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THURSDAY, JANUARY 27

JUMANJI 4: FINAL LEVEL---trailer released for the sequel.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q66HEd8Mxc



UNCHARTED---new trailer released for the Tom Holland movie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-LD16Yzi2c



THE CURSED---trailer released for the horror movie starring Boyd Holbrook.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VesqXcbw9Lk



HALLOWEEN ENDS---Jamie Lee Curtis posted a sequel photo of her with Kyle Richards and Andi Matichak.

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STAR TREK: PICARD---Patrick Stewart, 81, said the upcoming Season 3 will be the last as he will retire the Jean-Luc Picard character.

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DON'T LOOK UP---Ron Perlman commented on film critics' negative reviews, “F*ck you and your self-importance and this self-perpetuating need to say everything bad about something just so that you can get some attention for something that you had no idea about creating. It’s corrupt. And it’s sick. And it’s twisted. [It’s] part of how the internet has almost killed journalism. And now journalism is trying to do everything they can to co-opt and maintain their importance.”

LET THE RIGHT ONE IN---Nick Stahl will play Matthew, “a former soldier and fiercely loyal fixer for the Logan family, whose clean-cut, mild-mannered exterior belies a savagery beneath.” on the Showtime vampire series based on the novel. Demian Bichir and Madison Taylor Baez also star.
The series synopsis says, “Inspired by the original hit Swedish novel and film, the series centers on Mark (Bichir) and his daughter Eleanor (Baez) whose lives were changed forever 10 years earlier when she was turned into a vampire,” reads the synopsis. “Locked in at age 12, perhaps forever, Eleanor lives a closed-in life, able to go out only at night, while her father does his best to provide her with the human blood she needs to stay alive. With these emotionally charged and terrifying ingredients as a starting point, Let the Right One In will upend genre expectations, turning a naturalistic lens on human frailty, strength and compassion.”

THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE---John Larroquette is returning as the narrator for the direct sequel to the original 1974 movie.

CSI: VEGAS---Mel Rodriguez has joined William Petersen and Jorja Fox as cast members not returning as the miniseries was renewed as a tv series for Season 2.

TRIVIA---character actor Bart Braverman appeared in two giant monster movies: Ray Harryhausen's 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH and John Sayles's ALLIGATOR.
In 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH, Braverman (as Bart Bradley) played Pepe, the little Sicilian boy who recovers the Venusian Ymir egg which hatches and grows into a monster that terrorizes Rome. In ALLIGATOR, Braverman played obnoxious tabloid journalist Thomas Kemp who breaks the news that a giant alligator is killing people in Chicago's sewers.

In 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH, Braverman (as Bart Bradley) played Pepe, the little Sicilian boy who recovers the Venusian Ymir egg which hatches and grows into a monster that terrorizes Rome.

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In ALLIGATOR, Braverman played obnoxious tabloid journalist Thomas Kemp who breaks the news that a giant alligator is killing people in Chicago's sewers.

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 28

SUPER PUMPED: THE BATTLE FOR UBER---Showtime trailer released for the anthology series starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNn8YJYAyEo



MARY'S MONSTER---biomovie underway about Mary Shelley's struggle to write the classic horror novel FRANKENSTEIN, "Terrified of giving voice to the darkness of her subconscious mind, Mary Shelley locks into a dangerous battle with her own ‘inner monster’ as she struggles to write her seminal science fiction novel, ‘Frankenstein.'"

THE ESTATE---Toni Collette, Kathleen Turner and Anna Faris star in this movie about two sisters competing for their dying aunt's inheritance and discover there are more family members who want a piece of the inheritance pie.

ZEUS---Arnold Schwarzenegger posted a cryptic photo of him as Greek god Zeus for a project in February, 2022.

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SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME---Tobey Maguire and Willem Dafoe appearing in NO WAY HOME set new Guinness world records for playing live-action Marvel characters for 19 years and 225 days. Patrick Stewart and Hugh Jackman were the previous record holders after appearing in the original X-MEN and returning for LOGAN.

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3---James Gunn said VOL. 3 will be the last movie with the current team, "This is the end for us. This is the last time people will see this team of Guardians... I just want to be true to the characters, and I want to be true to the story and I want to give people the wrap-up that they deserve for the story. So that is always a little bit scary; I'm doing my best."

