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[The Military Workshop]

I am predicting a flop - BARBIE---photos released of Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling on the film set of the movie based on the Mattel doll line.

Happy to see The Lincoln Lawyer getting another series and a 3rd movie of The Equalizer with Denzel.

However the most interesting news is Kevin Costner's Horizon project. Just rewatched Dances with Wolves and he has done other good Westerns.

Costner will also produce and finance the film through his Territory Pictures production company. Casting for the film will begin in February."America's expansion into the west was one that was fraught with peril and intrigue from the natural elements, to the interactions with the indigenous peoples who lived on the land, and the determination and at many times ruthlessness of those who sought to settle it," Costner said in a statement. "'Horizon' tells the story of that journey in an honest and forthcoming way, highlighting the points of view and consequences of the characters' life and death decisions." Costner last directed "Open Range," starring Robert Duvall and Annette Bening, in 2003. He's also the director of "The Postman" and the Best Picture winner "Dances With Wolves" from 1990, which he produced, directed and starred in and which was nominated for 12 Oscars, winning seven, including two for Costner as a producer and director.

 

[dragon53]

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29

SEE HOW THEY RUN---trailer released for the murder mystery movie starring Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q00qh7Ab6Mk



THIRTEEN LIVES---trailer released for the Ron Howard/Amazon movie about the rescue of 12 Thai soccer players and their coach that stars Colin Farrell, Joel Edgerton and Viggo Mortensen.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R068Si4eb3Y



OBI-WAN KENOBI---co-writer Stuart Beattie commented on his participation in the miniseries which was originally going to be a theatrical movie trilogy that was cancelled due to the failure of SOLO: A STAR WAR STORY, “Joby [Harold, miniseries showrunner] came on and took my scripts and turned it from two hours into six. So, I did not work with them at all, I just got credit for the episodes because it was all my stuff.”
“When I pitched my Obi-Wan story to Lucasfilm, I said, ‘There are actually three stories here. Because there are three different evolutions that the character has to make in order to go from Obi-Wan to Ben’.
The first one was the first movie, which was the show, which was, ‘Surrender to the will of the Force. Transport your will, surrender your will. Leave the kid alone.’
So then, the second [movie] was thinking about where Kenobi ends up. And one of the most powerful and probably the most powerful moment in all of Obi-Wan’s story is that moment where he sacrifices himself in A NEW HOPE Great moment, you know, makes you cry.
But, if you stop and think about it, it’s a pretty sudden thing, to just kind of go be fighting a guy, to see Luke and go, ‘I’m gonna die.’ You know, that to me, that required forethought. That required pre-acceptance that this was going to happen.”
Beattie commented on the second movie in which Obi-Wan realizes his own mortality and Qui-Gon telling him he must sacrifice himself for the common good, “He’s recognizing he’s been on this journey already, and he’s waiting for this moment, and that’s how he’s able to make it so easily. To do this [sacrifice], and die. So that to me was the second evolution, the second film, the second story. So for me, if I have anything to do with the second season of OBI-WAN, that’s the character evolution that I would take him on. That, to me, is really interesting. And like I said, universal.”

WHO'S THE BOSS?---Tony Danza and Alyssa Milano will return for the Amazon Freevee sequel to the tv series that ran from 1984 to 1992. The sequel has Samantha, a single mother, living with her father and their differing parenting styles.

THE ELECTRIC STATE---Millie Bobby Brown will star in the Russo brothers/Netflix movie based on the graphic novel with Chris Pratt in talks to co-star.

FALLOUT---Kyle MacLachlan and Walton Goggins will star in the Amazon Prime tv series based on the video game.

WOODY ALLEN---Woody Allen hinted he may retire soon, “I’ll probably make at least one more movie. A lot of the thrill is gone. When I used to do a film it’d go into a movie house all across the country. Now you do a movie and you get a couple of weeks in a movie house. Maybe six weeks or four weeks and then it goes right to streaming or pay-per-view…It’s not the same…It’s not as enjoyable to me.
I don’t get the same fun as putting on a movie and putting it in a theater. It was a nice feeling to know that 500 people were seeing it once… I don’t know how I feel about making movies. I’m going to make another one and I’ll see how it feels.”
Amazon cancelled its four-movie, $68 million deal with Allen, and his popularity in Hollywood has declined due to sex allegations involving his daughter, Dylan Farrow.

THE GANGSTER, THE COP, THE DEVIL---Don Lee will return in the Paramount Pictures remake of the South Korean movie in which a South Korean gangster and a police detective team up to catch the serial killer who tried to kill the gangster.

SCARLET WITCH---Elizabeth Olsen commented on rumors she will star in a Marvel Studios solo movie, "No one tells me anything, and I'm not even hiding a secret because I'm bad at that."

