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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3

NO TIME TO DIE---trailer released for the last James Bond movie starring Daniel Craig.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw2FOYjCz38



CHALLENGER: THE FINAL FLIGHT---trailer released for the Netflix/JJ Abrams docuseries about the Challenger space shuttle disaster.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILAeVAgqFV4



THE GLORIAS---trailer released for the Gloria Steinem biomovie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw7P90tJSJs



STAR TREK: DISCOVERY---STAR TREK's first non-binary and transgender actors will appear in Season 3. Non-binary Blu del Barrio will play non-binary Adira. Transgender Ian Alexander will play transgender Gray who wants to be a Trill host.

DUNE---Timothee Chalamet commented on the remake movie, “That part of the Wadi Rum is so awe-inspiring, you might as well be getting chased by that cliff in the background. It wasn’t a green-screen or anything. That’s one of the most thrilling parts of the book and the movie. We had the sketches. That was a lesson for me. On a CALL ME BY YOUR NAME or BEAUTIFUL BOY it can be counterintuitive to see the storyboards because then maybe you limit yourself based on a camera angle or whatever. It’s the opposite [here] because, for a sequence with the sandworm chasing you, I could never imagine that.”

STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER---John Boyega defended JJ Abrams returning for the sequel, "Everybody needs to leave my boy alone. He wasn’t even supposed to come back and try to save your *****."

MULAN---the remake movie will be free to Disney+ subscribers in December.

ARMY OF THE DEAD---Zack Snyder is developing a prequel and an anime series based on his upcoming Netflix movie about mercenaries sent to recover a stash of money in zombie-infested Las Vegas.

EVIL DEAD: RISE---Bruce Campbell said the sequel will have an urban setting, “The Evil Dead are going to f–k up a city this time.”

SPENSER CONFIDENTIAL---director Peter Berg confirmed the sequel to the Netflix action comedy movie starring Mark Wahlberg is underway.

CRIMINAL---Kit Harington will play a suspect in Season 2 of the Netflix series.

THEY CLONED TYRONE----John Boyega, Jamie Foxx and Teyonah Parris will star in this Netflix sci fi movie.

PRETTY LITTLE LIARS---Warner Bros. Television is developing a reboot of the series which will focus on new characters. It is intended for HBO Max as of now.

TRIVIA---in the classic parody movie AIRPLANE!, basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played co-pilot roger Murdock. Co-writer/director Jerry Zucker explained why Abdul-Jabbar's salary was $35,000, "'When we offered the role to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, I think we offered him $30,000, and then the agent asked for $35,000 because that’s how much this rug cost that Kareem wanted to buy. It was an oriental rug—an art piece, not one to walk on...so our initial reaction was, "That’s got to be the best line we’ve ever heard from an agent." It was like, "Boy, this guy’s really creative!" But then a couple of weeks later, there’s an article in TIME with a picture of Kareem standing in front of the oriental rug that he’d bought for $35,000 after we’d paid him."'

 

[marco55]

I watched the first 2 seasons of Discovery but probably not the 3rd.Too **** confusing for me.^&confuse
Mark

 

[dragon53]

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4

STAR TREK DAY---trailer released for the free CBS All Access 24-hour celebration of the 54th anniversary of the premiere of the original STAR TREK tv series on September 8, 1966. Panel discussions include Patrick Stewart, Kate Mulgrew, George Takei, Scott Bakula, Anson Mount and Rebecca Romijn. A marathon of episodes from eight STAR TREK shows is also included.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1LlbbPQeHk



THE COMEBACK TRAIL--trailer released for the comedy movie starring Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee Jones and Morgan Freeman.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZieE4Uz32k



THE GODFATHER: PART III---a 4K restored version of the sequel will be released in a limited theatrical run and on home video. Francis Ford Coppola said the restoration is, “an acknowledgment of Mario’s [Puzo] and my preferred title and our original intentions for what became ‘The Godfather: Part III’. For this version of the finale, I created a new beginning and ending, and rearranged some scenes, shots, and music cues. With these changes and the restored footage and sound, to me, it is a more appropriate conclusion to ‘The Godfather’ and ‘The Godfather: Part II’ and I’m thankful to Jim Gianopulos and Paramount for allowing me to revisit it.”

FIVE EYES---Jason Statham will star in this Guy Ritchie movie about an international spy alliance that recruits an MI6 agent and a female CIA high-tech expert to take on a ruthless billionaire arms dealer.

SILK---Sony Pictures Television is developing a live-action tv series based on the Marvel comic book.

THE WOMEN IN THE CASTLE---Daisy Ridley, Kristin Scott Thomas and Nina Hoss will star in this movie based on the World War II novel about three widows whose husbands were executed for their plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.

THE DARK TOWER---director Mike Flanagan said he wants to direct a movie based on the Stephen King novels, "I’ve got the answer that most Stephen King fans are going to have. THE DARK TOWER is forever going to be the story I wish I could tell. That would be the Holy Grail. I mean, talk about an adaptation challenge… So many very talented people have poured so much time and heart and soul and blood, sweat, and tears trying to crack that."

GENNDY TARTAKOVSKY'S PRIMAL---Adult Swim renewed the series for Season 2.

RENO 911!---Quibi renewed the series for Season 2.

TRIVIA---in STAR TREK: GENERATIONS, Alan Ruck played Capt. John Harriman, the commander of the starship USS Enterprise-B on its maiden voyage. Ruck said producer Rick Berman gave him Harriman's backstory on how the incompetent Harriman was given command of the Enterprise-B, "'I talked to Rick Berman... and he said, “Yeah, we figured that Harriman came from a wealthy, politically connected family, and they sort of bought you this job as a stepping stone into a political career.” That was the backstory, which you never heard. All you knew was that there was this young, inexperienced guy who was given the Enterprise-B, which was ill-equipped. And it wasn’t his fault."'

 

[dragon53]

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7

MANK---photo released from the Netflix/David Fincher biomovie with Gary Oldman playing Herman J. Mankiewicz as he struggles to finish writing the script for CITIZEN KANE.

DEVOTION---Jonathan Majors (LOVECRAFT COUNTRY) and Glen Powell (SET IT UP) will star in this movie based on the Korean War book about Navy Lieutenant Tom Hudner, who received the Medal of Honor after he crash-landed his fighter to rescue his wingman Ensign Jesse Brown, the Navy's first black aviator, after he was shot down. Brown was trapped in his burning fighter, and Hudner tried unsuccessfully to extract him. Brown later died from his injuries.

ALIEN---Ridley Scott said he hopes to film at least one more ALIEN movie, which will mostly ignore the previous two movies, PROMETHEUS and COVENANT, “That’s in process. We went down a route to try and reinvent the wheel with ‘Prometheus’ and ‘Covenant’. Whether or not we go directly back to that is doubtful because ‘Prometheus’ woke it up very well. But you know, you’re asking fundamental questions like, ‘Has the Alien himself, the facehugger, the chestburster, have they all run out of steam? Do you have to rethink the whole bloody thing and simply use the word to franchise?’ That’s always the fundamental question.”

STAR TREK: DISCOVERY---Jason Isaacs commented on if his character, Captain Lorca, might return, “Taking the fifth. The whole point of having a story told to you is that you don’t know what’s in the story. It’s like asking when someone is going to tell you a joke: ‘Give me the punchline and I’ll make my mind up'... if they do bring back Lorca, or anyone else, it’ll never be token.”

