Monday night was sushi night and the Hat got another outing. Jake and Reese were seen 'at Morimoto on Chestnut Street. Gyllenhaal kept his hat on through a two-hour meal that started with a beer flight for him and a glass of wine for Witherspoon. Then they went maki-wild, sharing spicy tuna maki, California maki, spicy salmon maki and yellowtail maki before segueing into sake sashimi, hotate sashimi, and saba sashimi. And a side of rice.' It's a well-known and oft-repeated truism that you can never have enough maki. One glance at the website reveals intriguing furniture.
As for tonight - can I recommend fish, chips, mushy peas, a pineapple fritter and a pint of best.
Comic-Con continued
Comic-Con may be over but more details are emerging about the Prince of Persia graphic novel panel: Artist 'Stewart said that he was assured from the beginning by editor Nachie Castro that this book wouldn’t be a typical movie tie-in. “I asked Nachie, ‘Is this going to be micro-managed? Does every drawing have to look like Jake Gyllenhaal?’ He said no. One of things interesting is there are all these different artists with different interpretations. I think that’s cool, it’s going to make it very different than a typical movie tie-in.”'
'He said no'! I shake my head in bewilderment at Disney missing the point - of course every picture should look like Jake Gyllenhaal, and a good 50% should also include a water feature.
The movie itself didn't make much of an appearance at Comic-Con - bar some mini figures and a random ostrich. Disney's Head of Production, Oren Aviv, was asked why: '"Prince of Persia" just didn't have the effects done, so to bring stuff that wasn't quite ready, we just all agreed, "Let's wait until we're ready and then when we've got the stuff, let's show it." I think in both cases [referring also to the Sorcerer's Apprentice], I think your instinct is right is my belief, I think this stuff is so cool, but it's unfinished, so we didn't want to risk showing it here or anywhere else until it's ready."
However, there is much more chance of a showing next month at Disney's Expo D23: 'D23 members will also get advance looks at two spectacular live-action fantasy films from Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer Films — Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (with Jake Gyllenhaal and Gemma Atherton) and The Sorcerer's Apprentice (starring Nicolas Cage).'
And finally...
'MTV News got a chance to sit down with Kelly and find whether there is any truth to that. "Absolutely not," he said. "I know nothing about it and I would never have any involvement with any existing or future sequel to 'Donnie Darko' ever—ever!" And to make it absolutely clear, he added: "Never ever ever ever would I be involved with anything like that."
So, is that a no?
Includes pictures from IHJ.
Happy birthday Stephanie!
