News: Straight from the news desk of Ron Burgundy, Adam McKay announced over his twitter account that Anchorman 2 seems all but dead thanks to budget concerns. LINK
RA's Take: Twitter is far from the most reliable news source, but this certainly could be credible. It would have been hard to recapture the magic of the first one though, and Anchorman already had a psuedo-sequel anyway.
News: Richard Gere and Topher Grace will star in the new spy thriller The Double. LINK
RA's Take: Intriguing news, but those two are hardly a can't miss team, so I have a feeling the film will not belong in that category either.
News: Sean Bean's new movie Black Death, a movie about knights and witchcraft during the bubonic plague, just released a trailer. LINK
RA's Take: I'm a sucker for Mr. Bean and the trailer looks intense.
News: A brief Mickey Rourke interview on his upcoming Genghis Khan biopic. LINK
RA's Take: Rourke has always been a bit of an odd duck, but everything else I've heard about the movie sounds very cool.
News: Sharlto Copley has dropped hints about the possibility of a sequel to District 9. It sounds like he and director Neill Blomkamp consider this to be almost an eventuality. LINK
RA's Take: If you are like me and loved District 9, then this should be exciting news. If you aren't, well then you probably don't care.
News: Katherine Heigl's new film has been picked up by Lionsgate for distribution. LINK
RA's Take: While I tend to think the majority of Heigl's films are as predictable as they come, she is starting to assert her box office draw. I don't think Ms. Heigl will be fading into obscurity anytime soon.
News: Not news so much. This link is a clip of NY Times film critic, A.O. Scott, reviewing an old David Mamet movie, Glengarry Glen Ross. LINK
RA's Take: It is a terrific movie and a nice succinct breakdown of the film. Watch the clip and especially the film, if only to see that rarest of movie phenomena... a restrained Al Pacino performance.
I enjoyed this news addition to your blog. I hope you continue it.
ReplyDeleteA few comments . . .
- Sean Bean: I agree, and knights, witchcraft and the plague are a can't miss movie topic for me.
- District 9: a sequel sounds perfect. I'm already stocking up on Dramamine.
- Katherine Heigl: I predict KH, like most movie actresses, fades to obscurity within 4 years.
Yeah I am a fan of this too. I had fun writing it.
ReplyDeleteI do not count myself a Katherine Heigl fan. I even thought Knocked Up was overrated, but she puts butts in the seats. I dunno, I think she might be here for a while.