Jerry Seinfeld’s Fully Animated Bee Movie Movie Trailer
We have yet to see any serious animated footage from Jerry Seinfeld’s Bee Movie. The two previous teaser trailers involved the comedy actors in Bee suits (if you haven’t seen them, check them out - the Steven Spielberg cameo is not to be missed). The first theatrical trailer has been released, and finally we get our first real look at the film itself. Watch the new trailer after the jump.
I don’t know about you, but I’m not yet sure about this one. The animation looks fine, but I’m not completely sold on the story. What is the story?
The official plot synopsis follows: Barry B. Benson (Seinfeld), a bee who has just graduated from college, is disillusioned at his lone career choice: making honey. On a special trip outside the hive, Barry’s life is saved by Vanessa (Zellweger), a florist in New York City. As their relationship blossoms, he discovers humans actually eat honey, and subsequently decides to sue us.
Moviefone has the new trailer in full High Definition for those interested.
The voice cast for the project includes: Jerry Seinfeld, Renee Zellweger, Matthew Briderick, John Goodman, Chris Rock, Rip Torn, Eddie Izzard, Alan Arkin, Oprah Winfrey, Kathy Bates, Larry King, Larry Miller, Barry Levinson, Colin Quinn and more. Bee Movie hits theaters on November 2, 2007.
Bonnie Hunt Biography
Described by Entertainment Weekly as “the hands-down best (talk show) guest in America,” Chicago-born Bonnie Hunt began pursuing her acting career while working as a nurse at that city’s Northwestern University Hospital. (Reportedly as late as the early 1990s, she returned to that profession for a month or so each year.) The smart, pixie-like writer-performer co-founded the Chicago improvisational troupe An Impulsive Thing before joining the famed Second City improv group, appearing in their productions “Bright Lights, Night Baseball,” “Jean Paul Sartre and Ringo” and “How Green Were My Values.†After making her feature debut as the waitress who spills toothpicks before a calculating Dustin Hoffman in Barry Levinson’s Oscar-winning Best Picture “Rain Man” (1988), she moved to Los Angeles with a short-lived West Coast offshoot of Second City and turned down three offers from “Saturday Night Live” while working to get her own show on the air.
Hunt’s first leading role cast her as second fiddle to both Charles Grodin and the galumphing Saint Bernard “Beethoven” (1992), with whom she reunited for “Beethoven’s 2nd” (1993). She also had a memorable 30-second cameo as a fanatical tour guide in “Dave” (also 1993) but had less luck as Marisa Tomei’s best pal in the uneven “Only You” (1994), despite savoring the three-month shoot in Italy. Though critics were indifferent to her portrayal of Robin Williams’ love interest in “Jumanji” (1995), her years at Second City had prepared her well for the Williams whirlwind, and the film earned over $100 million at the box office. No such fate awaited the reception of “Getting Away With Murder” (1996), an embarrassment for Jack Lemmon, Lily Tomlin and Dan Aykroyd, from which Hunt emerged relatively unscathed as Aykroyd’s cast off girlfriend. After a small role in the coming-of-age drama “Now and Then” (1995), she impressed reviewers as the bitter older sister of Renee Zellweger in Cameron Crowe’s romantic/sports comedy “Jerry Maguire” (1996).
As for TV, she made her debut as a regular on the short-lived, soap-like sitcom “Grand” (CBS, 1990), followed by a stint on the elementary school sitcom “Davis Rules” (ABC, 1991; CBS, 1992), co-starring with Randy Quaid and Jonathan Winters and displaying her considerable comic talents, which included holding her own opposite the exuberant Winters. Her friendship with talk show host David Letterman led to her becoming the first woman to create, write, co-executive produce (with Letterman) and star in her own short-lived series, “The Building” (CBS, 1993). The ensemble comedy featuring Hunt’s Second City colleagues attempted to recreate the feel of an improvisational troupe with its rich characterizations and overlapping dialogue. Again with Letterman’s backing, she created and produced the “The Bonnie Hunt Show/Bonnie” (CBS, 1995-1996), on which she played a Chicago TV station reporter. Taped in real time without retakes, each episode combined scripted and improvisational material, including a “man-in-the-street” report by Hunt, but in spite of sterling reviews and a small but loyal following, the show died after one season.
