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R.I.P. Satoshi Kon (1963 - 2010)

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (37)

Satoshi Kon, the Japanese animator responsible for Perfect Blue and Millennium Actress passed away yesterday at the too-young-age of 47. He died of cancer. I’m not familiar with Kon’s work, but the estimable Twig — who reviewed Perfect Blue — writes that he was “a true visionary in every possible sense of the word,” and that “Millennium Actress is, without a doubt, one of the best movies ever made, in any format, in any country, ever.” On behalf of Twig, the man’s family, friends, and fans, we’re sincerely sorry about his passing.

I am red-faced with embarrassment. But you good folks broke the Movie Quotes quiz. They’re modifying the server to better handle the traffic. It should be back up momentarily, and from what I’m told, for good. And it should increase with speed over night. Thanks for your patience. (Update: It’s back up.

Back in February we announced that Warner Brothers had optioned Ally Carter’s Heist Society, to be written for the screen by Shauna Cross (Whip It). Today, the Hollywood Cog informs me that Blake Lively and Zac Efron have expressed interest in the roles to Warners. Here’s the funny part: Back in February, in a comment left on that original entry, BarbadoSlim suggested they get “Zac Efron in on this and one of the bimbos from Gossip Girl.” BarbadoSlim is not the Hollywood Cog. At least, that I know of.

Rumors abound that Anna Paquin and Kristen Bell will film cameos in Scream 4, filling the Drew Barrymore role from the original. (USA Today)

Fans of “Party Down,” can rejoice, sort of. The show is not coming back, but the showrunners — Rob Thomas, Jon Enbom, and Dan Etheridge — are creating a similarly themed show for NBC called “Temps.” It’s about recently college grads enduring temp work. Been there. (Variety)

It’s official now: Months after filming wrapped on Little Fockers, Jay Roach and Co. have brought in Dustin Hoffman, and now they’re filming new scenes to append to the movie, adding back in his character. That’s some serious desperation, folks. (Deadline)

Martin Scorsese filmed this ad for Chanel, featuring a very pretty man and a very pretty woman, doing things that have nothing to do with perfume.

Many people made many assumptions about the report, a few days ago, that Angelina Jolie would star in a movie she mentioned over the weekend about a love story set during the Bosnian war that focuses on a Serbian man and a Bosnian woman who meet on the eve of the war and the effect the war has on their relationship. Turns out, she’s not starring. She wrote the script and will be directing the film. No one saw that coming. (GK Films)

Keven Zegers (Frozen), Christopher Egan (Resident Evil: Extinction) and Anthony Mackie (The Hurt Locker) are apparently on the short list of contenders to play Tom Cruise’s younger, more appealing Mission Impossible 4 sidekick. I don’t know much about the other two, but I dig the hell out of Mackie. (The Wrap)

B-listers Diora Baird, Elisabeth Rohm, and Harold Parrineau have been cast in Transit, about a band of thieves on the run from a bank robbery and the suburban family they come across during their escape. (THR)

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Comments

B-listers Diora Baird

B-lister? More like D-cupper! Amiright?

Posted by: your roommate at August 25, 2010 4:27 PM

B-listers Diora Baird...

MORE LIKE D-LISTERS! DOUBLE-D-LISTERS! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! (i'm sad)

Posted by: superasente at August 25, 2010 4:29 PM

you good folks broke the Movie Quotes quiz.

Pajiba SMASH!

Posted by: mswas at August 25, 2010 4:30 PM

Goddamn you, your roommate. God. Damn. You.

Posted by: superasente at August 25, 2010 4:30 PM

Goddamn you, your roommate. God. Damn. You.

Posted by: superasente at August 25, 2010 4:30 PM

And that, bro, is what she said.

Posted by: your roommate at August 25, 2010 4:36 PM

"She" being your mom.

Posted by: your roommate at August 25, 2010 4:36 PM

I will definitely have to check out Millennium Actress.

I have tried quite a bit of anime and Perfect Blue was one of, like two, that I actually liked.

Posted by: Forbiddendonut at August 25, 2010 4:40 PM

I don't get it. I mean, I get it. Diora Baird was some boobs-on-screen briefly. So now, when boobs-on-screen are needed, she qualifies. Sure.

But what about all the other boobs-on-screen we've seen these past few years? I mean, there were other boobs-on-screen on the same screen in that same montage of that same movie. And why just her boobs-on-screen? Why not the boobs-on-screen from Snakes on a Plane? They were similar (according to some friends from my football team, er...youth group, er...); size, shape, suppleness, what have you. What are the criteria by which boobs-on-screen rise and fall in Hollywoodland?

Why don't all of these other promising young actresses* get at least the B-list career of Diora Baird?

*Note: "Promising young actress" = "boobs-on-screen"

Posted by: coryo at August 25, 2010 4:42 PM

Posted by: your roommate at August 25, 2010 4:36 PM

Rude.