MOTHER/ANDROID---Chloe Grace Moretz will star in this sci fi movie about an expecting couple who flee after an android uprising causes a war.

JACK REACHER---Alan Ritchson (TITANS, SMALLVILLE) will star in the Amazon tv series based on the novels.

MOM---Anna Faris announced she is not returning for Season 8. Warner Bros. Television said it will not recast the role.

TROOP BEVERLY HILLS---sequel underway to the 1989 Shelly Long comedy movie.

TRIVIA---more James Bond movie trivia.
In YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, Commander James Bond is shown in his Royal Navy uniform aboard a British submarine as he meets with M. In reality, Sean Connery was an anti-aircraft gunner on the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Formidable.

In YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, Commander James Bond is shown in his Royal Navy uniform aboard a British submarine as he meets with M.

While being interrogated by Helga Brandt, SPECTRE's Number 11, James Bond said, "I love ships, and I used to be a sailor."

In reality, Sean Connery was an anti-aircraft gunner on the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Formidable.

 

[dragon53]

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8

JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION---Jeff Goldblum and Sam Neill sing "I Remember You" for their DOMINION reunion.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6QFaM4Rb1Y



THE MANDALORIAN---new photos released from Season 2. Also, Jon Favreau commented on Season 2 which premiers on October 30, “The new season is about introducing a larger story in the world. The stories become less isolated, yet each episode has its own flavor, and hopefully we’re bringing a lot more scope to the show. Everything gets bigger, the stakes get higher, but also the personal story between the Child and the Mandalorian develops in a way I think people will enjoy.
As we introduce other characters, there are opportunities to follow different storylines. The world was really captivated by Game of Thrones and how that evolved as the characters followed different storylines – that’s very appealing to me as an audience member.”
Also, Giancarlo Esposito commented on a battle scene between Moff Gideon and The Mandalorian, “I’ll be going toe-to-toe with Mando. It’s an iconic battle. I want to disarm him mentally as well. Who knows? Maybe there’s an opportunity to get him to fight some battles for me. You may think I’m a villain, but I’m trying to harness some energy and some powers for a path that could be best for all. You’ll get to see him be somewhat diplomatic and more of a manipulator.”

JAMES BOND---the world's first artificial intelligence-assisted casting program was used to suggest Daniel Crag's successor as the next James Bond. The actor's characteristics were compared to James Bond's characteristics.
Among British actors, Henry Cavill was tops with a 92.3% score, followed by Richard Armitage (92%) and Idris Elba (90.9%). Ironically, Cavill was reportedly beaten out of the 007 role by Craig in CASINO ROYALE because Cavill was too young.
Among non-British actors, Karl Urban was tops at 96.7% followed by Chris Evans (93.9%) and Will Smith (92.2%).
Among female actors, Gina Carano was tops at 97.3% followed by Katee Sackhoff (94.4%) and Angelina Jolie (94.2%).

THE POSTMAN---Kevin Costner commented on his 1997 post-apocalyptic movie, “You know, listen, a movie is what it is when it comes out, and it has a chance to be revisited. I was always kind of proud of it. I thought I probably made a mistake not starting the movie off saying, ‘Once upon a time…’ Because it’s kind of like a fairy tale: ‘Once upon a time, when things got really rotten, the only thing that could stand the test of time was the Post Office. The only thing that people could count on.’ I didn’t say that and I probably should’ve, because it is like a fairy tale that you’d read to your children at night. That’s how I did the movie.
It deals with the nature of fame, you know what I mean? It’s a very subtle thing. I think POSTMAN actually is kind of a very funny movie, when you watch it. There’s humor wrapped all the way through it. Just dealing a little bit with the nature of fame, and dealing with somebody who’s famous, and him saying, ‘No, you’re famous.’ That’s all the movie was trying to do.”

CAPTAIN AMERICA---Brie Larson said she originally did no want the starring role in the Marvel movie," I remember getting a call when I was shooting Kong. And I remember they called and they said, 'Marvel is interested in you playing Captain Marvel.’ And I was like, 'Oh I can't do that, I have too much anxiety. That's too much for me, I don't think I can handle that,' and I was like, 'So tell them no.' And my team was like, 'Okay for sure.' I think a couple months later they were like, 'Hey [Marvel] called again, are you sure?' and I was like, 'Yeah, I'm too much of an introvert. That’s way too much of a think for me.’ It was beyond my comprehension. Like, no."

THE VENTURE BROS.---Adult Swim cancelled the series.

DOC MARTIN---ITV announced 2021's Season 10 will be the last season.

TRIVIA---STAR TREK trivia to celebrate today being Star Trek Day, the 54th anniversary of the premier of STAR TREK's first episode "The Man Trap" on September 8, 1966.
Dancer-turned-stuntwoman Sandra Gimpel played the Salt Vampire in "The Man Trap" However, Gimpel played a Talosian on the first STAR TREK episode ever filmed, the pilot "The Cage" which was revamped and premiered later in Season 1 as the "The Menagerie".
As a Talosian, Gimpel said she got her head veins to pulsate when she talked because a hose was connected to the veins, concealed in her sleeve and connected to a ball in her hand which she squeezed in synch with the dialogue which was spoken offstage.
Gimpel also appeared in other STAR TREK episodes, “I also went back and played the crew members, but you couldn’t find me half the time, because the ship was always getting tossed around, so we would go flying ourselves against the windows and walls, and fall down a lot [laughing]. Those were my STAR TREK adventures."
Gimpel also appeared as Bill Mumy's stunt double in the original LOST IN SPACE. Her other stunt work included THE TOWERING INFERNO, AIRPLANE!, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, THE BIONIC WOMAN, THE GOONIES, NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION, FEAR THE WALKING DEAD and others.

Dancer-turned-stuntwoman Sandra Gimpel played the Salt Vampire in "The Man Trap", the first STAR TREK episode which premiered on September 8, 1966.

Gimpel

played a Talosian on the first STAR TREK episode ever filmed, the pilot "The Cage" which was revamped and premiered later in Season 1 as "The Menagerie".

 

[dragon53]

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9

DUNE---trailer released for the remake movie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9xhJrPXop4



STAR TREK: DISCOVERY---trailer released for Season 3.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70dm3WzNuss



HUBIE HALLOWEEN---photo released from the Netflix movie starring Adam Sandler as Hubie Dubois, the town dufus of Salem, Massachusetts who is the only person who can save the town on Halloween. Julie Bowen, Kevin James, Ray Liotta, Steve Buscemi, Michael Chiklis and Rob Schneider also star.

DALEKS!---the BBC announced an animated tv series about the Daleks will premiere on the Doctor Who Youtube Channel in November. The plot has the Daleks facing an ancient foe after plundering the Archive of Islos.

SCARFACE---director Luca Guadagnino said his remake movie will be a hard R-rated movie, "The truth is that I’m interested in the Tony Montana character. He’s a symptom of the American Dream. And I think that these movies are made for their times. My own Scarface will arrive 40 years after the previous one. I think the important thing about these movies is not the fact that they’re lush and fundamental like Brian De Palma’s one. The important thing is knowing that Tony Montana is an archetypal character. The important things are A. It has to be well done, the script has to be great – and it is. B. Our Tony Montana has to be current. I don’t want to imitate anything. C. This movie has to be shocking. I told you about SUSPIRIA and I kept the promise to you then. I think I will surprise you with this movie too. Brian De Palma’s movie was Rated R, so I want a big R on my movie too."

BORAT 2---the Sacha Baron Cohen sequel has Borat, who now sees himself as a major celebrity, donning disguises in order to conduct his interviews.

