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MONDAY, JUNE 14

NINE PERFECT STRANGERS---trailer released for the Hulu miniseries starring Nicole Kidman and based on the novel.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-SExOBZ1uI



THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT---Temuera Morrison commented on the upcoming Disney+ tv series, “We’re going to see his past and where he’s been since THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. Somebody pointed out he is been kind of stuck in this one place, and now’s the time to actually go back in time and check out his journey and find out more about him.
But yeah, that was the advantage for me, was that we hadn’t seen him do much. And along with Robert Rodriguez as director, we were able to sort of introduce him in a dynamic way, bring him back in a dynamic way alongside the Mandalorian. It was just an honor to be asked back.”

GREENLAND 2---Gerard Butler and Morena Baccarin are returning for the sequel which will focus on the Garrity family trying to leave their Greenland bunker to search for a new home in frozen Europe.

THE TOXIC AVENGER---Kevin Bacon will play the villain in the Peter Dinklage remake of the 1984 horror movie.

JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION---Colin Trevorrow said DOMINION will be connected to the JURASSIC WORLD: CAMP CRETACEOUS animated tv series, "It will, yeah. I’ve been lucky enough to spend a lot of time with the writers of the show and I’ve shared everything from DOMINION with them, and I’ve been pretty intimately involved in the seasons and what we’ve been building. So we wanted to make sure that when we look back on it all, that everything is going to weave together."

NIGHTWING---director Chis McKay commented on the status of the Dick Grayson superhero movie, "I hope it’s still a reality. I hope that we still get to make that movie. As far as I’m concerned, it’s not lost yet. It is obviously something that… they’ve had other priorities, they’ve had other challenges. They’d had things that they needed to do, and I think that they found their way.
I think their recent successes, and the stuff that they are planning on doing now, I think it opens the door for us to still be able to do a NIGHTWING movie. Whether you call it ‘in an alternate universe’ or you pick in their multiverse version which universe it’s part of, there are different ways into it.
But NIGHTWING is a big, action-packed, emotional movie. It may not, budgetarily, be similar to what we do with THE TOMORROW WAR. But from a scope and scale standpoint, as far as the kind of action and the kind of heart, that’s what NIGHTWING is going to be all about.”

FOE---Saoirse Ronan and LaKeith Stanfield will star in this movie based on the sci fi novel about a couple in which the husband is chosen to travel to a space station for two years and the wife will live with his biomechanical duplicate.

TRIVIA---more James Bond movie trivia.
In OCTOPUSSY, Miss Moneypenny's assistant, Penelope Smallbone, was played by Michaela Clavell, the daughter of writer/director James Clavell. His credits include 633 SQUADRON, THE GREAT ESCAPE, SHOGUN, THE FLY (original) and TO SIR, WITH LOVE.

In OCTOPUSSY, Miss Moneypenny's assistant, Penelope Smallbone, was played by Michaela Clavell, the daughter of writer/director James Clavell.

James Clavell's credits include 633 SQUADRON (the Norwegian aerial attack was the inspiration for George Lucas' "trench run" attack on the Death Star in STAR WARS),
THE GREAT ESCAPE, SHOGUN, THE FLY (original) and TO SIR, WITH LOVE.

 

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TUESDAY, JUNE 15

THE TOMORROW WAR---new trailer released for the Amazon alien invasion movie starring Chris Pratt.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQjEbkV-9ZM



DR. DEATH---new trailer released for the Peacock miniseries about a killer surgeon.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXwx4qB1IwM



GUNPOWDER MILKSHAKE---new trailer released for the Netflix movie about female assassins.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7ZrjXuNgmA



DIE IN A GUNFIGHT---trailer released for the action comedy movie.

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



PUSSY ISLAND---Channing Tatum will star in this movie about a Los Angeles cocktail waitress who maneuvers her way into an intimate meeting with a billionaire tech mogul on his private island and discovers something is amiss. Zoe Kravitz is the co-writer/director.

THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER---film crew t-shirt shows Natalie Portman's Jane Foster as The Mighty Thor.

THE MARVELS---South Korean actor Park Seo-Joon has joined the cast of the CAPTAIN MARVEL sequel in an undisclosed role.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST---Luke Evans and Josh Gad are returning for the Disney+ BEAUTY AND THE BEAST prequel musical miniseries about Gaston and LeFou.

LOVE CHILD---Rachel Weisz and Colin Farrell star in this movie about a precocious boy who gets rid of his father so he can have his mother for himself until a mysterious man shows up.

THE WATCHER---Naomi Watts and Bobby Cannavale star in this Netflix miniseries about a married couple who movie into their new house and begin to receive letters from a stalker.

RED SONJA---Jaimie Alexander hinted she will appear in the reboot movie.

QUEENPINS---Kristen Bell stars in this Paramount+/Showtime movie about a housewife who founded a an illegal coupon club that scammed millions of dollars from major food companies.

THE BLACKLIST---Season 8's final two episodes will be the last for Megan Boone, who is leaving the series. The synopsis for the penultimate episode is, “When Reddington takes Liz to the mysterious epicenter of his empire, their shared past reveals itself and long-buried secrets are divulged.”

MANIFEST---NBC cancelled the series. Creator Jeff Rake said, "I’m devastated by NBC’s decision to cancel us. That we’ve been shut down in the middle is a gut punch to say the least. Hoping to find a new home. You the fans deserve an ending to your story."

