Summer movie cameos: Funny or superfluous?

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Cameos"Get Smart""Iron Man""The Incredible Hulk""Swing Vote"Will Smith and Charlize Theron in "Hancock""Wall-E""The Happening"Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

<b>'Hancock'</b><br>
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<b>Cameo:</b> Michael Mann / Nancy Grace<br>
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<b>Funny or superfluous?:</b> Superfluous<br>
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Before "Hancock" was a good-time Will Smith summer blockbuster, it was a project called "Tonight, He Comes," a hard-nosed action drama that director Michael Mann considered making. Although Mann eventually passed on the project, he stayed on as a producer. He makes a brief appearance as a hard-nosed businessman watching PR guy Ray Embrey (Jason Bateman) give a presentation. It's an amusing sighting for those in the know, but not for anyone else. Nancy Grace, however, succumbs to the Larry King disease.

Will Smith and Charlize Theron in "Hancock"

( Frank Masi / Associated Press )

'Hancock'

Cameo: Michael Mann / Nancy Grace

Funny or superfluous?: Superfluous

Before "Hancock" was a good-time Will Smith summer blockbuster, it was a project called "Tonight, He Comes," a hard-nosed action drama that director Michael Mann considered making. Although Mann eventually passed on the project, he stayed on as a producer. He makes a brief appearance as a hard-nosed businessman watching PR guy Ray Embrey (Jason Bateman) give a presentation. It's an amusing sighting for those in the know, but not for anyone else. Nancy Grace, however, succumbs to the Larry King disease.

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