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• The Kingdom Movie Trailer #3

  Published: August 2, 2007, 2:04 pm

  Tags: Movie Marketing, Universal, Thriller, Drama, Action Adventure, Movie Trailers, Chris Cooper, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Jeremy Piven, Peter Berg, The Kingdom

  a third movie trailer for Peter Berg’s The Kingdom. We’ve been following this one for a while now. The new trailer is a lot more flashy. It looks like a studio executive asked, “how can we make this film more accessible?” “I know, let’s get that movie trailer voice-over guy to record some lines!”

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• Universal Has the 'Lone Survivor'

  Published: August 21, 2007, 6:02 am

  Tags: Afghanistan, Book, Life Story, Lifestory, Lone Survivor, Lonesurvivor, Marcus Luttrell, Marcusluttrell, Military, Movie, Patriotic, Peter Berg, Peterberg

  the title was purchased with Peter Berg in mind to direct. Berg has just finished filming the political thriller The Kingdom for Universal. But if the studio wants to wait for him, it could take awhile. Berg is filming the superhero drama Hancock with Will Smith and Charlize Theron. As soon as that film wraps, he is set to direct The Mission,

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• DVD Review: Friday Night Lights (TV)

  Published: August 28, 2007, 10:54 am

  Tags: Dvds, Television, Reviews, Brian Grazer, Connie Britton, Friday Night Lights, Kyle Chandler, Peter Berg

  Contrary to popular misconception, this NBC show is NOT all about big football wins, mindless jocks, and spoiled cheerleaders.

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• Opening Title Sequence for 'The Kingdom' Now Online

  Published: September 27, 2007, 12:32 pm

  Tags: Opening Sequence, Openingsequence, Peter Berg, Peterberg, The Kingdom, Thekingdom

  and ClipsI've always admired Peter Berg. I just have to give him credit for jumping from stints as sidekick Dexter Rutecki in Aspen Extreme and David Whitlock in Fire in the Sky, to a notable director who has helmed the likes of Very Bad Things, Friday Night Lights, and now, The Kingdom. On the eve of its wide release, Yahoo is hosting the film's

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• Review: The Kingdom -- James' Review

  Published: September 28, 2007, 6:02 am

  Tags: Jamie Foxx, Jamiefoxx, Jason Bateman, Jasonbateman, Jennifer Garner, Jennifergarner, Peter Berg, Peterberg, The Kingdom, Thekingdom

  Theatrical ReviewsDirector Peter Berg is trying for something very different in The Kingdom, and the end result is fascinating to watch on-screen, and well worth thinking about after. Berg's other films have all been spins on familiar genres, some more successful than others. Very Bad Things was a stab at bleak black comedy; The Rundown put

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• Movie Review: The Kingdom

  Published: September 28, 2007, 12:26 pm

  Tags: Features, Universal, Thriller, Mystery Suspense, Action Adventure, Drama, Movie Reviews, Chris Cooper, Jamie Foxx, Jason Bateman, Jennifer Garner, Peter Berg, The Kingdom

  by Saudi authorities. Peter Berg is the kind of director who loves to mix Hollywood gloss with the shaky cam documentary style. If you’re a fan of Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper, Jennifer Garner or Jason Bateman, you may find some of these sequences amusing. Jeremy Piven essentially reprises his Entourage character Ari Gold, but instead

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• Whoops: Moviemaker Won't Stick to Matthews's Saudis-Hate-Americans Script

  Published: September 28, 2007, 8:35 pm

  Tags: Anti Iraq War Bias, Anti Semitism, Foreign Policy, Iraq, Israel Palestine, Middle East, Chris Matthews, Peter Berg, Movies, Hardball, Msnbc

  to clips from movie]. . . . Peter Berg directed the film and joins us now from Los Angeles. Peter, thank you for joining us. If you had an election in Saudi Arabia today, I know that's unimaginable, but if you had a real election, who would win: George Bush or Bin Laden? PETER BERG: Wow, that would probably come down to hanging chads in Florida.