TRIVIA---two actors from the Carl Kolchak tv horror franchise also co-starred in the M*A*S*H franchise. Larry Linville played coroner Dr. Robert Makurji in THE NIGHT STALKER tv movie, and he played Major Frank Burns in the M*A*S*H tv series. Jo Ann Pflug played Kolchak's sidekick, Louise Harper, in THE NIGHT STRANGLER tv movie, and she played nurse Lieutenant Maria "Dish" Schneider in the M*A*S*H movie.

Larry Linville played coroner Dr. Robert Makurji in THE NIGHT STALKER tv movie, and he played Major Frank Burns in the M*A*S*H tv series.

Jo Ann Pflug played Kolchak's sidekick, Louise Harper, in THE NIGHT STRANGLER tv movie, and she played nurse Lieutenant Maria "Dish" Schneider in the M*A*S*H movie.

 

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16

STAR TREK: PICARD---trailer released for Season 2 featuring Q's return.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B20sCtCSPFc&t=121s



FURIOSA---Anya Taylor-Joy confirmed the prequel will start filming in Australia in August, “My dad gives me a lot of hell because we speak Spanish, he calls her, ‘Furiosa’ [with a Spanish accent]. And I’m like, it’s an English-speaking film. But, like, ‘OK Daddy.’ I’ve got a grace period until August, and then I will be working back-to-back until mid-2023.”

DRAGONS & DUNGEONS---photo released of Hugh Grant as the villain on the film set at Wells Cathedral in England.

ATLAS---Jennifer Lopez will star in this Netflix sci fi movie about a female soldier who must save mankind by teaming up with an AI soldier to battle a rogue AI soldier.

THE HUSBANDS---Kristen Wiig will star in this movie based on the upcoming novel described as, "an overworked mother who, while house-hunting in a nice suburban neighborhood, meets a group of high-powered women with enviably supportive husbands. When she agrees to take on a legal case involving the untimely death of one resident’s husband, she risks exposing not only the secrets at the heart of her own marriage but the true secret to having it all, one worth killing for."

AMERICAN GIGOLO---Jon Bernthal will star in this Showtime tv reboot of the 1980 Richard Gere movie. Bernathal will play high-end male escort Julian Kaye who seeks to find who framed him for murder and find Michelle, his true love.

THE ROSE---Cynthia Ervo will star in thie reboot of the 1979 movie that starred Bette Midler.

PERFECT STRANGERS---Robin Thede and London Hughes will star in this HBO Max female-led reboot of the comedy tv series that starred Mark Linn-Baker and Bronson Pinchot.

TRIVIA---Susan Oliver co-starred in two sci fi roles in which human space travelers were imprisoned in an alien zoo and their minds were read to create a familiar environment for them. In THE TWILIGHT ZONE episode "People Are Alike All Over", Oliver played Martian Teenya and astronaut Sam Conrad (Roddy McDowall) is put in a Martian zoo which is a house created from his mind. In the STAR TREK pilot "The Cage", Oliver played Vina and Captain Christopher Pike is put in a Talosian zoo where the Talosians read his mind.

In THE TWILIGHT ZONE episode "People Are Alike All Over", Oliver played Martian Teenya and astronaut Sam Conrad (Roddy McDowall) is put in a Martian zoo which is a house created from his mind.

In the STAR TREK pilot "The Cage", Oliver played Vina and Captain Christopher Pike is put in a Talosian zoo where the Talosians read his mind.

 

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This is the correct link to STAR TREK: PICARD Season 2 and the return of Q.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHMti7u9TBE

 

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THURSDAY, JUNE 17

PIG---trailer released for the Nicolas Cage movie about a man whose truffle-hunting pig is stolen.

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



TILL DEATH---trailer released for the movie starring Megan Fox.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_4aQTEM84U



DOCTOR WHO---a British tabloid says Jodie Whitaker will complete the currently-filming Season 13, will appear in two 2022 specials and then depart the series to allow for the 14th Doctor Who. The tabloid said, "As ever bosses are staying tight-lipped about what they have planned, but with filming still ongoing they clearly have plans for episodes to be playing out much later into 2022, so there’s still more to come for Jodie’s Doctor."

STRANGER THINGS---photos from the Season 4 film set show Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) on a stretcher.

UFO---JJ Abrams/Showtime four-part documentary on UFOs and how they may be connected to the US government, the military and private industry. Premiere is August 8.

EVEREST---Ewan McGregor, Mark Strong and Sam Heughan will star in this Doug Liman movie about the 1921 race between George Mallory and George Finch to be the first man to climb Mount Everest.

JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4---Hiroyuki Sanada (ARMY OF THE DEAD) will play Watanabe in the sequel.

NCIS---Gary Cole is in talks to play a "major rol"e in Season 19.

TRIVIA---character actor Andrew Duggan appeared in two movies that involved a coup to overthrow the President of the United States. In SEVEN DAYS IN MAY, Duggan played Colonel Henderson who helps defeat a military coup to overthrow the President. In IN LIKE FLINT, Duggan played President Trent and the impostor who is being used by powerful women to overthrow the President.

In SEVEN DAYS IN MAY, Duggan played Colonel Henderson who helps defeat the military coup to overthrow the President.

In IN LIKE FLINT, Duggan played President Trent and the impostor who is being used by powerful women to overthrow the President.

 

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FRIDAY, JUNE 18

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SETTLERS---trailer released for the Mars survival movie starring Sofia Boutella.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rVrDKLEf64



THE MANDALORIAN---Gina Carano posted a captionless sci fi image which led to fan speculation that she might be returning to a Lucasfilm STAR WARS project.