FAST & FURIOUS 10---Jason Momoa is in negotiations to play a main villain in the latest sequel.

DEAD DAY---Peacock tv series underway based on the comic book.

SHOWTIME---Showtime cancelled BLACK MONDAY and WORK IN PROGRESS.

TRIVIA---on the original STAR TREK, the starship Enterprise had piping labeled "GNDN" which means "Goes Nowhere, Does Nothing".

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MONDAY, JANUARY 31

HALO: THE TV SERIES---trailer released for the tv series based on the video game.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KZ3MKraNKY



THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE---trailer released for the Netflix sequel.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-Dk_uUd1MI



STAR TREK: PICARD---photos released from Season 2's first two episodes.

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WESTERN HORIZON---Kevin Costner is the star and director of this movie about the settling of the American West during a 15-year period beginning before the Civil War.

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MORNING---Laura Dern, Benedict Cumberbatch and Noah Jupe star in this sci fi movie in which advanced technology allows people to live without sleep, and a young generation rebels in order to be able to sleep and dream.

EXTRAPOLATIONS---Diane Lane, Judd Hirsch and Heather Graham have joined the Apple TV+ climate change series that also stars Meryl Streep, Marion Cotillard, Tobey Maguire, Forest Whitaker and Kit Harington.

JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION---Colin Trevorrow said DOMINION will not be the last movie in the franchise, “I think that DOMINION is going to wrap up this trilogy, but we’re not resting on our laurels. We’re going to sit down, and we’re going to see what the future is. We have that wonderful series, CAMP CRETACEOUS on Netflix. We obviously want to make quality, good movies with great storytelling, great writers and directors, but we’re definitely looking to do more in the JURASSIC world.”

EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY HAS KILLED SOMEONE---HBO miniseries underway based on Australian comedian Benjamin Stevenson's novel about a teacher who is shunned by his criminal family after he turned his brother in to the cops. At a family reunion in a remote, snow-bound mountain resort, he investigates the murder of an unidentified man.

BERLIN NOBODY---Eric Bana and Kiernan Shipka star in this movie about a psychologist who investigates a cult that may involve his daughter.

TRIVIA---more James Bond movie trivia.
Jack Lord, who achieved stardom in the original HAWAII FIVE-O, was the first actor to play CIA agent Felix Leiter in DR. NO. Lord was asked to return as Leiter in GOLDFINGER. According to writer Richard Maibaum, Lord wanted co-star billing and a bigger role and salary, which the producers refused. However, Lord said Eon Productions offered him a "no-bread contract" in which he could not act in any other roles except in the James Bond movies for seven years, "not even a tv commercial or play", and the Leiter role did not pay much and there was no guarantee Leiter would be in any future 007 movies. Consequently, Lord declined to return as Leiter.
Producer Barbara Broccoli said there are no records showing Lord was offered such a restrictive contract, but if Lord said it, it is true.


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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1

THE OFFER---trailer released for the Paramount+ miniseries about producer Albert S. Ruddy and the making of THE GODFATHER.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03Z9H9mG-SI



THE ADAM PROJECT---photos released from the Netflix time travel movie starring Ryan Reynolds, Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana and Jennifer Garner.

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VENOM---director Ruben Fleischer commented on a Venom and Spider-Man movie, "We’ll have to see. I mean, it would be honestly a dream come true to have those two worlds converge. It’ll be a formidable battle between those two characters, so… whether or not I direct it, I’ll certainly be excited to see it."

THE BOOGEYMAN---Sophie Thatcher (YELLOWJACKETS) and Chris Messina (BIRDS OF PREY) star in this movie based on the Stephen King short story.

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS---Entertainment One tv pilot underway based on the game with Rawson Marshall as the director.

URBAN COWBOY---Paramount+ tv series underway based on the 1980 movie starring John Travolta and Debra Winger.

THE LAST UNICORN---live-action movie and stage musical are underway based on the fantasy novel.

GREASE: RISE OF THE PINK LADIES---the Paramount+ prequel series will star Marisa Davila, Cheyenne Isabel Wells, Ari Notartomaso, Tricia Fukuhara, Shanel Bailey, Madison Thompson, Jonathan Nieves and Jason Schmidt.

MAYOR OF KINGSTOWN---Paramount+ renewed the series for Season 2.

