I do realize it’s called “LEGO Star Wars” despite the fact that I call it “Star Wars LEGO” a number of times in this review…

The news just hit – Robert Downey Jr. has been cast to play Iron Man. While I’m typically hesitant to put stock in what AintItCoolNews has to say, Reuters has already got an article running on it too. As Marvel Entertainment’s first independently produced film, it sounds like they’re doing a pretty good job with picking and choosing the people involved.

According to the article:

Marvel president of production Kevin Feige said the filmmakers looked for the best actor to embody the character.

“The Marvel characters are not just about how high they jump or how fast they fly, they’re about their character flaws,” Feige said. “They’re about their inner demons. They’re about the struggles that they go through between being a man and being a hero.”

Downey, who has battled his fair share of inner demons, worked hard to get the role, getting in shape and even growing a goatee like the one Stark sports in the comic books.

The whole article can be found here.

Jazz, the soulful Transformer made famous in the 1984-86 cartoon series by the voice of Scatman Crothers, has made it to the Transformers 2007 movie. Now after the jump you can see the car he turns into, and a detailed design sketch of his robot mode. (skip to the good part)

Producer Don Murphy has announced the last day of shooting the movie was today. Or at least major filming…

Today is the last day of main unit shooting. In two hours we’ll break for lunch. Then blow up more shit in downtown LA.
Next week a reduced unit with very few actors will head to different cities and pick up some establishing shots. Then some of the team will head to the Frozen North.
The film is basically done today boys and girls. And by done I mean filming. If ever there was a film that was really going to be made in post production, this is it. Much editing and many effects to go.
How do I feel? There is a promo reel that has been put together for exhibitors and retailers that is mind boggling. There is a trailer being put together for later this year that should blow your mind.
I’m feeling pretty good that we’ve made a film that you will like. Only time will tell.

Ok… now on to Jazz…
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I’m going to go ahead and play with fire here. According to Dru, Warner Brothers doesn’t want this trailer online yet. I’ll just wait for them to shake the angry stick my way before I take it down, because I think this movie looks cool.

“300” is adapted from Frank Miller’s graphic novel of the same name, about the Spartan warriors who defended Greek democracy against Persia.

This is not the Halo 3 logo, but they have revealed the real final logo. Take a look at the real Halo 3 Logo.

That Halo movie… they still making that? Yes they are. Aint it cool’s Quint put Peter Jackson in the hotseat and made him talk about producing the Halo movie.

Bungie Weekly Update‘s big story is the new podcast. I’m still listening to it, but so far the most startling revelation has nothing to do with Halo 3. Bungie’s staff composer Marty O’Donnel is responsible for the “Flintstone Kids” and “Mr Clean” commercial jingles. Wow. Just… wow.

If you feel like a laugh, read An Interview With A Cheater over at Aeropause. A Halo 2 cheater justify’s his existance. Poorly.

I just read the first Halo novel “The Fall Of Reach” this week and I’m kind of amazed I liked it. I also think it would make a better movie than the first game.
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You might have missed it, but Superman II is being re-released, re-cut using footage shot by original director Richard Donner before he got the boot from the project. While there’s a lot more to the story than that, you can read up on that on your own time. The story behind the movie is actually quite interesting, but for the purposes of brevity – and of not re-treading old ground – there’s the front box art image on the left. And while the front image is readily available in a number of places, ComicsContinuum.com has large image of the back of the box, available HERE.

You can see the listed features on the right side:

• Introduction by Director Richard Donner
• Commentary by Director Richard Donner and Creative Consultant Tom Mankiewicz
• New Featurette Superman II: Restoring the Vision
• Deleted scenes

As you can see in the small print on the bottom, Richard Donner is listed as director, and the running time will be 116 minutes, rather than the 128 minutes of the original. Since I’m not overly familiar with the original release, I don’t know what that means for us, but if nothing else, when this DVD hits, I’ve got myself an excuse to watch Superman II, which is always nice.

In the grand tradition of Spaceballs: The Movie, Spaceballs: The Book, and Spaceballs: The Documentary; a new animated series has been greenlit for G4, set to debut in the fall of 2007. The series will include a one-hour pilot and 13 half-hour episodes, though oddly, the pilot is set to pretty much retell the story of the movie, with Lone Starr and Barf being hired to save Princess Vespa from Dark Helmet, complete with his scheme to steal the air from Drudia.

I suppose this is less of a surprise with the revelation that the fantastic Mel Brooks & Thomas Meehan – two of the movie’s three writers – are writing the pilot. Meehan will also take a story editor role, wherein he will possibly write some individual episodes, but oversee the writing of them all. And to my pleasant surprise, the show even boasts Brooks doing the voices for Yogurt and President Skroob!

All in all, for once, I’m sad I don’t get G4.

TFW2005 is reporting that the toys for the Transformers movie are going to be released June 2nd, 2007.