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A trailer for Che, the new film about Latin American revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara starring Benicio Del Toro, has been released.  The film is being directed by Steven Soderbergh of Traffic, Ocean’s Eleven and its two sequels.

The film follows Che and a band of Cuban exiles as they travel from Mexico to Cuba in order to raise an army to topple the U.S.-friendly regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.  Che is scheduled to be released in a complete “Roadshow Edition” in Los Angeles and New York on December 12th for Oscar consideration.  It will then be released on January 9th in two parts subtitled “The Argentine” and “Guerrilla” respectively.

Taking advantage of the immense popularity of Twilight, Miramax Films and Regent Releasing have released trailers for the next projects from the film’s young stars.

Kristen Stewart, who plays Bella in the film, will next be seen in the comedy Adventureland.  The film is being directed by Superbad’s Greg Mottola and co-stars Jesse Eisenberg (The Squid and the Whale) as a recent college graduate who takes a job at a local amusement park to pay for his European trip.

Twilight’s heartthrob “Edward,” aka Robert Pattinson will next star as artist Salvadore Dali in the film Little Ashes from director Paul Morrison.

Both films suspiciously are scheduled to be released on March 27th.  Coincidence or do they both think audiences will be willing to see their new favorite stars on the big screen come Spring?

Pop princess Rihanna has enlisted pop prince Justin Timberlake to help with her latest single “Rehab.”  The video features the two extremely attractive duo looking longingly at each other as their scantily clad bodies glisten in the desert sun.  Though JT is given the ubiquitous “featuring” credit and appears throughout the video, he seems to have contributed very little lyrically toward the song.  Perhaps putting his name on it and appearing in the video is all it takes to guarantee a hit?  What do you think?

In celebration of the new film Punisher: War Zone hitting theaters this Friday, Lionsgate has just launched a new interactive comic book subtitled “Legacy” at http://www.punisherwarzonemovie.com/legacy/.  Images and videos are used to give the background story and ends with a special teaser of the film.

Punisher: War Zone stars Ray Stevenson from HBO’s Rome as vigilante crime fighter Frank Castle who takes on the role of The Punisher when his family is murdered in cold blood.  He must fight the demented Jigsaw and bring justice to the innocent.

Miley Cyrus voices the character of Penny in the movie Bolt. The movie also has John Travolta who voices the lead character Bolt.

For those of you who don’t know what Bolt is about, let me give you a brief synopsis:
From Walt Disney Pictures comes an animated comedy adventure featuring a super-dog named BOLT (voice of JOHN TRAVOLTA), whose days are filled with danger and intrigue—at least until the cameras stop rolling. When the star of a hit TV show is accidentally shipped from his Hollywood soundstage to New York City, he begins his biggest adventure yet—a cross-country journey through the real world to get back to his owner and co-star, Penny (voice of MILEY CYRUS). Armed only with the delusions that all his amazing feats and powers are real, and the help of two unlikely traveling companions—a jaded, abandoned housecat named Mittens (voice of SUSIE ESSMAN) and a TV-obsessed hamster named Rhino (voice of MARK WALTON)—Bolt discovers he doesn’t need superpowers to be a hero.

Bolt was in 3rd place last weekend at the box office, but should do just fine over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. It’s main competition is Madagascar 2 but that movie finished 4th last week in the box office.

Happy Thanksgiving from Clevver.com !

A teaser for next year’s Astro Boy has been released.  Based on the popular manga series and television program created by Osamu Tezuka which first appeared in 1952.  The CGI film is set to hit theaters October 23rd and features the voices of Nicolas Cage, Scarlett Johansson, Donald Sutherland, Bill Nighy, Nathan Lane, Eugene Levy, Freddie Highmore, Kristen Bell and Matt Lucas.

The film follows a brillaint scientist who creates a robotic boy in the image of the son he lost.  The robotic boy must use his incredible powers to save Metro City from destruction while trying to find acceptance in the human world.

The Caped Crusader returns in Batman: Arkham Asylum coming next year for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC.

