In the Spiderman sequel camp, word’s leaking out that Stellan Skarsgard will play Otto Octavius, (better known as Doctor Octopus.) I thought they might go Philip Seymour Hoffman, but I like this casting.
Category: Fanboy
No Strength Left in the World of Men.
Since no update would be complete without ’em, we’ve got more Two Towers pics, including all-new shots of Eomer and Faramir. Spoilers for those who haven’t read the trilogy.
Muties Gone Wild.
Fox posts the San Diego Comicon footage of X-Men 2. Brian Cox looks good, and it was a wise move to focus on Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, but I can’t say I was completely sold by the teaser. Danger Room? Nightcrawler?
Pics for your Precious.
Custom FOTR covers, for your regular edition FOTR DVD. Some of these are quite nice.
Spaced.
Sigh. As per last season, Sci-Fi is playing the ratings game and shelving the second half of Farscape‘s fourth season. So, after next week’s “summer finale,” there’ll be no more Crichtonisms until January of 2003. Bleah. At least it frees up my Fridays.
Superman lives?
With Superman v. Batman falling by the wayside, WB looks to move a Superman feature instead. The good news is they’re trying to replace McG with David Fincher, Michael Mann, or Steven Soderbergh. The bad news is the screenwriter (J.J. Abrams, of Alias) wants McG.
Hobbits and Vulcans.
I found this on Napster a long time ago, but had never seen the Ming Tea-like accompanying video. The one and only Leonard Nimoy (and the Nimoyettes?) sing The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins. (Via Monkeyfarts.)
The Real World: Gotham City.
Green Lantern fights gay-bashing. I don’t find the gay sidekick storyline half as shocking as the fact that they actually gave that whiny cat Judd from the third season of Real World an A-line comic.
Paging Wonder Woman?
More trouble on the Supes/Bats film project…director Wolfgang Petersen is apparently doing another project first – he’ll be joining Martin Scorsese, Oliver Stone, Baz Luhrmann, and Ridley Scott in developing yet another Gladiator-esque historical epic, Troy.
Gibbering Puppets.
Ever wonder how the Feebles got so depraved? Perhaps this explains it…Tales of the Plush Cthulhu. (Via Lots of Co.)