I’ve seen this video literally everywhere this morning (literally), so I figured it might as well be on FilmDrunk. Basically, a golden eagle, a bird which has been known to snatch Blackberries in Sandra Bullock movies, tried to snatch a kid from a playground in Montreal, and some Frenchy recorded it (barely). Apparently this kind of thing is not that rare. Which is why, when I get rich, I’m buying on of these things for each shoulder. Then I’ll use them to steal unwanted children. I call it “A Modest The Proposal.”

This sort of thing actually happens from time to time in the eagle’s habitat. About a decade ago, a bald eagle with an intimidating six-foot wingspan terrorized the beaches of New Hampshire, injuring two adults and one baby. It’s hardly a new phenomenon, too. Way back in 1868, an eagle successfully stole a small boy from a yard in Tennessee and carried it two miles before a hunter’s shots scared the eagle into dropping the child, “a fine, healthy, rosy boy, with torn clothes, but otherwise uninjured.” Mountain goats tend not to be so lucky. [TheAtlantic]

Yeah, that Gandalf can be a real dick sometimes.

UPDATE: Okay, other people are saying that it’s a fake. Or at least, staged. This is what I get for trying to post before I have coffee. From the Black Swamp Bird Observatory, via I09:

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Ah, the Internet. Some call it the home of the world’s most depraved minds, but we like to think of them as the most creative. For instance, earlier this week, Imgur posted a gallery of posters for some of the most recognized and – let’s face it – worst romantic comedy films ever made, but some deviant Internuts (trademarked) played a little game of face swap with the old Photoshop.

I searched high and low on the Googles and Reddits to find the dastardly misfits responsible for these delightful works of art, but their identities remain a mystery*. I did, however, find this terrifying face swap of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner and these random face swaps of Dark Shadows posters, but that was about it.

You can view the posters after the jump.

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Despite The Proposal earning $315 million on a $40 million budget, Disney nixed plans for a sequel earlier this year.  But not to fear: Universal is bringing back the feature talent and entire creative team for another project.  Pete Hammond is already calling it “the best idea since fire.”

Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds are reuniting on a new action comedy, tentatively titled Most Wanted. The project, a pitch from The Proposal screenwriter Peter Chiarelli, was purchased by Universal Pictures on Friday [for $1 million following a bidding war].  They are currently negotiating with The Proposal director Anne Fletcher to helm the film. The storyline for the movie revolves around a criminal (Bullock) being escorted to court by a U.S. Marshall (Reynolds). Both are ambushed on the way and are forced to go on the run.  [EW]

I can imagine how this pitch went down:

PROPOSAL WRITER: So… do you remember The Bounty Hunter?

UNIVERSAL CEO: (*IMDB’s The Bounty Hunter on Blackberry*)
Of course I do.  Go on.

PROPOSAL WRITER:  It’s that, but with likable actors.

UNIVERSAL CEO: (*hands Proposal Writer a million dollars*)  BUTLER! FETCH MY COCAINE!

Semi-related: The most patronizing Sandra Bullock gif in the history of the world:

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(That damned eagle is back!  Now he’s stealing Ryan Reynolds’ shirt!)

Rich Ross took over as president of Disney studios late last year, and though I don’t know much about him, he seems pretty gangster, and I like that.  First he killed Wild Hogs 2, then a horrible-sounding Robin Williams comedy called Wedding Banned, and now plans for The Proposal 2.  As a corporate suit his heart may not be in the right place, but as they say in church, the road to heaven is paved with bad intentions.  I dunno, something like that, it was hard to hear with the priest’s hands over my ears while I was blowing him.

The studio behind the original hit has told the producers that it’s not interested in making a follow-up to one of its biggest 2009 hits. It’s all part of Disney’s new edict to make, essentially, only two kinds of films: The $150 million-plus blockbuster with lots of CGI and merchandising (i.e., anything that was once a ride at Disneyland or already a Disney title; anything old or new from Pixar; or a major character at Marvel Studios, for which it paid $4 billion last year) or the $30 million project with young, cheap, on-the-cusp movie stars.

The franchise-intensive mantra came after Disney CEO Robert Iger admitted publicly and unflinchingly that 2009 had been “awful”: Having started the year with Confessions of a Shopaholic (domestic gross: $44 million) in the worst recession of all time, it then summered with the costly $150 million rodent flop G-Force (domestic gross: $119 million), and spent the end of the year eating turkey upon turkey: The Bruce Willis action flick Surrogates (domestic gross: $38 million) was laughable; the comedy Old Dogs (domestic gross: $48 million) was not. [Vulture]

So yeah, a guy who wants CGI franchises may not always be quality’s best friend, but no one complained when the Commies killed Hitler either.  Meanwhile, sources say that the news has left Pete Hammond suicidal.  Luckily, an eagle stole the knife that he cuts with.

FULL LIST OF WINNERS BELOW.

The People’s Choice Awards happened last night, and an eagle really stole the Blackberry when Sandra Bullock took home Favorite Movie Actress and The Proposal was declared best comedy.  Inglourious Basterds won “Favorite Independent Movie” because watching it made the voters feel all artsy.  Miley Cyrus took home “Breakout Movie Actress” which makes having a Kids Choice Awards seem kind of redundant, now doesn’t it.   In other news, tough luck, Rascal Flatts.  ;-(

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