Liam Neeson is the latest to officially join Peter Berg’s Battleship as Admiral Shane. I might hasten to add that Battleship will be about a war between battleships AND FUCKING ALIENS. And for this, I might also add, Taylor Kitsch had to cut his hair.
Joel McHale will play Jessica Alba’s husband in Spy Kids 4. Oh, Joel. (Variety)
James Cameron is going to Brazil to make a 3D documentary about indigenous people of the Amazon who oppose the construction of a large dam that will put their land at risk of flooding. Dude’s such a pretentious putz. (Yahoo!)
It’s official: Robert Schwentke will be directing Ryan Reynolds in R.I.P.D, after Reynolds finishes The Change-Up and Safe House. And not for nothing, but I hear from The Hollywood Cog that the R.I.P.D. script is absolutely atrocious. (Deadline)
Hey! Carey Mulligan is on the cover of Vogue this week, which I only mention because CAREY MULLIGAN. Come on, people. Get with the times. (GoFugYourself)
Here’s a slow news week special: Clint Eastwood was offered roles as both Superman and 007. (Collider)
Rhett Reese and Paul Wenick have completed the script for the sequel to Zombieland, but it’s still a ways off for director Ruben Fleischer, who has other priorities at the moment. (Slashfilm)
Michael Caine is the latest to join the cast to the sequel of Journey to the Center of the Earth, as apparently no one has explained to Caine that he doesn’t have enough time left on the planet to spend all the paychecks he’s receiving. (THR)
88-year-old Betty White is now getting her own comic book: “Female Force: Betty White,” to be produced by Bluewater Productions. A comic book? Damn lady, cool your jets.
I wonder if she’s still got time for an EGOT? (Reuters)
Dave was on “The View,” this week, which is notable only because it’s fun to see him outside the context of his own show, as he rarely strays elsewhere. He did reveal that he has been asked to return as Oscar host, but he declined, saying “I had my shot; I screwed it up.” He said his reply was, “‘Come on, whattya, drinking?’”
As far as the James Cameron news...does this mean we can expect rant filled tapes of him yelling at his crypt keeper girlfriend/wife/whatever next?
Posted by: KatSings at September 8, 2010 4:30 PM
TK, holy crap, I love you.
Posted by: coveredinbees at September 8, 2010 4:44 PM
peter berg so let's just think about this, FNL is gonna be over next summer and the only methadone we are gonna have after will be see tim riggins with no broody hair??? thanks dude, seriously, you can keep you military suited up liam neeson and alexander skarsgard for all I care! ok maybe they balance back kitch's chopped piece of heaven and rhianna turned actress but still? independence day on a ship??? seriously? you dont even care about this piece of shit, did you really have to go and sacrifices that hair???
shame on you man
also skarsgard, for the love of god can you fucking pick better shit??? smaller independent projects that don't think it's a good idea to remake a peckinpah movie with dustin hoffman maybe instead of this crap? we know you're a good actor, stop hating yourself man (or being plain greedy or lazy, your pick). keeping my finger crossed for the new lars von trier's.
and... I'm done.
Just the fact that Rihanna is in Battleship makes it total crap. Regardless if the story is, well, total crap. She can't even act in her own videos (yes, I'm sorry. I have seen her videos.
I could care less about the Kitsch guy, but Liam Neeson? What the hell dude? Take some antidepressants and get yourself in a good freaking movie.
Posted by: MissRos at September 8, 2010 5:13 PM
R.I.P.D. sounds a lot like Dead Heat with Joe Piscapo and Treat Williams.
Posted by: John W at September 8, 2010 6:03 PM
Will the Brazilian natives- who are at one with nature and the spirit of the Earth, obviously - be rescued by the clever and heartfelt machinations of the one white engineer who gets lost in the jungle while he's surveying the area and his group suddenly gets attacked by jaguars and who will then be the one who unites the natives in the battle against the eeeeevil capitalists trying to destroy the jungle? WILL THEY? WILL THEY, JAMES CAMERON? Will it be all pukingly simplistic but all prettily done with strategically placed hovering butterflies and random mosquitos for the 3D effect that you will hope will distract for your moronic story? WILL IT, JAMES CAMERON? BECAUSE THIS SOUNDS FAMILIAR, YOU KNOW. WILL IT?
Long hair or short, he'll always be beautiful. Also: One obviously cannot take a bad picture of this guy.
Posted by: Quanion at September 8, 2010 6:57 PM
Long hair or short, he'll always be beautiful. Also: One obviously cannot take a bad picture of this guy.
Posted by: Quanion at September 8, 2010 6:57 PM
I second this. That Mustang tattoo balances out the short hair. Even though he looks so....upstanding.
I miss Riggins. Can't believe that Season 5 is getting close.
Hello all! This is my 1st comment on Pajiba!! I'm just really bummed that Joel McHale is gonna be slumming it w/ Jessica Alba in Spy Kids 4...that's the kind of bullshit he would be making fun of on The Soup.
Posted by: Baghag at September 8, 2010 9:59 PM
All I can say is, he better grow some of it back afore they start filming John Carter of Mars. Otherwise, well, dammit I'd have to skip that movie.
Posted by: Johnnyboy at September 8, 2010 9:59 PM
Wow, I didn't read this earlier in the day, and I'm glad.
Joel McHale? WHAT THE FUCK, MAN? Spy Kids 4? Seriously, though, I think he has a family. His children need to eat, I suppose.
Michael Caine? WHAT THE FUCK, MAN?
Liam Neeson? WHAT THE FUCK, MAN?
"Director Ruben Fleischer" needs to sort his priorities out. What's more important than Zombieland 2? What, I ask you?
And that whole James Cameron thing really twists my insides in a knot. On the one hand, my initial reaction is "James Cameron needs to die in a fire." But, man, that's way harsh. The man gave us The Terminator and Aliens. How can I feel this way about him? I'm so confused, and lost, and in pain. I don't want to hate, but the white light behind my eyes....
Posted by: MM at September 9, 2010 2:52 AM
I've noticed that a lot of actors with young kids will do stupid kids movies. The Rock (Race to Witch Mountain, The Tooth Fairy. Don Cheadle (Hotel for Dogs). Ben Stiller (Night at the Museum).
That's the only way to explain McHale.... right? RIGHT!??!?
Posted by: ceejeemcbeegee at September 9, 2010 3:20 AM
OK...Until this stops or I receive some kind of explanation, I will not visit Pajiba as much as I am used to...Why do I get advertisements every time I click on a Pajiba link now?! Sometimes I have to wait minutes before I can click on the bypass button to see my Goddamn Pajiba Goodness.
Make your money, Dustin, but if you make Pajiba an ad-infested slut (much like my ex-boyfriend's crab and wart infested asshole), i'm going to have to find greener, less contagious pastures.
Seriously...this sucks my professionally-shaven balls.
Posted by: Vince Noir at September 9, 2010 5:37 AM
All I can say is, he better grow some of it back afore they start filming John Carter of Mars. Otherwise, well, dammit I'd have to skip that movie.
Posted by: Johnnyboy at September 8, 2010 9:59 PM
They already finished shooting that. I wonder if he'll have to wear a wig if they make more than one Barsoom movie...
Posted by: Quanion at September 9, 2010 8:58 AM
What's a Taylor Kitsch?
Posted by: DarthCorleone at September 9, 2010 11:40 AM
I reserve judgment on the disastrousness of this haircut until I see a photo without eye-obscuring sunglasses. Tim Riggins' sexy may have more to do with the wounded/dirty gaze than the long/dirty hair....
::gob voice:: C'MON, Taylor!
what didja have to go and do that for?