FACT: Elijah Wood has been confirmed for an appearance in the big-screen, live-action adaptation of THE HOBBIT. Wood will reprise his role as Frodo, and will appear in the opening sequence reading from Bilbo’s handwritten accounts of his adventures. Also, Christopher Lee has been confirmed to reprise his Saruman role, depending on his health.
OPINION: While it may seem a bit cheesy on the surface, the appearance of Frodo literally and visually links THE HOBBIT with THE LORD OF THE RINGS films. You have to have hope that the obvious, many more dropins and references will be suttle, yet effective, and not overpower the storyline (like the way the AVENGERS hijacked IRON MAN 2). With Peter Jackson at the helm, there are little worries, unless Lee drops dead between now and then.
FACT: James Cameron has been quoted in saying that Universal’s planned $200 million dollar big-screen adaptation of the “Battleship” board-game is a sign of “pure desperation…this degrades the cinema…”.
OPINION: This blogger agrees. A few years ago the Writers' Guild strike crippled the industry with their greed, and now they justify the strike by bringing us CRAP. By the way, the “Missile Command” adaptation has also been recently announced, which means Pitfall Harry can’t be far away…
FACT: Financially-strapped MGM has finally put their affairs in order; enough to announce production of the 23rd James Bond film. Shooting begins in late 2011 for a November 2012 release, with Daniel Craig coming back for a third time in the lead role.
OPINION: It’s about time. Bring it.
What say you?
EW in Hobbit - It's a good thing. If Lee passes on I'm sure Jackson can still find a way to put him in the film ;)
ReplyDeleteBattleship - Hollywood must be stopped. I'm going to hold out for the Moon Patrol movie.
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