5/26/2010

Sure Shots: Kung Fu Panda 2; Jesse Eisenberg; The Avengers;

Quickly...because I haven't looked at my fantasy football league page in nearly 5 minutes....

*Kung Fu Panda 2 has added some genuine martial arts prowess to its increasingly oddball voice cast by bringing in Frank Dux himself, Jean-Claude Van Damme(Bloodsport). Also recently announced were the always awesome Michelle Yeoh(Tomorrow Never Dies) and Victor Garber(Alias). The Vandamminator and Garber will play martial arts instructors, while Yeoh will be a soothsayer.

*Jesse Eisenbeg and director Ruben Fleischer appear to be teaming up again after last year's Zombieland success. Eisenberg is rumored to be attached to Fleischer's upcoming buddy comedy, 30 Minutes or Less, about two best friends who fall in with a seedy criminal element. Aziz Ansari(Funny People), Danny McBride(Land of the Lost), Nick Swardson(Blades of Glory), and Michael Pena(The Lucky Ones) are already on board.  Eisenberg's been everywhere lately. You can find him in two upcoming films: Solitary Man starring Michael Douglas, and the drug trafficking film Holy Rollers.

*Mark this "F" for fishy. Aint It Cool News is reporting again that Jeremy Renner(The Hurt Locker) is up for the role of Hawkeye in Marvel's upcoming The Avengers film. We and other outlets had this story back in November of last year, which was then quickly followed up by a story refuting the whole thing. The strange part is that Aint It Cool is reporting this thing like it's fresh as a daisy, which it ain't. Maybe the story never truly died? I don't know or care. I just want it to happen.