TRIVIA---Tom Hanks and his sons appeared in two of his World War II tv projects. In BAND OF BROTHERS, Hanks had a cameo as a British soldier and his son, Colin, played Lt. Henry Jones. In GREYHOUND, Hanks played Capt. Ernest Krause and his son, Chet, played sonar operator Bushnell.

In BAND OF BROTHERS, Hanks had a cameo as a British soldier and his son, Colin, played Lt. Henry Jones.

In GREYHOUND, Hanks played Capt. Ernest Krause and his son, Chet, played sonar operator Bushnell (center).

 

[dragon53]

THURSDAY, JUNE 30

TICKET TO PARADISE---trailer released for the romantic comedy movie starring George Clooney and Julia Roberts.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkP4tVTdsz8



AVATAR 2---photo released of Kate Winslet's character, Na'vi Ronal, a leader of the oceanic Metkayina tribe. Winslet said, "She is deeply loyal and a fearless leader. She is strong. A warrior. Even in the face of grave danger, and with an unborn baby on board, she still joins her people and fights for what she holds most dear. Her family and their home."

JAMES BOND---producer Barbara Broccoli commented on Daniel Craig's successor and the next sequel, "There isn't a script and we can't come up with one until we decide how we're going to approach the next film because, really, it's a reinvention of Bond. We're reinventing who he is and that takes time. I'd say that filming is at least two years away."

THE WALKING DEAD---Norman Reedus commented on the Daryl spinoff series, "Sure, there’s gonna be a spinoff, and it’ll be me alone, and I’ll be on this mission, and [Daryl and Carol] will come back together later on down the road, of course; and other characters that have gone missing, I’ll probably run into."

E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL---Henry Thomas commented on a possible sequel after the 2019 Comcast Xfinity commercial which featured E.T., "There had been ideas kicked around over the years. There were some serious talks early on because the studio was really pushing for it, to follow up the success of the 1982 season...That's why the commercial, I think Spielberg okayed the commercial because that's as close to a sequel as he's willing to go, as he's willing to allow. The response for that Xfinity spot was so overwhelming and people thought it was a teaser for a sequel which created a huge, huge stir on the internet. I don’t know if it made it past the internet.”

MARVEL CINEMA UNIVERSE---Christopher Walken commented on Marvel movies, "Nobody’s asked me to do a Marvel! But I think it’s too bad that with a movie that costs $200 million to make, you know, dozens of smaller movies could be made for that money. And then it’s too bad that if you make a movie now, it’s unlikely to be seen in a [cinema] unless it’s one of those big ones. The smaller movies more likely go straight to the small screen."

BACK IN ACTION---Cameron Diaz is coming out of retirement to star with Jamie Foxx in this Netflix action comedy movie. No plot details were released.

TWIN TERRITORY---Amazon miniseries about legendary black lawman Bass Reeves with Morgan Freeman as a co-producer. This is not related to the Taylor Sheridan miniseries 1883: BASS REEVES.

TRUST---Kate Winslet will star in the HBO miniseries based on the novel. The synopsis says, “The story centers around a wealthy financier who is dissatisfied by a novel based on his life and his wife’s portrayal, so he asks a secretary to ghostwrite his memoir and set the record straight. The secretary, however, grows uncomfortably aware that he is rewriting history—and his wife’s place in it. Told in four different voices and genres, Trust is a narrative puzzle that subverts the notion of truth and who gets to define it.”

ROMY AND MICHELE'S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION---Mira Sorvino said a sequel to the 1997 comedy movie that also starred Lisa Kudrow, might be in the future, “We’re getting closer. Something might be in the works. There’s nothing official to report, but I can unofficially hint that we’re closer than we’ve ever been to getting something to happen.”

TRIVIA---6' 6" 340 pound actor Erland van Lidth is best known for playing sadistic Stalker Dynamo in THE RUNNING MAN with Arnold Schwarzenegger and massive serial killer Grossberger in STIR CRAZY with Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. In reality, van Lidth graduated from MIT with a BS in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. He was a star on MIT's wrestling team and was the 1976 NCAA Division III runner-up in the heavyweight division and an alternate on the 1976 Summer Olympics US wrestling team. His talents also included being an opera singer.
Van Lidth died at age 34 of a heart attack only a few months after finishing THE RUNNING MAN.

6' 6" 340 pound actor Erland van Lidth is best known for playing sadistic Stalker Dynamo in THE RUNNING MAN with Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Van Lidth played massive serial killer Grossberger in STIR CRAZY with Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor.

 

[dragon53]

FRIDAY, JULY 1

KUNG FU PANADA: THE DRAGON KNIGHT---trailer released for the Netflix animated series.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYy7oGQiSqI



KEEP BREATHING---trailer released for the Netflix survival movie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfhCEXLnQh8



BENJAMIN FRANKLIN---Apple TV+ released a photo of Michael Douglas starring in the eight-part untitled miniseries.

