We Heart Captain Jack
We had many an issue with Pirates of the Caribbean 2 – the fact that it went nowhere in particular but took over two hours to get there being chief among them – but this featurette reminds us of two things: Johnny Depp is more awesome than a giant robot dinosaur from the future and we will forgive the series anything if the rest of Pirates 3 is as good as the footage shown herein.
Michael Douglas Is Tragically Indifferent
If ever there were a film asking for a kicking from critics, it's Michael Douglas's next. He'll star in, wait for it, Tragic Indifference. Really, why not call in Can't Be Arsed or Meh? However, it may be a stunningly confident sign of a stupendously good script against which nobody could possibly say a bad word. The film, based on truth, will see Douglas play an attorney who takes on the case of Texas woman who wants to sue car firm Ford after an accident, which she claimed was due to the company's 'tragic indifference' to faults in their SUVs. So, it's a little bit like Erin Brockovich, in that it concerns the little guy against a big company and is based on fact. But almost certainly not in the sense that the lead wears an uplift bra throughout.
Tony Kaye Directing New Film
Tony Kaye, or Humpty Dumpty as he requested to be known after American History X was taken from him and recut, is lining up his next film. He's in discussions to direct MGM action-thriller Penitentiary. Plot details are to be confirmed, but we can confidently say it will have something to do with someone locked in something. If that proves to be wrong, we can confidently delete the previous sentence.