Kristen Bell Reviews, Interviews & More

'Veronica Mars' Kickstarter Generates $2 Million In 12 Hours, Movie To Come...

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Yesterday, we reported that the creator and cast of the cancelled cult TV series Veronica Mars had launched a Kickstarter to hopefully fund a movie spin-off of the series.  The deal was this—if the Kickstarter could generate $2 million by April 12th, Warner Bros. Digital Distribution would produce the film as well as fund marketing, promotion and distribution for a...

'Veronica Mars' Movie Gets A Kickstarter, Needs $2 Million

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Veronica Mars was a television series that ran from 2004 to 2007, and featured Kristen Bell as a high school (and later, college) student who would moonlight as a detective, with help from her private investigator dad.  Despite a devoted fan following, the series became yet another in the long line of excellent but cancelled (due to low ratings) TV...

'Frozen': New Synopsis Reveals More Characters And Plot

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Disney's Frozen is hardly an adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen, and the new synopsis proves that. Last month, the first details of the movie were finally revealed, as well as the first two members of the voice cast – Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel. The story felt like it would be...

Interview: Kristen Bell Relates To Her Character In Big Miracle

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Kristen Bell can relate to her character in the new Ken Kwapis film Big Miracle. In this true tale about 'Operation Breakthrough,' in which three gray whales were trapped and then freed from the ice in Alaska, Bell  plays a young journalist in search of the story that will make her career. Bell, who rose to fame when...

Kristen Bell Joins Don Cheadle in Showtime's 'House of Lies'

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Kristen Bell is heading back to television. No, she's not reprising her role as Veronica Mars on The CW (they don't deserve her!), she's heading to cable for a new dark comedy called "House of Lies." According to the Showtime network, Bell has signed on to co-star alongside Don Cheadle in the new half an hour series, which was created, executive produced and written by...

You Again: Movie Review

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Celebrating 10 years of collaboration, director Andy Fickman and actress Kristen Bell team up for this weekend's Touchstone Pictures release, You Again. The family comedy sports a fabulous cast including Sigourney Weaver, Jamie Lee Curtis, Betty White, and Kristen Chenoweth...

Interview with Kristen Bell and Odette Yustman for You Again

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Kristen Bell's role in Andy Fickman's upcoming You Again redefines the "awkward stage" for high school students all over the globe - and newcomer Odette Yustman gives Regina George a solid run for her money playing the bitch of the ball. Bell and Yustman along with the slew of seasoned female comedians they're paired...

Kristen Bell Still Wants To Play Veronica Mars

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Don't we all need more Veronica Mars in our lives? The show was given the ax by The CW way before its time and fans just can't accept it! And by fans we mean us, and the star of the show Kristen Bell. Back in April, the series producer Rob Thomas spoke about the possibility of a film and stated, “It’s not dead” and "We’re still looking into it.” Now, Bell is...

Anna Paquin and Kristen Bell Join Scream 4

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Scream 4 has been shooting on location in Michigan for a while now, but that hasn't stopping the casting director from bringing in more actors. According to EW, Sookie Stackhouse and Veronica Mars aka Anna Paquin and Kristen Bell have just joined the cast! The current roster is already filled to the brim with familiar faces including the three original stars from the...

Burlesque Trailer - Dreamgirls, Showgirls, Rolled into One

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The first theatrical trailer has been released for the musical Burlesque, that features Christina Aguilera opposite some pretty heavy hitters. There's Oscar winner Cher and Oscar nominee Stanley Tucci on the veteran side and Kristen Bell and Cam Gigandet on the newbie side. Are you ready to see what happens when you mix Showgirls with...

New DVD Releases: The Book of Eli, When in Rome, Youth in Revolt

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Don't say I didn't warn you. All three feature films released this week came out in January. Not really a month that inspires confidence. And when each of those films includes a bankable star (Denzel Washington, Kristen Bell, and Michael Cera, respectively) and are still dumped at the beginning of the year, there's reason for trepidation. So proceed carefully into these DVD-infested...

MTV Movie Awards Hurt Locker Parody

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Over the past few weeks MTV has been airing multiple promos for their annual MTV Movie Awards and their latest video has us on edge. It's a parody of the Oscar winning film The Hurt Locker that features this year's host Aziz Ansari and actress Kristen Bell. The two are shown celebrating a night at home when Ansari makes a strange and alarming personal request. Take a...

You Again Trailer - High School Never Ends

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Normally I see a film like this and I immediately cast it off as mundane and pointless, but there is something about running into your old high school nemesis' and having them be Jamie Lee Curtis and Sigourney Weaver that catches my attention. You Again is all about how none of us ever, EVER get over high school even if we've always...

Veronica Mars Movie Still Happening?

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From 2004 to 2007 TV viewers experienced a resurgence of something called "the Nancy Drew" phenomenon when The CW (formally UPN) premiered the series, "Veronica Mars." It starred Kristen Bell as the title character who spent every episode snooping and investigating the suspect activities happening in her town. "Mars" was never a mega hit for the network but it gained a serious...

Kristen Bell Cast in Burlesque

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Couple's Retreat star Kristen Bell has just signed on for a new role, and it's in a musical. A lot of you may not know this but Veronica Mars has some serious vocal talent, and she will showcase it in an upcoming film opposite Christina Aguilera. According to THR, Bell will co-star in Burlesque, a musical that will be directed by Steve...

Couples Retreat: Movie Review

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This week the Bora Bora comedy, Couples Retreat with Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Malin Akerman, Kristin Davis, Jason Bateman, Kristen Bell, Faizon Love and Kali Hawk hits theaters. With so many comedians all jam packed into one film, I'm sure you're all looking forward to seeing your favorite actor strut their stuff in a laugh out loud comedy. Sadly, it's not that...

Interview: Kristen Bell and Jason Bateman for Couples Retreat

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Time to get up tight and sarcastic with two of the co-stars of director Peter Billingsley’s comedy, Couples Retreat. Out of the four couples in the film, Kristen Bell and Jason Bateman are the stress filled business couple who convince their friends to go on a trip to Bora Bora to save their relationships. I don't know if I would consider this an interview as...

When in Rome Trailer and Photos

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Director Mark Steven Johnson (Daredevil, Ghost Rider) has decided to try his hand at a rom-com starring Kristen Bell and Josh Duhamel. As much as both actors are entertaining and will be fun to watch in some way or another, there is nothing unique about this film yet, aside from the fact that they're promoting Katy Perry and Jason Mraz in their trailer. Anyone else see...

Astro Boy Full Length Trailer

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A new trailer has been released for the upcoming CGI animated film, Astro Boy. It's the same video that premiered at this year's Comic-Con, and I can tell you from that experience it's pretty awesome. The film stars Freddie Highmore, Kristen Bell, Donald Sutherland, and oddly enough Nicolas Cage. Why is he in everything lately?...

Photos for David Bowers' Astro Boy

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We have photos from the latest animated hero that will be hitting theaters, David Bowers' Astro Boy. The most recent version of the film includes voices by the likes of Nicolas Cage, Kristen Bell, and Bill Nighy.  The film is set in futuristic Metro City, which is why the photos are so cool. ...