why would you not cast johnny depp as beetlejuice in a remake? wait, why is this a sequel? in that case why not bring keaton back?
• Apparently when Joss Whedon assembled his first version of the Avengers movie, it clocked in at nearly three full hours. You know what that means? THERE'S 30 FULL MINUTES OF AVENGERS WE HAVEN'T SEEN YET. God, I hope the scenes aren't just included as extras, but there's an option to watch a full director's cut on the Blu-ray. Note to Disney/Marvel: I'm willing to pony up an absurd amount for that option. Just sayin'. (Via Nerd Bastards)
• The first pic of Lena Headley as Judge Dredd villainess Madeline 'Ma-Ma' Madrigal has surfaced. She has a little something on her face. For the record, she's getting overshadowed by Peter Dinklage, but I think Headley is just killing it as Cersei on Game of Thrones. As awful or crazy as she may get, she just radiates her damage, clearly indicating how and why she lashes out. I'm sympathizing with TV show Cersei even more than book Cersei. (Via Collider)
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• Johnny Depp will, of course, be in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice sequel. The good news is that he won't be playing Beetlejuice, but the head of the new family that moves into the house. This is honestly as much as we could have hoped for. (Via Blastr)
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So, what's Helena Bodham Carter's role in B2? Cuz Tim Burton is physically incapable of doing movies without both her and Johnny Depp.
Joss Whedon has noted in interviews, and I'm paraphrasing: 'there is no directors cut. The one in theaters that you're seeing is the directors cut. My original cut was over 3 hours long, and I worked hard to get it down to a point where it wasn't self-indulgent. The extra 30 minutes will probably be included on the blu-ray, though.'
"I worked hard to get it down to a point where it wasn't self-indulgent."
Knowing Joss Whedon, we should all be thankful for that.
Everyone subtract at least 10 point of nerd cred for not challenging Rob on LENA HEADY, who also played twoseasons as John Connors' mom on The Sarah Connor Chronicles, as Leonidas's wife in 300, and several other geeky genre productions.
Subtract 50 points of nerd cred from you then for correcting him WRONG.
It's Lena HEADEY.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm037...
For shame.
I like Beetlejuice, but I really don't see the point in a sequel. Besides, no Michael Keaton? No way!
Beetlejuice sequel: Why?
Avengers added scenes: Why is longer necessarily better? I've never quite understood that. If you put those scenes in, it might effect pacing or...whatever. They might be fun to watch, but not necessarily be a good fit into the larger picture. Editing is a good thing.
The extended editions are for fans, who have already seen the theatrical cut. Besides the extended version is usually optional on home releases.
People, people, you're forgetting the most important thing about a Beetlejuice movie sequel, regardless of who plays Beetlejuice... it will FINALLY give us a DVD release of the Beetlejuice Animated Series! Just as I celebrated the release of the horrible CGI Garfield movie because it gave us Garfield and Friends on DVD, so shall I celebrate Beetlejuice Goes Bananas or whatever the hell they end up calling it because it'll all be worth it if we get the full animated series on DVD.
I use to love Tim Burton and Johnny Depp until I realized Depp plays the two same roles in all of his movies except Sleepy Hollow. Either a Depressed emo maniac (Edward Scissor Hands, Sweeny Todd) or a person who should be in an insane asylum (Charlie and the Chocolate factory, Alice in Wonderland) Im happy he isn't going to be Beetlejuice but im willing to bet he will end up becoming a major character...oh and No Keaton No Deal
Here's what I want to say about Avengers, The film could have been so much MORE! and while my comments should not be taken to mean I didn't like the film here is what I mean. Think about many of the scenes we got in the trailers....now think about those same scenes in the film proper. Notice a diffrence? Yeah they are the same scenes, but their from a diffrent take. Many of the lines seemed upbeat in the trailers, but the final cut went with the more....serious delivery. the "Billionare genius playboy philantropist" or the "Mean swing" lines springs to mind, I would like a directors cut with the same scenes, but using the takes we got in the previews.
Dude, everybody's killing it on GoT, with maybe the exception of whoever plays Dany (which sucks because she was one of my favorite characters in the books). Well, and maybe John Snow (was he such a blank-faced fool in the books? I thought he was more interesting).
Aside from the obvious choice of Dinklage, I love Jack Gleeson's performance as Joffrey. The whole riot scene from last episode was fantastic. He's so loathed by everyone he doesn't even care anymore.
