A fourth draft A New Hope script annotated by original trilogy sword master Peter Diamond is being auctioned for charity. Cash prizes in a charity auction? Does that seem fishy to anyone?
Ewan nominated for theatre award
Ewan McGregor is up for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his work in Guys and Dolls.
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Neat promo video from design team Urban Medium and DJ Spider featuring Chetrooper stickers and a scratch version of the Imperial March.
Want more? Here’s a video of a DJ scratching the Imperial March from two (apparently) unrelated records. Not quite as professional, but the best part is the crowd reaction.
John Williams nets Golden Globe
If fanboys ruled the world
Former handmaiden the new Bond girl?
London’s Daily Mail is reporting that Rose Byrne will play Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale. Byrne (IMDB) played Dormé in Attack of the Clones, sucked face with Brad Pitt in Troy, and is currently featured all corseted up in Casanova and the upcoming Marie-Antoinette. (via Cinematical)
Who doesn’t love an Indy 4 rumor?
Someone on the IMDB boards claims to know the plot and title for the fourth Indiana Jones movie. Probably total bunk, but it is in the ballpark of plausibility.
Comfort Movies
According to a U.K. poll, Star Wars is the #1 movie for men to watch when they’re sick. The women polled prefer Dirty Dancing. (via TFN)
Now I don’t know about everyone else out there, but my default sick mode for television watching is ‘whatever the hell is on’… How else would I ever have ended up watching the original Battlestar Galactica?
In other news, it’s time to stuff another ballot box for ROTS.
Tauntaun! The panda!
China is sending Taiwan two pandas and among the suggestions for names are “Tuantuan” and “Yuanyuan,” both of which mean ‘union.’ For us Star Wars fans, the association may be a tad different…
Fangirls will love it!
Sean Burns of Philadelphia Weekly has this to say about James Franco’s performance in Tristan & Isolde:
This young actor first emerged to great acclaim in Mark Rydell’s 2001 television James Dean biopic, but his Tristan performance is riddled with so many Anakinisms you’ll think he’s auditioning for The Hayden Christensen Story.
The rest of the review is also quite delightfully snarky.