New trailer for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Here is the newest trailer for the next Harry potter film, coming to theaters on July 17, 2009.

World War II, Tarantino Style

Well, before long we will see Quentin Tarantino’s version of WW II and the American soldier’s attitude toward the Nazis a.k.a. Inglorious Basterds (intentionally misspelled). The trailer below is essentially the opening of the movie (Brad Pitt adressing his men) with brief glimpses of other scenes throughout the film. This has been a film that has sat in pre-development for years, and it’s almost here. But first, the trailer…

Preacher Movie News

For those of you who don’t know, director Sam Mendes (American Beauty) will be directing the movie adaption of the popular Vertigo comic Preacher. The 66-issue series, written by Garth Ennis and drawn by Steve Dillon is considered by many (including myself) to be one of the best comic series of all time. I say “one of the best” because of the existence of Sandman, Watchmen, Transmetropolitan, and a few others; which are all equally great in their own unique ways. Currently, John August is writing the script. For those of you who do not know who the hell this guy is, he wrote Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Go, and both Charlie’s Angels films. The only film that comes remotely close to Preacher is Go, and that’s only because of the violence and swearing, other than that, the two projects bear no resemblance.
I am still on the fence if this is the right guy to write the screenplay. Who knows? We might all be pleasantly surprised. I certainly hope so.
However, to be completely honest, I was hoping that the HBO series would stick. That would have been the perfect venue for a serial that ran for 5 and a half years.
So how will this story carry over to the big screen? Can you rally take a 2000 page story and condense it into a two hour film? Even Watchmen was nearly three hours and it only ran twelve issues. Let me know your thoughts on all this by sounding off on the comment board.

What about casting? No one has yet been named to portray these characters. Who are you picks? Let us know.

My picks:

Jesse Custer: Johnny Depp (I also think he would make a good John Constantine if someone decides to actually make an adaption that does the comic justice, or at least doesn’t butcher it until it’s unrecognizable.)

Tulip: Charlize Theron or any number of talented blonde actresses who are not afraid to play tough.

Cassidy: Colin Farrell (Farrell would essentially be playing an undead version of himself.)

Herr Starr: Not sure on this one.

The Saint of Killers: This chacter was always based on Clint Eastwood, but Eastwood is a bit old for the part, I think. I recently saw Don Swayze (Patrick’s brother) on an episode of True Blood and he looks a lot like the Saint, i.e., big, tall and ugly as hell. Same hook-like nose, too.

The inbred descendant of Jesus Christ (“He’s shitting in his hand, Brendel.”): D.J. Qualls

What do you think?

Sound off below…

Onion News: Hot New Video Game Consists Solely of Shooting People Point-Blank in the Face

Hot New Video Game Consists Solely Of Shooting People Point-Blank In The Face

The Sunday Funnies… Wednesday Edition

Bless this food I'm about to eat. Amen.

Please don't sodomize the sheep. This isn't Scotland.

I think I'll just take my chances with the traffic.

I get the feeling this guy will be walking.

Everybody knows not to leave your ice cream truck out in the sun.

I think this one pretty much speaks for itself.

Bananas: The Perverts of the Fruit Family

Watchmen Frustration

Here’s something I don’t get:

The one image that is most closely related to Watchmen is the smiley face button with the spot of  The Comedian’s blood on it. Why was this particular item not made for the release of the film? There are T-shirts, books, magnets, and yes, even buttons, several of them. But not one is the most iconic image associated with the story. In fact, not a single item in support of the film bears the happy face image. Why is this? It would be the the cheapest thing to make and they could sell it for roughly 100 times the cost to make it. All I want is a smiley face button, you would figure that would be the easiest thing to find.

Not even the Internet yielded positive results. Except for ebay, but I don’t trust ebay since the images of the button for sale weren’t photos of the actual product. They were just like the picture to the left. Maybe I’m a bit paranoid, but that seems shady to me.

I don’t get it. Does  any one else have any thoughts or knowledge on this? I welcome any and all comments…