BEL-AIR---Peacock reboot of Will Smith's THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR is based on the Morgan Cooper video.

OLD-ISH---Laurence Fishburne and Jennifer Lewis are returning as the parents of Dre Johnson this ABC comedy spinoff of BLACK-ISH.

THE STRATFORD---ABC tv series set in a luxury New York hotel where a man seeks his father's killer in a modern reimagination of a Shakespearean world.

KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS---the upcoming season in 2021 will be the last season.

TRIVIA---in THE NATURAL, Robert Redford played baseball player Roy Hobbs, who resurrected his derailed career late in life. In reality, Redford was a classmate of baseball Hall of Fame legend Don Drysdale at Van Nuys High School, class of 1954. Contrary to some reports, Redford did not play baseball with Drysdale on the high school team.

 

[dragon53]

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10

HUBIE HALLOWEEN---trailer released for the Adam Sandler/Netflix comedy horror movie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY3SuNvqQPw



FREAKY---trailer released for the comedy horror movie starring Vince Vaughn.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec8xLRBi0K8



DALEKS!---trailer released for the animated Youtube series.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caKdexRCM8Y



THE WALKING DEAD---AMC announced that the upcoming Season 11 will be the last season, and it will consist of 24 episodes. The first 12 episodes will premiere in 2021, and the second 12 episodes will premiere in 2022. AMC also announced it is developing two THE WALKING DEAD spinoff shows. The first will focus on Daryl and Carol. The second will be an anthology series.

OBI-WAN KENOBI---Ewan McGregor commented on the status of the Disney+ tv miniseries, "Spring next year, we start. I’m really excited about it. It's gonna be great, I think."

ACADEMY AWARDS---the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has set new minimum standards for a movie to be eligible for the Best Picture Oscar. The movie must meet two out of four criteria including at least one lead or major character must be from an under-represented racial or ethnic group, and at least 30% of the secondary or minor roles must be from an under-represented racial or ethnic group. The new standards go into effect for the 96th Academy Awards in 2024.

LOCKDOWN---Anne Hathaway will star in this Doug Liman romantic comedy movie about a heist during a pandemic lockdown.

FATMAN---Mel Gibson and Walton Goggins stars in this comedy movie about a disenchanted boy who did not get a Christmas present so he hires a hitman to kill Santa Clause.

ROBOCOP---Ed Neumeier, co-writer of the original 1987 movie, is working on a prequel tv series about the early days of corrupt Dick Jones, vice president of Omni Consumer Products, "It has all the cool stuff about RoboCop except no RoboCop...It's fun to work with a younger version of the Dick Jones we meet in RoboCop. He’s an actualized corporate predator [in the movie] but nobody necessarily starts out being the bad guy. So it’s going to be about the evolution of Richard Jones to Dick Jones, the story of OCP and how the world moves into the future, how the corporate world behaves.”

THE WOLF OF SNOW HOLLOW---horror movie underway about a small town sheriff, who is afflicted with family problems, investigates grisly murders that occur on a full moon.

TRIVIA---in the 1960s, San Francisco newspaper editorial cartoonist Robert Graysmith became obsessed with the Zodiac serial killer who terrorized the San Francisco area for years. Graysmith left his editorial cartoonist job to investigate the Zodiac full time and wrote the book ZODIAC. The book was made into David Fincher's movie ZODIAC which starred Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr. and Mark Ruffalo. Graysmith also wrote the book THE MURDER OF BOB CRANE: WHO KILLED THE STAR OF HOGAN'S HEROES? which was made into Paul Schrader's movie AUTO FOCUS which starred Greg Kinnear and Willem Dafoe.

Robert Graysmith left his newspaper editorial cartoonist job to investigate the Zodiac full time and wrote the book ZODIAC. The book was made into David Fincher's movie ZODIAC which starred Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr. and Mark Ruffalo.

Graysmith also wrote the book THE MURDER OF BOB CRANE: WHO KILLED THE STAR OF HOGAN'S HEROES? which was made into Paul Schrader's movie AUTO FOCUS which starred Greg Kinnear and Willem Dafoe.

 

[dragon53]

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11

MONSTERLAND---trailer released for the Hulu horror series.

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



SAVE YOURSELVES!---trailer released for the comedy alien invasion movie.

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



DUNE---Denis Villeneuve commented on the remake movie's sandworm, "I think that as soon as you say, 'okay, let’s make DUNE,' you go back home and the first thing you ask is, 'okay, what about the worm?' It’s a fantastic central figure of Dune’s story, that massive creature that lives in the deep desert, so when we were creating the worm I tried to create a lifeform that you will totally believe can go and survive in this land. So of course it has to have some prehistoric quality to it, because it’s living in the most rough environment. It was a lot of dreaming. We took our time with it. I deeply love the worm we came up with. It was important for me to understand that this huge creature has a soul, to understand that it is revered as a god-like figure."

AVATAR 2---sequel photo shows Sigourney Weaver in an underwater motion capture stunt. James Cameron said, “She’s playing a different and in many ways more challenging character in the upcoming films.” Fan speculation is that Weaver will play a Na'vi.

FAMILY GUY---Sam Elliott will provide the voice of Wild Wild West, the new mayor of Quahog, and the cousin of Mayor Adam West, in Season 19. Elliott replaces Adam West who passed away in 2017. Elliott will be introduced in a November episode.

THE OMEN---co-writer Chad Hayes said a prequel to the 1976 horror movie that starred Gregory Peck and Lee Remick may be underway, “We did the prequel to THE OMEN, which is also sitting over at Fox, that, rumor has it, that it is going into production. So we’ll see what happens. We get to tell you where Damien came from. It was really fun. That was great.”

F9: THE FAST SAGA---Michelle Rodriguez confirmed comments by co-star Ludacris that the sequel is set in outer space, “Oh, no way. How did you guys find that out? See what happens? People start talking behind the scenes, man. When a movie doesn’t come out and forget about it, things get out. Nobody was supposed to know that.”

DOOGIE KAMEALOHA, M.D.---Disney+ ordered ten episodes of the DOOGIE HOWSER, M.D. reboot tv series.The reboot is about a biracial 16-year old female doctor in Hawaii.

BATWOMAN---Shivani Ghah will play villain Safiyah Sohail in Season 2.

THE WESTING GAME---HBO Max series underway based on the murder mystery novel.

GEORGE & TAMMY---Jessica Chastain will star in this Paramount Network tv miniseries about the marriage of country singing stars George Jones and Tammy Wynette.

MIKE TYSON MYSTERIES---Adult swim cancelled the series.

TRIVIA---in the TRUE LIES Corvette chase scene, Simon (Bill Paxton) tells Helen (Jamie Lee Curtis) to hide from view by putting her head in his lap. The pilot of the pursuing helicopter says, "Yeah, she's got her head in his lap. Yahoo!" Gib (Tom Arnold) tells her husband, Harry (Arnold Schwarzenegger), "Maybe she's sleepy." The helicopter pilot's voice is director/writer James Cameron.

