PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ - WHAT: LOS ANGELES PREMIERE OF DREAMWORKS' "TROPIC THUNDER" (Logo: ) WHEN: Monday, August 11th, 2008 Press Check-in begins at: 5:00PM Arrivals begin at 6:00PM Screening begins promptly at 7:30PM WHERE: MANN VILLAGE THEATRE 961 Broxton Ave Westwood, CA 90024 WHO: Cast members and filmmakers attending include: Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr.,...
IMDb News (Free subscription) | yesterday
DreamWorks has been forced to shut down a website promoting its upcoming comedy following criticism from groups representing the mentally disabled. The movie, which opens on Aug. 13, focuses on an actor, played by , who makes a bid for an Oscar by playing a mentally challenged man named Simple Jack. The website had featured a poster with a photo of Stiller and the tagline "Once upon a time ... there...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Film News: 'Tropic Thunder' promo pulled after complaints -- DreamWorks has put the kibosh on simplejackmovie.com -- a website aimed at promoting the studio's upcoming comedy "Tropic Thunder" -- in response to criticism from disability rights advocates.
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | yesterday
DreamWorks has been forced to shut down a website promoting its upcoming comedy Tropic Thunder following criticism from groups representing the mentally disabled. The movie, ...
News at About Projectors (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jeffrey Katzenberg, SKG CEO of DreamWorks Animation, will be making history next month. He will be interviewed on multi-camera Stereoscopic equipment and be sent by satellite to Amsterdam, Holland. What makes this filming so historic is because this is the first time that the Stereoscopic equipment will be used for a live broadcast. This equipment [...]
Defamer (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
Well, that was fast: Mere days after first drawing attention on a disability issues blog (and eventually going under magnifying glasses at the NY Times and here at Defamer HQ), DreamWorks's mock Web...
JFActivist (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
From The New York Times (August 5): Arts, Briefly Dreamworks to Meet With Disability Groups By MICHAEL CIEPLY; Compiled by Julie Bloom DreamWorks executives have agreed to talk by telephone and in person on Wednesday with representatives of more than...
myspace.com (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
Children's Educational Network, a leader in the software developing industry has obtained a license with Dreamworks and launched a Shrek Browser for 1 Vote(s)
Cinematical (Free subscription) | yesterday
Filed under: Action , Comedy , Dreamworks , Movie Marketing Since it doesn't open for another week, I'm not allowed to spill much about what I thought of Tropic Thunder , but suffice it to say, the laughs get off to an extra-early start with a collection of fake trailers featuring our leads as the film's stars in other projects. Along the same lines came promotional efforts that included a fake trailer...
Rotten Tomatoes (Free subscription) | yesterday
It won't reach theaters for another week, but Tropic Thunder's use of the word "retard" has already incensed disability groups, more than half a dozen of which are scheduled to speak with DreamWorks executives today.
ChatzWorld - A World of Chat (Free subscription) | yesterday
Scooper 'Streets' alerted us today that DreamWorks/Paramount have prepared an IMAX trailer for Eagle Eye that will be attached to Warner Bros.' ...
All 4 My Gals (Free subscription) | yesterday
Dreamworks to Meet With Disability Groups By MICHAEL CIEPLY; Compiled by Julie Bloom Published: August 5, 2008 DreamWorks executives have agreed to meet with representatives of disabilities organizations to discuss the portrayal of a developmentally handicapped character in the coming movie “Tropic Thunder.”
Vulture (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
Courtesy of DreamWorks Disability-issues blogger Patricia Bauer reported this weekend that DreamWorks has agreed to meet with advocates about their concerns over Tropic Thunder and its subplot in which actor Tug Speedman (Ben Stiller) makes a blatant Oscar move in the form of Simple Jack , a movie in which he plays a bucktoothed dolt. We tend to read the subplot as a fairly funny take on I Am Sam...
Aceshowbiz.com (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
Promoting their forthcoming animation sequel ' Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa ', DreamWorks Pictures released five animated posters exposing the main characters dancing with their unique styles.
Special Education Law Blog (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
I have never been much of a Ben Stiller fan. Now is another reason for me and perhaps others to dim his star as an actor. The Dreamworks movie Tropic Thunder, which stars Ben Stiller who also wrote and directed...
