Attention, People of Earth: Touchstone releases eight character-specific and guide-themed posters for Hitchhiker’s. Also, some of y’all might have seen this extremely negative first review of the film over at Metafilter. Well, I’d take it with a grain of salt. Not only does this guy seem Marvin-like in the extreme, he has a nasty purist streak that rivals those of the most-impossible-to-satisfy Tolkien fans. At least in this corner, the jury’s still out.
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Beetlemania.
“In a perverse way it’s kind of flattering. Because, had we not put these characters in a position where enough people cared about them, their deaths would have been meaningless. To a certain extent, and again in a really perverse way, we helped put the gun to their heads.” Via Neilalien, JLI-era writer Keith Giffen talks about Countdown to Infinite Crisis and the death of the Blue Beetle.
Bats out of Hell.
Phew, this movie had best hurry up and come out before I run out of lame bat-centered cliches. At any rate, SuperHeroHype unveils another swanky new Batman Begins poster.
I find your lack of faith disturbing…
By way of my sister Tessa, Admiral Motti gets caught mouthing off again. Silly Admiral, you should’ve known there was an outside chance that he’d now be more powerful than you can possibly imagine.
Season of the Witch.
It may seem like we’re on the threshold of springtime here in New York, but Narnia still suffers under the perpetual chill of the White Witch, as you can see in these impressive leaked stills from the teaser for The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe.
A Change in the Masthead.
A noteworthy turnover at The Daily Planet today — Hugh Laurie is out (due to his prior commitment to FOX’s House) and Frank Langella is in as Perry White for Bryan Singer’s Superman. Ok, that works.
Nothing Beside Remains?
As it turns out, the rumors were true — Paramount is in fact getting antsy about The Watchmen, and as a result the production will likely be moving out of London’s Pinewood Studios in order to save a few bucks. C’mon, y’all…think Sin City, not LXG.
Yeats it ain’t.
“Oh rightly satcheled suture sieves, oh grundled grebes of yore, upon my petti-coated-clippings of finger and toenails.”
Moriarty of AICN picks a winner in the Vogon poetry contest noted here a few months ago and, Lordy, it’s pretty bad. Only a few weeks until Hitchhiker’s, folks…
Her name is Veruca…
The new one-sheet for Tim Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory makes it past Wonka Control, with all the kids joining Depp for their bow.
Bats in the Belfry.
Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s…a swarming horde of bats? Two new 30-sec Batman Begins TV spots offer up Gary Oldman as Commissioner Gordon, the Scarecrow’s ride, more action sequences, and lots of squeaky, flying critters.