The suddenly massive contingent of preteen female Comic-Con attendees swooned at the sight of Korean pop star/Ninja Assassin star Rain, and 300/RocknRolla hunk Gerard Butler, at Joel Silver’s Dark Castle Entertainment presentation. Jeremy Piven threatened to take his shirt off. Crickets.
Highlights:
–Dark Castle is investing in a bunch of direct-to-DVD sequels of moderate horror hits; judging by the reaction to The Hills Run Red, no one cares.
–”Korean music video sensation.” Rain is a legitimate sensation. At least with the girls were just still a little turned on from Twilight. Boys hold their hardons for “Gerry” Butler.
–Asking Joel Silver, Jeremy Piven and/or Guy Ritchie for words of encouragement is just about the biggest faux pas you can make as an attendee in Hall H.
–Joel Silver reveals the ten-words-or-less pitch that landed financing for Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes movie.
–Madonna and Guy Ritchie’s relationship was solid enough during filming of RocknRolla that she was tasked with shooting syringes into Gerard Butler’s ass
6:39 - Q: Gerard, what’s your favorite memory from being on set?
A: “Well, nothing more than getting a shot of B12 from his [Guy Ritchie's] wife Madonna. She was basically like the nurse, she came in and was all ‘drop your pants!’ and she stuck me in the ass.”
6:38 - Q: “Gerard, did you get to improv much on the movie?”
A: (from Guy Ritchie) “Nope! I wouldn’t allow it!”
The other panelists are begging Gerry to take his shirt off… it’s like an Elvis concert down there in the front
6:37 - Q: “For Gerard Butler, you’ve done a lot of different roles, what are you looking to get into next?”
A: Halle Berry.
6:33 - Ludacris is talking. Zzz.
6:31 - “Rocknrolla is better than sex!” — Gerard Butler
6:30 - Piven is overwhelmed by everyone’s dedication, “I celebrate every one of you! I’m in a service position, and I salute every one of you.”
Someone nearby “Did he just offer to service the audience?!”
Piven is out of chocolate and promises to take his shirt off. Yikes.
6:29 - Someone asks Guy Ritchie about the Sherlock Holmes movie, which is in preproduction now. “Is it happening?” “Yes!” It has a contemporary spin on it, and of course Robert Downey Jr. in it.
Joel Silver: “It’s like James Bond in 1891!”
6:27 - “How do you prepare for these roles?”
“Well, I get out of bed, I take a shower (sometimes), and I just go to work. You know, I sort of feel weird talking about this, because when I hear other people talking about their method, I sort of just say ‘Oh, shut up.” You just do it. Man, I sound like an American saying that. I’ve done it now.”
6:26 - Wow, someone mentioned Phantom of the Opera, and the girl groupies go nuts yet again.
6:25 - Butler wants to know, “DId you like the trailer we showed? Well make some fuckin’ noise then!” Next question: “How do you think people will react to this film? You have such a varied cast.”
Butler: “Well, we have a cool group of guys and girls. You lick your lips for this and sit back and go ‘Yeah!’ It defines cool.”
Pause. “Well, the licking the lips thing was a little homosexual. But you get my point.”
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