In the news: Monday morning reading list

  • Cloverfield smashes January box office records, including the one held by the ANH Special Edition.
  • Lightsaber named top movie weapon in 20th Century Fox poll. (Huh.) The Death Star and Indiana Jones’ whip also made the list, and Luke Skywalker and Indiana Jones are among the favorite weapon-wielding heroes.
  • Skywalker Sound up for BAFTA for There Will Be Blood.
  • AICN has a report from the cancer-free Fanboys.
  • Ewan McGregor claiming Trainspotting had more influence than Star Wars prequels. On his career, perhaps.

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Long Way Down book released in UK

The book detailing Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman’s epic journey from John O’Groats, Scotland to Cape Agulhas, South Africa has been released in the United Kingdom. The going rate on Amazon.co.uk is £10.

Amazon.ca is showing an October 30 release date and wants $28 CDN for it.

Amazon in the U.S. has no listing for it at all.

The Amazon UK site is also taking pre-orders for a 3 December DVD release of the television series. Rumour has it the series will air on BBC 2 in the UK starting on October 28.

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ewan-iraq-award.jpgCould Obi-Wan bring peace to Iraq? Okay, that’s a little beyond the scope of this blog, but Ewan McGregor was in Basra to present an award to Staff Sgt Michelle Cunningham, a British bomb disposal expert.

Elsewhere…

Movie News: Americas Next Big SuperFlop

Who are those guys in the back again?The big news this week seems to IESB’s report that a Justice League of America movie has been fast-tracked by Warner Bros. Ryan Reynolds has been talking up The Flash, but Christian Bale pleads ignorance. A Justice League without Batman? The fanboys will love it!

Michael Bay’s hissyfits, let me show you them

They made it!

Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman have completed their amazing John O’ Groats, Scotland to Cape Agulhas, South Africa motorcycle journey. That’s some 15,000 miles in 85 days. And they’re still alive!

There will be a series! It’ll be airing on BBC Two in the fall. Hopefully the rest of the world will get it some time after that. And there are certain to be DVDs.

Ewan and Charley yet still alive!

Intrepid travellers Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman have made it to South Africa, the final border crossing on their three month trip from northern Scotland to southern Africa. Woot!

Standing next to the border sign, Ewan yells their destination.

‘Look where we’ve got to, look! ‘Welcome to South Africa’! We’re in South Africa, we made it! We made it all the way down from John O’ Groats to our last border crossing into South Africa. Well done mate!’

‘Well done,’ replies Charley. ‘It’s been an incredible journey really. It’s just, fourteen countries!’

Don’t miss the video to the right of the pictures, where they literally skip to the border.