Someone down at the AFI Film Festival in Dallas decided it’d be a good idea to ask David Lynch his thoughts on product placement.  I won’t ruin it for you, but let’s just say he doesn’t mince words.

See also his thoughts on iPhones, after the jump.  God I love this man.  I’d like to think that if the guy asked him about Brett Ratner movies, he’d stab him in the neck with a homemade shiv, and as the guy lay gurgling, he’d calmly wipe the blood off the shiv with a hankerchief and say, "You had to push me, didn’t you motherf*cker."    

I’ve posted this video from Flight of the Conchords because Jemaine Clement (he’s the weird looking one) has been cast in Gentleman Broncos, Napoleon Dynamite director Jared Hess’ next film. 

Gentlemen Broncos "follows a high school outcast who’s an aspiring fantasy author. He attends a fantasy convention to show off his work and finds his supposed masterpiece – ‘Yeast Lords’ – ripped off by legendary novelist Ronald Chevalier, who has turned desperate for ideas." The film’s script was written by Jared Hess and his wife Jerusha, the same two who wrote both Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre. Production is set to start in March. [FirstShowing.net]

Also joining the cast are Sam Rockwell (left, with the sweet mustache) and Michael Angarano (right). 

I’m not sure how to feel about this one.  I like Flight of the Conchords, and I even loved Napoleon Dynamite before the nerds ruined it (yeah, I said it. it felt good, dammit).  But Conchords humor plus Napoleon Dynamite humor?  Jesus, it might be so deadpan that it’s just two guys staring at each other with their mouths open for two hours.  It’d cut to one guy, then the other, then to a close up of the ironic galoshes they’re both wearing. It might not be funny, but you’ll laugh because the only other option is feeling really uncomfortable.

Just in time for Super Bowl weekend, George Clooney’s Leatherheads has a poster. It’s Clooney’s third film as a director, after Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (a solid movie written by the genius Charlie Kaufman) and Good Night and Good Luck (a snooze fest the critics had a big circle jerk over).  It opens April 4th (trailer here).

The movie looks like it has potential, but I’m pretty sure their football team is screwed.  One black dude?  And he’s nowhere near the ball?  Back to the drawing board, fellas. 

Once upon a time, Pam Anderson was the hottest girl on the block, making pornos with every rock star in sight and partying all night.  Sadly, she thought her ass would age like wine and now she’s married to a guy she just met, and that guy is Rick Soloman.  Also, she’s pregnant.  With whose baby, God only knows.  Smells like someone’s baking frownies again :-( :-(

In this clip from Blonde and Blonder, she dresses in spandex and does a dance with Denise Richards.  They have four children and 76 years between them.  I think the guy must’ve died of embarrassment! 

Last week, Mark Romanek was directing a film version of the Wolf Man, starring Benicio Del Toro and Anthony Hopkins, set to start shooting in a few weeks.  This week, he’s just another unemployed guy with a beard.

Universal told Hollywood Reporter: "Romanek leaves behind a well-prepped production that is poised to move forward and Universal thanks him for helping bring one of its most cherished legacies and characters to renewed life."

You don’t have to take that crap from them, bro.  Last time I got fired, I exploded a fish in the breakroom microwave.  Now it’ll always smell just like they act over there, man, fishy.   

"He just blew the opportunity of a lifetime, which is mind-boggling." [Writer Nikki] Finke reports the film was budgeted at $100 million, but Romanek felt he couldn’t make the film with that kind of money. Finke’s insider says, "He’s a purist, an artiste, an exquisite craftsman, but he just had a budget schedule he couldn’t accomodate." [DeadlineHollywoodDaily via RopeofSilicon]

Officially, of course, the departure was a result of Romanek leaving over "creative differences", but that’s what I tell everyone at job interviews.  Only the stupid ones believe me.  Reached for comment, Del Toro said, "He flip you," in a strange, barely intelligible accent.  What an actor. What a talent.

[Thanks to wangtastic commenter Bryce for the tip.  Just the tip, that's what he promised.]