Congratulations to former Hobbit Sean Astin and his wife Christine on the arrival of a new baby girl!
We at Club Jade a kinda partial to Sean as he signed an item for free for us during our last auction to benefit Reading is Fundamental.
Remember the first- wait, no.
Revenge of the Sith DVD to drop November 1st. One of the featurettes explains the exact nature of the whole ‘Chosen One’ thing, which will no doubt set the fandom into a froth of argument.
(Bitter. Sorry. Read too many Dark Nest spoilers from the crazy zone this week. It’s hard to have any faith in fandom after visiting the TFN boards.)
James Marsters back at WB
He’ll be in Smallville, of all places, for “a number of episodes” playing professor Milton Fine, aka Brainiac. Also showing up this season will be Aquaman, the Fortress of Solitude, and Tom Wopat of the original Dukes of Hazard.
In other Buffy/Angel alumni casting news, Charisma Carpenter will be joining the cast of ‘Veronica Mars’ for at least six episodes.
Trailer park
V for Vendetta – a movie from the folks who brought us the Matrix, starring Hugo Weaving and (an almost-bald, British) Natalie Portman.
Mirrormask, a film directed by Dave McKean, written by Neil Gaiman, and involving the Jim Henson company. Could do without the more-annoying-than-usual Voiceover Guy…
And I can’t remember if I linked this before, but what the hell – The Brothers Grimm. Terry Gillam! Matt Damon! Heath Ledger! Some girl who looks kinda like Keira Knightly!
Pottermania Continues
Talk about being spoiled. Some idiots posted the big spoiler from the end of “Half-Blood Prince” on a banner over a motorway in the UK. Not even PG is that mean.
Pirated copies of the book are already for sale in Mumbai and apparently it is also available on the internet. What I want to know is who the hell can type that fast?
Replacement for “Guys and Dolls” Miss Adelaide
Former Coronation Street star Sarah Lancashire will replace Jane Krakowski starting 5 December. No word yet on who will replace Ewan McGregor.
Wah! The end really is coming. If you’ve been debating whether or not to go, time to get serious about finding a cheap fare to London.
RIP Scotty
Let’s be bad guys
The Creator Speaks to the Fans!
Okay. We’re a bit biased towards Star Wars on this site. But we also have a lot of other fandom interests.
The one that is obsessing many of us lately is Harry Potter. So it is this Creator of which we speak.
JK Rowling (she who has launched millions of readers) invited the leaders of her two favorite fan sites to interview her during the release weekend festivities. The one-hour interview turned into two-hours that will be covered by both sites over the next week, or so.
Transcripts are the same on both sites, but reports are different. So we’ll just link you to the main page so you can catch up as you’re able.
Hear that George?
Aslan confirmation
Liam Neeson is indeed voicing Aslan in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Disney confirmed it at Comic Con.