I posted a blurb on Twitter Monday that I am reading William Gibson’s Neuromancer for the fourth time. This came about primarily because of two things, a: I didn’t get to the library over the weekend like I had planned to, and b: on Saturday night CW aired the 1995 cyberpunk classic Johnny Mnemonic, one of my all time favorite movies. If you didn’t know—and shame on you if you don’t—this movie is base on Gibson’s short story of the same name and was adapted for film by the author himself. Long story short, I was inspired to give Neuromancer another read since it is a continuation of the Johnny Mnemonic universe, and is number two on my favorite book list. How does this relate to movie news? That’s easy, I’ve been hearing murmurs across cyberspace that Joseph Kahn is directing the film adaptation of Neuromancer which stars Hayden Christensen as the main character, Case Cage. Then while sorting through my bloated RSS feed on Sunday night I came across the new teaser poster for the film.

• Weta is releasing a series of sculptures based on the Halo universe. They all look very snazzy, like the above photo featuring the 25 century’s odd couple, Master Chief and the Arbiter. Weta is also auctioning four one-of-a-kind silver statues to celebrate the occasion.
• In movie news, fans of the Harold and Kumar films might be happy to note that a third film is in the works. via
• Fans of The Rocky Horror Picture Show will likely be dismayed that MTV is remaking the beloved classic, using the original script, and some songs that had been cut from the film some 30+ years ago. via
• This is a little old, but it’s new to me. Famed gritty comic writer Warren Ellis has penned the script for an animated GI Joe series titled GI JOE: RESOLUTE. This is supposed to be a darker, more adult oriented version of the Joes in a style reminiscent of Ghost in the Shell. Warren Ellis posted a blurb about it on his blog last week.The shiniest gem can be found bellow.
  

  HASBRO: No, Warren, you cannot wipe Beijing from the face of the earth.

  ME: Shit. (pause) What about Moscow?

  HASBRO: Wiping Moscow from the face of the earth would be fine.

• If the new GI Joe film has you excited, or you are just in the mood for a chuckle, you can keep tabs on the man himself. Yes that’s right, Cobra Commander tweets.

It was just announced at E308 that Xbox and Netflix have formed a—long rumored—partnership that would allow Xbox Live members to use their consoles to view Netflix’s “instant view” titles through their dashboard. One word, two syllables: HOORAY!!!

That’s all I had to say, now get back to work slacker.

Here’s a couple videos for your viewing pleasure. The first one is the spoilerific new trailer for Lucas Art’s latest attempt to milk the Star Wars franchise, Force Unleashed. So far, everything I have seen about this game is awesome, and this trailer is no different.

Next up is the recently leaked trailer for the film adaptation of Max Payne, starring Mark Wahlberg. 9 out of 10 film adaptations of games generally suck, but Max Payne actually looks like a pretty good film.

***EDIT***
Bungie just posted this video of a real Halo fanboy.

This is a totally awesome find because I was just tasked with trying to figure out what is currently hip in “youth culture”, and I think I’ve been schooled. It does kind of remind me of the bit from Arrested Development where George Michael films himself acting out a lightsaber cough-curtain rod-cough battle in the garage. If anyone can find that clip please send it my way for comparison.

10,000 B.C. is hands down the winner of this prestigious award. This is one of the lamest big studio—Warner Bros.—film that I’ve seen in a long while. The story was weak as hell—the pyramids where built by primitives who’d been enslaved by someone they thought was a god, but who is really a crusty old white guy. The rest of the plot-line is just as golden. The visuals were at least 10 years outdated—the sound stage and matte paintings were blatantly obvious. The 3D beasts were from a PBS special at best. All in all, B.C. was a movie that would’ve been great in the 80’s but is was a very poor showing by a major studio by today’s standards. The only real good thing about the movie was the trailer, which tricked me into wanting to see the whole movie… bad trailer, bad bad trailer.

Ah, memories of my Saturday mornings as a child wash over me. PJ’s and a big bowl of cereal, and Thundercats on tv. Like so many things in my childhood, what’s old is new and the Thundercats are no different. Here are some images that have been floating around the intertubes from the upcoming live action film starring Hugh Jackman and Jessica Simpson.

If you are interested in seeing some schlocky photoshop art head over to Esquire. You can also read about Jessica Simpson’s make-up whoas. My favorite slice of this article has to be this quote:

Children’s advocates say Thundercats, like TMNT, Transformers, and the upcoming Care Bears movie, displays a lack of imagination that is harming the next generation of cartoon watchers. A group headed by Genndy Tarkovsky, the mind behind the Cartoon Network’s Powerpuff Girls and Dexter’s Laboratory, protested outside the studio gate, calling for more quality entertainment choices for kids.

It’s sad because it’s true…

Fair warning, this is not for everyone, but if you have a seriously twisted side and penchant for the gore and overly dramatic signing, then Repo: The Genetic Opera might be for you. The skinny is that this is the theatrical adaptation of the (way) Off-Bradway musical of the same name. Basically, in a 2056 the world is full of pain-junkies and debauchery. People who can’t make the payments to GeneCo for their new organs must fear the Repo Man, who comes to take the organs back the hard way. The film gets it’s street cred from the fact that Darren Lynn Bousman of Saw fame is directing, but what I’m most stoked to see is Ogre from Skinny Puppy playing the dim-witted and effeminate Pavi Largo. With characters like like the Grave Robber and the Scalpel Sluts how could you not have a good time. Enjoy the show!

Check out the new trailer for Lost Boys 2: The Tribe. This movie is sure to be a craptacular gore-fest. I will admit that I am a little excited to see this film, having been a fan of the original in all of it’s cheesy 80’s cliche glory.