This first item goes out to one of our favorite readers, Twig, who will be so very heartened to learn that, according to Keanu Reeves, Cowboy Bepop is all but dead, as the script that was turned in would’ve cost a half a billion dollars, and no studio is going to pay $500 million for a American version of an anime film starring Keanu Reeves. It’s the small successes that get us through the days. (Collider)
Peter Morgan, who wrote Frost/Nixon, is now writing a biopic on the rock band Queen. Sacha Baron Cohen, appropriately, has been tapped to play Freddie Mercury. He’s kind of perfect for it. (Fun coincidence: Peter Morgan also wrote The Queen). I hope they call it Scaramush. (Deadline)
October 30, 2010. Washington, D.C. Jon Stewart and “The Daily Show’s” Rally to Restore Sanity. Be there.
Sheldon Turner (Up in the Air) and Shaun Cassidy (yes, that one) are developing a show for ABC about a fictional vice president, which will focus on the mundanities of his position. Like photo ops and funerals. Could be interesting. (I love that probably half the people under 25 thought, Which one? Who is Shaun Cassidy?) (Variety)
Not that anyone needed to be told this, but Casey Affleck came out and admitted yesterday that I’m Still Here was indeed a hoax. He says, in fact, that he never had any intention of tricking anyone into believing it was. But he did “want you to believe what is happening is real.” So why the hell does he admit this before the film has even opened in most parts of the country? Yes. We know it’s a hoax. But, some of us would at least like to go into the movie still believing that Affleck and Phoenix want us to believe it is real. I guess my only question is: Was Letterman in on it? Or were they fucking with him, too? (NYTimes)
Emma Stone, who is very, very pretty, is set to host “Saturday Night Live,” on October 23rd. Even if she’s horrible, she’ll still be very, very pretty. (Splitsider)
Here are the five weirdest game show contestants ever, a list I love because I totally remember watching the “Press Your Luck,” guy rack up a fortune. (Movieline)
“If critics and fanboys weren’t suckers for simplistic nihilism and high-pressure marketing, [Resident Evil:] Afterlife would be universally acclaimed as a visionary feat, superior to Inception and Avatar on every level.” Guess which critic wrote that? (FilmDrunk)
Matt Damon will be reprising his role in “30 Rock” this season. (Reuters)
Carl Ellsworth will be doing the screenwriting honors on the big-screen Goosebumps adaptation. (THR)
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Emma Stone on SNL (she's pretty and she'll knock that show out of the park), Matt Damon on 30 Rock (also pretty, and already proven he's the game changer that show needs), and no Keanu Spiegel to sour the taste of one of my favoritest things ever? This is the best news I've heard since they told me it wasn't malignant. God bless us, everyone.
Armond White needs to be beaten about the head and shoulders with a big blue dong while falling out of a van for half an hour until he sees the error of his ways. As if Lyons wasn't bad enough.
Shaun Cassidy was co-creator of the mid 90's show American Gothic. Which was a great show that went nowhere because it was cancelled too soon. But Gary Cole played the Sheriff/Devil and it was a creepy as series.
Posted by: TylerDFC at September 17, 2010 10:29 AM
Tyler, stop feeding the troll. Don't you know that even mentioning that critic's name is like breaking a mirror because you were distracted by a black cat walking under a ladder on Friday the 13th?
Oh, and you're right, American Gothic rocked. I always forget that was that Shaun Cassidy.
Alright...I'm 28 and I have no idea who the fuck Shaun Cassidy is.
Posted by: DeistBrawler at September 17, 2010 10:45 AM
DeistBrawler: How dare you soil my moist panties. Shawn Cassidy is David Cassidy's younger blonder brother. He's the son of Ted Cassidy and Shirley Patridge, I mean Shirley Jones. He was a teen heart throb and had a couple teeny bopper hits until he wised up and became a producer instead.
Posted by: BWeaves at September 17, 2010 11:00 AM
I'm 28 and I know EXACTLY who Shaun Cassidy is. But, then again, I watched a lot of VH1 growing up and they taught me of things that came before me. Like Leif Garrett and Andy Gibb. (COME BACK BEHIND THE MUSIC! I MISSS YOU SO!)
Posted by: coveredinbees at September 17, 2010 11:31 AM
P.S. Shaun Cassidy also created the craptacularly wonderful TV series Roar which helped launch Heath Ledger and Vera Farmiga. If you've NOT seen it, oh please do yourself a favor, gather your drinks and your friends, and DO.
Posted by: coveredinbees at September 17, 2010 11:35 AM
It’s the small successes that get us through the days.
Indeed! I believe I shall start the celebratory drinking twenty minutes earlier today!
Posted by: twig at September 17, 2010 11:49 AM
I hope that Stewart/Colbert rally isn't a hoax b/c DC is gettin' excited for it!
Pro: day before Halloween
Con: weekend before election day when folks should be out canvassing
Posted by: bananapanda at September 17, 2010 12:29 PM
No the rally is real, wish I could go. :(
Posted by: Mebe at September 17, 2010 1:05 PM
Shaun Cassidy is the son of Broadway and TV actor JACK CASSIDY (not Ted-Lurch-Cassidy) & Shirley Jones. His half-Brother is 70's pop star David Cassidy
Get it righe, BeWeaves!
