“Gulliver’s Travels” has added Emily Blunt and Jason Segel to its cast that already include Jack Black. Directed by Rob Letterman (“Shark Tale”), the film also reteams Segel with his “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” pal, filmmaker Nicholas Stoller, who wrote ‘Travels’ with Joe Stillman.
Not a bad sounding project, right? Not so fast! the casting of Blunt in the picture, may interefere with the potential casting of the “The Devil Wears Prada” actress as the Black Widow in “Iron Man 2!” Raise the red flag! Move our terror alert to yellow status, stat! Geeks are all in a tizzy that their schedules might not synch up and their concerns are valid. “It will be an uphill battle because of scheduling overlap,” her reps told Variety. Whatever, hasn’t Marvel’s already fucked up that franchise already? We remain skeptical until Jon Favreau can prove their penny pinching isn’t going to run this thing into the ground.
