Club Jade

Stardust may not be out yet, but it’s certainly getting its share of hype. It’s currently getting a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes (from only five reviews, granted) but Neil Gaiman is everywhere.

Really, there ought to be a band

• Speaking of the giants of modern geekdom, Entertainment Weekly snagged the Spocks, Chris Carter and Joss Whedon.

• Sam Raimi to helm Clash of the Titans remake? I’m not sure how I feel about that. Aside from the whole ‘how dare they remaked the crap classics of my childhood’ thing. CLAYMATION FOREVER!
• More viral marketing for The Dark Knight: Rent-A-Clown.
• IGN talks to Wall-E director Andrew Stanton.
• Kevin Costner is still defending Water World. Dude, let it go.
• Pirates 3 DVD details.
• Totally random rumour from Hong Kong: Natalie Portman and Jet Li making Snow White action flick?
• In Portman news that might actually have a chance of being real, the supposed poster for The Other Boleyn Girl. Let’s hope Scarlett Johansson’s English accent has improved since The Prestige.

Videos du jour

• Kevin Smith responds to SDCC jackass.

• On a more positive note, the teaser trailer for Back to the Future is surprisingly palatable for its era.

You could do a pretty convincing impersonation anyway in this amazing Asian Jack Sparrow costume currently for sale on Ebay. There’s just that pesky little matter of $4,000.

AICN claims that Marvel is writing Nick Fury into Iron Man. And guess who they say is taking on the role of the infamously badass superspy?

Okay, seriously: Samuel L. Jackson. Mind, the source is AICN, and the information is unconfirmed, but who better?

You caught me in a transitional period

• Big Blade Runner announcement expected at ComicCon.

• Check out Batman’s new suit and bike.
• Moviefone’s 25 worst sequels, the followup to their best sequels list from May. Guess who made it…
• Pirates of the Caribbean 4 buzz. Atlantis? Okay!
• Jim Broadbent reveals Indy 4 role.
• First trailer for Pixar’s Wall-E.

New Zealanders choose their favorite and most hated movies – and Star Wars makes both lists. On the high end, A New Hope comes in at #2, beating Pulp Fiction and locally-filmed Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. On the low end, The Phantom Menace eeks in at #10, just below Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. But I wouldn’t get too worked up – the most-hated film is Titanic.

Well, it’s a better sucessor than The Matrix, I guess. But will we be seeing Pirate cons in 30 years?

But don’t let the title fool you – it’s basically just a comparison of the two.

SpiderMan 3 has blasted the opening-weekend record of Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man’s Chest and the worldwide record set by Revenge of the Sith.

Calls for Cthulhu! This is the best video ever. At least for today. (via SF Signal, which links to more!)

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End clips. I love his pies. (Thanks, Yav!)

Your Lightsaber and You has been around a while – there’s even a sequel – but I hadn’t run across it until recently.

We can have a good time, can’t we?

• Think Different.

• The Holiday Special in Five Minutes. Because the only thing better than watching the thing is freebasing it!
• Star Wars mistakes.
• Lost song parody. I haven’t watched the show at all this season, but this is hilarious. (Spoilers.)

The first trailer for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End has sailed into port. Arrrrgh.

Pirate porn catches the eye of Disney. Initial link safe for work – pretty much everything it links to, not so much. (via fandom_lounge)

Looks like the worrying about a delay might in vain… A Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End trailer will go live on Monday, March 19th.