Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
British comedian Eddie Izzard will voice Narnia’s Reepicheep. (Interestingly enough, I was just discussing him elsewhere.) I don’t know if he’s exactly appropriate, but he’s a funny guy so I honestly don’t care.
For a quick immersion lesson, be sure to check out Thorn2200’s Lego animations of bits from Izzard’s routines. We’ve previously featured Death Star Canteen.
Busy day at the official site… First up, an interview with Drew Karpyshyn to celebrate next week’s release of Rule of Two
Then, check out the Japanese cover for Jude Watson’s The Shadow Trap. (Nice, but are they ever going to get to LOTF? The fans are clamoring for EU art!)
And finally, check out some Force Unleashed action figures.
Dang. What am I going to watch over the summer, now?
USA Network has decided not to renew either The 4400 or The Dead Zone. You don’t suppose they’d be willing to do a movie to, oh, wrap up the cliffhangers, do you? ::sigh::
Oddly enough for a show that seems to be universally criticized, Bionic Woman is still alive and kicking. (For now.)
Those awaiting the return of Lost (which is so going to benefit from the lack of new programming) can catch a bit of spoilery video from E!’s Watch with Kristin.
The Movie Blog asks: Is Star Wars robot inspiration for Wall-E? Well, this one, certainly…. This one? I’m not so sure. But hey, they have one of those cut scenes videos. Been a while since that one last came around, right?
Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth) is a name that folks have been throwing around to direct The Hobbit: EW got hold of him for a brief interview about venturing into Middle Earth.
The official site gets in on the card love with their own roundup of the past 30 years of holiday cards – including (naturally) many that Slashfilm didn’t have!
In fact, there were so many great cards I had trouble picking just one for this entry… But due to my weakness for pastiche, I had to go with this 2005 JAK Films number by Erik Tiemens and Ryan Church.
Droidnapped!
In other news…
Trajan is the Movie Font, a call for design sanity from Goodie Bag. Also be sure to check out Americans love lists!
So, um, I like Trajan. (I don’t make movie posters.) But he has a point. And I also have kind of a crush now. DAMN YOU INTERNETS!
The Mando bug has never bitten me, but for those of you into the whole Boba Fett thing (or just want a brief behind-the-scenes look at the 90’s EU) check out this blog entry by Daniel Keys Moran reminiscing about Star Wars, as well as a two-part interview over at bobafett.com. Moran wrote a handful of SW shorts, most notably The Last One Standing, aka the Fett piece from Tales of the Bounty Hunters. (Warning: Some language, bitterness.)
And for the hardcore Fett fans who’ve already seen this all – Moran showed up yesterday in the TFN thread I nabbed the links from. (Thanks, Trip!)