Oct 1 2007Some Other Crap That Happened...
- Rumors are flying that Tim Burton or Henry Selick may have a new stop-motion animated film on the way. Either way, Hot Topic is going to make a fortune selling its merchandise. [AICN]
- Remember the talk of HBO making a couple Deadwood made-for-TV movies? That was just to subside your sorrow until the next season of Curb Your Enthusiasm gave you something else to tell your friends they were missing by not paying $90 a month for premium cable. They aren't happening. [Cinematical]
- The man hired to direct the Wolverine movie spoke out to pretend there were reasons other than money that inspired him to direct a Wolverine movie. Really, though, it's just the money. [IESB]
- Someone is making an animated Noah's Ark picture told from the point-of-view of--get this--the animals! Combining the comedy genius of both Evan Almighty and Madagascar will surely equal something at least as bad as one of them.
- Morgan Freeman and Antonio Banderas are teaming up in The Code, in which the former will play a veteran thief pulling one final job with a younger thief with a thick, sexy accent and his own line of scents. [Variety]
- Jessica Simpson's latest bimbo-defining role in Blonde Ambition was already headed to the world of straight-to-DVD, but now it's creating a new form of public shaming/release deemed "straight-to-QVC" (which is exactly what it sounds like), where it will be purchased as stocking stuffers by as many as hundreds of grandmas. [Faded Youth]

Reader Comments
1. jes - October 1, 2007 6:05 PM
Ha ha,Straight to Dvd .STD.
2. Barry LeFarge - October 1, 2007 6:20 PM
I was more enthralled with the Freeman-Banderas combination. They're really trying to pull in minority ticket buyers with that one.
3. Simon - October 1, 2007 7:08 PM
Awwwwww F*CK... I'm truly bummed about the lack of Deadwood movies... The series really ended on a 'wha?' ... it wasn't finished, it needs to finish, that sucks in a large and unpleasant way.
4. Lisa - October 1, 2007 7:22 PM
I feel your pain, Simon. I just finished the first season, and I'm not looking forward to the lack of ending. So many shows that I love end this way..
5. Neverwhere - October 2, 2007 1:56 PM
Yes, Henry Selick DOES have a new stop-motion film coming out next year, it's called Coraline, and it isn't a secret at all. :/