Reuters are reporting that Kryptonite is real.
A scientist searching on Google found out that his newly discovered mineral shared its chemical composition with Kryptonite. Apparently, they're now being very careful with their find, lest they 'deprive Earth of its most famous Superhero'.
That's just another reason why I love search engines after, you know... the obvious.
The last 20 minutes 'or so' of the next Harry Potter are to be presented in 3D when you watch the film in IMAX cinemas.
This is a terrible idea. It reduces any sense of immersion the audience might be experiencing to suddenly derail the flow and turn the climax of the film into a rollercoaster ride. "Hang on, it's just getting going, racing towards the big finish... and it's time to put your glasses on!"
Warners did a similar thing with Superman Returns and that was equally silly of them. Don't they want use to lose ourselves in the film? No - they just want to lure us in to the premium priced screenings, barking at us like half-baked Barnums.
What's more, as the Potter film wasn't shot in 3D but is being converted the effect will be even less welcome. Live action conversion from 2D to 3D means that the effect will be rather limited in most shots, with the characters, sets, scenery and so on looking less like rounded, solid objects in space than a series of flat planes, not entirely dissimilar to a cardboard cut-out puppet theatre.
The whole film should have been shot in 3D to begin with. So should most films be, frankly. And one day soon, they will be.
According to Just Jared, Orlando Bloom met with Jon and Mindy Peters and Brian Singer to discuss a role in the next Superman film. That's really all there is to the story, but Bloom was apparently eyeballed and... well... he fits. He definitely fits.
Lots of observers spotted a pattern in the Superman Returns casting. Bloom fits that pattern.
Ahem.
Seems that the next Superman will go into production in March of 2008. Apparently, this was always the plan and the World War II film Singer is making this summer was slotted in around it.
Then again, see, Singer had a long planned X-Men 3 that was promised for months if not years yet never saw the light of day. It's early for Superman Again yet, and anything could happen.
The Cruise/Wagner UA have greenlit their sophomore effort, and it looks like a doozy. As yet untitled, the film is a World War 2 thriller with a screenplay by Christopher McQuarrie - and is to be directed by Brian Singer. Round up The Usual Suspects indeed.
Apparently, Singer and McQuarrie went directly to Cruise and Wagner who stumped up the bucks without missing a heartbeat. Wise.
Of course, this stalls Singer's Harvey Milk biopic The Mayor of Castro Street, as well as his Superman Returns sequel - perhaps even killing it outright. Only time will tell, but I wouldn't be surprised to see Warners appoint a different director to Superman now.
Singer's Football Wives pilot is well underway, however, and should air later this year.
