That last bit of juvenilia was, of course, in honor of the premiere of the fourth season of “Battlestar Galactica” tonight (or earlier), but we’ll get to more on that later.

The almost-as-good news today is that Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg, the comedy masterminds behind “Shaun of the Dead” and “Hot Fuzz,” will join forces again for a third film, to be titled “The World’s End.” Though I don’t know anything about the plot beyond the title, judging from their first two very funny films I’d have to guess that one will be a spoof on/valentine to sci-fi flicks.

I just couldn’t bring myself to watch Simon Pegg in “Run Fatboy Run,” and I don’t have very high hopes he’s gonna be terribly funny in “How to Lose Friends and Alienate humans,” due in October, either. I mean, I hate to pigeonhole the man, but he’s clearly at his best with his friends, and thankfully he seems to realize that too.

“The World’s End” is part of a two-picture deal Wright has signed with Working Title. Before reteaming with Pegg, he’ll manufacture something for the studio called “Baby Driver,” which is described as “a wild spin on the action and crime genre which will be set in the US.” Cool ample.

Even before that, me thinks, Wright will plus be making “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” with veryfunnyman Michael Cera based on the graphic novel about a young lad (Cera) who has to do battle with his new girlfriend’s seven exes.

That’s nearly too much funny, but given the mediocre slate of movies we have right now, I really don’t think that’s possible. Bring it all on!

Remember Olivia Williams?

I have to confess I didn’t immediately without seeing her picture, but Williams is, of course, the school teacher hot decent to prepare Max Fischer try to build an aquarium on a baseball field.

I loved her in “Rushmore” (which I once drove two hours to D.C. just to see), but really haven’t seen much of her at all since. A quick look at her IMDB resume reveals that she has

been working steadily, but not in a movie that I have managed to see since 1999’s “The Sixth Sense.”

Now, however, she’s back in something I’ll definitely tune in for, Joss Whedon’s return to TV in the scheme of “Dollhouse.”

On the Fox show about drones programmed to execute various missions (the “dolls,” of which Eliza Dushku, thankfully, is the main one), Williams will play the ruthless matron who controls the “Dollhouse.” I have to say, I’d do just about anything Olivia Williams asked me to, whether she was being “ruthless” or not.

Actually, looking back at the IMDB, it additionally says she had an “uncredited” role in “X-Men: The Last Stand” as Dr. Moira MacTaggart. Can anyone remember that? I’ve just wiped every memory of that terrible mess from my mind completely.

The bottom line: The world is certainly a better place with more Rosemary Cross in it.

“Battlestar Galactica” is back!

It would be hard to overstate just how geeked up I am for the fourth season of “Battlestar Galactica,” which premieres at 10 tonight on the Sci-Fi Channel or, whether you have a fast hookup, even earlier (at noon EST) on line here.

What’s so good about “Battlestar”? Well, it’s extremely smart science fiction, and plus at times very funny. It tries and nearly always succeeds to be a biting commentary on our society, and is easily the best show on TV right now (with “The Wire” gone for good.)

Phillip Ramati, a k a the TV Guy, was luckily (and enterprising) adequate to get an advance copy and reports that, not surprisingly at all, it’s as good as ever. He doesn’t reveal any serious spoilers, but for just a tease read what he had to say about it here.

As for me, I’m gonna courageous one trip to the multiplex that weekend, but it won’t be for George Clooney’s “Leatherheads.” Against all my better judgment, I’m actually gonna take a chance on “The Ruins” and hope to find something suitably entertaining and creepy. Peace out.

Original post by Reel Fanatic