The year is 2057, the sun is dying, and mankind faces extinction. Earth's last hope rests with the crew of Icarus II, on a mission to deliver a nuclear payload into the center of the sun. Icarus I failed the same mission 7 years earlier, but no one knows why; can the crew of Icarus II save mankind?This Blu-ray disc is loaded with interesting bonus material, and is the first "Bonus View" (aka Profile 1.1) title from Fox. There are two commentary tracks for the feature, one featuring director Danny Boyle, and the other with Dr. Brian Cox from the University of Manchester.Both commentary tracks were fascinating! Boyle had lots to say about the movie, the production, and the actors. He spoke through the entire movie, without the long pauses that plague so many single-person commentary tracks. Dr. Cox, the scientific advisor on the movie, did an incredible job of sharing his wealth of scientific knowledge on his commentary. He clearly had a lot of fun working on the movie, and I loved li...
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Per the Reporter, Scarlett Johansson has joined the ensemble cast of He's Just Not That Into You (playing a pilates instructor who has an affair with a married man), will play a femme fatale in Frank Miller's adaptation of Will Eisner's The Spirit, and will don a crown as Mary Queen of Scots.... Chris Evans, Djimon Hounsou, Dakota Fanning and Camilla Belle are on board for the supernatural thriller Push.... Jamie Foxx is biopic'ing again, playing homeless musician Nathaniel Anthony Ayers in The Soloist.
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The latest hookups and bust-ups, per People:• Jennifer Aniston's new mystery beau? Brit Paul Sculfor, a 6-foot-tall, 36-year-old former boxer and construction worker turned model. In other words, he has abs.• Kate and Owen? Splitsville, but "still friends."• Jessica and John? "Definitely over" after their latest makeup/breakup. Jess left wondering, "Hmm, why does he only get back with me for upwards of 15 minutes at a time? And always in a hotel room?"• Friday Night Lights' Minka Kelly? Spied "making out" with Fantastic Four's Chris Evans at a Blackberry Curve launch soiree. (New York Post)• JonBenet Ramsey's father and Natalee Holloway's mother? Dating. (And off I go to feed sordid conspiracy theories to Weekly World News.... )
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Per Variety, Hugh Laurie and Chris Evans (Fantastic Four) are set to play internal affairs agents in Night Watch, a James Ellroy-penned crime drama about a downward-spiraling cop (Keanu Reeves) framed by his onetime mentor (Forest Whitaker).... Speaking of House, imminent guest star Piper Perabo is heading South of the Border for a live-action Disney pic about a Beverly Hills chihuahua lost in Mexico.... Aussie Luke Ford, 26, is Brendan Fraser's son (ouch...) — and the franchise's heir apparent — in the third Mummy movie.... Peter Jackson is shopping his spec script for an adaptation of Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones.... Per Variety, Blade II's Luke Goss has gone bad again, playing a ruthless prince in Hellboy 2: The Golden Army.
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Per the Hollywood Reporter, Lindsay Lohan is set to star in a big-screen adaptation of The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond, Tennessee Williams' long-forgotten story of a disliked 1920s debutante (Lohan) with a penchant for shocking and insulting those around her. Chris Evans is Lo's love interest, David Strathairn her alcoholic pop, and Ellen Burstyn her mom.... Kim Basinger will star in While She Was Out, a real-time thriller about a housewife accosted by four hooligans while running a Christmas Eve errand. (And you thought those overzealous storefront bell ringers were a nuisance.)
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