First Look: Ray Park as Snake Eyes

Underneath all that black leather is Ray Park, best known as Darth Maul from Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace. Here he is all ninja-ed up as Snake Eyes in the upcoming G.I. Joe.

Lost Out

WARNING: this post reveals possible spoilers for those who have not yet watched last night's episode of Lost. Proceed accordingly.

If you were wondering where the gay character was amidst the multi-cultural cast of characters inhabiting the mysterious island on Lost, your questions were answered in last night's episode. Too bad he's already dead.

There were previous hints that Tom Friendly, the burly "Other" portrayed by M.C. Gainey (the character actor best known as the "naked guy" in Sideways), played for our team, but definitive proof was revealed during one of the show's signature flashback sequences in this week's installment, which centered on traitorous castaway Michael (Oz's Harold Perrineau). Friendly was seen living it up in swanky New York hotel with a hunky companion by the name of Arturo (yeah, not exactly subtle, but hey, way to go, Big Tom).

Of course, any one who has seen last year's season finale, wherein Josh Holloway's Sawyer shot Mr. Friendly in cold blood, knows that Tom is no longer with us. Which makes him the second fictional character in the past few months to be "outed" post mortem. What is this, a new trend?

Mask on Stage

The stage musical version of Mask officially opens tonight.

The new tuner stars Michelle Duffy as Rusty Dennis (played by Cher in the 1985 movie), Greg Evigan as her boyfriend Gar (Sam Elliott) and Allen E. Read as Rocky, the role that made Eric Stoltz a star.

Future Shock

More remakes are on the horizon, further mining the films of my younger years and making me feel real old. So let's all feel old together:

First up is the vague news of a RoboCop reboot. The original is a sci fi classic (directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Peter Weller) that was followed by crappy sequels and TV series, so initial hopes aren't very high that this one will fare any better then those attempted follow-ups.

Next is yet another attempt to bring Frank Herbert's epic novel Dune to the screen. Both David Lynch's version (featuring Sting and his futuristic Speedo) and the Sci Fi Channel mini-series tried to adapt the dense work previously. Now, actor (Chicago Hope) turned director (Very Bad Things) Peter Berg is slated to direct, but if Lynch couldn't do it ...

And lastly, Heavy Metal, the animated anthology based on the cult magazine, will return to the screen once more, although this sounds more like another sequel (or "continuation") then an actual remake. Fight Club's David Fincher will direct one of the segments.

UPDATE: The Robocop sequel just got interesting: Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream) has signed up to direct.