Update:  Looks like Brett Ratner has selected Eddie Murphy as the host for the next Academy Awards broadcast!

As we reported in July, the trailer for the Brett Ratner directed, Eddie Murphy and Ben Stiller-starring heist film Tower Heist has been released, and it features many things—Eddie Murphy seems to be at least kind of trying to be funny again, it also stars Casey Affleck (which is odd, since the film appears to be a total rip off of the Ocean’s trilogy, also starring… Casey Affleck), and that Brett Ratner is once again helming a picture with the totally faceless, directed-by-studio-committee direction that he brought to such not-good films as Red Dragon, the Rush Hour series, and X-Men 3: Seriously Can You Believe How Bad We Screwed This Franchise Up With This One?.   And it appears that the trailer features one other thing—an offensive remark about epileptics.

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The Heist movie genre is filled with a number of great films, and usually a solid premise. Enacting a plan and following through – regardless of the unforseen complications – is inherently gripping, whether it’s perpetrated by heroes or anti-heroes. But Ben Stiller, Matthew Broderick, Michael Pena, Casey Affleck, Gabourey Sidibe and Eddie Murphy in the Tower Heist looks like heroes, and Alan Alda looks a fairly repellent bad guy with a big safe. Well, the real bad guy may be director Brett Ratner if he blows a great cast and what appears to be the best material he’s worked with. Take a look at the trailer…

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Has Eddie Murphy and Ben Stiller ever acted in a movie together? We’re not sure if it’s been done, but if not the duo will star opposite each other in the comedy, Tower Heist. Do you know what a project like this needs? How about a little Brett Ratner? According to Deadline, the actors will headline the film that’s being directed by Ratner for Universal.

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There’s already plenty of skepticism surrounding Marcus Nispel’s adaptation of Conan the Barbarian, so do we really need another meat-head property on the big screen? According to several reports Brett Ratner (“The Rat”) might direct a film based on the legendary hero, Hercules. As in the brawny half-god, half-man who barely wears clothing and is really, really strong.

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If you’re still fuming over the travesty that was X-Men 3: The Last Stand, director Brett Ratner isn’t done raping your childhood just yet. It seems that the success of Disney’s reimagined Alice in Wonderland has caused a domino effect that has people wanting to see darker incarnations of their favorite characters. So who’s the next victim on the list? Snow White!

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What do Peter Farrelly and Brett Ratner have in common besides the fact that their both directors? On the surface not much, but the duo along with Bob Odenkirk and actress Elizabeth Banks will helm, Untitled Comedy. Yes, that’s the name of the movie and it’s an ensemble piece that will feature every actor under the sun.

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According to the New York Post, Brett Ratner would like to make a sequel to Marina Zenovich’s documentary Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired. The director known for movies like Rush Hour 3, X-Men: The Last Stand and Red Dragon was talking about the project with Movie Geeks United before Polanski was arrested in Switzerland, giving the announcement incredibly awkward timing.

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Every now and again, established film directors like to helm commercials for major companies and their products. In this case Brett Ratner (Rush Hour, X-Men: The Last Stand) moonlighted from his daily routine to direct Hugh Hefner in one of the many popular ads for the video game, Guitar Hero 5.

Some B-roll footage has popped up online showing Ratner behind the scenes, and directing like only he can…

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This is quite possibly one of the biggest cast of directors and actors out there. New York, I Love You is a combination of 12 short films that take place in New York. The film follows (or rather pays omage to) the style of Paris, Je T’Aime. Each film has a different director, different actors, but they all come together in one way; they are about finding love in New York.

The film includes a series of short films directed by Jian Wen, Mira Nair, Brett Ratner, Allen Hughes, Shekhar Khapur, Natalie Portman, Fatih Akin, Joshua Marston and Randy Balsmyer. The film’s ensemble cast includes actors from all different genres including: Bradley Cooper, Justin Bartha, Andy Garcia, Hayden Christensen, Rachel Bilson, Natalie Portman, Irrfan Khan, Emilie Ohana, Orlando Bloom, Christina Ricci, Maggie Q, Ethan Hawke, Anton Yelchin, James Caan, Olivia Thilrlby, Blake Lively, Drea de Matteo, Julie Christie, John Hurt, Shia LaBeouf, Ugur Yucel, Taylor Geare, Carlos Acosta, Jacinda Barrett, Shu Qi, Burt Young, Chris Cooper, Robin Wright Penn, Eva Ammuri, Eli Wallach and Cloris Leachman.

Check out the trailer below…

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