Scuttlebut and Shuttlecocks

Looks like Milk, the Harvey Milk biopic starring Sean Penn, has an official release date: November 26 2008. Just in time for consideration from Oscars the grouch. EW has a "first look" of Penn in the role. First official look I guess, because pretty much all San Franciscans or anybody with an interest already's got the scoop.

More G.I. Joe pictures have hit the whole wide world (www). Empire reports that in order to combat unofficial, unfinished, cheap looking photos that leaked, the studio has now unleashed official, cheap looking photos. What's with all the black? Seems pretty uninspired and bleak. I still like the casting though, especially Sienna Miller as Baronness and Said Taghmaoui as Breaker. Check out Cinematical for all the photos. Popgunning's previous post on the matter.

More after the jump...

Heard rumors of Superbad's Jonah Hill joining the Transformers 2 cast as Shia's comedic relieving college roommate. Well, it's not happening. Seemed like a good fit. But does anybody really care? As long as the robots blow up stuff, and Megan Fox exposes her midriff, I think fans of puerile special effects extravaganzas will be happy.

In more exciting news, apparently there's already talks of a third Batman film after TDK. Word is no more Joker (recasting Heath seems like it would be a horrible idea) and lots more Two Face. I say throw in a new Batman villain that hasn't graced the screen yet, like Harley Quinn. Christopher Nolan will probably be at the helm (phew) but after a third one, not so much.


Lastly, there's also talk of a big screen, big budget version of "MacGyver". Yikes!



I think I need a trial separation from Hollywood.