Please let those 30 minutes be all about Hawkeye... PLEASE... He needed the screen time...
I heard that one of the cut scenes from the Avengers is Captain America meeting an aged Peggy Carter. I'd love to see that one!
TV show Cersei is a whole lot less subtle than book Cersei. Then again, everything about TV show Game of Thrones is a whole lot less subtle thant book Game of Thrones (aka Songs of Fire and Ice)
Also: extended cut Avengers deluxe Blueray? Count me in on that on-line campaign...
Calling anything related to Game of Thrones subtle is likely to be drowned in a sea of hookers and bloody children.
I just got back from seeing Avengers, and it was really good on a number of levels although I had some issues with it - logic and plot hole issues along with a few minor dialog problems.I have a bigger issue with the people who thought the first part was boring. These people should stop seeing movies, stop watching tv, stop listening to music, and probably books should be off limits too... seriously I'm thinking this attitude is a symptom of some kind of mass media induced degenerative nerve damage. Seek help.
I agree with you, people nowadays want everything right at the moment. I had no such problem with the pace, even with all that dialog every line was exposition. Maybe not essential, but I never got bored. Not anyone on the cinema was bored. I'm aware this was not "teh best movie evaaar", but to bash the pace? Please.
Yeah I thought the pace was fine. I do think Widow and Hawkeye's little plot kind of disrupted the films flow a bit. (Which could have been fixed by just not brainwashing him five minutes in... Which was really my biggest and only real issue with the film.) But otherwise the pace moved mostly fine. I really hope those 30 minutes fix my problems with Widow and Hawkeye. It'd make the movie a lot better.
I hope the Avengers extras explain what was going on between Black Widow & Hulk. When she first recruited Banner there was this long pause when she pulled her gun like she snapped, then when he Hulked out & fought her, she was all shell shocked after. I'm sure it's not just a "I"m a weak little girl and got scared" thing, there was something else going on...
She said something earlier in the movie to make Hawkeye feel better about what he had done when he was possessed, about being used or had or something to the effect that made me think in the past she was tortured and/or raped. Being powerless, or feeling like it in the presence of Banner/Hulk brought back that terror.
I was wondering about this as well. She didn't freak out when the aliens showed up, which would have scared me more than Hulk.
Something else going on other than the fucking Hulk chasing you down a tight corridor in a room 2 miles above ground?
I think he's on a never-ending quest to convince non-emo men that he's worth respecting as a genuine actor and not just a "jailbait-with-dyed-black-hair" magnet.
Dark Shadows already looks like a Beetlejuice 2 with Johnny Depp. Besides, didn't say Tim say a sequel was an awful idea -- in the 90s?
In Burton's defense, that script involved Beetlejuice in Hawaii. You'd have to have had your brain replaced with cocaine to sign off on that.
How do you get "Johnny Depp will, of course, be in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice sequel. The good news is that he won't be playing Beetlejuice, but the head of the new family that moves into the house." out of that interview? I don't think you'd be posting this as news if you watched that video.
So who is Helena Bonham Carter playing?
I mean, really. OF COURSE Tim Burton's wife is gonna be in this. It's a Tim Burton film.
Has he, at least, stopped including that other willowy woman in his movies? I think she played Johnny Depp's mother in Sleepy Hollow and was the Martian Spy from Mars Attacks. I can only imagine that Helena Bonham Carter slips back into method acting for Planet of the Apes and throws her poop at Tim when he says, "this role would be perfect for...oh...nevermind..."
"You're a good enough actress that you don't need any lines...you can convey 'everything' through expression and how you carry yourself! Okay? Alright, um, so what's your new number?"
You'd have thought Ed Wood would have tipped her off. "No, seriously, we're making it a plot point that you don't talk".
It apparently took her awhile to realize, "hey, Tim isn't giving me any lines! I haven't been given one goddamn line in any of these stupid movies!" Though I guess that's one benefit of being a director, you can use the power of casting to stay in your exes' lives.
Neither Carter or Depp seem to be Burton's new Frankenweenie movie, unless it's as "surprise" cameos. That movie does have for sure Danny Elfman, Catherine O'Hara, Winona Ryder, and maybe Christopher Lee, though.
I'd love to see the extra 30 minutes of Avengers. Although knowing Whedon it's just them sitting at the table not saying anything eating Shwarama.
