Updated at 12:01 p.m., Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Film stars expected at 'Surf's Up' Hawai'i premiere
By Wayne Harada
Advertiser Entertainment Writer
Bridges provides the voice for a has-been surfer in the movie; LaBeouf is the voice for cool Cody Maverick, a teenage rockhopper penguin; and Heder is surf nut Chicken Joe. Professional surfers Kelly Slater and Rob Machado also are heard in the movie and will be at the launch; others from the production who will be on hand include Mario Cantone ("Sex and the City"), Ash Brannon, Chris Buck, Chris Jenkins and Sal Masekela.
Among others expected to attend: Mayor Mufi Hannemann, singer-composer Jack Johnson and chef Sam Choy.
Blue carpet arrivals begin at 6 p.m., followed by the screening.
The movie opens June 8.