Trailer for David Baddiel's comedy 'The Infidel', starring Omad Djalili as a devout muslim who finds out he in fact both adopted and Jewish. The West Wing's Richard Schiff co-stars and the trailer also highlights cameos from other well known British comedians.

Worried this resembles Leon the Pig Farmer in reverse, but the central conceit has some mileage.

Source: The Guardian

Miramax

The Guardian reports that the Weinstein Brothers may again be back in the running to purchase recently shuttered Miramax from Disney.

The story originally surfaced at the start of the year before the closure of the studio was announced. However Disney's decision to wind down the studio appeared to put an end to the rumours.

However sources now suggest that the Weinsteins have now been approached by two hedge funds with a proposal to purchase Miramax as a joint venture.

The LA Times reports that the Weinsteins are not the only people seeking to salvage Miramax, with reports that between seven to 10 bidders were interested in purchasing the studio, including Summit Entertainment, currently rolling in money due to the success of teen vampire franchise Twilight.

Robin Hood

Dodgy english accents ahoy in Ridley Scott's retelling of the Robin Hood legend. Basically, Gladiator with tights.

Alice in Wonderland

Disney have issued a new trailer for Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland which includes some new footage together with members of the cast explaining the premise of the film, which is now being marketed clearly as a sequel to the original, despite the title.

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Cop Out

Kevin Smith fans who expressed disappointment at the recent trailer for 'Cop Out' will probably find this red band trailer more to their taste.

This appears to be internet only at the minute, but it appears to give a truer impression as to the type of film we'll be getting come February.

King Kong 3D

OK, not a new film as such, but Universal have given more details on the revamped King Kong ride that will be opening this summer to replace the original ride, which was destroyed in a fire in June 2008.

Rather than rebuilding the animatronic Kong, the new attraction will use state of the art 3D technology, according to the Los Angeles times :-

Guests on the studio tour will don 3-D glasses and board a tram that will enter a 200-foot-long soundstage, where park visitors will not only see Kong in three dimensions but also smell his banana breath, feel the gust of wind as he jumps over the guests and sense the ground quake when the ape engages aTyrannosaurus rex in a life-or-death battle. The Kong attraction will be one stop on the park's back lot studio tour ride.

During a recent preview of the technology, a dirty, battle-scarred Kong stared menacingly out from two 180-foot-long by 40-foot-tall screens that wrap around the trams that will carry visitors. In another scene, a 35-foot-tall T. rexstepped over the trams, turned to the audience and bared its massive teeth.

Inside the building, the tram will stop over a "tram-mover" system, powered by massive air bags that will lift, shake and drop the tram, giving guests the feeling of being jolted during the battle between Kong and a T. rex, she said.

180-foot-long screens will curve around the tram so that the 3-D images seem to surround the passengers. A system of fans, sprayers and other devices installed in the building will spew air, water and odors at park visitors.

The attraction sounds similar to the Spiderman 3D at Universal's Islands of Adventure resort in Florida, which is one of that park's most popular attractions.

Four Lions

The sundance festival homepage has a transcription of a Q & A with Chris Morris after a recent screening of his feature debut Four Lions. Morris rarely speaks about his work, but has a few interesting things to say here.

Cemetery Junction

New trailer for Ricky Gervais' and Stephen Merchant's next movie.