Coming Soon get their grubby fanboy hands on the RotK Soundtrack cover, giving us our first look at what probably is the final poster for the film. Very nice…I prefer this layout to the final Two Towers one.
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White Bear Down.
Will Ridley Scott direct His Dark Materials? Monty Python‘s Terry Jones seems to think so. Hmmm, I dunno…I suppose a Scott Materials might be interesting, but it might also be Legend. Update: Debunked.
Third Time’s the Charm.
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.)
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.
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.
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.
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.
The End is Near.
A Danish film site releases 16 quality stills from the RotK trailer, including better looks at Oliphaunts, the Pelennor Fields, and Shelob. (And, yes, contrary to initial impressions, Baby’s definitely got back.)
Free Agents.
The Matrix publicity folks release the Revolutions posters. Very nice, although the goofy tagline – “Everything that has a beginning has an end” – smacks of the quasi-deep philosophizing that almost derailed the last film.