“The Happening” may have been a critical flop, but nobody can say Mark Wahlberg holds any grudges against his erstwhile director M. Night Shyamalan. “He’s a sweet guy,” Wahlberg told us. “For whatever mistakes he’s made, I think he’s learned from them and he’s a true artist.”

But that doesn’t mean he’s fishing for career advice from the guy. Because as Wahlberg related, when he saw his ucpoming weapons-toting hero Max Payne in the editing room, “I was like, ‘Yes! This is the sh-t I need to be doing! This is the stuff that makes people say, ‘You know what, you’re the man!’ This is it!’”
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Actor Mark Wahlberg attends M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Happening” Screening & After Party hosted by IZOD to Support The Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation on June 12, 2008 in Boston, Massachusetts .

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• Appearances from 2008 - “The Happening” Screening After Party hosted by IZOD

For a movie called “The Happening,” not much happens.

M. Night Shyamalan effectively delivers the usual broody air of foreboding that has been a trademark of his hits (”The Sixth Sense” and “Signs”) and misses (”Lady in the Water” and “Unbreakable”).

And this fear-mongering story of an airborne toxin that causes victims to snuff themselves in nasty ways — shoving hairpins into their throats, hurling themselves en masse off a high rise, the like — induces plenty of seat-squirming. The shock value wears off quickly, though, and writer-director Shyamalan strands us (along with Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel) in an ultimately boring cautionary tale with an infantile eco-message. (Read full story …)

Vew the video by clicking here. It’s an awesome interview!

El actor Mark Wahlberg, nacido en Boston, interpreta a el maestro Elliot Moore en el filme de terror ‘The Happening’.

Por: Mack Chico
Fuente: ShowBizCafe.com

Recientemente nosotros entrevistamos al popular actor Mark Wahlberg sobre sus experiencias rodando su nuevo filme ‘Max Payne’ (se fracturó su dedo pulgar derecho golpeando una pared), la mezcla de comedia y horror en ‘The Happening’ y sobre su regreso a los escenarios musicales. ¿Veremos a Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch nuevamente para el 2009? Averigüe en el vídeo arriba.

Mark Wahlberg attends the New York Premiere of his latest film, ‘The Happening’.

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• Appearances from 2008 - “The Happening” - NYC Premiere

Though The Happening–in its eerie examination of the nature of belief and fear–is reminiscent of director M. Night Shyamalan’s previous films, it also forges new ground for the filmmaker. For starters, it’s his first R-rated film, which Shyamalan claims is entirely appropriate, seeing as how it presents the tragic results of an apocalpyptic scenario hitting the northeastern United States. Tossing aside pretense, however, Shyamalan readily admits he’s made a B movie, in the tradition of the paranoia-soaked atomic-age sci-fi thrillers of the ’50s. But this B movie boasts one of the director’s strongest casts in recent memory, with Mark Wahlberg in the lead role of Elliot, a high school science teacher trying to make sense of some decidedly unsensible circumstances. The charmingly quirky Zooey Deschanel plays Alma, Elliot’s wife, who’s wrestling throughout this crisis with a secret she’s kept from her husband. And the multi-talented John Leguizamo is on-hand as the couple’s friend–and Elliot’s colleague–math teacher Julian, who seeks only to protect his own wife and child.

We spoke with Shyamalan and his cast at the film’s New York press junket yesterday, where they shared with us how they prepped for their roles, their experiences with the unexplainable, and of course their greatest fears…

Note: After reading this, be sure to check out all of our video coverage of The Happening. And be sure to stop back tomorrow for our exclusive one-on-one with Zooey Deschanel!

Warning: The following interview contains spoilers! Read on at your own risk! (Read full story …)

The Happening is the latest film from acclaimed director M Night Shyamalan, and to celebrate its release we’ve got five prize packs to give away.

The new film from the director of Sixth Sense, Signs and Lady in the Water is a thriller starring Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel.

The Happening is described as “a paranoid thriller about a family on the run from a natural crisis that presents a large-scale threat to humanity”.

Watch the trailer here.

To celebrate the release of The Happening, Stuff.co.nz has 10 prize packs to give away, each consisting of a hat, a T-shirt and a double pass to the movie. (Read full story …)

To celebrate to theatre release of “THE HAPPENING”, Oh My Gore ! gives you a chance to win 3 posters signed by M.Night Shyamalan & Mark Wahlberg, 3 T-shirts & 3 caps !

To win, nothing more simple, you have until 20 June 2008 to answer 2 questions + 1 supplementary question to decide between the winners.

Good luck to all !

Click here to participate to “THE HAPPENING” giveaway
Source : Oh My Gore !

I found some videos courtesy of CloneWeb of Mark’s press conference in Paris. The interview is in French so if anyone could translate it, that would be awesome, but you can get the jist of what the question was by listening to the answers.

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• Appearances from 2008 - “The Happening” Press Conference - Paris, France - Inside

Mark Wahlberg is in Paris for the promo of his new film “The Happening” (Phenomenes) writed and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.

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• Appearances from 2008 - 05-30 - Out and about in Paris promoting “The Happening”
• Appearances from 2008 - 05-30 - Out and about in Paris promoting “The Happening” [HQ]