TRIVIA---trivia for the Chinese New Year.
In John Carpenter's cult classic BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, Kurt Russell plays Jack Burton, a driver for the Pork Chop Express trucking company. On LinkedIn, there is a profile for Jack Burton, a driver for Pork Chop Express.

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2

STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS---Anson Mounted released a STRANGE NEW WORLDS poster. Also, co-showrunner Akiva Goldsman said the series' character La'an Noonien-Singh (Christina Chong), is, "related to Khan, for sure."
A new spinoff series, STAR TREK: STAR FLEET ACADEMY, about Star Fleet cadets, is underway. Alex Kurtzman said, "We have to think several years out. We’re thinking about knowing we’ll want new shows on the air two or three years from now so we have to start planning those now. There’s a bunch of things in development now that are starting to take shape and we’re super excited about it.”

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JOHN WICK---Halle Berry hinted a spinoff movie about her character, Sofia, is underway, "There could possibly be a Sofia...her own movie. So she might not be in JOHN WICK, but she might be doing her own thingy-thingy." Berry said the spinoff would be, "putting some ointment on a little sore" after her DIE ANOTHER DAY James Bond spinoff movie featuring Jinx was cancelled.

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RENFIELD---Shohreh Aghdashloo (THE EXPANSE) will play feared crime lord Ella in the Dracula movie starring Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage and Awkwafina.

HEART OF STONE---Jamie Dornan will co-star with Gal Gadot in the Netflix international spy thriller movie.

BILLY SUMMERS---Bad Robot Productions is developing a tv miniseries based on the Stephen King novel.

THE FLASH---Rick Cosnett, whose character was killed off, is returning and will “embody different characters”.

STARVE ACRE---Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark will star in this movie based on the horror novel.

SEAL TEAM---Paramount+ renewed the series for Season 6.

TRIVIA---Groundhog Day movie trivia.
Character actor Stephen Tobolowsky appeared in three time travel movies: GROUNDHOG DAY, THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT and THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE.
In GROUNDHOG DOG, Tobolowsky played obnoxious insurance salesman Ned Ryerson. In THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT, Tobolowsky played investigator Barney. In THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE, Tobolowsky played Dr. Kendrick.

In GROUNDHOG DOG, Tobolowsky played obnoxious insurance salesman Ned Ryerson.

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In THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT, Tobolowsky played investigator Barney.

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In THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE, Tobolowsky played Dr. Kendrick.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3

GASLIT---trailer released for the Starz Watergate miniseries starring Julia Roberts and Sean Penn.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQQSrbSw9M0



MADAME WEB---Dakota Johnson is in talks to star in the Sony Pictures SPIDER-MAN spinoff movie.

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THE LORD OF THE RINGS: RINGS OF POWER---poster released for the Amazon tv series.

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YELLOWSTONE---Paramount Network renewed the series for Season 5.

ENDING THINGS---Priyanka Chopra and Anthony Mackie will star in this movie about a female assassin who wants to quit her business relationship, but not her romantic relationship, with her lover and fellow assassin.

WHITE NIGHT---Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Chloe Grace Moretz will star in this movie about cult leader Jim Jones and Jonestown massacre survivor Deborah Layton.

INSIDIOUS 5---Patrick Wilson confirmed the fifth movie in the franchise is underway.

SCREAM 6---Paramount Pictures confirmed the next sequel is underway.

BLOCKBUSTER MOVIES---Roland Emmerich commented on the state of blockbuster movies, “Because naturally, Marvel and DC Comics, and STAR WARS have pretty much taken over. It’s ruining our industry a little bit because nobody does anything original anymore. You should make bold new movies. And I think Christopher Nolan is the master of that. He is someone who can make movies about whatever he wants. I have it a little bit harder, but I still have a big enough name – especially when it’s a disaster [movie] or has some sort of disaster theme.”
Emmerich said he is not interested in directing superhero movies, “There were [THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN comics], but they were very childish, and there were no superheroes. So that’s why at the very beginning, superheroes didn’t work in Germany. They needed 10 or 15 years [of movies] to get to the same level as the rest of the world…. But I just have never found any interest in that kind of movie.”

TRIVIA---Iron Eyes Cody played Indians in many tv shows and movies including THE PALEFACE (Bob Hope), A MAN CALLED HORSE (Richard Harris) and NEVADA SMITH (Steve McQueen). Cody is best known as the "Crying Indian" in the Keep America Beautiful environmental public service ads. Iron Eyes Cody's real name is Espera Oscar de Corti, an Italian-American, who was born in Louisiana.

