The Random Spiel: August 21st 2007
By Garth Franklin
Tuesday August 21st 2007 06:31AM
- Set pics are out for Wanted, All About Steve, and Indiana Jones IV.
- One filmmaker has already weighed in on the Paramount HD-DVD exclusive arrangement - Michael Bay. The "Transformers" director says on his site that "For them to deny people who have Blu-ray sucks! They were progressive by having two formats. No Transformers 2 for me."
- Matt Damon has denied recent reports that he and Ben Affleck are currently working on another script.
- TMZ has learned that Kevin Federline has signed on to guest star on the CW's hit show, "One Tree Hill." Shooting starts this week in North Carolina.
- "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling is rumored to working on an Edinburgh-set criminal detective novel according to UK's The Sunday Times.
- Paramount Pictures will re-release "Transformers" in IMAX theaters on September 21 with more footage than you saw in the conventional theatrical version.
- Much maligned director Uwe Boll responds to a bad review of "Postal" in a rather juvenile and silly way.
- As early as December we could see the release of newly restored and remastered prints of "The Godfather" trilogy.
- Script reviews are out for Scott Pilgrim's Little Life, TAG, Eagle Eye, Thor.
- There's a lot of confusion right now as to how to make, let alone market, a patriotic and militaristic "G.I. Joe" film in the current anti-American global environment.
- A rather interesting and well layed-out 2007 Fall Movie Preview is up at Rope of Silicon and is definitely worth checking out.
- An official site is up for the upcoming multi-disc DVD release of "Blade Runner: The Final Cut".
