Newsgasm: James Blond Edition

Industry

By m_ruv | Tuesday, October 11, 2005 | 12:02 pm | 8 Comments

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  • Although nothing has been confirmed (so I may have to eat these words later), the new James Bond is allegedly Englishman Daniel Craig, who has been seen in Road to Perdition and Sylvia. He’s supposed to be a great actor, so if they could just fire the damn screenwriters and get some new ones, maybe we could actually get a good film out of this series sometime in the next decade. [Evening Standard]
  • Worryingly for the movie industry, a new study shows that the group that’s abandoning theaters in the largest numbers (in favor of DVDs and video games) is the males-under-25 demographic, one of the studios’ most important revenue sources. [Reuters]
  • Blasphemous words on TVgasm, but are people getting bored with reality TV? Ratings for all shows, including stalwarts such as Survivor and The Apprentice, are way down this fall, just as they were for summer reality series. One of the most notable new failures has been Amy Grant’s sap-fest Three Wishes—more evidence that reality TV and the Christian right do not mix. [Hollywood Reporter]
  • The Strangers With Candy movie is having trouble finding a distributor, as Warner just dropped it out of concern that producers didn’t obtain some of the necessary rights from Comedy Central. Fortunately, now that Jerri Blank will be on the Supreme Court, she can change copyright law to make this all a moot point. [Variety]
  • And finally, in celebrity lingerie news, Britney Spears pulled her bra from eBay, where it had reached a price of more than $60,000 in an auction to benefit Katrina victims. According to a statement on her website, she was “concerned that some of you might be confusing this bra with something that it’s not.” Yeah, like something worth $60,000. [CNN]

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8 Comments

  1. 1
    jash
    Posted October 11, 2005 at 12:28 pm

    i was expecting someone with a bit more starpower for the next bond. aside from a nice ass, this guy is mr bland mcblandypants.

  2. 2
    smithie
    Posted October 11, 2005 at 12:38 pm

    I wouldn’t count my chickens just yet, I think it’s still rumor because alledgedly Mr. McBland Pants had an affair with Sienna Miller (of Jude Law fame)and she’s in the running to be a Bond Girl. Basically I’ll believe it when I see it…

  3. 3
    Mike
    Posted October 11, 2005 at 12:38 pm

    I read months ago that the Strangers With Candy movie apparently bombed at an “unofficial” screening at Sundance even though the hand-picked crowd was made up of fans of the TV series. Ouch. I had such high hopes, too. Still hope we get a chance to see it.

  4. 4
    smithie
    Posted October 11, 2005 at 12:40 pm

    Also I thought it was a picture of Steve McQueen, very handsome…

  5. 5
    Badger
    Posted October 11, 2005 at 1:12 pm

    He was great in Layer Cake.

  6. 6
    drew
    Posted October 12, 2005 at 10:02 am

    I don’t think people are getting sick of reality TV at all. I just think this fall’s offerings are piss poor. The usually reliable Amazing Race is nothing but watching asshole parents and their brats go on an East Coast tour of Civil War memorials. How exciting! (I take that back since yesterday they went to HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA!!), and Survivor can’t seem to be bothered to leave Central America. C’mon Burnett, give us Survivor Antarctica!!

  7. 7
    hecklerspray
    Posted October 12, 2005 at 12:43 pm

    They have fired the damn Bond scriptwriters, as far as I’m aware. They pulled in Paul Haggis to extensively rewrite the script. He wrote Crash and Million Dollar Baby, so the movie will be top quality, if a little depressing. Come to think of it, he was also the guy that created Walker, Texas Ranger. Aw crap.

  8. 8
    Helenann
    Posted October 15, 2005 at 1:25 am

    with a name like Haggis, it has to be good! :)

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