[Edit - It turns out the picture below is a fake. With the WB logo and all I fell for it. Apologies to all and thanks to Al for spotting it. Hopefully the real images will be as good though!]

I’m not sure that this should be a separate post but I’m so impressed with this picture that I had to make a whole new post for it.

Not sure how it got under my radar until now, but it’s here now.

Ladies and gentlemen…may I present to you…The Joker!

So it appears the Indiana Jones IV project is to start filming in 2007 and looks like it’s going to happen. While I’d happily watch another film as good as the original trilogy, I doubt a 4th film can do anything but take from the memories of the originals in much the same way as the Star Wars Prequels took from the original trilogy. For starters Harrison Ford isn’t getting any younger and who wants to see anyone else play the part?

To add to my fears for this project there has been a persistent rumour that Indy is to get another family member. The most persistent of these rumours has been that he has a son by Marion, his love interest in 1981’s Raiders Of The Lost Ark. There was talk at one point that Karen Allen would reprise her role. No casting has been confirmed or even openly negotiated so nobody really knows yet.

Moriarty at Ain’t It Cool says he read a recent draft of Indy IV and that there were no additional family members in it. He goes on to say that the draft he read has since been thrown out and that David Koepp has written a new one that Dreamworks are happy with (the Indy franchise was always a LucasFilm project so I wonder about the Dreamworks link. Maybe it’s both?).

The son rumour has gathered credibilty now and Shia La Beouf has been strongly linked to the part. I had no idea who he was either but he’s working on a few high-profile projects (two of which are Spielberg productions) at the moment so it looks like somebody likes him. At 20 going on 21 he’s about the right age for the part.

Hopefully either Ford, Spielberg or Lucas will have scheduling problems and the project will be terminated. After all, Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade was called that for a reason!

I got an email today that had the following text in it.

“Read the story before watching the video and make sure that your speakers are on and you’re watching closely.

A little creepy but pretty cool!”

Luckily the video has been placed on YouTube so I can share it with you all. Make sure the speakers are turned up high to hear the whispering at the end. Put on headphones if you can.

Weird stuff…

In a follow up to an earlier report it has emerged that Aaron Eckhart is in discussions to play Harvey Dent in the next Batman film The Dark Knight.

I haven’t been overly impressed with the casting decisions since Christopher Nolan took over the Batman franchise - although I am a fan of his work, especially Memento and Insomnia. Christian Bale wouldn’t have been my choice for Batman - but I think he did a decent job, Michael Caine is no Alfred, Katie Holmes isn’t somebody I’d cast in many roles, and the news that Heath Ledger is to play the Joker is mildly upsetting. Having said that I did like Batman Begins (sure, it could have been better but I feel that way about 99.999999999999% of films I see).

The news that Harvey Dent was to appear in The Dark Knight did please me, as he’s one of my favourite Batman villains, and I hated Tommy Lee Jones‘ portrayal in Batman Forever. Mind you, I hated everything about Joel Schumacher’s Batman movies.

There is a good chance that we won’t see Two-Face until the 3rd of Nolan’s Batman films as The Dark Knight already has it’s primary antagonist in The Joker. This means that even when, sorry if, Ledger messes up the Joker I can still look forward to the the 3rd installment.

As you may have guessed by now I’m happy with the choice to give Harvey Dent to Aaron Eckhart. He is an actor who has been knocking on the door for some time now and I’m not sure Hollywood knows what to do with him. He’s not quite the leading man and yet he’s too memorable to be a bit part player. The anti-hero could be the way to go and there’s an element of that to Harvey “Two-Face” Dent. If they build up the Dent/Wayne relationship in The Dark Knight and then unleash Two-Face at the end or in the next movie this could be great.

Eckhart definitely looks the part of Harvey Dent DA. Just look at the picture above. I’m also glad they didn’t opt for a name with a higher profile. Expect an official statement confirming his casting soon.

While doing some ’spring cleaning’ I found a copy of the Where’s Me Culture magazine/newspapery thing, and on the back of it was this ‘Down With TV’ image which I drew.

I quite liked it, so I dug up the file and thought I’d throw it up here.

Down With TV was a concept from somebody by ‘Izzo’ who was involved in Where’s Me Culture - if he finds his way here, make yourself known!

Also, as far as I remember it was the guy behind Whazon (a free listing of what’s on available in Cities in Ireland) who put together this brilliant logo for Down With Tv.

The very cool logo for Down With TV was designed by John Foley of Bite! Design.

Unfortunately, I don’t think Down With TV ever became what it could have, there was talk of a website and stuff, but it never happened. I take some tiny responsibility for that, as I moved to Dublin after telling the guy behind it I’d meet up with him in Cork to discuss his website options, so that meeting never happened!

Where’s Me Culture was a kind of alternative creative group who got together to compliment/oppose the main Cork Capital of Culture 2005.
Where’s Me Culture. Ah the nostalgia.