Movie things...

[lithera]

With the European trailer for T3 out there people are wondering if T3 might actually be good. I know I'm wondering. How does Warner Brothers continue to have gold but make it horrible? I'm not cheering for this movie but I would love to be surprised.

Another X2 review. It's pretty good about spoilers. Also some toasting of Daredevil, which is mostly deserved. I just... I want this movie. And I'm not going to look at them but at countingdown.com there are 13 minute long clips from X2. (They're all of those weird links.)

MTV spoke with Hugh Jackman about his upcoming film Van Helsing: "I'll tell you, man, it is huge — the sets, the costumes," Jackman said. "I just saw a little trailer of it cut together. We showed it to the whole crew [and] everyone was so jazzed. It looks amazing." "I feel like I'm in 'Indiana Jones,' " he said. "That was my favorite movie as a kid, and I really feel like I've walked into one of those movies. [It's got] swashbuckling, but it's got a darkness to it, but it's still funny. And the look of it — I think it has a style to it that I've never really seen before. And I think the story is very intricate."

Director Joel Schumacher (Phone Booth) says that the big screen version of Phantom of the Opera will start filming in September at London's Pinewood Studios.

X2 star James Marsden, aka Cyclops, talked to MTV about Preacher, the adaptation of the Garth Ennis comic which will be directed by Rachel Talalay. "Right now it's in one of those weird Hollywood states where financing is still kind of questionable at this point," explained the 29-year-old actor as he relaxed in his hotel room, dressed in a dark shirt and jeans. "But they keep threatening to start [filming] in June, so if they do it, I'm thrilled to be a part of it."

Zap2it talked to producer Lauren Schuler Donner at the X2 junket who says that Keanu Reeves will be the perfect Hellblazer in Constantine... Already working on the part, Reeves hasn't even earned the accolades producers are expecting for his upcoming "Matrix Reloaded" and "Matrix Revolutions" films coming out within half a year of each other this summer and fall. Producer Lauren Shuler Donner says he's the perfect actor for the adult-oriented comic book series about the man who sends demons to Hell. "He's hot in the role, he's perfect for Hellblazer because he has that innocent quality about him, a bit naive, but someone you like," Donner says to Zap2it.com. "He's a bit like Tarzan, or a hero like that. But this time, he sends demons to hell."

Naieve? Innocent? John Constantine? Oh someone help me, please.

Comments

[lithera.livejournal.com]

See, I think Keanu, with a little work, could look a lot like Constantine. Kind of frighteningly so. I just don't think that the director really understands what is going on with the comic book. I'm even willing to give Keanu the benefit of the doubt and say he could do some amazingly deep and talented work... with the right script. It would love to see him find and explore a darker side, as it were. (Really, there are only one or two moments in the Matrix where I thought about Ted.)

I don't think that the right script is going to be written or filmed.

[trilliumgrl.livejournal.com]

While I see your point, you have FAR more faith than I do. I can attribute this to having just watched "Gangs of New York" and realizing that the less that Leo talks, the better I like him :)
Just call me cynicism girl.

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[lithera.livejournal.com]

I don't know if I'm capable of really believing what I said myself, but it sounds good to say it and feels good to believe things.

I'm more skeptical of the director and the writers than the actor.