DOWNEY TO STAR AS LESTAT in 'VAMPIRE' REBOOT

First I must apologize for not posting on a more frequent basis. It's abhorrent. An embarrassment. A crime against all humanity .. err, you get the picture.

But I just found out a piece of nifty lil news thanks to Slashfilm and Bloodydisgusting.

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Fresh off the heels of the new mania of everyting vampires comes this lil piece of joy... Universal is looking to reboot the cinematic incarnation of Anne Rice's "The Vampire Chronicles."

As most fans know, the first book in the series was "Interview with the Vampire" and the film incarnation starred Tom Cruise as an androgynous Lestat as well as Brad Pitt. The next pic in the series, "Queen of the Damned" starred Stuart Townsend as Lestat. Yawn.

But here's the great news: Robert Downey Jr. is in talks to take the lead role of Lestat. Looks like Downey is cleaning up franchise-wise. And good for him. Not only do we get to see him as Tony Stark in the Iron Man franchise, but we also get to see him as Sherlock Holmes later this year.

On July 10th of this year, Anne Rice published the following statement on her official site:

We will see high quality films based on the adventures of Lestat and his friends in the future. We will see a fine film some day of Ramses the Damned. The Mayfair Witches will have new life in film. The Christ the Lord books will some day make it to the screen. Angel Time, and the future adventures of Toby O’Dare, will make it to television or film. When I have solid news of a new film based on any of my works, I will post it on this website.

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ROBERT DOWNEY ON SET PIC FROM 'IRON MAN 2'

So "Iron Man 2" is currently shooting in La La land, specifically at Randy’s Donuts in Inglewood, a more-than-famous LA landmark.

geek news: Samuel L. Jackson, reprises his role as Nick Fury will burst onto the scene and scream at Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr), who will be laying in the middle of the gigantic donut on the roof.

The above pic comes from People.com and features Downey dressed partly in his Iron Man gear, laying in the donut hole in between shots.

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Screenrant gives the scoop about the armor: “The gauntlets are much beefier on top of his hands, there are some gold highlights in the rib cage area and the chest piece looks redesigned as well. Looks like the tricep area is beefed up along with the shoulders, too, giving the impression (to me, anyway) of a more powerful armor.”

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TONY STARK IN 'HULK' TRAILER!

Shameless marketing or just simple continuity in the Marvel universe? Hmmm, being that "Iron Man" is the first true blockbuster of the summer and has overperformed in just about every market, is there any wonder that Marvel Studios is looking to build upon that hype by putting Stark's mug right up front? Good call. I love it and want more...

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FIRST 'IRON MAN' PIC RELEASED (SEXY)

I know ... It's kinda gay and all for Hemingway's Lounge to be calling another dude, sexy but ... I gotta say, this is a great pic. So ...

Is everyone ready for a kick-ass Iron Man?

Hope so, because Robert Downey Jr. has been hunkified for his portrayal of the famed Marvel superhero in next year's big screen version - a film role originally tapped for Tom Cruise.. Pictures popped up all over the Interweb today after USA Today ran a pic of Downey as Tony Stark.

Undoubtedly, Downey's an interesting choice to play Stark -- aka Iron man. Why?

Well, for starters, the playboy-billionaire-industrialist has long suffered in his battle with the bottle. Plus, it's no secret that Downey himself fought demons as Hollywood's poster boy for wretched excess, eventually serving a year in prison on drug and alcohol-related charges and checking in and out of rehab.

Luckily, however, all that's behind the Oscar-nominated thesp."We didn't want to just go with a safe choice," Favreau told USA Today. "The best and worst moments of Robert's life have been in the public eye. He had to find an inner balance to overcome obstacles that went far beyond his career. That's Tony Stark. Robert brings a depth that goes beyond a comic-book character who is having trouble in high school, or can't get the girl. Plus, he's simply one of the best actors around."

For his role as Stark, Downey is trying to become a real-life iron man. At 42, he lifts weights five days a week and practices martial arts to get in shape to play the hard-bodied Stark, an arms manufacturer who uses his ultimate weapon, a jet-powered, missile-launching suit of armor, to fight evil.

-- Until next time,

S. Lee

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