Though there were no more stabs at series TV, Hunt remained busy with a starring turn as a woman trapped overnight in a locked subway exit in the “Fern’s Heart of Darkness” segment of HBO’s “Subway Stories: Tales From the Underground” (1997) and small roles in “Kissing a Fool” (1998) and Sydney Pollack’s anachronistic “Random Hearts” (1999), in which she played an old friend of Kristin Scott Thomas. She also voiced the character of Rosie the black widow spider in the delightful, animated adventure comedy “A Bug’s Life” (also 1998) and played Tom Hanks’ plain-speaking, ever-warm wife in “The Green Mile” (also 1999). Hunt signed to direct her first feature, “Convenience”, in 1997, but with it on hold, she made her directorial debut at the helm of “Return to Me” (2000), co-scripted by longtime collaborator Don Lake, a regular on both her TV series. Shot almost entirely in her hometown of Chicago, the romance starred David Duchovny as a man who falls in love with Minnie Driver, the recipient of his deceased wife’s transplanted heart.
In 2002, Hunt got the chance to become the hands-down best TV talk show host—fictionally, anyway—playing local Chicago morning show personality Bonnie Molloy, who finds it hard to separate her professional and personal lives in the ABC television sit-com “Life With Bonnie” (2002-2004). The show—with scripts that were largely improvised and benefited from guest spots by many of Hunt’s showbiz colleagues such as Duchovny—was not on the air long before Hunt took near-total control, removing many of the writers and handling many of the production details herself. With Hunt at the helm, the show was renewed for an even more successful second season as part of ABC’s “TGiF” lineup, and the actress received Golden Globe nominations for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy in both 2003 and 2004. She also continued her successful career in film, teaming with Steve Martin as the parents of a dozen demanding kids in the mild but commercially successful remake of “Cheaper by the Dozen” (2003).
She next starred in a little known indie feature, “Loggerheads†(2005), a family drama about a mother (Hunt) who makes a last ditch effort to find the son (Kip Pardue) she was forced to give up for adoption as a teenager. Hunt then reprised her role as the overburdened mother in “Cheaper By the Dozen 2†(2005), costarring Steven Martin as the patriarch of a family of twelve. Meanwhile, she crossed over to animation, providing the voice of Sally in “Cars†(2006), the latest soon-to-be animated classic from Pixar Studios about a hotshot race car (Owen Wilson) stuck in a sleepy Route 66 town populated by an eccentric array of characters who help steer him right.
- Born:
on 09/22/1964 in Chicago, Illinois - Job Titles:
Actor, Producer, Screenwriter, Director, Nurse
Family
- Brother: Keving Hunt. older
- Brother: Patrick Hunt. older
- Brother: Tom Hunt. older; played small roles in “Bonnie” and “The Building”
- Father: Bob Hunt. died while Bonnie was in nursing school
- Mother: Alice Hunt. provided a voiceover as Mom for CBS sitcom “Bonnie” (1995)
- Sister: Carol Hunt. older; played small roles in “Bonnie”
- Sister: Kathy Hunt. older
- Sister: Mary Hunt. younger
Significant Others
- Husband: John Murphy. married in 1988
Education
- Second City, Chicago, Illinois
Milestones
- 1982 Worked as an oncology and emergency room nurse at Northwestern University Hospital (dates approximate)
- 1984 Co-founded Chicago improvisational group, An Impulsive Thing, centered at Bob’s Bar across from Wrigley Field (date approximate)
- 1986 Joined Chicago’s Second City comedy troupe
- 1988 Feature acting debut, “Rain Man”; first onscreen collaboration with Tom Cruise; still working as a nurse, she took three days off to film her cameo
- 1989 Helped form the L.A. offshoot of Second City
- 1990 TV series debut, co-starring in the NBC sitcom “Grand”
- 1992 First feature in a lead role as Charles Grodin’s beleaguered wife in “Beethoven”
- 1993 Created, wrote and co-executive produced (with David Letterman) the TV sitcom “The Building”; despite great critical response, ratings were not stellar; CBS ofered to renew the series if Hunt replaced all of her co-stars (Chicago friends) with more well-known actors; when she refused, the axe fell
- 1993 Enjoyed hilariously memorable cameo as White House tour guide in “Dave”
- 1994 Portrayed Marisa Tomei’s best friend in Norman Jewison’s “Only You”
- 1995 Was Robin Williams’ love interest in “Jumanji”
- 1995 Wrote, created and co-executive produced (again with Letterman) the TV sitcom “The Bonnie Hunt Show/Bonnie” (CBS)
- 1996 Reteamed onscreen with Tom Cruise in “Jerry Maguire”
- 1997 Signed to direct first feature, “Convenience”; project eventually put on hold
- 1997 Starred as Fern McDermott, a woman who becomes trapped in a subway exit overnight, in “Fern’s Heart of Darkness”, a segment of HBO’s “Subway Stories: Tales From the Underground”
- 1998 Contributed voice of Rosie (the black widow spider) to animated “A Bug’s Life”
- 1999 Cast as Kristen Scott Thomas’ old friend in Sydney Pollack’s “Random Hearts”
- 1999 Played Tom Hanks’ plain-speaking wife in “The Green Mile”
- 2000 Feature directing and co-screenwriting (with longtime collaborator Don Lake) debut with “Return to Me”
- 2002 Starred in the comedy series “Life With Bonnie”; received Golden Globe (2002, 2003) and Emmy (2004) nominations for Best Actress
- 2002 Acted in the “Project Greenlight” winning feature “Stolen Summer”; screened at Sundance
- 2003 Co-starred with Steve Martin in the comedy “Cheaper by the Dozen”
- 2005 Reprised role as the matriarch of 12 kids in “Cheaper By the Dozen 2″
- 2006 Voiced Sally in the Pixar animated feature “Cars”
- Co-starred in the sitcom “Davis Rules” (ABC then CBS), portraying Jonathan Winters’ daughter
- Had a part-time job as nurse’s aide during high school
Minnie Driver Biography
(born Amelia Driver on January 31, 1970) is an English actress and singer-songwriter, born in London. She first came to broad public attention when she played the lead role in Circle of Friends. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 1997 film Good Will Hunting.
