Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 happening?

Birdemic US tour Experience it like an LA hipster.

'Dear John' looks bloody awful. 'Love brought them together. Will fate tear them apart?'. Urgh.

Anyway, this is pretty much spot on, but a little spoiler-y for the aformentoined 'Dear John'.

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It's at the E Street Theatre at midnight tomorrow and Saturday. I might do this.

Sutherland confirms '24' movie series.

No great surprise there.



Someone's not been watching the news this week . . .

I like the look of this: Paper Man


Ryan Reynolds as 'Captain Excellent'. Teehees.

Hobo With a Shotgun being made with Rutger Hauer.

Heh, excellent grindhouse badness/goodness. I couldn't see anyone other than Hauer in that role.

A Monster Inc sequel has been officially announced (16th November 2012). Not sure how I feel about that tbh.

It's been kicking around for a while and I can't say I'm thrilled about the idea. Monsters Inc. is one of those wonderfully self-contained films (especially the final shot, which is lovely) and I don't know what they could do with it that would recapture what made the first one great. I've a great deal faith in Pixar and hope that they have only committed to it because someone has thought of a good story for it, but I'm more anxious about it than excited.

Same. They'll either bring the little kid back in or it'll be years later when ages older and doesn't believe in monsters anymore is my worry.

The latter one seems more likely if they want to keep Boo as a major character. Since they recorded all her lines in the first film by following her around and recording the silly little girl things she said, it'd make more sense just to have her as a grown up than to try to recreate that spontaneity. The most likely plot would probably be Sully or Mike (probably Mike, thinking on it) getting lost in the human world and Boo hiding him.

I really should watch the special features...

It's very funny watching the directors try to record her as she runs around and tries to do anything besides actually record.

Um... Is this for real?
One Eyed Monster

That looks so many kinds of awesome

I want to watch it, but I'm not willing to sign up for a youtube account just to see it.

http://www.cinematical.com/2010/04/30/batm...a-release-date/
Batman 3 gets a release date.

And now begins a year of people guessing which villains will be in it and who will play them. If it's The Riddler, as many are suggesting, then I want to see Michael Emerson play him. Or possibly Doug Jones, who was linked to the role until at least a few weeks ago.

Although it sounds like a bad idea, Pixar hasn't gone wrong yet. And remember, it takes so damn long to make those movies that it'll have been in production for at least 5 years already. It'll be well thought-out.

Pixar isn't Dreamworks, they do put a Hell of a lot of time, love, and craft into their work. I really don't think the artists involved would do it unless they knew something we didn't - ie that it's going to be great.

I'm hoping Nolan sticks to his guns and doesn't have Catwoman or Penguin in there. They just wouldn't work in the current style of Batman movies. Riddler would be awesome, but they'll need someone else in there too, as Riddler's too weak a villain on his own.

I've always been quite fond of that rumour that dogged the second film pretty much up until it started shooting that Philip Seymour Hoffman would play the penguin. The character wouldn't really make much sense in the universe of his films, but as a hypothetical piece of casting I found it quite funny and intriguing.

Black Mask and / or Hush would work brilliantly I think. Although I have to disagree about the Riddler not being a strong enough character to work on his own. If they leaned more towards the angle that he's a criminal whose OCD makes him leave clues it could be brilliant.

Mr Freeze.

Too many of the Batmans rogue gallery have...magical/completely unbelievable powers. It's hard thinking of more than 1 or 2 who are still (basically) normal.

But it's so far away... I'll have finished my degree by then!

This. I can't see any of the villains working out really except perhaps Deadshot.

Although - Michael Emerson would make a better Penguin than Riddler. He doesn't have that manic energy. Hoffman would be terrible. I think he is hugely overated. Toby Jones (the better Capote) would be far more interesting instead.

