- “Reel Paradise†will hit New York theaters in August, and LA in early September. Followin that, it goes wider! Everyone’s really digging the flick, the first non-Kev-directed View Askew production in quite some time. Click our banner up top for details or visit www.reelparadise.com.
- When a movie studio registers a web domain, it’s usually at the point where the deal for a film is done, or close to done — It’s reserved for the optional use in promotion of the film. Not always, but sometimes…And it’s cheap enough to do. Today, two interesting new domains have come up that we thought may interest you.
First up, PASSIONOFTHECLERKSMOVIE.COM. And next, GREENHORNETTHEMOVIE.COM. Both domains have been registered to Disney Enterprises, Inc, in Burbank, California. So this is legit, and possibly the homes (or at least forwarding addresses) for two films we’ll be keeping our eyes on here at NA. We don’t expect content to appear at either of these domains for a while, but ya never know. Stay tuned.
- SciFi.com has a small blurb with Richard Kelly giving some teases on “Southland Talesâ€. Kelly was interviewed in San Diego last weekend:
Kelly, best known for writing and directing the offbeat supernatural drama Donnie Darko, did eventually divulge some general details about the film, which stars Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Seann Willam Scott (The Dukes of Hazzard), Dwayne “The Rock†Johnson (The Scorpion King) and Kevin Smith (Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back). “It’s set in the year 2008 over Fourth of July weekend,†Kelly said. “There’s a T.S. Eliot poem called The Hollow Men, where at the end of the poem, the last three lines are, ‘This is the way the world ends. This is the way the world ends. This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but … a whimper.’ A movie starring The Rock can’t end the world with a whimper. It needs to end with a bang. So that’s what the movie’s about.â€
After years of preparation, Southland Tales is just four weeks away from shooting. Kelly said that one of the reasons the film took so long to go into production is because of the unusual sensibilities of his writing, which make his work difficult to categorize. “It’s stuff that doesn’t fit the parameters of what the studios are looking to do,†he said. “So it took a long time to push this through the system. If this one doesn’t make money I’ll just have to go and sell out and do something more commercial, because this has just been a bitch to get off the ground.â€
Speaking of SciFi Channel…If you’re not watching Battlestar Galactica, you should be. Damn good show.
- Affleck and Garner have been doing quite well at keeping in the shadows, as opposed to Bennifer I, which most folks are saying is a good thing. However, IMDB found an event to press release about, so we’ll share that here:
- Lee on the tube: Tonight, “Stealing Harvard†airs on FX. Don’t say we didn’t warn you. That it’s airing, we mean. Yeah, that’s it.
Lee’s also the champ on a new VH-1 show called “Awesomely Wacky Celebrity Baby Namesâ€. He was #1! It’ll be re-run on:
Sunday, July 24, 2005 3 PM EST
Monday, July 25, 2005 2 AM EST
Tuesday, August 2, 2005 12 PM EST
- Music Askew? One reader found a ska band From Brazil who call themselves “Randal Graveâ€.
- Remember those old CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE books? They’re coming to DVD (you use your remote to make the choice). Pretty neato, eh? Why do we mention? Well, this one’s got a cameo by Mark Hamill. Yes, Cock Knocker himself. Ah, CYOA…I just remember getting sick of dying all the time so I started cheating. Good times.
- Comingsoon.net reports that Lance Armstrong would like to see Matt Damon play him in a biopic:
“I’ve had the chance to get to know Matt Damon. He is a fan of cycling and has a connection to cancer. He has even expressed an interest in the role,†Armstrong said in the magazine.
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