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Happy October, dear readers! The Halloween season officially kicks off today, and to get you in the spirit and help you along as you start to make your movie-viewing plans for the month, I thought I’d go ahead and scour the extensive horror offerings on Tubi to find 31 movies that should get you ready for all things All Hallows’ Eve. For this list, I went ahead and focused on movies that were either centered around the Halloween holiday, feature October 31st in some fashion, or are films that are essential watches for me every Halloween season as they give off some supremely spooky vibes. And the best thing about these movies? They’re all free to stream on Tubi, which should help with your seasonal budgets.

Check out our rundown of these 31 killer horror titles below, and be sure to check back right here on Daily Dead throughout the...

It was only a matter of time before the most powerful brothers in Hollywood got into business together. In the late ’90s, “Scary Movie,” a comedy that satirized slasher-killer movies, brought three of the Wayans brothers — Marlon, Shawn and Keenen Ivory — to the doorstep of Dimension Films, the boutique horror studio run by Bob and Harvey Weinstein.

According to Marlon, making “Scary Movie” with the Weinsteins for a summer 2000 release was indeed a frightening experience. And not just because he was abruptly fired from making the third movie in the franchise, “Scary Movie 3,” on a holiday.

“[The Weinstein’s are] not the best or the kindest people to be in business with,” Marlon Wayans tells Variety. “They’re very much an evil regime, I guess. They do what they want to do how they do it — and it can be rude and quite disrespectful. We couldn’t come to terms on the deal.

Paramount Pictures chief Brad Grey remains free of legal responsibility for the wiretapping of Scary Movie executive producer Bo Zenga. On Wednesday, a California appeals court affirmed the trial judge’s ruling that Zenga waited too long to file his lawsuit. The dispute traces back to separate litigation in 2000 between Zenga and Grey over an alleged breach of a producer partnership agreement on Scary Movie, a huge box-office hit. During the course of Zenga’s earlier lawsuit, Grey and his attorneys at Greenberg Glusker hired infamous private eye Anthony Pellicano to dig into Zenga. Only later did Pellicano’s wiretapping of

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It’s very easy to hate a movie like this. It might as well be part of the Scary Movie series, only it’s no where near as clever. Stan Helsing (Steve Howey) is a stoner, douche bag, video store clerk who happens to be the descendent of Van Helsing, the famous monster killer that took out Dracula. On Halloween night several of films most famous monsters come to kill him, but first Stan has to drop off some tapes to the owner of the video store’s mother. Along the way they run into a lot of creepy people, but eventually get lost and trapped in a small cursed town where monsters come out after midnight. Now Stan has to save the people of the town, his friends, and live up to his destiny. Oh and he has to do it in a very terrible comedy with almost no laughs.

It’s a harsh thing to say, but some people just aren’t funny. Bo Zenga is one of those people. He was an executive producer of the dreadful Scary Movie, and an executive producer and co-writer on the atrocious Snoop Dogg-starring Soul Plane. This time around, Zenga is a triple threat, serving as the writer/director and one of the producers of the flagrantly unfunny Stan Helsing, a Scary Movie ripoff/parody (opening today in New York and La) that is a crime against comedy and sets a new standard for adolescent, idiotic, witless humor. Sophie’S Choice has more laughs than this woebegone chaff. So do yourself a favor and skip this incompetent horror satire. No need to thank me, folks. I’m just doing my job.

Do I really have to describe the plot (what’s in a word?) of this film? I guess that’s part of my job too,...

Having starred in seemingly countless film spoofs (many of them horror spoofs), Leslie Nielsen's no stranger to screen comedy. Nor is director Bo Zenga (pictured above), who helmed the original Scary Movie. We chatted with the two gentlemen earlier this week about their latest effort, Stan Helsing, the new feature about a supposed descendant of the famous vampire hunter. Leslie, you've starred in a lot of screen comedies, especially horror spoofs.  Do you have a special affinity for the horror genre? Nielsen: I have an affinity for comedy, and chances are if you are going to give me a decent comedy I'm going to do everything I can to get the job.  Unfortunately today, too many things are...

Last night FEARnet hit the red carpet for the premiere of Stan Helsing, the new horror spoof from the director of Scary Movie and the folks at Anchor Bay. We also swung by the premiere party, held at Kress, here in Hollywood. And let me tell ya -- those Anchor Bay people, along with the fine folks at Sue Procko Public Relations, really know how to throw a party. Amidst the kick-ass music and food were displays of props and costumes from the film, as well as the iconic monsters that appear in it (or reasonable facsimiles thereof). We'll have our exclusive interviews with stars Leslie Nielsen, Desi Lydic, and Kenan Thompson, and director Bo Zenga, up soon. In the mean time, check out our gallery...