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• Review: The Kingdom -- Ryan's Review

  Published: September 29, 2007, 5:32 am

  Tags: Chris Cooper, Chriscooper, Jamie Foxx, Jamiefoxx, Jason Bateman, Jasonbateman, Jennifer Garner, Jennifergarner, Peter Berg, Peterberg, The Kingdom, Thekingdom

  (and uncredited actor) Peter Berg. An American compound inside Saudi Arabia, where ballgames and barbecues are the norm and uncovered female faces mock the law that applies outside the gates, is attacked by men with machine guns and bombs. The details are thoroughly convincing in this scene -- as machine gun fire sends the Americans fleeing

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• Seriously, Game Plan? Kingdom Reigns in NYC

  Published: October 1, 2007, 1:49 pm

  Tags: Arts Amp Amp Culture, Ang Lee, Peter Berg, The Rock, Wes Anderson

  The Game Plan (#4). The Peter Berg-directed thriller (which one writer at The Sunday Times deemed CSI: Riyadh) provided just the right balance of gravitas and kick-ass action scenes (Michael Mann was a producer). It averaged a robust $30,000 here and grossed over $17 million nationally. Is it worth it to consider whether our fellow Americans

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• Movie Review: The Kingdom

  Published: October 1, 2007, 2:40 pm

  Tags: Movies, Reviews, Jamie Foxx, Jason Bateman, Jennifer Garner, Peter Berg, The Kingdom

  At its heart, The Kingdom is a film about two cultures diametrically opposed in political philosophy, religion, and social norms that must work together to ferret out the radical Muslim fundamentalist behind an attack on an small American community in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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• White Jazz Casting

  Published: October 5, 2007, 9:53 pm

  Tags: Thriller, Warner Independent, Adaptation, Mystery Suspense, Drama, Casting, Action Adventure, Rumors, George Clooney, James Ellroy, Jason Bateman, Joe Carnahan, Peter Berg, White Jazz

  the LAPD. Jason Bateman and Peter Berg are also attached to the production. The film will hit theaters in 2009.

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• Will Peter Berg Direct 'Dune?'

  Published: October 16, 2007, 2:32 pm

  Tags: Dune, Frank Herbert, Frankherbert, Peter Berg, Peterberg

  question is none other than Peter Berg. Yes, the guy who just brought us The Kingdom. Personally, I'm both intrigued and a little apprehensive. The actor/writer/director/producer has proven his worth on a number of projects, but there's real life, and then there's Dune. It just makes me want to ask a lot of questions. Can Berg handle sci-fi?

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• Petra Nemcova Secretly Dating The Kingdom Director Peter Berg

  Published: October 31, 2007, 6:20 am

  Tags: Celebrity, Petra Nemcova, Peter Berg

  Petra Nemcova is said to be secretly dating "The Kingdom" director Peter Berg.

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• First Trailer for Will Smith's 'Hancock'

  Published: December 17, 2007, 7:22 am

  Tags: Charlize Theron, Cinematical, Hancock, Hancock Trailer, Hancocktrailer, Jason Bateman, Peter Berg, Tonight He Comes, Will Smith

  a bad thing. Directed by Peter Berg, Hancock arrives in theaters on July 2, 2008.Permalink   Email this   Comments

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• Hancock Teaser Movie Trailer

  Published: December 17, 2007, 4:02 pm

  Tags: Movie Marketing, Sony, Comedy, Action Adventure, Comic Book Superhero, Movie Trailers, Hancock, Jason Bateman, Peter Berg, Will Smith

  JoBlo has the teaser trailer for Will Smith's upcoming superhero comedy Hancock (formerly titled Tonight, He Comes). Their servers are going slow, so I've embedded the YouTube version after the jump for the many of you who are having trouble getting the trailer to play. Tell me what you guys think in the comments below. Plot: There are heroes

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