HARLEY QUINN---after reports that Warner Bros. deleted a scene from the animated tv series that showed Batman was going to perform oral sex on Catwoman, Zack Snyder posted his comment with the caption "Canon".

LOKI---writer Michael Waldron commented on the identity of the female Loki, “If you’re excited by the end of Episode Two, buckle up. Things are going to just get crazier from there on out. As for their identity, I think that depends, I think maybe some people might know them, some people might not. In any case, it will all become clear very shortly.”

SECRET INVASION---Emilia Clarke said she is not talking about the upcoming Marvel/Disney+ tv series, "The first people that I spoke to after getting the Marvel job was their security team. [laughs] I am petrified. I actually live in fear that something is going to happen and I'm going to say something and they'll get upset."

THE BEATLES: GET BACK---Peter Jackson/Disney+ three-part miniseries with restored versions of over 60 hours of unseen video and over 150 hours of unheard audio.

BLACULA---MGM reboot of the 1972 blaxploitation vampire movie is underway.

TRIVIA---singer Maureen McGovern, the "Disaster Theme Queen", sang in four disaster movies: the Academy Award-nominated "The Morning After" (THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE), "We May Never Love Like This Again" (THE TOWERING INFERNO), "Wherever Love Takes Me" (GOLD) and "R-E-S-P-E-C-T" (AIRPLANE!).

Maureen McGovern sings ""We May Never Love Like This Again" in THE TOWERING INFERNO.

McGovern sings "R-E-S-P-E-C-T" in AIRPLANE!

POSEIDON ADVENTURE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msgxhVgUc6I

TOWERING INFERNO LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3FGVFAgY_I

GOLD LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7yk6j4vsXw&list=RDE7yk6j4vsXw&start_radio=1

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

 

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*****PART 2

Denholm Elliott played Dr. Marcus Brody in THE LAST CRUSADE, and he played the RAF meteorologist in A BRIDGE TOO FAR.

Julian Glover played Walter Donovan in THE LAST CRUSADE, and he played General Maximilian Veers with Ford in THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK.

Paul Maxwell played "the man in the Panama hat" in THE LAST CRUSADE, and he played General Maxwell Taylor in A BRIDGE TOO FAR.

Pat Roach played the Gestapo agent in THE LAST CRUSADE, and he played Lippe with Connery in NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN.

 

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MONDAY, JUNE 21

*****PART 1 (PART 2 is in the post below this one).


JURASSIC WORLD : DOMINION---teaser trailer released for the sequel.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuzRfhlk8mU



THE FLASH---photos released of Ezra Miller and Michael Keaton on the film set.

SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS---photo released of the sequel cast.

DEAD FOR A DOLLAR---Christoph Waltz and Willem DaFoe will star in this Western movie about a bounty hunter who heads to Mexico to rescue a businessman's wife who was kidnapped by a black Army deserter. He discovers the kidnapper and his victim are in love, and he encounters his nemesis who he sent to prison years before. Walter Hill is the writer/director.

SHE'S STILL HERE---Mickey Rouke and Jennifer Carpenter star in this horror movie whose synopsis says, "SHE'S STILL HERE tells the story of a desperate widower who is being tormented by the vengeful spirit of his deceased wife. Exasperated, he enlists the aide of his ghost-hunting nephew to decipher the haunting’s meaning and bring peace to his household."

ROBOTS---Shailene Woodley and Jack Whitehall star in this comedy sci fi movie based on the short story about a gold digger and a womanizer who team up to pursue their robot duplicates who have fallen in love.

DAD STOP EMBARRASSING ME---Netflix cancelled the series.

TRIVIA---for Father's Day.
In INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE, Sean Connery played the father of Indiana Jones, Henry Jones. Sr., and Harrison Ford played Indiana.
Michael Byrne played SS Colonel Vogler in THE LAST CRUSADE. Byrne also played Lieutenant Colonel Giles Vandeleur with Connery in A BRIDGE TOO FAR and Major Schroeder with Ford in FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE.
Denholm Elliott played Dr. Marcus Brody in THE LAST CRUSADE, and he played the RAF meteorologist in A BRIDGE TOO FAR.
Julian Glover played Walter Donovan in THE LAST CRUSADE, and he played General Maximilian Veers with Ford in THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK.
Paul Maxwell played "the man in the Panama hat" in THE LAST CRUSADE, and he played General Maxwell Taylor in A BRIDGE TOO FAR.
Pat Roach played the Gestapo agent in THE LAST CRUSADE, and he played Lippe with Connery in NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN.

In INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE, Sean Connery played the father of Indiana Jones, Henry Jones. Sr., and Harrison Ford played Indiana.

Michael Byrne played SS Colonel Vogler in THE LAST CRUSADE.

Michael Byrne played Lieutenant Colonel Giles Vandeleur with Connery in A BRIDGE TOO FAR and Major Schroeder with Ford in FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE.

 

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TUESDAY, JUNE 22

A QUIET PLACE PART III---John Krasinski commented on the final movie in the trilogy, “Is it going to continue the Abbotts? Who knows! No, I will tell you that it is… I’m really excited about the third installment because it’s going to do something that we haven’t done before.”

SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS---film set photo shows Helen Mirren as villain Hespera.

THE FLASH---director Andy Muschietti posted a hint of Sasha Calle's Supergirl uniform.

