As part of their fall preview, the NY Times takes in Robert Altman and Neve Campbell’s Company (the Joffrey Ballet), and Elvis Mitchell sings the praises of Peter Jackson.
Category: Cinema
Four-Color Casting Call.
Eager to catch up with Marvel in the summer blockbuster dept., Warner Brothers and DC plan to screentest a bevy of young stars for Christopher (Memento) Nolan’s new Batman film. (Of these choices, I’d go with Christian Bale.) Also is comic casting news, it turns out cut-rate chanteuse/Newlywed Jessica Simpson will be playing the lead in Mort the Dead Teenager. Normally, this’d be a non-story, but she had been rumored to play Sue Storm (Invisible Girl) in the upcoming Fantastic Four flick, which — if true — would have instantly erased any interest I might have in the project. Now, Naomi Watts, on the other hand…
Slingin’ in the Rain.
Rainy days and Mondays always get Neo down…Coming Soon gets a handful of new Matrix: Revolutions images. Mild spoilers, although there’s not much here that you didn’t see in the trailer.
Lost in Translation.
Thrill to the adventures of Arogon, Gandlof Foorgray, Gibley, and the Hoberts. My friend Giovanni sends along these Engrish TTT bootleg captions. The strength of the ring barrel is fading…
Shifting Releases.
Miramax announces the second half of Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill will open Feb. 20 (Part I arrives Oct. 10), while Tim Burton moves his latest project, Big Fish, up against RotK on December 18. (General release to follow 1/23/04).
Fight Club.
Place your bets…it’s Trojans vs. Samurai. Coming Soon posts both the first pic of Brad Pitt as Achilles in Troy and the final poster for Tom Cruise’s The Last Samurai.
Special K.
The NY Times delves into K Street, the new life-meets-art political show brought to you by Clooney, Soderbergh, Carville, and Matalin. Should be interesting, if nothing else.
Orlando and Gabriel.
Will Tilda Swinton sign on for Constantine? She and Rachel Weisz should add a touch of class to the proceedings, but I still think Keanu in the title role is a deal-killer. South London, not SoCal…
Forth Eorlingas.
Also out today (as you probably well know) is the LOTR: Two Towers theatrical DVD. In related news, the happy news came down during my travel days that New Line will be screening the FotR and TTT extended editions prior to RotK this December. While it may require hobbit-like levels of sloth, I think I’m going to gear up for an all-day marathon on the 16th.
It’s Getting Heavier…
(Aw, he’s not heavy, he’s my Frodo, man.) Since they look so grand and since this space has seemed mighty empty of late, here’s the new RotK teaser posters (to go with the Aragorn one released a few months ago.) Enjoy.
