Friday, February 01, 2008

The Awesome List: Hobbit news, Transporter 3, and Jessica Biel paints with all the colors of the wind



"An American legend comes to life"

That was the tagline for Disney's Pocahontas. Now it's sort of true thanks to a series of photographs Annie Leibovitz took of Jessica Biel in the role.

Also hot and in the link: Gisele Bundchen as Wendy, Mikhail Baryshnikov as Peter Pan, and Tina Fey as Tinker Bell.

Not so hot: Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez, and Whoopi Goldberg as Aladdin, Jasmine, and the Genie.

The Hobbit

So, Guillermo del Toro is apperently in talks to direct the The Hobbit. I'll get excited when everything is signed, but what's more interesting to me right now are a couple of things in the Hollywood Reporter article about the deal.

First, they refer to "back-to-back installments of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit," which -- if that's not just reporter Borys Kit's guessing -- suggests that they're actually splitting the story into two movies rather than doing The Hobbit and then a lamer sequel that bridges the gap between The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings.

Second, I've been curious about why Peter Jackson's not directing it himself and Kit spells that out too: "Because of other commitments that included The Lovely Bones and Tintin, Jackson could not take on writing and directing roles, opting instead to become an executive producer with approval over creative elements of the pair of films."

Makes perfect sense and I should have realized that without having to have been told.

Transporter 3?

The original site this came from is in French, so I can't tell if it's rumor or fact, but apparently there's a Transporter 3 in the works and it has a director now.

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