First off, in LotR news, the soundtrack listing for RotK is now out, including song titles and performers (As rumored, Annie Lennox will be singing the Oscar song.) Spoilers for those who haven’t read the trilogy, and one film spoiler for those of you who didn’t read the 20-minute preview stuff last week. Also, AICN‘s posted a number of favorable Matrix: Revolution reviews over at his site. The upshot: “This movie delivers on the promise of the original film in a way ‘Matrix Reloaded’ didn’t.” That’s good news. By the way, if you go check out this link, you might want to skip over Harry’s comments (in purple). As is his wont, he annoyingly dropped what might be a HUGE RotK spoiler in his remarks, even for those of us who’ve read the books. (I for one am unsure of what he’s talking about.)
Category: Fanboy
Brothers and Arms.
Dark Horizons and Dreams (a quality Terry Gilliam fansite) gets the first look at The Brothers Grimm (a.k.a. Heath Ledger and Matt Damon.) I for one am looking forward to seeing the inimitable Jonathan Pryce and the incomparable Monica Bellucci. Also in cinema news, for those of you who shared my confusion over the weekend’s Arthur pics, Clive Owen discusses the film, and why he’s apparently running around in legionnaire’s garb.
Darth Spoiler.
So in the past week or so, all the main plot points of Episode III have seemingly come to light, including exactly how Anakin becomes Vader and for what reasons. Scroll down the linked page if you dare.
But how is he on Friendster?
Spanish scientists deduce that the Kevin Bacon of Marvel Comics — i.e. the center of the superheroes’ social network — is none other than Captain America. (Via LinkMachineGo.) Well, take that Red Skull…I wonder if Rick Jones has anything to do with this.
From Pelennor to Petersburg.
Members of the fanboy press see 20 minutes of RotK, and they sound superb (Spoilers here about how certain scenes play out.) Meanwhile, the trailer for Cold Mountain, that other major Oscar-contending peak (besides Mt. Doom), is now online. I’m all for Civil War tales, but ah have to staht a-wunnderin’ about Jude and Miss Nicole’s accents after watching this.
Dark Designs.
Fresh after making his pitch for the Sox, Seth Stevenson tries to wrap his mind around manga. “As for the animated porn I did watch in hopes of gleaning some insight into the Japanese id? I have this to say: Go away, Japanese id! You are scary! I am scared of you!“
The Road Goes Ever On.
Rumors emerge from New Zealand that Peter Jackson will be shooting new Rotk footage NEXT year. This sounds like fanboy wishful thinking, but one has to wonder…could this be the Scouring of the Shire? Or even Tom Bombadil? Either would be great, but you’d think PJ would have to start up the King Kong train sometime after Oscar season.
Power behind the Throne.
Finally, some good news after Schwarzenegger’s election: Despite Governor Arnie, King Conan: Crown of Iron is still on.
Hari and the Mule.
On the heels of the Rings trilogy, Isaac Asimov‘s Foundation gets the green light, with Jeff Vintar writing (with I, Robot, this will be his second Asimov project) and Shekhar Kapur (Elizabeth) directing. I’m down, although I’d think much of the first book will be particularly hard to translate into cinema.
Tricksy! False!
Alas, I completely missed out on Tolkien Trilogy Tuesday tickets this past Thursday – The NYC show was sold out before they ever made it online, and I couldn’t make it down to line up due to sections. Hope some of y’all out there had better luck.