• An interview with new Conan Jason Momoa (I’m still bitter they didn’t use my pick of Eric Bana) is up in which Mr. Momoa discusses how he plans to gain ten lbs of muscle for the role. That’s it? Taylor Lautner packed on 30 lbs of sheer abs to play Jacob Black and he’s only twelve years old! Okay, twelve and a half.

• I never got into the movie Tron the way some people my age did, so I can’t really force myself to geek out over the trailer for the new film Tron: Legacy. It has that glossy black/chrome/neon aesthetic so many sci-fi movies seem to have these days, and some of the imagery reminds me of that god-awful Ultraviolet movie from a few years back. On the plus side, they’re apparently wielding some version of Xena’s signature weapon, the chakram, so uber-points for that. See it below:

• Apparently, Disney changed the name of their upcoming Rapunzel movie to Tangled so it would appeal more to boys, who aren’t keen on seeing a movie with anything resembling a “princess” anywhere within 300 feet of the title. Aw, that’s adorable.

• The Hollywood Reporter has an interesting little article about how The Hurt Locker beat out the more-successful-than-God 3D-tastic Avatar. I’m torn, because both movies were incredibly good. Personally, I think it’s because the Academy is comprised of ant-Na’vi bigots who just want to get their hands on some unobtanium, and are angry someone made a movie championing the Pandoran cause.

• For those of you out there willing to forgive Hugh Jackman and company for the abominable Wolverine, they’re shooting the sequel in the near future, which is promised to be “very different” from the first film. Note they don’t say “better,” just different.

• Last year I wrote an article about gigantomungous animals that exist in real life. Thankfully, I only had to write about the biggies that exist today, because Cracked has a list of 7 (thankfully) extinct giant versions of modern animals. Anyone who knows me knows that my one big weakness is bugs of any kind. Oh, god, I hate bugs, and the bigger they are, the more they creep me out. This list is going to give me nightmares for the rest of my life.

• Continuing this unexpected thread of self-promotion, AfterElton.com has a new article up by yours truly concerning the greater ramifications of the deaths of Barca and Pietros on Spartacus: Blood and Sand.

• Ever wanted to know what Iron Man might look like if the costume was designed by different artists? Well, now you can!

• Details are emerging about “additions” to the story of the movie version of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader: it will reportedly include a search for “seven swords.” This actually doesn’t bug me, as the plot of this particular Narnia book is pretty darn slight. But yeah, I’m glad they cut the “new witch.”

• And finally, while on the topic of Iron Man, Slashfilm has painstakingly went through the new trailer frame-by frame and spotted Scarlett Johansson’s (I will never be able to spell her name without looking it up) stunt double when performing a crazy lucha libre spinning headscissors takedown. Yeah, that’s right, I know my wrestling moves. What, I can’t have layers? Enjoy the trailer (it’s pretty awesome):

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