That Script We Won't Mention and the DVD release that we will

So... the New Moon DVD and BluRay for The Twilight Saga: New Moon is coming out March 20. That's the official release date as of today. That pretty much means that there are going to be Borders release parties all over the country with my name on the guest list. Maybe this year I'll pretend to be "working" the event, and I'll run around with a press pass and camera. Or maybe I'll have a few cocktails and go decked out in Twilight gear. Who knows... lots of time to decide. I'm sure the Twihards all over the world will start hyperventilating.

On a related note, the gasp heard round the world occurred recently in connection with a leaked script. It was for That Movie We Won't Mention that continues a saga of vampire love and sucking. Ok, it's The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Apparently Jackson Rathbone lost his copy or something, because his name is watermarked all over the pages... uh oh. I might have found it online. I also might have decided to read it. But it's an early draft, and scripts are never set in stone once the actors and directors get their hands on them. Food for thought... aka it's not a big deal. But it sure did become a major trending topic on Twitter.

Also in movie news... Spiderman 4 (which supposedly was going to feature John Malkovich as the main villain) was pulled and the major cast members pulled out, as did the director. Basically they couldn't get a good script that everyone felt good about, and it's been postponed time after time until finally it was pulled. Now the studio says its going to recast all the roles and go back to Spiderman 1... aka back to high school. It's slated to come out in 2012. This is the dumbest idea in the world. Who wants to watch Peter Parker's uncle die all over again? However, I am encouraged that at least the director had the guts to say no when the script was terrible. Maybe someone should have mentioned something like that during the pre-production of Spiderman 3 (which was a waste of my favorite villain ever, Venom).

More movie stuff... because I'm on a roll... the local Sundance screening is fast approaching. I have tickets. It's the Sundance Film Festival's new program that screens premiere films at eight different locations across the country. Ann Arbor is one of them, and the Michigan Theater will world premiere "Cyrus." It's a comedy with Marissa Tomei, John C. Reilly and Jonah Hill. I'm not sure if there are tickets left, but if you're interested you should check out the Michigan Theater website fast. Tickets can be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com. I believe it's on Jan. 28, or sometime close to there. The cast might be in attendance (given the whole world premiere thing).