Viggo Talks ‘The Hobbit’
We’ve heard from Ian McKellan about wanting to be in the new Hobbit movies, now Viggo Mortensen has thrown his hat into the ring - the ONE ring, that is! - as well:
Mortensen also said he would like to replay the “Lord of the Rings” part of Aragorn in future “Hobbit” movies that have been announced by “Rings” director Peter Jackson. “I’d rather not have another actor play the part I started out playing for Peter Jackson. And I had a lot of friends from that experience,” he said.
It would be so amazing if they could get as much of the original cast back for the prequels! Viggo was amazing, as were the rest, and I can’t quite picture anyone else playing the roles.
Don’t screw this up, or you’re bound to piss a lot of people off!
Rumor Killed: Two New Star Wars Television Movies
Earlier this month, Fox News reported that George Lucas would be making two Star Wars movies for television. The article quoted the Star Wars creator as saying:
“But they won’t have members of the Skywalker family as characters,” he said. “They will be other people of that milieu.”
We reported the news as fact because, well, if you can;t trust Fox News, who can you trust? (oh wait, did we just write that?) Well MovieWeb talked to Steven Sansweet, the head of fan relations at LucasFilm, who debunked this story.
“There is no truth to that whatsoever. I haven’t even seen that rumor. I can absolutely tell you that is not true,” Sansweet said. “No, no, no, no. There are going to be two more Star Wars television series. One of them is well into production. That is Star Wars: Clone Wars. It’s a CG animated show, which we suspect will be on the air sometime next year. And then George and Rick McCullen were just now starting work on a live action series. A drama. That will probably be coming out in 2009 or 2010. He is actively at work on both of those. But the CG animated series is more adult. It has a lot of humor in it. It is very cinematic.”
So it appears that Roger Friedman of Fox411 mistook news of the two upcoming television series as two television movies. So there you have it, Rumor Killed.
New Study says Men Love Romantic Movies
My friends have always made fun of me because I enjoy Romantic Comedies. May-be it’s the fact that I even like the really bad teen romcoms. Truth be told I like most movies. It takes a lot for me not to enjoy a movie. I can always find something to like in even the worst films. Anyway, today I’m slightly vindicated as a study has come out revealing that real men like romantic comedies too.
In the new United States survey, psychology professor Richard Harris from Kansas State University asked 250 men and women to watch a romantic movie together then rate their enjoyment level on a seven point scale, with seven being the top score. The result showed that Women rated the movie at about six but men rated the film at about 4.8, which is much higher than I or most people would have expected.
The study also asked which scene their date would choose to play in the film. Stereotypically most women selected a romantic scene for themselves and a sex scene for their male date. And you guessed it, most of the men did pick the Sex scene.
I’m wondering how much different the findings would be if the surveyed people did not watch the film on a date and instead by themselves. I’m sure the male enjoyment would probably drop a couple points.
Four New Speed Racer Posters!
Yahoo! Movies have got a look at four new posters for Speed Racer. Click the thumbnails below for a closer look!
I think the Wachowski brothers have created something different that I cannot wait to see. Only 2 months to go!