Posted by: College Graduate at August 25, 2010 4:51 PM

You meant Mission Impossible 4 right? If not, then I had a nightmare a couple years ago and Tom Cruise was in it.

(Noted and corrected. Not my best day, today. I need to go back to bed and try again tomorrow. -- DR

Posted by: Paul at August 25, 2010 4:54 PM

So BSlim is suddenly a Seer now?

He's the Puerto Rican Cog, obvs.

Posted by: figgy at August 25, 2010 4:55 PM

Is it me, or does pretty perfume guy look a lot like Roy Dupuis / Michael Samuelle from La Femme Nikita TV series w/ Peta Wilson?

So, that's what they've been up to. They did get away, and now they're making tense, pensive perfume ads.

Posted by: BierceAmbrose at August 25, 2010 5:27 PM

Dammit. That news just ruined my day. Perfect Blue, Millenium Actress, and Paprika are three of my favorite anime movies. Not to mention Paranoia Agent. When that aired on Adult Swim, I was still a big time stoner. That series made me put down the bong.

I didn't know he worked with Katsushiro Otomo early in his career until today. I was lucky enough to see a limited engagement of Akira in Hollywood in 1990. It was the first weekend I had a drivers license. That showed me what animation could truely do and I have been otaku since that day.

Posted by: Schpida (he is our hero) at August 25, 2010 6:22 PM

Who the hell is this Baird person?? Never heard of em.
(Googles images)
Holy crap!! D-cuppers is right. Me likey.

Posted by: Porkchop Express at August 25, 2010 6:40 PM

Bring on Kevin Zegers! He's pretty and good at cocky (occasionally veering into slimy) and won't overshadow Cruise with height. And he's pretty, which bears repeating. Actually, it's the only qualification I really care about.

Posted by: Sefa at August 25, 2010 8:04 PM

It's terrible to hear of Satoshi Kon's passing. I'd have to admit, Perfect Blue was hard for me to watch, but Paprika, Tokyo Godfathers and Millenium Actress are some of the best movies I've ever seen - strange, lyrical, beautiful and odd. Kon had great imagination and an amazing mind. RIP, Kon-san - thanks for the visions you left behind.

Posted by: Nessun at August 25, 2010 9:50 PM

•B-listers Diora Baird, Elisabeth Rohm, and Harold Parrineau . . .
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B-listers??? Oh, honey, you have that a bit wrong. These people are from television and therefore they are D-list on a good day. And this movie is straight to video, bet!! (Or, maybe I mis-read and this is a made for TV movie.)

Posted by: mslewis at August 25, 2010 10:06 PM

Anthony Mackie. The end.

Posted by: jM at August 25, 2010 10:32 PM

Temps sounds like it is going to be Party Down with stricter regulations, and as such killing a lot of what made it so unique and hilarious. I personally think Party Down was the best comedy since Arrested Development. And that makes two holes in my heart.

Posted by: A-schaef at August 25, 2010 11:24 PM

NO MORE PARTY DOWN?! :(
AND Satoshi Kon is dead?! This is not my day.

Posted by: Sassafrass Green at August 26, 2010 12:41 AM

I knew I could count on the folk here to say something about Satoshi Kon. You guys are awesome. It really sucks; I was so looking forward to what he'd do next. He was so unique and really played with the form and tropes of anime to make it a credible part of cinema. The project he was working on since 2008, The Dream Machine is supposed to be released, but I don't know how finished it is. Man, what a blow.

Posted by: vic at August 26, 2010 2:50 AM

Paprika is one of the films Alex and I watch at least once weekly.
Perfect Blue was stunning but Paprika is the film we fall asleep to(in a good way)

I was genuinely excited to see what, if anything, he released next.
I'm genuinely heart broken to hear of his death and tonight, the BF and I will most certainly watch Paprika in his honour and lament a tragic loss to the world of animation.

RIP.

Posted by: Nadine at August 26, 2010 7:59 AM

Diora Baird has a similar body to Christina Hendricks circa "Firefly," and both exude a raw sexuality. They maintained impossibly fit bodies considering the ample bosom. Only Diora has taken time to remove her clothes for us.

Lemme just look at those pics one more time . . .

*googles*

*ogles*

*weeps*

Posted by: Kballs at August 26, 2010 9:37 AM

Fuck fuck fuck.

I just rewatched Perfect Blue with a friend. It still knocks me out. It's amazing how good Kon was at just playing between the world of fantasy and reality. I was kind of embarassed at making my friend watch the English dub with the over perky voice actor in the lead performance but when she starts to lose her shit and becomes morose it's just so effective.

"I guess I went to Harajuku today."

Posted by: cj at August 26, 2010 3:36 PM

Uhm... that was quite interesting :)

Posted by: lavoro da casa at November 18, 2010 11:40 AM

Uhm... I don't really know what to think...

Posted by: instantempo at November 19, 2010 10:39 AM