It’s the end of the week and I’m already drinking heavily. Here’s what’s going on.
IGN debuted a couple new Thor posters, and, uh… they’re pretty boring, actually.
Everything’s comin’ up Firth. It’s rumored that Colin Firth will be nominated for a knighthood, and every hack headline writer from here to Poughkeepsie is working it into a Firth-gets-demoted story. From King to Knight! Haha, good one, guys. H-h-h-hilarious. Anyway, he’s a great actor, but a knighthood? Remember when you used to have to wear metal on your back and kill people with a sword? That was cool. Nowadays you might as well just call all of them “Sir Famous Dude.” |EOnline|
Sirius XM is starting “Tiger Blood Radio”, an entire channel dedicated to Charlie Sheen. “The station will be totally devoted to ‘breaking news, facts, fallout and career implications of the Charlie Sheen controversy,’ according to the statement.” It will now join the ranks of the 100 other Sirius stations no one listens to. I’m surprised they didn’t already have one dedicated to actual tiger blood. |THR|
Avatar sequel will be set in underwater caves, says Michelle Rodriguez. Wait, didn’t Michelle Rodriguez die in the first one? Damn, she is hardcore and Latin. I guess it’s true what they say about hardcore Latinas: they don’t die, they just get spicier. That’s pronounced SPICE-y… you know what, never mind. |THR|
Julianne Moore joining Robert DeNiro, Paul Dano, Olivia Thirlby for Another Bullsh*t Night in Suck City. The adaptation of Nick Flynn’s memoir will be directed by Paul Weitz. I haven’t read the book, but I saw Nick Flynn read an excerpt at a reading and it was really good. And Paul Weitz directed Little Fockers, so he’s already pretty familiar with Suck City. |ThePlaylist|
Universal picks up Dirty Grandpa, from UCB performer John Phillips. “Grandpa is an R-rated comedy centered on a recently widowed, sexually aggressive grandfather on a road trip with his strait-laced grandson.” Sexually-aggressive old people, you say? Is it too late to change it to Dirty Grandma and cast Betty White? Get it? It’s hilarious because she’s never heard of sex before, you patronizing f*cks. |THR|
There’s a new trailer for James Gunn’s Super:
I thought Kick-Ass already did the hyper-violent, subversive superhero movie pretty well, but this does look… campier. And Nathan Fillion’s in it, which means nerds will love it for reasons that remain confusing and strange to me.
STUFF OF OURS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED:
- The Emilio Estevez Meme: He’s slightly less gnarly than Charlie, but he’s a really good guy, you guys.
- This week’s Frotcast: We bring on Joe King and try to understand Scottish people
- YAY, Baby Goose went to the zoo!
- Yo, Channing Tatum is doing an origin story on Peter Pan, yo. Seriously though.
- Elite Squad director Jose Padilha may direct the Robocop remake now that Aronofsky’s out. Here’s me asking Padilha about taking paycheck movies.
- Tarantino wrote a spaghetti western starring Christoph Waltz (*fist pump, coke wizard*)
- Total Recall remake to star Colin Farrell