 

[dragon53]

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

MOONBASE 8---trailer released for the Showtime sci fi comedy series.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyLKmKrS6Xw


SCARE ME---trailer released for the Shudder comedy horror movie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeYWT7CnFK0



THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 ---trailer released for the Netflix/Aaron Sorkin movie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAaZIfeQzT0



STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS---the DISCOVERY spinoff series will focus on Captain Christopher Pike and Number One. Rebecca Romijn said STRANGE NEW WORLDS will reveal more about Number One, "Well, like 'The Cage' being such an old pilot, the writers have this very unique opportunity where they've had this character that's existed since the beginning of the canon, and she's never been written. I can't wait to find out how vast her skill set is. What are the arrows in her quiver? My number one question is, 'What's her backstory?' And I had a delightful meeting with the writers' room a couple of months ago, and they floated an idea for Number One's backstory that I'm not going to share right now because it blew my mind when they said it. But that's all I can say."

SHAZAM: FURY OF THE GODS--director David F. Sandbeg said the sequel will feature the Shazam family, "Now they're all superheroes, they're all a family with superpowers. And now we finally get to see that. We only got a glimpse of that in the first movie, so that's something to look forward to."

THOR---Chris Hemsworth denied rumors he wants to quit the role, “Are you crazy?! I’m not going into any retirement period (laughs). Thor is way too young for that. I’m only 1500 years old! It [Love and Thunder] is definitely not a film that I say goodbye to this brand. At least I hope so."

ANT-MAN 3---Jonathan Majors (LOVECRAFT COUNTRY) will play villain Kang the Conqueror in the sequel.

NETFLIX---co-ceo Reed Hastings commented on when he tried to sell Netflix to Blockbuster for $50 million in 2000, “Well, now I say thank God that they didn't want to go ahead [with the deal]. But you know, at the time, they were so formidable and even later, when we went public, we were $50 million in revenue, and they were $5 billion, so a hundred times larger than us.”
Netflix's total assets were valued at $33.9 billion in 2019. Blockbuster ceased operations in 2010.

THE KANE CHRONICLES---Netflix is developing a series of movies based on the novels.

DOOM PATROL---HBO Max renewed the series for Season 3.

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF MICKEY MOUSE---Disney+ series featuring all-new short cartoons of Mickey Mouse and other Disney cartoon characters.

TRIVIA--more James Bond movie trivia.
In ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE, Diana Rigg played Bond Girl Tracy Di Vicenzo. Rigg passed away on September 10, 2020.
Ironically, in the scene where James Bond meets Tracy's father, crime lord Marc-Ange Draco, the calendar on Draco's wall has no September 10---it begins on September 11.

In ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE, Diana Rigg played Bond Girl Tracy Di Vicenzo.

Rigg passed away on September 10, 2020.
Ironically, in the scene where James Bond meets Tracy's father, crime lord Marc-Ange Draco, the calendar on Draco's wall has no September 10---it begins on September 11.

 

[dragon53]

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

THE MANDALORIAN---trailer released for Season 2.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW7Twd85m2g



NO TIME TO DIE---feature released with Rami Malek as Bond Villain Safin.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCYRog1dosI&t=20s



LOVE AND MONSTERS---trailer released for the monster movie starring Dylan O'Brien and Michael Rooker.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGJHac4vcgA



SPIDER-WOMAN---Olivia Wilde would not name what Marvel superhero her upcoming Sony Pictures movie will be about, but sources claim it is Spider-Woman, “All I can say is that this is by far the most exciting thing that’s happened to me because not only do I get to tell a story that…. listen to me, trying to avoid Kevin Feige’s pellet gun. We are seeing this incredible influx of female directors and storytellers getting to take hold of this genre, this super hero space, and infuse it with their own perspective. Not only do I get to tell the story as a director but I get to develop the story and that was what made it so incredible for me."

STAR WARS: EPISODE I--THE PHANTOM MENACE---Liam Neeson defended co-star Ahmed Best, whose character, Jar Jar Binks, is hated by many fans, "It really hurt his career. And I have to say when I was making that film… he was probably one of the funniest guys and talented guys I had ever worked with. I remember calling my old ex-agent at ICM and said, 'I think I just worked with the new Eddie Murphy.' I still believe that. Truly, he had all of his in stitches — including George Lucas. But I liked the movie."

STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS---Wil Wheaton said he wants to return as Wesley Crusher in the animated series, "I would do the show in a heartbeat! I’m a massive fan. Who says “no” to STAR TREK.? Who says, “No thank you. I don’t want to do STAR TREK?” Who says that? A dumb person. Yeah, of course, I would do it in a heartbeat. And honestly, I feel like animation is probably where Wesley could actually exist in his most faithful canonical form right now... In my headcanon, Wesley Crusher is a Time Lord. In my headcanon, Wesley is off with The Traveler. He experienced some kind of multidimensional, higher-dimensional experience and it changed him and changed who he is and what he does. And he’s a very different kind of character now than he was the last time we saw him."

THE GUILTY---Jake Gyllenhaal will star in this Antione Fuqua remake of the Danish movie DEN SKYLDIGE in which a 911 dispatch operator receives a phone call from someone in danger, but it is not what it seems to be.

THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER---Batroc the Leaper is returning as a villain.

CBS ALL ACCESS---the CBS streaming network will be renamed Paramount+ in early 2021.

STRAY DOGS---Paramount Animation movie underway based on the upcoming horror comic book described as SILENCE OF THE LAMBS meets LADY AND THE TRAMP.

TRIVIA---in MIDNIGHT RUN, bounty hunter Jack Walsh (Robert De Niro) was a former Chicago undercover cop whose career and marriage were ruined by mobster Jimmy Serrano (Dennis Farina). In reality, Farina was a Chicago cop for 18 years before he was a consultant on Michael Mann's THIEF which led to his career as an actor.

Ex-Chicago cop Farina appeared with Tom Hanks in SAVING PRIVATE RYAN.

 

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16

BLACK WIDOW---new photos from the Marvel movie show Natasha (Scarlett Johansson), Yelena (Florence Pugh) and Taskmaster.

TRON 3---Jared Leto posted a photo of himself getting physically ready for the sequel with the caption, "Starting the Tron workout ...join me?"

STAR TREK---Noah Hawley said his his movie that was shelved by Paramount Pictures would be connected to earlier STAR TREK movies but would have new characters, “We’re not doing Kirk and we’re not doing Picard. It’s a start from scratch that then allows us to do what we did with FARGO where for the first three hours you go, ‘Oh, it really has nothing to do with the movie,’ and then you find the money. So you reward the audience with a thing that they love." The movie was about a “virus that wipes out vast parts of the known universe” which is one reason why Paramount shelved it.

CUTIES---audience complaints that the controversial Netflix movie promotes the sexualization of young children has apparently led to record subscription cancellations. Analytics firm YipitData said Netflix cancellations from September 9-12, when CUTIES premiered, were eight times higher than the August daily rate.

UNDONE BY BLOOD OR THE SHADOW OF A WANTED MAN---AMC/Norman Reedus tv series underway based on the Western comic book about a woman who seeks revenge on her family's killers. The synopsis states, "As Ethel navigates the eccentric town and its inhabitants, she learns that the quaint veneer hides a brewing darkness. She has no choice but to descend into a ring of depravity and violence, with her only ally an Old West novel that follows famed gunslinger Solomon Eaton. As both stories unfold simultaneously, a love of fiction informs choices in reality, for better or worse.” Reedus will play gunslinger Solomon Eaton.

OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH---HBO Max/Taika Waititi comedy tv series based on the true story of Stede Bonnet who gave up his comfortable lifestyle to become a pirate.

SHE-HULK---Kat Coiro (MARRY ME) is in talks to direct the Disney+ pilot and several episodes of the tv series based on the Marvel comic book.

