The Random Spiel: July 22nd 2008
By Garth Franklin
Tuesday July 22nd 2008 12:13AM
- New photos from Ninja Assassin, Mirrors and Crank: High Voltage.
- Artist James Jean has created a Vargas-esque portrait of the character of Sally Jupiter (Carla Gugino) which is being used in "Watchmen" and can be spotted in the trailer.
- Ryuhei Kitamura, the director of the 2000 Japanese zombie action epic "Versus", has just announced that he's working on an American version. He has just finished a draft of the script and will do one more polish before handing it in.
- Nineteen photos from the set of Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor's "Crank: High Voltage" have gone online at The Los Angeles Times.
- Sony Pictures Classics is reportedly in advanced negotiations to acquire Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut "Synecdoche, New York" for a late 2008 release.
- Fox Searchlight will distribute Nia Vardalos-led rom-com "My Life in Ruins" in the US and Australia with a 2009 release planned.
- Selma Blair has confirmed that she's up for a third "Hellboy" movie if it is to be made.
- HBO has released a rather impressive one-sheet for their upcoming new Alan Ball-produced vampire series "True Blood".
- The first trailer for the "Battlestar Galactica" prequel television movie "Caprica" has been released online.
- "Speed Racer" will hit in both full screen and widescreen DVD versions and Blu-ray editions on September 16th.
- "Iron Man" will be officially released in single disc DVD, two-disc DVD and Blu-ray editions on September 30th.
- While Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz want to do a "Millenium" movie, it sounds like the studios aren't interested.
- Not yet confirmed but "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" should arrive on DVD on October 14th.
- An early test screening review is out for Kevin Smith's upcoming comedy "Zack and Miri Make a Porno".
- On Showtime a fifth and sixth season for "Weeds" has been greenlit, as has a seventh season of Penn and Teller's "Bulls**t".
