Insights from the Cinematic World: _Comedy

Rhythm and Hues is confirmed to be providing CGI character animation for Yogi Bear, Boo-Boo, and Cindy Bear in the film. The company had previously worked with Hanna-Barbera on past theatrical productions: The Flintstones, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, Scooby-Doo and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.

Yogi Bear

Yogi Bear is an 3-D live-action/CGI film adaptation of the iconic Hanna-Barbera cartoon series, The Yogi Bear Show. It will be the first movie development of a Hanna-Barbera property produced without the assistance of Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera, who died in 2001 and 2006 respectively.

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The film was formally launched on 2 August 2010 at the AVM Studios in Vadapalani, Chennai in a simple manner, following which the film's shooting commenced with the principal photography. The first schedule of filming is expected to take place by the 5th September 2010.

Mankatha

Mankatha is a Indian Tamil action, comedy and thriller film written and directed by Venkat Prabhu. It star Ajith Kumar in the lead role, making it his 50th film, along with Nagarjuna, Manoj Manchu, Ganesh Venkatraman and Premji Amaren. The film, to be produced and distributed by Dhayanidhi Alagiri’s Cloud Nine Movies, was formally launched in August 2010 and is expected to release the following year.

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The Switch's plot, involving artificial insemination by donor, has similarities to The Back-up Plan, which was filmed at approximately the same time, and followed in the wake of Baby Mama, which involved surrogacy.

The Switch

The Switch, formerly titled The Baster, is a romantic comedy-drama film starring Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman. Will Speck and Josh Gordon (Blades of Glory) directed the comedy from the screenplay written by Allan Loeb. The film is based on the short story “Baster” by Jeffrey Eugenides. Filming began in March 2009 and ended in May 2009. Re-shoots took place in October 2009.

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Hello Darling is a Bollywood comedy film produced by Ashok Ghai and directed by Manoj Tiwari, starring Gul Panag, Isha Koppikar and Celina Jaitley in the lead roles.

Hello Darling

Hello Darling is a Bollywood comedy film produced by Ashok Ghai and directed by Manoj Tiwari, starring Gul Panag, Isha Koppikar and Celina Jaitley in the lead roles. The film is set to release on 27 August 2010 under the Mukta Arts Films banner. The film is a remake of the Tamil film, Magalir Mattum (1994) produced by Kamal Hassan.

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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is a 2010 action comedy film directed by Edgar Wright based on the comic book series Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O’Malley. The film is about Scott Pilgrim meeting the girl of his dreams, Ramona Flowers. In order to win Ramona over, Scott learns that he must defeat Ramona’s seven evil exes, who are coming to kill him.

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Vampires Suck was released on August 18, 2010 in the United States and Russia, August 26 in Australia and will be released on October 15 in the United Kingdom. 20th Century Fox did not provide advance screenings of the film for critics.

Vampires Suck

Vampires Suck is a 2010 American vampire spoof film directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, starring Jenn Proske, Matt Lanter, Christopher N. Riggi, Ken Jeong, and Anneliese van der Pol.

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In its first night of release, The Other Guys made $13 million, placing first for the night. It had a large opening weekend take of $35,600,000, placing it at number one for the weekend of August 6-8, 2010. The film displaced Inception from the number one spot.

The Other Guys

The Other Guys is a 2010 action-comedy crime film directed and co-written by Adam McKay. The film stars Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, and co-stars Dwayne Johnson, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Keaton, Eva Mendes, Steve Coogan, and Ray Stevenson. It was released on August 6, 2010. This film is the fourth collaboration between Ferrell and McKay.

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Toy Story 3 has received universal critical acclaim. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reports that 99% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 236 reviews, with an average score of 8.8/10. The critical consensus is: Deftly blending comedy, adventure, and honest emotion, Toy Story 3 is a rare second sequel that really works.

Toy Story 3

Toy Story 3 is a 2010 American 3D computer-animated film. It is the third film in the Toy Story series. The film is produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.

Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Don Rickles, Estelle Harris, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Jeff Pidgeon, Jodi Benson, R. Lee Ermey, John Morris, and Laurie Metcalf all reprised their voice-over roles from the previous films. Jim Varney, who played Slinky Dog in the first two films, and Joe Ranft, who portrayed Wheezy and Lenny, died before production began on the third film.

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Tim Sullivan wrote the original story Shrek Goes Fourth, but Darren Lemke and Josh Klausner made the rewrites, and Mike Mitchell directed the new installment, replacing Chris Miller, who directed the previous film, while Shrek and Shrek 2 are both directed by Andrew Adamson. Also, all the principal cast members reprised their roles. On November 25, 2009, DreamWorks Animation announced that the Shrek series would end with Shrek Forever After being The Final Chapter.

Shrek Forever After

Shrek Forever After, taglined as Shrek: The Final Chapter, is a 2010 animated comedy fantasy-family film, and it is the fourth and final installment in the Shrek film series. The film is produced by Dreamworks Animation and is distributed by Paramount Pictures.

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Bien qu'il fut le plus gros succès au cinéma de l'année 1978 (devançant Superman de Richard Donner), Grease ne gagna ni oscar ni Golden Globe en 1979

Grease

Grease is a 1978 musical film directed by Randal Kleiser and based on Warren Casey’s and Jim Jacobs’s musical, of the same name about two lovers in a 1959 high school. The film stars John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, and Jeff Conaway.

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The Coming to America movie was the subject of the Buchwald v. Paramount civil suit, which the humorist Art Buchwald filed in 1990 against the film's producers on the grounds that the film's idea was stolen from a 1982 script that Paramount had optioned from Buchwald. Buchwald won the breach of contract action and the court ordered monetary damages. The parties later settled the case out-of-court prior to an appeal going to trial.

Coming to America

Coming to America is a 1988 comedy film directed by John Landis. The screenplay was written by David Sheffield and Barry W. Blaustein, from a story by Eddie Murphy, who also stars in the film. Murphy plays an African prince, who heads to the United States in hopes of finding a woman he can marry.

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