Matt Damon was the guest star on the season finale the other day as himself (as most celebrities are on the show). Anyway, in the episode he was doing charity work for a kids foundation and he was being a hard ass trying to get Vince (the lead character of the show) to give a big donation for the kids (getting Lebron James and Bono to help apply extra pressure). Finally at the end of the episode Vince agrees to send a check for $150k. And the credits roll.

But AFTER the credits, this comes up… and I laughed my ass off even more. Damon rules:

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Cinefools has reported a rumor circulating the industry that Megan Fox is being considered for the title role in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer revamp that’s been in talks for just little over a month.

Megan Fox will always get cast in films because she is insanely hot. To me this just feels like stunt speculation casting rumours garbage just trying to draw attention to the already doomed Buffy Remake thing the Kuzui’s are trying to get off the ground. And I know this post just feeds to that wild speculation buzz, but I doubt this will add any credit to their efforts to actually get this made.

Two things to consider here. There is no studio attached. Buffy was huge. Even I am a fan. But it ran its course. And in its near decade long fandom dominance it still has a driving fanbase that is passionate, but still not big enough to support a feature film. What that niche audience wants is MORE Buffy, not a remake. Like Joss said, “The only people asking me about more Buffy are fans, when a studio asks me THAT is what matters”

Secondly, the Kuzui’s have never done anything OTHER than Buffy. They bought the script from a Young Joss Whedon, and made the cheesy film which Fran Rubel Kuzui directed herself. They were smart enough to bring Joss on for the TV series, and they produced it as well. When the series ended, it wasn’t like the Kuzui’s were suddenly a hot commodity producing and directing in Hollywood.

Of course they would be trying to get this brought back as it is the only property they own the rights to. If they do nothing with those rights for too long, they lose them.

With Megan Fox offering up such gems of wisdom like how she would defeat Megatron saying “make a deal with him, and instead of the entire planet, can you just take out all of the white trash, hillbilly, anti-gay, super bible-beating people in Middle America?” She isn’t scoring any points that her smoldering good looks don’t save her from.

There is a growing theory online that the Kuzui’s are pursuing this project to bluff the fans into a fever pitch to show the studios that they need more original cast Buffy (possibly in a feature film or TV movie).

It’s basically just a simple little mash up video, but it’s done VERY well. Check this out:

He looks right in the role to me. Pretty gruff, but less exaggerated facial scars. Should be interesting to see how this plays out.

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One of those shining moments was Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson, the mercenary who would become Deadpool. When talk of a spinoff featuring the character were rumoured, I was all in. But then as fast as those rumours hit, they faded. Now we get news that its still happening. And its good news.

HitFix quotes Reynolds:

“Well, I’m intimately involved with it. We’re just trying to break a story right now and figure out who the villain is going to be and all that stuff. But, it’s going to be just like the comic books. I’m gonna have a messed up face and you may see some flashbacks of Wade earlier in his life, but primarily what you see is what you get in the comics and that’s the goal. And there is no better place to draw material from then the comics which are incredible.”

This assurance right from the would-be Merc’s mouth is exactly what the fanbase wanted to hear.

I thought that Reynold’s portrayal of Wade Wilson was dead on. As I mentioned in my Wolverine review, Wade Wilson was awesome and Deadpool sucked.

The only hope they have is to reveal that the “Deadpool” in the Wolverine film wasn’t Wilson, and that Wolverine just presumed that it was.

I figure that somehow Wilson is inspired to use the name. Maybe he hears it and figures its a good codename to use since everyone thought that was him anyways. Fans are quick to disassociate the Deadpool name from Weapon XI and fast to point out that Weapon XI was not played by Reynolds, but rather Scott Adkins.

The biggest concern I am hearing is that Deadpool in the comics constantly breaks the fourth wall and addresses some of his jokes to the reader. I think if they handle it right they could have his own running dialogue and self narration be part of his mental break as he uses humour to overcome his disfigurement. It can be done, but they have to be careful with that part of the character.

Also recently, Katee Sackhoff was rumoured to be researching Typhoid Mary for a role and some speculated it would be for this Deadpool spinoff, however a script hasn’t even been finalized, but it is still a possibility.

The bad guy’s name could be “Edwardo, the Latino Anal Invader”. Yes. (Source: Failblog)

Well… it seems the two major stars are taking another shot at working together in an upcoming project called “Stone”. The guys at We Are Movie Geeks give us this:

Mimran Schur Pictures, formed of a partnership between David Mimran and former Geffen Records president Jordan Schur, will produce develop ‘Stone’ as their debut film. Holly Wiersma will also co-produce. The story follows the wife of a convicted arsonist (Norton) who seduces a correctional officer (De Niro) while the arsonist is up for parole.

You know what… that actually sounds like it could be pretty good. Man I hope it is…. De Niro has been so ass awful for years now. It would be awesome to see him return to form.

The film has just recently picked up distribution (finally) after it looked like it may fail to do so. The film will premier at the Cannes FIlm Festival on May 22nd.

The good folks over at Filmofilia share some pictures from the production that they got their hands on. In the pictures we can see Christopher Plumber as Doctor Parnassus, Heath Ledger as Tony, and Lily Cole as Doctor Parnassus’ daughter Valentina.

I’m looking forward to seeing how this turned out.