Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
Presentations at Comic-Con have become big business. The Lost shindig alone cost an estimated $25,000 and attracted some 6,500 fans, many of whom lined up for as long as 16 hours to get a chance to see executive producer Damon Lindelof, and actors Josh Holloway, Michael Emerson, Jorge Garcia and Dominic Monaghan talk about whether Oceanic Air has a “perfect safety record.”
One word: CHARLIE!
TORn is reporting that negotiations are underway for a trilogy (rather than a dulogy) of The Hobbit films.
The movie posters for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince have finally made it on to the internet — and look pretty damn cool. Is it July 17 yet?
The BBC is reporting that the set where stuntman David Holmes was seriously injured last month has been reopened, two weeks before the filming of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows begins.
Finally, The Deathly Hallows was the most borrowed book from UK libraries last year.
Sad news. Kim Manners, uber-talented director-producer of X-Files and Supernatural has reportedly died of cancer. He will be sorely missed.
It will apparently be attached to Twilight. You can see it here in a multitude of formats. Run, don’t walk!
The mayor of a town in south-eastern Turkey named Batman is suing!
Thirty-five years ago today the world lost a master storyteller.
Peter Jackson is joining Guillermo del Toro and LOTR vets Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens to write the scripts for the upcoming Hobbit movies. Woot!
Daniel Radcliffe going the full monty on Broadway in Equus was not the reason for the postponement of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. At least according to a statement from Warner Bros. President and Chief Operating Officer Alan Horn. Whatever the reason, it still stinks.
This would be highly convenient. Why should Harry Potter have all the fun?