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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30

BELUSHI---trailer released for the Showtime John Belushi documentary.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMoI-e1dqrM



FRANCIS AND THE GODFATHER---Oscar Issac will play Francis Ford Coppola, and Jake Gyllenhaal will play Robert Evans in this Barry Levinson movie about the making of Ford's classic THE GODFATHER.

THE LION KING---Walt Disney prequel to Jon Favreau's 2019 remake movie is underway. The prequel will focus on a young Mufasa. Barry Jenkins (MOONLIGHT) is the director.

FIRESTARTER---Zac Efron will star in the Blumhouse remake of the 1984 movie based on the Stephen King novel that starred Drew Barrymore and George C. Scott.

A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS---tv series underway based on the 1964 spaghetti Western that starred Clint Eastwood. Bryan Cogman (GAME OF THRONES) is in talks to write the script.

BE MY BABY---Zendaya is in talks to star in this movie based on the Ronnie Spector autobiography.

FANTASTIC FOUR---Jeremey Slater, who wrote Josh Trank's widely-panned FANTASTIC FOUR, tweeted the presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden was even worse than FANTASTIC FOUR, "That was the worst thing I’ve ever seen, and I wrote FANTASTIC FOUR."

THE MATRIX 4---Daniel Bernhardt is returning as Agent Johnson for the sequel.

UGLIES---Joey King (THE KISSING BOOTH) will star in the Netflix movie based on the novel.

TRIVIA--Jan Smithers, best known for playing Bailey Quarters on WKRP IN CINCINNATI, became a model and actress after being photographed for the cover of the March 21, 1966 issue of NEWSWEEK. Smithers was skipping high school with her surfer boyfriend when she was spotted on the beach by NEWSWEEK photographer Julian Wasser, "How can I forget? I was walking on the beach looking for someone, and there was this incredibly beautiful girl. She was nobody then, just a high school kid. She thought [the article] was a big fake. She was a typical California raving beauty who didn't know it."

Actress/model Jan Smithers was discovered after being on the cover of NEWSWEEK.

Smithers played Bailey Quarters on WKRP IN CINCINNATI.

Smithers with co-star Lonnie Anderson at a 2014 WKRP reunion.

 

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1

NO TIME TO DIE---Billie Eilish music video released for the 25th James Bond movie.

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



BORAT: SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM---trailer released for the sequel.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rsa4U8mqkw



HUBIE HALLOWEEN---new trailer released for the Netflix Adam Sandler Halloween comedy movie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ujz8Hd80e4



MS. MARVEL---Iman Vellani will star in the Disney+/Marvel tv series based on the Marvel Muslim superhero.

CONAN THE BARBARIAN---Netflix live-action tv series underway based on the pulp hero.

THE BOYS---Karl Urban announced that John Noble (FRINGE) will play Billy Butcher's father in Season 2.

THE GODFATHER III--the director's cut is 157 minutes long versus 162 minutes for the original. The premiere is in December, the 30th anniversary of the original movie.

BEAST--Idris Elba will star in this movie about a man who must survive against a deadly lion.

NIGHTBREED---Michael Dougherty (GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS) will direct the Clive Barker tv series.

LOST IN SPACE---Russell Hornsby (GRIMM) will join the cast in the final season. Speculation is that he will play Judy's biological father.

TRIVIA---character actor Norman Bartold appeared in two outer space movies: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977) and CAPRICORN ONE (1978).
In CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, Bartold played the hapless Ohio toll booth operator who is unable to collect tolls from Indiana police cars and electrical lineman Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) as they enter Ohio in pursuit of UFOs.
In CAPRICORN ONE, Bartold played the President of the United States who delivers the eulogy for the three dead astronauts of the Capricorn One Mars mission as the sole survivor (James Brolin) of Capricorn One unexpectedly shows up alive and well.

In CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, Bartold played the hapless Ohio toll booth operator who is unable to collect tolls from Indiana police cars and electrical lineman Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) as they enter Ohio in pursuit of UFOs.

In CAPRICORN ONE, Bartold played the President of the United States who delivers the eulogy for the three dead astronauts of the Capricorn One Mars mission as the sole survivor (James Brolin) of Capricorn One unexpectedly shows up alive and well.

 

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2

THE WITCHES---trailer released for the HBO Max/Robert Zemeckis remake of the 1990 Anjelica Huston movie. The remake stars Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci and Octavia spencer.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clk2ClBOGTM



THE MANDALORIAN---poster released for Season 2.

ARMY OF THE DEAD: LAS VEGAS---Netflix anime prequel to the upcoming Zack Snyder zombie movie is underway with the voice cast including Dave Bautista, Joe Manganiello, Christian Slater and Vanessa Hudgens.

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE---photo released of Jim Carrey as Joe Biden and Maya Rudolph as Kamala Harris for Season 46.

