Cruise, ‘Da Vinci,’ ‘X-Men’ and ‘Supe’ lead Hollywood’s summer

LOS ANGELES – There’s something really wrong with Hollywood if it can’t get off to a better start than it did during the dreary summer of 2005.
Last year’s first big May releases: The historical snoozer “Kingdom of Heaven” and the forgettable comedies “Kicking and Screaming” and “Monster-in-Law.”

This year’s summer lead-ins: “Mission: Impossible III,” pitting Tom Cruise against supervillain Philip Seymour Hoffman; “Poseidon,” a remake of “The Poseidon Adventure” directed by Hollywood’s king of the sea, Wolfgang Petersen (“The Perfect Storm,” “Das Boot”); the animated “Over the Hedge,” an animals-against-humans comedy from the makers of “Shrek”; and “The Da Vinci Code,” reuniting Tom Hanks with director Ron Howard. (…)

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Tom Cruise’s first two “Mission: Impossible” capers were heavy on action and style. “Mission: Impossible III” director J.J. Abrams, creator of TV’s “Lost” and “Alias,” said he aimed to balance action with character interplay in the spirit of the television show on which the movies are based.

“The thing I loved about the show is watching these incredibly accomplished operatives seamlessly working together to pull off a very specific goal,” Abrams said. “I honestly felt that as entertained as I was by the first two ‘Mission’ films, they didn’t embrace that aspect, which to me was the fundamental thing of the series.” (…)

(Source: SignOnSanDiego.com)

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