Movie News

I read two pieces of movie news.

First...

WB animation is remaking the Thundercats as an animated TV series. The animation style is whimsical, Americanized-anime, along the lines of Teen Titans.

The setting is modern-day Earth, in a major city (possibly LA). The Thundercats are all teenagers. Their leader is Snarf (!) who is now a mystic with a "third" eye. Each of the Thundercats has a weapon with an "Eye of Thunderra" and transformative powers (not just Lion-O).

When they aren't fighting evil, the Thundercats play together as a rock band. That's not a typo, or a joke. They are rockin' cats in their present form.

Mum-Ra now has wings.

Wow.... Just wow. A rock band?!?!!? Seriously? And Snarf is the leader? He is about as useless as Scrappy Doo. A rock band?!?!? Why are they ruining one of my favorite cartoons?


Second....

Apparently, while the major names haven't signed on to another X-Men movie (not the Wolverine movie, an actual X-Men movie), the smaller stars have. Shawn Ashmore, Ellen Page, Aaron Standford and Ben Foster are all said to be signed on. Actually, while some people are all OMG NO WOLVERINE?!??!?! WTF WAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! I actually think it is kinda cool. I am actually interested in some of the other characters and wish they got more screen time. While I love Wolverine, Halle Berry has turned Storm into a huge snoozefest and a waste of screen time.