Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
The word from Ain’t It Cool News is that Paramount will likely be putting the first teaser for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull on Beowulf, which comes out around Thanksgiving. Possibly with some new Indy music by John Williams.
Read about it here.
Jim Broadbent reveals that he’ll play Professor Slughorn in Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. He’s everywhere! (He also talks about his Indiana Jones role at the link.) In other casting news, looks like Zoe Saldana will be playing Uhura in JJ Abrams’ Star Trek.
In other news…
Rumor mill
Movie Geeks United has a podcast interview with Indy IV stuntman Jeff Galpin, as well as an interview of the director of Good Luck Chuck. Check it out!
You gotta feel for JJ Abrams. The next Star Trek film is the most anticipated, yet angst-ridden, film since the Star Wars prequels. (Maybe this is why he was talking with George?)
The latest batch of whining and gossiping includes:
– Roddenberry’s son expressing his complete and utter doubt that a prequel will work
– Jennifer Garner as the next Vulcan sex symbol? (Look out, Jolene Blalock!)
– Russell Crowe as the main bad-guy?
Zachary Quinto has no qualms. He wanted the Spock gig.
Just in time for Christmas… The complete soundtrack for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King will be released on November 6. Yup, all three hours and 50 minutes of score. Also, this is the first I’ve heard of a soundtrack book: The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films. And here I though it was Lucasfilm that left no revenue possibility unturned.
Entertainment Weekly catches up with Cate Blanchett at the Toronto Film Festival. The interview is rightly focused on Elizabeth: The Golden Age, which is debuting at the festival, but she also briefly speaks about Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull:
It’s phenomenal to be working with Harrison Ford and Spielberg and Karen Allen, all of whom were in one of the most amazing experiences of my childhood, watching that film. And then I’m stepping into the frame. It’s a real Zelig moment for me. It was really quite moving when Karen filmed her first entry into the film the other day. You know, Spielberg said, ”I feel so young!” [Laughs] It was fantastic.
Harry Potter passes James Bond as the film franchise that brings in the most bucks worldwide. Star Wars is #3.
According Variety, this is without taking inflation into account, and Star Wars is still champ domestically. Damn right.
Poor Harrison. His characters can’t seem to get away from crystal skulls.
We now have the title for Indy IV, but he’s been there before in a previous adventure.
(Pointed out by Paul Ballard.)
An iron can? That can’t be right. In any case: Comic fans, Robert Downey Jr. fans, drunken billionaires with defense contracts fans, your day has come: The Iron Man trailer is officially here.
