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[dragon53]

FRIDAY, JANUARY 3

STAR TREK: PICARD--new trailer released for the CBS All Access Patrick Stewart tv series.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZivKtYsQ1ZY



GRETEL & HANSEL---trailer released for the fantasy horror movie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZblQLhKcZQ



STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER---former Walt Disney head Michael Eisner tweeted his opinion about THE RISE OF SKYWALKER, “#RiseofSkywalker is an acceptable film, a lot of story and fan delights but somewhat emotionless, while #TheMandolorian on @disneyplus establishes show creator @Jon_Favreau as the new George Lucas which @RobertIger had the foresight to declare."
Eisner tweeted about Daisey Ridley, "Daisy Ridley played Rey throughout the film with one expression: awe/fear until the very end of the film when she reveals her name. That’s what I meant by a film that somewhat lacked emotion.
In my previous comment I didn’t mean to suggest that #DaisyRidley acted poorly. On the contrary, she was excellent. The choice of attitude for Rey was intended and seems to fall on the philosophy of the character.”

Also, film editor Maryann Brandon denied fan claims that the sequel's final scene was recycled from an earlier scene of Rey in the Pasaana desert, “That shot was shot in the desert where they shot the sequence on Pasaana, but it was shot for that shot. It was specifically shot for that and then ILM created a lot of that shot, so that’s a question for Roger Guyett and the artists at ILM, how they created it. I picked the shot of Rey, which I know was shot in the same desert. It wasn’t already in the film, it was for that sequence.”

CASSIAN ANDOR---casting call for child actors for the untitled Disney+ tv series that is a prequel to ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY is:

“Mundo is a thirteen-year old, Hispanic male. The young teen has a head full of brown hair and big, passionate eyes. Needs to have a wide range from still calm to uncontrolled anger.

Mundo is a nine-year old, Hispanic male. A wild and unruly kid with a head full of brown hair and big, passionate eyes. Also needs to have a wide range from still calm to uncontrolled anger.

Cinta is 5-7 year old Hispanic female. Cinta has a head full of brown hair and big eyes. A wild and unruly kid who, what do you know, needs to have a wide range from still calm to uncontrolled anger.”


STAR WARS: REBELS---a rumor claims a new animated series is underway that will be a follow-up to REBELS and will focus on Jedi Ashoka Tano and Sabine Wren as they pursue Ezra Bridger.



RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK---Harry Hamlin claimed he lost the Indiana Jones role to Harrison Ford after he made comments about Steven Spielberg during a secretly-taped cake baking session while auditioning for the role. Hamlin and Stephanie Zimbalist, who was auditioning for the Marion Ravenwood role, were told by Spielberg that George Lucas was late for the audition, so he wanted them to bake a chocolate cake and wait for Lucas. Hamlin said he and Zimbalist, proceeded to bake the cake, not realizing they were being filmed by a hidden camera to see if they had chemistry together.
Hamlin said, “He closed the door and left and we were standing alone in this kitchen. I said, ‘Stephanie, have you ever made a chocolate cake?’ And she said, ‘No…'”
As they began to make the cake in the studio kitchen, Hamlin told Zimbalist that his friend, Amy Irving, who later married Spielberg, had made derogatory comments about Spielberg, “I was talking about how Amy was calling her friend group in LA and saying that this guy, this director guy was stalking her in New York and how she was kind of getting annoyed because this guy, Steven Spielberg, was showing up at the stage door every night with flowers. It never occurred to me … that we were actually in the audition while we were making the cake.”

DEATHSTROKE: KNIGHTS & DRAGONS---new CW Seed animated series featuring the voice of Michael Chiklis premiers on January 6.

KILLING EVE---BBC America renewed the series for Season 4.

RAISING DION---Netflix renewed the series for Season 2.

TRIVIA---Burt Reynolds had not yet achieved superstardom when he received third billing behind Jim Brown and Raquel Welch in the 1969 Western 100 RIFLES. Reynolds commented on how the movie could be a guaranteed hit, "Keep his shirt off and keep her shirt off and give me all the lines."

Reynolds commented on how the movie could be a guaranteed hit, "Keep his shirt off and keep her shirt off and give me all the lines."

 

[dragon53]

MONDAY, JANUARY 6

HUNTERS---trailer released for the Amazon Nazi-hunter tv series starring Al Pacino.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBGkjmfIzAw



THE IRISHMAN---Netflix featurette on the VFX de-aging technology used in the movie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF-lElIlZM0&t=9s



PICARD: STAR TREK---new tv ad released.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-7hfNQYAes



THE NEW MUTANTS---trailer released.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_vJhUAOFpI&t=20s



KNIVES OUT---Rian Johnson confirmed a sequel is underway with Daniel Craig returning as detective Benoit Blanc and a new ensemble cast.

STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER---Dominic Monaghan said he hopes a directors cut edition is released which includes the many deleted scenes, "Like a lot of Star Wars fans, I’m hoping there will be a director’s cut, so we’ll get to see more and more of the stuff that was filmed. I wasn’t there all the time, but even in the short time that I was there, there was so much stuff filmed that didn’t make it to the theatrical version… Oh, man, there was so much stuff!
Another thing that we will hopefully see at some point in the future is that in the final battle, [Kaydel Ko] Connix [played by Billie Lourd] injures her leg. Obviously, myself, Rose and Connix are exiting the battle, and Rose has a weapon. While Rose is busy doing stuff, I grab Connix’s arm and put it over my shoulder to make sure that all of us come back as unscathed as possible.”

JAMES BOND---George Lazenby said the franchise should change with the times because men are not as masculine as they used to be, "Men haven't got the b*lls they had 50 years ago. When I was born my mother had to get permission to speak. And now the men have to. It's a different time. And, well, the movies have to show that."
He added: "You just have to look at the newscasts. 75 per cent of the people are women and before it was ten per cent, so women have taken over. I don't say that as a bad thing, but it's different. And they've got bl**dy squeaky voices."

