*yawn*…so sleeepy. this is what i get for not having my glass of milk before i go to bed. bleh. hopefully this tea will wake me up soon enough. so lets see…theres a semi-new teaser trailer up for zach braffs movie garden state. its been hovering around for the past few days, but i didnt get a chance to download it til today. and its not so much a trailer as it is a video for the frou frou track “let go”. while theres no dialogue, and you really wouldnt know what the movie was about unless you read the synopsis, its slightly surreal tone is pretty interesting. and the tracks pretty coo also. the movie was written, directed, and stars zach braff of scrubs, along with natalie portman, peter sarsgaard, and ian holms.
lemony snicket
theres also an odd new one minute tv spot for the lemony snicket movie, starring jim carrey and himself. after carreys excellent turn in eternal sunshine, i thought he’d pursue more serious acting roles. but apparently hes gone back to channelling himself. *shrug* im still not really familiar with the lemony snicket books, so this is more curiousity than it is anticipation. and after watching this tv spot, its definitely curiousity.
sci-fi lineup
cinescape had a pretty interesting article today about what the sci-fi channel had lined up for this year leading into 2005. they have a number of series and movies planned based on some notable sci-fi and fantasy books, and even one based on an anime. one of the more interesting series the article mentioned was the mini-series ringworld, based on the acclaimed larry nivens (old school magic geeks take note) series of novels of the same name. the mini-series follows a group of explorers who crash onto a massive artificial ring encircling a star. gamers will probably recognize this premise as the story for the game halo.
another series worth noting…probably more for its cast than its slightly fantasy geek premise, is the series earthsea, based on ursula k. leguin’s a wizard of earthsea. with character names like ogion, tenar, and thar…it sounds rather dorky. but with a cast that features the likes of isabella rosellini, shawn ashmore (x2), danny glover, and kristin kreuk (woo!)…i think i might have to check out this series.
and one last noteworthy series on sci-fi’s lineup is the aforementioned series based on an anime. sci-fi plans on adapting to live-action the excellent witch hunter robin anime. the series, to be produced by roy lee and doug davison (the ring), follows a secret organization…the stn-j, that hunts down rogue witches in modern times. a new member of the organization, a young girl named robin sena, is actually a witch herself…and she uses her pyrokinetic abilities to hunt down other witches. the anime series definitely seems capable of being re-imagined as an actual live-action series, and the premise has potential to be expanded upon. ill definitely have to catch this series.
> garden state trailer
> lemony snicket tv spot (via cinescape)
> sci-fi channel lineup (via cinescape)