Iron Eyes Cody in THE PALEFACE.

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Cody in A MAN CALLED HORSE.

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Cody in NEVADA SMITH.

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Cody is best known as the "Crying Indian" in the Keep America Beautiful environmental public service ads. Iron Eyes Cody's real name is Espera Oscar de Corti, an Italian-American, who was born in Louisiana.

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4

THE ORVILLE: NEW HORIZONS---trailer released for Season 3.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2dcVdNJtSQ



SLOW HORSES---Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Jonathan Pryce star in this Apple TV+ miniseries based on the spy novel about a group of agents in MI5's dumping ground.

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RICH FLU---Rosamund Pike stars in this movie about a deadly flu that afflicts the ultra-wealthy.

CHAPELWAITE---EPIX has revamped what was originally a miniseries into a tv series and renewed it for Season 2.

CSI: VEGAS---Marge Helgenberger is in talks to return as Catherine Willows for Season 2.

CW---the network ordered three pilots. GOTHAM KNIGHTS in which Bruce Wayne is murdered and his son and the children of his enemies team up after they are framed for the murder. THE WINCHESTERS is a prequel to SUPERNATURAL about the parents of Dean and Sam Winchester. WALKER, INDEPENDENCE is a prequel to WALKER in which the Walker family leaves Boston to the West where the wife seeks revenge on her husband's killer.

SOMEBODY, SOMEWHERE---HBO renewed the series for Season 2.

TRIVIA---Robert J. Serling was a pilot, aviation editor for United Press International and the older brother of THE TWILIGHT ZONE creator Rod Serling. Robert was the technical adviser on THE TWILIGHT ZONE episode "The Odyssey of Flight 33" in which an airliner enters a time warp and is transported back to prehistoric times when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
Robert J. Serling also wrote the best-selling novel THE PRESIDENT'S PLANE IS MISSING which was made into a tv movie starring Buddy Ebsen and Peter Graves.

Robert J. Serling (right) with his younger brother, Rod Serling (left), creator of THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

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Robert was the technical adviser on THE TWILIGHT ZONE episode "The Odyssey of Flight 33" in which an airliner enters a time warp and is transported back to prehistoric times when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.

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Robert also wrote the best-selling novel THE PRESIDENT'S PLANE IS MISSING which was made into a tv movie starring Buddy Ebsen and Peter Graves.

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To add to Chris and Martyns ... one of my Twilight Zone faves.

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My favorite THE TWILIGHT ZONE episodes are:

1. "To Serve Man"
2. "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?"
3. "The Invaders"


As far as "The 7th is Made Up of Phantoms", have you noticed the huge plothole----the three tankers armed with pistols and a carbine join the battle to help Custer and his troops----but leave their M3A3 Stuart tank behind.

Trivia---the episode's National Guard HQ radioman co-starred in KELLY'S HEROES which also featured a tank.
 
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7

VIKINGS: VALHALLA---trailer released for the Netflix Viking series.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH3BM2fHhtM



THE THING ABOUT PAM---trailer released for the NBC miniseries starring Renee Zellweger as murderess Pam Hupp.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8IkJ3yxgpU



CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN---trailer released for the Disney+ remake of the 2003 movie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq8Nsc5r2So



PRESUMED INNOCENT---Apple TV+ miniseries underway based on the Scott Turow novel. The 1990 movie starred Harrison Ford and Greta Scacchi.

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NATIONAL TREASURE---Catherine Zeta-Jones will play billionaire adventurer/antiquities hunter Billie in the Disney+ reboot tv series about a young hispanic Dreamer girl who investigates her family's past and a lost Pan American treasure.

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HURRICANA---Betty Gilpin is in talks to play Anna Nicole Smith and Holly Hunter is in talks to play Smith's therapist in the Anna Nicole Smith biomovie.

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BEIJING WINTER OLYMPICS--the opening ceremony for the Beijing Winter Olympics drew 16 million viewers which is a record-low and was 43% less than the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea.

BLOOD COUNT---Peter Ramsey (SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE) will direct this Paramount Pictures vampire movie set in 1950s Los Angeles.

