The Semi-Regular Weekly Awards Return!

I realize I haven’t done this in a while so back by popular demand (O.K, my demand) are my shout outs for this week:

• My first Gold Dollar goes to…The preacher who married a Japanese man to a pillow. Yes I’m serious. Friends say that this Japanese men was obsessed with a large, huggable pillow with a picture of a character from Japanese anime on the pillow. The pillow and the man went out to movies and to restraunts. The pillow would get it’s own seat and meal. Kudos to the preacher who managed to marry them without laughing his head off!
• The next Gold Dollar goes to…Christopher Nolan. Nolan has said that Batman 3 will be the last Batman film he directs. He says the story will be a closure for the film series. I have to respect that decision and hope that Batman 3 will be just as good as the first two films.
• Finally a Gold Dollar to all the people who discovered and spread the information about the Facebook/YouTube scam. For those of you who don’t know it works something like this: Someone with a youtube account creates a popular fan page on Facebook. These pages require you to become a fan, confirm you’re a fan, and then invite friends. What happens is that when you click the confirm button and you are logged onto Youtube, it automatically subscribes your Youtube account to that of the Facebook fan page creator. Luckily many people have jumped onto this scam and they deserve a great thank you!

News from the Movie Front!

I realize I haven’t covered movies in a while. Since there’s nothing out there but romance movies (and Avatar, which could come under this category) and I don’t watch them, I thought I’d just start talking about movies that are coming, could be coming, or could possibly might start thinking about coming out soon. So hang on cause here we GO!

• Christopher Nolan is in talks with WB about being a mentor for the Superman reboot. He won’t direct, but if this happens, he’ll have some creative influence on the film. Also, it’s rumored that he’s working on Batman 3.
• Marvel has brought in several actors to audition for the role of Captain America. The film will take place in WWII.
• The main actor from “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” has been rumored to be in talks with Sony about starring as Peter Parker in a Spiderman movie. (Not one of my picks, but not a bad choice) The Spiderman film will take its cues from the new Ultimate Spiderman books.
• For those of you who don’t know, a new Muppet movie is in the works and will begin shooting this summer
• A Smurf movie is scheduled for release towards the end of this year.
• The Chronicles of Narnia franchise has been picked up by Fox. Filming is expected to be finished in November.
• The Hobbit is set to begin filming in June 2010. Peter Jackson has said that they are casting unknowns for the role of Bilbo Baggins. Andy Serkis and Ian McKellan are set to reprise their roles of Gollum and Gandalf.
• Kirk’s dad in Star Trek has been cast as Thor in the new Marvel movie. Natalie Portman (Padme from Star Wars) will play Thor’s girlfriend. Filming began in January.
• Jon Favreau says that Iron Man 2 is set before the Incredible Hulk. This probably doesn’t mean much, but I just wanted it thrown out there.
• For those of you who haven’t heard, James Cameron has said that there will be an Avatar 2 and possibly Avatar 3.

Well there you go, hope it wasn’t too fast. 2010 and 2011 look to be big years for the big blockbuster hopefuls!