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Keanu Gives Up ’47 Ronin’ Details. Spoiler Alert: There’s Sword Fighting.

Wookie Johnson — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 22:07:10 +0000

In addition to maybe getting our hopes up for a Bill and Ted sequel, Keanu Reeves also took some time to talk about 47 Ronin. We’ll start with the romance angles for the ladies, but stick around guys cuz there’s some swords stuff too.

“I call it a story of revenge and impossible love. The samurai become outcast and decide to enact revenge on the person who is responsible for the death of their lord.”

Reeves plays “an outsider, a kind of half-breed with a mysterious past, who’s in love with the princess and she’s in love with me, but we can’t be together.”

Now, swords.

“[I] just finished a sword fight a couple of weeks ago with a great actor named Hiroyuki Sanada. He’s fantastic.”

He IS fantastic. You probably know him best from swor fighting with Jackie Chan in Rush Hour 3 or beating the crap out of Jack and Sayid on the final season of “Lost.” What? I didn’t say he was fantastic at selecting projects. (MTV)

’47 Ronin’ Is Actually Totally Happening

Wookie Johnson — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 22:12:37 +0000

Though he should be spending his time getting that Werner Herzog Bill and Ted sequel off the ground, Keanu Reeves is gearing up for the samurai pig-pile, 47 Ronin. After many delays, the production is forging ahead by adding cast members.

Babel‘s Rinko Kikuchi, Hiroyuki Sanada, Kou Shibasaki, and Tadanobu Asano have all joined the cast. Four down, forty-three to go.

Directed by Ridley Scott‘s ward, Carl Erik Rinsch, the 3D blockbuster tells the story of forty-seven samurai who force their master to commit ritual suicide after attacking a court official. They then spend years planning revenge on the official and take their own lives after his. Seems… productive? (Variety)

Syke! “Matrix” Sequels Aren’t Really Happening

Joseph Gibson — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:50:07 +0000

Over the weekend we reported that Keanu Reeves hinted at the possibility of two additional Matrix sequels after a screening in London. Well, it turns out that not only did this not happen, but Keanu Reeves wasn’t even in London to make this announcement. Ha! You should have seen the look on your face. The intrepid journalists over at The Playlist took the time to contact Reeves’ representatives about this announcement, and they had this to say: “none of it is true…he did not speak nor get an award from the from the London International School Performing Arts.” Whoops! All hope is not lost for you Keanu-in-3D fans out there, since the actor is set to appear in the 3D action-adventure The 47 Ronin, which is set to be released in 2012. Or IS it??

I guess this means I also have to retract my report that Keanu Reeves is an idiot. This is so embarrassing.