THE WALKING DEAD---Norman Reedus said he tried to convince Andrew Lincoln to return for Season 11, the last season, during a phone call, “He’s like, ‘Uh…’ you know, he won’t say anything. He won’t commit. But it’s very Andrew Lincoln to try to pull a fast one on me. So I don’t know. I have no idea. I literally don’t know. I wish I knew. And I have a big mouth, so they probably wouldn’t tell me!”

SPIDER-MAN 3---Jamie Foxx is in negotiations to return as Electro.

BILLIONS---Showtime renewed the series for Season 6.

DR. SEUSS---JJ Abrams and Warner Animation are developing three animated Dr. Seuss movies: THE CAT IN THE HAT, THING ONE AND THING TWO and OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO.

BLACK---Warner Bros. movie underway base on the comic book about a black teenager who is racially profiled and shot by New York police which leads to him realizing he has super powers and a global conspiracy to prevent all blacks from knowing they have hidden super powers.

TRIVIA---Scott Newman appeared with his father, Paul Newman, in the disaster movie THE TOWERING INFERNO, in which the younger Newman played a fireman. In BREAKHEART PASS, Scott Newman played Pvt. Rafferty, a soldier-turned-fireman on the train.

Paul Newman's son, Scott, played a fireman in THE TOWERING INFERNO.

Scott Newman played a soldier-turned-fireman on the train in BREAKHEART PASS.

 

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 5

MONSTER HUNTER---trailer released for the movie based on the video game.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09Ia7PGMGwk



FREE GUY---new trailer released for the Ryan Reynolds comedy movie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JORN2hkXLyM



THE SNOOPY SHOW---trailer released for the Apple TV+ animated tv show.

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



CRY MACHO---Clint Eastwood is the star/director of this movie based on the book about an ex-rodeo star who seeks redemption by returning a young boy from his alcoholic mother to his father as they journey across Mexico.

THE WITCHER---photo released shows Geralt's new armor.

THE FLASH---Billy Crudup is in negotiations to return as Dr. Henry Allen.

SPIDER-MAN 3---Jamie Foxx confirmed he is returning as Electro, "And I'm not blue in this one!! But a thousand percent badass!!!"

THE LAST SON OF ISAAC LeMAY---Sam Worthington, Thomas Jane and Heather Graham star in this Western movie about an outlaw who must kill his son before his son kills him as he is pursued by a sheriff and bounty hunters.

F IS FOR FAMILY---Netflix renewed the series for Seasons 5 and 6.

TRIVIA---more James Bond movie trivia.
Art Malik co-starred in two movies that featured the Harrier V/STOL attack jet: THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS, Timothy Dalton's first James Bond movie, and Arnold Schwarzenegger's TRUE LIES.

In THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS, Art Malik played Afghan Mujahideen leader Kamran Shah. James Bond and the Royal Air Force T10 Harrier help Soviet KGB Gen. Georgi Koskov defect to England.

In TRUE LIES, Malik played terrorist leader Alim Abu Aziz, who meets his fate when AV-8B Harrier pilot Arnold Schwarzenegger fires the Sidewinder missile Aziz is hanging from, into a terrorist helicopter with the line. "You're fired."

 

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

JURASSIC WORLD: CAMP CRETACEOUS---new trailer released for the Netflix animated tv series.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRTIrK3Kku8



DUNE---new photos from the remake movie show Oscar Isaac as Duke Leto Atreides, Rebecca Ferguson as Lady Jessica and Javier Bardem as Stilgar.

THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM---Netflix tv series from GAME OF THRONES creators David Benioff and DB Weiss and Rian Johnson based on the Chinese sci fi novel trilogy about an alien invasion of Earth.The writer is Alexander Woo (THE TERROR: INFAMY).

ANT-MAN 3---director Peyton Reed commented on the sequel, “I think the third Ant-Man movie is going to be…a much bigger, more sprawling movie than the first two. It’s going to have a very, very different visual template. And that’s all I will say."

SPY---Arnold Schwarzenegger will star in this untitled tv series about a father and daughter spy team.

THE DOORMAN---Ruby Rose and Jean Reno star in this movie about an female ex-Marine who gets a job as a doorman for a luxury New York high-rise and battles a gang of ruthless art thieves.

MARIAH CAREY'S MAGICAL CHRISTMAS SPECIAL---Apple TV+ Christmas special to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Carey's hit Christmas song "All I Want For Christmas Is You".

NEMESIS---sci fi movie underway about a genius engineer and a vigilante who team up to bring down a corrupt President and his administration.

NOS4A2---AMC cancelled the series.