JOKER---Todd Phillips said he wants someone else to develop a Batman in the universe of his JOKER movie, “It’s just a beautiful Gotham, what I would like to see somebody tackle is what Batman looks like from that Gotham. What was interesting to me about the inclusion of Batman in our movie was, what kind of Batman does that Gotham make?”

THE WALKING DEAD---AMC programm9ng head Sarah Barnett said the declining ratings haven't affected the network's expansion plans for the zombie franchise, "I think there are lots of stories to be told from this universe. And I would say about that what I’d say about any of the development at AMC — which is that it has to be creatively exceptional."

EVIL DEAD---Sam Raimi said he wants to reunite with Bruce Campbell for a sequel, "Bruce, Rob [Tapert] and I are working with a young filmmaker who is writing a new EVIL DEAD story that he will direct. As for me…. I would love to direct a new EVIL DEAD movie… but I’d really like to do it with Bruce. And he says he’s retired the character. I hope not.”

THE OFFENDERS---Amazon/BBC six-part miniseries from Stephen Merchant (THE OFFICE) and Elgin James (MAYANS M.C.) about seven strangers in a Bristol, England community payback program.

TRIVIA---more James Bond movie trivia.
YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE has the highest total body count in the franchise with James Bond killing 21 and others killing 175 for a total body count of 196.

 

[jazzeum]

I saw Knives Out on Saturday. Although only one theatre was showing it in our multi cinema movie house, it was sold out. Impressive. My son said it reminded him of Orient Express and I agree with him.

Walking Dead - I stopped watching it this year. Her comment that they would roll out more shows despite low ratings is illogical. There used to be an active thread here but this year it has very little activity. That indicates the show is moribund.

James Bond - Probably a series that shouldn’t be made anymore.

Star Wars - Director’s Cut? The movie was bad enough but based on ticket sales, which is the only thing Disney cares about — and let’s face it, they’re in business to make money — it will sell. The Mandalorian was better and a lot better.

 

[tdubel]

I saw Knives Out on Saturday. Although only one theatre was showing it in our multi cinema movie house, it was sold out. Impressive. My son said it reminded him of Orient Express and I agree with him.

Walking Dead - I stopped watching it this year. Her comment that they would roll out more shows despite low ratings is illogical. There used to be an active thread here but this year it has very little activity. That indicates the show is moribund.

James Bond - Probably a series that shouldn’t be made anymore.

Star Wars - Director’s Cut? The movie was bad enough but based on ticket sales, which is the only thing Disney cares about — and let’s face it, they’re in business to make money — it will sell. The Mandalorian was better and a lot better.

James Bond? That is blasphemy Brad!!!!!!!! There should always be a Bond, just have to find the next man up so to speak!
Tom

 

[The Military Workshop]

James Bond - Probably a series that shouldn’t be made anymore.

So your opinion is that one of the most famous characters in movie history from the longest running film series (nearly 60 years) which makes a huge amount of money (Skyfall over $1 billion) should not be made anymore.

Bond fans everywhere might disagree. As a kid there were two series of books I read. Bond and Flashman.

Personally I am looking forward to the next Bond actor. Craig has been great but I am hoping for Tom Hardy.

 

[dragon53]

TUESDAY, JANUARY 7

THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER---Christian Bale is in talks to co-star in an undisclosed role in the sequel.

THE LORD OF THE RINGS---Robert Aramayo (GAME OF THRONES) will play the lead role of Beldor in the Amazon prequel series. He replaces Will Poulter, who had schedule problems.

AVATAR 2---James Cameron released Pandora concept art for the sequel.

THE WALKING DEAD---showrunner Scott R. Gimple commented on the Rick Grimes movie that is currently being written, “We are going to continue to tell Rick’s story, and we are going to discover so much of the world through that story. Rick will be challenged in different ways that, in some ways, everything that he’s been through has sort of prepared him for. It’s a much larger world than one that he had been operating in, and that was challenging in and of itself. Now things are heightened, and just as we’re going to the movies – and it is the movies proper, suitably widescreen – we’re going to be filling that screen with a brand new world.”
He added, “The scale is bigger and the budget is bigger, and it’s THE WALKING DEAD, but heightened, both in the narrative themes, but also in just what we see onscreen. I say heightened, but I should also say it’s also very different. It’s not going to be the exact same thing we saw on television, just larger. We are going in some wild new directions.
Movies are a different beast than television. Television is like, boom, we’re done. Movies, to calibrate an hour and a half, two hours is no joke, and it’s been a lot of fun, but it’s a real challenge and we take it very seriously for the fans. We really want to deliver them something special, something worth their trip to the movies. We’re trying to be very deliberate and deliver something new.”

THE BATMAN---Matt Reeves confirmed that Colin Farrell is playing The Penguin in the reboot movie.

GOING ELECTRIC---Timothee Chalamet is in talks to star in the Bob Dylan biomovie directed by James Mangold.

LUCIFER---Dennis Haysbert will play God in the final season.

WILLOW---Jonathan Kasdan confirmed the Disney+ tv series based on the 1988 Ron Howard movie is underway.

TRIVIA---in Clint Eastwood's HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER, The Stranger tells hotel owner Lewis Belding to get 200 gallons of red paint to paint the town of Lago. In reality, it took 380 gallons to paint the town.

 

[dragon53]

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8

LOCKE & KEY---trailer released for the Netflix series based on the graphic novel.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EonRi0yQOE&t=4s



YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN---Mel Brooks/ABC live musical underway based on the 1974 comedy horror movie.

