February 24, 2006
Cars Daytona 500 Spot
To draw in the Daytona 500 fans, Pixar created a special TV spot for their upcoming Cars that showcases the racing elements of the film, sort of like waving a beer in front of an alcoholic (which many of them are). There aren't many comedic elements to the ad, and it was still looking well-below the standards set by Pixar, until we hit the final line, spoken by Mater (voiced by Larry the Cable Guy): "Git-R-Done." That's when I laughed so hard I pissed and shit!
They should just put a confederate flag on the bumper, a Calvin urinating on Ford/Chevrolet in the back window, have the movie ticket double as a hunting license, and make the tagline, "This film forfeits our society to the hill folk. Enjoy."
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Mischa Barton as Supergirl
Assuming Superman Returns is as big of a hit as the studios are counting on it being, rumor is they'd like to make a Supergirl spin-off, and The O.C.'s Mischa Barton is the frontrunner for the title role. This casting idea makes sense, because Supergirl is a powerful girl with superhuman strength and abilities, and Mischa Barton is an awkward, gangly, rat-girl. She's the perfect counterpart to Superman, assuming we recast him with David Spade.
Disney's The Wild Poster
The CG jungle animal escape movie that isn't Madagascar, The Wild, has released its new poster with the clever tagline: "Start spreading the newspaper." Because animals use newspaper as toilets. Even jungle animals. It's completely appropriate. Don't even question it.
Philip Seymour Hoffman to Play Roger Ebert
In an appearance on the Howard Stern Show today, film critic Roger Ebert mentioned that a Russ Meyer biopic is in the works, with Oscar-nominee Philip Seymour Hoffman set to play the critic. Then Ebert, at Stern's encouragement, showed his breasts and had lunch meat thrown at his ass. I mean, I didn't hear it, but I assume.
This sounds like pretty good casting, because Hoffman is male, white and kind of fat. I don't know what other requirements there would be.
Spider-Man's New Costume Unveiled
Sony has finally released an official picture from Spider-Man 3. At first it appears to be a black & white photo of the webslinger, but closer examination reveals this is, in fact, the first shot of Spider-Man's new black costume. Fans of the comic series will recognize the black suit implies the presence of an alien symbiote and Venom story.
I'm not a big fan of Venom, but at least the costume doesn't look as hokey as it could. When my brother started wearing black, he kept attaching chains and safety pins to himself. Though he also started writing bad poetry and listening to a lot of Morrissey, so I think he had a whole other thing going on.
Pan's Labyrinth Looks Gross
Ain't-It-Cool-News was sent some scans from a European magazine showing some images from Guillermo del Torro's new horror, Pan's Labyrinth, and man are they terrifying. The film tells the story of a young girl who travels with her family to rural Northern Spain, where her imaginary world begins to take over. Besides revealing how amazing the grotesqueness of this film looks to be, I'm pleased that there's finally proof that other kids had imaginary pale scrotum men that ate big novelty peanuts for them. I told you, mom.
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