Valentine's Day

[tammyy2j]

'Grey's Anatomy' stars Patrick Dempsey and Eric Dane have joined the cast of the ensemble romantic comedy 'Valentine's Day'.

The all-star line-up for the film includes Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Jennifer Garner, Ashton Kutcher and Shirley MacLaine, with 'Pretty Woman' director Garry Marshall behind the lens.

The film, which follows five interconnecting storylines on 14 February in Los Angeles, began shooting this week.

Dempsey will play a married obstetrician who is cheating with Garner's character; she is unaware that he is married.

Dane will play an American football quarterback who is thinking about retiring.

The Hollywood Reporter and Variety say that 'Valentine's Day' will be released on 12 February, 2010.

[Abbie]

Aww sounds like a film I would love to watch :D

[di marco]

yeh sounds like a good film

[tammyy2j]

Moviemaker Garry Marshall's romantic comedy Valentine's Day is fast becoming one of the most star-studded movies of all time, with Jamie Foxx and Queen Latifah joining the cast.

Bradley Cooper, Julia Roberts and Patrick Dempsey will star in the film, which focuses on five Los Angeles-based stories that intersect on Valentine’s Day.

Foxx will play a sports reporter and Latifah will portray an agent for Dempsey's Grey’s Anatomy star Eric Dane, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Roberts' niece Emma also has a role in the film, as do Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Anne Hathaway, Jennifer Garner and Ashton Kutcher.

[Abbie]

Wow I like the sound of the cast

[lizann]

It will have a huge ensemble cast

[Abbie]

Im looking forward to seeing it already

[tammyy2j]

YouTube - 'Valentine's Day' Trailer HD

[Abbie]

Awww! I love the look of it :D

[angel_eyes87]

Looks amazing, can't wait for it to come out.

[Trinity]

Sounds great, but really Jessica Alba just doesn't suit orange hair. (What do you mean it is blonde?)

[lizann]

Its out this weekend i hope to get to see it

[CrazyLea]

I wanted to go see it :( But busy now. Think I'll go next week. Let us know what it's like Lizann !! :D

[Katy]

i seen the trailer for this yesterday it looks really good. If i can afford to trapes to Llandudno i will go and watch this, if not ill wait till i go home and see it there instead. The cast looks great.

[Perdita]

Valentine's Day has topped the Australian box office on its first weekend on release.

The romantic ensemble, whose cast includes Julia Roberts, Ashton Kutcher, Jessica Alba and Jamie Foxx, ends Avatar's two-month stint at the top of the chart.

New releases The Wolfman and Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief land at numbers three and four respectively, while Edge Of Darkness rounds out the top five.

Elsewhere, Daybreakers is the biggest faller, dropping six places to number nine and Bollywood film My Name Is Khan debuts at ten.

The box office top ten in full (figures in Australian dollars):

1. (-) Valentine's Day - $7,516,439
2. (1) Avatar - $2,850,321
3. (-) The Wolfman - $1,868,226
4. (-) Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief - $1,639,674
5. (2) Edge Of Darkness - $729,206
6. (5) Invictus - $497,120
7. (7) Up In The Air - $485,773
8. (4) Law Abiding Citizen - $478,898
9. (3) Daybreakers - $468,319
10. (-) My Name Is Khan - $437,687

DS

[lizann]

its also topped US box office

[Perdita]

Valentine's Day has knocked Avatar from the top of the UK box office.

The ensemble romantic film, which features Jessica Alba, Julia Roberts and Ashton Kutcher, pulls in £3.7 million over the Valentine's weekend to emerge as the number one movie ahead of James Cameron's sci-fi epic.

The Wolfman, The Princess And The Frog and Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief round out the top five, while Shah Rukh Khan's My Name Is Khan debuts at six, scoring the biggest ever UK opening for a Bollywood production.

Elsewhere, Oscar-nominated A Single Man lands at number eight and Astro Boy is the chart's biggest faller, plummeting seven places to ten.

The UK box office top ten in full:

1. (-) Valentine's Day - £3,732,393
2. (1) Avatar - £3,316,855
3. (-) The Wolfman - £2,367,849
4. (2) The Princess And The Frog - £1,504,908
5. (-) Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief - £1,502,663
6. (-) My Name Is Khan - £936,454
7. (4) Invictus - £778,146
8. (-) A Single Man - £502,009
9. (8) Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel - £424,622
10. (3) Astro Boy - £422,382

DS

[lizann]

New Line Cinema paid Roberts $3 million up front against 3 percent of the gross for what is little more than an extended cameo. That comes out to an astonishing $8,333 per second of screen time, or roughly $500,000 a minute. Verbally, it's a minimum of $11,952 per spoken word.