Bill Murray is one of those actors (maybe the one actor) who can be in any turd and still come out smelling like a rose – that he’s still lovable even after Lost in Translation is proof of that.

That said, this one looks… interesting.  It’s an “energy conservation fantasy flick” he’s doing with Tim Robbins called City of Ember. 

In it, he plays the Mayor of the amazing city of Ember where people have for generations flourished under magical lights. Until… Ember’s once powerful generator is failing . . . and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker. It’s up to a pair of teenagers to race against time and unlock clues to the city’s existence before everything goes dark. [CinemaBlend]

Never send a pair of teenagers to do anything, least of all save the world.  They’ll probably just borrow money, act sullen, have unprotected sex with each other and then crash your car.  Then when you ask them about it, they’ll just shrug and go, “I dunno.”

No offense, teenage chicks – call me?  (October 2008)
 

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