American Dreamz
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Hugh Grant, Mandy Moore, Marcia Gay Harden, Chris Klein, Jennifer Collidge, Willem Dafoe
Release Date: April 21, 2006
Synopsis: On the morning of his re-election, the President (Quaid) decides to read the newspaper for the first time in four years. This starts him down a slippery slope. He begins reading obsessively, reexamining his black and white view of the world, holing up his bedroom in his pajamas. Frightened by the President’s apparent nervous breakdown, his Chief of Staff (Dafoe) pushes him back into the spotlight, booking him as a guest judge on the television ratings juggernaut (and the President’s personal fave), the weekly talent show American Dreamz.
America can’t seem to get enough of American Dreamz, hosted by self-aggrandizing, self-loathing Martin tweed (Grant), ever on the lookout for the next insta-celebrity, his latest crop of hopefuls includes Sally (Moore), a conniving steel magnolia with a devoted, dopey veteran boyfriend (Klein), and Omer, a recent Southern Californian immigrant (who just happens to be bumbling, show tune singing, would-be terrorist awaiting activation). When both Sally and Omer make it to the final round of Dreamz – where the president will be judging along with Tweed – the stage is set for a show the nation will never forget.
American Dreamz is written, produced and directed by Paul Weitz (writer/director of In Good Company, co-director/Academy Award®-nominated co-screenwriter of About A Boy and co-director of American Pie). Andrew Milan and Rodney Liber also produce; Chris Weitz and Kerry Kohansky serve as executive producers
Nacho Libre
Cast: Jack Black, Ana de la Reguera, Carla Jimenez, Efren Ramirez, Troy Gentile
Release Date: June 2, 2006
Synopsis: Jack Black stars as Ignacio (friends call him Nacho), a Mexican priest who moonlights as a lucha libre wrestler to raise money for his orphanage in this comedy from the creators of "Napoleon Dynamite" and the writer and star of "The School of Rock."
Source: Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures