Over the past six months, Jessica Alba has spoken to MTV News three times, each time insisting that super spawn Franklin Richards was her preferred choice for any "Fantastic Four 3” storyline.
But don't clink your glasses or hand out your cigars quite yet. Thing is, well, the Thing. Maybe somebody should have told Uncle Ben?
"That's ... interesting," "F4" star Michael Chiklis said, a wry smile across his face when we recently told him of Alba's wishes. "She never said that to me. I didn't know she felt that way."
It would be hard for him to know that, Chiklis confessed, considering he hasn't spoken to anyone involved with the film for quite some time. Read more...
Yup, we're back again with more links. Today, news on "The Neuromancer," "Transformers 2," "A-Team," "Eagle Eye," and more.
- I pity the fool who doesn't read Ice Cube's interview about "The A-Team," where he talks about the possibility of playing BA Baracus. (Blackfilm)
- Super-producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Wayans casting on "G.I. Joe," says "Transformers 2" is "hurt" by the strike. (IESB)
- "Noooooooooo!" Hayden Christensen cast in "The Neuromancer." In all fairness, he was awesome in "Shattered Glass." (JoBlo)
- It's clobbering time. Michael Chiklis joins cast of "Eagle Eye" as Secretary of Defense. (Hollywood Reporter)
- On the cutting room floor: 15 big name actors who got left out of a movie. (IFC)
- Michael Cera isn't ticklish in this hilarious fake interview. (Funny or Die)
You can have your "American Idol", your "Lost" and "Desperate Housewives" and whatever else. For my money, the very best show on television for the past half-decade has been "The Shield", the complicated cop drama that never, ever seems to go down the road you expect. Seriously, if you haven't seen it, shut down your computer and go rent the back seasons on DVD, immediately.
Actually, read on and you might want to forget that DVD because it seems Vic Mackey might just come to the big screen one of these days.
Recently, I had the pleasure of interviewing Michael Chiklis, which was exciting for me not only because he's a genuinely powerful actor, but also because he's from my hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts.
After we reminisced about the birthplace of the industrial revolution for a moment, I mentioned that he's the latest in a line of randomly famous Lowellians, following Jack Kerouac and Ed McMahon. "And Bette Davis," he added, wearing the same black t-shirt, jacket and shades that are Vic Mackey's uniform. "She's no slouch." Read more...
In the green room, Nelly's "Hot In Herre" is playing while Robin Williams — wearing a kilt — yells out "Pole dance!" Thankfully, he didn't do one. Later, he and Bruce Willis are posing for pictures — Williams says (in a thick Scottish accent) "Last year we went to see 'The Queen' but the only person who came out was Helen Mirren." ...
Jack Nicholson is the man. He talks to Cameron Diaz for several minutes before they're joined by Adam Sandler and then Williams — and then Michael Chiklis. Nicholson tells him he didn't want to overdress for the night and appreciated that Chiklis wore a T-shirt.
