Michelle Monaghan News

There are two things that particularly surprised me about Trucker : 1) This is James Mottern's first directing effort ; and 2) It's an incredibly accomplished, tightly contained, remarkably thoughtful, and enormously moving piece of cinema.

"Trucker" has all the makings of a melodramatic, mawkish lunge for Oscar gold. A struggling single-mom and trucker is forced to reconnect with the 11-year-old son she hasn't seen since he was a baby after his dad with whom he has been living comes down with terminal colon cancer.

Michelle Monaghan is going all Charlize Theron on us. In her latest movie, "Trucker," the actress scraps the stylist to embody Dianne Ford, a hardened, hard-drinking tomboy who drives a big rig cross-country. It's a stretch from the roles the Iowa-born cutie, 33, usually plays - "Made of Honor," "Heartbreak Kid" and their rom-com ilk.

Michelle Monaghan is going all Charlize Theron on us. In her latest movie, "Trucker," the actress scraps the stylist to embody Dianne Ford, a hardened, hard-drinking tomboy who drives a big rig cross-country. It's a stretch from the roles the Iowa-born cutie, 33, usually plays - "Made of Honor," "Heartbreak Kid" and their rom-com ilk.

Join Back Stage on Friday, November 6 for a Los Angeles screening of the new film "Trucker," starring Michelle Monaghan, who will hold a Q&A immediately afterward.

Whenever an actress takes on a gritty working-class role, the audience does a gut check of authenticity.

James Mottern's Trucker begins with Michelle Monaghan having a deep, hard orgasm.

Michelle Monaghan has acted - often as the Girl - opposite some of the biggest actors of our time , so it's perhaps forgivable if some viewers still think of her as just another pretty face.

Michelle Monaghan breaks through into Oscar territory. Michelle Monaghan and Jimmy Bennet in "Trucker" After eight years of solid supporting work, and an especially memorable co-starring turn opposite Casey Affleck in the 2007 "Gone Baby Gone," Michelle Monaghan has finally been put at the center of a movie, where she belongs.

Actress Michelle Monaghan stopped by the studio to discuss her leading role as Diane Ford in a new movie drama Trucker .

Two tough nuts: Michelle Monaghan and Jimmy Bennett in "Trucker". Trucker / / / October 7, 2009 Diane Michelle Monaghan Peter Jimmy Bennett Runner Nathan Fillion Len Benjamin Bratt Monterey Media presents a film directed and written by James Mottern.

Robert Downey Jr and Jamie Foxx, currently to be seen in Joe Wright's The Soloist, are to team up again for Due Date, the new film from the director of The Hangover It may not have been the Oscar-stealing smash both might have been hoping for, but Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr clearly enjoyed the experience of teaming up for Joe Wright's current ...

Gone Baby Gone did not get any of the attention it deserved. It had a great script and great direction, both of which were handled surprisingly well by Ben Affleck.

By Deirdra Drinkard Monterey Media has acquired rights to James Mottern's film Trucker , which will be released in theaters beginning October 9, opening exclusively in New York theaters before a nationwide release.

When Due Date , the next film from Todd Phillips , was announced, I wasn't all that interested in seeing the director do another road trip comedy.

Michelle Monaghan has been cast in the upcoming Todd Phillips comedy, Due Date .

Two private investigators are brought in by a distraught aunt to help find a toddler who went missing from her drug-addicted mother's home.

I got an email tonight with that photo above and a press release for a film called Trucker .

I got an email tonight with that photo above and a press release for a film called Trucker .

I got an email tonight with that photo above and a press release for a film called Trucker .