The Random Spiel: February 1st 2008
By Garth Franklin
Friday February 1st 2008 02:25AM
- New one-sheets for Leatherheads, In Bruges, Savage Grace, Black Water, Prince Caspian, multiple versions of The Forbidden Kingdom, Mama, I Want To Sing and Young @ Heart.
- Script reviews are out for G.I. Joe and Eagle Eye.
- Producer Frank Marshall confirms that "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" is essentially locked, editing is over and scoring is about to get underway.
- Steven Spielberg may direct the seventh Harry Potter film according to Richard Griffiths who plays Vernon.
- An early test screening review of the upcoming "Get Smart".
- "Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour" is currently ranked #4 on MovieTickets.com list of top pre-sale films of all time quite literally between "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" and "The Matrix Reloaded".
- Now THIS is how you do a movie promotional stunt - a water and light effect creating a giant sea monster in Tokyo Bay to promote "The Water Horse".
- Paramount Pictures Digital Entertainment has inked a licensing deal with online virtual world Habbo. This will enable the studio to create and sell virtual goods based off its slate of films starting with "The Spiderwick Chronicles," "Beowulf" and "Mean Girls."
- New artwork shows off the gaseous spirit reader character Johann in the upcoming "Hellboy II: The Golden Army".
- Warner Bros. Pictures has posted a memorial page to Heath Ledger on the official "The Dark Knight" site.
- Anthony Bourdain has filmed a cameo for Uwe Boll's "Far Cry" movie in which he plays a doctor who gets shot in the chest.
- Both the "Transformers" movie and The Simpsons are getting their own theme park ride according to IESB.Net and TV.Com.
- Some photos of the four logo sets for the upcoming "Speed Racer" movie.