STAR WARS---now that Patty Jenkins' ROGUE SQUADRON movie is apparently on the back burner, Taiki Waititi commented on the status of his STAR WARS movie, “I’m trying to write the STAR WARS idea at the moment. I’ve got to see how that goes, because once I submit it, that might determine when it gets made or if it gets made, even.”
He added, “I am cool as well to take six months off and just go hang out with my kids.”

EXTRACTION---Joe Russo commented on the Netflix sequel, “It’s great. It’s very different from EXTRACTION 1, which we like. It’s its own movie in that regard. It has a different color schematic. It’s set in a different part of the world. It has a different pace, a different tone than the first one.
And that, to us, is an interesting way to approach serializing a story, is that it’s more surprising and unexpected, and you’re not going to get the exact same movie that you got the last time out. So we’re really excited about it, and we think it was beautifully shot. Hemsworth’s fantastic in it. And we’re excited to share it with audiences.”

THE WALKING DEAD---photo from Season 11, Part 3 shows a gruesome zombie attack.

GODZILLA AND TITANS---the cast and synopsis were released for the Apple TV+ live-action series. The synopsis says, “Following the thunderous battle between Godzilla and the Titans that leveled San Francisco and the shocking new reality that monsters are real, the untitled Monsterverse series will explore one family’s journey to uncover its buried secrets and a legacy linking them to the secret organization known as Monarch."

Anna Sawai--Cate, a former schoolteacher and G-Day survivor who travels to Japan to settle family affairs but instead uncovers a family secret.
Kiersey Clemons--May, an American ex-pat with a roguish exterior that she uses to protect herself as well as others.
Joe Tippett--Tim, an office drone who dreams of secret agent adventure.
Elisa Lasowski--Duvall, an expert operative with unwavering confidence in herself and her skills.



THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER---Christian Bale said some cameos were deleted from the final movie, “I got to work with Peter Dinklage, that’s not in the final film, but he’s fantastic. I got to work with Jeff Goldblum, he’s not in the final film either. As you see, a lot of stuff ends up on the cutting room floor even though it is beautiful brilliant stuff.” Also, Lena Headey was not in the final movie, but she is being sued by her former agency for its part in getting her the deleted cameo.

MAGNUM P.I.---NBC picked up the cancelled CBS series for two more seasons.

THE MOON REPRESENTS MY HEART---Gemma Chan will star in this Netflix miniseries based on the upcoming sci fi novel about two British-Chinese kids who use their time travel abilities to search for their missing parents.

FIELD OF DREAMS---Peacock cancelled its planned tv series based on the Kevin Costner baseball movie.

DUNCANVILLE---Fox cancelled the series.

TOM SWIFT---CW cancelled the series.

TRIVIA---in THE NAKED GUN, Lt. Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) had an embarrassing scene with Queen Elizabeth, but he redeemed himself when he saved her from being assassinated by Reggie Jackson at a baseball game.
Leslie Nielsen met the real Queen Elizabeth at the Centennial Festival in Saskatchewan in 2005. When Nielsen shook her hand, he was sure if she had seen the movie or not, "We simply looked at each other, there seemed to be an exchange of hidden meaning,"

 

[dragon53]

MONDAY, JULY 4

PRIMAL---trailer released for Season 2.

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




MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE--DEAD RECKONING PART TWO---for Tom Cruise's 60th birthday, director Christopher McQuarrie posted a sequel stunt photo of Cruise dangling from a Boeing-Stearman biplane in which the biplane performs a barrel role and Cruise climbs back into the cockpit.

ANDOR---photo from the Disney+ prequel series shows Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) and Luthen (Stellan Skarsgard) on a speeder bike. Premiere is August 31.

FURIOSA---photo released from the prequel film set show Chris Hemsworth as a villain which is speculated to be Dementus.

AVATAR: WAY OF WATER---Sigourney Weaver's and Stephen Lang's characters were killed off in the original movie. Weaver returns in the sequel as a new character, the teenage daughter of Jake and Neytiri. Lang returns as Miles Quatrich, whose consciousness has been transferred into a Na'vi avatar. Lang said, “He’s bigger, he’s bluer, he’s p–sed off, but there may possibly be an aspect of humility. When you take two Na’vi arrows in the chest, that’s gonna have some kind of effect on you. [He] was always a character who moved in straight lines and at right angles. But now he is as lithe as they come. He can move with the same kind of cunning and feral quality that any of the Na’vi can.”
Also, James Cameron said he might not direct the fourth and fifth movies, The AVATAR films themselves are kind of all-consuming. I’ve got some other things I’m developing as well that are exciting. I think eventually over time – I don’t know if that’s after three or after four – I’ll want to pass the baton to a director that I trust to take over, so I can go do some other stuff that I’m also interested in. Or maybe not. I don’t know."

