From the Palantir! A Vampire in a Tanning Bed, and Who Will Be DAWN TREADER's Reepicheep?

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Posted on 21 June 2010 by Ed Kennedy

The voice of Reepicheep in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader keeps changing. First it was Eddie Izzard, who was replaced by Bill Nighy. Now Simon Pegg is confirming via Twitter he’s now voicing the character. I’ve just watched the trailer three times, and couldn’t tell you.

Don Cheadle and Frida Pinto have both been offered roles in the Planet of the Apes prequel, currently called Caesar. They would likely play scientists opposite James Franco’s character — they increase the intelligence of apes in modern-day San Francisco.

I had no idea that Arthur and the Invisibles had a sequel, much less a trilogy. Arthur and the War of the Two Worlds is the third film, and while this trailer is in French, you can get the basic idea.

Marshall Allman is playing Sam Merlotte’s brother on True Blood. In a new interview, he describes the character is essentially unloved. He evaluates every new person in his life under the basic rules of: should I impress, screw, or pummel you? Much like many of us.

The only thing in the world of fantasy capable of drowning out True Blood is the upcoming Twilight film. On Wednesday night, Jimmy Kimmel hosts his Twilight special with Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and Robert Pattinson. He’s also having some special guests like Jersey Shore’s The Situation — apparently the first vampire to have a tanning coffin. Hey, if you’re going to have vampires who can go out in sunlight and sparkle, you’re going to end up with “guido” vampires.

Jason O’Mara is time-traveling again. The Life On Mars star is going to headline the Steven Speilberg-produced Fox TV show Terra Nova about a colony of humans sent back in time to build a civilization without destroying the planet.

Megan Fox is more than just a pretty face? Doing press for the abysmal Jonah Hex, she went off on a Lord of the Rings tangent about how no matter the effort, you can never please a comic book fan or a Tolkien purist. She says she hangs out in LoTR forums, and she sees posts, “And they’ll complain that Frodo is eating the Lembas bread outside of Mordor instead of in the Mines of Moria. And they get really mad.” Who knew?

As long as we’re talking about Jonah Hex, it opened to a pathetic $5.1 million on a $65 million budget, with Toy Story 3 soaking up most of the oxygen for an estimated $109 million.

Crowds lined up for six-hour waits to enter parts of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter during the formal opening. The new park expansion comes at a critical time for Florida tourism, already under pressure from the recession, and now with the beaches feeling the heat from the oil spill. And Daniel Radcliffe couldn’t be more impressed with what’s been built. They paid him to say that, but still.