Sacha Howells,
Jun 09, 2009
Fox Calls Wonder Woman "Lame"
In an interview with the Times Online Megan Fox said, "She flies around in her invisible jet and her weaponry is a lasso that makes you tell the truth. I just don't get it." Right, but the comic movies she is going to be in -- Jonah Hex (old West gunfighter fights magic voodoo zombies) and Fathom ("marine biologist" magically controls water) -- are way better. (H/t MTV's Splashpage)
Verdict: Seems to me somebody playing Shia LaBeouf's boyfriend/aunt in a movie about giant talking toys probably shouldn't be calling anybody else lame. I mean seriously, she seems a lot older than him. And casting her as a marine biologist? Looks like Denise Richards the nuclear physicist has finally found her match.
Ripley's Return? Scott Brothers Plan the Alien Prequel
At a junket for The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, director Tony Scott confirmed rumors that he and brother Ridley Scott are producing a prequel to Ridley's sci-fi horror classic.
Verdict: I tend to be bored by the avalanche of remakes, reboots, sequels, and prequels coming out of Hollywood these days. But for some inexplicable reason, I have vague hope this might actually go somewhere. Hey, it has to be better than AvP: Requiem. (H/t Rope of Silicon)
Tom Sizemore Busted ... Again
Sizemore's slide from Saving Private Ryan and Heat to jail time and sex tapes is an infamous Hollywood cautionary tale, and things aren't getting any better. Responding to gunshots fired in the Hollywood Hills, cops found Sizemore, wanted on a Bakersfield narcotics charge, and a friend, who was holding at the time.
Verdict: You know what they say about life imitating art. Well, this time around it's just plain sad. A few weeks ago Sizemore guest-starred on Southland, playing a movie star who plows through drugs and shoots up the Hollywood Hills with a machine gun. The episode didn't end with him in a Bakersfield jail, though.
Untitled Mattel Toy: The Musical
Rolls off the tongue, doesn't it? Universal just paid big money for an unnamed property to be featured in a live-action musical written by the guys behind the new Hairspray. Goth Punk Barbie? Food Fighters? Uno? The possibilities are endless!
Verdict: One of these days, Hollywood's cynical trend of cashing in on toy nostalgia will finally burn itself out in a pile of melted Happy Meal tie-ins. Before that happens, we will be seeing films based on Chatty Cathy, See 'n Say, and Puck Hedz.
Update: MacGruber Movie a Go
We recently floated the terrifying possibility of a movie based on SNL's MacGruber, Will Forte's weak MacGyver spoof. Monday night on the Jimmy Fallon Show, Forte announced that he just finished the script and it's shooting in Albuquerque soon. Hey, maybe he'll make an It's Pat sequel with nothing but a paperclip, a gym sock, and the script from A Night at the Roxbury!
Verdict: Even the Super Bowl ad was a total dud. Nobody wants to see this.
