I promised movie things...

[lithera]

So... A lot to catch up on.

The first is something which might manage to add another TV show to my list. It was announced today that "Emmy Award-winning actor Eddie Izzard is joining the season six cast of "24."" Huh. Figure that one out. "Izzard will portray a villainous accomplice." This is especially interesting because he's already got another show that'll be on FX about married con artists.

There are all these rumors going around about The Hobbit getting made by Peter Jackson. Well, no one has talked to Peter Jackson about it yet. MGM has the distribution rights. New Line has the production rights. Apparently someone at MGM said they were doing this... So, there has to be some sort of talking happening with New Line. We shall see. Especially since Peter Jackson just announced that -

He optioned "Temeraire." The historical fantasy series ("His Majesty's Dragon," "Throne of Jade" and "Black Powder War") is written by Naomi Novik. He has also optioned Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones and is writing the adaptation with partners Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens on spec with the intent of speaking to distributors after the script is done.

Weird Al released a video to go with his new song.

Gainax has announced that they will produce four theatrical features in its iconic "Evangelion" series. I guess we'll see who really is right about what happened at the end there.

Brandon Frasier has announced that he's doing another Mummy movie. No word yet on Rachel Weiss.

Heath Ledger on The Joker - "I wouldn't have thought of me, either. But it's obviously not going to be what Jack Nicholson did. It's going to be more nuanced and dark and more along the lines of a Clockwork Orange kind of feel. Which is, I think, what the comic book was after: less about his laugh and more about his eyes."

Luc Besson, director of the The Professional and The Fifth Element , says his upcoming Arthur and the Invisibles will be his last as a helmer.

A lot of awesome stuff about Pan's Laybrynth. I'm really looking forward to seeing that. Also, I'm glad that Christian Bale's movie Rescue Dawn found a home at MGM. It looked like a good movie and I'm glad someone picked it up.

And.... I think that's it for the moment.

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[inevitability.livejournal.com]

Heath Ledger on The Joker - "I wouldn't have thought of me, either. But it's obviously not going to be what Jack Nicholson did. It's going to be more nuanced and dark and more along the lines of a Clockwork Orange kind of feel. Which is, I think, what the comic book was after: less about his laugh and more about his eyes."

YES!

Ok, maybe he won't suck after all.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

The more I think about it and the more I hear about where they're probably going, the more the casting makes sense.

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

Oh, I think he'll probably be pretty good. He's not who I'd hoped for, but I think he'll be pretty good indeed.

[seanb.livejournal.com]

We're confirmed for the screening tomorrow: 7PM at the Guild 45th.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

Tomorrow or Thursday?

[seanb.livejournal.com]

Sorry, you're right. Thursday.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

Okay. Just wanted to make sure. Either one is cool with me.

[bloolark.livejournal.com]

Eddie Izzard in 24? Amazing. Did they say how many episodes he'd show up in?

[lithera.livejournal.com]

They didn't say in the article I was reading. I'll look around and see if anyone says.

[foxfyre.livejournal.com]

I'm excited to see the con artists show with Eddie Izzard, though I'll probably continue to skip "24".

Also - Temeraire as a movie/set of movies? :D

That's awesome. I loved those books. Here's hoping.

[quizro.livejournal.com]

Eddie Izzard's playing a villainous accomplice again? I don't get that. Well, I guess he is kinda thuggish looking, without the eye shadow and lipstick.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

Heh. He actually plays an evil genuis rather well.

[quizro.livejournal.com]

And an evil giraffe!