Jul 2 2009Is T. Game The New Mr. T?
The Game, who young street toughs tell me is one of those rapper men, as Mr. T? BlackFilm says maybe:
While casting is underway for the big screen adaptation on the long running TV series, 'The A-Team,' Blackfilm.com has exclusively learned that rapper The Game is being considered for the role of B.A Baracus, which was originated by Mr. T on the television show.Online buzz has it that the role was going to another rapper-turned-actor, Common, but with his recent casting opposite Queen Latifah in 'Just Right,' he may not finish filming before 'The A-Team' get rolling in August. Other possible candidates have included Ice Cube and mixed martial arts fighter Quinton "Rampage" Jackson.
Yikes, I don't know about that. Does this Game character have a racially diverse team of children who know the coolness potential of breakfast? Without that, one can never be T. Never.
Jul 2 2009'Arrested Development' Movie Trailer! ...For a Documentary About the Show
Yeah, it's just a trailer for an Arrested Development documentary some fans are making, but since this the only AD movie that is not a thing of myth, it will have to do:
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Jul 2 2009'Transmorphers: Fall of Man' Trailer: The Machines are Coming!
At long last, the talent that brought us The Terminators (plural) has unveiled the follow-up to one of the most accidentally-rented-by-confused-parents movies of all time: trailer for Transmorphers 2: Fall of Man!
As a warning, those already planning to purchase Transmorphers: Fall of Man may wish to avoid the trailer, as I think it kind of spoils what are probably the best scenes and lines. Going into the film already knowing that a satellite dish transmorphs into a narrow Terminator, and that something in the air gives a guy a suspicion that "the machines are coming," can only negatively affect my experience. Not to mention that the title already gives me a strong hunch that man may fall.
But if you decide to watch, note this innovation: this may be the first trailer with an arbitrary modem intermission.
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Jul 2 2009'Planet 51' Trailer: The Plot to 'E.T.' is on the Other Foot
We've all seen E.T..* We know what happens when an alien accidentally finds itself stranded on Earth: a boy tends to him, the government tries to capture him, and then the audience cries. But what if that alien were MAN??? And instead of Earth, it were PLANET SHREK! What then?
Basically the same thing, but with more broad comedy and generic characters:
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Jul 2 2009'Asteroids': That's a Movie Now
Solidifying the notion that film concepts are no longer so much actual ideas as much as notable words, the movie rights to Asteroids, the 1979 Atari game that consisted of absolutely nothing but a triangular ship shooting shapes that looked roughly like asteroids (and occasionally flying saucers), were just purchased by Universal after the studio won a four-studio bidding war. Yes, four studios were really eager to make an Asteroids movie. Because it's such a good idea for a movie.
It was a big score for Universal, as they're the studio making films based on Battleship, Candy Land, and Monopoly, so they have a reputation to keep up for making old, plot-free games into retarded movies. They needed this.
I can't help but think this is a mistake. Not the idea of making a movie based on a game of flying around shooting asteroids, but making a movie based on a game of flying around shooting asteroids that isn't Sinistar. At least then you've got an extremely antagonistic villain:
Jul 2 2009Bruce Willis Being Bruce Willisy in 'Surrogates' Poster
Bruce Willis-with-goatee is being concerned in a tube while, below him, Bruce Willis-sans-goatee action figures are manufactured. That's Surrogates. I guess.
Exclusive Surrogates One-Sheet! [Coming Soon]
Jul 1 2009'Couples Retreat' Trailer: Marriage! You Know What I'm Sayin'?
I can still remember my friend, the one with the "Vegas, Baby, Vegas!" poster positioned proudly above his bed, rushing into my dorm room some time in 2001 to announce the existence of Jon Favreau's Made: "Dude, it's like Swingers, but with gangster shit!" Though the film would later prove itself less mind-blowing that I'd hoped, the idea of any sort of Swingers continuation was pretty great at that point in my life. It wasn't a Star Wars prequel, but it was something.
So today, let me be your college friend announcing the next somewhat disappointing pseudo-sequel to Swingers, Couples Retreat: Dudes, it's like Swingers! Except now they're middle-aged and in depressing, loveless marriages filled with countless infidelities! And they're friends with Jason Bateman:
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Jul 1 2009'Avatar': Half a Cat-Eyed, Space-Faced Alien Head Revealed!
Put on your 3-D glasses (everything James Cameron does is in 3-D now) and behold the sparkly, blue face of one of the aliens in Avatar. The species looks a lot more weird-obnoxious-performance-artist-who-would-probably-be-found-on-stilts-at-Burning-Man-mixed-with-Ron-Perlman-in-Beauty and the Beast-in-Blue Man Group-esque than I thought they would. Thoughts?
Avatar Comic-Con Banner Revealed! [Coming Soon]
