(Tommy Lee Jones is getting pretty f*cking sick of these Hobbit rumors too)
The last we heard about The Hobbit, Peter Jackson was “in talks” to direct. But today’s news is that last week’s news wasn’t really news. (*sigh*) Sap my will to live, Harry Knowles:
The only quote that I’ll attribute to my source, whom I’ll call “DEREK”, when I asked if he was directing, “No, nothing has really changed – I’ve always said that me directing was one option, and so that’s not really news. The studio are working out what that deal would look like, because how else do they know if it’s a viable option? But it’s honestly one of several different options – many irons are in the fire right now.”
I’m assuming Knowles was quoting Peter Jackson there, but honestly, you figure that sentence out. Until something actually happens, let us never speak of this again. Meanwhile, in actually confirmed news, Marvel sent out a press release that Tommy Lee Jones would be playing “Colonel Phillips” in Captain America.
In the early comics, Phillips recruited Steve Rogers to join Project Rebirth, the secret experiment that created the Super Soldier known as Captain America. The character will be updated for the film. [CHUD]
He joins Chris “Hi, I’m Chris Evans” Evans, Hugo Weaving, and Stanley Tucci. In even more casting news, Alice Eve (She’s Out of My League) has been cast as Emma Frost in the X-Men First Class movie, joining James McAvoy as professor X and Michael Fassbender as Magneto. I’m told this is very important news because Alice Eve has huge jugs. Upon hearing about it, Jay Baruchel said something glib and p*ssed himself.
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Awesome non story!
‘DEREK’ is actually a KFC Double Down with onion rings you had in your pocket jammed inside. I recognize the language.
(Tommy Lee Jones is getting pretty f*cking sick of these Hobbit rumors too)
More like Tommy is just as irritated as the rest of us that you have an excuse to use boobie pictures, but choose not to use them for the banner.
OK, can somebody fuck Harry Knowles to death with a pole saw? Derek? An obvious Peter Jackson quote… was that supposed to be clever? Was his intent to be a complete douchetard?
Emma Frost’s power is diamond hard skin.
Alice Eve’s power is making the skin on my pecker so tight, you couldn’t turn it with a pipe wrench.
Advantage-Alice Eve
Is it me or does Steve Rodgers and Alice Eve totally sound like porn names?
If my brain were an iPhone, the icon for “Spank Bank” would be a picture of Alice Eve.
Vince, if there was a story on this page that I was supposed to read, you probably need to paste it on top of one of those first two pictures and resubmit it.
JHC, technically Emma Frost has psychic powers, and the diamond form is a secondary mutation.
I STILL CAN’T TURN THE NERD OFF! WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?
Fact: Sniffing Alice Eve’s panties is the only known cure for cancer.
Fact: I have cancer.
I’ve been recruited to join Project Unbirth. Where our missions start with an “ABORT!”