OPERATION SEAWOLF---synopsis released for the World War II movie starring Dolph Lundgren and Frank Grillo, "In the last days of WWII, Germany, desperate for any last grasp to defeat the allied powers, looked to their last remaining weapons and soldiers. The German Navy and the last remaining U-Boats, were formed together for one last mission to attack the United States Homeland. Captain Hans Kessler (Lundgren) a grizzled submarine commander from both world wars, is called into service to help turn the tide of the war. The mission was soon to be known as Operation Seawolf."

SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS---Rachel Zegler (WEST SIDE STORY remake) will star in the Walt Disney live-action remake of the 1938 animated movie.

DISAPPOINTMENT BLVD---Joaquin Phoenix, Patti LuPone and Nathan Lane will star in this movie about one of the greatest entrepreneurs of all time.

BUTCHER'S CROSSING---Nicolas Cage will star in this Western movie about a Harvard dropout who joins a group of buffalo hunters in the West.

SUDDENLY---Jake Gyllenhaal and Vanessa Kirby will star in this movie based on the French novel SOUDAIN SEULS in which a couple are stranded on an island in the South Atlantic and must learn how to survive.

THE DEVIL'S HOUR---Peter Capaldi and Jessica Raine will star in this Amazon six-part miniseries about a woman who automatically wakes up at 3:33 am every morning and talks to empty chairs and then becomes a suspect in a series of brutal murders.

JERRY AND MARGE GO LARGE---Bryan Cranston and Annette Bening will star in this movie based on the true story of a retired man who uses a mathematical loophole in the Massachusetts lottery to win $27 million and uses it to help his small town survive.

MEET CUTE---Kaley Cuoco and Pete Davidson are in negotiations to star in this romantic comedy movie about people who can travel back in time to solve their lovers' problems to make them their perfect mates.

TRIVIA---more James Bond movie trivia.
Daniel Craig is the deadliest James Bond with 235 kills.

Sean Connery--68
George Lazenby--6
Roger Moore--121
Timothy Dalton--20
Pierce Brosnan--103
Daniel Craig--235

 

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23

ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING---trailer released for the Hulu comedy miniseries starring Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez.

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



THE SUICIDE SQUAD---trailer released for the movie starring Idris Elba and Margot Robbie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz1FrtMIh5c



CANDYMAN---trailer released for the remake horror movie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfI-O9szxao



INDIANA JONES 5---photo from the film set in Scotland shows Toby Jones with Harrison Ford. Jones has not been included in previous cast announcements.
Also, Walt Disney announced that Ford was injured during a fight scene, “In the course of rehearsing for a fight scene, Harrison Ford sustained an injury involving his shoulder. Production will continue while the appropriate course of treatment is evaluated, and the filming schedule will be reconfigured as needed in the coming weeks.”

INFINITY POOL---Alexander Skarsgard will star in this Brandon Cronenberg sci fi movie in which, "James and Em are young, rich, in love, and on vacation. Their all-inclusive resort boasts island tours and gleaming beaches. But outside of the hotel gates waits something much more dangerous and seductive, beyond the edge of paradise."

THE BOYS---Sean Patrick Flanery will play Gunpowder, Miles Gaston Villaneuva will play Supersonic and Nick Wechsler will play Blue Hawk in Season 3.

TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS---the latest movie is set in 1994 Brooklyn and Peru and, “will take audiences on a 1990s globetrotting adventure and introduce the Maximals, Predacons, and Terrorcons to the existing battle on earth between Autobots and Decepticons.”

WOLVES OF WAR---Mat Willis, Ed Westwick and Rupert Graves star in this World War II movie based on a true story about Allied commandos sent on a mission to rescue a US hostage held by the Germans in Bavaria.

SOLAR OPPOSITES---Hulu renewed the series for Season 4.

TRIVIA---character actor Ed Binns played two roles as a colonel who commanded a doomed mission in THE TWILIGHT ZONE episode "I Shot An Arrow Into The Air" and the movie FAIL SAFE.
In "I Shot An Arrow Into The Air", Binns played Colonel Donlin, who is killed by a fellow crewman after their spaceship appeared to have crashed on a distant asteroid.
In FAIL SAFE, Binns played Vindicator bomber pilot Colonel Grady, who died after he is is accidentally sent on a mission to drop a nuclear bomb on Moscow.

In "I Shot An Arrow Into The Air", Binns played Colonel Donlin, who is killed by a fellow crewman after their spaceship appeared to have crashed on a distant asteroid.

In FAIL SAFE, Binns played Vindicator bomber pilot Colonel Grady, who died after he is is accidentally sent on a mission to drop a nuclear bomb on Moscow.

 

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THURSDAY, JUNE 24

SNAKE EYES---international trailer released for the spinoff movie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOzOZzB4lKo



THE WHITE LOTUS---trailer released for the HBO comedy miniseries.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGLq7_MonZ4



TURNER & HOOCH---trailer released for the Disney+ tv sequel to the Tom Hanks comedy movie.

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



SEXY BEASTS---trailer released for the Netflix reality dating series.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJO5m6EFL6A



UNFROSTED---Jerry Seinfeld is the star, director and co-writer of this Netflix comedy movie about the invention of Pop-Tarts.

TOWER OF TERROR---Scarlett Johansson is the producer and possible star of this Walt Disney movie based on the Disney ride. The 1997 tv movie based on the ride starred Steve Guttenberg.

CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON---James Gunn commented on a Universal Pictures horror movie he would like to film, "I tried to do Creature from the Black Lagoon but they didn't want me to do it."

STRANGE PLANET---Dan Harmon/Apple TV+ animated tv series underway based on the graphic novel.

