Today at Flavorpill we couldn’t stop talking about our new iPhone app and upcoming world record-breaking yoga event. No, seriously — both are big news around HQ. We loved the New York Times‘ visual look at the evolution of the World Cup soccer ball. We wondered what David Beckham, Daft Punk, Snoop Dogg, Franz Beckenbauer, Noel Gallagher, Ian Brown, Ciara, Jay Baruchel, and DJ Neil Armstrong were all doing in the Star Wars Cantina Scene. We watched the latest teaser for Lady Gaga’s “Alejandro” music video and felt teased. We found this infographic of the worst oil spills in our planet’s history oddly comforting (is that messed up?). We discovered that penguins can play soccer. We gawked at the precision of artist Joel Cooper’s origami mask. We considered Vulture’s slideshow of cinema’s creepiest genetically crossbred babies a cautionary tale. We wished that Brett Ratner would just leave Snow White alone. And finally, we were surprised to read that Chace Crawford had been busted for pot possession in Texas after we’d just watched the latest trailer for his movie Twelve — in which he plays a 17-year-old dealer. The universe works in mysterious ways…
Don’t be fooled by the title: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice contains no dancing brooms. Instead, the new trailer treats us to Nicolas Cage doing his best Dumbledore impression, his sighing narration so recognizable and hackneyed that it’s unintentionally hilarious. Given that “the very important sorcerer” Cage is addressing is a perplexed-looking Jay Baruchel (him of Knocked Up and She’s Out Of My League), the crushing lack of levity in tone is even more incongruous.
The trailer somehow gets even better: none of the magic used seems to serve any useful purpose, fire appears as a weapon no less than eight times, there are two different dragons, and Alfred Molina materializes from cockroaches creeping from a Babushka doll to take form as a severely-mustachioed villain. After the jump, watch the new trailer for The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, and follow along with some of our favorite in-detail screen caps.
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When we read that Gilligan’s Island, a show that we grew up watching reruns of on TBS, was being adapted for the big screen by Warner Bros., we did not approve. ArtsBeat’s initial stab at casting the pic, along with the news that producers are eyeing Michael Cera to play Gilligan, didn’t help. But then we had a brilliant realization: How much fun could this remake be as a Frat Pack movie? After the jump we cast the fictional, Judd Apatow-directed version. Let us know if you think it could actually work.
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How To Train Your Dragon tells the story of a young Viking named Hiccup who befriends a wounded dragon. Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, America Ferrera, Craig Ferguson and Jonah Hill provide voice talent for the 3-D animated film, which opens next March.
Will it do for scary green dragons what Shrek did for scary green ogres? We’re sure that’s what DreamWorks is hoping, but from the trailer after the jump, it’s hard to tell. The thing that made Shrek a box office smash was the fact that it was a children’s story laced with adult humor. This one seems more action-based, which could be a misstep. We’re also thrown off by the fact that Ferrera is voicing the blonde love interest. It’s like Betty Suarez has turned into Amanda Tanen overnight.
Take a look and let us know what you think.
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