Must go see Pirates.
I just watched The Wild with Owen--sort of a lame-ass Disney animal animation flick. Not nearly as entertaining as Madagascar but it's got Eddie Izzard as a koala. So damned funny.
'Potential'
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Must go see Pirates.
I just watched The Wild with Owen--sort of a lame-ass Disney animal animation flick. Not nearly as entertaining as Madagascar but it's got Eddie Izzard as a koala. So damned funny.
From Wizardnews:
Confirmed: Order of the Phoenix release date moved up 2 daysComingSoon is reporting that Warner Bros. Pictures has moved up Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix two days, from Friday, July 13 to Wednesday, July 11. This will give the movie a potential big five-day opening, from Wednesday through Sunday.
Do Morgan Freeman's two turns as god in the Almighty movies make him the most Magical of all Negroes ever?
HA!
I enjoyed PotC3, though the bit with the maelstrom went on way too long without much of importance happening.
I agree with ita about the Endeavor getting blown up scene coming across as saddening and at odds with the rest of the film.
This is one of those comics or movies things but here:
Gaiman Adapting Death?
Film Ick reported a rumor that author Neil Gaiman will direct his first feature film later this year: an adaptation of his graphic novel Death: The High Cost of Living, based on his own script.
Citing an anonymous source, the site reported that Gaiman discussed the movie with Pan's Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro a couple of weeks back.
The site also reported that the film will most likely shoot in late autumn or early winter in the United Kingdom, that Transformers star Shia LaBeouf is "almost certainly going to play the male lead," named Sexton Furnival in the comics, and that Death—or Didi as she calls herself in her mortal form—has snagged the interest of a famous young actress who will be named soon.
From ScifiWire.
Gaiman's script! With Guillermo del Toro! These are rumors I can get behind.
And Scifi Wire is also reporting that Chris Weitz will adapt Michael Moorcock's Elric to film.
Citing an anonymous source, the site reported that Gaiman discussed the movie with Pan's Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro a couple of weeks back.
At the Fragile Things booksigning last year, Gaiman said del Toro was probably going to produce it.
So, best case/worst case scenario on who plays Death?
Honestly, I can't think of WHO I'd cast. That's probably the gronk talking as much as anything.
And this -
has snagged the interest of a famous young actress who will be named soon- makes me nervous as I can't think of a current "famous young actress" who'd be appropriate. I figure if Neil's involved directly it won't be a full on casting disaster, but does he have any unfortunate actress crushes?
Thora Birch. Christini Ricci.
I'm going to be the naysayer here. After Mirrormask and Hellboy, neither of which I liked at all, I'm a little dubious about either's ability to translate comics into film.