Minnie Driver charmed the hearts of America as ‘Benny’ Hogan, the plump and plain Irish co-ed who wins Chris O’Donnell’s heart in Pat O’Connor’s “Circle of Friends” (1995). The tall, slender beauty gained 25 pounds and wore little make-up in her portrayal of the small-town girl who heads to a Dublin university and learns about love and life. Owen Gliberman in Entertainment Weekly wrote “Driver has a touchingly awkward prettiness. Her jaw may be as square as a picture frame, but her smile lights her up from within.” Girl wins the boy in the end, and Driver attracted the notice of every studio in Hollywood. Slimming down after production, she appeared as a Russian country-western singer in “GoldenEye”, the 1995 James Bond offering. She also displayed her sexy allure as the mistress of a British parliamentarian in “The Politician’s Wife” (PBS, 1996).
Driver was subsequently wooed to star in numerous American and British films, opting to co-star as the girlfriend of a struggling restaurateur in “Big Night” (1996), co-directed by actors Stanley Tucci and Campbell Scott. She also landed a key role as the woman with feelings for both Brad Pitt and Jason Patric in Barry Levinson’s “Sleepers” (also 1996) before continuing her streak as leading lady to up-and-coming actors. Driver (complete with Chicago accent) was the jilted prom date of hit man John Cusack who remeet at their high school reunion in “Grosse Point Blank” (1997). In “Good Will Hunting” (also 1997), Driver got to employ her own British accent as an exchange student who romances a troubled young genius (Matt Damon). “Hard Rain” (1998) put her in action mode as a feisty woman who saves the life of a security guard (Christian Slater). Driver segued to the role of a Jewish girl forced by circumstances to work for a family in rural Scotland in the period film “The Governess” (also 1998).
The actress’ career continued to flourish at a brisk pace: she was an effective presence in the powerhouse acting ensemble of the film adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s “An Ideal Husband” (1999), playing Mabel, the sweet love interest of the idle bachelor Lord Goring (Rupert Everett); the appropriately adventurous voice of Jane Porter in Disney’s fact-paced animated adaptation of “Tarzan” (1999); a heart transplant patient who falls for the husband (David Duchovny of the dead woman who donated her heart in the sweet romantic comedy “Return to Me” (2000)–Driver also cheekily played herself on a 2000 episode of “The X-Files” directed by Duchovny; as Philip Seymour Hoffman’s devoted fiance in the crime drama “Owning Mahowny” (2003); and as the not-so-skilled household fairy Mandy in the endearing fable update “Ella Enchanted” (2004).
Driver also appeared in her share of disappointing films, including director Sally Field’s beauty pageant comedy “Beautiful” (2000), the clunky caper comedy “High Heels and Low Lifes” (2001), the little-seen romantic comedy “Hope Springs” (2003). But any comic misfires were offset by her hilarious recurring performances on the hit NBC sit-com “Will & Grace” beginning in 2003, playing Karen Walker’s haughty nemesis Lorraine Finster at a high-camp high pitch, and by her bravura supporting turn as the Italian opera diva Carlotta in the film adaptation of the popular Broadway musical “The Phantom of the Opera” (2004). Driver stole virtually every scene she appeared in, and while the actress had enjoyed a side career as a singer (her debut album, Everything I’ve Got In My Pocket was released in 2004 to a warm critical response) the role required that a full-voiced opera singer dub her singing voice. In return, Driver herself sang the closing credits song, “Learn to Be Lonely,” a new composition from Sir Andrew Lloyd Weber created specficially for the film.
