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.
After weeks of a Blades of Glory and Disturbia wasteland, the summer movies are attacking with a vengeance. Following the web slinger and the big green ogre, Disney's pirates are getting their shot. Even as the major studios fill their coffers, things keep happening in movie news and we keep bringing it to you. Look below for last weeks offerings.
SATURDAY
I do this every week, and here’s the proof.
Our podcast tells your earbuds everything they need to know.
We didn’t get much fresh news on Saturday, so it was a good time to catch up on last week’s news with the previous helping of news:blended. You should also download our podcast and load it onto one of those iPod things. That way you can carry Rafe and Margaret’s warm, soothing voices with you wherever you go. Just like an old friend, if your old friend spoke directly into your ear about the latest movie news.
SUNDAY
Joker picture may actually be the real thing.
Shrek gets its one week on top.
Shrek the Third got its one week in the box office sun, supplanting Spider-Man 3. This weekend is sure to see another third movie, Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End take the top spot. There are other movies battling for the lower rungs of the top 10 and being released this week, but most of us can’t name more than two off the top of our heads.
After blurry camera-phone photos and faked pictures, a (probably) authentic photo of Heath Ledger in Joker make-up is finally available. The Dark Knight villain looks like, well, Heath Ledger in white face paint with a big red smear around his lips. Like his Aunt Gertrude got a little inappropriate with her Christmas day kiss.
MONDAY
Goldie Hawn plans to suck on both sides of the camera.
A new guy might direct the next Bond, or not.
Every Goldie Hawn story we post covers her recent dismal failures. You really do have to look back quite a few years to find a success that she could be considered responsible for. Her poison in front of the camera has not kept someone from letting her step behind the camera to direct a movie that will co-star Kurt Russell. He’s probably the only actor not scared to work with her. The Bond franchise may also pick up a new director, although Hawn is not in the running. Marc Forster, who directed Finding Neverland and Monster’s Ball, is being considered along with a few other directors.
TUESDAY
Potter teases us all in different ways.
We pimp Knocked Up yet again.
New television ads for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix have been released. There are six altogether and each focuses on a different aspect of the film. They should just put a black card with white type saying “come to see the next Harry Potter movie.” It’s not as if they have to convince anyone anymore. Josh Tyler is trying to convince everyone that Knocked Up deserves a Harry Potterish audience. He is constantly pimping the film as the best thing since Weekend at Bernie’s. Director Judd Apatow has released some of his production diaries online. Check them out to make Josh happy.
Our favorite Depp characters, with more Wood.
Josh doesn’t join into Internet freak-out.
Johnny Depp will be doing his Capn’ Jack shtick again this summer, but you may remember him from such films as Ed Wood and Finding Neverland. Our writers sure do. We voted on the best Depp performances and then put them out there for you to disagree with and mock. I think we did ok, but the snubbing of ’21 Jump Street’ might come back to haunt us. Alfred Hitchcock won’t have to haunt the making of a new Jay Roach comedy. Josh claims that it's not really a remake of Vertigo, just something with a common plot point. So put away the torches and the pitchforks all you Hitchcock fans.
THURSDAY
In case you thought Jack Sparrow was a type of Australian bird.
Indy 4 will have a chase scene!
In what is probably no surprise to anyone who read our guides to the movies of Spider-Man and Shrek; Thursday saw the release of our Guide to the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Everything you ever wanted to know about Capn’ Jack Sparrow, Will Turner, the girl, that guy with tentacles for a beard, the apple eating dead guy, and all the rest is yours for the taking. Also, filming is starting on Indy 4 in New Haven and a local newspaper says they got a look at the script. In it Indy runs away from some bad guys. Wow, what a scoop.
FRIDAY
We use Iron Man gossip as a chance to slam George Lucas.
Historical detective action movie back from round two.
We wrapped up the week by pointing out that it is sometimes ok to have your actors say things that aren’t written on the page. Iron Man director Jon Favreau is reportedly asking his actors to ad lib at times. It could result in the worst movie since Boat Trip but I kinda doubt it. Another movie that will be better than Cuba Gooding, Jr.’s gay cruise movie will be National Treasure: The Book of Secrets. The fist one surprised our whole family by being interesting and fun, despite being completely implausible. I’m looking for more of the same and the just released trailer seems that all those factors will once again be in play.
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.
