Anna Friel by Jason Merritt/FilmMagic.com
Anna Friel, the perky star of ABC's Pushing Daisies, has landed the female lead in Will Ferrell's Land of the Lost remake.... Sarah Connor herself, Lena Headey, will switch from fighting murderous cyborgs to dark wizards and the bubonic plague in the supernatural thriller Black Death.... Michael Ealy (Sleeper Cell) is IRS agent Will Smith's brother in Seven Pounds. Rosario Dawson and Woody Harrelson costar.... Garret Dillahunt has joined the cast of Wes Craven's The Last House on the Left remake, playing the thug named Krug.
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Question: My question is about the teaser trailer for Rent that's in theaters now. Like many other Rentheads, I loved it. But I can see how it might be confusing or off-putting to people who haven't seen the original show. Have you seen the trailer and, if so, would you share your opinion? Is it a good teaser, or is it undermining the film's chances of attracting a major audience?
Answer: I haven't seen Rent on stage, which is probably an asset rather than a liability when answering this question. Frankly, the teaser trailer didn't make me the slightest bit interested in the movie. First and foremost — hold the hate mail, please; this is just my opinion — I found the song "Seasons of Love" trite and forgettable (or maybe it just doesn't play well out of context), and the whole trailer is built around it. And I wasn't taken by the mixture of relatively realistically staged scenes and what look like sequences staged f
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