Not a whole lot happened over the weekend. I mean in terms of film. Plenty of interesting things happened in the world over the weekend, just not ones I get to make pithy jokes about here. I was going to go for some metaphor about how slow the weekend news was, but I couldn’t choose between “slow” meaning stupid and “slow” meaning takes a long time. There is nothing worse than metaphor indecision. Nothing in the whole world is worse than that. Except for excessive hyperbole. At any rate, here are the few things of interest that did abound.
Something “Wicked” this way comes
That’s the least original title I’ve had in the length of this blog’s existence. Seriously, I couldn’t help but be lazy about news that we’re going to have a miniseries based on “Wicked.” And a movie based on “Wicked.” Wait, what?
Turns out that Salma Hayek’s production company has sold ABC an 8-hour miniseries based on the original book, which is not the musical that was based on the book, which is being turned into a movie to come out in 2014 (now that’s a long, long-ass time down the road). I don’t really care, never having seen the musical and never having read the book, but I know people who flip their shit for this green witchy business. So there you go: A shitpile of “Wicked” goodness is coming at your face.
Look into the eyes of terror
You will cry when you stare into this:
For more barf-inducing, why-would-you-do-that fun, go to Muppets With People Eyes. Or, you know, don’t…if you like remembering a more innocent time. God those things are pure hell.
Direct this!
Yeah, I told you it wasn’t an exciting news day. I have EVEN MORE nominations for more awards to share with you! Doesn’t that just light a bottle rocket up your spine? No? Me either. Still, here are the DGA nominations for Best Director of the year.
- Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
- David Fincher, The Social Network
- Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
- Christopher Nolan, Inception
- David O. Russell, The Fighter
It’s another great year for misogynists. After last year’s icky intrusion by a vagina-bearer, we’re back to a sausage party! Good! I really felt that 2 female nominees out of the last 50 nominations was just appallingly diverse. Nice to see men finally getting the respect they deserve. I’m not sure where smart money is right now. (www.napavalley.com) I would have said Hooper (even though he pretty much did nothing directorially for that totally boring movie), but with Aronofsky’s film heating up critically AND at the box office (the horror/ballet movie may clear $100 million? WHAT?) there’s a chance he’s hot at the right time. And then there’s always Nolan, who I think should win but I don’t think will. Interesting year. Well, interesting year for those with the right chromosomes.
That’s really it for today, I’m not holding out on you, I swear. Check back tomorrow for more. And follow me on Twitter in the meantime for some in-between post love.