Those who catch Anchor Bay Entertainment’s new horror spoof Stan Helsing when it opens this Friday, October 23 in Los Angeles will have a chance to greet two of its key talent. Writer/director Bo Zenga and actor Desi Lydic will be on hand to introduce a screening and sign posters.

The venue will be Hollywood’s Mann’s Chinese 6 Theaters (6801 Hollywood Boulevard), where Zenga and Lydic will be on hand for the 7:40 p.m. show. And starting at 7:20 p.m., the duo will be autographing collectable Stan Helsing posters for the first 200 attendees. The movie stars Steve Howey in the title role of a video-store clerk and descendant of legendary vampire-killer Van Helsing who, on Halloween night, is stranded with some friends at Stormy Night Estates. There, they confront a series of parodies of such film fiends as Michael Myers, Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Leatherface, Pinhead and...

Anchor Bay let us know that the upcoming horror comedy “Stan Helsing” will be playing for a one-week exclusive theatrical engagement starting Friday, October 23rd at: New York - Village East Cinemas Los Angeles - Mann’s Chinese 6 Theaters Vancouver — Tinseltown Theaters Toronto — Bloor Cinema Ottawa — Mayfair Theater Written and directed by Bo Zenga, the executive producer of Scary Movie, Stan Helsing follows the misadventures of hapless video store clerk Stan Helsing (Steve Howey) and his friends one unfortunate Halloween night when they find themselves stranded in the mysterious residential development of Stormy Night Estates. There, Stan learns of his true destiny as a descendant of the legendary monster-hunter Van Helsing. With his [...]...

Anchor Bay Entertainment have announced a one-week theatrical run for their horror parody Stan Helsing , beginning Friday, October 23rd. (The DVD drops on October 27th.) Written and directed by Bo Zenga, the executive producer of Scary Movie , Stan Helsing follows the misadventures of hapless video store clerk Stan Helsing (Steve Howey) and his friends one unfortunate Halloween night when they find themselves stranded in the mysterious residential development of Stormy Night Estates. There, Stan learns of his true destiny as a descendant of the legendary monster-hunter Van Helsing. With his motley band in tow . including his best friend Teddy (" Saturday Night Live " star Kenan Thompson) . he will battle true evil in the form of parodies of movie monster icons...

Amid the glut of horror-comedies arriving this fall, one is going to take a stab at six modern movie killers in Bo Zenga's Stan Helsing . Steve Howey ( Reba ) plays the titular hero, a video store clerk whose unaware that he is a descendent of the Van Helsing family and must battle a horde of monsters in his small town. "I will lay myself across the tracks as far as how good this movie is," enthuses writer-director Zenga, making his feature directorial debut. Zenga has played both ends of the spectrum in his career. In 2004 he penned Soul Plane and, two years later, produced Turistas with Josh Duhamel and Melissa George. He attributes Helsing .s success to not just the cast of bogeymen he spoofs (Myers, Krueger, Pinhead, Chucky, Leatherface and Jason) but the...

When Leslie Nielsen appeared at the Toronto Fan Expo this past weekend, it wasn't based on recognition for his popular role as Frank Drebin from Police Squad. Rather, it was to promote his latest spoof film, Stan Helsing, directed by Bo Zenga, producer of the original Scary Movie. Haven't heard of it? Well, that could be because it is going direct to DVD on October 27th. At the same time, a trailer has arrived online this week for another terrible looking horror parody called Transylmania. Directed by Scott and David Hillenbrand (National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze), this is just basically another college frat comedy transplanted to vampire country (Romania). Stan Helsing may have the "star power" of Leslie Nielsen and Kenan Thompson, but Transylmania is the one that is apparently getting a theatrical release on December 4th. Go figure. Compare the trailers for both flicks after the jump and help...

Remember the time when the phrase “from the guys that brought you Scary Movie” actually meant something? We don’t either, but it applies to the newest venture in outstanding filmmaking, Stan Helsing, or it’s full title, Stan Helsing: A Parody. I’m glad they made that clear.

The film’s premise is pretty simple: every horror movie bad guy you can think of, from Jason Voorhees to Pinhead, is terrorizing a local town, and it’s up to the distant descendant of Van Helsing to save the day. The only problem being that said descendant, Stan Helsing, is kind of a moron.

