The Unnamed Moon Project has a name - Argonauts! And the feisty 'Can't you do posh?' Princess of Persia

While I wait (with everything crossed) to discover if I will be snowed in tomorrow with nothing but a home full of chocolate scraps, cheese, half a veggie garlic kiev and Jake Gyllenhaal DVDs for sustenance, there is time for a short post. It's actually cause for a celebration because today I learned that the Unnamed Moon Project is no longer UMP! The Unnamed Moon Project has been given a name and that can mean only one thing - it's still on the way. And the name? Argonauts.


I'm sure you'll agree - or maybe you don't - that this is a huge improvement on the last hinted at name of Trip of a Lifetime. Evenn better, the name Argonauts comes from the best source, Doug Liman himself.


While it would appear very unlikely that Jake can cram in Argonauts (why am I thinking short tunics, skeletons with swords, ships with big oars, sandals?) before Source Code begins to film in early March, Doug's continued blogging to the ninjas about the film suggests that it is still very much his next project. Perhaps Source Code will allow Doug the time he needs to solve the problem of making the moon more realistic to audiences than the unfinished Tower Bridge of Sherlock Holmes. On this I must agree with Doug. Good movie, bad bridge.


Talking of Source Code, director Duncan Jones has tweeted (example tweet) that he is already in Montreal doing prep for the movie but that he will shortly be in LA.


Princess of Persia

While it is inevitable that our attention is very much on a certain Jake Gyllenhaal when it comes to Prince of Persia - after all, the film is called Prince of Persia - Gemma Arterton has been in the British press today. In the interviews Gemma shows that she is every bit as feisty as the Princess she plays in PoP. And it turns out that it wasn't only Jake who had to make some accent adjustment: 'Similarly, she makes no attempt to hide the Estuary vowels in her busy speech rhythms, and proudly remembers dressing down her Prince of Persia director Mike Newell when he told her to change her accent. “When he first met me for the film he said, ‘Oh dear. Can’t you do posh?’ I thought, ‘I can’t believe he’s asked me that!’ So I said (firmly, through gritted teeth), ‘Of course I can, I went to the Royal Academy of Dramatic F***ing Art!”' It's a very enjoyable article, you can read it here.


This post is illustrated with more lovely pictures from Jake's arrival at LAX on 3 January, thanks to IHJ. Has anyone worked out what the label of the new bag reads?