I combined a couple of these stories into one post because they weren’t that interesting:
Billy Bob Thornton and the Rock
…are joining the cast of Faster. “The Rock plays Driver, an ex-con out to avenge his brother’s murder. Thornton plays Cop, a veteran policeman who trails Driver. Also in the mix is Killer, an egocentric hitman who’s after Driver. That role hasn’t been cast yet.” I really hope those aren’t the character’s actual names, said Producer. ...Would you ask Tom Petty if he was gonna be in a movie with The Rock? [Variety]
Emmanuelle Chriqui and Val Kilmer
…are set to star in Georgia, about the Russia-Georgia conflict last year. I’m sure it will be historically accurate, because it’s being directed by Renny Harlin (12 Rounds, Driven, Deep Blue Sea, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane), whose movies are occasionally good by accident. [THR]
Ricky Gervais is hosting the Golden Globes
…which makes it a shame that the Golden Globes are such a sham. It’s hard not to look corrupt when you honor a bunch of movies that hadn’t even been released when the nominations were announced. But I like Ricky Gervais. He’s one of the good ones. [HitFix]
And finally, this guy got a boner while looking at an Iron Man DVD:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (trailer here), starring Brad Pitt and directed by David Fincher, based on a 1922 short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man born old who ages in reverse, opens Christmas Day, and looks pretty badass. Therefore I don’t want to read the full NY Times feature on it, lest it give anything away. Meanwhile, the LA Times had this picture and an explanation from Fincher:
“You’re looking at Brad’s CG face on another person’s body. To my way of thinking, it all has to be a knock out,” Fincher said of the shifts from age to age and from computer effects to practical make up. “You have to make it all work. The whole thing that we called the hand offs — you’ve got to make it all seem like the same guy, and one of the things that was key was Brad is in every frame. The CG stuff is motion-capture, and it has to be his performance.”
If I was friends with this makeup artist guy, I’d hire him to make my wife up like an 80-year-old man or a miniature Brad Pitt before we f-cked. Hey, it never hurts to spice shit up.
I’m a little more excited for JCVD than for this, but I can’t deny that Bruce Campbell leaves particles of guys like Van Damme in his wind. I think he could take Van Damme and Seagal at the same time, especially if he had a chainsaw for a hand.
Trailer also available in HD at Apple.
Ha, just kidding, it wasn’t Halloween. That’s just how Weston Coppola dresses. He’s in a band called “Eyes of Noctum,” you see. Also, can anyone tell what Nic Cage’s wedding ring is made out of? I think it might be bear tooth.
[via Bestweekever & Hollywoodupclose]
O lord, thank you for thy bounty that is Busey. The first episode of Season 2 of Celebrity Rehab was on last night, and forgive this slightly-non-movie-related tangent, but Gary Busey is on this season and Gary Busey craps unicorns in my heart. He spent the entire episode saying and doing ridiculously insane Gary Busey shit, and seems to think he’s a counselor even though he’s a patient. See him meet the director after the jump.
“I’ve been out of my body twice, and it’s a great thing to know the freedom of life. You know the word freedom? Do you know what that stands for? F.R.E.E.D.O.M. It stands for Face it, Real, Exciting, Energy, Developing, Outta, Miracles.”
And Jesus Christ on a crutch, did he just say he had to give someone a buck knife (at the 23 seconds remaining mark)? Oh god that was good. I need a cigarette.
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