Where have we been? Taking a well deserved rest, that’s where, but we’re a little bored today, so we’re coming out of the woodwork and from our self-imposed at-home movies marathon. Here’s stuff that’s been happening for the four-five days we’ve been offline.
George Lucas has finally signed off on a “Star Wars” musical. He probably has a few less millions to play with because of the economy. Maybe we should start a paypal account for him. [E!Online] Apparently a “Star Wars” musical has been proposed several times, but Lucas, afraid it might taint the mythos of the magical films. Now that that’s been taken care of with “Phantom Menace” and the rest of the godawful prequels, Lucas obviously has nothing standing in his way. Let’s hope Bill Murray’s rendition of the “Star Wars” theme isn’t overlooked.
Poor Narnia. Apparently not having raked in enough tens of millions of dollars, Disney has evidently canceled plans for a third, “Chronicles of Narnia” film. Walden Media no longer has a studio to act as co-financier and will need to find a new one if they hope to continue the franchise. Another victim of the economy or did the Burger King tie-ins prove to just be not that successful? We couldn’t identify a Narnia cast member or character in a line-up if our life depended on it and we hope for it to stay that way. Apparently ‘Narnia 3’ was in the pre-production stage when Disney pulled the plug. [THR]
“Tron 2″ or T2rn 2.0” or whatever its called has apparently added some original cast member (who??) to the new film. Congratulations? [ComingSoon]
Sandra Bullock is rumored to be joining the heretofore sausage fest that is Sylvester Stallone’s action unintentional comedy, “The Expendables.” [JoBlo]
Eddie Murphy has denied reports that he will play The Riddler in the next installment of Christopher Nolan’s Batman franchise, or the follow-up to “The Dark Knight” if you will. Gee, we’re glad Murphy cleared that up. However the British “reporter” is sticking to his guns and saying the story is true. Suuuuure it is. [Splash/Splash]
A remake of Roman Polanski’s “Rosemary’s Baby” has been cancelled. Good, we’re never sure why people ever try to best classics, they’re bound to fail. Remake movies with good premises that were poorly executed for whatever reason. [Collider]
Micheal Cera to play Gilligan in movie version of “Gilligan’s Island”? The writer of the series wants Cera (yeah, if he’s frosty on an “Arrested Development” movie, we’re suuuuure he’s interested here). [/Film]
The Screen Actors Guild strike is probably not going to happen. [The Hollywood Reporter]