The story, which was penned by Emmy-winning Batman writer Paul Dini, begins with Batman escorting The Joker to the infamous Arkham Asylum.  There, a trap is set by the super-villain inhabitants.  Batman must use all his skills to survive and keep Gotham’s worst criminals from escaping.

Rapper 50 Cent returns in virtual form for 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand, a sequel to the 2006 release 50 Cent: Bulletproof.  50 Cent: Blood on the Sand puts gamers in the role of 50 Cent and features intense 3rd person action shooter gameplay, online drop-in and drop-out co-op multiplayer, brawler combat with interactive counter-kills, along with vehicle and helicopter combat. Developed by Swordfish Studios using the Unreal 3 game engine technology, 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand will also include eighteen exclusive new 50 Cent tracks, as well as previously released songs and music videos. The game will feature the voices and likenesses of 50 Cent and G-Unit’s Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo and DJ Whoo Kid.

The vampire movie Twilight has taken the box office by storm with a $35 million opening.  When all is said and done, Twilight could rank in the top 20 biggest openings of all time.  Check out the Twilight trailer here.

Here is a synopsis of the film:

Bella Swan has always been a little bit different, never caring about fitting in with the trendy girls at her Phoenix high school. When her mother re-marries and sends Bella to live with her father in the rainy little town of Forks, Washington, she doesn’t expect much of anything to change. Then she meets the mysterious and dazzlingly beautiful Edward Cullen, a boy unlike any she’s ever met. Edward is a vampire, but he doesn’t have fangs and his family is unique in that they choose not to drink human blood. Intelligent and witty, Edward sees straight into Bella’s soul. Soon, they are swept up in a passionate, thrilling and unorthodox romance. To Edward, Bella is what he has waited 90 years for — a soul mate. But the closer they get, the more Edward must struggle to resist the primal pull of her scent, which could send him into an uncontrollable frenzy. But what will Edward & Bella do when a clan of new vampires — James, Laurent and Victoria — come to town and threaten to disrupt their way of life?

24 star Kiefer Sutherland and co-stars Robert Carlyle, Jon Voight, Cherry Jones, Tony Todd, Hakeem Kae-Kazim and Gil Bellows gathered in New York for the world premiere of 24: Redemption, the two-hour television event that bridges the gap between seasons six and seven of the series and is the first new material from the 24 producers in nearly two years.

Filmed on location in South Africa and Los Angeles, the prequel catches up with Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) on the African continent where he has sought solace in missionary work. He soon finds himself in the midst of a bloody uprising in the small fictitious African nation of Sangala where a ruthless dictator is drafting innocent children as soldiers in his army. As the vicious Colonel Dubaku descends on an orphanage in search of recruits, Jack enters into a one-man crusade at the behest of a friend to rescue the children and get them to safety.

The two-hour movie will air Sunday, November 23rd at 8:00PM ET/PT on FOX and will be available on a Special Edition “Extended Cut” DVD featuring over 10 minutes of all-new footage on Tuesday, November 25th.

Pop princess Ashley Simpson and Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz have become the proud parents of son Bronx Mowgli Wentz.  The future pop star was born Thursday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles weighting in at 7 pounds, 11 ounces and measuring 20½ inches.

A representative for the stars says, “Ashlee, Pete and baby Bronx are all healthy and happy, and thank everyone for their well wishes!”

Twilight fever is taking over.  The popular series is proned to top every media outlet known to man as it hits theaters this weekend.  The novel, which was originally published in 2005, has been on the New York Times Best Seller list for 65 weeks.  The soundtrack, which features artists like Paramore, Muse, Linkin Park and Collective Soul, debuted at number one on the Billboard Album Chart.

Despite tough competition from Disney’s Bolt and last week’s Quantum of Solace, analysts are predicting the film will bring in around $75 million at the US box office.  So confident is Summit Entertainment with the films success, rumors are spreading that the studio has already begun preparation on two sequels.

Check out Clevver.com for all things Twilight, including the music video for Paramore’s hit single “Decode” from the soundtrack.