A big congratulations to the production team behind Star Wars: Clone Wars, Volume II.
They won for best Animated Television Production at the 33rd Annie Awards, presented by The International Animated Film Society.
The Potato Menace
Now there’s an R2-D2 Mr. Potato Head? It even comes with a wee hologram Potato Leia. Madness! (via Boing Boing)
Movie News: Fanboys, Dark Crystal
Fanboys finds a cast – maybe. Folks reportedly in talks are Kristen Bell of Veronica Mars, Jay Baruchel of Undeclared and Just Legal, Chris Marquette of Joan of Arcadia and Sam Huntington, Jimmy Olsen in Superman Returns. Just add in a Kevin Smith or Whedon alumni and it’ll be the geekiest cast ever.
Dark Crystal sequal moves forward, with Genndy Tartakovsky (Clone Wars) in the director’s seat.
Still no Bond girl – or villian. Rachel McAdams (The Notebook, Wedding Crashers) is the latest name bouncing through rumorville.
First pictures from Spider-Man 3; all Kirsten Dunst, all the time. Also, looks like there may be more familiar comic folks showing up in the film. Are we sure Brett Ratner isn’t involved?
Trailer for Scary Movie 4. You know someone wants to see it.
Carrie fishes for a new film
EmpireOnline announces that Carrie Fisher has signed on to write and act in the upcoming film E-Girl.
We know it will at least be snarky!
TV News: Lost, VMars, Aquaman
Lost is back tonight, monster and all. Mr. Eko is the focus of tonight’s episode, but if you’re not quite caught up, tune in early for a clip show.
Lucy Lawless gets around. First Battlestar Galactica, now Veronica Mars. (Sadly, no Mars tonight – it’s back in two weeks.)
Broadway’s Will Toale will be Aquaman. Or you may have seen him as the “Briefs Model” in Uptown Girls. That’s more than enough cred for the WB.
Post-Holiday Bounty
Hopefully you made out well in the holiday money gifts, this year. Because there are some companies trying to part you from your money.
Sideshow Collectibles announced the addition of 12-inch figures from Lord of the Rings.
For those still in the Star Wars arena, TheForce.Net reports that Star Wars Galaxies will be adding new features. And LucasArts apparently has a lot up its sleeve, if the rumors are to be believed.
And there is still some stock left of the Lucas Family action figure set at StarWarsShop.com. Grab ’em while they last!
It’s a movie, people!
And we wonder why none of the bigger stars of the Prequels want to come to sci-fi conventions!
TheForce.Net points to this UPI article where some “fan” went up to Hayden Christensen to accuse him of ruining Star Wars.
Ohhhkay.
Review: Star Wars Chronicles: The Prequels
It’s that wonderful time of the year when Lucasfilm’s licensees try to give us as much as possible to offer our friends and families to get us for the holidays.
The latest offering from the holiday collection is Star Wars Chronicles: The Prequels, by our friends Stephen J. Sansweet and Pablo Hidalgo of Lucasfilm.
At a price tag of $150, this is probably an item for your more generous relatives. But it is certainly a fantastic book.
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Breakfast with George
ILM turns 30, and The Hollywood Reporter interviews George Lucas, among other things. (Via SF Signal)