TRIVIA--in the World War II movie WHERE EAGLES DARE, Michael Hordern played Vice Admiral Rolland, who devised a plan to expose Nazi double agents in MI6 by having American Corporal Cartwright Jones impersonate D-Day planner Brigadier General George Carnaby.
Horden also appeared in I WAS MONTY'S DOUBLE in which the real-life Lieutenant M.E. Clifton James, an actor before World War II, impersonated General Bernard Montgomery in order to fool the Nazis about the real location of the D-Day invasion.
Also, Hordern, like his character, Vice Admiral Rolland, served in the Royal Navy during the war. Lieutenant Commander Hordern served on the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious.

In WHERE EAGLES DARE, Michael Hordern played Vice Admiral Rolland, who devised a plan to expose Nazi double agents in MI6 by having American Corporal Cartwright Jones impersonate D-Day planner Brigadier General George Carnaby.

IN WHERE EAGLES DARE, Robert Beatty played actor and Corporal Cartwright Jones impersonating D-Day planner Brigadier General George Carnaby.

In I WAS MONTY'S DOUBLE, Horden played the governor of Gibralter in the British plan to fool the Nazis about the real location of the D-Day invasion.

In I WAS MONTY'S DOUBLE, actor and Lieutenant M.E. Clifton James played himself impersonating General Bernard Montgomery in order to fool the Nazis about the real location of the D-Day invasion.

Hordern, like his character, Vice Admiral Rolland, served in the Royal Navy during the war. Lieutenant Commander Hordern served on the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious.

Just saw that "Dune", originally scheduled for release this December, has been delayed until October, 2021, due to delays caused by Covid-19. -- Al

 

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6

THE 355---trailer released for the movie starring Jessica Chastain, Penelope Cruz and Diane Kruger in which five female spies try to prevent World War III.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xugboHXcG94



HOUSE OF THE DRAGON---Paddy Considine will play King Viserys Targaryen in the HBO GAME OF THRONES prequel series.

THE WITCHER---a photo of Anya Chalotra as Yennefer of Vengerberg and the synopsis for Season 2 were released, "Convinced Yennefer’s life was lost at the Battle of Sodden Hill, Geralt of Rivia brings Princess Cirilla to the safest place he knows, his childhood home of Kaer Morhen. While the Continent’s kings, elves, humans, and demons strive for supremacy outside its walls, he must protect the girl from something far more dangerous: the mysterious power she possesses inside."

THE PERIPHERAL---Chloe Grace Moretz will star as Flynne Fisher in this Amazon series based on the sci fi novel.

SHERLOCK HOLMES---Robert Downey Jr. thinks the SHERLOCK HOLMES movies could become a universe similar to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, “At this point, we really feel that there is not a mystery-verse built out anywhere, and Conan Doyle is the definitive voice in that arena, I think, to this day. So to me, why do a third movie if you’re not going to be able to spin off into some real gems of diversity and other times and elements?”
He added, “We think there’s an opportunity to build it out more. Spin-off characters from a third movie, to see what’s going on in the television landscape, to see what Warner Media is starting to build out, things with HBO and HBO Max.”

KILL BILL VOL. 3---Uma Thurman commented about Quentin Tarantino's proposed sequel, "I don't think so. I think it's already been made and been played and it's done in Quentin's mind... He's onto the next thing."

GLOW---Netflix reversed itself and cancelled the upcoming Season 4.

THOMAS AND FRIENDS---Marc Forster (WORLD WAR Z) will direct this movie based on the Thomas the train franchise.

SUPER HIGH---Andy Samberg and Common will star in this comedy movie about a marijuana that gives super powers to those who smoke it.

TRIVIA---Bill Paxton's audition for the role of Pvt. Hudson in ALIENS consisted of him pretending a cardboard tube was his rifle and jumping over the casting director's furniture. Paxton felt the audition did not go well, so he entered in negotiations to appear in POLICE ACADEMY 2 when James Cameron offered him the Pvt. Hudson role at half the salary of POLICE ACADEMY 2. Paxton wisely accepted ALIENS and explained, "...one thing I learned very early on is that you take the jobs that you can get with the good directors. I've never really been after the money. I probably could've made more money out here if I was really all about the money, but I actually got into this field in a vocational way. I loved filmmaking. I loved photography, I loved acting, so God, I just kind of gravitated toward it."

 

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7

NEWS OF THE WORLD---trailer released for the Tom Hanks Western movie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8auVKAgyHI



CHICK FIGHT---trailer released for the comedy female fight club movie starring Malin Ackerman and Alec Baldwin.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiAru48QZgw



ARCHENEMY---trailer released for the sci fi movie starring Joe Manganiello.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1Cf8bk6Zhs




JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION---poster released for the sequel with the premiere moved back to December 10, 2022.

SHE WILL RISE---Elisabeth Moss will star in this movie based on the memoir of former Congresswoman Katie Hill who resigned after she admitted to having an affair with a female staffer and allegations of an affair with a male staffer.

