I’ve done about 800 original interviews for SuicideGirls and probably a couple thousand more for other venues, so I think it’s fair to say that I’ve gotten pretty good at working around people’s tertiary expressions like, “oh man” and “yeah.” But when you’ve got a legend like Bootsy Collins saying “yeah mama, baby and man,” it would be sacrilegious to delete it.
Collins is best known as one of the co-founders of the seminal 1970s funk group Parliament Funkadelic, but I really got into his work in the early ’90s when he teamed up with Bill Laswell and Buckethead. As Collins and I discuss in this interview, that was a golden era — and it’s still going on today. Bootsy’s latest album, Christmas is 4 Ever, features many new songs by Bootsy and his crew.
After months of rumors and unfounded speculations, there is finally some solid evidence of the presence of the Skrulls in the upcoming Avengers movie. A recent change to the Avengers IMDb page has confirmed that Cobie Smulders (Robin from How I Met Your Mother) is not only playing Maria Hill, Nick Fury’s second in command, but she is also cast as Anelle, the Skrull Princess. How large of a part the Skrulls play is still unknown, but I’m betting they’re Loki’s mysterious army.
While the Avengers are prepping for an apparent intergalactic invasion, the writers of Captain America 2 are discussing what’s going to happen next. Screenwriters Chris Markus and Stephen McFeely recently revealed details about plans for the sequel. There is a high possibility that the second movie will revisit Cap’s past, during an intentional six-month break that was left in the first movie. They are torn at the moment though because they feel it would be a shame not to visit present day Captain America.
On screen superheroes are hotter than ever, and the CW is looking to cash in further. After ten successful seasons of Smallville (six of which were good) the CW canceled the show, which left a large gap in their schedule. Rumors of everything from Nightwing to Raven have floated around, but nothing has come to fruition. Most recently, we hear Supernatural creator Eric Kripke is looking to fill that slot with a Deadman series. Deadman is a lesser known ghost superhero with several powers, including possession of others. Kind of a cool in concept, but I doubt it has the fan base to get past a pilot.
“I’m not punk enough to be steampunk I think.” – Erin Morgenstern
Erin Morgenstern’s first book, The Night Circus, will be released on September 13th. She already has a movie deal in the works. Summit Entertainment bought the film rights to develop a motion picture based on the upcoming publication.
The Night Circus is set in a fantastical circus that magically appears at night. Two magicians battle as they’ve been trained to since childhood, but as they compete they fall in love. Now can’t you imagine some Hollywood megastars brooding it up as those emotionally tormented sorcerers, in lavish circus costumes too?
Morgenstern herself exhibits a unique style fitting for a chronicler of the performing arts. She likes corsets, and the red stripes of the one she wore in San Diego was the only color in her all black ensemble. If you look up her website, you’ll see influences from Stephen King to J.K. Rowling. You’ll also find out she has also painted her own deck of Tarot cards. We sat down with the emerging literary star and soon to be movie star in San Diego.
Oh Sunset Strip Music Fest, you dirty little bitch. Once a year, all leather-clad miscreants venture out in the sun for a little bit of daytime drinking (or maybe a lot) and rocking all along Sunset Blvd. We were there and here’s how it went down:
“We encourage the player to charge into battle.” – Andy Lang
There have been many video games based on Games Workshop’s venerable Warhammer universe, but thus far none save Canadian developer Relic Entertainment and their Dawn of War PC strategy franchise seem able to do it right. Now, with the forthcoming multiplatform third-person action game Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine, Relic are trying to make lightning strike twice with a completely different platform and style of game.
Space Marine looks like a mix of Darksiders and Gears of War, with the player taking on the role of one of the titular walking tanks so heavily armored that he doesn’t need any wimpy cover system.
SuicideGirls spoke with Space Marine’s producer Andy Lang about the Warhammer 40,000 [AKA “40K”] universe, Nobs, and what life is like during crunch time for a game developer.
One more of the Serenity crew returns to television. We’ve got Nathan Fillion on Castle, Adam Baldwin on Chuck, Morena Baccarin on V and Homeland, Gina Torres on Suits, and Alan Tudyk as a series regular on ABC’s new comedy Suburgatory. He’ll play Noah Lerner, an old friend of George (Jeremy Sisto) who moves his daughter to the suburbs to take her away from bad influences. Hilarity ensues.
But there is much more to Alan Tudyk than one new show. He has a movie coming out this fall. Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil hits VOD on August 26 and theaters September 30, after years of playing the festival circuit. Tudyk plays Tucker, one of two innocent woodsmen mistaken for a chainsaw killer. He’ll also be seen in the upcoming movie adaptation of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and has voiced several characters in MTV’s animated show Good Vibes.
This Sunday (August 28th) listeners will be fighting to contain their aural and sexual excitement, as their senses get over-stimulated by our very special in-studio guest, rock & roll’s ultimate love guru, sex god, and would be porn king, who goes by a multitude of names. Whether you know him as Jesse Hughes, The Devil, J. Devil, Boots, Boots Electric, Fabulous Weapon or simply as Big Boy, he’s sure to entertain you and leave you begging for more. Tune in to get your hip quake on, and have some lube and a box of tissues standing by*.
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