MADONNA---Universal Pictures untitled Madonna biomovie underway. Madonna is the director and co-writer with Diablo Cody. Madonna said, "I want to convey the incredible journey that life has taken me on as an artist, a musician, a dancer – a human being, trying to make her way in this world. The focus of this film will always be music. Music has kept me going and art has kept me alive. There are so many untold and inspiring stories and who better to tell it than me. It’s essential to share the roller coaster ride of my life with my voice and vision.”

PAUL NEWMAN---Ethan Hawke will direct this untitled documentary about the marriage of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward.

COBWEB---Lionsgate horror movie underway about a young boy who hears a mysterious tapping inside his home's walls which hide a horrible secret about his parents. Lizzy Caplan and Antony Starr star.

RONAN BOYCE AND THE BOOK OF RIDDLES---DreamWorks Animation movie underway based on the fantasy novel.

TRIVIA---in the original THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, producer George Pal wanted Lee Marvin to play Dr. Clayton Forrester, but gave the role to Gene Barry. Co-star Ann Robinson said, "Years later, my son was working on THE MIKE DOUGLAS SHOW and he told me Lee Marvin was going to be on. I said, 'Ask him about being up for that part in WAR OF THE WORLDS.' And it was all news to Lee Marvin, he hadn't had the slightest idea."

 

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17

THE WOLF OF SNOW HOLLOW---trailer released for the horror movie with Robert Forster's last movie role.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q03zOoH-hGo



SYNCHRONIC---trailer released for the sci fi movie starring Anthony Mackie and Jamie Dornan.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEEGY6-LdRw




THE WALKING DEAD---photos released from the Season 10 finale which premieres on October 4.

THE MATRIX 4---Keanu Reeves said the sequel is set after THE MATRIX: REVOLUTIONS and it "is a love story."

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE---Jim Carrey will play Joe Biden in Season 46.

STUMPTOWN---ABC cancelled the series due to coronavirus-related production problems. It will be shopped to other outlets.

SHARON STONE---the BASIC INSTINCT star said she was sexually harassed by a director early in her career, "He’d (director) tell me that I should sit on his lap to get direction for the scene, and when I told him that I was not going to sit on his lap, he would send me back to the trailer. And that is just the way it was." Stone did not name the director or the movie.

JURASSIC WORLD: CAMP CRETACEOUS---co-showrunner Scott Kreamer said Steven Spielberg made sure the Netflix animated series would not be a kiddy show, “When Steven gave the okay for the project, when he gave the final sign-off, his marching orders were, ‘Don’t do the kiddy version. It needs to feel like it’s JURASSIC PARK. It needs to feel like it’s JURASSIC WORLD.’ And we went for it.”

THE KARATE KID---William Zabka, who played Johnny Lawrence, said Pat Morita had in idea for a fifth movie, "I had so many people that had ideas for Johnny Lawrence. Actually, my favorite one was Pat Morita himself had an idea. He wasn’t done with Miyagi yet, and this is in his last years. He called me he said, ‘BZ BZ, I have a great idea for Karate Kid 5.’ Miyagi’s going to die, and he wanted him to have a proper Okinawan burial, but while he’s sick, he saw Johnny Lawrence as being his doctor, and I thought that was interesting. That was probably the wildest idea I could’ve imagined, and coming from Pat Morita, it was awesome."

TRIVIA---today is the 76th anniversary of the disastrous Operation Market Garden, the British-led invasion of Holland that was supposed to end World War II in Europe early. A BRIDGE TOO FAR, the movie about Operation Market Garden, was the first movie role for actor Ben Cross, who played British paratrooper Binns. Cross passed away on August 18.

A BRIDGE TOO FAR was the first movie role for Ben Cross as British paratrooper Binns. In the photo below, Binns is one of the paratroopers who occupied the house in Arnhem which overlooked the "bridge too far".

 

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18

DEATH ON THE NILE---photos released from the sequel based on the Agatha Christie novel starring Kenneth Branagh, Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Annette Bening and Emma Mackey. James Pritchard, Christie's great-grandson and head of Agatha Christie Limited, said after DEATH ON THE NILE was hinted in Branagh's MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, book sales soared, “The amazing thing was after that line in MURDER, DEATH ON THE NILE took off, straight after we mentioned it in MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS. And we’ve had an increase in sales of everything currently, and actually, particularly in the US. Which is one of the most pleasing things. So yes, we obviously sold a considerable of MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, but we’ve also sold a considerable number of everything.”

SHE-HULK---Tatiana Maslany (ORPHAN BLACK) is in negotiations to star in the Disney+ tv series based on the Marvel comic book.

BLACK WIDOW---Scarlett Johansson commented on rumors that Florence Pugh will be the next Black Widow, “I definitely felt that way from the very beginning. She stands completely on her own. She’s strong and different. She’s so different to Natasha.”

X-MEN---Lady Gaga is reportedly in negotiations to play White Queen in a future X-Men movie.

REBEL---Katey Sagal stars in this ABC legal series about Annie "Rebel" Bello, a blue collar legal advocate who does not have a law degree.

THIRST---HBO series underway about an Atlanta rapper who joins a hot hip-hop group who really a family of vampires.

HBO MAX---HBO Max renewed RAISED BY WOLVES for Season 2 and HARLEY QUINN for Season 3.

DIE HART----Quibi renewed the series for Season 2.

TRIVIA---British character actor Duncan Lamont played two humans who are possessed by aliens in the Quatermass franchise. In the 1953 BBC tv serial THE QUATERMASS EXPERIMENT, Lamont played astronaut Victor Carroon who was possessed by an alien that transformed him into a plant creature that threatened mankind. In the 1967 movie QUATERMASS AND THE PIT, Lamont played drill operator Sladden who is possessed by evil Martians who tried to colonize Earth five million years before.

In the 1953 BBC tv serial THE QUATERMASS EXPERIMENT, Lamont played astronaut Victor Carroon who was possessed by an alien that transformed him into a plant creature that threatened mankind.

In the 1967 movie QUATERMASS AND THE PIT, Lamont played drill operator Sladden who was possessed by evil Martians who tried to colonize Earth five million years before.

 

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21

WONDER WOMAN 1984---new Japanese trailer released for the sequel.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrE20S54Hz4



JAMES BOND---a rumor claims Tom Hardy was offered the 007 role in June and the announcement will be made in November for the tentative NO TIME TO DIE premiere or early 2021. Hardy is 43 years old, which would make him second to Roger Moore's 45 when he first appeared as James Bond in LIVE AND LET DIE. Earlier, Hardy commented on the rumor, “If I mention it, it’s gone. You know, there’s a saying amongst us in the fraternity of acting, and in the fellowship of my peer group, that if you talk about it you’re automatically out of the race. So I can’t possibly comment on that one”.
However, one British newspaper columnist doubted the credibility of the rumor which originated on, "...an unsourced post on a Star Trek blog that hardly anyone has heard of."

SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY---Alden Ehrenreich said the news media was a factor in the movie being a disappointment, “[SOLO] didn’t do as well as other STAR WARS movies, but it still did well for a movie. And so it was kind of this medium thing. But that’s not newsworthy. Even at high-level journalism, there’s an intense pressure, sometimes, it feels like, to [either] catastrophize or celebrate. And I think that’s really f—ing dangerous, especially when it pertains to the stuff that really matters, like the state of the world.
An article headline that says 'things are complicated, and there are good sides and bad sides' isn’t getting the emotional response. And I just think we really have to take a step back, and give a lot more thought to the way our emotions are being run by the stories we’re getting inundated with.” SOLO made $393 million versus its almost $300 million production cost.

THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST---Jim Caviezel commented on the status of the long-gestating sequel, “Mel Gibson just sent me the third picture, the third draft. It’s coming. It’s called THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST: RESURRECTION. It’s going to be the biggest film in world history.”

THE HUNT FOR ATLANTIS---Netflix movie franchise underway based on the novel about a billionaire who hires a brilliant female graduate student and an ex-SAS commando to win a race to find the lost city of Atlantis. The novel is the first of a 15 novel series.

HARVEY WEINSTEIN---Queen Elizabeth II stripped sexual predator/producer Harvey Weinstein of his Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) which was awarded in 2004. The announcement said his CBE, “shall be cancelled and annulled and that his name shall be erased from the Register of the said Order.”

SPACEBALLS---after the success of composing the GHOSTBUSTERS theme, Ray Parker Jr. was approached by Mel Brooks for his SPACEBALLS parody movie, which he declined. Parker said he was, "...fooling around, doing something, chasing girls or waterskiing." He said he would welcome a second chance to work with Brooks.

ROMY AND MICHELE'S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION---Mira Sorvino said she wants to return for a possible sequel, “It’s not in my hands. It’s up to Disney. I would be so grateful if they would decide to do it.” She added, “I know that Lisa and that [screenwriter] Robin Schiff is interested in it. Maybe Alan [Cumming] is interested in it. I heard that maybe Janeane [Garofalo] is interested in it.”

TRIVIA---more James Bond movie trivia.
Carey Lowell co-starred with Talisa Soto as the Bond Girls in LICENSE TO KILL, Timothy Dalton's last James Bond movie. Lowell also co-starred with Soto's husband, Benjamin Bratt, in LAW & ORDER.

Carey Lowell co-starred with Talisa Soto as the Bond Girls in LICENSE TO KILL, Timothy Dalton's last James Bond movie. Lowell played Pam Bouvier, and Soto played Lupe Lamora.

Lowell also co-starred with Soto's husband, Benjamin Bratt, in LAW & ORDER. Lowell played Assistant District Attorney Jamie Ross, and Bratt played Detective Rey Curtis.

 

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22

THE MANDALORIAN---Giancarlo Esposito gave hints about Seasons 3 and 4, “The next season of THE MANDALORIN is going to be very interesting because you’re going to start to find out the power of The Child, what The Child really means. You will also start to uncover the origins of the Darksaber that Moff Gideon has and how that plays into previous Star Wars history connected to THE CLONE WARS and other shows. And you’ll start to get a real dramatic sense of the territory.”
He added, “We’re living in a universe that is huge and has so much to explore. So I think this show is going to start to lay the groundwork for the depth and breadth that’s going to come in season 3 and season 4, where you’re really gonna start to get answers.”

THE LORD OF THE RINGS---Morfydd Clark, who will play Galadriel in Amazon's $1 billion, five season prequel tv series, said the production is of epic proportions and the number of people involved is "mind-blowing". She added, "One guy’s job consists just of seeing how dust reacts to footsteps and breath! That would never have even crossed my mind before. Other than something like Marvel, I don’t think things could get much bigger than this."

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON---HBO announced the GAME OF THRONES prequel series will premiere in 2022.

DOCTOR WHO---a Radio Times fan poll of almost 50,000 votes picked the favorite Doctor Who.

1. David Tennant 10518 / 21%
2. Jodie Whittaker 10423 / 21%
3. Peter Capaldi 8897 / 18%
4. Matt Smith 7637 / 16%
5. Tom Baker 3977 / 8%
6. William Hartnell 1983 / 4%
7. Paul McGann 1427 / 3%
8. Christopher Eccleston 1144 / 2%
9. Jon Pertwee 1038 / 2%
10. Patrick Troughton 915 / 2%
11. Sylvester McCoy 462 / 1%
12. Colin Baker 359 / 1%
13. Peter Davison 351 / 1%


BATTLESTAR GALACTICA---Michael Hogan (Col. Saul Tigh) was paralyzed after he fell while attending a BATTLESTAR GALACTICA convention. He will probably never be able to work again, so a GoFundMe account has been set up to help pay his medical expenses.

LINK: https://www.gofundme.com/f/michael-hogan-fund



THE DARK CRYSTAL: AGE OF RESISTANCE---Netflix cancelled the series the day after it won an Emmy award.

LANG LANG---Ron Howard will direct the untitled biomovie about Chinese pianist Lang Lang based on his memoir JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND MILES.

TRIVIA---actress Joan Taylor co-starred in two classic Ray Harryhausen sci fi movies: 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH and EARTH VS. THE FLYING SAUCERS. Taylor married Leonard Freeman, who later created the original hit tv series HAWAII FIVE-O. After his death in 1974, Taylor ran the tv series.

Joan Taylor co-starred in Ray Harryhausen's 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH.

Taylor co-starred in Harryhausen's EARTH VS. THE FLYING SAUCERS.

Taylor married Leonard Freeman, who later created the original hit tv series HAWAII FIVE-O. After his death in 1974, Taylor ran the tv series.

Taylor is shown with with husband Leonard Freeman and HAWAII FIVE-O star Jack Lord.

 

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23

THE UNDOING---trailer released for the HBO murder miniseries starring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Grant and Donald Sutherland.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWoiNlLqLR8



WANDAVISION---trailer released for the Disney+/Marvel tv series.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj9J2ecsSpo



OUTER SPACE---there may be additional evidence that Tom Cruise and writer/director Doug Liman will work with Elon Musk's SpaceX and NASA to film a movie in outer space. Space Shuttle Almanac obtained the official manifest for the SpaceX Dragon Axiom flight to the International Space Station in October, 2021. Both Cruise and Liman are confirmed to be passengers with astronaut Cdr. Michael Lopez-Alegria as the pilot.
The Cruise/Liman movie might be related to LUNA PARK, a movie about renegade space workers who go to the Moon to steal an energy source that was reported in 2015 to be under development by Liman with Cruise interested in it. There has not been any news about LUNA PARK since then.

"So its confirmed that @CommanderMLA is flying the @Axiom_Space @SpaceX #CrewDragon tourist mission with Director @DougLiman & Tom Cruise. One seat still to be filled. They are to launch in October, 2021."

CASSIAN ANDOR---the Disney+ prequel tv series to ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY will start filming in October. Director Tony Gilroy has left the series due to coronavirus concerns about flying from New York to filming in England and has been replaced by Toby Haynes (BLACK MIRROR).

STUNTMAN---Ryan Gosling will star in this untitled David Leitch movie about stuntmen. Leitch is a former stuntman.

SUPERGIRL---CW announced that the upcoming Season 6 will be the last season.

STAR TREK---director Jonathan Frakes said he wanted Q to be in the NEXT GENERATION movies, "That was my pitch. Well, from my good fortune of getting involved with the movies. I kept saying, 'When is our our finest nemesis is going to be in the movies?' I’m still surprised that wasn’t so."
Q actor John De Lancie said, "Yeah. I have no idea what the story is there." De Lancie added if Q was in the movies, he wanted to explore the Q Continuum, "I actually—which I’m not going to tell people, even now—I did create a backstory on that, which would have been really interesting. But I think it’s actually someplace that would require a great deal of imagination, and I think the audience would go. So I wish that they had gone there."

