Here are some photos of Rob in LA a few days ago. The photos are really artsy, right? “Sparkles, Through Chain-Link” will be the name of the series. You could put these in a gallery and Twihards would line up. Anyway, the tabloids are still running stories about Robert and Riley Keough, and I don’t even know what it’s about at this point. Riley’s people denied that she was the one in Rob’s car, but all of the Twihard-sites and outlets are still talking about how Rob and Riley are “together” to varying degrees. According to Hollywood Life’s source:
Rob will probably be seen with other girls along with Riley. He generally considers himself both single to his friends and exclusive when he is with Riley. He wants his cake and eat it to kind of thing. It’s getting very physical between him and Riley, but he still isn’t ready to pull the trigger on a full relationship as he will be away filming soon and he doesn’t want to ruin something that is blossoming by leaving. He is aware that something still might happen, but he is being cautious. But with a strongly physical relationship that is happening, he knows that can always lead to more, so his mind is everywhere.
Rob was a little scared off that this new relationship was going to be a media firestorm, so he has slowed things down, so mostly it’s a physical relationship. They don’t consider it dating, but everyone around them does. And I wouldn’t say they are in love, but they could easily get there. He is afraid that he will get hurt or hurt her, so he is treading lightly because he does genuinely like her.
God, Sparkles sounds so neurotic. Like, is he a pillow-weeper? Is he the guy who cries after sex? Or should I say, is he the guy who cries after licking Riley Keough’s armpit? Anyway, take that as you will – I’m pretty much over that story, and I can’t wait for Rob to start dating someone really scandalous. Someone with her own profile and celebrity. Maybe someone a bit older too? Oh, that would freak out the Twihards so much.
In other Sparkles news, it looks like his long-gestating project Mission: Blacklist is gearing up to begin filming soon. The original director dropped out, but they found a new director – a Swede! – really quickly:
The Swedish invasion into Hollywood continues. Jesper Ganslandt has been tapped to direct Robert Pattinson in the psychological thriller Mission: Blacklist, about a brilliant young military interrogator who spearheads the capture of Saddam Hussein. Pic is based on the life of soldier-turned-intelligence agent Eric Maddox, who funneled his experiences into the 2008 nonfic book Mission: Black List #1 – The Inside Story Of The Search For Saddam Hussein – As Told By The Soldier Who Masterminded His Capture.
The Code Entertainment project was announced at Cannes last year, back when Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire was set to direct. Following Sauvaire’s departure, Ganslandt stepped in and will make his English-language debut after directing three features — Blondie, The Ape, and Falkenberg Farewell — in his native Sweden. Filming is scheduled for the fall. The script is by Band Of Brothers scribe Erik Jendresen, Dylan Kussman, and Trace Sheehan.
Does Sparkles have what it takes to play a badass soldier/merc/spy hunting down Saddam Hussein? What’s interesting to me is that there doesn’t seem to be a real thirst for stories about our “adventure” in Iraq, really. Hollywood makes the occasional Iraq War movie, and I believe every one of them has bombed thus far. But maybe if the film has a concentrated purpose/mission – hunting Hussein – it will make for a more compelling movie? Perhaps. Maybe this will be the Zero Dark Thirty of the hunt for Saddam. Or maybe we’re ten years and two months removed from “Mission Accomplished” and all we feel (as Americans) is abject regret.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
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