It’s seems like all of the news hitting our inbox this Monday is movie related… which is totally cool with us since we love us some movie news!!! Sooooo….. to spread the love all over your face in the ooey gooey way that we love to do, here is your Movie Monday edition of Hollywood Crack!!!
Photo: Paramount Pictures
Top Gun 2: According to NYMag.com Palin isn’t the only Maverick hitting the newswire these days… the original high-flying Top Gunner, Tom Cruise, is practising his windmill hi-5’s and dusting off the volleyball for another romp writing checks his ass can’t cash. Okay, it’s not 1986 anymore… and the entire aviation industry has changed pretty dramatically (I can’t imagine dog-fights still going on)… so the movie as a whole will not be the same Top Gun. Yes, that’s right… we’ve lost that loving feeling for jet fights. (insert groans here). Tommy-boy’s part will be a much smaller one than in the past, but his presence will still be there (I’m imagining him as Tom Skerritt’s role in the first). Regardless, I’m sure the guys at Best Buy are just stoked they’ll have something new to demo surround sound displays with.
"Lorax" By Illumination Entertainment/Universal
Lorax 3-D: Who speaks for the trees? Dr. Seuss’ Lorax does of course!!! And who better to do the speaking for a hairy little dude with a monster stache? Danny DeVitto… duh! USAToday.com broke the story today that the same team who did Horton Hears a Who & Despicable Me are back to speak for all trees everywhere. If there’s a tree… Yo don’t chop it; check out the stump while the Lorax revolves it!
The Same Name: Have the same name as a celebrity? #1 That sucks for you!!! #2 you may finally be able to get some $$$ for all your troubles! According to TVWeek.com CBS is in the process of creating a new show called “The Same Name” where an average puny human will change places with a highfalutin superior hollywood being. For example: if you’re name was Zac Effron, and you’re not in prison from mutilating your parents in a fit of psychotic rage, you could contact CBS and they’d do their best to have the real Zac fill in for you at your job… cleaning up fecal matter at the fair grounds after a circus leaves town (or that’s what you should say your job is just to see Mr. Effron with a shovel full of elephant dung).
Superman Update: While this isn’t exactly Hollywood news… it’s entertainment news inspired by Hollywood. A new superman graphic novel (Titled “Earth One”) is taking the man-of-steel that we know and love and giving him the “twilight” treatment. The NewYorkPost states:
He wears hoodies, has smoldering eyes and, as a lanky Clark Kent, wears low-cut pants and hipster skinny ties. Artist Shane Davis also made him less physically imposing — shorter and less beefy — than he has traditionally been depicted.
This appears to be a serious re-imagining of the classic hero for a new generation. Honestly, the idea makes me want to drive down to the local comic shop and punch somebody… but it’s been over a decade since I seriously picked up a comic, so I suppose I don’t have a right to complain. Either way… ewww!
