'Doctor Who' Matt Smith Takes Major Role in 'Terminator' Reboot

The time-traveling worlds of Doctor Who and Terminator are about to converge in a way nobody would have predicted. The film formerly titled Terminator: Genesis (it could be again, just not right now) has just added former Doctor Who Matt Smith to the cast in what is said to be a major role.

Smith will play a totally “a new character with a strong connection to John Connor." What that means exactly is anybody's guess but his part is said to grow throughout the trilogy. Jason Clarke is set for the role of future savior John Connor, with Emilia Clarke as Sarah Connor and Jai Courtney as Kyle Reese. Arnold Schwarzenegger is back as a Terminator, with J.K. Simmons, Lee Byung-hun, and Dayo Okeniyi co-starring.

The Terminator reboot is directed by Alan Taylor and opens July 1st 2015. 

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First Clips from 'Anchorman: The Legend Continues' Aren't Very Funny

The marketing for Anchorman: The Legend Continues has mostly featured Ron Burgundy in commercial ads schilling for cars, books, or other products he has nothing to do with, and let's just say it hasn't been all that effective. Will Ferrell is a funny guy but Burgundy is a character that works only within the realm of Anchorman, and all they've really accomplished is overexposing him in the way Austin Powers was overexposed to distract from movies that stopped being funny pretty fast. And now the first clips from the Anchorman sequel are here, and they give more reason for concern.

The first clip has Burgundy and the rest of the team going gah-gah over their new colleagues, especially James Marsden as the immaculately-haired Jack Lime. The seeds of a future showdown are sewn but not much in the way of laughs. The second is also curiously free of humor and has the guys confused by a commentator's Australian accent. Painting the guys as oblivious and narcissistic is one thing, but they are seriously treading on Dumb and Dumber territory now.

Oh, and just to emphasize how watered down Ron Burgundy has become, here he is pimpin' for some TSN curling event, and another of him getting in on all the Doctor Who hoopla. Ugh.  Anchorman: The Legend Continues opens December 20th.

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