WOLF CREEK 3---the sequel is about an American family in the outback being attacked by serial killer Mick Taylor, who then pursues the two children after they escaped.

TRIVIA---the World War II POW epic THE GREAT ESCAPE had an all-star cast of Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, James Coburn, James Garner, Donald Pleasence, Charles Bronson and David McCallum. While filming the movie, Bronson and McCallum's wife, actress Jill Ireland, fell in love. Ireland left McCallum and married Bronson. McCallum said, “I never hated him, Charlie was always a good friend. I find that when problems come along, worrying about them and getting anxious and negative is quite unnecessary. You can solve them, usually amicably. That’s what happened.”
He added, “It was an extremely difficult time, not least because we had three children.”

 

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FRIDAY, JUNE 25

HALLOWEEN KILLS---trailer released for the sequel.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL6R3HmQfPc



SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS---trailer released for the Marvel movie.

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



BABYLON---Olivia Wilde and Tobey Maguire will co-star with Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie in the Damien Chazelle movie.

TRUE LOVE---Danny McBride, Gemma Chan and Benedict Wong are in negotiations to star in the Gareth Edwards sci fi movie. No plot details were released.

THE WALKING DEAD---the synopses were released for the first two episodes of Season 11.

Episode 1101: “Acheron: Part I” (Director: Kevin Dowling; Writers: Angela Kang and Jim Barnes). "Returning to Alexandria from a critical food mission, the group realizes it isn’t enough. Maggie proposes a new plan, potentially a suicide mission. What choice do they have? They must find more food for all their people in order to survive and efficiently rebuild Alexandria. If they don’t, Alexandria falls, taking them down with it. Once on the road, a violent storm erupts forcing them underground into a subway tunnel. As nerves fray and suspicions increase, chaos ensues. The terror is relentless as our people get a glimpse of what Maggie and her group endured prior to returning to Alexandria. Meanwhile, those captured by the strange soldiers are relocated to another undisclosed location."
Episode 1102: “Acheron: Part II” (Director: Kevin Dowling; Writers: Angela Kang and Jim Barnes). "The group discovers a member did not make it to safety inside the subway car. Surrounded by walkers, going back out into the tunnel to search is a guaranteed death wish. All eyes are on Negan as the rule of survival shifts. It is no longer No Man Left Behind. The motto now is We Keep Going. With very little ammo and energy remaining, the group must ready themselves as the walkers have found a way inside the subway train. Meanwhile, Daryl is in his own intense hellish situation trying to find Dog and finding more than he expected; and Yumiko challenges the process at the Commonwealth outpost, which threatens her future and that of Eugene, Ezekiel, and Princess."


INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE---AMC series underway based on the Anne Rice novel. The 1994 movie starred Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt.

LIASONS---Vincent Cassel and Eva Green will star in this Apple TV+ US/French series described as, “how the mistakes of our past have the potential to destroy our future as an unpredictable, multi-layered plot unfolds with espionage and political intrigue playing out against a story of passionate and enduring love."

UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN---Andrew Garfield and Daisy Edgar-Jones will star in this FX miniseries based on the novel about a devout detective investigating a brutal murder involving a prominent Mormon family.

THE WINCHESTERS---Jensen Ackles and the CW are developing a SUPERNATURAL prequel series about the early days of his character's parents, John and Mary Winchester. Ackles will also be the narrator. Jared Padlecki expressed disappointment that he was never informed about the prequel, “Dude. Happy for you. Wish I heard about this some way other than Twitter. I’m excited to watch, but bummed that Sam Winchester had no involvement whatsoever.” Padlecki added, “This is the first I’ve heard about it. I’m gutted.”

SMALLVILLE--Tom Welling and Michael Rosenbaum said they are developing an animated tv series based on SMALLVILLE and hope to bring back most of the original cast.

POLLY POCKET--Lily Collins will star in this live-action movie based on the Mattel toy line. Lena Dunham is the writer/director.

TRIVIA---in PATTON, Siegfried Rauch played German Captain Oskar Steiger, who profiled General George s. Patton for the German high command. Ironically, Rod Steiger was offered the starring role and turned it down. Steiger said it was his "dumbest career move" and added, After I won the Oscar for IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT, I had my choice of parts. They really came after me to play Patton. I knew it was a great role, but I am totally opposed to war and the military. So I told them there was no way I was going to play General Patton. If I had played Patton one-half as well as George [George C. Scott] did, I might have won a second Oscar. Then who knows what would have happened?"

In PATTON, George C. Scott won an Academy Award.

In PATTON, Siegfried Rauch played German Captain Oskar Steiger, who profiled General George S. Patton.

Ironically, Rod Steiger turned down the starring role in PATTON and later said it was his "dumbest career move".

 

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MONDAY, JUNE 28

FEAR STREET PART 1: 1994---trailer released for the Netflix movie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clZK2PqLWpI



STAR WARS: ROGUE SQUADRON---Matthew Robinson (LOVE AND MONSTERS, DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD) will write the script for the movie based on the X-Wing fighter novels. Patty Jenkins is the director.

BOBA FETT---LEGO fansite Brickfanatics said that Walt Disney has changed the name of Boba Fett's spaceship from Slave 1 to Boba Fett's Starship starting with a new LEGO toy, “One of the new LEGO Star Wars sets revealed at LEGO CON is named a little differently than it has been in the past, with Disney helming the name change. LEGO Star Wars 75312 Boba Fett’s Starship might not carry the name that builders have recognized since its introduction in The Empire Strikes Back, ditching the Slave I moniker for a more generic title.”
LEGO designer Jens Kronvold Frederiksen said, "It's probably not something which has been announced publicly but it is just something that Disney doesn't want to use anymore."