THE WALKING DEAD: WORLD BEYOND---Scott M. Gimple commented on the connection between the original series and the latest spinoff, “Technically, [WORLD BEYOND is] a little behind. But not much. Not enough for people to notice. It’s very, very close to being simultaneous, but a little bit back, yes. Not in any way that anyone will possibly notice.”
He added. “We’re going to be discovering this very big aspect to the world that we haven’t yet seen. We’ve seen glimpses of it on the shows with the helicopters and with the soldier that we saw, Isabelle on Fear…In some ways, WORLD BEYOND, it’s a big story and yet it’s sort of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to Rick’s Hamlet, meaning the show and the movie touch upon some of the same things, but they’re not really that deeply related.”

NINE PERFECT STRANGERS---Nicole Kidman and Melissa McCarthy star in this Hulu miniseries about nine city dwellers who enter a health resort to rejuvenate their lives.

THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS---HBO Max/Cary Fukunaga series underway based on the novel which will focus on the love affair between Mohican Unca and Cora, the biracial daughter of a British army colonel.

THE BRIDES---ABC pilot for an all-female vampire soap opera. Roberto Aguirre-Sacas (RIVERDALE) is the creator.

CW---the network renewed THE FLASH; SUPERGIRL; BATWOMAN; DC'S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW; BLACK LIGHTNING; NANCY DREW; RIVERDALE; ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO; CHARMED and LEGACIES.

PURGE 5---Leven Rambin (THE HUNGER GAMES) has joined the cast of the untitled sequel.

TRIVIA---Martin Balsam co-starred in two 1970s New York heist movies in which he was part of a gang which included a psychotic Mafia hitman, THE ANDERSON TAPES and THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE.
In Sidney Lumet's THE ANDERSON TAPES (Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon), Balsam plays gay gang member Tommy Haskins, and Val Avery plays psychotic Mafia hitman "Socks" Parelli. The Mafia finances the heist by demanding that "Socks", now considered too psychotic, be part of the heist where he will be killed by heist leader Duke Anderson (Sean Connery).
In Joseph Sargent's THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE (Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw), Balsam plays heist member Harold Longman, "Mr. Green", a former subway motorman. Hector Elizondo plays heist member Giuseppe Benvenuto, "Mr. Grey", the hitman who was kicked out of the Mafia because he was too psychotic.

In THE ANDERSON TAPES, Martin Balsam played heist member Tommy Haskins, and Val Avery played psychotic Mafia hitman "Socks" Parelli.

In THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE, Balsam played heist member Harold Longman, "Mr. Green", and Hector Elizondo played psychotic ex-Mafia hitman Giuseppe Benvenuto, "Mr. Grey".

 

[dragon53]

THURSDAY, JANUARY 9

BIRDS OF PREY---new trailer released for the Margot Robbie move.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3HbbzHK5Mc



THE HOWLING---director Andy Muschietti (IT) said he will direct the Netflix remake of the 1981 Joe Dante werewolf movie. Muschietti said THE HOWLING is scheduled right after he directs THE FLASH which will be based on the FLASHPOINT storyline, but he said it will be a, “different version of FLASHPOINT than you’re expecting”.

THE MATRIX 4---Max Riemelt (SENSE8) confirmed he has joined the sequel cast.

THIRTYSOMETHING(ELSE)---ABC sequel pilot to the ABC series that ran from 1987 to 1991. The sequel will focus on the children of the original show's characters. Ken Olin, Mel Harris, Timothy Busfield and Patricia Wettig are returning.

MARVEL STUDIOS---Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige is in talks with ABC to develop a new Marvel superhero tv series for the network.

WARNER BROS.---the studio signed a contract with Cinelytic which will provide artificial intelligence to help the studio decide which movies to produce. The AI will be "comprehensive data and predictive analytics to guide decision-making at the green light stage." The AI will also evaluate an actor's worth to a movie and the movie's predicted box office.

FANTASTIC BEASTS: A NATURAL HISTORY---BBC special about the origin of the beasts in the FANTASTIC BEASTS franchise in collaboration with London's Natural History Museum.

AMERICAN HORROR STORY---FX renewed the series for Seasons 11, 12 and 13.

TRIVIA---Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland and Loren Dean played astronauts in two outer space movies, Clint Eastwood's SPACE COWBOYS and Brad Pitt's AD ASTRA. Dean also appeared in Ron Howard's APOLLO 13 as John Anthony, EECOM Arthur.

In Clint Eastwood's SPACE COWBOYS, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland and Loren Dean played astronauts trying to prevent a Soviet satellite and its dangerous payload from crashing into Earth.

In Brad Pitt's AD ASTRA, Jones, Sutherland and Dean played astronauts involved in a space ship that was sent on an ill-fated mission to discover intelligent life in outer space but now threatens mankind.

Dean also appeared in Ron Howard's APOLLO 13 as John Anthony, EECOM Arthur.

 

[The Military Workshop]

Seems Hans Zimmer just been given the job of doing soundtrack for the Bond movie just finished filming. Previous guy been dropped.

Only has 5 weeks to do it.

 

[dragon53]

FRIDAY, JANUARY 10

McMILLIONS---trailer released for the HBO six-part documentary on how mobsters corrupted the McDonald's Monopoly game for 12 years until they were caught in an FBI sting operation.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK2ZGOsbeqo&t=11s



MRS. AMERICA---trailer released for the FX miniseries starring Cate Blanchett as Phyliss Schlafly and her war against the women's liberation movement.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIpTIPKTOkU



DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS---Marvel Studios announced that director Scott Derrickson is not returning to direct the sequel due to creative differences, “Marvel Studios and Scott Derrickson have amicably parted ways on Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness due to creative differences. We remain grateful to Scott for his contributions to the MCU.”
Writer C. Scott Cargill jokingly tweeted he is also not returning and is joining Derrickson to develop the CATS sequel, "So I guess it's safe to announce that @scottderrickson and my next film CATS 2: THE FURRENING is being moved up and should be shooting soon."

