Nov 20 2009 So Many People Are Doing the Acting in 'Thor'
So many people are doing the acting in Thor! Some people joined the cast a few days ago; one just joined today. Let's finally get to filling them all in in our Thor scrapbook, OK?
Firstly, the Heat Vision blog is reporting that Idris Elba--who you may remember from The Wire, The Office, and the ridiculous Beyonce-fights-a-stalker film Obsessed--will be playing Heimdall, another mythological Norse character called "whitest of the gods." Which is funny. Because Idris Elba is black. Not white.
Variety, meanwhile, has news that Stuart Townsend (Charlize Theron's husband), Ray Stevenson (the Punisher that wasn't Thomas Jane) and Tadanobu Asano (Ichi the Killer) will be playing the Warriors Three, Marvel-created Asgardian gods who form a classic trinity of fat guy, Errol Flynn-esque guy, and Genghis Khan-looking guy.
To those thinking this is weird because black guys and Asian guys don't belong in the world of Norse mythology... well, you're probably technically right, but you're still assigned ten minutes in the racist penalty box.
Sep 11 2009 'Takers' Trailer: These Guys Have Such Explosion Apathy They Must Be Awesome
Did all the cut-and-pasted heads on the Takers poster get you super worked up to see why Hayden Christensen was dressed up like a high-class rude boy? Of course it did. And now you can sate that desire with this trailer for the generic heist film.
In the film, The Wire's Idris Elba leads a crew of rappers (T.I.), singing domestic abusers (Chris Brown), Jedi (Christensen), and Paul Walkers (Paul Walker) in the robbery of somewhere between $25 and $30 million. But it won't be easy: Matt Dillon is on the case to stop them! I doubt he does, though. Have you seen this heist crew? They casually walk away from exploding helicopters! That's the criterion for bad-ass dudes. At least until someone comes up with something even more awesomely dangerous to nonchalantly stroll away from. Maybe a Tyrannosaurus holding a samurai sword?
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Sep 10 2009 'Takers' Poster, Or Possibly Still From 'Takers' Hip Hop Video
Rat Pack '09, everyone! And just in time for Halloween. Dibs on being Smug Turd Skywalker. You can be Paul Walker wearing a turtleneck under a dress shirt.
The Poster for Takers [Coming Soon]
Jan 23 2009 'Obsessed' Poster Lost Some of String's Head
Cinematical has debuted the poster for the Fatal Attraction/The Temp/Probably Several TV Movies knock-off, Obsessed. If I were this translucent, near-shadowless, obsessed temp worker, I'd be fearing the wrath of Beyoncé. You can tell when Beyoncé is about to attack when she has her assistants carefully rotate the head on her mannequin body so that it's looking slightly more towards you.
Jan 15 2009 Stringer Bell Turns to Legitimate 'Office' Work
Variety has revealed that Michael Scott will have a new enemy on The Office later this season: Idris Elba, marking the second time the series will make audiences shout, "Hey, they were on that Wire show!"
Thesp Idris Elba has been cast on "The Office" as a new rival to Dunder Mifflin regional manager Michael Scott (Steve Carell).Elba, most recently seen in Guy Ritchie's "Rocknrolla," will appear in six episodes later this season. Details are slim on his plot line, other than he'll play a no-nonsense hire at Dunder Mifflin's corporate office who will throw Michael Scott into turmoil.
Alright, Idris, you've paid off your debt for starring in Obsessed. A half-season part in a funny television sitcom is just enough to make up for being in a Fatal Attraction rip-off that looks like a mid-'90s TV movie. But I'm warning you, next time you get the lead in a derivative, Beyonce-starring erotic thriller, you're going to need like two seasons of 30 Rock to pay that debt.
And in other Office-related news, here's the premise for the new Greg Daniels-produced Amy Poehler sitcom:
The new series, still untitled, will be filmed in the same mockmentary style as "The Office" but will be set in the world of local government. Cameras follow Leslie Knope (Poehler), described as a "mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana."
Sure, I'll watch that.
Dec 19 2008 'Obsessed' Trailer: The Movie YouTube Commenters "Can't Wait" For
Stringer Bell thought he had it all: the perfect Beyonce wife; the perfect job with Jerry O'Connell; the perfect hot temporary office worker. But no! At least not the last point. It turns out his temp is OBSESSED. She infects his computer with the TEMPGIRL virus, keeps seducing him, and has catfights with his wife:
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