The term “from one of the guys who brought you Scary Movie” is in reference to Bo Zenga, an executive producer on the first Scary Movie, who went on to produce other gems like Soul Plane and Turistas. Helsing is his third produced script, and his first attempt at directing.

Anchor Bay has finally dished the 411 on what to expect when their latest horror comedy, Stan Helsing, hits home video on October 27th; and we've got every little guffaw-laden detail for ya!

Special Features

• Commentary with writer/producer/director Bo Zenga and actors Kenan Thompson and Desi Lydic

• Killer Parody: The Making of Stan Helsing

• Extended, alternate & deleted Scenes

• Outtakes

• Theatrical trailer

• Still and storyboard gallery

Synopsis

In the vein of spoof cinema like Austin Powers and the Scary Movie franchise, Stan Helsing lampoons contemporary film audiences’ never-ending fascination with what makes our blood curdle. Hapless video store clerk Stan Helsing (Steve Howey) and his friends must make a routine video delivery on Halloween night before going to a party. But when a chain of seemingly random mishaps strand Stan and the gang in Stormy Night Estates, Stan learns of his true destiny as a descendant of the legendary monster hunter Van Helsing.

Anchor Bay Entertainment has revealed the artwork and special features accompanying the DVD and Blu-Ray release of Stan Helsing . The disc drops on October 27 and contains: . Commentary with writer/producer/director Bo Zenga and actors Kenan Thompson and Desi Lydic . Killer Parody: The Making of Stan Helsing . Extended, Alternate & Deleted Scenes . Outtakes . Theatrical Trailer . Still and storyboard gallery Stan Helsing follows the misadventures of hapless video store clerk Stan Helsing (Steve Howey) and his friends. During what should be a routine video delivery on Halloween night before going to a Halloween party, Stan and company find themselves stranded in the mysterious residential development of Stormy Night Estates. There, Stan learns of his true destiny as a...

Anchor Bay and horror films have always been a good mix, and today we've got word that the Bay have decided to give Bo Zenga's genre spoof, Stan Helsing a home amongst their prestigious horror library. Read on for the skinny.

In the vein of spoof cinema like Austin Powers and the Scary Movie franchise, Stan Helsing lampoons contemporary film audiences’ never-ending fascination with what makes our blood curdle. In the story, hapless video store clerk Stan Helsing (Steve Howey) and his friends must make a routine video delivery on Halloween night before going to a Halloween party. But when a chain of seemingly random mishaps strand Stan and the gang in Stormy Night Estates, Stan learns of his true destiny as a descendant of the legendary monster-hunter Van Helsing. With his motley band in tow – including his best friend Teddy (“Saturday Night Live” star Kenan Thompson), he will...

The 2009 Edition of Comic-Con gets underway this week at the San Diego Convention Center, promising the biggest pop-culture event of the year.

Fangoria will be there reporting on the action live from the show floor, with constant updates on all the genre panels, announcements, and more - bringing all the latest Sdcc '09 Horror News direct to you right here on Fangoria.com

For those of you planning to attend the 100% Sold-out show, here's a look at what to expect for genre programming on Friday, July 24th, 2009.

10:00-12:30 Warner Bros.— Join WB for a look at their much anticipated slate of upcoming genre films, including Where The Wild Things Are, The Book of Eli, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Box, Jonah Hex, and Sherlock Holmes. Hall H 10:30-11:30 Coraline — Visionary director and screenwriter Henry Selick (The Nightmare Before Christmas) and Newbery Medal-winning author Neil Gaiman...

Take a look at Friday's schedule for this year's San Diego Comic-Con; it's a solid genre lineup so far, with more on the way!

Friday – July 24

10:00-12:30 - Warner Bros. — Join WB for a look at their much anticipated slate of upcoming genre films, including Where The Wild Things Are, The Book of Eli, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Box, Jonah Hex, and Sherlock Holmes. Hall H

10:30-11:30 - Coraline - Visionary director and screenwriter Henry Selick (The Nightmare Before Christmas) and Newbery Medal-winning author Neil Gaiman discuss the making of the Laika/Focus Features 2009 breakout animated hit film Coraline. In celebration of Universal Studio's Blu-ray Hi-Def and DVD release of the critically acclaimed stop-motion film, Selick and Gaiman will be joined by lead animator and Laika CEO/president Travis Knight, producer Bill Mechanic (CEO of Pandemonium and producer of Dark Water and The New...