STAR TREK---Noah Hawley hinted his upcoming movie might not be connected to the JJ Abrams movie franchise or the Alex Kurtzman/CBS All Access tv franchise, “ "To call it STAR TREK IV is kind of a misnomer. I have my own take on STAR TREK, and going back to what I loved about the series NEXT GENERATION, when a lot of franchises focus on ‘might makes right’, STAR TREK is about exploration and humanity at its best, and diversity and creative problem solving. There’s nothing better than that moment when William Shatner puts on his reading glasses and lowers Khan’s shields. It doesn’t cost anything. But it’s that triumphant feeling about smarting your enemy. For me it’s about to getting to those elements of the show. I don’t necessarily find action in and of itself interesting unless it’s story. So, it’s early days, I’m still talking with Paramount and I have a take and I gotta write a script.”
Hawley hinted the movie will have a new cast, "Yeah, I think so. Yeah." When asked if the cast of STAR TREK BEYOND would return, he said, "It's early days. I don't know. But new characters often involve new cast."
Hawley also commented on if he has talked to Kurtzman about if the movie will be connected to the Kurtzman/CBS All Access tv franchise, “I should. I know Alex. There isn’t a mandate from Paramount to connect it. And on some levels, there’s a bit of the wall, the TV version and the film version. I have my own story and want to make sure as I did with FARGO and LEGION that I’m respectful to the underlying material. That I’m not unintentionally changing things that people love or feel passionate about. So, it’s important to do that research as I go.”

PARASITE---HBO Max, Bong Joon Ho and Adam McKay are developing a miniseries based on the South Korean movie. It is not known if the miniseries will be a US remake or a sequel to the movie.

THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER---a rumor claims Christian Bale is in talks to play Beta Ray Bill in the sequel.

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 7---Christopher McQuarrie announced that Nicholas Hoult has joined the sequel cast of Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Pegg and Ving Rhames.

WILLOW---Warwick Davis commented on the upcoming Disney+ tv series based on the 1987 Ron Howard movie, “At this stage … the excitement of the fans and the internet, and what have you, has been overwhelming and has actually got a little bit ahead of the reality of things at this stage, which is very flattering. But all the right people are kind of aligned – it’s like the stars have aligned in the heavens for WILLOW.”
He added, “I’d certainly relish the opportunity to play a character that I really enjoyed playing the first time around. I’m a bit older and a bit wiser as an actor now, and the character would also be a bit older and wiser and I think there’s really an interesting story there. What has happened between the time we saw him in WILLOW and now? Has he mastered the art of sorcery? What has happened there?"

WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS---Mark Hamill will gust star in Season 2.

GODMOTHERED---Jillian Bell and Isla Fisher star in this Disney+ comedy movie about a novice fairy godmother who helps a young woman find her Prince Charming.

SAVED BY THE BELL---Mark-Paul Gosselaar will reportedly guest star on the reboot series. Tiffani Thiessen is in talks to also return.

TRIVIA---child actor Tom Chelimsky played Jean-Louis Gaudet, the stamp-collecting little boy in Stanley Donen's CHARADE which starred Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant. Chelimsky's sister, Kathy (stage name) Chelimsky, starred in another Donen/Hepburn movie, TWO FOR THE ROAD, as Caroline Wallace, the daughter of the characters played by Hepburn and Albert Finney. As adults, the two Chelimsky siblings both became physicians.

Tom Chelimsky played stamp-collecting Jean-Louis Gaudet with Audrey Hepburn in Stanley Donen's CHARADE.

Chelimsky's sister, Kathy (stage name) played the daughter of Hepburn and Albert Finney in Donen's TWO FOR THE ROAD.

Thomas Chelimsky, MD (neurologist).

Catherine Fallick, MD (cardiologist)

 

[dragon53]

MONDAY, JANUARY 13

MORBIUS---trailer released for the Jared Leto movie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eQBl3_6FKA



OBI-WAN KENOBI---a rumor claims the Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ miniseries will have a bearded Jar Jar Binks talking to Ob-Wan about the rise of the Galactic Empire.

ARES---Robert Zemeckis will direct this Warner Bros. sci fi movie whose synopsis is, "The story tells of an astronaut whose space capsule crash lands in an African desert. As he rushes to reunite with his family, it is revealed that the mission was part of a larger conspiracy and that he may be carrying a secret that could forever change the world."

CLARICE---CBS tv sequel underway to the 1991 movie THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. The tv series is set in 1993 and follows FBI agent Clarice Starling as she pursues serial killers and sexual predators.
Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet, daughter of Sidney Lumet, will write and produce the sequel series.

STAR TREK: PICARD---CBS All Access renewed the series for Season 2.

WESTWORLD---HBO announced that Season 3 will premiere on March 15, 2020.

NEW AMSTERDAM---NBC renewed the series for three more seasons.

YOUNG ROCK---NBC tv series about the tumultuous childhood of Dwayne Johnson, who is the executive producer.

CHUCKY---Syfy horror series underway based on the horror doll movie franchise. Chuck Mancini returns as writer/producer/showrunner and director of the pilot.

UNCHARTERED---Ruben Fleischer (VENOM, ZOMBIELAND) is in talks to direct the Sony Pictures movie based on the video game.

SPACE CAMP---Disney+ remake of the 1986 sci fi movie that starred Kate Capshaw and Lea Thompson is underway with the SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE team of Mikey Day and Streeter Seidell as the writers.

THE GREAT MACHINE---movie underway based on the Brian K. Vaughn comic book EX MACHINA.

CGI RESURRECTION---Marvel Studios Executive Vice President Victoria Alonso commented on if Marvel will resurrect dead actors using CGI as has been done in STAR WARS movies, "We haven't considered it."