TRIVIA---more James Bond movie trivia.
In Don Siegel's THE BLACK WINDMILL, British spy Maj. John Tarrant (Michael Caine) said he has infiltrated a sabotage ring run by Sean Kelly. His boss, Cedric Harper (Donald Pleasence) says, "[Sean Kelly] whom I believe to be a Soviet agent---Sean Connery. ...uh, Kelly...uh, Sean Kelly." This is an in-joke referring to Pleasence playing Ernst Stavro Blofeld and Sean Connery playing James Bond in YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE.


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Other great Twilight Zone Episodes: It's A Good Life
The Hitch Hiker
The Masks
 
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8

THE DROPOUT---trailer released for the Hulu miniseries about the downfall of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, the world's youngest female self-made billionaire.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ0TYQxVAlI


SHINING GIRLS---trailer released for the Apple TV+ miniseries based on the novel.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0oLYKjmHuU



JUST WATCH ME---Gerard Butler will star in this heist movie from the Riley Wolfe novels in which a master thief teams up with a female forger and others for an historic heist. Derek Kolstad (JOHN WICK) is the writer.

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REACHER---Amazon Prime renewed the series for Season 2.

DOCTOR JEKYLL---Eddie Izzard wil play Dr. Nina Hyde in this movie in which she hires someone to prevent her life from being destroyed by her evil alter ego, Hyde.

THE FABELMANS---David Lynch has jo8ined the cast of the Steven Spielberg semi-autobiographical movie in an undisclosed role.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST---Rita Ora will play a “a fugitive with surprising abilities who carries with her a secret that could potentially affect an entire kingdom" in the Disney+ prequel.

AMERICAN BORN CHINESE---Michelle Yeoh stars in this Disney+ series based on the graphic novel.

MRS. AMERICAN PIE---Kristen Wiig stars in this Apple TV+ comedy series about a woman who seeks a higher status in the 1970s Palm Beach country club. Laura Dern is the producer.

GUCCI---Sky Studios is developing a tv series and a documentary about the fashion family with several members of the family cooperating.

SUPERFUDGE---Russo Bros. animated movie underway based on the children's book.

TRIVIA---two-time Academy Award-winning writer William Goldman's credits include BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID, ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN, A BRIDGE TOO FAR, THE STEPFORD WIVES, MARATHON MAN, MISERY, THE PRINCESS BRIDE and MAVERICK. Goldman commented on his favorite movies, "The only movies I love that I've been associated with are, I really like BUTCH CASSIDY, and I really like THE PRINCESS BRIDE."

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9

MEN---trailer released for the Alex Garland horror movie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKJ4Thgk1Js



FIRESTARTER---trailer released for the remake horror movie based on the Stephen King novel.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59MJfJPP5eo



SHINING VALE---trailer released for the Starz comedy horror series starring Courteney Cox and Greg Kinnear.

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



OBI-WAN KENOBI---a source claims three Inquisitors will be in the Disney+ miniseries with Rupert Friend playing the Grand Inquisitor. Moses Ingram will pay a second Inquisitor. The Inquisitors are Pau'an Jedi hunters with Dark Side powers.

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POOLMAN---Chris Pine, Annette Bening and Danny DeVito star in this Pine-directed comedy movie about an apartment complex poolman and his neighbors who investigate the biggest water heist in Los Angeles history.

SUPERHEROES---Steven Soderbergh commented on why he is not interested in directing a superhero movie, “I’m not a snob; it’s not that I feel it’s some lower tier in any way. It really becomes about what universe you occupy as a storyteller. I’m just too earthbound to really release myself to a universe in which Newtonian physics don’t exist [laughs].
I just have a lack of imagination in that regard, which is why the one foray I had into pure science-fiction [SOLARIS] was essentially a character drama that happened to be set on a spaceship.
Also, for a lot of these, for me to understand the world and how to write or supervise the writing of the story and the characters – apart from the fact that I can bend time and defy gravity and shoot beams out of my fingers – there’s no f*ckig. Nobody’s f*cking! Like, I don’t know how to tell people how to behave in a world in which that is not a thing.
The fantasy-spectacle universe, as far as I can tell, typically doesn’t involve a lot of f*cking, and also things like – who’s paying these people? Who do they work for? How does this job come to be?”

THE CONTINENTAL---Katie McGrath (SUPERGIRL) will play The Adjudicator in the Starz JOHN WICK prequel series.

