Jul 23 2008'Pineapple Express' Still Looks Good (with Clips as Proof)

IESB has posted six (6!) new clips from Pineapple Express that have assured me more than ever that this movie will be really good, and that I won't have built it up to myself and everyone else only to be horribly disappointed. Right? Watch them and tell me I'm right.

Jul 23 2008Berg Directing 'Hercules'; Sorbo Waiting for Call

Hancock director Peter Berg has plans to produce and direct a film based on Hercules: The Thracian Wars, a comic from the same company that just sold their thunder-shooting gun comic to John Woo. From Variety:

Berg will produce and will develop to direct "Hercules: The Thracian Wars," a co-production of Spyglass Entertainment, Berg’s Film 44 and Radical Pictures. Spyglass and Universal will co-finance the film.

Ryan Condal will write the script, based on a five-issue comicbook series by Steve Moore that debuted in May through Radical Publishing.

Is anyone else thinking who I'm thinking for the lead? Perhaps the only human who could ever truly portray Hercules? Yes, that's who I mean. At 50 years old, Kevin Sorbo is still the clear choice for the starring role. Below the cut, five reasons this is true, culled entirely from his IMDB biography.

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Jul 23 2008Guess What! There's This Now: 'Anaconda 3: The Offspring'

It's almost magical how they've managed to condense the entire essence of what it is to be a Sci-Fi Channel Original Movie in under ten seconds, and how that magic is strangely heightened by the Davidhasselhoffonline.com watermark obscuring the shoddy CGI and "of course you're in Anaconda 3" actors.

It's going to be really sad when John Rhys-Davies dies and his awards show tribute clips will be Indiana Jones, Lord of the Rings, then a bunch of crap like this.*

*Such as Anaconda 4: Trail of Blood, currently in post-production.

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Jul 23 2008Ohhhh Yeah: The 'Lakeview Terrace' Poster

In what seems like a made-for-TV movie based on a true story, Samuel L. Jackson stars as a cop living inside the peaceful community of Lakeview Terrace. But here's the kicker: he hates interracial couples! So you can guess what he does when a couple with both black and white elements move to the neighborhood. I don't actually know, so seriously, guess. Solely based on the poster, I'm saying he drives past their house with his sunglasses lowered, blasting Yello's "Oh Yeah" at unreasonable volumes.

'Lakeview Terrace' Poster Premiere [Cinematical]

Jul 23 2008'Yes Man' Trailer Actually Completely Unagreeable

Well, here's the teaser trailer to Jim Carrey's Yes Man. As Videogum pointed out, it seems a lot like Liar Liar, except instead of telling the truth he has to keep saying "yes," and also, if you pay attention, there is a subtle plug for Red Bull.

Is kissing someone and realizing you have their gum in your mouth really still a joke? The trailer claims it is, but I would have sworn that died around the same time as similarly outdated and unfunny kissing jokes like "braces getting stuck together" and "closing your eyes to kiss only to open them to something surprising, like finding out you're kissing a dog."

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Jul 23 2008'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen' Has a Logo!!!

From the official site, it's, uh, the old logo, but with a subtitle below it.

EDIT: I put "rise" in my title for some reason, instead of "revenge." Oops! My thinly-veiled pacifistic ways show themselves again.

Jul 23 2008'Crank 2' Will Have Giant Foam Statham Caricature

The LA Times has posted a series of on-set shots from Crank: High Voltage. From the looks of it, part of the film involves a massive caricature of Jason Statham's head. That's the only way to really "crank" things up enough to call them "high voltage," really--by including caricatures. That's why whenever I'm going to Times Square I'll just say, "I'm Hittin' up High Voltage," and whoever is around me will nod and say, "He must mean Time Square, with its many caricature artists, because only caricatures can 'crank' up a location enough to call it 'High Voltage.'"

UPDATE: A friend just pointed out the disturbing similarity between this and that horrifying Genesis music video.

Jul 22 2008Ebert, Roeper Replaced by These Guys

Yesterday, it was announced that both Richard Roeper and Roger Ebert would be leaving At the Movies with Ebert and Roeper. But that doesn't mean ABC is abandoning the format of two guys talking about movies that has kept viewers casually watching when nothing else on! Variety reports that At the Movies will forge on, replacing the Sun-Times reviewers with a host from Turner Classic Movies and an E! critic who makes appearances on Good Morning America and the esteemed Access Hollywood. Also, satellites will be involved:

Disney ABC’s venerable weekly TV review show “At the Movies” confirmed Tuesday that Ben Lyons and Ben Mankiewicz will co-host the next iteration of the series when its 23rd season begins the weekend of Sept. 6. On Monday, Chicago Sun-Times staffers Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper quit the series.

“At the Movies” also plans to introduce a new look and segments to the show in September, including a “Critics Round-Up” during which the co-hosts will engage with other critics via satellite from cities across the country.

To further update the long-running series, the name will be changed to Who the Hell Are These Guys & Why Are They at the Movies?

Lyons, Mankiewicz to host 'Movies' [Variety]