DEVOLUTION---movie underway based on the Max Brooks novel about a pack of deadly Sasquatches in Washington state. James Ashcroft is the director.

FRASIER---Kelsey Grammer commented on the Paramount+ revival series, “We think we’re going to get most of the actors back, I’m certainly hopeful that we will, and I’m fairly confident that they’ll come back... We have a story to tell — that can actually be told with or without them, honestly — but I want them back because that’s what I always dreamed of. I thought we should explore all their lives in their third act, and so that is my hope.” Grammer thinks the series will premiere in early 2022.

HAVOC---Timothy Olyphant will co-star with Tom Hardy and Forest Whitaker ibn this Netflix movie about a detective who tries to rescue a politician's estranged son and encounters vast political corruption.

PUSSY ISLAND---Naomi Ackie will co-star with Channing Tatum in this movie about a waitress who gets a date with a tech billionaire on his private island and discovers there is something else going on.

BATWOMAN---Dougray Scott and Wallis Day are not returning after their characters have been written out of the series.

MADE IN ABYSS---Sony Pictures movie underway based on the Japanese manga.

TRIVIA---more James Bond movie trivia.
When Tom Jones recorded the theme to THUNDERBALL in 1965, he reportedly fainted while singing the theme's final, high note. In a 2011 interview, Jones commented on fainting, “The most memorable thing about the session was hitting that note at the end. John told me to hold on to this very high note for as long as possible. I hit it but I had to hold on to the wall of the sound booth to steady myself in case I fell down. Thank God, I didn’t.”


LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W75Tg-B2CXE

 

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TUESDAY, JUNE 29

THE MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK---trailer released for the HBO Max prequel movie.

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



FOUNDATION---trailer released for the Apple TV+ sci fi series.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvOAA1U0li8



LOONEY TUNES CARTOONS---trailer released for Season 2.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93EdgNq_afk



RIDDICK---Vin Diesel said a fourth movie in the franchise is underway, “[Director] David Twohy, he wrote a great script. It’s just a matter of timing when we get that opportunity to shoot that. But I believe we’re shooting that in Australia… So it’s safe to say that we are moving towards filming the fourth chapter of Riddick.”

THE MONSTER OF FLORENCE---Antonio Banderas stars in this six-part miniseries based on the book about a writer and a crime reporter investigating the serial killer that killed eight people in Florence, Italy from 1968-1985.

DEXTER---John Lithgow will make a brief return in the Showtime revival series with the writers having “concocted a pathway for the Trinity Killer to come back that works within the larger Dexter narrative.”

TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS---Ron Perlman will provide the voice for Optimus Primal.

RED ONE---Dwayne Johnson will star in this Amazon Studios Christmas comedy movie written by Chris Morgan (FAST AND FURIOUS). No plot details were released.

DRAGGING THE CLASSICS: THE BRADY BUNCH---Paramount+ special with Barry Williams. Christopher McKnight, Mike Lookinland, Eve Plumb and Susan Olsen returning. Drag queens from RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE will play Marcia Brady, Carol Brady and Jan Brady.

MADE FOR LOVE---HBO Max renewed the series for Season 2.

GOOD OMENS---Amazon renewed the series for Season 2.

TRIVIA---two actors, Eva Marie Saint and Robert Ellenstein, from Alfred Hitchcock's classic NORTH BY NORTHWEST also co-starred in the MOONLIGHTING tv series. Eva Marie Saint played Eve Kendall in NORTH BY NORTHWEST and she played Maddie Hayes's mother, Virginia Hayes, in MOONLIGHTING. Robert Ellenstein played henchman Licht in NORTH BY NORTHWEST and he played villain Heinz in the MOONLIGHTING tv movie pilot.

Eva Marie Saint played Eve Kendall in NORTH BY NORTHWEST and she played Maddie Hayes's mother, Virginia Hayes, in MOONLIGHTING.

Robert Ellenstein played henchman Licht in NORTH BY NORTHWEST and he played villain Heinz in the MOONLIGHTING tv movie pilot.

 

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30

JOLT---trailer released for the Amazon action movie starring Kate Beckinsale.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BSSoD73TSk



DON'T BREATHE 2---trailer released for the sequel.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRbG2tjHYCA&ab_channel=SonyPicturesEntertainment



STAR WARS: ROGUE SQUADRON---director Patty Jenkins commented on the new movie, "I'm in love with all three projects on my plate right now. I'm definitely doing ROGUE SQUADRON next and I'm excited to do WONDER WOMAN 3. The Michael Stackpole books and the video games and all of the ROGUE SQUADRON books, there's an incredible history that's really important to honor. And yet, it must be brought to a new age, because we have to tell a new story with it and so you're trying to blend the best of everything and make it the great fighter-pilot movie, which I've always wanted to make, as well. It's a big brew of things that you're trying to put together and still try to keep a simple story."

INDIANA JONES---the Prop Store released a photo announcing that Harrison Ford's hat in INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM was auctioned off at $375,000.

KNIVES OUT 2---Ethan Hawke has joined the sequel cast.

JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4--martial arts actor Scott Adkins has joined the sequel cast.

THE AMERICAN THRONE---Sam Esmail (MR. ROBOT) alternate history tv series about the American white royal family which discovers the late king's secret black son is heir to the throne.

