JA from MNPP here. How adorable are these pictures of Amy Adams on the set of the new Muppet Movie - for now being called The Greatest Muppet Movie Ever Made - with writer and Muppet-enthusiast (aren't we all?) Jason Segel, as well as the new Muppet called Walter that's making his debut in the film? (via)
As if Muppets aren't adorable enough on their own, they go and add Amy Adams? That Cuteness Heirachy that Nat did ages ago is gonna have to be updated. .
The Film Pie has an interesting "inside movie journalism" story about being the 'first' review posted on Rotten Tomatoes (re: Paranormal Activity 2). Pink is the New Blog Jude Law on Sesame Street. Awwww. I don't get enough Jude Law these days. Or felt puppets. Both at once? Yes, please. Low Resolution Halloween words of wisdom from Beetlejuice. Speaking of... The Exploding Kinetoscope has some birthday wishes for Winona Ryder. Could her career be back on the upswing? popbytes 'Hottie with a Rubik's Cube'. How 80s and now simultaneously. Everything I Know... is not among the fans of Julianne Moore's Off Broadway musical Freckleface Strawberry. Blog Stage considers the changes made for Rabbit Hole as it shifts from stage to screen. Dear Old Hollywood For California readers: The Arclight is hosting a Steve McQueen tribute event on November 11th.
A Toy Story Moment I thought this was cute. It's a moment of closure for director Lee Unkrich who has been working on the Toy Story franchise forever. If you've ever said goodbye to a long term project that you actually completed, you'll understand.
But this moment would be way cooler if we knew that there'd be no more Toy Story movies after Toy Story 3 which really did close the franchise beautifully. Sadly, Pixar, which once was THE studio for originality, is rapidly becoming like all the other studios when it comes to sequels and franchises and they're going to be beating all their horses way past the time that they're dead (to mangle a metaphor).
Finally, over at Pussy Goes Grrr Andreas made me lol with his love for Cat People. Have you ever seen that movie? There's almost nothing in the world I love more than clever people obsessing over movies. To this day I lol (literally) every time I think of the time Nick, hearing I had just watched Nashville, said "I want to rub that movie all over me." LOL. See, I did it again? It's too bad blogs don't have sound so you could hear. I speak the truth.