THE LORD OF THE RINGS---the Amazon prequel series is seeking actors for nude scenes. The BGT talent agency released a casting call in New Zealand for actors involving nudity, “Comfortable with Nudity? Up to $500 per day. Use reference NUDE. We need Nude people based in Auckland – age 18 plus, all shapes and sizes (Intimacy guidelines will always be followed on set).”

RESIDENT EVIL---the reboot movie based on the video game will star Kaya Scodelairo as Claire Redfield, Robbie Amell as Chris Redfield and Hannah John-Kamen as Jill Valentine.

SLINKY---movie underway based on Betty James, wife of Slinky toy inventor Richard James, who left her with six kids and a business facing bankruptcy. She turned the toy business around and made it into a hugely successful toy.

GODZILLA: SINGULAR POINT---Netflix Godzilla CGI-anime underway.

OLLIE'S ODYSSEY---Netflix miniseries underway based on the children's book. Peter Ramsey (SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE) is the director.

LUMBERJANES---HBO Max is in negotiations for the television rights to the comic book.

BATWHEELS---Warner Bros. Animation tv series underway about popular vehicles from DC Comics.

TRIVIA---actor Robert Forster (JACKIE BROWN, ALLIGATOR, MEDIUM COOL) was a member of the Triple Nine Society whose members have an IQ at or above 99.9 percent of the human population. This is equal to an IQ of 149 or above. The TNS has over 1,900 adult members.

 

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8

FATMAN---trailer released for the movie about a boy who hires a hitman to kill Santa Claus starring Mel Gibson and Walton Goggins.

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



MANK---trailer released for the Netflix biomovie starring Gary Oldman as writer Herman J. Mankiewicz (CITIZEN KANE).

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_NqUYwngr0



MINAMATA---trailer released for the biomovie starring Johnny Depp as photojournalist Eugene Smith and his expose of the mercury poisoning of the people of Minamata, Japan.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqSUlQ9Oekw



THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER---Natalie Portman commented on returning as Jane Foster in the sequel, “It’s based on the graphic novel of THE MIGHTY THOR. She’s going through cancer treatment and is a superhero on the side.”

ANGELS & DEMONS---Scott Cooper (CRAZY HEART) is the writer/director of this miniseries about Florida serial killer Oba Chandler.

UMMA---Sandra Oh stars in this horror movie about a Korean woman and her daughter living on a farm in the US when the remains of her estranged mother arrive. Sam Raimi is the producer.

M3GAN---Allison Williams stars in this sci fi movie about a robotocist who builds an AI doll for her orphaned niece with horrifying consequences. The movie is based on a concept by producer James Wan.

SISTER ACT 3---Whoopi Goldberg commented on the status of the long-gestating sequel, "We're working diligently to try to figure out how to get the gang together and come back...For a long time they kept saying no one wanted to see it. But those movie execs have apparently changed their minds as the 64-year-old added...and then quite recently it turns out that may not be true, people might want to see it."

CLEANERS---Amazon/Orlando Bloom sci fi series about specialists who sanitize objects which retain the memories of people that can be revealed by some people with the ability to bring out these memories.

ON BECOMING A GOD IN CENTRAL FLORIDA---Showtime reversed its renewal and cancelled the series.

TRIVIA---in THE NATURAL, baseball player Roy Hobbs (Robert Redford) was summoned to the hotel room of Harriet Bird (Barbara Hershey), who then shot Hobbs and then committed suicide by leaping out of the hotel window. Bird was based on Ruth Ann Steinhagen, a "baseball Annie"---groupies who stalked baseball stars. In 1949, Steinhagen used a written note to invite Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Eddie Waitkus to her hotel room. According to Waitkus, Steinhagen said, "If I can't have you, nobody else can." and then shot him below the heart with a .22 rifle. Waitkus, like Roy Hobbs, survived the shooting and had his career temporarily sidetracked. Steinhagen spent three years in Kankakee State Hospital undergoing psychiatric treatment where she told her doctors, "I used to go to all the ball games to watch him. We used to wait for them to come out of the clubhouse after the game, and all the time I was watching I was building in my mind that idea of killing him." Steinhagen died after a fall in her home in 2012.

In THE NATURAL, baseball player Roy Hobbs (Robert Redford) was summoned to the hotel room of Harriet Bird (Barbara Hershey), who then shot Hobbs.

Harriet Bird was based on Ruth Ann Steinhagen, a "baseball Annie"---groupies who stalked baseball stars. In 1949, Steinhagen used a written note to invite Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Eddie Waitkus to her hotel room. According to Waitkus, Steinhagen said, "If I can't have you, nobody else can." and then shot him below the heart with a .22 rifle.

 

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9

STAR TREK: DISCOVERY---trailer released for Season 2's opening scene.

