You could hear the collective groan rising from the Universal HQ a few weeks back when Fox and James Cameron declared Aug. 21 “Avatar Day," offering one-and-all the chance to sample 15 minutes of the film free at IMAX theaters worldwide.
That’s because Aug. 21 is also the date Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglorious Basterds” bows in cinemas.
1 -- Invoking the name of a major celebrity in a movie title is sure to make your indie project stand out.
Certainly worked for Charlie Kaufman and Spike Jones with “Being John Malkovich."
But “Avoiding Christian Bale” takes tenuous linkage to new heights.
The Welsh comedy trades on the “fact” that rhyming slang for “fail” is “Christian Bale.”
So, in a world of Monopoly and Candyland movies, it’s hard to be surprised by anything any more.
But still -- as the old-time columnists used to say -- color me shocked by the Warner Bros. announcement that it’s building a movie out of Lego.
1. Want to live in “Uncle Monty’s” house “Crow Crag,” as made famou
s by cult flick “Withnail & I”? Well, me neither, but you can if you’ve got half-a-mill.
We’ve had the time of our life – and now we’re going to have it again, with Lionsgate announcing a “Dirty Dancing” remake.
1. “Avatar” Trailer Ain’t All That
1. Google Found the Loch Ness Monster
