It’s a memorable scene from “The Empire Strikes Back”: Han Solo uses his light saber to slice open the carcass of a tauntaun, a large, furry repto-mammal, so that a nearly frozen Luke Skywalker can huddle inside and survive the deadly cold on the ice planet Hoth.
It’s so memorable that when thinkgeek.com offered a tauntaun sleeping bag last week—”complete with saddle, internal intestines and LED Luke Skywalker Lightsaber zipper pull”—the company was flooded with orders.
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It was the Butler with the Knife in the Library, right? Well, we get to find out who Hollywood decides to be the killer in everyone’s favorite mystery board game, Clue, as it sounds like it will be back on the big screen. All the talk of Professor Plum and Mrs. Peacock got us thinking about other board games that would make great movies. Do we really need to suffer through another corny remake? Of course not, so here’s some free ideas for all the screen writers out there:
Hippo
Hungry Hippos – If Hollywood can make monsters out of dogs, sharks and alligators, why not hippos? They kill more people worldwide than any other animal. Just imagine a family on an African safari gone bad. Their only hope for escape is feed them the other families in the truck. Hey, It can’t be worse than Anaconda.
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The sequel to Iron Man was announced before the studio could even finish counting the over $300 million in domestic box office earnings. Now the challenge is making the new franchise a sustainable one that doesn’t burn out by the third film (think Spider-man or X-Men). Iron Man 2’s producers had to act fast since their leading man is over 40, so the release date was set for May 7, 2010. So, while director Jon Favreau and star Robert Downey Jr. are hard at work on one of the most anticipated sequels in years, we’re hard at work bringing you five things you didn’t know about Iron Man 2.
1- Don Cheadle is the new Terrence Howard
Due to salary disputes, the character of Jim Rhodes (Tony Stark’s best friend and ally) will no longer be played by Terrence Howard. He’s been replaced by fellow Academy Award nominee Don Cheadle. Apparently when the first film was being made, Howard was the first actor to sign on to the project, and he was rewarded with the cast’s highest up-front salary. He balked when the producers asked him to take a pay cut for the sequel, so Cheadle replaced him. The character of Jim Rhodes will prove to be a crucial one in the coming films, as he eventually dons his own “supersuit” to become War Machine.
2- Over 600 issues of the Iron Man comic went into Iron Man 2
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