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



LEAP OF FAITH: WILLIAM FRIEDKIN ON THE EXORCIST---trailer released for the Shudder documovie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5FXjdKxgrA



SNOWPIERCER---trailer released for Season 2 with Sean Bean joining the cast.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYamYMGmr-8



JURASSIC WORLD: CAMP CRETACEOUS---trailer released for Season 2.

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



INVINCIBLE---trailer released for the Amazon/Robert Kirkman animated tv series.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuMiq7eg91M



MASTERS OF THE AIR---Cary Fukunaga (NO TIME TO DIE, TRUE DETECTIVE) will direct the first three episodes of the Tom Hanks/Steven Spielberg/Apple TV+ miniseries based on the book about the Eighth Air Force bombing Nazi Germany in World War II. MASTERS OF THE AIR is the companion miniseries to BAND OF BROTHERS and THE PACIFIC. The writers are the BAND OF BROTHERS team of John Orloff and Graham Yost. Filming begins in London in March, 2021.

SPIDER-MAN 3---Benedict Cumberbatch will play Doctor Strange in the latest sequel.

STAR TREK: PRODIGY---Kate Mulgrew will return as the voice of Capt. Kathryn Janeway in the Nickelodeon animated tv series about lawless teens who discover a derelict Starfleet ship and embark on adventures in space. Mulgrew said, “I have invested every scintilla of my being in Captain Janeway, and I can’t wait to endow her with nuance that I never did before in STAR TREK: PRODIGY. How thrilling to be able to introduce to these young minds an idea that has elevated the world for decades. To be at the helm again is going to be deeply gratifying in a new way for me.”


M.O.D.O.K.---photo released from the Hulu/Marvel animated adult comedy series starring Patton Oswalt.

TRIVIA---in the comedy bounty hunter movie MIDNIGHT RUN (Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin), the f-word is used 119 times.

 

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 12

THE STAND---trailer released for the CBS All Access miniseries based on the Stephen King novel.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l--4gu4CQBM



ANIMANIACS---trailer released for the Hulu animated tv series.

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



JOHN BRONCO---trailer released for the Hulu mockumentary starring Walton Goggins.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q6kfa3D4xE



MONSTER HUNTER---featurette released for the movie based on the video game.

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



CLEOPATRA---the WONDER WOMAN team of Gal Gadot and director Patty Jenkins are reuniting for this Paramount Pictures biomovie about the legendary Egyptian queen. The writer is Laeta Kalogridis (SHUTTER ISLAND). The 1963 movie starred Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.

JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION---photos from the film set show Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill and Laura Dern near a Biosyn genetics jet. One photo shows Neill and Dern kissing which suggests a romantic relationship between Alan Grant and Ellie Sattler.

OBI-WAN KENOBI---Ewan McGregor said the Disney+ miniseries will start filming in March, 2021, “It’s the Obi-Wan Kenobi story, I suppose. It’s not all (about) me. But it certainly will be a lot of me, which is good! We start shooting it in March of next year.”

GREAT ESCAPES---History series about the greatest prison escapes in history. Morgan Freeman is the host.

TRIVIA---more James Bond movie trivia.
In GOLDFINGER, model/actress/artist Margaret Nolan played the gold-painted Bond Girl in the opening credits and Dink, 007's masseuse.
Nolan's gold-painted image was used for GOLDFINGER's poster and soundtrack---not Shirley Eaton, who played gold-painted Jill Masterson in the movie.

(NOTE: I finished the James Bond movie trivia about Margaret Nolan at about 5 pm Sunday----about six hours later at 11:32 pm, I heard on the radio news that Nolan had just died).


In GOLDGINGER, model/actress/artist Margaret Nolan played the gold-painted Bond Girl in the opening credits and Dink, 007's masseuse.

Nolan's gold-painted image was used for GOLDFINGER's poster and soundtrack---not Shirley Eaton, who played gold-painted Jill Masterson in the movie.

 

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13

THE CROWN---trailer released for Season 4 with Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hJ5CwsphdQ



THE BATMAN---photo released from the film set shows Colin Farrell as The Penguin, Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne and Zoe Kravitz as Selena Kyle.

THE LOST CITY OF D---Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock are in talks to star in this romantic action movie about a romance author who journeys to a mystical city she wrote about after she discovers it really exists.

THE OTHERS---Universal Pictures/Sentient entertainment remake underway of the 2001 supernatural movie that starred Nicole Kidman.

SPACEX---HBO/Channing Tatum six-part miniseries underway based on the book ELON MUSK: TESLA, SPACEX AND THE QUEST FOR A FANTASTIC FUTURE.

THE BOYS---showrunner Eric Kripke said Love Sausage will return in Season 3.

