Direct Download Links For New Sleuth Trailer

The second Sleuth trailer is a lot cheekier, and in some ways much more revealing than the first, and as such, I enjoyed it even more.

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Direct Download Link For Sleuth Trailer

Download the trailer for the new Sleuth. It's a remake. It has Jude Law in it. It really shouldn't be any good at all.

But I bet it is. The idea of Pinter rewriting Shaffer virtually makes me drool.

Big Ol' Watchmen Casting And Shooting Story

According to a report on (what I'm told is) a respectable Spanish website - belonging to a broadcaster or newspaper, it seems - at least some of Zack Snyder's Watchmen will shoot in Spain. Why this is, I have no idea, but I'll hazard a guess, and here's what I'm thinking: they'll be shooting material for the Black Freighter there. Seems possible.

Furthermore, the site is also reporting a list of actors that they believe will certainly not be in the film: Jude Law, Gerard Butler, Patrick Wilson, Keanu Reeves.

Now, this is contentious stuff. We know Reeves opted out, but Wilson is widely considered to be very much still in the running, and hasn't Snyder hismelf repeatedly claimed that he'll fit Gerard Butler in somewhere?

The story seems to argue that Snyder is going for unknowns to keep the budget aside for other things, but it isn't clear if they've simply extrapolated from this to cross off so many names, or if they know for sure that these actors are out.

Do they really have an inside man or is somebody pulling their leg? Has Snyder had to opt for cheaper actors, lately, to get the money from the studio confirmed?

Stills From Sleuth

I'm looking forward to the new Sleuth greatly, despite Jude's hilarious hair. Here's the latest wave of publicity images (only one of which I'd seen before at all), thanks to Mike Nezhdany.

Once again, I've left all of the info in place - I mean, why remove it?

Keanu Reeves? Are They MAD?

Aint it Cool have some Watchmen casting scoops and...

Well, first of all, let's have the worst news. Keanu Reeves has been offered the role of Dr. Manhattan. No no no no no no. That's awful. Dreadful. Catastrophic. Listen, I like Keanu just fine, really - he was spot-on for Thumbsucker and, well, there's no doubt that Bill and Ted were both perfectly cast. This, though... foolish. It seems like Manahattan's demeanour has been confused for that of a cod-zen stoner - the kind of mistake only a stoner could make. And one would think quite an arrogant stoner too.

How incredibly frustrating.

Secondly, Jude Law has been offered the role of Ozymandias. Not so terrible, but not exactly a perfect move. I think we knew Tom Cruise wasn't going to get the part, but in an ideal world he would have. There are many, many worse choices than Jude Law, however.

And finally - and this is probably the least troubling to me - is the casting of Patrick Wilson as Dan Dreiberg.

There's a long standing rumour (in my circles, anyway) that Jackie Earle Haley is going to play Rorschach, so that might make for two Little Children in the cast. What about Kate Winslet and Jennifer Connelly too? Are there perfect fits for them, do you think?

That'd be odd. But it would make for a good pub quiz question.

My Blueberry Nights Trailer - Now With Direct Download Link

After a quick Ray Bans ad, you can see the first trailer for My Blueberry Nights online now. I wasn't expecting Jude Law's accent, I can tell you that.

A very beautifully photgraphed film and no mistake. It premieres tonight, when I'll finally find out (second hand, of course) if the various women in the billing do turn out to be playing variations on the same character, somehow.

Funny casting otherwise.

[EDIT: Download the file directly from Allocine and keep it forever]

Monday Morning Blueberry Nights

The below poster and still from Wong Kar Wai's My Blueberry Nights come via NataliePortman dot Com. They're supernaturally good at digging up the gold on all things Portman - just about the best fansite out there.

I'm not 'entirely sure' the poster isn't a fake, mind you - indeed, I'm more inclined to consider it fake than genuine. Come to think of it, I'm sure it's a fake. What do you think? Maybe I should take back my kind words about the site, the bunch of filthy fakers?