UNSTOPPABLE---Quentin Tarantino commented on why he chose Tony Scott's UNSTOPPABLE as one of his two best movies of the 2010s, “I picked it because I just actually spent the last six weeks going through a whole bunch of movies from the last decade, so I could make my Top 10. I was rewatching a lot of stuff that I liked and watching stuff that I never got around to watching [before] but I thought could be a contender to one degree or another. And so, one of the ones I did rewatch was UNSTOPPABLE.
And when I saw it, it just blew me away so much. Both the combination of just the movie that’s on the screen, the movie that is there, and the idea that it’s one of the last great movies from one of the last great directors of all time, at the height of his powers, doing what he does…It was my #10 of my top 10 of the decade. And frankly, now after watching it again for this [podcast], it should be higher.” Tarantino picked DUNKIRK as his other favorite movie of the 2010s.

JOSH HARTNETT---Harnett commented on reports he turned down the starring role in SPIDER-MAN, BATMAN BEGINS and SUPERMAN RETURNS, “I didn’t turn down SPIDER-MAN. I don’t know where that came from. I’d only turned down SUPERMAN as a straight-up offer. But I was, at that time of my career, where a lot of people were asking me to do those types of movies.
I was having meetings with those directors and people were saying: “Would you be interested?” I talked to them about what they were doing and I ultimately decided I wasn’t, but that was a very privileged place for a young man to be in. I’m a little bit outside of the box and had the leverage to do that, and that’s the direction I chose.
BATMAN wasn’t an audition or an offer. It was a conversation with the director [Christopher Nolan]. I think there’s a lot of misinformation out there. When you say one thing one time about it, and now it gets blown up. But I don’t really care to tell that story over and over again.”

DREAMWORKS ANIMATION---three DreamWorks Animation tv reboots, Mr. MAGOO, LASSIE and GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE will premiere on CBS All Access.

TRIVIA---more James Bond movie trivia.
James Bond movie producer Cubby Broccoli had just seen Eric Braeden star in the sci fi movie COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT and wanted Braeden to replace the departed Sean Connery in the upcoming LIVE AND LET DIE. Braeden said, "Sean Connery had quit the franchise and they were getting ready to do LIVE AND LET DIE. The producer Cubby Broccoli took me to lunch to talk about my playing James Bond. It was a nice lunch, but he asked if I had a British passport. I said, “No, I have a German passport.” An hour later, my agent was calling to give me Broccoli’s verdict: No one who was not a member of the British Commonwealth would ever play James Bond."' Instead, Roger Moore became Connery's successor.

Eric Braeden starred in COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT which led to him being a candidate to replace Sean Connery in LIVE AND LET DIE.

The German-born Braeden lost the James Bond role to Englishman Roger Moore.

 

[dragon53]

TUESDAY, JANUARY 14

BLACK WIDOW---new trailer released for the Scarlett Johansson superhero movie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1eykFE1fSA&t=9s



PENNY DREADFUL: CITY OF ANGELS---trailer released for the Showtime spinoff series.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi2h1Zfr7fs



HOMELAND---trailer released for Season 8 which is the final season.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eLT82JYsP4



STAR TREK---CBS All Access head of original content Julie McNamara commented on a possible spinoff series after a fan petition called for a new series featuring Capt. Christopher Pike and Spock leading the starship Enterprise, “We’ve definitely heard fans that people are excited about the notion of that. We have heard them loud and clear. We also thought there was incredible chemistry around that bridge crew so among many things that we talk about, that idea is certainly one of them.”
Alex Kurtzman recently said, "There are two more live-action shows that haven’t been announced yet."

THE WALKING DEAD---Scott M. Gimple commented on expanding the zombie franchise beyond the current three tv shows and the Rick Grimes movie, “We’re working on a big push of something I was working on originally and then I got much more focused on the shows in my first year on this job and developing World Beyond and getting the movie going. We really do want to come out with different TV formats, meaning shorter things, and then some event series, limited event series.
I’m trying to get together a number of different things that we can show at different times during the year, and this focuses on characters we miss and we lost. It focuses on aspects of that new mythology. It focuses on stories that occur in our universe and have nothing to do with anything."

PARASITE---Bong Joon-Ho commented on the HBO miniseries based on his movie, “With PARASITE, while I was writing the script I had so many more ideas I couldn’t convey into the two-hour running time of the film. I knew that if I had a longer running time, I would be able to tell these stories, and I that’s what I plan to talk about with Adam [McKay] pretty soon. Though I’m not very familiar with the TV industry, I really consider this limited series an expanded film that can delve deeper into the stories that didn’t make it into PARASITE."

SEANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON---remake movie underway based on the novel about a medium who gets her husband to kidnap a child so she can help the police to solve the case which will boost her reputation. The original 1964 movie starred Richard Attenborough and Kim Stanley.

THE INVISIBLE MAN---the reboot movie received an R-rating.

HOME ENTERTAINMENT---Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) released home entertainment figures for 2019 which was a record $25.2 billion dollars, an increase of 8.4%. Subscription Video-On-Demand (SVOD) was $15.9 billion with a 23.7% increase. SVOD accounts for 63% of all home entertainment.
Digital movie sales were $2.6 billion with a 5.1% increase. Digital movie rentals were up 9%.
Physical media sales were $3.29 billion with an 18.2% decrease. Physical media rentals were $1.44 billion with a 19.5% decrease.

YOU---Netflix renewed the series for Season 3.

SHAMELESS---Showtime renewed the series for Season 11 which will be the last season.

TRIVIA---the classic 1968 Mustang GT driven by Steve McQueen in BULLITT recently sold for a record $3.74 million. The Mustang GT's owner, Sean Kiernan, said his father bought the car in 1974 from a New Jersey detective for only $3,500 because his father was the only person who replied to the detective's ad in ROAD & TRACK magazine.

