February 17, 2006
No Sequels for Burton
Contrary to an earlier report from a dining Michael Keaton that a Beetlejuice sequel may be in the works, Tim Burton has now said in an interview that he doesn't have plans on creating any sequels to his works, and hopes to resist any urge to do so. I, for one, am grateful. In a way, it's like knocking over old ladies. You knock one over and it's great, I mean just absolutely unbelievable, so you think maybe you should also push her old friend over. Then you realize that trying to recreate that magic never works, and it would only cheapen how fantastic the first was. But usually by that point you've already knocked her over, too.
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The Woods Trailer
The trailer for Lucky McKee's The Woods has actually been out for a while, but has now finally been hosted online, though still not in an official capacity. The plot follows a girl's move to an all-female private school where supernatural events have gone on in the surrounding woods. Admirably, the trailer resists hinting at lesbian sexual undertones in the all-girl school, but that doesn't stop you from drawing them in a notebook.
Bond Villain Cast
The long struggle to cast the upcoming Bond film, Casino Royale, has nearly ended, with the role of the nemesis Le Chiffre filled by Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen. From the pictures I've seen of him, he looks a bit pretty-boy to be a villain. I don't have any names in mind, but I'd prefer if they cast someone with a Fu Manchu mustache, or their brain in a glass dome. I only understand exaggerated caricatures of villainy.
Last Stand is Last X-Men?
Fans hoping for another X-Men movie to follow Brett Ratner's The Last Stand will be disappointed by the director's words in a recent interview, where he claims the series has become a trilogy:
Well, it seems to be the last of the series. We wanted to make sure the audiences knew that this was a trilogy. Even though they weren't made together like 'Lord of the Rings,' this is really closure for the X-Men series. ... This is the last stand for sure.
It sounds to me like Ratner's just being cocky. He doesn't really know it will be the last, he just thinks it should be since he feels he finished it off so well. I always think the same thing when I've "finished" with a girl, but that's never the case. She'll invariably tell me, "Finished what? We didn't have sex," and I'll smile back, hoping she'll at least describe what it's like.
I think the article also includes some new pictures in a slideshow, but who can tell anymore?
More Bourne Coming?
While preparations are being made for the third chapter of the Jason Bourne saga, The Bourne Ultimatum, producer Frank Marshall revealed that the series may continue even further:
"It's kinda up to Matt [Damon]," series producer Frank Marshall recently said of how far "Bourne" will go. "Maybe to five [films] ... At some point, he's gotta find out who he is."
Some good news for fans of the series. Let's just hope Bourne doesn't "find out who he is" the way I did: with a half-bottle of vodka, two issues of Hustler, a hand mirror, and a lot of crying.
First Image From Power of the Dark Crystal
The first image from Genndy Tartakovsky's Power of the Dark Crystal has made its way online, showing an elderly Kira from the original film. The sequel is set hundreds of years after the first film, showing that the Gelflings age at a different rate than us, and do not, in their age, insist on wearing stretch pants and sequined shirts, like my grandma has.
