Obi-Wan Kenobi cloak rediscovered

[Adam says:] Personally, I think garments’ lost travels are more interesting than the post cards you sometimes see of a garden gnome traveling the world: The cloak worn by Sir Alec Guinness in Star Wars has been rediscovered after nearly three decades. After Guinness wore the garment for his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi, it was [...]

Script Frenzy

I can tell you with some certainty that I’m going to write a screenplay in a month this summer.   A novel was fun to write — and yes, you’ll see a draft of it — but a screenplay?  Now that’s what I’m talkin’ about.  I’ve had scripts running around in my head for years and [...]

Indy 4 team 2007 go!

Or as Harrison Ford puts it: “I don’t know if the pants still fit but I know the hat will.” More at E! News.

Peter Jackson won’t be making The Hobbit

I’m sad about this, there’s just no other way to say it.  According to a letter they sent to TheOneRing.Net, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh won’t be involved in making The Hobbit or other LOTR prequel films made by New Line.  I won’t try to summarize the circumstances here (the post is very thorough in [...]

speaking of geekery…

If you’re looking for something to get for the Radcliffs this holiday, feel free to pitch in and get these lovely Klingon bloodwine cups, on auction at Christie’s as part of the 40th anniversary of Star Trek. As the site states: “reputed to have been originally used in Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments.” Indeed. [...]