Monetizing Scrambled Thoughts

The Iron Man movie will now fly into a crowded, expensive theater near you. If you’re not braving the fan horde to see it on opening night Thursday, you might be following my plan: See if your friends like it, and if they do, catch the flick on Blu-ray.

That leaves you with three to five months to fill while waiting for the Golden Avenger to soar into your living room and leave scorch marks on the wall-to-wall. But is Iron Man really the best use of your iron dollar? Might there be other, equally ferrous, folks who meet or exceed the quality standards over at Stark Industries? I think we should investigate.

Moviefone has just unleashed the exclusive teaser poster for the next James Bond film, Quantum of Solace (click on the image above to check out a larger version), and I’m totally digging the way they went about this one. Love the shadow, love the gun in the air, and I love the fact that there’s this lonely sense of dread. Or maybe I’m just reading into it too much. I’m also wondering if this poster was created prior to the Quantum of Solace title being chosen, because it’s not mentioned on the poster at all. Below the above image, all we get is the classic 007 logo, followed by the words ‘November 2008′ underneath. Either way, it’s all good.

In addition to the poster, Moviefone also has a Bond photo gallery for you to scroll through, featuring info on the new film, like how Quantum of Solace picks up 20 minutes after Casino Royale, making it the first direct sequel in Bond film history. Word has it they’ve practically doubled the amount of action in this flick, compared to Casino Royale, and so you Bond fans out there should definitely get your money’s worth.

As an extra special bonus, check out a really sweeet Quantum of Solace behind-the-scenes video (with director Marc Forster and a beaten-up Daniel Craig, among others) below. Quantum of Solace arrives in theaters on November 7, 2008.

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There’s a rumor that “Smallville” star Kristin Kreuk will play Chun-Li in Hyde Park Entertainment’s Street Fighter: Legend of Chun-Li! Directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak from a Justin Marks script, the action pic starts filming in Thailand in March, 2008. 20th Century Fox will distribute the live-action feature based on Capcom’s video game. The movie is focused on female fighter Chun-Li and her journey for justice.

Ken Shi (can she?)

There will be a new children’s movie out in December called “The Golden Compass”. The movie has been described as “atheism for kids”and is based on the first book of a trilogy entitled “His Dark Materials” that was written by Phillip Pullman. Pullman is a militant atheist and secular humanist who despises C. S. Lewis and the”Chronicles of Narnia”. His motivation for writing this trilogy was specifically to counteract Lewis’ symbolisms of Christ that are portrayed in the Narnia series.

Clearly, Pullman’s main objective is to bash Christianity and promote atheism. Pullman left little doubt about his intentions when he said in a 2003 interview that “my books are about killing God.” He has even stated that he wants to “kill God in the minds of children”. It has been said of Pullman that he is “the writer the atheists would bepraying for, if atheists prayed.” (more…)