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Deadline Hollywood reports (and thus far no one refutes) that Megan Fox is OUT of "Transformers 3," apparently at the behest of Michael Bay:http://www.deadline.com/2010/05/michael-bays-revenge-no-more-megan/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitterSo... not to be mean about it or anything... but at this point Megan Fox basically looks "done" as a feature film actress, right? Not even Jonah Hex fans care about the "Jonah Hex" movie, she was the sole marketing angle for the disasterous bomb that was "Jennifer's Body," nothing else significant to her credit OTHER than appearing in the awful Transformers movies... this is "it," yes? Maybe at least one "okay, but what if she was TOPLESS??" saving-throw role and then she's off either to a TV show or DTV-land with Denise Richards et al, right?
Indie filmmaker Eddie LeBron spent something like three years making on a "Mega Man" fan film, the scale and scope of which are pretty damn impressive if you ask me. "ScrewAttack" is hosting it, go take a look:
http://screwattack.com/videos/Mega-Man
Here are five words I never expected to see together: Socially-conscious Robert Rodriguez movie: http://www.aintitcool.com/node/44943AICN has what looks like the new "official" trailer for RR's "Grindhouse"-spinoff, "Machete." It's a mix of what looks like the original footage from the 'fake' trailer, new stuff featuring the expanded cast (Michelle Rodriguez, Jessica Alba, Lindsay Lohan, Don Johnson, Steven Seagal and ROBERT DENIRO, among others) ...and an opening intro from star Danny Trejo that Machete has a "special message... for ARIZONA!" For those who've forgotten: The plot here involves an illegal-immigrant Mexican migrant worker who get's hired as an assassin, double-crossed as part of a conspiracy involving an anti-immigration senator, and goes on a revenge spree backed by what looks like an army of armed immigrant-activists. HOLY. SHIT.What's kind of amazing about this is that Rodriguez has already been shooting this for awhile now (if you want to count Grindhouse, it's probably the longest development time for ANY Rodriguez movie since... Desperado, at least?) so the immigration plot was already in there; but now thanks to Arizona's "papers, please" law it looks more like a "hot-topic-exploitation-picture" than ever. I hope this goes viral. I want to see the shitstorm this causes.
There's an "assumed rule" of ettiquet among film critics/journalists that you don't do "fan stuff" when meeting famous people in a professional context - i.e. don't try for an autograph, a photo, whatever. It's a good rule. Film professionals - especially actors - spend too much time posing and signing as it is, interviews with journalists should be where they can feel relaxed and "safe" from all that. Times when it's okay to ignore this rule? When the photo-taking is already going on and one figures "well, since I'm here..."
That's my story, and I'm stickin' with it:
On the right, your's truly. On the left, director George A. Romero.
Yes, he is in fact that tall (I'm 6'2, for comparison) and yes, he is as cool as you hope he is.
