Christian Bale: A "Kindred Spirit" to Heath Ledger
Christian Bale wants people to know Heath Ledger’s work as the twisted and morose Joker in The Dark Knight was just thatwork!
“I hope in a small way that The Dark Knight can be a celebration of his work,” Bale says in the new issue of Parade magazine. “Not like the hideous circus after he died, which I felt was an invasion of a private life. This movie is not a personal home video. This is what he did. I hope people will embrace that in the correct fashion.”
Bale misses his late costar dearly. “He was a unique character, a very infectious character,” he says. “He was a good man, and I was glad to have spent time with him…He was something of a kindred spirit to myself.”
Bale also opens up about his own life, including spending much of his childhood on the road because his mother was a circus dancer. These days, he lives a much more stable existence with his wife, Sibi, and their three-year-old daughter (whose name Bale refuses to reveal publicly).
“There’s a hard line you find in yourself when you become a parent, an absolute belief that cannot be questioned,” he says. “It’s something that you will kill and die for in a way that you never experienced before. I’ve always enjoyed the gray in life. This is an area of total black and white. This is something that is unquestionable.”
Tori Spells Out 90210
Donna Martin is graduating to the next generation of 90210.
Sources tell News that, after requesting a guest spot, Tori Spelling is on board for a cameo role in the premiere episode of the upcoming CW drama, which got a pickup from the network despite there being no pilot in existence as yet.
Also said to be jonesing for a role is Steve Sanders himself, Ian Ziering. (He apparently has some free time now that his hosting gig on Your Mama Don’t Dance has run its course.)
For more on what Spelling’s cameo entails and who else can be expected to pop up in the 1990s’ favorite ZIP code, check out Watch With Kristin.
Disaster Movie Poster
Cinematical got themselves an exclusive look at the new poster for Disaster Movie. (I’m sure they are very honoured)
I didn’t know of this movies existence but the title gave it away as to what I should expect. It comes from the makers of Meet the Spartans, Epic Movie and Date Movie, which all have a score below 3/10 on IMDB, so it will no doubt suck even if the poster is slightly amusing.
As usual Carmen Electra is in it, but I assume you already guessed that. It looks like they will be spoofing The Day After Tomorrow along with other ‘end of the world’ movies. However, they will also be spoofing The Love Guru, The Incredible Hulk and Superbad which have nothing to do with disasters at all.
BET gets its own Marvel cartoon
The Marvel Comics character Black Panther is getting his own animated show on the BET network. This was announced during the BET upfront presentation in New York for the 2008-2009 season.
The character was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby (who co-created most of the classic Marvel Comics line up) and first appeared in Fantastic Four #52 in 1966. The character’s real name is T’Challa and he is the ruler of a fictional African country called Wakanda. His name predates the existence of the Black Panther Party.
There have been a few attempts to bring the character to the movie screen, one in particular in the early 1990’s starring Wesley Snipes. In 2007, Marvel announced that a film based on the character was on its movie development slate.
He’s a minor character as far as the Marvel universe goes, but he is the most visible black superhero they have. He has appeared in several other animated Marvel television shows before, but not in a main role.