A restricted trailer for the upcoming horror spoof "Stan Helsing," starring Steve Howey (Bride Wars), Kenan Thompson ("SNL") and Diora Baird (Night of the Demons), has been released. Check it out below. The film takes place on Halloween night where the reluctant hero and video-store clerk, Stan Helsing (Howey), has to save a town from the six biggest monsters in cinema history, including Pinhead, Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Leatherface, Chucky and Michael Myers. "Stan Helsing" is written and directed by newcomer Bo Zenga, who was a producer on "Scary Movie." At this point, the movie does not have a domestic distributor. Trailer: If you cannot see the player, click here.

Funny how expectations work. When Stan Helsing , written and directed by Bo Zenga, was first announced, I imagined something a lot different than the direction that was taken. Zenga went more Scary Movie than anticipated as evident in the trailer below which is quite similar to what we saw at the American Film Market . Steve Howey, Diora Baird and Kenan Thompson star. No word yet on when Essential Entertainment is going to release this one.

The trailer for Essential Entertainment's latest horror comedy Stan Helsing hit YouTube today, and if you're a fan of stuff like Scary Movie (back when it was actually funny) you may want to give it a quick look! Warning though ... the trailer is Not Safe For Work!!

Stan Helsing stars Steve Howey, Diora Baird and Kenan Thompson and is directed by Bo Zenga. No word on any distribution yet. Keep it locked here for more and dig on the trailer below!

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Stone Village is quickly coming along as they've not only set up their first production with Bo Zenga's Stan Helsin, but also plan a trip to Brazil where an entire colony of werewolves have taken residence. Inside you can read about Lobo, which was written by Dikran Ornekian and Ryan Colluci. Scott Steindorff's Stone Village has acquired "Lobo," a spec script for an action thriller by Dikran Ornekian and Ryan Colluci about a colony of werewolves in Brazil. Ezna Sands has been set to direct. The film has been fast-tracked for an Oct. 15 production start and will shoot outside Rio de Janeiro. Pic's under-$15 million budget will be financed independently.

BERLIN -- Bo Zenga is making his directorial debut on the horror spoof Stan Helsing for Scott Steindorff's Stone Village Pictures. Jere Hausfater's Essential Entertainment has signed on to handle worldwide sales on the new film.

Written by Zenga, the film takes place on Halloween night where the reluctant hero and video-store clark, Stan Helsing, has to save a town from the six biggest monsters in cinema history. Principal photography starts in April.

Zenga has a strong track record in the spoof genre. His credits include serving as a producer on Scary Movie, which grossed more than $300 million. The Scary Movie franchise went on to gross more than $800 million.

Steindorff and Zenga previously collaborated together on Turistas. Essential is also selling the Julia Roberts starrer, Fireflies in the Garden; Clive Barker's Book of Blood; The Informers, starring Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Bassinger and Winona Ryder; Solomon Kane from writer-director Michael J. Bassett; and the action-drama Defiance from Edward Zwick.

Amityville Horror star Melissa George has signed on to play the female lead in the suspense thriller Turistas. Josh Duhamel co-stars. Stone Village Pictures will produce with 2929 Prods., the production arm of Todd Wagner and Mark Cuban's 2929 Entertainment. Turistas is being directed by John Stockwell for producers Scott Steindorff, Bo Zenga, 2929 head Marc Butan and Stockwell. Wagner and Cuban are the executive producers. The co-producers are Scott LaStaiti, Dylan Russell, Andrew Molasky and 2929's Kent Kubena. The films is scheduled to begin principal photography May 25 in Brazil.

A slim entry in the "Airplane!" genre, "Soul Plane" starts out as an exuberant romp but soon gets trapped in a holding pattern of dumb sex and toilet jokes.

Like the airline at its center, the film more or less lives up to the slogan, "We Fly, We Party, We Land", and that's about it. Younger audiences will help the comedy accrue boxoffice miles as a down-and-dirty diversion, but older filmgoers will avoid a flight that goes nowhere.

The engine of this "Plane" is Nashawn (Kevin Hart), a wide-eyed nouveau entrepreneur from South Central. A traumatic experience on Worldwide Airlines lands him a jury award of $100 million, which he uses to launch his own aviation venture.

His cousin Muggsy (Method Man) latches on to the enterprise, ostensibly making himself useful by hiring Capt. Mack (Snoop Dogg). The pilot has never exactly flown a plane before, but he arrives fully prepared for the adventure: He brings his own supply of pot.

Somehow the purple jet, complete with disco and skimpily clad flight attendants, becomes airborne. While those relegated to "low class" enjoy such amenities as locker-style overhead bins, the passengers in ultradeluxe first class sip Cristal and set up comic riffs that never quite pay off.

