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It only takes about five months for a project to completely fall apart. Back in June we reported that Robert Rodriguez was aiming to shoot his live-action Jetsons movie sometime next year.

Kids' special: While 'Fruit & Nut' mixes the comic and the absurd, 'Bal Ganesh-2' is an average show by children's favourite mythology character, 'Shorts' is the naughtiest of the offerings and 'G-Force' some more animation from Hollywood.

We see the boots first, then the leather cigarette case, the silver lighter -- all very worn, very male -- in the seedy motel room where sounds of sex, raw and desperate, fill the air.

There was storytelling of a different kind at the Middle East International Film Festival on Saturday, when 80 of the capital's children, with parents in tow, were entertained by clowns, puppets and book readings before the Middle East premier of the family comedy Shorts.

ABU DHABI // An audience of children was treated yesterday to the Middle East premiere of the family comedy Shorts, the first film to be co-produced by Imagenation, Abu Dhabi's multimillion-dirham film fund.

Stills for the upcoming film Shorts, directed by Robert Rodriguez, which will be the first feature to be produced with the Imagenation Abu Dhabi banner: Imagenation has now added film makers Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald to its caste of collaborators.

Michelle Monaghan stars as Diane,A a fiercely independent long-haul trucker who is determinedly bound to no one and nothing but her rig until she is forced to take custody of her son Peter .

The Oscar winner will step into the world of science fiction. Source: Variety Adrien Brody has signed on to star in Robert Rodriguez's reboot of the Predator franchise.

Warner Home Video have announced the US DVD and Blu-ray Disc release of Shorts on 24th November 2009.

Egyptian helmer Ahmed Maher opens the fest with "The Traveller," starring Omar Sharif, while Grant Heslov closes it with George Clooney starrer "The Men Who Stare at Goats." Other galas include Oren Moverman's "The Messenger," Yousry Nasrallah's "Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story," Robert Rodriguez's "Shorts" and Michael Moore's "Capitalism: A Love ...

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There are two questions I'd like to ask director Robert Rodriguez, he of the Spy Kids films and once upon a long time ago, El Mariachi.

The Spy Kids franchise will continue to grow. Scream IV , Spy Kids IV and Halloween III will all reportedly be appearing in movie theaters in the not too distant future.

Interesting. That's the only word I could seem to come up with to describe the new Warner Bros.

Tropical Smoothie Caf announced the winner of its sweepstakes celebrating the release of the film "Shorts," starring Jon Cryer, William H. Macy, and James Spader.

Dilip Mehta's 'Cooking with Stella'. Courtesy MEIFF 'I thought this was a small festival, but talking to you about it for the last... whatever time,' Peter Scarlet sighs.

Lug and Laser watch as Loogie closes his eyes to make a wish. Photo: Supplied September 17, 2009 General release Reviewer Jake Wilson WHETHER he's filming monsters and aliens, or zombies and strippers, the filmmaker Robert Rodriguez has never lost touch with his inner 11-year-old. After a string of disappointments, this tossed-off children's film ...

Cinema's favorite Mexican maverick, Robert Rodriguez, has shot, chopped and helmed another fun-filled, action adventure entitled SHORTS.

Katherine Heigl and her husband Josh Kelley are adopting a baby. Melissa Kates, Heigl's spokeswoman, confirmed the news but wouldn't provide details.

Penelope Cruz won friends and influenced people Friday outside the Intercontinental Hotel on Bloor Street.