YELLOWSTONE---Kelly Reilly hinted that in Season 5, Beth Dutton will go after Summer, "Beth wants her father to be happy. She just has no respect for this particular woman. She sees Summer as an enemy, someone who has absolutely no respect for their way of life. [She and her fellow protesters] just come in with this very basic understanding, thinking that [ranchers] all just rednecks."
She added, "Beth isn’t going to walk her through it. She’s just going to quietly destroy her. And it’s so easy for Beth to do that. We know it’s so easy for her to do that! That capacity for violence and cruelty that Beth has in her is quite terrifying, actually."

WOLVERINE---Taron Egerton confirmed he has met with Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige and other executives to talk about him replacing Hugh Jackman as Wolverine in future projects, “I don’t think it would be wrong to say that. I’d be excited but I’d be apprehensive as well because Hugh is so associated with the role that I’d wonder if it’d be very difficult for someone else to do it… But hopefully if it does come around, they’ll give me a shot.”

THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE---HBO cancelled the series.

WHY WOMEN KILL---Paramount+ cancelled the series.

TRIVIA---Independence Day trivia.
In Joe Dante's sci fi movie tribute MATINEE, David Clennon and Lisa Jakub played a father and his daughter, who are attending the premiere of MANT!, a sci fi movie by Lawrence Woolsey (John Goodman). Clennon and Jakub appeared in two classic sci fi movies. Clennon played Palmer in John Carpenter's THE THING, and Jakub played Randy Quaid's daughter, Alicia, in INDEPENDENCE DAY.

In Joe Dante's sci fi movie tribute MATINEE, David Clennon and Lisa Jakub played a father and his daughter, who are attending the premiere of MANT!, a sci fi movie by Lawrence Woolsey (John Goodman).

David Clennon played Palmer in John Carpenter's THE THING.

Lisa Jakub played Randy Quaid's daughter, Alicia, in INDEPENDENCE DAY.

 

[dragon53]

TUESDAY, JULY 5

AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER---sequel photo shows Jake and Neytiri with their children including Sigourney Weaver as adopted daughter Kiri (left).

STRANGER THINGS---the series set a record of 7.2 billion viewing minutes from May 30-June 5. It is now the most-watched English language series on Netflix.
Also the Duffer brothers commented on the spinoff series, “It’s not following…I’ve read these rumors that there’s gonna be an Eleven spinoff, that there’s gonna be a Steve and Dustin spinoff or that it’s another number. That’s not interesting to me because we’ve done all that. We’ve spent I don’t know how many hours exploring all of that. So it’s very different.”
The brothers also announced that Season 5, the last season, will be shorter than previous seasons. Matt Duffer said, "We thought Season 4 was going to be eight [episodes], and they were going to be regular length. So if you had interviewed us before four, that's what I would've said. I think we're aiming for eight again. We don't want it to be 13 hours. We're aiming for more like 10 hours or something. I think it's going to be longer than Season 1 because we just have so much to wrap up, but I don't think it's going to be as long as Season 4."
Ross Duffer added, "This season, for instance, it was two hours before our characters even realized the monster was killing people in Hawkins. They know what the threat is now, and so that will help speed it up."
Matt commented on Millie Bobbie Brown's criticism of the series, "What did Millie call us? She said we were 'sensitive Sallies.' She’s hilarious. Believe us, we’ve explored all options in the writing room. Just as a complete hypothetical, if you kill Mike, that's depressing. We aren’t GAME OF THRONES. This is Hawkins, it’s not Westeros. The show becomes not STRANGER THINGS anymore because you do have to treat it realistically, right?"

LIGHTYEAR---Tim Allen commented on the TOY STORY spinoff's disappointing box office, "I've stayed out of this, because it has nothing to do with… As I've said, a long time ago, we talked about this, many years ago. It came up in one of the sessions. I said, 'What a fun movie that would be.' We spoke about it. But the brass that did the first four movies is not this. It's a whole new team that really had nothing to do with the first movies."
He added, "I thought it was a live-action. When they said they were doing it live-action, that's what I thought to mean real humans, and not an animated thing. And really, as [Tom] Hanks and I, there's really no Buzz without Woody, so I'm not sure what the idea… I'm a plot guy. If this was done in 1997, it would seem to be a big adventure story, and as I see, it's not a big adventure story. It's a wonderful story. It just doesn't seem to have any connection to the toy."
Tom Hanks said Tim Allen should not have been replaced by Chris Evans, "...they didn’t let Tim Allen do it. I don’t understand that. Here’s the thing – just as long as people come back to the motion picture theater. I want to go back in the theater with a bunch of strangers and leave with something in common. That’s what I want to do and, going to see a movie with him [Allen] – I’m looking forward to that."