THE PAST---Roku Channel sci fi series set in a post-apocalyptic world after a mysterious fog called "Miasma" has driven most of mankind insane. A family embarks on a journey to find other survivors.

SUNNY---Rashida Jones stars in this Apple TV+ tv series about an American woman living in Tokyo teams up with her servant robot to investigate the airline crash that killed her family.

THE ROOKIE---ABC spinoff series underway starring Niecy Nash.

GUMBY---Fox is developing a live-action/animated franchise based on the character.

LOVE, VICTOR---Hulu announced that Season 3 will be the last season.

TRIVIA---character actor Hector Elizondo appeared in all 18 of Garry Marshall's movies that he directed beginning with YOUNG DOCTORS IN LOVE to MOTHER'S DAY. The biggest hit of the 18 movies was PRETTY WOMAN in which Elizondo played hotel manager Barney Thompson.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10

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

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtxAPXT4174&t=30s



THE ADAM PROJECT---trailer released for the Netflix time travel movie starring Ryan Reynolds.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9ebeNKkc08



THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE POWER OF THE RINGS---photos released of Robert Aramayo as Elrond and Morfydd Clarke as Galadriel. The series is set after evil god Morgoth has been defeated, and Galadriel hunts down Mogroth's minions.
Co-showrunner Patrick McKay said THE POWER OF THE RINGS will not have the same levels of sex and violence as GAME OF THRONES because they want to “make a show for everyone, for kids who are 11, 12, and 13, even though sometimes they might have to pull the blanket up over their eyes if it’s a little too scary.”

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FERRARI---Adam Driver will star in Michael Mann's Enzo Ferrari biomovie. Penelope Cruz will play his wife, Laura. Shailene Woodley will play Enzo's mistress, Lina Lardi. The writer is Troy Martin Kennedy (THE ITALIAN JOB).

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KANDAHAR---photo and synopsis released for the Gerard Butler action movie, "Kandahar sees Butler star as Tom Harris, an undercover CIA operative, stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan. He must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding the elite special forces tasked with hunting them down."

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REBEL MOON---Charlie Hunnam, Sofia Boutella, Djimon Hounsou and Ray Fisher will star in the Netflix sci fi movie that was originally Zack Snyder's proposal for a STAR WARS movie.

GHOSTED---Chris Evans, Ana de Armas and Adrien Brody will star in the Apple TV+ action romance movie that will be directed by Dexter Fletcher. The writers are Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese.

DOOMSDAY MACHINE---Claire Foy will play Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg in this HBO miniseries based on the book THE UGLY TRUTH which tells the story of "the political and social minefields Facebook has navigated on its relentless quest for growth."

BARBIE---America Ferrara will co-star in the movie based on the Mattel doll with Margot Robbie as Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken.

TRIVIA---TRIVIA---PREDATOR 2 almost had Arnold Schwarzenegger returning with Steven Seagal as his co-star. Director Stephen Hopkins said, "Seagal was on board, and I had to go have a meeting with him at his house, which was one of the craziest afternoons I've had, sort of to talk him out of doing it. It was a bizarre — he's a very unusual, slightly twisted kind of guy, and in the end I couldn't see myself doing it with him. It didn't feel right. He wasn't the kind of hero… I thought it would just turn into a cheesy — you know, it's got plenty of cheese now, but it's a kind of cool cheese, I think, as opposed to uncool cheese."
He added, "He was desperate to do it. I went up to his house, he crushed my hand and he took me into a room where all the walls were covered with guns. He told me he wanted to play a CIA psychiatrist who is also a martial arts expert and carried a gun. I listened to him for a long time, and he was clearly a little crazy at the time. I said, 'Oh, this is different from the way we were going, so I guess we shouldn't do it.' Then he became really keen to do it, and he threw his arm around me on the way out and he said, 'I want you to come to my ranch in Santa Barbara because I've got a grenade launching range there, so we can go and launch grenades together.' I said, 'Yeah, great, we'll do that.' But that didn't happen. Sorry, I'm not a fan of his, so…"
Some sources claim Schwarzenegger dropped out after a salary dispute, but Hopkins said, “I think we got on okay, in fact, the opening scene of the film was supposed to be these guys playing golf on a golf course and a helicopter lands, and there is a guy with white hair golfing and they come and say ‘he’s back’, and Arnold turns around he’s got white hair and a scar across his face. Him and Danny Glover would have teamed-up.
Actually what I think it was that Jim Cameron, who I used to work for, he said to Arnold that he wanted him to do TERMINATOR 2 and he didn’t want to both to happen. He didn’t feel like help TERMINATOR 2 if PREDATOR 2 happened with Arnold in it and Jim was preparing it for a long time. I think Arnold had to make a choice and clearly it was a great choice because TERMINATOR 2 is one of the great science fiction films.”

