Paul Ens was having fun with IMDB – first it was the upcoming films of Star Wars actors, then most Star Wars actors in a non-Star Wars film. The answer may be … surprising. Or not.
George to Harrison: Simmer down!
George Lucas responds to Harrison Ford’s Indy 4 comments. (Which everyone is calling an ‘ultimatium’. Sorry, but “If it doesn’t happen in the next two years we should all forget it” is not an ultimatium. Unless he was holding a weapon at the time.) According to MTV, Lucas says:
“We just keep working on it,” shrugged series writer/producer George Lucas. “You know, we just write and write and write and write and write. But we are getting closer, and hopefully this year we will have a start date and we will have a script that we all love and hopefully it will come out next year.” Lucas added that Jeff Nathanson (“Catch Me if You Can”) is the newest addition to a pile of screenwriters bigger than the Cairo swordsman’s weapon of choice.
So, you know, definitely maybe.
Harrison Ford wants Indy 4 soon
He says:
It’s looking very good to do another one. I haven’t felt this positive about it happening in a long time… but if it doesn’t happen in the next two years we should all forget it.
The full article is a short bit from Contact Music. (via TFN)
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.
John Williams nets Golden Globe
“Guys and Dolls” rolls on
“Guys and Dolls” seems to be in good hands with newcomers Sarah Lancashire and Nigel Harman receiving generally good reviews.
Harman admits that taking over for McGregor left him with “big shoes to fill”:
“He (McGregor) wrote me a note on my mirror which I kept on there which said ‘brother Harman, you’re dice’, which is kind of a variation of a line from the show which is brilliant,” he said.
The play is currently taking bookings through September 2006.
McGregor visits Malawi
Ewan McGregor has spent five days in Malawi in his capacity as Unicef ambassador visiting children whose lives had been affected by HIV/AIDS.
The motorcycle trip from John O’Groats to Cape Town is still on and further visits to support Unicef are in the plans.
Genre workshop for teen writers
Timothy Zahn and Tamora Pierce are among the author guests at Alpha, the SF/F/H Workshop for Young Writers. (via Neil Gaiman)
Exit stage right…
Ewan McGregor’s run as Sky Masterson is over. Wah! To help lessen the pain, Rose at ewan_playground has posted some fantastic pictures.
Saving (right, click, save) them is fine, but please don’t hotlink directly to the pictures.
Breakfast with George
ILM turns 30, and The Hollywood Reporter interviews George Lucas, among other things. (Via SF Signal)