Quickie: Gulliver's Travels trailer; Emily Blunt turned down Iron Man 2 for this?

Here's the trailer below for the new Jack Black "comedy"... Gulliver's Travels. Gulliver's Travels is of course a retelling of Jonathan Swift's classic novel. Read below the trailer, I have a few things to say.

The only reason I knew this movie was real, or that I cared it was real... was because of Emily Blunt. She was set to play Black Widow in Iron Man 2, but had to pull out due to her contract for 'Travels'. Don't get me wrong, I liked Scarlett Johansson as her replacement. But c'mon! Emily Blunt looks EXACTLY like Black Widow, and is a higher caliber actress than Johansson. So why my rant? Just because... I wish Blunt could have done the movie and we would be seeing her in The Avengers, not Johansson.

Update: New casting for Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom

UPDATE: Jean Claude Van Damme has joined the cast of Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom. Also joining Van Damme will be Michelle Yeoh, and Victor Garber. Pretty interesting news; I wonder how Van Damme will perform as a voice actor. I don't recall any movie's he's lent his voice to, so this should be interesting. As far as Yeoh, I'm really not familiar with any of her work; and Garber is a great actor.

The title says it all, and we love it! Gary Oldman is joining the cast of Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom as a character named Peacock. Of course this film is the sequel to Dreamworks' mega-hit, Kung Fu Panda. Oldman has a great voice and I think he'll fit in nicely with the likes of Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Seth Rogen, etc.

I didn't see the first film in theaters. In fact, I didn't see it until I bought it on sale on DVD. I don't know why I waited; I suppose I didn't give Dreamworks much credit after the horrible Shrek The Third. But Kung Fu Panda is amazing. The fight sequences are better than a lot of live-action movies. This is cool news for the day.

Quickie: Matt's Year One Review

"Year One" was supposed to be a funny movie. It stars Jack Black, Michael Cera, David Cross, Hank Azaria, Oliver Platt, Paul Rudd and other famous funnymen. But it just didn't deliver. It's pretty dull and mostly misses its mark. They depended on general stupid jokes rather than period-specific comedy. I expected more from this Appatow co-production. Hank Azaria's scenes are what cracked me up the most, and Michael Cera was consistently funny throughout. Unless you're big fans of theirs, I say skip this one. I'm not going to even bother writing more than this if they're not going to take the time to make better movies.