DR. DEATH---Jamie Dornan has departed the Peacock miniseries due to a schedule problem and was replaced by Joshua Jackson. The miniseries is about Dallas neurosurgeon Dr. Christopher Duntsch who killed or maimed 33 patients.

FAKE!---Kate Winslet will star in this movie based on the book the One Coin Ponzi scheme.

THE COLDEST GUN---Chinese movie underway about Chinese sniper Zhang Taofang who supposedly killed 214 US soldiers during the Korean War without a rifle scope in only 32 days. Zhang Yimou (RAISE THE RED LANTERN) is the director.

TRIVIA---the Universal Pictures design department created two concepts for the alien in IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE. The losing alien concept was resurrected as the Metaluna Mutant in THIS ISLAND EARTH. Russell Johnson (GILLIGAN'S ISLAND) co-starred in both movies. Jack Arnold directed IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE and co-directed THIS ISLAND EARTH.

The winning concept for the alien in IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE.

The losing alien concept was resurrected as the Metaluna Mutant in THIS ISLAND EARTH.

Russell Johnson (GILLIGAN'S ISLAND) co-starred in both movies.

 

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14

JIU JITSU---trailer released for the Nicolas Cage movie about martial artists battling alien invaders.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuBjrUjF3Ls



HILLBILLY ELEGY---trailer released for the Ron Howard/Netflix movie starring Amy Adams and Glenn Close.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW_3aaoSOYg



MONSTER HUNTER---trailer released for the movie based on the video game.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZWglEJMrP0



FURIOSA---Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II will star in the young Furiosa prequel movie. George Miller is the director/co-writer/producer.

SPIDER-MAN---a source said Tobey Maguire is in talks to co-star with Andrew Garfield in the next SPIDER-MAN sequel, "Sony and Marvel are still finalizing a version of the script that features all three Spider-Men tackling many of their villains from the past, as well as new ones." Maguire would also co-star in DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS.

SHOCKWAVE---movie underway based on the book about the three weeks leading up to the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima which helped end World War II. Cary Fukunaga (TRUE LIES, NO TIME TO DIE) is the director. Tom Stoppard (EMPIRE OF THE SUN) is the writer.

REAGAN---Ronald Reagan biomovie underway in which Reagan is seen through the eyes of a KGB agent. Dennis Quaid will play Reagan, Penelope Ann Miller will play Nancy Reagan, Jon Voight will play the KGB agent and Robert Davi will play Leonid Brezhnev.

CHIPPENDALES---Dev Patel will star in this untitled biomovie about Steve Banerjee, co-founder of the Chippendales male strip clubs which led to murders, including Playboy centerfold Dorothy Stratten, and suicides. Craig Gillespie (I, TONYA) is the director.

TOTO: THE DOG-GONE AMAZING STORY OF THE WIZARD OF OZ---movie musical underway based on the children's book. Alex Timbers is the director.

SLAY---CW tv series underway about a black teenager who inherited supernatural powers from his African mother.

MAID---Margaret Qualley; her mother, Andie McDowell, and Billy Burke will star in the Netflix tv series based on the Stephanie Land memoir.

TRIVIA---in the original THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN based on the Michael Crichton novel, the scene about detonating a nuclear bomb to destroy the alien organism-infected town of Piedmont, New Mexico has a Cabinet member saying he is against it, "It's against the Moscow treaty of 1953 to fire thermonuclear weapons above ground." Ironically, the Cabinet member was played by Glenn Langan, best known for playing Lt. Col. Glenn Manning, who grew into a rampaging 60-foot giant after he was accidentally exposed to radiation after an atomic bomb test in THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN.

In the original THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN, the scene about detonating a nuclear bomb to destroy the alien organism-infected town of Piedmont, New Mexico has a Cabinet member, played by Glenn Langan (center) saying he is against it, "It's against the Moscow treaty of 1953 to fire thermonuclear weapons above ground."

Ironically, Glenn Langan is best known for playing Lt. Col. Glenn Manning, who grew into a rampaging 60-foot giant after he was accidentally exposed to radiation after an atomic bomb test in THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN.

 

[Jedburgh]

Ridley Scott film Kitbag with Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon

https://consequenceofsound.net/2020...vrA5rQ.0&utm_referrer=https://www.google.com/

I would not hold my breath for this one Scott still has to make biopic of Gucci . Of course his first film was the Duellists so I expect great things.

 

[dragon53]

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15

KITBAG---Joaquin Phoenix will play Napoleon Bonaparte in this Ridley Scott/20th Century biomovie which will focus on his famous battles and the tumultuous relationship with his wife, Josephine. The title is from the saying, "There is a general's staff hidden in every soldier's kitbag."

DEXTER---Michael C. Hall is returning for a Showtime ten-part miniseries sequel to the tv series. NO other details were released.