ELF 2---James Caan said a sequel to the 2003 Christmas movie is unlikely although he wanted to, "...do (a sequel) and I thought, 'Oh my god, I finally got a franchise movie, I could make some money, let my kids do what the hell they want to do.' "
Caan added that Will Ferrell did not get along with director Jon Favreau ,"The director and Will didn't get along very well… So, Will wanted to do it, he didn't want the director, and he had it in his contract, it was one of those things."

9-1-1: LONE STAR---Liv Tyler is not returning for Season 2 due to coronavirus travel-related concerns.

TRIVIA---Blake Edwards' GUNN was a movie based on his classic PETER GUNN tv series. Three actresses in GUNN, Sherry Jackson and twins Alyce and Rhae Andrece, played androids on the original STAR TREK.

In GUNN, Sherry Jackson played Sam, who tries to bed Peter Gunn.

In STAR TREK, Jackson played android Andrea in the episode "What Are Little Girls Made Of?"

In GUNN, twins Alyce and Rhae Andrece (front row, center) played hookers on The Ark, a high-class floating brothel that featured twins.

In STAR TREK, Alyce Andrece played androids Alice #1-250 and Rhae Andrece played androids Alice #251-500 in the episode "I, Mudd".

 

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

FATHER OF THE BRIDE 3(ish)---trailer released for the Netflix reunion special. Also, Warner Bros. is developing a remake of the 1991 movie with a latino cast.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kUsKu_alBk



THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT---trailer released for the Netflix miniseries based on the novel.

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



HELSTROM---trailer released for the Hulu/Marvel horror series.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKeugS4qjag&t=52s




JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION---Colin Trevorrow said Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum and Laura Dern are returning for prominent roles, not cameos, in DOMINION, "This is the movie that I've been waiting to make from the beginning. It's the one that we have spent the past two movies building to. It really was part of a larger story and part of the design. And I think people may be underestimating the size and importance of Laura Dern and Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum's characters in this movie. It is very much an ensemble, and that [includes] the ability to take these beloved characters from almost 30 years now, and understand how they interact with each other in the context of a world that we've really never seen before, and have not been able to witness until now. It's very exciting for me. I'm having the time of my life."

NATIONAL TREASURE---producer Jason Reed said a third movie was never made because Walt Disney did not know how to make NATIONAL TREASURE into a park attraction, “I tried my ****edest to get NATIONAL TREASURE 3 up. I love those movies. I worked on those from inception. What I felt happened is even though the movies were extremely successful and had a really strong fanbase, it’s a movie that gets brought up all the time, the company was never able to capitalize on it as a franchise...They never figured out a way to integrate it into the parks. It never caught on, even though there were a lot of consumer products, it never caught on as an independent franchise. That makes the numbers look different. It makes it harder to make a company like Disney focus resources on something when they can go make TOY STORY or buy a cruise ship. And if the company itself had been really excited about moving forward with it and thought they could blow it out, we would have found a way to make the deal.”
Supposedly, NATIONAL TREASURE 3 is underway with Chris Bremner (BAD BOYS FOR LIFE) writing the script, and Reed said, “I think that nowadays with the technology, there’s a way to take that fun and move it into the digital space, whether it’s location-based game play or things like Pokemon Go or whatever, that you could have done to make it have a bigger cultural impact. But I know Jerry [Bruckheimer] keeps working on stuff and I know there’s a lot of interest in a series and another feature and I think it’s ripe to reinvent.”

HALLOWEEN---HALLOWEEN, HALLOWEEN 4 and HALLOWEEN 5 will return to 225 theaters and drive-ins in October.

FOX---Fox renewed FAMILY GUY and BOB'S BURGERS for two additional seasons.

THE KAMINSKY METHOD---Alan Arkin is not returning for Season 3 which will be the last season.

THE COMMANDO---Mickey Rourke will play the villain in this movie about a PTSD-stricken DEA agent who must protect his family from a just-released prisoner and his gang who want to recover a stash of cash hidden in the DEA agent's house.

TRIVIA---character actor Jack Warden co-starred in two movies about a pro quarterback wearing jersey #16 getting a second chance at greatness: HEAVEN CAN WAIT and THE REPLACEMENTS.
In HEAVEN CAN WAIT, Warden received an Academy Award nomination as Los Angles Rams trainer Max Corkle, the best friend of quarterback Joe Pendleton who is prematurely sent to Heaven before he can start as the Rams quarterback.
In THE REPLACEMENTS, Warden made his last movie appearance as Edward O'Neill, owner of the Washington Sentinels, who must field a new football team of replacement players after the regular players go on on strike.

In HEAVEN CAN WAIT, Warden received an Academy Award nomination as Los Angles Rams trainer Max Corkle, the best friend of quarterback Joe Pendleton who is prematurely sent to Heaven before he can start as the Rams quarterback. Warden co-starred with Warren Beatty and James Mason.

In THE REPLACEMENTS, Warden made his last movie appearance as Edward O'Neill, owner of the Washington Sentinels, who must field a new football team of replacement players after the regular players go on on strike. Warden co-starred with Keanu Reeves and Gene Hackman.

 

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

AVATAR 2---sequel photo released shows the return of the villainous RDA Security Operations.

THE MIDNIGHT SKY---photos released from the sci fi movie based on the novel and stars George Clooney, Kyle Chandler and Felicity Jones.

THE BOYS---Amazon ordered the spinoff series about the college for young superheroes "supes" which is described as, “an irreverent, R-rated series that explores the lives of hormonal, competitive supes as they put their physical, sexual and moral boundaries to the test."

ZACK SNYDER'S JUSTICE LEAGUE---Zack Snyder will be shooting new scenes for his HBO Max movie with Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot and Ray Fisher returning. The new scenes will cost $70 million to shoot. Henry Cavill denied reports that he is returning for the new scenes, “Not shooting anything additional. No. It’s all stuff that has been already done."
Ray Fisher is skeptical about the Warner Bros. investigation of his accusations that Joss Whedon engaged in abusive behavior when he replaced Snyder, '"It would appear that @wbpictures has gone from giving libelous official statements to one media outlet, to becoming “a source” of purposeful misinformation for another. The people are on to you. The investigation is coming. Casting aspersions on me will not change that."'

RASHOMON---HBO Max/Amblin TV series underway inspired by the classic 1950 Akira Kurosawa movie which will be set in modern times. The writers are Billy Ray and Virgil Williams.

CHUNKING EXPRESS 2020---synopsis released for the sequel to the 1994 movie, “In 1990s Hong Kong, the lovelorn Policeman No. 223 encounters a blonde female assassin. They only spend a short time together overnight. The Policeman No. 663, getting over a failed relationship, has his life gradually changed by a ‘dreamer’ who broke into his apartment. In Chongqing in 2036, young Xiaoqian and May are unwilling to be matched with their genetically-assigned partner, and are determined to find their own ‘destiny.'”

THE CREEPSHOW HALLOWEEN SPECIAL---Kiefer Sutherland and Joey King provide the voices for the Shudder animated Halloween tv special based on the George A. Romero/Stephen King movie.

ARCHENEMY---Joe Manganiello stars in this sci fi movie about a man with super powers from another dimension who loses his powers on Earth and must team up with a teenage boy to battle a drug syndicate.

PRETTY LITTLE LIARS: ORIGINAL SIN---HBO Max reboot series underway with a new set of Little Liars in a new town.