Among the passengers on inaugural Flight 069 (consider that "joke" an indication of the film's comedy groove) is token white guy Elvis Hunkee (Tom Arnold), returning home from a vacation in Crackerland with his family. His girlfriend (Missi Pyle), initially uptight about their minority status, eventually finds reason to rejoice, leaving Elvis to deal with his teenage kids. Daughter Heather (Arielle Kebbel) is determined to celebrate her 18th birthday by joining the mile-high club, while her younger brother (Ryan Pinkston) gets down with the flight's resident DJs and music video directors -- ostensibly a laugh riot because he's a little white kid.

The script by Bo Zenga and Chuck Wilson forgoes satiric potential in favor of broad stereotypes -- reveled in, not skewered -- and an indulgence in sex and bathroom humor. In fact, a good number of scenes take place in the plane's oversize bathroom, which houses an aggressive attendant (D.L. Hughley).

After provocative sight gags in the early going -- in one delirious visual, out-of-the-norm airport retailers grace the Malcolm X terminal -- "Soul Plane" slips into final descent with barely a struggle, and familiar scenarios claim the proceedings. There's the inevitable who-will-land-the-plane crisis. There's the will-they-or-won't-they-reconcile drama regarding two pairs: Nashawn and his ex (K.D. Aubert) and Elvis and his rebellious daughter. By the time these so-what plot points take center stage, the film has exhausted its comedy fuel.

First-time director Jessy Terrero and his production team have created an environment ripe for comedy, but "Soul Plane" seems to idle between punch lines. Indicative of the wasted opportunities are low-impact cameos by figures like the Los Angeles Lakers' Karl Malone.

Arnold offers a fitting mix of anxiety and cluelessness, while Hart does what he can with a thanklessly bland role. Mo'Nique is in giddy overdrive as a wand-wielding security guard, delivering one of the best lines: "We're feds now, which means we can violate every one of your civil rights." John Witherspoon plays a lecherous blind man with gusto only to deliver a gross-out joke involving a baked potato. Providing an antidote to the hypercomic tone is Snoop Dogg, but his lanky, laconic presence gets far too little screen time to set "Soul Plane" on a proper flight path.

SOUL PLANE

MGM Pictures

Credits:

Director: Jessy Terrero

Screenwriters: Bo Zenga, Chuck Wilson

Producers: David Scott Rubin, Jessy Terrero

Executive producers: Paul Hall, Bo Zenga

Director of photography: Jonathan Sela

Production designer: Robb Buono

Music: the RZA

Costume designer: Shawn Barton

Editor: Michael R. Miller

Cast:

Mr. Hunkee: Tom Arnold

Nashawn: Kevin Hart

Muggsy: Method Man

Capt. Mack: Snoop Dogg

Giselle: K.D. Aubert

Gaeman: Godfrey

DJ: Brian Hooks

Johnny: D.L. Hughley

Heather Hunkee: Arielle Kebbel

Jamiqua: Mo'Nique

Billy Hunkee: Ryan Pinkston

Barbara: Missi Pyle

Cherry: Sommore

Blanca: Sofia Vergara

Flame: Gary Anthony Williams

Blind Man: John Witherspoon

Shaniece: Loni Love

MPAA rating: R

Running time -- 86 minutes...

A slim entry in the "Airplane!" genre, "Soul Plane" starts out as an exuberant romp but soon gets trapped in a holding pattern of dumb sex and toilet jokes.

Like the airline at its center, the film more or less lives up to the slogan, "We Fly, We Party, We Land", and that's about it. Younger audiences will help the comedy accrue boxoffice miles as a down-and-dirty diversion, but older filmgoers will avoid a flight that goes nowhere.

The engine of this "Plane" is Nashawn (Kevin Hart), a wide-eyed nouveau entrepreneur from South Central. A traumatic experience on Worldwide Airlines lands him a jury award of $100 million, which he uses to launch his own aviation venture.

His cousin Muggsy (Method Man) latches on to the enterprise, ostensibly making himself useful by hiring Capt. Mack (Snoop Dogg). The pilot has never exactly flown a plane before, but he arrives fully prepared for the adventure: He brings his own supply of pot.

Somehow the purple jet, complete with disco and skimpily clad flight attendants, becomes airborne. While those relegated to "low class" enjoy such amenities as locker-style overhead bins, the passengers in ultradeluxe first class sip Cristal and set up comic riffs that never quite pay off.