 

[jazzeum]

There was an extensive story in the Times about the impending sale back in January 2.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/02/business/bullitt-mustang-auction.html

Here is the story on the auction. The seller was actually the second owner. The story indicates it’s in poor shape. Hopefully, it will be restored.

 

[dragon53]

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15

MULAN---tv ad released for the Walt Disney remake movie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3pJ7DIsmZc



STAR WARS IX---darkhorizons.com gave a summary of the leaked script for the cancelled STAR WARS: DUEL OF THE FATES which was written by Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly. It was replaced by STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER. The Playlist said the leaked script was confirmed to be genuine by multiple sources. The script is dated December 16, 2016 which is before Carrie Fisher's death which explains why Leia has a more prominent role than in THE RISE OF SKYWALKER.

'"The film’s original title is “Star Wars: Duel Of The Fates” and it begins with The First Order having cut off all communication between planets to suppress a rising rebellion inspired by Luke’s stand at the Battle of Crait. The Resistance’s mission is to re-open communication and call the galaxy to war.

The opening sequence of the film is set at the Kuat Shipyards and sees Finn, Rose, and BB8 steal a Star Destroyer full of old Imperial weapons and vehicles. During this heist Finn sees a fallen Stormtrooper without his helmet on and recognizes him. As a result, his internal conflict when it comes to killing his former brothers and sisters in arms is reignited.

Kylo Ren is missing as far as now Chancellor Hux is aware, but a now stubbled Kylo is on Mustafar and haunted by Luke’s force ghost. In Vader’s Temple, Kylo finds a hologram recording of Palpatine with a message for Vader – If Luke kills Palpatine, Vader is to take Luke to the Remnicore System to see Palpatine’s teacher Tor Valum.

The Holocron detects Kylo isn’t Vader and explodes in red lighting, burning him in the process – Leia force senses it just as the Kuat team return with their stolen Star Destroyer. Rey is still having nightmares involving her connection to Kylo, but in her researching Luke’s old Jedi texts she learns of a ‘Force Beacon’ – a hidden communication system from the Old Republic that can send a signal to 50 planets and call them to war – a signal the First Order can’t stop. The problem? Said system is under the Jedi Temple on a now enemy-occupied Coruscant.

Force ghost Luke appears as Rey trains, pushing her to get stronger, while Kylo makes it back to Coruscant and confronts Hux before heading off again after picking up and then throwing Vader’s mask off a balcony – his devotion to the man shattered. He confronts the 7000-year-old Tor Valum and begins training with him.

The Resistance splits into two missions. The first has Rey, Poe and Chewbacca going to the planet Bonadan to find guidance for Rey. The second team is Rose, Finn, R2 and 3PO who set out to activate the force beacon.

The first team, pursued by the Knights of Ren, reach Bonadan where a Seer manages to extract a star chart out of Rey’s mind from her visions with Kylo. The Knights of Ren show up and fight Rey in a lightsaber battle.

The second team succeed at igniting the beacon, but the First Order soon cut it off and force them to flee into Coruscant’s underbelly. The pair are captured and sent to a POW camp where Rose is interrogated by Hux. Eventually, they escape with Finn having recruited defecting Stormtroopers to fight back.

Rey and Kylo eventually get to Mortis and battle when it’s ultimately revealed Kylo killed Rey’s parents at the behest of Snoke. Towards the end attempts are made to save Ben, but are unsuccessful and he is ‘extinguished’.

Leia brings her forces to Coruscant to battle the First Order with fighting in space and on the ground. Chewie flies an X-Wing at one point. The film ends with Finn and Rose taking all the Force-sensitive youth to a remote planet so Rey can train the next generation of Jedi including ‘Broom Boy’.

The other month came reports that Leia’s servant was Rey’s mother in this version of the script, that was immediately debunked as they were from Jack Thorne’s version of the script. Trevorrow exited the project one month after Thorne was hired to rewrite Trevorrow and Connolly’s script."'

STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER---the sequel made $1 billion in 28 days. By comparison, THE FORCE AWAKENS took 12 days and THE LAST JEDI took 19 days.

STAR TREK---regarding his proposed R-rated STAR TREK movie, Quentin Tarantino said earlier that he was, "steering away from STAR TREK". But recently he said, “I think they might make that movie, but I just don’t think I’m going to direct it. It’s a good idea. They should definitely do it, and I’ll be happy to come in and give them some notes on the first rough cut.”

EDGE OF TOMORROW 2---director Doug Liman confirmed the sequel is underway by posting a photo of writer Matt Robinson and producer Alison Winter setting up the sequel.

CITADEL---Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas will star in the US edition of the Amazon/Russo Brothers international spy miniseries.

JACK REACHER---Amazon tv series underway based on the Lee Child novels. Season 1 will be based on THE KILLING FLOOR.

TOTO---Warner Animation movie musical movie underway based on the book TOTO: THE DOG-GONE AMAZING STORY OF THE WIZARD OF OZ.

CW---the network approved two new tv series: SUPERMAN & LOIS starring Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch and WALKER, a reboot of the Chuck Norris WALKER, TEXAS RANGER tv series starring Jared Padalecki.

MAYOR OF KINGSTOWN---Paramount Network/Taylor Sheridan tv series about the McCluskey family in a Michigan town which is dominated by the federal, state and private prisons.

TRIVIA---before good friends Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds became superstars, both were contract actors with Universal Studios. Universal fired both of the struggling actors on the same day. Reynolds said, “'This is a true story, we were both fired on the same day at Universal Studios, and they told Clint, you know, your Adam’s apple sticks out too far and you won’t get that tooth fixed, that chipped tooth, and you talk too slow. And I said "Why are you firing me?" and they said "You can’t act'".
Reynolds added, '"So the two of us were walking towards his truck and I said, "You know Clint, you’re in a hell of a lot of trouble. He said "Why?" I said, "I can learn to act, you’ll never get rid of that Adam’s apple.’”

Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds starred in CITY HEAT.

 

[dragon53]

THURSDAY, JANUARY 16

THE NIGHT CLERK---trailer released for the movie starring Tye Sheridan and Ana de Armis.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flDC7Ar2Deg



GUNS AKIMBO---trailer released for the comedy movie starring Daniel Radcliffe.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOFatKD0Vzo



SNOWPIERCER---trailer released for the TNT series based on the movie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l75luJ5iyoA


HOUSE OF THE DRAGON---HBO programming head Casey Bloys said his "best guess" is the GAME OF THRONES prequel will premiere in 2022.

STAR TREK: PICARD---CBS All Access announced that PICARD will have an aftershow, THE READY ROOM, with Wil Wheaton as the host.

JAMES BOND---producer Barbara Broccoli commented on a female James bond to replace Daniel Craig, “He can be of any color, but he is male. I believe we should be creating new characters for women — strong female characters. I’m not particularly interested in taking a male character and having a woman play it. I think women are far more interesting than that.”

GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE---Paul Feig commented on his all-female reboot movie might have a crossover with the AFTERLIFE characters in a future sequel, “I hope. What’s so great, in the comic book world, they’ve done a lot of crossover ones where there’s like an interdimensional rip and our team joins up with the original Ghostbusters. So the fact that that’s already been laid and made comic book canon, anything could happen so who knows.
I would love to see that team come back. We had so much fun making that movie, for whatever controversy it caused. The fact that so many kids love that, that we won the Nickelodeon Best Movie of the Year Award that year makes me very happy.”

GREEN LANTERN---HBO Max disclosed information about the upcoming superhero tv series, “It’s going to span several decades and focus on the origin stories of two major Green Lanterns on Earth” and it is, “going into the Sinestro story.”

AQUAMAN: KING OF ATLANTIS---HBO Max/James Wan three-part animated series based on Wan's movie starring Jason Momoa. The series will have Aquaman battle “unscrupulous surface dwellers, elder evils from beyond time and his own half-brother who wants to overthrow him”.

MINDHUNTER---Netflix put the series on hiatus. The contract options for Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany and Anna Torv expired without the show being renewed for Season 3. Netflix stated, “David [Fincher] is focused on directing his first Netflix film MANK and on producing the second season of LOVE, DEATH AND ROBOTS. He may revisit MINDHUNTER again in the future, but in the meantime felt it wasn’t fair to the actors to hold them from seeking other work while he was exploring new work of his own.”

THE DARK TOWER---Amazon Studios cancelled the proposed tv series based on the Stephen King novels after it said the pilot was, “not on the level of other large-scope elevated genre series.”

CONFEDERATE---HBO cancelled the upcoming slavery tv series from the GAME OF THRONES team of David Benioff and DB Weiss in which the South won the Civil War and "chronicles the events leading to the Third American Civil War".

PUNKY BREWSTER---the NBC Peacock streaming service ordered Season 1 for the sequel to the NBC sitcom. Soleil Moon Frye is returning as the star.

AMERICAN DAD!---TBS renewed the series for two more seasons.

TRIVIA---the top ten movies that use the f-word the most are:

1. SWEARNET: THE MOVIE---935
2. F***--A DOCUMENTARY ON THE WORD---857
3. THE WOLF OF WALL STREET---569
4. SUMMER OF SAM---435
5. NIL BY MOUTH----428
6. CASINO---422
7. UNCUT GEMS---408
8. STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON---392
9. ALPHA DOG---367
10. END OF WATCH---326

 

[dragon53]

FRIDAY, JANUARY 17

STAR WARS---Lucasfilm is in talks with Taika Waititi (THE MANDALORIAN, THOR: RAGNAROK) about directing a STAR WARS movie. It is not known if it is a theatrical movie or a Disney+ project. Earlier, he was asked if he would like to direct a STAR WARS movie, “Oh, I don’t know anything about that. But MANDALORIAN was my chance to work with some Stormtroopers. Obviously I would, but I’m going to just settle for IG-11 being the hero of the entire season."
Waititi tweeted his reply to the latest report with a Fleetwood Mac theme.

BOUNTY LAW---Quentin Tarantino will write and direct this five-part tv series based on the fictional tv Western about bounty hunter Jake Cahill from ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD. Tarantino said, “It got an introduction from ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, but I don’t really consider it part of that movie even though it is. This is not about Rick Dalton playing Jake Cahill. It’s about Jake Cahill. Where all this came from was, I ended up watching a bunch of WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE, and THE RIFLEMAN and TALES OF WELLS FARGO, these half-hour shows to get in the mindset of BOUNTY LAW, the kind of show Rick was on. I’d liked them before, but I got really into them. The concept of telling a dramatic story in half an hour. You watch and think, wow, there’s a helluva lot of storytelling going on in 22 minutes. I thought, I wonder if I can do that?”
It was not disclosed if Leonardo DiCaprio or Brad Pitt will be involved in the tv series.

THE WALKING DEAD: WORLD BEYOND---AMC announced the spinoff series will last for only two seasons and release a synopsis:

“The Walking Dead: World Beyond expands the universe of The Walking Dead, delving into a new mythology and story that follows the first generation raised in a surviving civilization of the post-apocalyptic world. Two sisters along with two friends leave a place of safety and comfort to brave dangers, known and unknown, living and undead on an important quest. Pursued by those who wish to protect them and those who wish to harm them, a tale of growing up and transformation unfurls across dangerous terrain, challenging everything they know about the world, themselves and each other."



THE SIMPSONS---Hank Azaria announced he will no longer provide the voice for Apu, “All we know there is I won’t be doing the voice anymore, unless there’s some way to transition it or something… What they’re going to do with the character is their call. It’s up to them and they haven’t sorted it out yet. All we’ve agreed on is I won’t do the voice anymore. We all made the decision together. We all agreed on it. We all feel like it’s the right thing and good about it.” A controversy arose after the documentary, THE PROBLEM WITH APU, claimed Apu perpetuates South Asian stereotypes.

JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER---David O. Russell and Robert De Niro are working on a biomovie about the 19th century billionaire.

BETTER CALL SAUL---AMC renewed the series for Season 6 which will be the last season.

THE TERROR---AMC confirmed it is in talks for Season 3 with Ridley Scott's Scott Free Productions.

WATCHMEN---Damon Lindelof has left the series because he has told the story he wanted to tell. He has given USA Network his blessing to continue the series if it wants to.

COMEDY CRIME---Steve Martin and Martin Short will star in this untitled Hulu true crime spoof series.

PEACOCK---the NBC stream service announced new tv shows. Among them are: MacGRUBER starring Will Forte in which MacGruber battles the evil Brig. Gen. Enos Queeth. GIRLS5EVA is about a 1990s one-hit girls group that reunites. Tina Fey is the executive producer. CLEAN SLATE stars George Wallace and Laverne Cox in which an Alabama car wash owner welcomes his son back home after 17 years and discovers he is transgendered. EXPECTING is about a single music manager who has never found Mr. Right, decides she wants a baby and asks her gay best friend to be the sperm donor. Mindy Kaling is the executive producer. DIVISION ONE is about a former professional female player who becomes the coach of an underdog women's collegiate soccer team. Amy Poehler is the executive producer.

THE UNINHABITABLE EARTH---HBO/Adam McKay anthology series about disasters caused by global warming.

20TH CENTURY STUDIOS---the Walt Disney Company has dropped "Fox" from the studio which will now be known as 20th Century Studios.

ALIEN: THE ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY---Dark Horse comic book based on the original script by Dan O'Bannon and Ron Shusett.

TRIVIA---in the CAPRICORN ONE scene where the astronaut played by James Brolin kills and eats a rattlesnake, the snake was actually stuffed with raw fish.

 

[The Military Workshop]

Bounty Law has my interest.

Good to see Brolin was not really eating rattlesnake.

The Confederate looked interesting but been cancelled.

i see Mad Max Fury Road been chosen as movie of the century by Empire magazine.

Is Bond producer just teasing with talk of a non white, but still male, Bond or are they getting close to choosing Idris Elba ?

 

[Desertkiwi]

Bounty Law has my interest.

Good to see Brolin was not really eating rattlesnake.

The Confederate looked interesting but been cancelled.

i see Mad Max Fury Road been chosen as movie of the century by Empire magazine.

Is Bond producer just teasing with talk of a non white, but still male, Bond or are they getting close to choosing Idris Elba ?

Brett mate, the latest news about the next bloke to play James Bond, is that role has been given to actor James Norton. Sorry bro.

 

[The Military Workshop]

Brett mate, the latest news about the next bloke to play James Bond, is that role has been given to actor James Norton. Sorry bro.

Dont think he has officially been confirmed but the bookies have stopped taking bets which is probably almost as good as being given his licence to kill.

Tom Hardy or I am switching my allegiance to Jason Bourne.

 

[dragon53]

MONDAY, JANUARY 20

STAR TREK: PICARD---new featurette released for the new sequel series.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5np97mbMhcw&t=9s



SPENSER CONFIDENTIAL---trailer released for the Mark Wahlberg movie based on the novel series and ABC tv series SPENSER FOR HIRE that starred Robert Urich.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiIauK9gYjE



NATIONAL TREASURE 3---Walt Disney/Jerry Bruckheimer sequel is underway with Chris Bremner (BAD BOYS FOR LIFE) as the writer. It is not known if Nicolas Cage is returning.

THE MATRIX 4---Lambert Wilson is in negotiations to return as The Merovingian. it is not known if Monica Belluci is returning.

AMAZING STORIES---Apple TV+ reboot of the Steven Spielberg anthology fantasy series that ran on NBC from 1985 to 1987. The reboot cast includes Robert Forster (his last role), Edward Burns, Josh Holloway, Dylan O'Brien and Sasha Alexander. Premiere is March 6.

STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER---the sequel currently has the lowest Rotten Tomatoes score of all the live-action STAR WARS movies with 52%. By comparison, THE FORCE AWAKENS has a 93% score, and THE LAST JEDI has a 91% score.

DOLITTLE---the $175 million Robert Downey, Jr. movie earned a meager $30 million domestic box office. Universal Studios ordered expensive reshoots with more humor so the movie would appeal to a younger audience. One reshoot has Dolittle stick his arm up a dragon's rectum to dislodge some massive obstructions. The dragon rewards Dolittle with, "...a long, drawn-out fart in his face.”

THE GREAT MACHINE---Oscar Issac will star in the movie based on the comic book EX MACHINA. The writers are the team of Anna Waterhouse and Joe Shrapnel (SEBERG).

DON'T BREATHE 2---Stephen Lang is returning for the sequel which is set several years after the original movie. Co-writer Rodo Sayagues will direct the sequel.

BAD BOYS 4---Sony Pictures announced the sequel is underway with Chris Bremner returning as the writer.

THE PEMBROKESHIRE MURDERS---Luke Evans stars in this ITV miniseries based on the true-crime book CATCHING THE BULLSEYE KILLER.

THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JEFF GOLDBLUM---Disney+ renewed the series for season 2.

MORTAL KOMBAT LEGENDS: SCORPION'S REVENGE---Joel McHale and Jennifer Carpenter will provide the voices for this Warner Animation movie.

TRIVIA---more James Bond movie trivia.
In the original CASINO ROYALE, Geraldine Chaplin, daughter of Charlie Chaplin, has an unbilled cameo as a Keystone Cop as part of the movie's climactic fight scene.