Gee, Bill. Don’t hold back!
Hopefully William Shatner actually got permission to reveal so much about the upcoming Trek movie to SciFi Wire. Because he was sure talking up a storm!
Of course, nothing’s ever sure in Hollywood until the final film is edited, but here is the gist of what he said:
Isaacs Grovels for More Malfoy
Jason Isaacs, who plays the wicked Lucius Malfoy with so much delight in the Harry Potter movies, apparently got on hands and knees to beg JK Rowling to break his character free of Azkaban in the last book.
A unique way for an actor to get more work!
In the same article, and of more certainty to his acting career, Mr. Isaacs has confirmed that he had three weeks of filming for Potter V.
And the Wantons rejoice….
It’s not for you! It’s for everyone!
J.J. Abrams is not making his Star Trek movie just for Trekkies.
”On the one hand, for people who love Star Trek, the fix that they will get will be really satisfying,” he says. ”For people who’ve never seen it or know it vaguely, I think they will enjoy it equally, because the movie does not require you to know anything about Star Trek. I would actually prefer [that] people don’t know the series, because I feel like they will come to it with an open mind.”
Good call, my man. Good call. Hardcore fandoms are the ultimate mixed blessing: Yes, we know all (or most) of the scary little details and just try and keep us away on opening night, but there’s also the arrogance that comes with only socializing among ourselves that often overwhelms fan chats and forums.
For Star Wars fans, for instance, it’s important to remember that most of the people you saw Revenge of the Sith in the theatre with probably don’t even know that TheForce.net exists, let alone that there are at least a dozen people there who will spend hours arguing over the physical features of a ship seen onscreen for five seconds. Or, for old-school Jaders, people who have spent hours arguing over the love life of a character who shares no significant screentime with any female not somehow related to him. (Not that I would know anything about that, nor have spent a good chunk of my junior year of high school doing so. Nope.)
Not that I would automatically discount all comments and complaints made on fan forums. It just pays to remember that the loud voices aren’t always the only ones out there, and that some things simply can’t be done away with. The key is striking a balance.
Another nail in The Hobbit’s coffin
Robert Shaye, the head of New Line Cinema and executive producer on the LOTR films, says the studio will not make another movie with Peter Jackson – at least while he’s in charge.
And while we’re on the subject of Jackson, here’s a hilarious article about him remaking The Wizard of Oz.
Indy IV is for real
Steven Spielberg confirms that the fourth Indiana Jones is his next movie. Well, I’m shocked.
Indy 4 to film in 2007?
Or so George claims. I’ll believe it when I see it…
Trailer: Fantastic Four 2
But why does the Silver Surfer look so chintzy? Has not half-decent metal dude technology been around since T2?
Solstice with the Sparrows
Keith Richards in pirate getup from the set of At World’s End. He looks pretty much exactly like you’d expect. Except with more fake hair.
That’s not Truckules!
Honestly, I don’t get the appeal of Transformers at all, but a lot of folks seem excited and/or insane about it. For them, the first trailer.