- Michael Myers will be maskless for more than 70% of the new Rob Zombie Halloween film. Towards the end of the film, Myers wears a new mask which makeup artist Wayne Toth describes as “a lot different from any of [the masks] we’ve seen. People are going to be surprised when they see it. It’s going to thrown the Myers fans for a loop.”
- In the product tie in build up before the new movie releases, Urban Collector has released 3 new wall murals for Star Trek: The Original Series. Taken from the original show, you can make your room look like the bridge, have the crew watch over you, or watch the Enterprise flying through space.
- The man directing the theatrical reboot of Stephen King’s It, Dave Kajganich, has explained his desire to be faithful to King’s book as well as maintain its R-rated material. “I plan to be very protective of the book. The reality, though, is that WB wants to do this as a single film, so I will have to kill a few darlings to make that happen. You have my promise, though, that I will do this with the utmost humility and respect for King’s work.”
- A star of the Harry Potter films has been arrested after cops found a £2,000 cannabis farm in his bedroom. Drug squad officers swooped on 19-year-old Jamie Waylett, famed as bullying Hogwarts School pupil Vincent Crabbe in the wizard movies, after a tip-off.
- After spending the better part of the last six years directing the “Pirates of the Caribbean” trilogy, Gore Verbinski has informed Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer that he will not helm a fourth installment that’s expected to set sail in 2010 with Johnny Depp back as Captain Jack Sparrow. Verbinski will instead focus on other projects that include “Bioshock,” a Universal Pictures adaptation of the bestselling video game that has a John Logan script.
- A theater full of Trek fans showed up in Austin, Texas, thinking they were going to see a new print of the classic Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and 10 minutes of Abrams’ reboot, but Leonard Nimoy shocked the house by announcing they would in fact see the entire new movie just hours before it made its international debut in Sydney. The early fan reviews on Twitter are running almost entirely positive so far.
- A 24-year-old man shot and killed himself at the Regal Cinemas in Eugene, Oregon during a late night screening of Zack Snyder’s Watchmen. The yet-to-be-named man was seated in the back corner of the theater. Police were called after patrons heard a loud “popping sound” behind them, and reported it to the theater managers. The screening was stopped and ticket purchases were refunded.
- Watchmen star Jackie Earle Haley has signed on to play Freddy Krueger in New Line’s forthcoming The Nightmare on Elm Street reboot. The actor, who received an Oscar nomination for his role as a sex offender in 2006′s Little Children, will take on the part famously originated by Robert Englund when cameras roll on the franchise’s ninth film, titled A Nightmare on Elm Street, on May 5 in Chicago.
- Michael Bay has claimed that its too soon to decide, but he thinks 3D movies might be a gimmick. He dismissed the latest trend when a fan asked him if he would be shooting future Transformers installments in 3d. Bay claimed his style was too aggressive for 3D cameras.
- Red Dwarf star Craig Charles has spoken out to say that the cast are feeling immense ‘pressure’ to pull off the TV comeback of the decade. The resurrection of the loved BBC sci-fi show has sparked massive worldwide interest and fever pitch anticipation.
- Michael Bay introduced RC, the pink female Transformer, just so he can kill her off.
Monthly Archive for April, 2009
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Attendance: 17
Meeting Start: 10:01 and I don’t even know what seconds are.
Committees
Recruitment and Relations: Abby brought Lauren and Elly brought Erin. Elly is here.
Movie: Hawk the Slayer bad movie. Went to see Monsters vs. Aliens.
Office Resource: Office is still there.
Trivia: Erik has trivia. What color are the empire’s lasers? Forrest: Green! Erik: Ah! How did you know?
Party: Reinstated. Please donate to the party, but it’s not needed as badly. $80 for pizzas. Bring desserts and snacks and delicious goodies.
Discussion Group: Discussed backstories to villains and heroes. Topics? Invisible pandas. More of the archivist powers/librarian superpowers.
Fundraising: Gospel of the Living Dead: 0; Player’s Handbook 2: 0; The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: 8; Darker Than Black: 0; Fate Stay Night: 2. Ashley wins.
No Report: Forrest has been playing Grand Chase: fighting game–Erik: GUNBOUND! Has to play 70 minutes a day to achieve attendance–get seals over your head–A-Mike: Seals like… arf arf?. Playing a dancer who hits people with rings. PVP’d for 3 hours. Generated a panther that could only hit with its tail.
Officers Reports
Chief of Operations: Been following lots of April Fools stuff. Put viral videos up in the lobby of the GCC. Didn’t follow through on other prank ideas.
