In a stunning display of PR overkill, Universal will run a teaser trailer for The Incredible Hulk on seven cable networks simultaneously. A teaser for the kinda-sorta sequel to Ang Lee's The Hulk will run at 9:56 p.m. EDT/6:56 p.m. PDT on MTV, MTVU, MTV2, VH1, Spike TV, Nick at Nite and CMT. Of course, if you don't feel compelled to sit glued to the TV, you'll be able to see the teaser on MTV.com following the big blockbuster simulcast. Thank god. (Marvel.com)
Actress Tang Lee's ad for Pond skin-care products has been banned from Chinese television. While no reason was given for the ban, it's an ill-kept secret that Ang Lee's pretty-but-dull period piece Lust, Caution, which stars Lee, offended China's State Administration of Radio Film
and Television board, who also sent out instructions that Tang and the filmmakers be excluded from awards shows and that no mention of the film be made. The film was released in China only after seven minutes of sexual content was excised, and the SARFT was roundly chastised by the government for releasing it at all. (Hollywood Reporter)
Entertainment Weekly has snagged a look at an action scene from Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull. He's wearing his trademark hat, there are uniformed guys with guns, and he's about to jump off of a moving vehicle. Odds are that it's the frame right before they cut away so that a stuntman could make the actual jump, thus sparing Harrison Ford (and the production) the expense of costly hip surgery. You can see it here. (EW)
Comments