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VIDEO: Zak Penn on Remote Control part 1

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Zak Penn on Remote Control part 1
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Posted: 11/18/2009

Zak Penn gets his first touch of fame and glory in winning the grand prize on the game show, Remote Control. watch

VIDEO: The Grand

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The Grand
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Posted: 3/17/2008

A new comedy from writer/director Zak Penn, set around an international poker tournament. One-Eyed Jack Faro (Woody Harrelson) goes all-in to save his dead grandfather s hotel-casino from a real estate developer. His master plan being to win the world s most famous high stakes tournament, the Grand Championship of Poker in Las Vegas. watch

VIDEO: Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound

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Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
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Posted: 8/28/2009

Synopsis: "Comic Books Unbound", a Starz Originals production, looks at the evolution of Hollywood?s revolutionary adaptations of famous and infamous comic book characters and storylines. With Selma Blair, Roger Corman, Guillermo Del Toro. watch

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Synopsis: A group of eccentric poker players - a drugged-out casino heir, volatile brother and sister rivals, a born-lucky amateur and a truly strange German - arrive in Vegas to compete for a massive payday. With Cheryl Hines, Ray Romano.
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Posted: 8/28/2009
THE INCREDIBLE HULK kicks off an all-new, explosive and action-packed epic of one of the most popular superheroes of all time. In this new beginning, scientist Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) desperately hunts for a cure to the gamma radiation that poisoned his cells and unleashes the unbridled force of rage within him: The Hulk. Living in the shadows-cut off from a life he knew and the woman he loves, Betty Ross (Liv Tyler)-Banner struggles to avoid the obsessive pursuit of his nemesis, General Thunderbolt Ross (William Hurt), and the military machinery that seeks to capture him and brutally exploit his power.
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Posted: 3/22/2008
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The Grand is in the tradition of improvisational comedies like Best In Show and This Is Spinal Tap. The story is set in the world of professional poker and follows six players who reach the final table of the world s second most famous high stakes tournament, the Grand Championship of Poker. The Grand was improvised from a detailed treatment co written by Zak Penn and Matt Bierman who also served as Executive Producer. A Tribeca Film Festival favorite, the film boasts a stellar, international comedic cast and was featured June 8 at the Cinevegas film festival in Las Vegas. An eclectic cast brings together many of today s top comedic actors; Woody Harrelson, David Cross, Dennis Farina, Cheryl Hines, Richard Kind and Chris Parnell. The film also stars award winning comedian Ray Romano, the legendary German film director Werner Herzog and sitcom vet Gabe Welcome Back Kotter Kaplan. The Grand was produced by Zak Penn and Gary Marcus as well as Eleven Eleven Films Bobby Schwartz and Ross
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Length: 02:14
Posted: 7/23/2009
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X-men: The Last Stand (Writer) 2006 Movie

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New TV: Mark Burnett's Dueling Dads, and More

Mark Burnett has set up at NBC My Dad is Better than Your Dad, a game show in which fathers face off in stunt-driven challenges, Variety reports.... FX has given Nip/Tuck creator Ryan Murphy a series commitment for Queen B, a workplace drama centered on a female CEO who grooms a young girl in her ruthless image.... Homicide's Tom Fontana and Barry Levinson are reteaming for the NBC pilot The Philanthropist, a series that sound a bit like The Equalizer.... After a fierce bidding war, ABC has ordered six episodes of Section 8, a drama penned by X-Men 3's Zak Penn and described as a blend of House, X-Men and The X-Files. OK.... ABC is teaming with hip-hop producer Pharrell Williams and filmmaker McG on Limelight, a drama set at a performing arts-school. read more

A Freshly Dirty Dozen, and More Movie News

Per Variety, Zak Penn (X-Men: The Last Stand, Elektra) is penning a remake of The Dirty Dozen for Warner Bros.... Paramount's plan to extend Angelina Jolie's current run in theaters involves cutting the number of screens showing A Mighty Heart in half, a tactic successfully employed with Borat last fall.... Hoping to quell accusations that the country has snubbed the production of Tom Cruise's Valkyrie due to his religious beliefs, the German Federal Film Fund has ponied up $6.5 million toward the drama's $80 million tab. read more

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