Will there be any stars in Pirates of the Caribbean 4??

by Nathan Taylor

Keira Knightly has said NO! Orlando Bloom has said NO! Geoffrey Rush hasn't put pen to paper yet and today there were whispers that Johnny Depp's role of Captain Jack Sparrow would be recast.

Fortunately, Disney have put those rumours to bed and Depp will be in the new film entitled Pirates of the Caribbean : On Stranger Tides.

The proposed storyline for the movie was for Sparrow (Depp) and Barbossa (Rush) to meet up in the newly founded New Orleans, before they sail to find the Fountain of Youth together.
Writers have begun writing the fourth installment under the guidance of Producer Jerry Bruckheimer so we'll have to see what actually transpires.

The film is set for release in May 2011.

There's no doubt this film will be a box office smash (the first three made $2.7 billion) but it may lack something with most of the big name cast not wanting to return.

It's all still hard to believe that Pirates' being amongst the biggest movie franchise's in history was based on a Disneyland ride.

Only weeks ago the announcement was made by Captain Jack himself at the Disney D23 Expo at Walt Disney Studios. View the footage below:

FRIENDS MOVIE - one step closer....maybe!

by Peter Lang - Hollywood is abuzz once again this week with word that a FRIENDS motion picture is one step closer to becoming a reality with one major report quoting everyone's favourite coffee shop waiter James Michael Tyler (Gunther) as the source behind the latest rumours.

Tyler told Britain's News of the World newspaper that a FRIENDS movie is definitely on its way.
"I still keep in touch with a lot of the cast and they say that they are really keen," he said.
"I am definitely on board to do the film. I am looking forward to meeting up with the old gang again," Tyler said.
"I just hope we can do justice to the show in a film."

I have to say at this point, I wouldn't be holding my breath until a more senior cast member, aka, one of the 'big six' actually signs up for the picture.

Of course 'Gunther' would want to be in the movie and see it happen, that's a no-brainer.

Being a huge FRIENDS fan nobody wants to see the movie more than me but with Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry both enjoying recent big screen success and the other four major cast members all involved in other long term projects, I think a movie may be some way off.

They wouldn't want to wait too long however with all cast members in their early to mid 40s if too many more years pass by the movie will take place in a retirement village!

For the record this is how old the 'big six'currently are.

Jennifer Aniston, 40, Courteney Cox, 45, Lisa Kudrow, 46, Matt LeBlanc, 42, Matthew Perry, 40, and David Schwimmer, 42

Sabrina attacks Idol experience

by Nathan Taylor

Today on The Daily Telegraph blog I had the opportunity to ask Sabrina Batshon who was eliminated last night from Australian Idol what she thought of the standard of this year's series?

Also with Australian Idol being in a ratings slump this year, I asked her if she thought it was because of the low standard of contestants or that woeful new judge Jay Dee.

You'll be surprised on what she opened up about... here's what she said:

(sic) Thank you for the support but I dont wish to make the same mistake viewers did in judging people. The Idols are my best friends and I don’t have any ill feeling towars them. They are all extremely talented and I think Idol has created a bad name for itself. It’s the people that vote and the way the cookie crumbles. I think they need new judges. People are getting really bored and the judges are under alot of pressure to give a good show and when you are just saying things to entertain people, people get bored. Dicko’s gotten away with murder, and Marcia’s very kind. JDee needs alot of time to warm up. But with JDee you need 2 stronger judges, and Marcia and Dicko are not as strong. I think Dicko has said a lot of things, he makes derogatory comments and i don’t know if the fans agree with that, his jokes are not funny. We;ve watched that year after year and it gets boring. I didnt watch Idol beforehand, and I joined as I had no expectation. Kyle is fascinating to watch, he is funny and real and witty and not there to play games and they need that, its crucial for the show, and in my opinion i dont know if theyll bother airing it next year. Right now, they are just drowning. Im glad it did it though.

**The comments Sabrina made to me have been picked up as stories by The Daily Telegraph and TV Tonight. I wish they credited me for asking the question!**