Constable: Playing Burn Zombie Burn–you can never survive, you can only live longer. 3.4mil points, increase modifier by setting them on fire. Building high level players with D&D Player’s Handbook 2. Character builder does math for him.
Com Officer: Hates the chemistry test. Loves Burn Zombie Burn. And Fargo. And Better off Ted.
Grand Nagus: Is fail.
First Officer: This last half of the semester is going to drag on. She’s gotten past the hard part. Watching a tennis match and her favorite person didn’t win.
Captain: Watched a House April fools. Cast of House was pranked–elevator opened up, circus walked out, then walked back in and disappeared. Having fun playing DoTA by teleporting people into trees. Adam needs to live through this next week.
Old Business: Zombie-fest is on the way. Jon is an officer.
New Business: Bosco sticks are back. This Friday is a cookout: 7pm in one of the St. James grilling areas. Bring your own meat. Brings drinks/chips/side dishes. We’ve had a couple logos in, from Elly and Taia.
Other Organizations
Anime: Watching Soul Eater and picking a new series for the evening slot.
MCS: A-Mike is bringing 1843, cheap miniatures games. Friday 5-whenever you want to leave.
Order of Xeen: Jon’s party–make your 11 character.
Other: Drive By Press is making neat t-shirts maybe still tomorrow.
Theater: Shakespeare Abridged: 4pm Fri, 1pm Sat, in the Olin quad; 8pm Sat in GCC.
Next week: 1984. Fri, 8pm; Sat, 2:30pm, 8pm.
Two weeks later: Death Trap
Meeting End: 10:42 and I still don’t know what a second is
Quotes
Forrest: So Edward Cullen’s sparkles…
Jon: It’s a sweat sheen.
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Adam: I hope we don’t scare you off.
Erik/Alex: Flash. Woooohaaaa. Savior of the universe!
Adam: And the next thing they do…
Jon: This is why we can’t have nice things.
Adam: You know what’s more fun? Watching Star Wars on a projection screen that can’t show red.
Adam: He actually brings pure liquid hate.
Jon: And it comes in different flavors–this is the DoTA hate and the theatre hate…
Ashley: They’ll have less sex!
A-Mike: No, they’ll have more sex because they don’t have to see each other.
Erik: I already spared your life after telling you about my secret lab, that would be a terrible waste.
Jon: As long as you don’t mind it being cooked next to murder.
A-Mike: And the other one I didn’t do because I was afraid Ed would steal my soul.
Erik: Legitimate!
- Earlier this week, a source who works with Robert Pattinson on the Vancouver set of “Twilight” revealed the actor’s dirty little secret to the world. He doesn’t bathe. “He stinks. I mean, it’s awful. He never showers, and it drives people on the set crazy,” the source said of Pattinson’s personal hygiene. Pattinson confirmed in an interview that he rarely washes his hair or cleans his apartment, not seeing the reason for either. No comment was given on the rest of his hygienic practices.
- A deal with Universal and Imagine Entertainment could bring Ron Howard to Image Comics’ The Adventures of H. P. Lovecraft. The upcoming comic being released April 9th shows the nightmares and creatures of H.P Lovecraft unleashed upon the world. If the movie does well, it could pave the way for Guillermo Del Toro’s “Mountain of Madness”.
- An early rough cut version of 20th Century Fox’s “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” which opens May 1, has leaked online, exactly one month before the opening.
- Andy Hallett, who starred as Lorne (“the Host”) on the TV series Angel, died of heart failure last night at age 33, according to his longtime agent and friend Pat Brady. The actor passed away at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles after a five-year battle with heart disease, with his father Dave Hallett by his side.
- As Paramount Pictures readies the May 8 release of its “Star Trek” franchise relaunch, the studio is moving forward with a sequel, and has hired Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof to pen the screenplay. J.J. Abrams, who directed and produced the latest chapter, is onboard to produce the follow-up alongside his Bad Robot partner Bryan Burk. No decision has been made yet on whether Abrams will return behind the camera for the sequel.
- Alyson Hannigan was given a special gift on her 35th birthday: Her first-born child. The actress and husband Alexis Denisof welcomed baby Satyana into the world on March 24, meaning mother and daughter will share the special anniversary.
- Jolt Online Gaming has launched their free-to-play browser-based adventure game, Legends of Zork. You’re an out of work salesperson for FrobozzCo International who ventures out into the wilds to earn fame and fortune hunting monsters, solving puzzles, or defeating your fellow players in the arena.
- The Donkey Kong monster truck is looking a little worse for wear these days after the Monster Jam World Finals. As a note to the novice drivers out there, it’s generally not a good idea to keep driving after one of your wheels falls off. It’s also not a good idea to try and get some air after one of your wheels falls off.