Straw Dogs (2011)

David and Amy Sumner (James Marsden and Kate Bosworth), a Hollywood screenwriter and his actress wife, return to her small hometown in the deep South to prepare the family home for sale after her father’s death. Once there, tensions build in their marriage and old conflicts re-emerge with the locals, including Amy’s ex-boyfriend Charlie (Alexander Skarsgård), leading to a violent confrontation.

Opens Friday, September 16th.

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Hop

Blending state of the art animation with live action, Hop is a comedy about E.B. (voiced by Russell Brand), the teenage son of the Easter Bunny. On the eve of taking over the family business, E.B. leaves for Hollywood in pursuit of his dream of becoming a drummer. He encounters Fred (James Marsden), an out-of-work slacker with his own lofty goals, who accidentally hits E.B. with his car. Feigning injury, E.B. manipulates Fred into providing him shelter, and Fred finds himself with the world’s worst houseguest.

The film is helmed by Tim Hill, director of the blockbuster Alvin and the Chipmunks and produced by Chris Meledandri’s Illumination Entertainment (Despicable Me).

Opens April 1st.

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Hello Two Thousand-11!

Happy New Year one and all! And what a year 2010 was. We ended things with a *bang!* getting 50,000 hits in the month of December. Our heartfelt thanks to you for making that milestone possible.

If you haven’t already taken a look at our Featured Profiles for Garrett Hedlund (by new contributor Laura), Cam Gigandet (by RioKitty) and Ben Barnes (by ClaireW) check them out. You just might find your next obsession.

We have a new poll up. Do you think you can predict what will be the Best Picture of 2010? Get in there and vote!

Are you curious who were the most visited Ones2Watch4 profiles of 2010? Well wonder no longer:

1. Matthew Goode
2. Joseph Gordon-Levitt
3. Cam Gigandet
4. James Marsden (soon to be seen on Modern Family!)
5. Josh Duhamel

Off we go into 2011! As always we love suggestions on who we should profile and welcome new contributors. Stay classy World Wide Web.

Death at a Funeral (2010)

Directed by Neil LaBute, Death at a Funeral is a hilarious day in the life of an American family come together to put a beloved husband and father to rest. As mourners gather at the family home, shocking revelations, festering resentments, ugly threats, blackmail and a misdirected corpse unleash lethal and riotous mayhem.

Opens April 16th.

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The Box

Norma and Arthur Lewis are a suburban couple with a young child who receive an anonymous gift bearing fatal and irrevocable consequences. A simple wooden box, it promises to deliver its owner $1 million with the press of a button. However, pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world…someone they don’t know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the crosshairs of a startling moral dilemma and face the true nature of their humanity.

Opens November 6th.

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James Marsden

I never thought the words “thank you Kirk Cameron” would ever pass through my lips, but there you go. The Hollywood Urban Legend goes that a young James Marsden was vacationing in Hawaii with his family when he met the 80’s sitcom star. An invitation from Kirk to visit Los Angeles proved to be the momentous beginning to what’s becoming an increasingly exciting career for the Oklahoma native.

We profiled James when the site first started a-way back when. Turns out our predication that he was One2Watch4 was a sound one. We do occasionally get it right. It was time to blow the dust off and update you on what James has been up to recently. After his “eye-catching” turn as Scott Summers in the first two X-Men films (and beyond disappointing disappearance in the third) James scored some great parts in big movies like Superman Returns (2006) and the film version of the Broadway musical of the cult classic film Hairspray (2007). But it was his comedic roles in Enchanted (2007) and 27 Dresses (2008) that put Marsden into a higher tax bracket, so to speak and got him some excellent exposure.

James has three attention-grabbing movies in the works. The Box, set to be released on October 30th is Donnie Darko (2001) director Richard Kelly’s next venture into the creepy with James and Cameron Diaz playing a couple who have to make a difficult life-changing decision. Filming soon is the American re-make of the cult-classic Straw Dogs (1971) where James plays a writer who comes to a rural southern town and doesn’t exactly get along with the neighbors. Speaking of re-makes, James is part of the ensemble in the American update of Death at a Funeral (2007, if you haven’t seen the original, rent it this weekend!). And finally Marsden is part of the impressive cast chosen by controversial director David O. Russell (I Heart Huckabees – 2004, Three Kings – 1999) in his next project called Nailed. It’s a very exciting future for our guy here.

And to think this was all made possible by “Mike Seaver”.

Fansites:
James Marsden Web
James Marsden Fan
James Marsden Fan dot Net

Official Movie Sites:
Hop
Death at a Funeral
The Box

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