Twitter Rumors: Chris Jericho And Val Kilmer In MacGruber? Toy Story 3 And Karate?
IsVal Kilmerin the SNL big screen adaptation ofMacGruber? And what doesToy Story 3possibly have to do with karate? We delve into those two questions in today’s speculative news gathered from Twitter report.
MTVnoticed that DJ Nu-Mark tweeted that he’ll be joining the cast of the MacGruber movie. And is his Tweet the DJ reveals that he’ll be sharing the screen with Val Kilmer. “@djnumark: Ahh, gonna be in my first movie! Playin a DJ in the new Mac Gruber movie (from SNL)..lol. Val Kilmer is gonna take my mic from me..lol” I wonder if its just a small cameo or if Val has a major partUpdate:Apparently I totally missed the announcement last week that Kilmer would be playing the bad guy in the SNL big screen adaptation.
/Film reader Chris E alerts me that WWE wrestlersChris JerichoandThe Great Khaliare also in the film. Jericho has beentweetingabout doing a scene with Will Forte.
Now for the more speculative story of the day. Toy Story 3 directorLee Unkrichmentioned ontwittertoday that this year’s summer animation interns “have to wear matching karate ghis on Fridays”, and that whenever a shot is finalized, “they stand in unison and punch and shout.” Sounds like fun. I know this is bit of a reach, but could the karate ghis have any relation to the plot ofToy Story 3?
Every Summer at Pixar Animation Studios, they take in a new batch of college students for internships. From what I’ve heard, the interns have to wear a matching outfit on Fridays, its part of a fun group-building hazing ritual. Last year the Summer animation interns had to dress in boyscout outfits (click here to see a photo from Flickr). The boy scout outfit is an obvious reference to the film that the group was working on at the time,Up, which features a wilderness explorer named Russell.
So might one of the new Toy Story characters have a karate punch? Could Woody and Buzz be making a trip to Japan, like the infamous scrapped Disney-producedToy Story 3concept? Doubtful. It is completely possible that the outfits have nothing to do with any of the projects Pixar is currently developing, but who knows?
