EW's piece about New Line, Peter Jackson and the Hobbit.
Tracy ,'The Message'
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Yeah, Mirren would be hard to top.
I read the EW article. It's interesting as a record of the whole saga, but a single anonymous source reporting a softening of relations is a disappointing bit to hang a whole cover story on.
I think I'm on board with the ridonk and the ahistoricity because of the pomp and pageantry and hairdos and Cate spouting faux Shakespeare and Clive all roguish. And, of course, Elizabeth the First facing down the Balrog Spanish Armada.
This is why I want to see this movie. To watch Cate Blanchett single handedly defeat the Spanish Armada with the AWESOME POWER of her MIND!
Which is what the trailer, at least, seems to suggest happens in the movie.
I think I want to watch Sean's movie. If not, I want to write it, as there's not enough Elizabethan fantasy novels out there.
I would totally set aside a whole shelf for Elizabethan fantasy.
I would totally set aside a whole shelf for Elizabethan fantasy.
Oh, did you ever read Michael Moorcock's Gloriana? I loved that.
I finally broke down and watched the trailer for "The Seeker" (mostly because it was embedded in Fone Bone's interview with McShane), and what I basically want to know is why they called it "The Seeker: The Dark is Rising?"
Could the screenwriters (I'm sure there were several) not come up with names for characters, so they decided to use names from Cooper's book? Because that seems to be about the only similarity.
Facets Multi-Media here in Chicago is posting horror movie clips on their blog throughout October.
I just read the IMDB plot synopsis of I Am Legend (Will Smith). I finished reading that story not two week ago. He may Be Legend but I Am Disappointed.