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From the Palantir! LIL’ GUILDIES and George R.R. Martin Is Not Your Bitch
Posted on 02 April 2010
- Chris Hemsworth flew in to support baby brother Liam at the premiere of that awful Miley Cyrus movie (best review? Miley Cyrus Upstaged by Sea Turtles). And Access Hollywood got him to take a moment to discuss Thor, and somehow it became a Norse fashion discussion.
- A while back, fantasy king Neil Gaiman responded to a reader complaining about the next Song of Fire and Ice book from George R.R. Martin. His rather blunt response was to say “George R.R. Martin is not your bitch.” This wise piece of rather disappointing information has now been developed and set to music.
- I was looking through the ratings for syndicated shows, and it explains a lot about the fate of Legend of the Seeker. It’s nowhere near a Top 25 syndicated show, and none of the Top 25 have to support original production of a scripted program. Most are reality or game shows. Not fair, is it?
- Just because we hate the idea of things like Battleship, Monopoly, and Candyland (O.K., Candyland could be cool) being made into movies, that doesn’t mean it couldn’t work. This is evidently old, but I’d never seen the trailer for Pacman: The Movie.
- AMC has greenlit The Walking Dead zombie series for six episodes. The latest rumor is that the main role in the series is being eyed by Eli Stone himself, Johnny Lee Miller. I’m not a zombie person, but I have feeling that if zombies are chasing Johnny Lee Miller, it might not be because they’re just after his Braaaaaaains.
- The Bram Stoker Awards have been handed out, and winners include Audrey’s Door by Sarah Langan, Damnable by Hank Schwaebel, and Chimeric Machines by Lucy A. Snyder.
- Brian Froud says work is progressing on Dark Crystal 2, including character build by Henson. The only reason that I’m not terrified of them touching this fond memory is that Genndy Tartakovsky of Samurai Jack fame is onboard to direct. Can puppets still thrill us after so many years of CGI?
- I’m not sure, but this bizarre new Muppet music video of ‘Stand By Me” surfaced yesterday. While it’s the classic tune, I keep hearing a children’s song about “Little Bunny Foo-Foo” in my head when I watch him hunting the forest. Maybe puppets can still excite after all these years of CGI.
- We’ve got the first concept art for what is Ridley Scott’s Forever War movie. Honestly, the concept of an elite military task force going off on a brief battle and returning to earth find 20 years lost and everything changed sounds a little tired, but the art looks a little unique for that synopsis.
- There’s a strong rumor that Louis Leterrier is attempting to resurrect Y: The Last Man and get production restarted at New Line. After years of languishing behind less ambitious films, it sounds like someone is interested in bringing it from the page to the screen.
- Whedonesque has all the details on the writers for Firefly: Still Flying, and it’s like a guest list for a dinner party with old friends: Jane Espenson, Ben Edlund, Brett Matthews and Joseph Molina. Now if they could just give us a date.
- Seth Grahame has done an interview about Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and why it seemed like the perfect idea. The more I hear about the book, the more I want it for a summer beach read.
- The Iron Man 2 onslaught continues, and now we have a trailer meant to hype why you should see the film in IMAX. There’s a couple of new fight scenes in the film and a much better look at the opposing mechs. Best part is that Tony Stark is so freaking funny.
- When speaking to io9.com, Beth Williams, who’s taking over the production side of Doctor Who talks about bringing The Doctor into the 21st century (sounds weird to say). From the new TARDIS, to the new Doctor, new sonic screwdriver, and brand new CGI, everything is updated. Much attention has been lavished on the musical score, and they have budget for things like helicopters. Can’t wait for the U.S. premiere.
- I was unaware a Twitter exchange between Craig Ferguson (funniest late night host) and Grant Imahara (MythBusters) was to result in Craig getting a robotic sidekick for the Late Late Show. But delivery of our future robot overlord of comedy is to take place on the April 5th show.
- Funny thing: On April 1, SyFy had a press release about a new SyFy Original Movie called Scream of the Banshee. Here’s the issue: I have no idea if something this bad is a real film, or if it’s an April Fool’s Day joke. How sad is your production if an entertainment blogger can’t tell the difference?
- The saddest thing to me about Lost approaching the series finale is that I can’t mock it anymore. Unless someone wants to take this drawings for Lost: The Animated Series and turn them into something?
- The first stills from Resident Evil: Afterlife seem to involve a lot of hot women in skintight clothes pointing guns in an unrealistic fashion. The fact that I noticed there were guns in the pictures should tell you something about me.
- Here’s my favorite part of the column, because I was without a closer this week until the last minute. I’m sure you’re all aware of the fantasy web series The Guild, created and starred in by the delicious Felicia Day? Here’s the animated spinoff series, Lil’ Guildies. Have a great weekend!
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