Among the passengers on inaugural Flight 069 (consider that "joke" an indication of the film's comedy groove) is token white guy Elvis Hunkee (Tom Arnold), returning home from a vacation in Crackerland with his family. His girlfriend (Missi Pyle), initially uptight about their minority status, eventually finds reason to rejoice, leaving Elvis to deal with his teenage kids. Daughter Heather (Arielle Kebbel) is determined to celebrate her 18th birthday by joining the mile-high club, while her younger brother (Ryan Pinkston) gets down with the flight's resident DJs and music video directors -- ostensibly a laugh riot because he's a little white kid.

The script by Bo Zenga and Chuck Wilson forgoes satiric potential in favor of broad stereotypes -- reveled in, not skewered -- and an indulgence in sex and bathroom humor. In fact, a good number of scenes take place in the plane's oversize bathroom, which houses an aggressive attendant (D.L. Hughley).

After provocative sight gags in the early going -- in one delirious visual, out-of-the-norm airport retailers grace the Malcolm X terminal -- "Soul Plane" slips into final descent with barely a struggle, and familiar scenarios claim the proceedings. There's the inevitable who-will-land-the-plane crisis. There's the will-they-or-won't-they-reconcile drama regarding two pairs: Nashawn and his ex (K.D. Aubert) and Elvis and his rebellious daughter. By the time these so-what plot points take center stage, the film has exhausted its comedy fuel.

First-time director Jessy Terrero and his production team have created an environment ripe for comedy, but "Soul Plane" seems to idle between punch lines. Indicative of the wasted opportunities are low-impact cameos by figures like the Los Angeles Lakers' Karl Malone.

Arnold offers a fitting mix of anxiety and cluelessness, while Hart does what he can with a thanklessly bland role. Mo'Nique is in giddy overdrive as a wand-wielding security guard, delivering one of the best lines: "We're feds now, which means we can violate every one of your civil rights." John Witherspoon plays a lecherous blind man with gusto only to deliver a gross-out joke involving a baked potato. Providing an antidote to the hypercomic tone is Snoop Dogg, but his lanky, laconic presence gets far too little screen time to set "Soul Plane" on a proper flight path.

SOUL PLANE

MGM Pictures

Credits:

Director: Jessy Terrero

Screenwriters: Bo Zenga, Chuck Wilson

Producers: David Scott Rubin, Jessy Terrero

Executive producers: Paul Hall, Bo Zenga

Director of photography: Jonathan Sela

Production designer: Robb Buono

Music: the RZA

Costume designer: Shawn Barton

Editor: Michael R. Miller

Cast:

Mr. Hunkee: Tom Arnold

Nashawn: Kevin Hart

Muggsy: Method Man

Capt. Mack: Snoop Dogg

Giselle: K.D. Aubert

Gaeman: Godfrey

DJ: Brian Hooks

Johnny: D.L. Hughley

Heather Hunkee: Arielle Kebbel

Jamiqua: Mo'Nique

Billy Hunkee: Ryan Pinkston

Barbara: Missi Pyle

Cherry: Sommore

Blanca: Sofia Vergara

Flame: Gary Anthony Williams

Blind Man: John Witherspoon

Shaniece: Loni Love

MPAA rating: R

Running time -- 86 minutes...

Queens of Comedy stars Mo'Nique and Sommore are in negotiations to join the cast of the Jessy Terrero-directed urban comedy Soul Plane, which MGM is distributing. Additionally, Godfrey Danchimah, best known for his current series of 7UP commercials, is also negotiating to come aboard the project, which goes into production late next month. Soul Plane, which the studio picked up as a pitch from writer-producer Bo Zenga and writer Chuck Wilson, is about Dakwon (Kevin Hart), a young man who parlays a $600 million lawsuit into his own urban airline. During the maiden flight, the Hunkee family, headed by Tom Arnold, is mistakenly rerouted from another airline and put on the airline's maiden flight only to find they are the only white people on board.

The MGM urban comedy "Soul Plane" has been cleared for takeoff, with rapper-actors Snoop Dogg and Method Man coming on board to star for director Jessy Terrero. Described as an urban version of the classic 1980 comedy "Airplane!," "Soul Plane" is set to go into production in late June. Snoop will play the plane's pilot, and Method Man will portray Muggsy, the airline owner's best friend who is put in charge of the plane's business class. MGM picked up the project 15 months ago as a pitch from writer-producer Bo Zenga and writer Chuck Wilson (HR 2/8/02).