January 13, 2006
Bubble Trailer Has More Dolls Than QVC
Steven Soderbergh's new movie Bubble now has a trailer. Apple describes the plot as:
An unlikely love triangle is born at a doll factory in a small Midwestern town. Long time employees Martha and Kyle have become friends by default in spite of their drastic age difference, but their dynamic is upset by the arrival of a new worker: young, attractive Rose. One morning, Rose is found dead, strangled in her own home. An investigation begins, one that will call into question our established assumptions about these characters and life in their small town.
How does Soderbergh communicate this complicated plot in just a minute and a half? With shots of baby doll parts, leading me to confuse it with other fetish videos I'd downloaded earlier.
Bubble, dubbed a "Steven Soderbergh Experience," will be the first film willing to compete with Electric Ladyland, a Jimi Hendrix Experience.
EXPERIENCE Steven Soderbergh [Apple]
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Prince of Persia Jumps Onto Screen, Across Short Gaps
Jerry Bruckheimer recently spoke to ComingSoon.net about his upcoming projects, including news of another video game film, Prince of Persia:
In February, we start a picture called 'Deja Vu' in New Orleans, which I think will be the first movie being shot in New Orleans since Katrina with Denzel Washington playing the lead and Tony Scott directing. He did 'Top Gun' with me and 'Enemy of the State.' Then we have a thing called 'Prince of Persia,' which is a big video game, that we're considering doing, and another thing called 'Unnatural History' that we're working on.
The goal of the video game Prince of Persia was to escape the Evil Sultan's clutches, save the Princess, and offend the Arab community as a whole. Hopefully, Fisher Stevens won't play the Arab Prince.
Bruckheimer Speaks [ComingSoon.net]
Sci-Fi Airing Doctor Who, Ruining Friendship
Those anticipating the U.S. release of the recent BBC Doctor Who series shall wait no longer:
SCI FI Channel announced Jan. 12 that it will air the first season of the BBC's hit SF series Doctor Who, starting in March. The 13 episodes, starring Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose Tyler, will air as part of SCI FI Fridays at 9 p.m. ET/PT.The news came as a pleasant surprise to a local friend I had just convinced to stop wearing an absurdly long, multi-colored scarf. "Looks like I'll have to get a certain scarf back out of the closet," he called me to say, also mentioning a "Who Society" pin. His decision weakens our already strained friendship.
Sci Fi To Air New Doctor Who [Sci Fi Wire]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have a new movie
You'd think a new CGI TMNT movie would be enough to make me crap my pants, but something about the teaser poster and the official site make it seem less than super amazing. I know they're turtle ninjas, but that doesn't mean they have to make them look so much like actual turtles. Whoever's animating this thing should give serious thought to shortening the neck and adding on 15 lbs of muscle. And maybe putting in a huge boner. Because everybody knows that ninjas always sport giant boners.
More Batman Begins news
Moviehole has some cryptic news about the upcoming Batman Begins sequel, including hints at who they want for the upcoming Joker role.
"This is the first screen appearance for this character in the Batman films and she has a very close connection with a major character in Nolan's first Batman movie. She will be out for revenge against Bruce Wayne and Gotham in a major way. As of who the studio is looking at for this role, let's just say that she is nominated for a SAG, a Golden Globe and is on her way to an Oscar nomination as well. She is also in fact five months pregnant and will be in tip top fighting shape once production begins to roll early next year but not before she throws a few coins in a fountain".
We're also told that every actor in town is interested in playing The Joker in the next film. Chris Nolan is pretty keen on getting 'a name' though.
"As you know, there are many actors who want the chance to do this character (The most requested Batman character next to Batman himself.) The studio is eyeing a major, major actor and Christopher Nolan himself is said to be just as excited as they are in nabbing him for the role. Who is he? Let's just say that he has a major film coming out this summer and it's a sequel to one of his biggest hits. In fact, his performance in the first movie was nominated for an Oscar. YES, they are looking at HIM if he is available for the role and rumor is that he might be interested depending on the script, which is being written right now".
I don't see why they have to be so mysterious about this crap. Do they want Gwyneth Paltrow to play the Joker? Judi Dench? Stop with the games!
A few more Batman rumours to chew on [Moviehole]
UPDATE: The best guesses we've got so far are Rachel Weisz for the role of Ra's Al Ghul's daughter Talia, and Johnny Depp for the role or the Joker.
Ghost Rider teaser poster
If the quality of a movie were based entirely on its poster, I'm sure Ghost Rider would get four out of four stars. Unfortunately, things don't quite work out that way and, judging by the preview teaser, Ghost Rider isn't going to be nearly as fantastic as the poster makes it seem. I've said it before and I'll say it again: the only way for Ghost Rider to be a gauranteed box office hit is if they eliminate all the CGI effects and actually light Nicholas Cage's head on fire. And then if they want, they can have him ride a motorcycle around and maybe swing a chain. It doesn't really matter, as long as his head is actually on fire.
Some more pics of Nicholas Case as Ghost Rider after the jump.
