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Disney Staging Its Own, Narcissistic Comic-Con
7:10PM Andrew Belonsky | Disney sent representatives and stars to last month’s Comic-Con, but apparently the company isn’t content with collective marketing, because they’re launching their own event, the D23 Expo. More »
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Is The Marriage Of Scarlett Johansson And Ryan Reynolds Failing?
10:33PM the cajun boy | Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds are struggling, men are turning against Megan Fox, Bar Refaeli is boning a “Brazilian playboy” named Ricardo, Kid Rock hates Twitter, Marilyn Manson issues threats and Kate Beckinsale parties with Eva Longoria and Victoria Beckham. More »
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10 Things From Comic-Con That You Need To Know About
6:00AM Brian Moylan | Why bother going to San Diego for Comic-Con when you can just sit in your living room and read all the good coverage of it! Now, when you talk to your nerdy sci-fi friends, you won’t look like an idiot. More »
Benicio Del Toro, English Entrails Star in Stirring New ‘Wolfman’ Clip
8:30AM STV | With the hazy, nut-hugging memory of Comic-Con thankfully behind it, the world has begun to take stock of the actual news that came out of San Diego last weekend. But perhaps the biggest story broke today as an erstwhile fanboy overcame his quivering long enough to capture this preview of The Wolfman, Benicio Del Toro’s riff on the hairy horror classic. The (mildly spoiling) touchstones are all there for a hit in the making: tortured brooder Del Toro slashing top-hatted limeys; Anthony Hopkins’s furrowed, torch-lit brow; Hugo Weaving getting out of a carriage; Emily Blunt in soft-focus peril; and surprisingly grisly flashes of the title character’s prey. Seriously, this looks pretty good (the movie, not the video) but don’t get us wrong — it’s no Red Sonja. Really, though, what is? Judge for yourself after the jump. [TrailerAddict via /Film] More »
Campy Crystal Lake
12:00PM Mark Graham | Chew-chew-chew, ha-ha-ha. The new teaser trailer for the Michael Bay produced Friday The 13th remake debuted at Comic-Con over the weekend. As with most bootleg footage, it’s often out of focus, but how much focus do you really need to see Jason Voorhees slash his way through Camp Crystal Lake for the umpteenth time? [YouTube] Whatever happened to Abel Ferrara? Good question. [Time Out London via MCN] Heavily-hyped documentary (in the loosest sense of the word) American Teen fell surprisingly flat in its debut this weekend ($8,565/screen). Meanwhile, the phenomenal Man On Wire pulled in over $24K per screen in super-limited release. [Variety] Miley Cyrus told Marc Malkin that “we’re thinking this is our last season [of Hannah Montana].” And by we, she apparently didn’t mean Disney — they shot back a quick response to his piece saying that the ball is in their court, not Miley’s. [E! Online] More »
The Night Is Darkest Before The Dawn
11:15AM Mark Graham | If it weren’t for Dark Knight news, there wouldn’t have been much news at all. After dispatching the Joker, Batman took on his toughest foe to date, the deranged Momzo The Clown (specialty: extortion). Batman denies all of the charges, which is just fine with new Oscar frontrunner Aaron Eckhart. · NBC announced that Jay Leno will be abdicating his Tonight Show throne on May 29, 2009 while a disguised Jay Leno sat in the audience cracking wise. Meanwhile, Jimmy Fallon will be spinning his wheels online for a few months before they let him loose on air. · Miley “Slut!” Cyrus took to the YouTubes to wage war on her new rival, Selena Gomez. · If you come within 1,000 yards of Brangelina’s test tube babies, Brad Pitt will beat you to a pulp. · We finally learned what Judd Apatow’s favourite season of The Wire was. · Surfer dude Matthew McConaughey cashed a $3 million check from OK! for baby pictures of young prince Levi. · Maybe it’s just us, but Lyons & Mankiewicz doesn’t quite have the same ring as Ebert & Roeper (let alone Siskel & Ebert). · Cuts at Vantage and Netflix made it another tough week for indie film. · Fer sure, fer sure, we counted down our favourite Valley Girls. · Don’t bother with MapQuest, NPH can tell you how to get, how to get to Sesame Street. · And finally, the passing of Estelle Getty affected everyone, from teary YouTube eulogists to our own Molly McAleer. The saddest part? None of the Golden Girls made it to the funeral. Nevertheless, the memory of Sophia Petrillo will always live on.
Today in Comic-Con Hell: Rose McGowan Fellates Knife, Benicio Del Toro Stays Awake
8:25AM STV | As noted here yesterday, we missed the Fox PR Caravan to San Diego Comic-Con, but that shouldn’t suggest we don’t (or you shouldn’t) care about the geek gangbang unfolding as we speak. To the contrary, we’ve actually managed to find a handful of highlights worth passing along, from Rose McGowan’s overactive tongue to Benicio Del Toro’s narcolepsy to an all-Lego Batman — and more! It’s the next best thing to not being there, we promise!
Spike Jonze Wild Things-Watch, Vol. XXIV. …
9:00AM Defamer Hollywood | Spike Jonze Wild Things-Watch, Vol. XXIV. Perhaps the City of Ember Blowjob Train was good for something other than fanboy condescension after all: A few of the bloggers on the journey to Comic-Con had a word with Ember producer Gary Goetzman, whose Tom Hanks-owned Playtone shingle is also among the interests behind the forever-delayed Where the Wild Things Are. Goetzman assured his interrogators that the troubled Spike Jonze production, which Warners recently pulled off its upcoming release slate, is coming along just fine; those rumours of a lousy performance by young Max Records and Jonze potentially losing the film are “100% untrue.” “I think that Warner Bros.’ vision and Spike Jonze’s vision may be a little different,” Goetzman said, also insisting that Jonze retains final cut. “Warner Bros. has no intention of bringing down the hammer on anyone.” Here’s hoping they can continue this chat on the Wild Things Train to Comic-Con in 2010. [AICN via Vulture] More »
All Aboard the ‘City of Ember’ BJ Train as Fanboys Hit the Rails for Comic-Con
4:30AM Defamer Hollywood | We’re keeping our distance from the large-scale fanboy marketing orgy that is San Diego Comic-Con, in part because we’ve already got our hands full grappling with Warners’ Dark Knight Dark Publicityâ„¢ campaign, but also in part because Defamer’s frugal travel policy requires hitchhiking for journeys longer than 100 miles [Ed. Note - Sorry STV, the policy has changed to 50 miles — effective immediately]. Sadly, we missed our only other option: The City of Ember train, chartered by Fox and Walden Media on Wednesday to transport select film writers on an all-expenses-paid romp from LA to San Diego. With a junket, of course. And cookies. And a jazz band! And apparently some kind of “loyalty oath” to the fantasy epic’s titular metropolis where Bill Murray presides as mayor: “We swear eternal loyalty to our city and to the wisdom that created it. We declare our infinite gratitude…”