DON'T LOOK UP---Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Timothee Chalamet and Matthew Perry will co-star with Jennifer Lawrence in this Adam McKay movie about two astronomers who must warn mankind that an asteroid will collide with Earth.

MOONFALL---Stanley Tucci and John Bradley will co-star with Patrick Wilson and Halle Berry in this Roland Emmerich sci fi movie in which a disgraced astronaut leads a team to prevent the Moon from striking the Earth.

THE LEGO STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL---Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels and Kelly Marie Tran have joined the voice cast of the Disney+ animated holiday special.

THE KOMINSKY METHOD---Kathleen Turner will co-star with Michael Douglas as Sandy Kominsky's ex-wife in Season 3 which will be the last season.

THE SEX LIVES OF COLLEGE GIRLS---HBO Max/Mindy Kaling comedy series about the sex lives of four coeds at exclusive Essex College.

FRIED GREEN TOMATOES---Reba McEntire will star in this NBC/Norman Lear tv series that is sequel to the novel and movie.

I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER---Amazon tv series reboot of the slasher movie is underway.

LAST MAN STANDING---Fox announced that the upcoming Season 9 will be the last season.

L.A.'S FINEST---Spectrum cancelled the series.

TRIVIA---Robert Wagner and Susan Blakely co-starred in two disaster movies; THE TOWERING INFERNO and THE CONCORDE...AIRPORT '79.

Wagner and Blakely co-starred in THE TOWERING INFERNO which was the highest-grossing movie of 1974 and received eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, and won three.

Wagner and Blakely also co-starred in THE CONCORDE...AIRPORT '79 which was the last of the AIRPORT disaster movies and lived up to its billing as a disaster movie---it only made $13 million versus its $14 million budget.

 

[dragon53]

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16

THE EMPTY MAN---trailer released for the 20th Century horror movie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk6u9X1bW30


BUCK ROGERS---Legendary Entertainment is developing a Buck Rogers movie/tv/anime franchise. The BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY tv series starred Gil Gerard and Erin Gray.

THE MANDALORIAN---Jon Favreau commented on a possible Mandalorian movie, “We’re definitely open to it, and excited to see where the story leads us and have that flexibility – because there’s no rulebook now. Technology is always offering new opportunities to tell stories in a fresh way. It’s a very exciting time to be doing this..."

SPIDER-MAN---Sony Pictures released an ambiguous comment on rumors that Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield will co-star with Tom Holland in the upcoming sequel, “Those rumored castings are not confirmed."

SHE-HULK---Tatiana Maslany denied reports she is starring in the Disney+/Marvel tv series, "That actually isn’t a real thing and it’s like a press release that’s gotten out of hand. It’s totally not — I’ve been connected to these things in the past and press has gotten onto it, but it’s not actually a thing, unfortunately.”
She added, “Yeah, I don’t know how these things get — I don’t know, I don’t know. You know better; I have no idea. (Laughs.)”

FIRST KILL---Netflix teenage lesbian vampire tv series is underway based on the short story. The synopsis is, “When it’s time for teenage vampire Juliette to make her first kill so she can take her place among a powerful vampire family, she sets her sights on a new girl in town named Calliope. But much to Juliette’s surprise, Calliope is a vampire hunter, from a family of celebrated slayers. Both find that the other won’t be so easy to kill and, unfortunately, way too easy to fall for.” Emma Roberts is the executive producer.

THE PRESIDENT IS MISSING---Showtime has cancelled plans for a tv series based on the novel by James Patterson and Bill Clinton. The pilot starred David Oyelowo and Michael Rooker.

STRANGERS---Netflix movie underway based on the novel and 1951 Alfred Hitchcock movie. The Netflix movie has two teenage girls who meet on a train and agree to eliminate each other's bullies.

THE OUTSIDER---HBO renewed the series for Season 2.

BLACK MONDAY---Showtime renewed the series Season 3.

THE LAST O.G.---TBS renewed the series for Season 4.

TRIVIA---in HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER, 4' 2" dwarf actor Billy Curtis played Mordecai. Curtis said he developed a stiff neck working with 6' 4" Clint Eastwood, but it was worth it because it was the best role he ever played.

 

[The Military Workshop]

Ridley Scott to direct a movie, Kitbag, about Napoleon.

Awesome news !

Fantastic director with one of the most impressive lists of movies including Gladiator, Blackhawk Down and Kingdom of Heaven.

 

[OzDigger]

Ridley Scott to direct a movie, Kitbag, about Napoleon.

Awesome news !

Fantastic director with one of the most impressive lists of movies including Gladiator, Blackhawk Down and Kingdom of Heaven.

Yeah but knowing Ridley Scott's fixation with strong female characters most of the battles will be in the bedroom with Josephine tossing little Napoleon around the bedroom, and not in a nice way.

