Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
In an otherwise-pedestrian blog bemoaning Sean Connery’s choice to not take the role of Jones Sr. for another spin, The Guardian’s James Anthony claims the movie’s working title is Indiana Jones and the City of the Gods. Could it be? Well, it’s not the first time we’ve heard this one.
In other Indy rumors, who could John Hurt be playing?
The Writers Guild of America have released their list of the 101 Greatest Screenplays… Raiders of the Lost Ark is #42, with at Star Wars #68.
Warner Brothers buys rights to Terry Brooks’ Shannara series, which has been a staple of fantasy bookshelves since 1977. Brooks was also responsible for the novelization of The Phantom Menace.
Space Network (from our friends up in Canada) handed out their annual Spacey Awards, last night.
Although Superman edged out as the winner for number of awards, they were spread out over many genre shows and movies; including an ecstatic David Hewlett who stated, “In your face, Jack Bauer!” who finally lost after a long streak of wins.
ABC Family plans to taunt, um, I mean tease, viewers with a sneak peek of Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix during a marathon the week before the new movie opens.
Y’know. Just to make you really insane to see it!
Well, it’s a better sucessor than The Matrix, I guess. But will we be seeing Pirate cons in 30 years?
But don’t let the title fool you – it’s basically just a comparison of the two.
One could argue whether or not this is really anime or even closely related to sci-fi in any sort of way, but it does hold some fond memories for many CJers.
The Speed Racer movie is finally beginning production and is expected to be released in May of next year.
Gee, Trixie. Do you think it’ll be any good?