TRIVIA---Tom Hanks and director Robert Zemeckis paid for two scenes in FORREST GUMP that Paramount Pictures refused to cover in exchange for a larger percentage of the movie's box office gross. One of the scenes was Gump's run across America. Hanks said, '"And [Zemeckis] said ‘Well, this run is going to cost X amount of dollars.’ And it wasn’t cheap. And I said ‘ok,'...He said, ‘You and I are going to split that amount, and we’re going to give it back [to Paramount]. We’ll give you the money back, but you guys [Paramount] are going to have to share the profits a little bit more.’ Which the studio said ‘Fabulous, great. ok.’ And it was good for us, too.”'
Hanks's investment led to him earning $65 million which exceeded the movie's total budget of $55 million. Paramount did not complain because FORREST GUMP grossed $683 million.

 

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28

JAMES BOND---Henry Cavill said he still wants to play James Bond after he lost the role to Daniel Craig for CASINO ROYALE, "If Barbara [Bond producer Barbara Broccoli] and Mike [co-producer Michael G. Wilson] were interested in that, I would absolutely jump at the opportunity. At this stage, it’s all up in the air. We’ll see what happens. But yes, I would love to play Bond, it would be very, very exciting."
The producers thought Cavill was too young for the 007 role at the time. Cavill said another factor was his weight, "I probably could have prepared better. I remember the director, Martin Campbell, saying, 'Looking a little chubby there, Henry,' I didn't know how to train or diet. And I'm glad Martin said something because I respond well to truth. It helps me get better."

NICK FURY---Samuel L. Jackson will star in the untitled Disney+ tv series based on the Marvel superhero.

BATWOMAN---Javicia Leslie posted a photo of her as Ryan Wilder/Batwoman.

BLACK ADAM---Aldis Hodge (THE INVISIBLE MAN) is in talks to play Hawkman in the Dwayne Johnson superhero movie.

PETER PAN---Yara Shahidi will play Tinker Bell in the Walt Disney live-action remake of the classic animated movie that also stars Jude Law.

OLD---M. Night Shyamalam movie underway based on the graphic novel SANDCASTLE. Gael Garcia Bernal, Ken Leung and Eliza Scanlen are the stars.

SPIDERHEAD---Chris Hemsworth and Miles Teller will star in this Joseph Kosinski movie based on the short story about two convicts who volunteer to be guinea pigs for an emotion-altering drug in exchange for shorter sentences.

FAMILY GUY---Arif Zahir will provide the voice for Cleveland Brown after Mike Henry left the role. Henry said, “I love this character, but persons of color should play characters of color.”

THE SIMPSONS---Alex Desert will replace Hank Azaria as the voice of Carlton Carlson in the show's efforts to promote diversity.

HOT WHEELS---Warner Bros. movie underway based on the Mattel toy car line. Neil Widener and Gavin James are the writers.

TRIVIA---more James Bond movie trivia.
THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS was Timothy Dalton's first James Bond movie and the only Bond movie with female nudity (excluding the title sequences). Rubavitch, Russian Gen. Leonid Pushkin's mistress, was shown topless.

Rubavitch (Virginia Hey), Russian Gen. Leonid Pushkin's (John Rhys-Davies) mistress, was shown topless.

 

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29

THE WALKING DEAD---trailer released for the Season 10 finale.

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



STAR TREK---Noah Hawley commented on his proposed STAR TREK movie, “What I love about STAR TREK is that it’s not a war story. It’s not a story in which might makes right. It’s a story about exploration. It’s a story about creative problem solving. My favorite moment in all of STAR TREK is in WRATH OF KHAN when Kirk puts on his reading glasses to lower Khan’s shields. It’s a brief moment that is so exhilarating because he’s using the best tool he has, which is his mind.
As much as I like the Chris Pine movies they were mostly about running from one end of the ship to the other to put out a fire, to stop a thing, and then before he could catch his breath he had to do something else. They’re much more action movies and what I wanted to get back to was this idea of humanity justifying existence in the universe by showing its best qualities.”
Hawley also discussed his ALIEN tv miniseries that was rejected by FX “ALIEN is on some level the complete opposite of STAR TREK. It’s sort of about humanity at its worst. There’s this moment in the second film when Sigourney says, ‘I don’t know which species is worse. At least they don’t screw each other over for a percentage.’ If you look at what ALIENS tends to be, it’s usually a trapped story – trapped in a ship, trapped in a prison, etc. And because the Alien has this life cycle to it, where it goes from egg, to chestburster, to xenomorph, there becomes a certain routine to it.
I thought it would be interesting if you could expand. If you’re going to make something for television, you’ve got 10 hours let’s say. Even if you have a lot of action, like two hours, then you’re still going to have eight hours left. So what is the show about? That’s what I tried to talk to them about. As I did with LEGION, the exercise is: Let’s take the superhero stuff out of the show and see if it’s still a great show. What’s the show about? Let’s take the Alien out of the show. What’s the show about? What are the themes, who are the characters and what is the human drama? Then we drop the aliens back in and we go, ‘This is great. Not only is there great human drama, but there’s aliens!'”

INDIANA JONES 5---writer David Koepp explained why Steven Spielberg decided to let James Mangold replace him as director of the new sequel, "I tried a couple different versions with Steven and they all had some good stuff about them and they all had some stuff that didn’t work, which happens. But it was just very hard to have everybody come together and have all the elements — Steven, Harrison (Ford), the script and Disney — come together at once. And it didn’t."
He added, “When James Mangold came in and Steven stepped out, that was a pretty logical breaking point. It’s a gracious time to step out the door because I think the last thing a new director wants is the old director’s writer. I mean, that’s a drag. The last thing you need is some guy sitting around with his arms folded saying, ‘Well, the way Steven would have done it is…’ I had one nice friendly conversation with him and then I’m sure he wanted to be able to move on anyway. Everybody was pretty polite, I thought.”

SUDDEN MOVE---Benecio del Toro, Jon Hamm, David Harbour, Don Cheadle and Brendan Fraser star in this Steven Soderbergh movie about a 1950s Detroit home invasion that goes awry.

THE CROWN--photo released from Season 4 shows Gillian Anderson as Prime Minster Margaret Thatcher. Premiere is on November 15.

THE ORVILLE---Seth MacFarlane commented on Season 3 on Hulu, “We are working on it. We’re working on it very hard, we got hit by this just like everyone else but we’re working on it.” The new season will have 11 one-hour episodes.

I'VE GOT YOUR NUMBER---Amazon Studios movie underway based on the novel.

SALVAGE TITLE---sci fi movie underway based on the novels.

TRIVIA---Fernando Lamas and his wife, Arlene Dahl, co-starred in two dinosaur movies based on sci fi novels in which the movie dinosaurs were really live reptiles with parts glued to them to make them look prehistoric.
Lamas co-starred in THE LOST WORLD, based on the Arthur Conan Doyle novel, in which the dinosaurs were really lizards, Komodo dragons and crocodiles. KING KONG special effects legend Willis O'Brien was hired to do the stop-motion special effects, but his expensive dinosaur models were replaced by live reptiles because they were cheaper.
Dahl co-starred in JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, based on the Jules Verne novel, in which the Dimetrodons were really Rhinoceros Iguanas with sail fins glued to their backs.

Fernando Lamas co-starred in THE LOST WORLD, based on the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle novel, in which the dinosaurs were really lizards, Komodo dragons and crocodiles. THE LOST WORLD also starred Michael Rennie, Jill St. John, Claude Rains and David Hedison.

Lamas' wife, Arlene Dahl, co-starred in JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, based on the Jules Verne novel, in which the Dimetrodons were really Rhinoceros Iguanas with sail fins glued to their backs. JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH also starred James Mason, Pat Boone and Diane Baker.