KEANU REEVES---producer Andrew Kimmel posted the following about Keanu Reeves, "Keanu Reeves was on my flight from London to NYC today. A young boy asked for an autograph at baggage & then began to fire off a series of rapid-fire questions. Keanu happily responded to every single one…"

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3---Chris Pratt commented on the sequel, "It's fantastic. James Gunn just watched a rough assembly the other day. I called him yesterday. We Facetimed, and he's very, very proud of the work that everyone's done. He said it's the best work all of us have ever done. He feels very, very confident. The script was amazing. And I can say with utter confidence that he's made a true masterpiece, and I just cannot wait for people to see it. It's James Gunn. He did all three movies, which is really rare and really special in the world of big box-office trilogies."

ENTOURAGE---Kevin Dillon commented on a possible reboot, “I would love to do it, and I’m pretty sure everyone in the cast would love to do it and I’d push it all the time...I’m right now at Action Park, I do a podcast called Victory The Podcast with Kevin Connolly, Doug Ellin, they’re both in the other room right now. Not a day goes by when I don’t say something about a reboot.”
He added, “So I would love to see it. At the same time, we did a pilot together. So me, Kevin Connolly, Doug Ellin, and Charlie Sheen did a pilot called RAMBLE ON, which if it gets picked up, could be really cool. So we’ll see what happens with that.”

SNOW WHITE---Martin Klebba [PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN} confirmed he will play dwarf Grumpy in the live-action remake movie starring Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot.

TRIVIA---more James Bond movie trivia.
Richard Johnson turned down the James Bond role for DR. NO and said it turned out for the better, "The producers, Albert Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, asked me - at (director) Terence Young's instigation - and I turned the job down. I was under contract to MGM anyway, so that gave me a reasonable excuse to say no, because they told me I'd have to be under exclusive contract to them for seven years. Eventually they offered it to Sean [Connery], who was completely wrong for the part. But in getting the wrong man they got the right man, because it turned the thing on its head and he made it funny. And that's what propelled it to success."
Johnson later starred in the highly-regarded James Bond-inspired Bulldog Drummond movie DEADLIER THAN THE MALE.

Richard Johnson and Elke Sommer in the James Bond-inspired Bulldog Drummond movie DEADLIER THAN THE MALE.

 

[Terp152]

Yeah man, that was a good episode!

John from Texas

Been wondering what happened to John. Always cool to hear what was happening with the family, landscaping, etc. :smile2: Chris

 

[dragon53]

WEDNESDAY, JULY 6

AMSTERDAM---trailer released for the crime movie starring Christian Bale and Margot Robbie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLs2xxM0e78



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

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF9TwVcFC7s



TOP GUN: MAVERICK---Tom Cruise's base pay for the sequel was $12.5 million, but he could earn up to $90 million based on his contract in which Cruise makes 10% of the first-dollar gross and contains "escalators that increase his percentage at certain milestones."

HEAT 2---Michael Mann is developing a movie based on his upcoming novel which is set seven years before his 1995 movie, “It’s totally planned to be a movie… Is it a modest movie? No. Is it a very expensive series? No. It’s going to be one large movie.” The original movie starred Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Val Kilmer.

P*SSY ISLAND---Christian Slater, Kyle MacLachlan and Geena Davis will co-star with Naomie Ackie and Channing Tatum in the movie about a cocktail waitress who gets inside the inner circle of a tech mogul on his private island and makes a startling discovery.

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN---fans want Andrew Garfield to return as Spider-Man. Former Marvel Studios and Walt Disney attorney Paul Sarker commented on Garfield possibly returning, "Anything's possible from a legal standpoint. That doesn't mean it's possible from a business or creative standpoint, but legally as lawyers we often respond to the direction and requests of business and creative teams. I know Sony has the exclusive rights to Spider-Man. In theory, if Andrew Garfield wanted to be part of this franchise moving forward, in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 3, and there was a budget for it... Legally, the sides could work out whatever paperwork needed to be done to make that happen."

PAIN HUSTLER---Chris Evans is in talks to co-star with Emily Blunt in this movie about a high school dropout who takes over a failing pharmaceutical start-up and turns it into a huge success involving criminal conspiracy.

NIGHT SKY---Amazon Prime canceled the series.

YOUR HONOR---Showtime cancelled the series.

EVIL---Paramount+ renewed the series for Season 4.

TRIVIA---character actress Jean Wiles was a victim of an alien invasion in two sci fi roles. In the original INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, Wiles played Kevin McCarthy's nurse, Sally Withers. In THE TWILIGHT ZONE episode "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?", Wiles played bus passenger Ethel McConnell.

In the original INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, Jean Wiles played Kevin McCarthy's nurse, Sally Withers.

