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New Quantum of Solace trailer

Just as long as they keep it in reality. Having pet birds in his office works fine. Walking around with a vulture sitting on his shoulder is silly.

Perhaps something to accentuate the actor's nose a little, yeah, but nothing that looks unnatural. And no, I don't think he should have a monocle.

Yeah, I don't think the Penguin should be freakish like he was in Burton's. I just think he should be a crimelord. I normal crimelord (or as normal as crimelords get). Maybe he's called the Penguin behind his back because he has a penchant for wearing tuxedos.

The cg idea was for Akroyd's GBIII pitch in the 90s. This is an entirely new project and I don't think they're thinking cg.

They could write it off as Mysterio's bad acting... do flashbacks to each of his cameo's and he can lament on his hard struggle to make it to the hollywood big-leagues. I want this dammit, Campbell needs to be mysterio!

Alright, I still don't think it should be in the movie proper, but it'd be hilarious if the movie opened with that and Peter woke up and it was a bad dream. Seriously. If Peter's gotten so into being a superhero that he's dreaming up supervillains in his sleep. I'd watch that.

Some interesting casting rumors:

Captain America - During a recent interview, actor Derek Luke repeated a piece of gossip that he'd been hearing making the rounds. Apparently he is insisting that the studios are pursuing Will Smith to play Captain America. Take it with a grain of salt the size of Gibraltar, please.

Batman 3 - Here's another actor going around fueling rumors, but this one comes directly from Michael Caine. When talking to WB execs about whether there will be a third Batman film, not only was he told yes but he was also told who the villains will be and who they want to get to play them. Their answer sounds like old rumors - Phillip Seymour Hoffman as the Penguin and Johnny Depp as the Riddler. Keep in mind that Nolan has final say on the film's story, villains, and casting - and he hasn't even started thinking about a third Batman yet - this is just what the studio is pushing for.

Personally, I would love to see Johnny Depp in the next Batman film, but not as the Riddler. I'll say it, I want Johnny Depp as the Joker. In my dream of Batman 3, Joker is put into Arkham. On the outside he was a crazed terrorist that had the city in a grip of fear, but from prison he becomes something of a mythic creature, a symbol for the new wave of crime that has begun to sweep Gotham, a poster-child for the crazy lunatics who just want to prove a point. Before being locked up after gleefully declaring himself guilty of his crimes, the Joker promises a prize (he keeps it vague) to whoever of Gotham's citizens can best continue his reign of chaos. Soon, super criminals are cropping up everywhere, each looking to make their name known for their own particular attributes, whether it be intellect (The Riddler), brutality (Zasz) or lunacy (The Mad Hatter). Easily outsmarting everyone, the Riddler quickly starts to eliminate competition and lead the field. Meanwhile, on the other side, comes the Penguin. He despises the new crazies that are running around for personal glory and begins to rebuild a crime empire the old-fashioned way - through money, intimidation and organization. He wants to get Gotham back to the way it used to be and, with a mobster's brain and a touch of the Joker's theatricality and rage, he starts to become very powerful in the underworld. Unpredictable super-criminals are bad for business, so he tries to form an alliance of sorts with Batman to rid the streets of the whackjobs. Batman, now out of contact and constantly on the run from Gotham PD, is forced to consider the deal.

The Joker would only be in a scene or two, when Batman or Gordon has to visit him in Arkham for information - Hannibal Lecter style. He'd mostly be shot in shadow (not only to help disguise the new actor but also because it would reinforce his new mythic symbolism). I think Depp would be perfect for the role because he's good enough to put in a performance that is both similar to Ledger's (for continuity) but also equalling compelling. It helps that they have similar facial structure and expressions too.

Seriously though, this'd be great but then if it happens it'll cut off the Campbell cameos which are almost as much fun as the rest of the movie

It certainly was the third time.

It's a fun idea, but honestly I think if they implemented it, the series would have a whole new moment of shark jumping. I'd love it if Campbell's next cameo was as Mysterio, but make it a smaaaaall role and don't link it back...he was French in the last film for cryin' out loud!

Rumor had it that Bruce Campbell will be playing Mysterio (down and out ex movie special effects guy), and that all his cameo's in the previous movies was the same guy, working his way up show business only to get his big hollywood break that spiderman screws up after the pyrotechnics go bad.

That's not a rumor. That was Skeet's theory from back when Spidey 3 was coming out. This is how internet rumors get started!

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Technically, the song is filled with unfortunate coincidence and juxtaposition, not irony. But this thread is about Ghostbusters!

Spider-man IV and V - Word is that both Raimi and Maguire are planning to come back for two more Spidey films. No word on whether Dunst will return, though Mary Jane is featured in the next film. Though the script hasn't been finalized, the villain has been chosen. Though no official announcement has been made, an insider says that "once you hear the villain, you'll know who's playing it" - which says Lizard to me. Sony is also looking into the feasibility of shooting Spidey IV and Spidey V at the same time to save money.