Posted by: cassidydiva at September 17, 2010 1:16 PM
I'm contemplating buying tickets for my 11 year-old son and I to do an educational vacation to DC for that weekend. My wife OTOH is balking at the $700 price tag for tickets.
Posted by: idiosynchronic at September 17, 2010 1:18 PM
What the tits could roll Cowboy Bebop's budget up to half a million?
Were they feeding everyone Kobe Beef stuffed with snow leopard? Were they going to replace all the bullets with Faberge eggs?
Half the charm of the show is that the world is incredibly accessible; it's the future, but there's still lots of Asian-esque slums, European ports, and not that much in terms of crazy space battle shit.
Go back and look at something like the two parter, Jupiter Jazz. Most of it takes place on the ground, in a run down wintry city (duuuuh...Industrial Russia?!)
You could film most of that shot-for-shot. I mean, hell, even we could film most of that shot for shot, what, with Optimus as Vicious, Deist as Jett, oooh Rusty can be Ed!
...now I just hafta grow the blowout hairstyle and find that damn leisure suit...
Pajiba Films Presents: An Incredibly Half-Assed attempt at Re-creating Cowboy Bebop.
Posted by: D-Day at September 17, 2010 1:25 PM
That Press Your Luck scam totally would have been something that I would have tried if I had been about twenty years older.
Posted by: DarthCorleone at September 17, 2010 1:41 PM
No Bebop makes my day! I hope it stays untouchable forever.
Posted by: Lauren at September 17, 2010 1:59 PM
Keneau Reeves is an idiot. I cannot and would not ever picture him as Spike. I'm a big fan of Bebop, but as far as I'm concerned, I think he'd make a better two piece villain for the script. that being said, I'm glad he's not gonna do it. I think that if it were ever done, I'd like to see Chistopher Walken as Jet. that would be pure epicness.
Posted by: LordNinja at September 17, 2010 2:07 PM
....I'm sorry but the words 'Sacha Baron Cohen will play Freddie Mercury' made my inner Queen fan hulk the fuck out.
Posted by: Aislinn at September 17, 2010 2:24 PM
Chistopher Walken as Jet
Not gonna work. Don't forget how big Jett was -- he dwarfed Spike.
Stephen Lang anyone? Jeffrey Dean Bardem Morgan? Walken's too aged and too thin.
Posted by: D-Day at September 17, 2010 3:01 PM
Jeffrey Dean Morgan is damn near a perfect choice for Jett Black. Wow. Good on ya, D-Day.
I've never been able to cast the possible movie in my head. I'll admit that Keanu would've been physically accurate about 10 years ago, but he just doesn't have the right vibe or attitude for Spike. Elliot Gould from Altman's The Long Goodbye would be perfect, but, obviously that's impossible. Stupid lack of a time/cloning machine.
Although admittedly, I could never find the right female for Faye. Part of the problem is again, she's tall, and because she's built like some ronery Asian animator had one hand on his spicy tuna roll while drawing her.
But you know who probably resembles Faye the easiest? Katy Perry. I don't know how I feel about that. There's also the completely batshit Adrienne Curry, a dark-haired Boobs Legsly. Ashley Greene even. Or *nerd drool* Allison Brie.
And in an unfortunate piece of casting lost in time, every time I try to cast Vicious, I see Roy Batty. Completely ruins any idea of someone doing better.
Too bad the country is so damn big; I'd love to shoot the last ten minutes of Ballad of Fallen Angels shot-for-shot as a project. Ohhhhhzwellz.
Posted by: D-Day at September 17, 2010 6:31 PM
now we'll never known who they would have cast as the corgi
Posted by: idleprimate at September 17, 2010 6:50 PM
oh, and at the risk of awakening the remake gods,
I loved the Hardy Boys when I was a kid
Posted by: idleprimate at September 17, 2010 6:52 PM
@Idleprimate: I think the dog who played Mr. Muggles in Heroes would have made a good Ein.
@D-Day: How about Allison Scagslotti? (Warehouse 13) She's crazy/perky/wacky enough to do it.
Posted by: LordNinja at September 17, 2010 7:46 PM
Well, ain't that fuckin' lovely?
I'm all excited about seeing the "very, very pretty" Emma Stone, and you link us to a site that doesn't have a single picture, only to read the same goddam thing you've already told us?
Now that was a genuine 'WTF' moment.
Posted by: abliac at September 17, 2010 10:10 PM
did anyone notice that Kevin McCarthy (who starred in Invasion of the Body Snatchers '56) died a few days ago? I'm surprised pajiba wasn't on that.
poor guy was only 96 and still acting right up until this year.
Posted by: idleprimate at September 17, 2010 11:18 PM
Wasn't there already a movie based on Cowboy Bebop? I think it was called Serenity.
Emma Stone on SNL (she's pretty and she'll knock that show out of the park), Matt Damon on 30 Rock (also pretty, and already proven he's the game changer that show needs), and no Keanu Spiegel to sour the taste of one of my favoritest things ever? This is the best news I've heard since they told me it wasn't malignant. God bless us, everyone.