UNKNOWN---TNT spinoff series based on the 2011 Liam Neeson movie about a man who wakes up with amnesia and discovers he is a target for murder.

NO EXIT---Dennis Haysbert and Danny Ramirez star in this movie about a group of people stranded at a remote mountain rest stop who must figure out which one of them kidnapped a young child.

TRIVIA---David Hedison is best known for playing Captain Lee Crane of the submarine Seaview in the VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA tv series. Ironically, Hedison's first movie role (as Al Hedison) was Lieutenant Ware on a US destroyer stalking a German submarine in THE ENEMY BELOW. Even more ironic is combat scenes from THE ENEMY BELOW were included in the VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA episode "Killers Of The Deep".

David Hedison is best known for playing Captain Lee Crane of the submarine Seaview in the VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA tv series.

Ironically, Hedison's first movie role (as Al Hedison) was Lieutenant Ware on a US destroyer stalking a German submarine in THE ENEMY BELOW. Even more ironic is combat scenes from THE ENEMY BELOW were included in the VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA episode "Killers Of The Deep".

 

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THURSDAY, JULY 1

JUNGLE CRUISE---new trailer released for the movie starring Dwayne Johnson.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8cCtaJcQ-0



BECKETT---trailer released for te Netflix conspiracy movie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUk345RzwyI



ALIEN---Noah Hawley commented on the FX tv series based on the ALIEN movies, "It's not a Ripley story. She's one of the great characters of all time, and I think the story has been told pretty perfectly, and I don't want to mess with it. It's a story that's set on Earth also. The alien stories are always trapped… Trapped in a prison, trapped in a space ship. I thought it would be interesting to open it up a little bit so that the stakes of "What happens if you can't contain it?" are more immediate."
He added, “It is the story of the people you send to do the dirty work. In mine, you’re also going to see the people who are sending them. So you will see what happens when the inequality we’re struggling with now isn’t resolved. If we as a society can’t figure out how to prop each other up and spread the wealth, then what’s going to happen to us? There’s that great Sigourney Weaver line to Paul Reiser where she says, ‘I don’t know which species is worse. At least they don’t f*ck each other over for a percentage.'”

STAR TREK---William Shatner commented on Spock appearing in two of the JJ Abrams reboot movies, "Leonard Nimoy was in some of those films, but it was totally gratuitous. They just wanted to put Spock in there and I didn’t admire that."

COCAINE BEAR---Keri Russell, Ray Liotta and Alden Ehrenreich have joined the cast of the movie about a Kentucky bear who died of an overdose after he ate a cocaine package dropped by a drug-smuggling airplane.

THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER---Javer Botet will play Dracula in the movie about the sailing ship Demeter's doomed voyage from Carpathia to London.

A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN---Nick Offerman will play Coach/Manager Dove Porter in the Amazon series based on the 1992 movie.

NIGHT OF THE ANIMATED DEAD---Josh Duhamel and Katy Sackhoff will provide voices for the animated movie based on NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD.

TRIVIA---in AIRPLANE!, actress Lee Bryant played the hysterical passenger who gets slapped by the other passengers. Bryant then appeared in two movies about a dangerous spaceship mission. In AIRPLANE! II: THE SEQUEL, Bryant returned as the hysterical passenger who gets slapped by the court during the trial of Ted Striker, pilot of the troubled space shuttle Mayflower One which is on its first mission to the Moon. In CAPRICORN ONE, Bryant played the wife of astronaut Peter Willis (Sam Waterston), a crew member of the first manned mission to Mars which is really a hoax.

In AIRPLANE!, actress Lee Bryant played the hysterical passenger who gets slapped by the other passengers.

In AIRPLANE! II: THE SEQUEL, Bryant returned as the hysterical passenger who gets slapped by the court during the trial of Ted Striker, pilot of the troubled space shuttle Mayflower One which is on its first mission to the Moon.

In CAPRICORN ONE, Bryant played the wife of astronaut Peter Willis (Sam Waterston), a crew member of the first manned mission to Mars which is really a hoax.

 

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FRIDAY, JULY 2

OB-WAN KENOBI---a rumor about the Disney+ miniseries claims, "Obi-Wan will fight at least one inquisitor. Lightsabers will clash and we will see Kenobi up against The Inquisitorius in at least an episode of the limited series."
Also, Jimmy Smits commented on if he might return as Bail Organa, "Now that it’s been Disneyfied, there’s possibilities of that universe continuing. Who knows?"

LENINGRAD--Michael Hirst (VIKINGS) is developing a miniseries based on the World War II book about the German siege of Leningrad, “Because the authentic voice of the people is crucial to telling the true story, one of the great resources are the diaries kept by so many people, specifically women, in the city. The majority of our main characters are women, not only because they are often overlooked or even ignored in historical accounts, but also because while many of Leningrad’s men went to war and died in battle, the women remained. I think it’s entirely right to tell the story of the Siege through the female experience.“

FAST & FURIOUS---Vin Disel said a spinoff movie about Cipher (Charlize Theron) is being developed.

THE OLD GUARD---Charlize Theron said a sequel script for the Netflix movie has been written.

FARGO---showrunner Noah Hawley commented on if there will be a Season 5, "Yeah, I think so. I don’t have it yet. I have pieces that will have to survive. They’re not connected. I think it would be good to create an ending, and deliberately come to something, knowing it’s the last one and see how one might wrap up this anthology."

MANIFEST---creator Jeff Rake said he hopes to develop tv movie which would be a series finale, “It could be a year, and full disclosure, it may never happen! But I’m not going to stop trying.”

