X-Men: First Class - Official Trailer

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The internet is buzzing with the news of the release of the first trailer for the new installment in the X-Men franchise. Take a look below and tell me what you think down in the comments.

Dark Tower Casting News

Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men) has officially been offered the role of Roland Deschain in the upcoming adaptation of Stephen King's Dark Tower epic.

More news should be forthcoming over the next few weeks.

No J. Jonah Jameson?

Bad news for those of us that are looking forward to the new Spider-Man movie.

IGN.com is reporting that J. Jonah Jameson will not be appearing in the upcoming Spider-Man reboot.

http://movies.ign.com/articles/114/1144625p1.html

Sorry, Marc Webb, but triple J is an essential part of the Spider-Man universe.

What do you think about this decision?  Let me know in the comments!

The Dark Tower Movies and Television Series

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Stephen King's epic "The Dark Tower" is one of my favorite stories of all time.  When the news came out that Ron Howard and Akiva Goldsman were working on bringing the Gunslinger's adventures to theaters and television, I let out a whooop of delight.

Casting rumors currently have Viggo Mortensen (The Lord of the Rings) and Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men) as being considered for the role of the last gunslinger Roland Deschain.

One thing so far that worries me about the casting of this epic tale is who they are going to get to play Jake Chambers.  In the books Jake Chambers is supposed to be an 11 year old kid.  The production might run into an aging problem (similar to the aging problem with actor Malcolm David Kelley {Walt} in LOST) if they chose to stick with one actor in the role of Jake.

What do you think?  Do you think the producers will decide to stick with one actor for Jake Chambers, and if so, do you think they will alter the story in some way to explain Jake's aging?

Until next time,
-Bill

Introduction

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Welcome to my new blogging experiment.  Talkies, Tomes and the Tube is going to be a place where I talk about movies, books and television.

I watch a lot of television, I read a lot of books and I watch movies quite often as well.  I also like to write from time to time, so I figured I'd start a blog about three things that I love to do.

I don't consider myself to be a very good writer, but I do try to keep things easy to understand.  Come along and enjoy the ride.

Until next time,
-Bill-