I could opine, I could yammer, but everyone every geek will have his or her own response. Here is the first “Green Lantern” trailer. Make of it what you will.
UPDATE: Deadline has the scoop that Ryan Reynolds has been named People‘s Sexiest Man Alive. The Premium Hollywood writing staff has been passed over, again.
Who thought the director of the diaphanous, neorealist success d’estime “George Washington” would wind up directing an anachronism filled period fantasy spoof/update on the Bob Hope/Bing Crosby “Road” pictures with pot jokes replacing booze jokes? Nevertheless, that indeed is what David Gordon Green, with screenwriters Danny McBride and Ben Best, appear to have wrought with his follow-up to the funny “Pineapple Express.”
“Your Highness” stars Danny McBride, who I’m not sure I really get as an actor or comedian, but it also also features 2010 Oscar nominees James Franco and Natalie Portman, not to mention the wonderful Zooey Deschanel, who I totally get. If you’re over 18 and your boss or disapproving coworkers aren’t around, take a look.
Like I said, I’m not yet on board the Danny McBride comedy train. However, after a rocky start, this really made me laugh.
In a shocking story that touches many top entertainment reporters, including Anne Thompson and Nikki Finke, personally, veteran publicist Ronni Chasen was shot five times in the chest and killed in her car killed last night. She was 64. The car was found crashed on a streetlight.
The mystery behind this case — where a carjacking, road rage, or some other sort of random act of violence seems unlikely but a motive remains utterly unknown — will no doubt grip readers. I’d be lying if I didn’t admit that I’m curious. Just to add to the immediacy of it for me and a lot of people, she was shot on Sunset Boulevard in Beverly Hills at around 12:30 a.m., taking probably the fastest route at that hour to the West Side from Hollywood, where it appears she was attending the premiere of “Burlesque” at Grauman’s Chinese Theater. I was at the Chinese complex last night — not for “Burlesque,” but covering a premiere of a web series in one of the smaller theaters above. Of course, perhaps thousands of other people were there as well. Still, it brings it a bit closer to home.
As the murder remains a complete mystery at this point. the Beverly Hills police (310-288-2656) are actively seeking information from the public on this bizarre crime. However, it’s important to remember this was a living, breathing person, not a fictional character on “Law & Order.” She had friends and family, including her older brother, legendary screenwriter and B-movie auteur Larry Cohen. Our condolences to all.
More details are over at the Wrap. Pete Hammond, who’s been covering awards for Deadline, knew Ms. Chasen and has a remembrance as does Patrick Goldstein of the L.A. Times.
UPDATE: According to this story from AP, computers at Ms. Chasen’s firm have been seized by police. Would that be standard procedure in a case like this?
Also, another of the writer’s Chasen was very friendly with turns out to be Roger Ebert. What a strange and sad case.
Mike Fleming has the news that they’ve just formalized the deal to have writer-actor Mike White (“School of Rock,” “Chuck and Buck”) write and direct the movie version of the hugely popular mash-up of Jane Austen and George Romero by Seth Grahame-Smith, but why wait?
First, here’s the first ten minutes or so (Part A) of the 1940 MGM version of “Pride and Prejudice,” starring Laurence Olivier and the wondrous Greer Garson and directed by Hunt Stromberg (who?). The rest appears to be available on YouTube as well. Just go on to Part B, Part C etc.
And here are the zombies, as in “Night of the Living Dead” — the complete movie all in one handy embed, in fact. (In perhaps the single the biggest rights foul-up in movie history, George Romero’s classic fell into public domain pretty much right after its release.)
Thank me. I’ve just saved you all years of anticipation and roughly $10-$22.00 (if they do it in 3D).
I’m going to busier than usual all this week — and today especially. So, when I post, I’ll be posting even more trailers and the like than usual, starting with this one for the new Nicholas Cage costume fantasy (?) action caper, “Season of the Witch.”
H/t to Mike Fleming for this.
Looks just a bit corny and silly, perhaps? Well, corn can be fun, especially when its silly. And, speaking of fun, I’ve got some thematically related bonus videos after the flip.
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