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“Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” on Unscripted
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Anna and her “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” co-star Bill Hader have interviewed each other for the Moviefone Unscripted series. The questions that were asked were submitted by fans from across the country!

You can watch the entire interview below!





Hader, Faris dig into Meatballs voiceover
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“My relationship with food is very neutral. We’re just friends,” says SNL comedian Bill Hader, while doing press for 3-D animated feature Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.

Hader voices Flint Lockwood, a crackpot inventor who makes it rain cheeseburgers and pea soup for the local citizens of Chewandswallow, who suffered for years with only anchovies to eat.

Though the film, based on a children’s storybook of the same name, focuses on the town’s growing dilemma of this unstoppable raining food, Hader and co-star Anna Faris say that what they loved most about the film was it’s celebration of geek-dom.

“It’s kind of a cool moment when you realize that that can be attractive to somebody, that being yourself is kinda good,” says Hader.

“I remember the first time I met my wife, I went to her apartment and she had Star Wars curtains. I said, ‘I am going to marry you.’”

“Bill and I are both geeks,” Faris says, before Hader swiftly reminds her to speak for herself. But Faris persists, “I used to wear a Christmas tree skirt as a cape and now I feel cool enough to talk about it.”

Doing the animated film was a challenge for both comedic actors, who thought they were in for an easy ride.

“It’s the hardest job that I’ve ever had,” says Hader. “It’s such a unique challenge to try to channel everything into your voice. You say the same line three times in a row, talk about it and do it again.”

But Faris, who has starred in such comedies as The House Bunny and the Scary Movie franchise, sees a bright side to all that hard work.

“It’s finally a movie I’ve done that people under 10 can see.”

From Metro News



Ask Anna a Question for Unscripted!
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Moviefone is looking for fans to submit questions for an upcoming Unscripted for ‘Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs’ starring Anna Faris and Bill Hader.

You can submit your question at moviefone.com!

Faris and Hader will be interviewing each other this Friday, Sept. 11, as part of our Unscripted series of star-on-star interviews. Got something you want to ask either of them? Submit it in the comments here — you can consider it a personal challenge to try to induce the funniest interactions between the two — and be sure to include your first name and where you live. Then check back here on Sept. 16 to see if your question made the cut. Good luck!



“Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs” to be released in IMAX(R) 3D
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Sony Pictures Animation and IMAX Corporation (NASDAQ: IMAX; TSX: IMX) today announced that Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs, an adaptation of the bestselling children’s book written by Judi Barrett and illustrated by Ron Barrett, written for the screen and directed by Christopher Miller and Phil Lord, will be released to IMAX(R) theatres simultaneously with the film’s wide release on September 18, 2009. The special IMAX(R) 3D release will be digitally re-mastered from Sony Pictures Animation’s Stereoscopic 3-D master into the state-of-the-art image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience(R) with IMAX DMR(R) (Digital Re-Mastering) technology. The film is produced by Pam Marsden.

“Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs is a fantastic animated motion picture that will play extraordinarily well in 2-D, but in IMAX 3D, audiences will practically be able to feel the food landing in their laps,” said Rory Bruer, president of worldwide theatrical distribution for Sony Pictures Entertainment.

“Sony’s new title is a great family story, and we believe the 3D storytelling will resonate with IMAX audiences worldwide,” said IMAX CEO Richard L. Gelfond. “Our growing commercial theatre network will enable us to share this special title with more audiences worldwide, and we’re pleased to partner with Sony to deliver a brilliant film in IMAX 3D.”

“Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs is a great addition to our Fall 2009 film slate,” added Greg Foster, Chairman and President of IMAX Filmed Entertainment. “This all-star cast of talent and animation artists combined with a wonderful story will transport moviegoers from their seats right into the fantasy world that is Swallow Falls.”

In 2009, Columbia Pictures’ and Sony Pictures Animation’s Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs will be the most delicious event since macaroni met cheese. Inspired by the beloved children’s book, the film focuses on a town where food falls from the sky like rain.

Bill Hader, star of “Saturday Night Live” and Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, will voice Flint Lockwood, a young inventor who dreams of creating something that will improve everyone’s life. Anna Faris, who recently turned heads as the star of the comedy hit The House Bunny, takes on the role of Sam Sparks, a weathergirl covering the phenomenon who hides her intelligence behind a perky exterior. James Caan plays Tim Lockwood, Flint’s technophobic father. Andy Samberg plays Brent, the town bully who has plagued Flint since childhood. Bruce Campbell plays Mayor Shelbourne, who figures out that Flint’s invention can put the town, and more importantly himself, on the map and Mr. T plays the by-the-rules town cop Earl Devereaux. The film also features the vocal talent of Neil Patrick Harris.

From PR Newswire