It’s been a long weekend, folks. I’m sure you’re all plenty sick of your family by now, or God willing, your parents are dead like Jacktion‘s. We’ll get this ship back up to full speed by tomorrow, but in the meantime, please enjoy this gif animation of Oprah releasing the bees. (MINI UPDATE: Apparently this came from Conan. So well done, Conan).
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But wait! I wonder what Nic Cage would have to say about this…
This news comes from Variety. The best part is, this is the article in its entirety:
Rachel Nichols (“Star Trek”) has joined the cast of “The Loop.” Nichols plays Fiona, a librarian who joins a highway patrolman to uncover the mysteries behind the cryptic sayings spoken by an ancient parrot. Nichols was most recently seen in “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.”
Okay I lied, the best part was actually definitely the thing about the parrot. So it’s basically like National Treasure, except this time, instead of a map on the back of the Declaration of Independence, a parrot. National Treasure: Bird of Secrets. No word on who’ll play the highway patrolman, but is it just me, or is this role absolutely screaming for Nic Cage? “What is it, bird? WHAT IS IT, BIRD!? WHATISITBIRD WHATISITBIRD WHATISITBIRD?!?” See also: “THE BEAK! NO, NOT THE BEAK!! AAUGGH IT’S IN MY EYES!!”
In barely related but awesome news, there’s a death metal band called Hatebeak with a parrot for a lead singer:
This could get serious.
Gillian Anderson attended the Sarajevo Film Festival (still looking good) and commented on the possibility of a third X-Files movie. Radar provides a translation:
Gillian Anderson is giving hope to The X-Files fanatics everywhere that she and David Duchnovy may reunite for a third installment in the film series. “There isn’t any reason not to do it,” the actress said during an appearance at the Sarajevo Film Festival.
“I feel a certain commitment to that group of people that I worked with and we still enjoy doing it, when we do it. There is no reason why not to come together and do it again. If they can pull it off, we’ll find some reason to make it.”
The film could be out in 2012, Anderson said.
I would only be interested in this if they went in one of three directions with it:
The always-awesome Liquid Generation put together this compilation of their 100 favorite movie lines in 200 seconds (watch it below). It’s solid work, but I still say “HOWDITGETBURNED??!??” got jobbed. (I would’ve said “NOT THE BEES,” but that’s technically a deleted scene).
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This is a clip from Ghost Rider, so I realize that it’s not the least bit new. But I promised my father on his death bed that I would not rest until the whole world knew what a Kaufman-esque comedic genius Nic Cage is.
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