Hampton Hotels recently announced a partnership with Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies to offer hotel guests and their families the chance to see the new animated film RANGO, which is set to open nationwide on March 4, 2011. Guests who purchase and complete a weekend stay at any Hampton property in the U.S. from January 24 through March 6, 2011 will receive a movie ticket family pack including two adult and two child movie tickets to their local theater.

“This is a wonderful opportunity for families who stay at Hampton Hotels to be rewarded with the experience of seeing this exciting new film”

“Hampton is thrilled to be partnering with Paramount and Nickelodeon on their new animated movie, RANGO, which delivers a wonderful message for families about self-discovery, perseverance and adventure,” said Judy Christa-Cathey, vice president of global brand marketing for Hampton Hotels. “Through this promotion, we’re offering guests an added value for their stay and bringing families together with free movie packages.”

From the director of “Pirates of the Caribbean” comes RANGO, featuring the voices of Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher and Abigail Breslin, an original animated comedy-adventure that takes moviegoers for a hilarious and heartfelt walk into the Wild West.

“This is a wonderful opportunity for families who stay at Hampton Hotels to be rewarded with the experience of seeing this exciting new film,” said LeeAnne Stables, executive vice president of worldwide marketing partnerships, Paramount Pictures.

This offer can only be booked online through www.Hampton.com/Rango. Guests who book and complete a weekend stay from January 24 through March 6, 2011 will receive four complimentary RANGO movie tickets (two adult and two children tickets.) Guests who take advantage of this promotion will receive their tickets via email between March 1 and March 8, 2011 and must redeem the tickets at theatres by March 20, 2011.*

For more information about this promotion, please visit www.Hampton.com/Rango, and for more information about the movie RANGO, visit www.RangoMovie.com.

Isla Fisher had no problem being cooped up on set with Johnny Depp for a month.

The two actors star in animated comedy Rango, in which Johnny plays a gun-toting chameleon.

But Isla said that director Gore Verbinski still insisted on the cast acting out their scenes together, from which he lifted the audio.

“We shot this on a sound stage as a play for a month,” Aussie actress Isla explained.

Isla, who is married to Bruno star Sacha Baron Cohen, said she had a great time working with one of the world’s biggest heart throbs.

“Unfortunately Johnny had to look at me everyday for four weeks, fortunately for me I got to look at him and it was great fun,” she joked.

“I feel like the chemistry that comes from reacting off an actor, rather than being in a sound booth with just a microphone for company, has made all of our performances, at least I hope, more energetic” she said.

Isla, who wore a stunning blue mini-dress to the premiere, admitted it’s easy to see why so many people love Johnny

“[He’s] very easy to get along with, very funny, very nice, very talented, I have nothing but great things to say about Johnny – me and the rest of the world!” she laughed.

Paramount Digital Entertainment enters the online video game space with a new multi-year partnership with casual game developer Funtactix.

The first title through this deal will be an online game world based on the Paramount Pictures/Nickelodeon Movies computer animated Western film Rango, which features the voices of Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Alfred Molina, and Bill Nighy.

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With less than a week remaining until this Sunday’s Super Bowl XLV, football fans are gearing up for the showdown between the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers. But for everyone else, the game means brand new commercials and, in this case, movie trailers!

30-second ads during the most-watched event of the year ran the studios roughly $3 million this year, up slightly from 2010 when a record 106 million people watched the big game, according to THR. It seems as though Fox and Warner Bros are either sitting this one out or keeping their ads under wraps. We’ll be posting those movie-related commercials right here as they come online, but, for now, here is a list of what to expect on Sunday:

Rango (Paramount): An animated film directed by Gore Verbinski about a chameleon that aspires to be a swashbuckling hero, but finds himself in a Western town plagued by bandits and is forced to literally play the role in order to protect it. Starring (the voices of) Johnny Depp, Timothy Olyphant, Abigail Breslin, Isla Fisher, Bill Nighy.

– newsinfilm.com