project to follow-up Bryan Singer’s Valkyrie, we’ve been hearing a lot of rumours about the possibility of him returning to a familiar franchise in the hopes of re-establishing his bankability. First it was a new Mission Imposible movie that was supposedly on the table, and now this week we have a somewhat unsubstantiated rumour that says there is a possibility of a Top Gun sequel, some 22 years after the original was released.

According to the NY newspaper ‘The Sun’, there is a script floating around for a new Top Gun flick where Maverick is now an instructor who “has to deal with a cocky new female pilot”.

Jim Carrey in ‘Yes Man’ – teaser poster

Warner Bros gives us the official poster of the new Jim Carrey film ‘YES Man’. This Danny Walace’s second solo book. In it, he describes how he spent six months “saying Yes where once would have said No”, to make his life more interesting and positive. In this book he shows the tribulations and mischief that he got up to while he said yes to any question or proposal.

It is set to be released for the 19th December 2008.

‘The Dark Knight’: Breaks box-office record