In THE TWILIGHT ZONE episode "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?", Wiles played bus passenger Ethel McConnell.

 

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THURSDAY, JULY 7

POLARIS---trailer released for the post-apocalyptic fantasy movie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN6oBcu4yuc



RISE OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: THE MOVIE---trailer released for the Netflix animated movie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viDiinipw8A



LUCK---trailer released for the Apple TV+ animated movie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSG5UX0EQVg



THE TALISMAN---Duffer brothers/Netflix miniseries underway based on the novel co-written by Stephen King. The Duffers and Netflix are also developing a live-action tv series based on the DEATH NOTE manga.

AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER---James Cameron said the sequel features the latest technology which is best appreciated in theaters which will help ensure the future of theaters, "[We were] pushing the limits even further… every shot is designed for the biggest screen and highest resolution possible… I believe the audience wants this. We as an industry are not going away."

NATIONAL TREASURE---the title for the Disney+ tv series based on the movie franchise is NATIONAL TREASURE: EDGE OF HISTORY in which a 20 year-old hispanic woman and DREAMer who seeks to solve her family's mysterious history and a treasure.

DOCTOR WHO---showrunner Russell T. Davies commented on rumors that Ryan Gosling will have a cameo in Season 14 after Gosling was photographed on the BARBIE film set wearing a t-shirt of the new Doctor Who, Ncuti Gatwa, "Let me tell you… if Ryan Gosling is in Doctor Who, I wouldn’t be sitting here. I’d be in Cardiff with my good mate Ryan having a drink."

WEDDING---Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon will star in this untitled Amazon Studios comedy movie about two weddings booked at the same venue at the same time.

TRIVIA---actors who are shorter than they might appear on the screen.

Tom Cruise---5' 7'
Kit Harington---5' 6"***
Danny Trejo---5' 5"
James McAvoy---5' 7"
Tom Holland---5' 8"
Scarlett Johansson---5' 3"
Mark Wahlberg---5' 8"
Salma Hayek---5' 2"
Michael J. Fox---5' 3"
Kevin Hart---5' 2"
Jack Black---5' 5"
Elijah Wood---5' 5"
Patton Oswalt---5' 3"
Emilio Estevez---5' 4"

***Kit Harington is listed as being 5' 3" by one source, but he has said in one interview, "I'm five feet eight", and he is 5' 6" in another interview. He said his height was a problem while filming GAME OF THRONES, "My costume weighed 33 pounds, and you'd carry all of that on your shoulders all day. So 33 pounds for 10 hours. And then you've got the sword, and that weighs two kilograms, which is another X number of pounds. Plus, I was in f***ing high heels, because I'm short and they need me to look taller than other people, so I'm carrying 50 pounds in high heels."

 

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FRIDAY, JULY 8

LIGHT & MAGIC---trailer released for the Disney+ docuseries about ILM.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-Y99sxocZY



EMERGENCY DECLARATION---trailer released for the South Korean airliner plague movie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNwzw3p6z1U



LA FAVORITE---Johnny Depp will star in this movie about King Louis XV and his mistress which will be directed by Maiwenn. The movie will have a Netflix/theatrical release. It is Depp's first role since his defamation lawsuit victory over ex-wife Amber Heard.

MICKEY7---Robert Pattinson, Mark Ruffalo, Steven Yeun, and Naomi Ackie will star in this Bong Joon Ho movie based on the novel in which an expedition of humans and an Expendable, who can regenerate its body, seek to colonize the ice planet of Niflheim.

HIGHFIRE---Nicolas Cage will provide the voice in this Paramount+ tv series based on the novel about the fallen king of the dragons, who now lives in a Louisiana bayou shack and teams up with a teenage booze smuggler to fight their common enemy.

THE WALKING DEAD---AMC released the synopsis for Season 11C, "In the upcoming final episodes of The Walking Dead, threats lurk around every corner, dead and alive, as each group continues to get caught in uncontrollable situations. The looming pressure is cresting towards a day of reckoning for all. Will the sum of their individual journeys cumulate into one, or divide them forever?"

FIXED---Genndy Tartovsky commented on his next movie with Sony Pictures Animation, “2D R-rated animated movie about a dog who finds out he’s gonna get neutered in the morning, and what does he do with his next 24 hours...[it’s] gonna look really good, and it’s got heart, but then it’s got the super raunch. I’ve never really seen anything like it.”

JOE PERA TALKS WITH YOU---Adult Swim cancelled the series.

TRIVIA---when Steven Spielberg and writer David Koepp met to discuss the sequel plot to JURASSIC PARK, Koepp recalled, "Steven said, 'I've got it! I've got it! This movie is about hunters vs. gatherers.'" Spielberg then suggested to Koepp that he watch two movies for inspiration: the 1925 dinosaur movie THE LOST WORLD and the 1962 John Wayne movie HATARI! about a team of big game hunters in Africa. Koepp said, "HATARI! probably influenced us more than any dinosaur movie did." Appropriately, the sequel was titled THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK.

