January 05, 2006
Woody Allen Hears The Term "Podcast"
In an attempt to fight the complete public disinterest in Woody Allen's Matchpoint, Dreamworks is hosting a series of related podcasts, a term Woody heard only moments before stuttering at the microphone. Some executives must have worried Allen's wordy, neurotic movie-making may not succeed in today's fast-paced society, and recruited Woody to record wordy, neurotic banter in response. Let's hope that works out.
NOTE: Podcasts require iTunes and excessive free time.
Match Point Podcasts [Official Site]
Previous Entries
Fearless Involves Various Sticks
The official site for Fearless, a new Jet Li movie, has posted the teaser trailer for the film. For those looking forward to seeing Jet Li swing a stick: he totally does--and how! We're talking swinging a stick sideways, over his head, back-and-forth, and even swinging a stick with chains in between smaller stick segments. It's not in English, but when you see this man swinging a stick I'm sure you'll agree that stick swinging* transcends language.
*At one point he also swings a sword, which only transcends some languages.
Teaser Trailer [Official Site]
Superman has sucky backgrounds
Man, they really need to up the budget for this movie. I think audiences might notice if the entire movie is filmed with a green background because the producers couldn't afford to film outside with real sky.
NOTE: If you can't sense my sarcasm then you need to stab yourself in the kidneys.
Ocean's Thirteen is coming
Variety reports that a third Ocean's Eleven film is in the works, after the producer received a script by Brian Koppelman and David Levien for Ocean's Thirteen. Ocean's Twelve had all sorts of problems with it and - judging by these writers' previous work - Ocean's Thirteen probably will too. The only way I can picture this movie not being a disaster is if the thirteenth guy they bring in is Chuck Norris, and the entire con consists of roundhouse kicking people in the face.
Next 'Ocean's' makes waves [Variety]
Pan's Labyrinth trailer
The trailer for Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth has been released, and it's creepy as hell. The film is in Spanish and is described by the director as: the story of a young girl that travels with her mother and adoptive father to a rural area up North in Spain, 1944. After Franco's victory. The girl lives in an imaginary world of her own creation and faces the real world with much chagrin. Post-war Fascist repression is at its height in rural Spain and the girl must come to terms with that through a fable of her own.
The description sounds a lot less scary than the trailer looks. Then again, maybe a man with an eye growing out of his hand isn't supposed to be scary.
John Glover is Skeletor
John Glover - the guy who plays Lex Luthor's father on Smallville - has apparently been cast to play the role of Skeletor in the upcoming big budget He-Man movie. As sweet as it is that they're making a He-Man movie, I'm not particularly excited about John Glover playing Skeletor, and I'm even less excited that John Woo is directing. John Woo is good for a particular kind of movie, but I really don't see He-Man being it. Maybe they'll write in some dual pistol fight scenes and flying white doves. That's pretty faithful to He-Man, right?