I think someone made the new 3D Moomin film especially for me. I really think they did. Bloody mind readers.

christicles on bistickles!!!!

err, that's a pretty special cast...

so that's the one that bjork has done a sing song on?

and, now for the bad news...

having watched the trailer and had a read; the film is simply some of the polska films jupiter adaptations, re-edited, with a new score. in our other moomin exchange, i mentioned the german versions with the happy music and none of the dread and weirdy magic of the english adaptation (where episodes were re-edited from the german / polish versions) - this seems much closer to them...

basically, it seems that this has been done as the beloved fuzzy-felt versions were never given scandanavian releases due to legal wrangles with jupiter films...

i think the nice voice actors may also be for the finnish version, as they don't sound like they're voicing the english dub...

so sorry to be the one to break this to you...

I'm... "Excited"... *Badum-Tisch*.

Looks great.



Clean Trailer

On the Batman front; Woooo, release date!

I'm not familiar with the comics but I think The Riddler would be a great villain. I wouldn't mind seeing Cat Woman, that might just be to do with the skin tight PVC though.

Would Poison Ivy/Bain be too soon?

Nah - I knew something was afoot and I am sworn off most other versions, as you are aware Dandan. Just weird coincidink for such as Scandiphile as m'self. This happens to me a lot. If only Lars Von Trier is paying attention.

Cast Thure Lindhardt.

Anyway the Lady Gudmundsdottir mentioned her song on her Twitter. I will be very interested to see what she comes up with. Apparently it's called The Comet Song. You never know - she may end up doing the speaking books as I so wished for. I know she is an enormous fan.

Let's hope the Gods are listening.

I think they'd be too ridiculous to be in Nolan's version, since he's always strived to create a universe that is more based in reality and away from the superpowers. If he's said that he's never going to do the Penguin and Catwoman because they're too silly, then Poison Ivy and Bain are definitely not going to be on the cards.

Robin.

As Lewis said many moons ago, having JGL as Robin would be interesting. A gay BDSM couple would be perfect cover story for all that midnight skulking and mysterious bruises. It would also be volcanic hotness.

I hope they don't get any villainness. Nolan cannot cast actresses - somebody had to pick Gyllenhaal for him.

I dunno, Rebecca Hall was great in The Prestige. Then again, she's the exception that proves the rule.

I think Bain might be do-able. Genetic tom-foolery isn't really a super power.

He could be an ex smack head looking for a fix that gets picked up by a nefarious scientist type.

Would make for some great action scenes and offer a nice contrast to the mind bending riddles getting thrown up by The Riddler.

EDIT: Might have the fans up in arms because it's not true to the source material.

Hugo Weaving cast as Red Skull for the Chris Evans starring Captain America film.

Guess who steals the film?

Sorry I find Chris Evans to be rather bland.

Agreed. Terrible choice IMO. Having said that I don't know too much about Captain A so maybe I'm wrong.

He seems to much of a smartass to be Captain America. Although he is kind of a boring character, unless you go tragic with him, which they won't.

Trailer for the movie from the trailer

If that is one quarter as awesome as the trailer makes it look it will still be fantastic.

Splice


Get Him to the Greek . For some reason I found "I'm a motorist" hilarious.


Jonah Hex

Brad Bird to direct Mission Impossible IV. I'm interested to see how he'll do with the switch to live-action.

Is this a prequel or sequel to Sarah Marshall?

Sequel, from what I can tell, in that it takes place after Forgetting Sarah Marshall, but 'spin-off' is more accurate, since it just takes Brand's character and makes him the star.

Spin-off of sorts. Same Brand character, but Jonah Hill is playing someone different.

That looks exactly the kind of spooky-sexy-cheesy-cowboy-pish I would enjoy. Josh Brolin! Michael Fassbender! Teh Malk! GOB! Cedric from the Wire! And Megan Fox in a corset. I'm quite dismayed there is no Adam Baldwin or Timothy Olyphant but hey - I can't have everything. If one cannot get Four of a Kind, then a Flush will do.

I have to say, La Fox actually looks like she may be good in this.

She'd be perfect as a trashy cowgirl. She kind of is that anyway. I don't mind her at all. She be a far more fun on a date than Natalie Smugman talking about vegan activism or Israel or some other bullshit - or Kate Boringsworth who seems sweet but frail and paranoid and prone to Edwardian faintings (like a 'white geisha' to quote Liz Lemon). You could take Megan for a beer and play pool and tell her dirty jokes and she'd laugh.