Writer David Koepp said, "HATARI! probably influenced us more than any dinosaur movie did."

Similar scenes from THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK.

 

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MONDAY, JULY 11

DAY SHIFT---trailer released for the Netflix comedy vampire movie starring Jamie Foxx.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPYiUTQe7nk



THE WINDS OF WINTER---George RR Martin said his upcoming novel will be different than the GAME OF THRONES tv series, “What I have noticed more and more of late, however, is my gardening [writing] is taking me further and further away from the television series. Yes, some of the things you saw on HBO in Game of Thrones you will also see in The Winds of Winter (though maybe not in quite the same ways)… but much of the rest will be quite different.”
He added, “And really, when you think about it, this was inevitable. The novels are much bigger and much much more complex than the series. Certain things that happened on HBO will not happen in the books. And vice versa. I have viewpoint characters in the books never seen on the show: Victarion Greyjoy, Arianne Martell, Areo Hotah, Jon Connington, Aeron Damphair. They will all have chapters, and the things they do and say will impact the story and the major characters who were on the show.”
Martin said THE WINDS OF WINTER might be two novels, “It is conceivable…that WINDS OF WINTER might be a bigger book than A STORM OF SWORDS or A DANCE WITH DRAGONS, which were the two biggest books. And I’m not talking 10 pages bigger, I’m taking 300 pages bigger. Now, if that happens, my publisher might wanna divide it into two books.”

TOP GUN: MAVERICK---Miles Teller said he has been discussing a second sequel with Tom Cruise, “I’ve been having some conversations with him about it. We’ll see.”

STAR WARS---multiple sources say the Taika Waititi STAR WARS movie will begin production in early 2023.

OBI-WAN KENOBI---composer Natalie Holt said director Deborah Chow does not see a reason for a sequel to the miniseries, "I don’t know. I’d love to [return for a Season 2], but obviously, I spoke to Deborah and she very much feels like it’s sort of a completed story. I think Ewan just loves playing the character, and Deborah was saying ‘He’s so in love with being Obi, he wants to do it again.’ I really enjoyed it and loved the team there."

THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER---Taika Waititi said here will not be a director's cut of LOVE AND THUNDER because he does not like them, "I’ve been thinking about director’s cuts. I watch director’s cuts of a lot of other directors. They suck. Director’s cuts are not good. Directors need to be controlled sometimes and if I was to say, ‘ah you wanna watch my director’s cut? It’s four and a half hours long!’ It’s not good, at four and a half hours. There’s a lot of cup-of-tea breaks in there, you don’t even have to pause it."

CAPTAIN AMERICA 4---Julius Onah (THE CLOVERFIELD PARADOX) will direct the movie starring Anthony Mackie.

HUNT CLUB---Caspar Van Dien, Mickey Rourke and Mena Suvari will star in this movie about a group of men who lure women to their private island with a $100,000 cash prize, but they real intent is to hunt the women for sport.

TRIVIA---more James Bond movie trivia.
The sci fi classic FORBIDDEN PLANET''s Leslie Nielsen and Anne Francis both starred in James Bond-inspired roles.
Leslie Nielsen starred in the 1964 spy movie NIGHT TRAIN TO PARIS with Aliza Gur, who was a Bond Girl in FROM RUSSIAN WITH LOVE, and he starred in the James Bond spoof SPY HARD with Talisa Soto, who was a Bond Girl in LICENSE TO KILL.
Anne Francis starred in the James Bond-inspired private detective tv series HONEY WEST.

The sci fi classic FORBIDDEN PLANET''s Leslie Nielsen and Anne Francis both starred in James Bond-inspired roles.

Leslie Nielsen starred in the 1964 spy movie NIGHT TRAIN TO PARIS with Aliza Gur, who was a Bond Girl in FROM RUSSIAN WITH LOVE.

Nielsen starred in the James Bond spoof SPY HARD with Talisa Soto, who was a Bond Girl in LICENSE TO KILL.

Anne Francis starred in the James Bond-inspired private detective tv series HONEY WEST.

 

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TUESDAY, JULY 12

TOP GUN: MAVERICK---Mickey Rourke commented on Tom Cruise and his $1 billion hit MAVERICK, "That doesn't mean ***** to me. The guy's been doing the same f*cking part for 35 years. I got no respect for that."
He added, "I don't care about money and power. I care about when I watch Al Pacino work and Chris Walken and Robert De Niro's early work and Richard Harris' work and Ray Winstone's work. That's the kind of actor I want to be like. Monty Clift and Marlon Brando back in the day. The kind of guys who tried to stretch as actors."
Asked if Cruise is a good actor, Rourke replied, "I think he's irrelevant, in my world."