 

[theBaron]

Yeah but knowing Ridley Scott's fixation with strong female characters most of the battles will be in the bedroom with Josephine tossing little Napoleon around the bedroom, and not in a nice way.

It's an amusing thought, but in reality, he's already done a movie set in the Napoleonic era, that refutes that idea: "The Duellists".

Prost!
Brad

 

[dragon53]

MONDAY, OCTOBER 19

THE LAST STARFIGHTER---Jonathan Betuel, who co-wrote the original 1984 sci fi movie, said he and co-writer Gary Whitta (ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY) are working on a sequel, "It looks like we’ll be making the deal to get it going. Gary’s a gifted collaborator, we’ll be writing the script together but it’s taken a long time. I had to go through a process that took years to recapture the rights, but that was recently completed and although nothing is ever clear sailing, it looks like we have a really good opportunity now. So I’m really looking forward to taking it up.”
He added, “The leads are now parents and time has passed. It’s not a remake, it’s going to continue the story. What’s changed is time itself, certainly as the video world and the alien world have continued to tick away. It’s not a time capsule of the ’80s by any means, we’re taking it to the next level. Passing the torch…or the joystick.”

THE MISERABLE ADVENTURES OF BURT SQUIRE ABOARD THE HORN HIGH YO---Harrison Ford and Ed Helms star in this comedy movie based on the true story of a disillusioned man who goes on a sailing vacation and is shipwrecked with the boat's maniac skipper.

THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT---photo of Nicolas Cage on the Croatian film set of the movie in which he is paid $1 million to attend the birthday of a billionaire who is really a drug lord who has kidnapped his wife and daughter and the Mexican president's daughter.

THE BATMAN---a photo from the London film set shows a man wearing a Superman costume and a woman wearing a Wonder Woman at a Halloween costume party. This confirms that Superman and Wonder Woman do exist in the Robert Pattinson movie's universe and might mean the two superheroes might appear in this movie or a later one.

STAR TREK: DISCOVERY---CBS All Access renewed the series for Season 4. Also, Alex Kurtzman said the plan is to have STAR TREK tv shows through 2027, “Heather Kaden and Aaron Baiers, who work with me at [production company] Secret Hideout – we literally just got off a call with the network mapping out with us through 2027. Now when I say that, it’s not like it’s set in stone. It’s just, ‘Here’s a plan. Here’s what we’re looking at. Here’s how the different shows are going to drop.’"

PANAMA---Mel Gibson and Cole Hauser star in this movie about an ex-Marine who is sent by his commanding officer on an undercover mission that goes awry.

CALICO JOE---movie underway based on the John Grisham baseball novel. George Clooney is the producer and might direct the movie.

THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.---Armie Hammer talked about a possible sequel to the movie that also starred Henry Cavill, If someone was like, ‘Hey, do you want to do a sequel?’ I would be like, ‘Hell yeah, let’s go!’ … I hear it. I get people being like, ‘Are you going to do a sequel?’ The answer is, ‘I hope so! I’d love to.’
At one point, Lionel Wigram, who was the producer and also who wrote the original script, he and I talked about ideas and he told me an idea that he had for it, and I was like, ‘That sounds great! Whatever your idea [is], let’s just do it!’ I don’t know, man. Keep pushing. Hopefully one day we can do it. I’d love to do it.”

STATIC SHOCK---Warner Bros./DC movie underway based on the superhero. Michael B. Jordan is the producer.

TRIVIA---more James Bond movie trivia.
Eunice Gayson played the first Bond Girl, Sylvia Trench, in DR. NO and set up James Bond's classic franchise line.
In the Le Cercle club scene, Trench has lost several times, but decides to raise the stakes. James Bond says, "I admire your courage, Miss, er...?" Trench replies, "Trench, Sylvia Trench. I admire your luck, Mr..." Lighting a cigarette, Bond replies, "Bond, James Bond."
Gayson returned as Sylvia Trench in FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE.
In GOLDENEYE, Pierce Brosnan's first Bond movie, Gayson's daughter, Kate, appears in the casino scene as a tribute to her mother.

In the Le Cercle gambling scene, Trench has lost several times, but decides to raise the stakes. James Bond says, "I admire your courage, Miss, er...?" Trench replies, "Trench, Sylvia Trench. I admire your luck, Mr..." Lighting a cigarette, Bond replies, "Bond, James Bond."

Gayson returned as Sylvia Trench in FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE.

In GOLDENEYE, Pierce Brosnan's first Bond movie, Gayson's daughter, Kate, appears in the casino scene as a tribute to her mother.

 

[OzDigger]

It's an amusing thought, but in reality, he's already done a movie set in the Napoleonic era, that refutes that idea: "The Duellists".

Prost!
Brad

Female roles have changed a lot since that movie was made. I wouldn't be surprised if they rehashed that movie with female duellist