Return of the Jedi

Good Morning Ladies & Gentlemen,

I thought I'd give one last dose of blogdom from here in Denver before I move back to Slick City this weekend. See, my brother will be in town later today (noon-ish) so I probably won't be bugging you guys until Monday or so with all the fun times & moving between now & then. It's been fun here in Denver for the past six months...but now I'm down to the last two days...and I'm very cool with it. I'll be going back to my friends & family in Utah, have a sweet apartment to pimp out, and even if I want to move on in my career again, I've got a pretty good post until that opportunity presents itself. What more could you possibly want? Movie news? Really? Okay, here you go...

Don Johnson Porn - Don Johnson will play a mustached porn director in the comedy "Born to Be a Star" for Sony Pictures and Happy Madison says The Hollywood Reporter. Nick Swardson ("Reno 911" & "Grandma's Boy") is starring as a small-town nerd who learns his quiet and demure parents were famous porn stars in the 1970s (we've all been there). This motivates him to leave northern Iowa for Hollywood, hoping to follow in their footsteps and fulfill his destiny as the biggest adult-film star in the world (biggest?). Johnson plays a down-on-his-luck director (Sonny Cockett?) who discovers Swardson and gives him a shot. Christina Ricci stars as Swardson's innocent girlfriend and Stephen Dorff as adult film star Dick Shadow (great name). Tom Brady (the quarterback?) is directing from a script co-written by Adam Sandler and Swardson. Sandler and Jack Giarraputo will produce. So there you have it. Comedy genius. Can't wait to see the movie. Should be pretty good.

Wall Street 2 - Have you ever thought "There's no possible way that this movie is going to be a hit!"? Well, I just did when I read this. (Deep breath) Oliver Stone has just closed a deal with 20th Century Fox to direct "Wall Street 2", the follow-up to Stone's 1987 drama with Michael Douglas returning to his signature role of Gordon Gekko reports the trades. The story will pick up with corporate raider Gordon Gekko's larger-than-life presence looming over a younger upstart looking to navigate the shark-tank world of today's currently in crisis Wall Street. Shia LaBeouf is in talks to take on the younger role. Allan Loeb ("21," "The Baster") was hired to rewrite the long-developing project last Fall and turned in a script strong enough to nab Stone who, up until that point, wasn't keen on the idea of a sequel. The original 1987 feature explored the inner workings of the finance sector and came to be seen as the archetypal portrayal of 1980's excess with its "greed is good' motto. Now, in today's economic climate, WHY would you want to make a movie like this? That had better be a damn good script. Because right now, everybody's angry at the financial institutions...and I'm thinking IF anybody went to see it in a theatre, it would be to see Gordon Gekko, his young apprentice and half of Wall Street get taken hostage by Mickey & Mallory...and the fireworks begin. Maybe that's the surprise ending. Sorry if I spoiled it everybody.

Fox Update - Oh...and before I go, apparently they've started filming on "Jonah Hex" so please enjoy one of the outfits that Megan Fox will be wearing...

That oughta hold ya over. Anyway, that'll do it for today. I guess I'll see ya when I start my new job on Monday...or if any of you would like to help me out moving into my apartment on Saturday, that'd be super cool. No heavy lifting required even. I can take care of all of that. Have a great day everybody!!!