News, Rumors & 100% Grade-A Internet Bullshit - December 3, 2009

- Is Vin Diesel still full of shit as Collider stated a couple of months back? I’m guessing yes. But that won’t stop the actor from his continued diarrhea of the mouth regarding Riddick 3. This time, the actor “revealed” (via his Facebook account of all places) that location scouting has begun in New Zealand on the potential third go-around. Every three months or so, he comes out and makes blind statements about the project’s “progress.” Please. Stop. Now.

- The great Terry Gilliam told Empire at the start of October that he’d finally found his Don Quixote. Mum was the word from the director then and he’s still kept his lips zipped as to his identity. That hasn’t stopped the actor himself from spilling the bean – Robert Duvall, as per Collider. Yeah, this casting is brilliance. But before everyone starts nerdgasming, Gilliam still has to secure the money to get The Man Who Killed Don Quixote made. On a side note: God, it’s me, Jamie. Please, don’t kill Duvall before this can happen. Gilliam’s already been screwed over enough.

- After both sites broke the “aliens sunk my battleship” plot-twist, Latino Review and CHUD did a special trip to the USS Sterett where they chatted with director Peter Berg over Battleship. It sounds like the studio and filmmakers are doing damage-control over the leak and wanting to assure everyone this angle for the film will work. Fair enough. Along with chatting up the forthcoming film (i.e. the alien villains are called Regents, casting is already under-way, etc.) came details on Hancock 2 (i.e. ain’t happening anytime soon) and a possible Rundown sequel. Oh and yes, “You sunk my battleship!” will be a line in the film. Sigh.