News In Review 4/16

Let's start with "Grindhouse." God I loved this movie. It is starting to look like anything Rodriguez/Tarantino do together will be awesome. Another sure fact is that I'll be their whore. Yes, you heard right. When "Sin City" was released, I bought it all. T-shirts, books, toys, etc. Whatever I could get my hands on. Now with "Grindhouse," same deal. I want the shirts and books. Damn Rodriguez. Well, the Weinstein's are giving some serious thought to pulling the film from theaters after two lackluster weekends at the box office. First of all, this is a stupid idea. I would damn near say that it is just as stupid as let's say, releasing the film Easter weekend and wondering why every family film out beat you? So the Weinstein's will pull the film and release "Planet Terror" and "Death Proof" as two second features with all the editted footage put back in to extend each feature. This is gay. Forget the fact that "Grindhouse" is three hours long (so was "Titanic" and "Lord of the Rings" and look how they turned out). So the Weinstein's plan to ruin the whole idea of what a grindhouse actually is and just turn them into two regular movies. If they do this with the DVD release, I'll be pissed.

The sequel/remake of "The Incredible Hulk" has finally found its leading man in Edward Norton. Interesting choice after months of hearing rumors such as Adrian Brody and Eric Bana. Edward Norton is a lot like Nicolas Cage in that he has been trying to cash in on the superhero genre for years. Norton wanted in on "X3" in a bad way when it was being filmed. He was gunning for the role of Angel, and let us just say thank God he didn't get in on that one. He even tried out for the original "Hulk" film, but lost out to Eric Bana.

As for other interesting casting, Shia LaBeouf has joined the cast of the untitled "Indiana Jones IV" movie. No word on whether or not he'll be playing Indy's son or just another sidekick, but this is in addition to the recent announcement that Cate Blanchett will also be playing Indy's love interest. For me, this is shaping up to be the best "Indiana Jones" movie since "Temple of Doom." The first picture of the origin suit is up for the feature film "Iron Man," starring Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark. The film is directed by Jon Favreau.