Forest Whitaker to Join Cast of "The Shield"

The gritty hit show The Shield, which is a part of the cable network revolution, will be adding Forest Whitaker to its cast. This past year they added acting heavyweight Glenn Close to an already talented cast. The addition of Whitaker as an IA detective investigating Mackey only points to even better things.

Ash-Moore Update

No this isn't a post about an upcoming "Ash vs. Jason vs. Freddy vs. Gandalf vs. Godzilla" movie, rather this is about Aston Kutcher and Demi Moore. That's right, they finally tied the knot.

For those of you groaning, "C'mon...Ashton Kutcher sucks" or "Ashton Kutcher is teh suxxorz," I would like to point out that I enjoyed Kutcher in Butterfly Effect and look forward to seeing him in a remake of The Evil Dead.

I know, I know, My Boss's Daughter was awful, but I have to give mad props to Kutcher for being a workaholic who seems to have fun doing what he is doing.

Besides, even if you hate him...shouldn't you be looking forward to seeing him raped by a tree?

Finally a "First Run" of a Japanese Horror Film.

As you all know, recent years have seen a large number of Japanese horror films being remade for American consumption. From Gore Verbinski's adaptation of The Ring to adaptations by the original director like The Grudge, we have seen a lot of these in recent years. Personally, Cinerati has been very pleased with most of the adaptations (and with the originals as well), but now it looks like America will be getting a "first run" of a Japanese horror story.

According to ICV2, we will soon be seeing an American adaptation of the Manga Parasyte, directed by Takashi Shimizu of The Grudge. The manga was released in the United States during the late 90's, but it seems has not yet been adapted to film. So maybe this will lead to a Japanese movie based on an American movie based on a Japanese Manga. Or better yet, an American movie based on a Japanese Movie based on an American movie based on a Japanese manga. The spiral is endless.

Continuing the Good Movie News! Fraggle Rock to Move to the Big Screen!

According to Movies Online one of my favorite television shows is soon to be a major motion picture. That's right, Fraggle Rock is jumping from the Silver Screen to Celluloid. It appears that the motion picture will have the Fraggles leave the Rock and come to "outer space," or as we call it "the real world." The basic narrative looks like a typical fish out of water story, but it sounds like it might be a lot of fun. Given that one of the permanent trends in Hollywood, and it is an old rather than new one, is to have a remake (Holiday Inn vs. White Christmas for those who think remakes are new) old stories, it is nice to see a "remake" of something I deeply desire to see.

Dungeons and Dragons Movie...

Welp, I saw this on Wizards' site, and here's the place for the skinny.

The Sci Fi channel will be premiering Dungeons & Dragons II: Wrath of the Dragon God, Saturday October 8. From scifi.com: "Five heroes undertake a quest to prevent the rise of a dragon god and an evil sorcerer -- who intend to subjugate the world under their reign of fire and shadow."

Hey, that promo pic looks sweet, anyway.



DND!!!!!!!

For I am the Pirate King!

Written by W. S. Gilbert
Composed by Arthur Sullivan

KING

Oh, better far to live and die
Under the brave black flag I fly,
Than play a sanctimonious part,
With a pirate head and a pirate heart.
Away to the cheating world go you,
Where pirates all are well-to-do;
But I’ll be true to the song I sing,
And live and die a Pirate King.

For I am a Pirate King!
And it is, it is a glorious thing
To be a Pirate King!

For I am a Pirate King!

CHORUS
You are!
Hurrah for our Pirate King!

KING
And it is, it is a glorious thing
To be a Pirate King.

CHORUS
It is!
Hurrah for our Pirate King!

KING AND CHORUS
Hurrah for the/our Pirate King!

KING

When I sally forth to seek my prey
I help myself in a royal way.
I sink a few more ships, it’s true,
Than a well-bred monarch ought to do;
But many a king on a first-class throne,
If he wants to call his crown his own,
Must manage somehow to get through
More dirty work than ever I do,

For I am a Pirate King!
And it is, it is a glorious thing
To be a Pirate King!

For I am a Pirate King!

CHORUS
You are!
Hurrah for the Pirate King!

KING

And it is, it is a glorious thing
To be a Pirate King.

CHORUS

It is!
Hurrah for our Pirate King!

KING AND CHORUS
Hurrah for the/our Pirate King!

Another Remake that Didn't Need to Be Made, but I Will See Anyway.

According to Contact Music the classic horror film The Omen is being remade. This time starring Liev Schreiber (He's dreamy!)and Julia Stiles as the happy parents of the Devil's child.

The original starred Hollywood heavy Gregory Peck and was directed by Richard Donner back when he could still direct (Superman, Ladyhawke, Lethal Weapon, The Omen...a list anyone would be proud of). Sadly, Donner appears to have lost the ability to direct anything appealing. Case in point? Timeline. Little had I known that 14th Century European cities looked like cheap sets. I thought they looked more like this (that the "Middle Ages" weren't primative was a point of the novel):



Anyway...the new movie will be directed by John Moore (Behind Enemy Lines and the Flight of the Phoenix remake), so this version might become an action packed extravaganza. Well...based on Behind Enemy Lines at least.