CITY ON FIRE---Apple TV+ series underway based on the novel

TRIVIA--for July 4, Independence Day.
Ethan Hawke said he was on a road trip in Texas and had been offered the starring role of Captain Steven Hiller in INDEPENDENCE DAY. Hawke said he was reading the script and saw the line, "'E.T., phone home', that's stupid...I literally throw it out the [window]...onto the Texas highway." The role then went to Will Smith.
A year later, Hawke's girlfriend, a student at the University of Texas, wanted to see INDEPENDENCE DAY. They went into the jam-packed theater, and when Will Smith said "E.T., phone home.", the audience stood up and cheered. Hawke said turning down INDEPENDENCE DAY was the biggest mistake of his career.

 

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MONDAY, JULY 5

STAR WARS: VISIONS---featurette released for the Disney+ anthology series.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Gr9gKFxpE



INDIANA JONES 5---Harrison Ford was photographed strolling in London wearing a sling after injuring his shoulder while rehearsing for the sequel.

BLACK WIDOW---Stephen Dorff (TRUE DETECTIVE) commented on the Scarlett Johansson movie, "I still hunt out the good s**t because I don't want to be in BLACK WIDOW. It looks like garbage to me. It looks like a bad video game. I don't want to be in those movies. I really don't. I'll find that kid director that's gonna be the next Kubrick and I'll act for him instead."

TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY---James Cameron said he was high on ecstasy when he came up with the idea of including ten year-old John Connor in the sequel, "I remember sitting there once, high on E, writing notes for Terminator, and I was struck by Sting's song, that 'I hope the Russians love their children too.' And I thought, 'You know what? The idea of a nuclear war is just so antithetical to life itself.' That's where the kid came from."

SHELTER---Lisa Vidal and Cam Gigandet will star in this movie about a secret organization that hires a team to steal artwork from a neo-Nazi billionaire that was stolen by the Nazis in World War II.

LOVECRAFT COUNTRY---HBO cancelled the series.

NETFLIX---Netflix cancelled COUNTRY COMFORT, THE CREW, MR. IGLESIAS and BONDNG.

TRIVIA---more James Bond movie trivia.
James Brolin said he was hired to replace Roger Moore as 007 for OCTOPUSSY, “Roger Moore had said, ‘I’m not doing any more Bond'. So, Cubby Broccoli starts interviewing people and flies me over [to the U.K.] and takes me to all the great spots, then finally decides. … We talked about having an intercontinental accent – I’m not British and a lot of people are gonna object. Anyway, I got my flat, I started working out with the stuntmen, and then I went back home to collect all my stuff, because I’m gonna be gone a year. I’m home about a week, and I get a message that Roger Moore decided to do OCTOPUSSY."

Brolin's screen tests for OCTOPUSSY.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V15wNflslc

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxjyZ3lb8dc

 

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CORRECTION: One of the James Brolin screen test links is incorrect, so I'm posting the correct link here.

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

 

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TUESDAY, JULY 6

LAMB---trailer released for the movie starring Noomi Rapace.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uX4OshOss0



HOUSE OF THE DRAGON---Milly Alcock will play the young Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen and Emily Carey will play the young Alicent Hightower in the GAME OF THRONES prequel series.

WOLVERINE---Hugh Jackman posted a photo of himself with Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige which led to fan speculation that Jackman may be returning as Wolverine.

STAR WARS---concept artist Matthew Savage released art of a possible D-wing Starfighter.

AVATAR---David Thewlis said he will play a Na'vi in three of the sequels, “Well, nothing could be more different than Avatar. It completely doesn’t resemble anything that I’ve ever done. I should be clear, by the way, cause I know that a magazine in Britain has got me in AVATAR 2, but I’m not in AVATAR 2. I’m going to be in AVATAR 3, which was shot at the same time as AVATAR 2, and the plan is that I will be in AVATAR 4 and 5, as well. I just wanted to clear that up because somebody got that wrong recently.”

THE WITCHER: BLOOD ORIGIN---Michelle Yeoh will play Scian, last of the nomadic sword-elves tribe in the prequel series.

THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE---synopsis and photo released from the Syfy remake of the 1982 slasher movie, “A new contemporary twist-filled reimagining of the 1982 slasher cult classic just in time for Halloween. A slumber party turns into a bloodbath, as a psychotic serial killer wielding a power drill disrupts the fun.”

JAMES GUNN---Warner Bros. producer Peter Safran said the studio hired James Gunn quickly after Walt Disney fired him over his controversial tweets, "So he got fired on a Friday in July, and on Tuesday Toby [Emmerich] came to me and said, 'Tell James Gunn that whatever he wants to do at Warner Bros., we want him for it. Just tell us what he wants to do.' So it was two [working] days later. So internal discussions were incredibly easy. It just felt like James did not merit the treatment that he got, and ultimately, Disney felt the same way and reversed their decision. But it was immediate... It was a really tough time, so it wasn't like he just wanted to jump back into something. So it took a little while to figure out what he wanted to do."

TRIVIA---Ronald Lacey is best known for playing Gestapo agent Arnold Toht in RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, but Lacey returned to play SS leader Heinrich Himmler in the Adolf Hitler scene in INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE.

Ronald Lacey is best known for playing Gestapo agent Arnold Toht in RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK.

Lacey returned to play SS leader Heinrich Himmler (man in black uniform and glasses to the right of Elsa Schneider) in the Adolf Hitler scene in INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE.