28 December 2005

Rampant Speculation

Well, when rumors first surfaced about sequels to Pirates of the Caribbean, my first thought was that they would go on a quest for Will's father. They may have "strapped a cannon to Bootstrap's boostraps," but he was an unkillable zombie pirate at the time, right? Initial previews did not support this speculation, though I should have remembered the next part of that line: "and sent 'im down to ol' Davey Jones' locker." Anyway, whether that's central to the plot or not, this listing can be found on IMDB: "Stellan Skarsgård .... 'Bootstrap' Bill Turner" This is the seventh listed actor/character, so it is likely he has a prominent role. The only other movie I've seen Stellan Skarsgård in is Ronin, where he did a nice job of playing a cold-hearted Russian. (No, I haven't seen the trailer yet, though I'm told it shows with Narnia. I'm hoping to see Narnia this week.)

6 comments:

kate said...

You're probably right. It's a likely plot. The movie looks promising, if the trailor isn't just rigged to brainwash us into believing as much so we flock to movie theatres everywhere to dish out $8 to see it, which of course it is.

Ah, capitalism. (:

Fibonacci said...

The trailer before Narnia that interested me was the one for the next Shyamalin movie.

Qalmlea said...

Oooooh... that sounds promising. It might sound even more promising with details. ;-)

Fibonacci said...

It's called "Lady In the Water" or something similar, and appears to be about a guy who finds a mermaid in his swimming pool. Not sure, though; the trailer didn't show much.

Qalmlea said...

Oh, yeah. I have seen that preview, and I thought it looked promising. That was a while back, though.

kate said...

I thought Ice Age 2 looked funny.

*crickets chirp*