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.
The writer’s strike finally ended. I’m going to point out that not only is one Martin Lawrence movie out right now but another is in heavy advertising rotation. You need to decide for yourself, based on that information, if this whole “writing movies” is good for society. I know where I stand.
SATURDAY
Nothing happened today. Well, we tipped everyone off that the writer’s strike was on its last legs, but that didn’t officially happen until Wednesday. Hopefully someone read a book during this lull. Sure.
SUNDAY
Pictures from the next Iraq movie you’ll miss.
I definitely, maybe will go see this if I get a sex change operation.
On Sunday we had stills from a bunch of movies, including one called Stop-Loss. It’s one of those Iraq movies that everyone loves to go see. Boy, the hits just keep on comin’ from that well. Hopefully it will make $650, thus out grossing both In the Valley of Elah and that horrible Robert Redford borefest combined. Ryan Reynolds isn’t in an Iraq movie. He’s in a movie about finding love. Ahhhhhhhhhhh. Also, about knocking the girl up and having that cute Abigail Breslin pop out. You can see five minutes of the movie online; or pay $8 and watch the whole damn thing, cheapskate.
MONDAY
The is-Michelle-Pfeiffer-still-hot controversy explodes!
We talk to Christina Ricci so you don’t have to.
It was young vs. old on Monday. The still young and hot Christina Ricci was interviewed so she could pimp her new movie. It’s not the one that rhymes with Reed Facer, it’s the other one, where she has a pig nose. She sat down for an interview about her pig nose movie. Bet you never thought you’d read that in a sentence. Also, I bet you never thought someone would say Michelle Pfeiffer wasn’t hot. Josh did, though. Some guys think he’s wrong, but maybe he’s right. Nah, he’s wrong.
TUESDAY
Dennis Quaid knows a lot about something I have no interest in.
Fox says they own your soul…or something like that.
Are you a huge G.I. Joe fan and really excited about the movie? No? Me, either. I’m less excited about this than I was about Transformers and that takes some doing. Dennis Quaid is pretty excited about Joe. Not just his own character in the movie, but all the characters. If you’re excited by his excitement, then these are exciting times indeed. Not so exciting for Fox Studios. They say Warner Brothers doesn’t have the right to make a Watchmen movie. Fox says they own the rights. You can’t own something beautiful like this, can you? Oh, my mistake.
WEDNESDAY
Writer’s write yes and go back to work.
Our Judd Apatow pimping gets geared up again.
The writer’s strike officially ended on Wednesday. The writer’s were out of work for three months and got the same thing the director’s got in four days of negotiation while still on the job. Shrewd. Very shrewd. Judd Apatow is clearly very shrewd as well. He knows that CinemaBlend will work like dogs to sell you on seeing his movies. They are coming out at an alarmingly quick rate these days, but the next one looks pretty funny. See the cursing trailer now. .
THURSDAY
An old, old man jumps around for your pleasure.
Hippies never die, they just make zombie movies.
Did you hear that there is a new Indiana Jones movie coming out this year? I know, the guy is pretty damn old, but there is money to be made. The new teaser trailer is out and Harrison Ford looks every one of his 66 years. Cate Blanchett kinda looks funny; I think she’s supposed to be scary, though. Still, it has a lot of what you love about Indy. Director George Romero doesn’t mention Indy in an interview we had with him, but he probably doesn’t like it. He seems like a cranky guy. He thinks the Internet is full of lunatics, if you can believe that!
FRIDAY
Two words: Doomsday.
Animated movie will have voices, rather than rely on sign language.
Word is coming out that the JLA movie might not include Superman at all. Supposedly, he’s already dead when the movie starts. Oh shoot, that’s a spoiler isn’t it? Don’t read this if you want to be surprised. It will be no surprise that Dwayne Johnson’s voice will be coming out of some spaceman’s animated body. He’s doing a voice for Planet 51. So is that guy from the Mac commercials and a couple of other pretty boys and girls.
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.
