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‘Thor’ Finds His Warriors Three!
The ranks of Asgard are just about full! Marvel Studios reports that the Warriors Three will be joining Thor in all of his frosty battles, and as usual, Kenneth Branagh has done a bang up job with the casting. Stuart Townsend, Tadanobu Asano, and Ray Stevenson have joined the cast as Fandral, Hogun, and Volstagg, respectively.
'Thor' Finds His Warriors Three!
The official announcement comes on the heels of Zachary Levi revealing to USA Weekend that he had been cast as Fandral, but was forced to drop out due to an extended Chuck workload. While I feel for Levi, I’m actually very pleased that Townsend has stepped in, as I find him to be a bit more Errol Flynnish than Levi. (Though pulling up his Google Images reveals a guy who looks a lot more dashing than Chuck Bartowski. Wow. I might have to eat my words on that.) I’m anxious to see the once-and-never Aragorn get another shot at the fantasy genre, and prove himself to be dashing.
I’m not familiar with Asano’s work beyond Mongol, but he turned in a very charismatic performance, and I’m always thrilled to see casting directors look to countries other than Northern Europe. But my heart really couldn’t beat any faster than it is at Stevenson’s casting. He’ll be perfect, and it’s awesome to see him get another shot at the Marvel Universe since it doesn’t look like we’ll ever see him return as Frank Castle. Filming begins in January 2010, and from there it’ll just be one big geeky countdown.
The Little Movie That Could: ‘Paranormal Activity’ Hits $100 Million
The Little Movie That Could: 'Paranormal Activity' Hits $100 Million
Oren Peli is having the greatest Friday the 13th of his life. We all love the shifting Holiday, but none of us can be as happy to greet today as the director of Paranormal Activity, whose film will be hurtling over the $100 million threshold at some point today, which, like his film, is simultaneously believable and unbelievable. I can clearly see why it has dominated at the box office, but I don’t think anyone involved with the film (either before or after it was bought) prophesied how monumentally successful it would become.
But I’m not here to tell you once again that you should go see Paranormal Activity, you’ve already heard that a thousand times over. I would, however, like to use this time to give Oren Peli a standing ovation by putting things a little further into perspective. Within another week, PA will have grossed more money than the cumulative totals of Halloween II, The Uninvited, The Stepfather, and Saw VI. Their combined budgets? Approximately $60 million. If that doesn’t show a little innovation goes a long way, I don’t know what does.
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