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11

DC SUPERHEROES---trailer released showing THE BATMAN, THE FLASH, BLACK ADAM and AQUAMAN AND THE LOST KINGDOM.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXrI5k0AA3A



BILLY THE KID---trailer released for the EPIX Western miniseries.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bPVzXG6KW8



QUANTUM LEAP---Helen Shaver (VIKINGS, WESTWORLD) is the director/producer of the reboot pilot which is set 30 years after the original tv series where a new team of scientists seek to restart the time travel project. Scott Bakula is talks to return in an unknown capacity.

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THE BOYS IN THE BOAT---Joel Edgerton will star in this George Clooney-directed movie based on the novel about the US rowing team in the 1936 Berlin Olympics during the era of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.

THE MARVELS---Brie Larson commented on her physical condition for the new Marvel superhero movie, "In the first film she's developing that strength, and so I was developing my own personal strength with this one. She's already got more mastery over her powers. She can fly now. And so having my body more limber, more ready for these types of movements like wirework, which I didn't have to do as much on the first one, was the main goal."

THE NEW BOY---Cate Blanchett will star in this movie set in 1940s Australia where a young aborigine boys arrives at a remote monastery run by a renegade nun.

LYLE, LYLE CROCODILE---Shawn Mendes will be the voice of Lyle the crocodile in the live-action movie based on the children's book. Javier Bardem and Constance Wu also star.

END OF WATCH---Fox tv series underway based on the 2012 movie about LAPD cops that starred Jake Gyllenhaal.

THE NEW LOOK---Ben Mendelsohn will play Christian Dior and Juliette Binoche willl play Coco Chanel in the Apple TV+ fashion series.

AMC---AMC Network and its platforms renewed KIN, BLOODLANDS, CREEPSHOW, MY LIFE IS MURDER, LONDON KILLS and SLASHER: RIPPER.

TRIVIA---the whodunnit THE LAST OF SHEILA starred James Coburn, James Mason, Richard Benjamin, Dyan Cannon, Raquel Welch, Ian McShane and Joan Hackett. Hit-and-run victim Sheila was played by Yvonne Romain, the wife of Academy Award-winning lyricist/composer Leslie Bricusse (GOLDFINGER, DR. DOLITTLE).

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER---trailer released for the Amazon Prime series.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7v1hIkYH24



DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS---trailer released for the sequel.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWzlQ2N6qqg



NOPE---trailer released for the Jordan Peele horror movie.

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



DEEP WATER---trailer released for the thriller movie starring Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7v1hIkYH24



STAR WARS: AHSOKA---Ray Stevenson (ROME) has joined the cast of the Disney+ series in an undisclosed lead role.

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BATGIRL---photo released of Michael Keaton returning as Batman on the film set of the HBO Max movie.

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57 SECONDS---Josh Hutcherson and Morgan Freeman star in this sci fi movie in which a tech blogger finds a visionary guru's ring which allows him to travel 57 seconds back in time and uses it to take on the pharmaceutical company that caused his sister's death.

PEACOCK---two animated tv sequels are underway to ABOMINATION (ABOMINATION AND THE INVISIBLE CITY) and MEGAMINDS (MEGAMIND'S GUIDE TO DEFENDING YOUR CITY) are underway.

TRIVIA--more James Bond movie trivia.
Character actor Anthony Chinn appeared in four James Bond movies. In DR. NO, Chinn played a SPECTRE decontamination technician. In GOLDFINGER, Chinn played Goldfinger's servant. In YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, Chinn played a SPECTRE guard. In A VIEW TO A KILL, Chinn played the Taiwanese tycoon.

In DR. NO, Chinn played a SPECTRE decontamination technician.

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In GOLDFINGER, Chinn played Goldfinger's servant.

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In YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, Chinn played a SPECTRE guard.

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In A VIEW TO A KILL, Chinn played the Taiwanese tycoon.

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