Too lazy to read all the wonderful news our insightful crew scours the globe to bring you every day? Too outmoded to have an MP3 player for the podcast? Shame on you all! However, being the generous lot we are, welcome to news:blended, your weekly guide to the most interesting stories reported on Cinema Blend over the last seven days.
My house almost burned down this week. Ok, that’s a slight overstatement. The local government asked me to leave my house in case it burned down and a few houses down the street burned down. When stuff like that happens, it’s hard to get too excited about who is going to play the Flash in the Justice League of America. That’s good, since we don’t really know, yet. We do know some other stuff and since my house didn’t actually burn down, I’ve summarized some of it for you.
SATURDAY
Sweeny Todd trailer is more Sweeny, less Todd.
Writers vote for strike and then call down Apocalypse on Malibu.
If you are really excited about Sweeny Todd then you and I have nothing in common. I don’t understand the appeal of this play or the movie adaptation. Then again, I never got the whole Nightmare Before Christmas fetish either. If you’re super interested in seeing it, we threw up a super trailer for you to whet your whistle. Most Hollywood writers didn’t bother to watch our super trailer, since they were voting to go on super strike. They are tired of writing the Beverly Hillbillies and only getting eight cents a page or whatever. If they don’t get more equitable treatment at the hands of management, they are walking.
SUNDAY
Boldly go to the theater to pay to see what you can watch for free six nights a week.
Terrorist movie fatigue sets in.
An old Star Trek episode will show for two nights in a few theaters. That’s only five fewer nights less than The Game Plan showed just last week, an indication of the relative popularity of old Star Trek episodes. My seat will be free in case you wondering if you should come on down next April. Even scarier than people going to the movie theater to watch William Shatner’s overacting are vampires in Alaska. They ruled the box office last weekend and also killed many people. Fortunately, not many people went to see Rendition. Hopefully, the whole “America Sucks” sub-genre of terrorism movies is drawing to a close.
MONDAY
Singer dithers and Ratner waits.
John Cusack, one of my all-time favorite actors (although as a person he seems like a little bit of a tool), is playing a man who adopts a Martian. Or something. Anyway, Katey Rich interviewed John and nearly everyone else associated with Martian Child and her results are spread throughout the week. We all hate Brett Ratner and who wouldn’t? On Monday we fretted that Ratner would get his hands on the Superman franchise if Bryan Singer leaves. There doesn’t seem to be much reason to worry, but worry is what we do best here. We worry about things so you don’t have to.
TUESDAY
Serenity not now!
Anthony Hopkins can write, who knew?
One of the main stars of Serenity said there might be a sequel. Since that show/movie has some crazy-ass fans, everyone got all hyped up. Then another star said the sequel wasn’t happening and everyone hyped down again. Another hyped up guy is Anthony Hopkins. We interviewed him about a movie he wrote, and directed, and stars in, and brought the coffee for, Slipstream.
JLA scoop says Superman is a Brit.
Let the geeky mouth watering begin.
Wednesday we had two casting scoops. One said some British actor would play Superman in JLA, the other said a few Dallas roles had been cast. If I knew who the British guy was, I’d be more excited. I am excited, though, about The Pixar Story coming to a town near me. This is what special two-night engagements should be for, not that Star Trek bullshit. .
THURSDAY
George Miller pulls a James Brown.
Looks like a heep big exploitation, Kemo Sabe.
George Miller is suddenly the hottest director working. In fact, he might be trying to put three blockbusters in movie theaters by next week, or at least within the next year, which is pretty damn impressive. JLA, Happy Feet 2, and Mad Max 4 may all get made, right now. George is a perfect recruit for the Dwight Army of Champions. Another busy guy is Jerry Bruckheimer. He may be trying to put together a Lone Ranger franchise to run into the ground with vastly inferior never-ending sequels. That second part is more my thoughts than anything Bruckheimer has announced.
FRIDAY
Josh hates your kids favorite movies.
Wonder Woman will need hair dye.
The Game Plan got Josh all fired up on Friday. Not just that movie, but not so great movies made primarily for family audiences. Josh doesn’t want you to go to them. I think bad movies exist for all age groups and picking on parents is unfair, but The Game Plan does look horrid, so maybe he has a point. Another horrid concept, at least to some, is that some actress who was in some movie you didn’t see may play Wonder Woman in JLA. It’s not so horrid to me, but I’m more of a Black Canary man myself.
That’s all for another week of news blending. It’s like what you get at Jamba Juice, but cheaper and not quite as healthy. If you liked it or didn’t, leave some feedback.
