Viggo Mortensen and Phillip Seymore Hoffman may be co-starring in a film about French explorers who get shipwrecked on an island for 20 years.

Viggo Mortensen and Phillip Seymore Hoffman may be co-starring in a film about French explorers who get shipwrecked on an island for 20 years

That sounds fun!

Except everytime I see Astrolabe I think of Héloïse and Abélard.

I am such a geek....

MTV.com reported that the first teaser trailer for J.J. Abrams' upcoming Star Trek film will be attached to Cloverfield, which Abrams is producing and which hits theaters on Jan. 18.

Cloverfield director Matt Reeves has seen the trailer and told MTV.com that "it's amazing, and it looks pretty incredible."

Reeves added: "I thought 'Well, this does look completely different and new.' But while having all the stuff that will make fans of Star Trek still feel fulfilled."

Reeves, a longtime associate of Abrams from their days on TV's Felicity, added that he has seen some footage from the top-secret Trek movie.

"I've seen little bits of the movie, too, and I feel that way as well," Reeves said. "He's doing an amazing job. It's very exciting. It's not your grandfather's Star Trek, that's for sure." Star Trek is slated for release on Christmas Day 2008.

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Has anyone seen an Eddie Izzard movie called All the Queen's Men? About guys sneaking into WWII Germany to steal a decoder from an female-run factory?

EI is really obsessed with that Garner and McQueen one, isn't he? Good on him for making one, if he likes them! (I heart James Garner, too, though. He has the world's best eye-rolly "Oh, brother," face.)

Just a few weeks ago, I saw "Support Your Local Gunfighter" on cable with my dad. It'd been a long time since I last saw it, and I enjoyed watching Garner at his smoothtalkin' best.

The more I think about it, the more I think that George Clooney reminds me most of James Garner in terms of acting style and ease on screen. I used to equate Clooney more with Cary Grant, but Garner is a better fit.

The more I think about it, the more I think that George Clooney reminds me most of James Garner in terms of acting style and ease on screen. I used to equate Clooney more with Cary Grant, but Garner is a better fit.

I like this. It pretty much sums up my feelings about Clooney. Plus they both came out of television.

Although I'd bet dollars to donuts that CG was a role model, acting-wise, for Garner. Probably a touch of Robert Mitchum, too.

And they both have this quality that they're just making these things, and they don't really care if 12 or 12 billion people watch. It might be just an image, but that's what it seems like. Also, all that TV experience. (beep) Hey, Jim, I just got done with ten years of therapy...want to know what I *really* think of you? (I don't know why, but a. I have a favorite Rockford phone message. and b. That's it.) But you have to know any day with that in it's gonna be a long one, don't you?

Cloverfield, which Abrams is producing

I saw a commercial for Cloverfield, and all I could think was, "Hmm. Unexplained bad shit is happening to a group of people, being caused by a Big Bad we can't see. Already seen it on ABC, thanks."

What was the big controversy about Cloverfield? Someone was asking me over the weekend and I couldn't remember, but I knew I'd seen it discussed here.