As we mentioned in the previous post, the film is light on the preachy tone of its predecessor — something Connelly admits was avoided from the beginning. “It’s about aggression, greed and selfishness, and the fact that we can’t keep treating each other like this and treating the planet like this,” she said. “It’s unsustainable. I think while you’re watching it, you’re not feeling like you’re watching an issue film or you’re being preached to. But you walk out and it’s still provocative.”

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[Update: For those of you curious, Connelly is also a vegan.]

[Update 2: Actually, she isn't. Perhaps I should read our own posts sometimes...]

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- Jennifer Connelly tells Marie Claire magazine how she fell off the vegan wagon during her pregnancy. What do you think about Connelly’s prego turkey-addiction? Chime in and share your thoughts!

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In the short, Connelly is filmed leaving her New York apartment with her two kids and leading others to gather water from a stagnant pond in Central Park. She then serves that same dirty water to her boy and girl with the screen fading to black and showing the following text: ‘Imagine drinking this. 1.1 billion people don’t have access to safe drinking water.’ From the article,

“‘We wanted to bring the harsh reality we saw in Africa home to our friends,’ explained advert creator Nigel Lythgoe. ‘The reality that millions of women and children walk miles each day to collect murky green water from swamps. Water that kills kids. We wanted to help put an end to it.’”

All of the money raised will go towards CharityWater. According to their site, for only $20, you can give a person the ability to drink clean water for 20 years. For more info, jump here. The video is below.

Actor Keanu Reeves recently let slip some new details on an update to the classic 1951 science fiction film he’s working on called The Day the Earth Stood Still. The original black-and-white movie addressed issues of violence, politics, and the fear of global annihilation from nuclear weapons. In the 2008 version, global warming and climate change are now the forces we should be wary of. From the article,

“’The first one was borne out of the cold war and nuclear détente. Klaatu came and was saying cease and desist with your violence. If you can’t do it yourselves we’re going to do it. That was the film of that day, Reeves explained. ‘The version I was just working on, instead of being man against man, it’s more about man against nature. My Klaatu says that if the Earth dies, you die. If you die, the earth survives. I’m a friend to the earth. While humanity still engages in a staggering number of international conflicts, the environmental message is one that, not only encompasses wars, and fights, and terrorism, but one that goes beyond constrictions to become a millennial message of ‘what we are doing and who we are as a species,’ Reeves insisted. ‘We’re trying to reach beyond the idea of [just] environmentalism.’”

The film will also star Jennifer Connelly and one really large robot. What do you think? Awesome or blah?