Torso - A film adaptation of Brian Michael Bendis' Torso book is on track. No word yet on who is directing but Matt Damon seems signed on to play Elliot Ness.

Need I say more?

Well seeing as Lorenzo fucked off before Real Ghostbusters even ended one can't really blame Dave Coulier for reprising the role he played for the latter part of the series.

Actually I've heard he was booted from the show because Murray wasn't fond of his voice (Murray didn't like that Venkman sounded like Garfield...how's that for irony). He was only the voice of Venkman for the first season but for some reason, anytime I think back on that series, his is the only voice I hear.

"In 1984, they saved the city from evil..."

 

"In 1989, they saved the city from evil again..."

 

"Evil is looming once again..."

That...that's just like the trailer for Scorcher VI!

"Here we go again... again!"

One of my greatest TV experiences was watching the Extreme Ghostbusters 2 part Series Finale Episodes titled "Back in the Saddle" or something like that, where the other three original ghostbusters came from out of town for Egon's birthday.

Pretty cool but I just can't get behind an animated Peter Venkman that isn't voiced by Lorenzo Music.

Man, Bill Murray's last role was played inside of a tree - they all need the work

I fondly remember Extreme Ghostbusters, one of the few true sequels to an 1980s cartoon that realistically depicts the passage of time; everything else out there was a relaunch. I always thought the show was perfect material for the next live-action movie.

You mean having Egon train a "next generation" of Ghostbusters? I heard that was actually part of Akroyd's pitch when he wanted to make another one in the 90s. No idea if it'll be in this one.

Finally!

Sony Pictures has hired "The Office" co-executive producers to pen a script for a third "Ghostbusters" film reports the trades.

 

Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky will pen the script which is designed to bring back together the original cast of Harold Ramis, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson.

 

Eisenberg and Stupnitsky just wrote the comedy "The Year One" which Ramis directed. No deals will be made with the original cast until the script is ready.

 

Ramis with Aykroyd wrote and Ivan Reitman directed the first two films released in 1984 and 1989 respectively.

 

The news comes just a few days after Aykroyd revealed in an interview with E! News that "two sharp young writers are purported to be writing the sequel" - and that he'd love to get Seth Rogen and Judd Apatow involved.

Again, Bioshock shows me a fine story can be told with that, but the argument that there's a real character who's been in any way fleshed out or compelling is sort of silly.

That's exactly the point - a fleshed out protagonist is not necessary for a fine story in a video game. You think Bioshock is a great story because of how you experienced it. You are the fleshed out protagonist and it's your feelings and reactions to the story that make it compelling. That's the way it's meant to be with Half-Life. By having a blank main character, it allows you to project your own feelings onto it. It eliminates the middle-man. You don't need a ton of options like Oblivion or Mass Effect to become the character, you simply need to get into the story and "experience" it first-hand.

Gordon is an avatar. He's just the basic set-up of a character and the player is supposed to fill in the blanks with their own persona. By having a blank character, you experience the plot of the game yourself instead of watching a specific, separate personality experience it (such as in GTAIV or MGS). The same also applies to Samus, Link (who, let's remember, isn't even necessarily named Link), and even characters like Shepherd in Mass Effect - though in that case the effect is done by letting you decide everything instead of giving you a blank slate. When you control Freeman or Link, you are Freeman or Link (or at least that's the intended effect). No matter what you make Solid Snake or Niko Bellic do, you are not them, you're merely guiding them.

I think a great story can be told either way, it's just that one option depends on the player - not the writers - to create for themselves a compelling protagonist.

I am insulted to find that the network that ran Deadwood is calling Preacher too dark and controversial.

To be fair, it's also the network that canceled Deadwood. But I don't think that had anything to do with controversy. It's one thing to be controversial for bad language and depicting the old west unflinchingly. It's another to be controversial because

Well after so long without news, we had to assume but it's not official: Preacher won't be preaching on HBO.

The adaptation of Garth Ennis' "Preacher" won't be happening at HBO according to Comics Continuum.

 

Director Mark Steven Johnson ("Ghost Rider," "Daredevil") is serving as showrunner on the project blames the dissolution squarely on new management.

 

"We were budgeting and everything and it was getting really close to goinf. But the new head of HBO felt it was just too dark and too violent and too controversial. Which, of course, is kind of the point!" says Johnson.

 

Johnson says it was a "nearly word for word" very faithful adaptation of the first few books and that they offered him the chance to redevelop it but he refused. Thus "I'm afraid it's dead at HBO" says Johnson.

I think you guys are overanalyzing what is basically just Downey proclaiming his Marvel fanboy bias.

Fucking terrible news about Punisher though. That's gotta be bullshit. There's no way they'd nueter the film like that.

No, sadly it's legit. Fuckin' idiots.

I thought it was a much more open-ended ending than Begins, what with

Exactly, I think the studio made a mistake with the marketing and the theatrical release. It's meant to be the first episode of a kid's cartoon but the marketing has people going in expecting Episode 2.5.