I've updated the gallery with two new pics of Natalie and Kat Dennings posing with Robert Downey Jr. and... that other guy (sorry, other guy!) at Comic-Con in San Diego. Plus, two more new photos of the Thor cast posing at the Marvel discussion panel.
Watch Love And Other Impossible Pursuits...Tonight!
Thierry made quite an interesting discovery - that LOIP will be airing on the Italian TV channel, Canale5. In fact, it's supposed to start in exactly 90 minutes.
You can stream that channel by heading over here. The only problem is that it will be in Italian. Doh.
As for a US release, we may have to wait a bit longer. I would imagine they're waiting for Natalie's profile to get a bump in 2011 before hoping to land some kind of distribution deal.
UPDATE - Why the hell did I think today was the 30th? In any case, its tomorrow at 21:10 in Italy.
The first is an Access Hollywood interview with Natalie where she talks about Thor, feigns excitement at Harrison Ford being at Comic Con, rebuffs the Dragon Tattoo rumour again and has some really nice things to say about Chris Hemsworth. The video can be found over here, but below is a small portion of what she said about Chris.
“He’s so grounded, kind and just a nice, normal person,” she said. “I know he’s going to be able to handle all of that with incredible grace. He already has.”
Then there's this interview with Buzzsugar, which produced the following classic comment.
This is your first movie in 3D; how does that feel?
NP: Everyone's going to know how flat-chested I am now! It's going to be evidence.
The Thor trailer has leaked and while not a rocking high def version, the quality is a step above a bootleg version. Enjoy.
UPDATE - Seems Marvel are getting it yanked from anyone that is hosting the clip. Luckily I managed to save a copy myself so I can maybe stealthily share that when things cool down. But here's another version that seems to still be working. Better hurry up!
Two bits of Ashton Kutcher related news today (is this what my life has come to?) and both related to the Untitled Ivan Reitman Project.
First up is an article over at Celebitchy about Natalie and Ashton not getting along while filming. It's sourced from US Weekly so, as much as I wouldn't mind it to be true, you better keep your salt shaker handy.
It seems Natalie Portman thinks Ashton Kutcher is a twit. While shooting Friends With Benefits (which is now untitled) last spring, Kutcher and Portman - who played hookup buddies in the comedy - “couldn’t stand each other,” says a set source.
Kutcher “talks about his Twitter all day and thinks highly of himself,” continues the insider. And Harvard grad Portman wasn’t impressed.
“She would do her scenes then head back to her trailer and read books or scripts,” says the source. “She had no interest in hanging out with Ashton.”
You've gotta love the photographer who came up with this shot for EW's Comic Con star portraits. What on earth was he thinking? I'm getting bad Human Centipede flashbacks.
- Kevin Klein has talked to The Playlist about his role in the Ivan Reitman project. Might be considered spoilers to some.
"The entitled Ivan Reitman film, I call it. It was really quick. It was a week's work, and it was fun because we had such a great experience. And I love that he loves actors. I know working with Ivan on 'Dave,' he’d say, once he was happy with it, he’d say, 'Try anything, do something different.' Sometimes that would lead to a moment where we’d say, 'Oh, that’s not at all what we were thinking, but seemed to be good.' But to be afforded the opportunity to play -- remember that actors used to be called players -- and to play rather extravagantly is fun. I play Ashton Kutcher’s father, who we find out is having an affair with Ashton character’s ex-girlfriend, who’s 23. Sounds like Hollywood. I play a Hollywood actor who had a big hit television series and now he’s taking a lot of drugs.
- This two time Pulitzer Prize winning author has a thing for Natalie and riffs on that joke several times whilst answering 20 questions for Popmatters.
- The author of that new Stagedoor Manor book, "Theater Geek", mentions what Natalie took part in during her time at the performance camp.
Right after the Venice Film Festival is the Toronto International Film Festival and the lineup has been announced with Black Swan nabbing a spot. I don't think anyone is exactly surprised but this is still wonderful news.
Here are a bunch of links to things related to Comic Con. I'm just going to put them into one update because there's already a ton of updates over the last few days and this should make things a bit easier.
Let's start with this video that Wayne N sent in. He was lucky enough to attend the convention and managed to record this video of Natalie leaving the autograph signing session. Robert Pattinson does his best to ruin the video but it's still worth checking out.
Natalie talks about almost throwing up when watching the Thor trailer. Thankfully it was just because she was sitting right in front of the huge screen.
Thor gets a mention in CHUD's winners and losers of Comic Con. Was it a winner or a loser? Click to find out.
A new video from Comic Con has Natalie and Kat answering questions in a round table Q&A, which almost looks like its taking place in a freaking high school gym. Some parts are hard to hear with the background noise but its still a really fun little interview, particularly Natalie's idea to deal with a proposing fan.
Or you can download a better quality version that Sak uploaded.
At times I get accused of having a juvenile sense of humour and those accusations are completely warranted. So it's nice to see that I'm not the only one, as Natalie and Kat Dennings show in the brief but very funny interview over on EW.
While most of the Thor trailer impressions, that I've seen at least, have been really very positive...the guys over at Slashfilm didn't seem to be as impressed. Below is a video blog where they talk about a bunch of stuff from the packed Saturday at Comic Con. At the 19 minute mark they start to get onto Thor and to a man they seem really mixed on the trailer. I thought it was important to share this so you guys know not everyone was doing cartwheels over the footage.