- Also Credited As:
Amelia Driver - Born:
on 01/31/71 in London, England - Job Titles:
Actor, Singer, Waitress
Family
- Father: Ronnie Driver. divorced from Driver’s mother c. 1976
- Mother: Gaynor Churchward. divorced from Driver’s father c. 1976
- Sister: Kate Driver. born c. 1968
- : also has two half-brothers and one half-sister
Significant Others
- Companion: John Cusack. met during filming of “Grosse Point Blank”
- Companion: Josh Brolin. dating as of late 1998; acted together in “Slow Burn” (2000); announced engagement in April 2001; announced separation in October 2001
- Companion: Matt Damon. dated in 1997
- Companion: Spencer McLung. together in late 1996 to early 1997
- Companion: Taylor Hawkins. with the band Foo Fighters; dated in 1998
Education
- Webber-Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, London, England, acting, 1991
- Bedales School, Petersfield, England
Milestones
- — Will play a journalist in the drama “The Virgin of Juarez” (lensed 2004)
- 1976 Moved to England with her mother and older sister after her parents’ divorce (date approximate)
- 1981 Sent to boarding school at age 10 (date approximate)
- 1991 Made stage debut two weeks after graduating from drama school (date approximate)
- 1994 Co-starred in “Maigret and the Nightclub Dancer,” a BBC production seen in the US as “Maigret II”, a “Mystery!” presentation on PBS
- 1995 Featured as country-western lounge singer in “GoldenEye”
- 1995 Gained 25 pounds to star in feature film debut, “Circle of Friends”
- 1996 Had featured role as the mistress to a member of Parliament in the British miniseries “The Politician’s Wife” (aired in the USA on PBS’ “Masterpiece Theatre”)
- 1997 Co-starred in both “Grosse Pointe Blank” and “Good Will Hunting”; received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as an English medical student in the latter
- 1998 Producing debut with “At Sachem Farm”; also co-starred
- 1999 Provided the voice of Jane in the Disney animated film “Tarzan”
- 1999 Voiced the character of “Winona Ryder” in “South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut”
- 2000 Had leading role of a single mother competing in a beauty pageant in “Beautiful”
- 2000 Starred opposite David Duchovny in “Return to Me”, playing a woman who has received a heart transplant
- 2001 Made guest appearance as “Minnie Driver” on Showtime’s “The Chris Isaak Show”; also sang
- 2001 Starred in the British comedy “High Heels and Lowlifes”
- 2003 Acted in the drama “Owning Mahowny”
- 2003 Guest starred as herself on an episode of the british sitcom “Absolutely Fabulous”
- 2003 Played Stan’s Mistress, Lorraine, on the sitcom “Will and Grace”
- 2004 Cast in the big-screen version of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical “The Phantom of the Opera”
- 2004 Cast opposite Anne Hathaway in “Ella Enchanted”
- Raised in Barbados
- Starred in her own BBC series, “My Good Friend”
- With sister Kate, formed the production company Two Drivers
Heather Burns Biography
Heather Burns a Chicago native, started out studying at Chicago’s famed Second City, spent a summer at Yale Drama school and earned a B.F.A. at New York University. After three years studying with the Atlantic Theater Company and several independent films, Burns appeared in two television pilots - Nearly Yours, directed by famed television director James Burrows for Dreamworks SKG/NBC and Chicks, written by Carol Leifer for the Greenblatt-Joanollari company and the Fox network. Other television appearances have included Law & Order and as a series regular on the Tom Fontana and Barry Levinson’s cop show, The Beat. Burns burst on to the scene in Nora Ephron’s You’ve Got Mail and has been busy ever since. With her first feature film, Burns set a trend - those who work with her almost always work with her again. She was recently seen in Ephron’s Bewitched, starring opposite Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell.
Burns graduated from the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School, through TISCH School of the Arts NYU, and has since returned with All Things Considered, directed by David Pittu; and Writer’s Block, directed by Woody Allen. Burns has twice worked with writer Kenneth Lonergan: in Lobby Hero, directed by Marc Brokaw at Playwrights Horizons and John Houseman Theatre; and in London’s West End production of This is our Youth at the Garrick Theatre, directed by Lawrence Boswell and opposite Freddie Prinze Jr. and Chris Klein.
In the independent world, she can be seen in Kill the Poor, produced by John Malkovich and directed by Alan Taylor; in Lobster Farm, with Jane Curtin and Danny Aiello; and Perception, with Piper Perabo, Seth Meyers and Ajay Naidu.