JAMES BOND---betting website Ladbrokes, now has Henry Cavill as the lead candidate to replace Daniel Craig as the next James Bond with 3/1 odds. Previous favorite Tom Hardy has fallen to third place with 6/1 odds. In second place is Rege-Jean Page with 7/2 odds.

STAR TREK: DISCOVERY---Sonnequa Martin-Green replied to Trekkies who have criticized DISCOVERY, "The fanbase for the franchise as a whole and the fanbase for Discovery in particular is a highly intellectual, loyal crowd. These are very intelligent people who have such a depth of passion and heart and loyalty to the franchise, so they have an ownership; they’ve carried it with them for years and it’s meant a lot to them.
So, because of that, their voices deserve to be heard and we appreciate their voices, even if they are in disagreement with us. Even if they’re criticizing, it’s like, ‘I get where you’re coming from though – it’s because this means a lot to you.'"
She added, "It was hard for us to be different, but I think we've really found ourselves, and I think our fanbase has really found their relationship with us as well at this point... I get it. I hear you. But maybe you'll change your mind. And if not, then you're allowed – it's all good."

DOCTOR WHO---the new Doctor Who, Ncuti Gatwa, said he wants his SEX EDUCATION co-star, Gillian Anderson, to be a villain, "I would love to play opposite Gillian [Anderson] again. I would love for Gillian to come in and be an amazing baddie … Like, I’d love to battle with Gillian! That would be a dream.”

ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING---Hulu renewed the series for Season 3.

LOOT---Apple TV+ renewed the series for Season 2.

BLACK SNOW---Travis Fimmel (VIKINGS) will star in this six-part miniseries about an Australian detective who investigates a cold case in which a 17 year-old girl was murdered in 1995 which leads to bigger mysteries.

AMY WINEHOUSE---Sam Taylor-Johnson (FIFTY SHADES OF GREY) will direct the long-gestating biomovie.

CHAD---TBS cancelled the series.

TRIVIA---Greg Nicotero is best known as the executive producer, director and special makeup effects supervisor for THE WALKING DEAD. Nicotero's credits include DAY OF THE DEAD, PREDATOR, CREEPSHOW 2, EVIL DEAD II, BRIDE OF RE-ANIMATOR, LEATHERFACE: THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE III, HALLOWEEN 5: THE REVENGE OF MICHAEL MYERS, PHANTASM 2 and many other horror movies. However, Nicotero departed from his long list of ghoulish creatures in the CITY SLICKERS scene where Billy Crystal helped a cow give birth to a calf. Nicotero and his KNB EFX Group team designed the cow puppet which gave birth using a real six day-old calf covered in a non-toxic gel. A real cow was used for the distant shots.

Greg Nicotero is best known as the executive producer, director and special makeup effects supervisor for THE WALKING DEAD and many other horror features.

Nicotero departed from his long list of ghoulish creatures in the CITY SLICKERS scene where Billy Crystal helped a cow give birth to a calf. Nicotero and his KNB EFX Group team designed the cow puppet which gave birth using a real six day-old calf covered in a non-toxic gel.

A real cow was used for the distant shots.

 

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 13

THE MUNSTERS---trailer released for the Rob Zombie movie based on the tv series.

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



THE GIRL IN THE MIRROR---trailer released for the Netflix Spanish-language horror movie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ef0tjANAiE



FALL---trailer released for the survival movie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSspRSGc4Dk



ORPHAN: FIRST KILL---trailer released for the Paramount+ prequel movie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWOxqws2jbs



THE SKUNK APE EXPERIMENTS---trailer released for the Amazon Prime docuseries about the search for the Florida bigfoot.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g3MWhNp-Tk



PREY---photo released of the Predator from the PREDATOR prequel.

BALLERINA---Ana de Armas gave an update on the JOHN WICK spinoff movie about a female assassin who seeks revenge on those who killed her family, "It was really important for me to hire a female writer, because to that point when I got involved in the project, it was only the director, Len Wiseman, and another guy. And I was like, ‘That’s not going to work.’ So I interviewed, like, five or six female writers. We hired Emerald Fennell, which I was so proud of.”

DOCTOR WHO---transgender actress Yasmin Finney will play Doctor Who's new companion, Rose, who is a transgendered woman.

CREEPERS---movie underway based on the horror novel by David Morrell (RAMBO) in which a group of urban explorers face a haunted building and deadly treasure hunters.

TRIVIA---character actress Maxine Stuart appeared in two sci fi tv episodes which featured horribly disfigured people. Stuart starred in the classic THE TWILIGHT ZONE episode "Eye of the Beholder" and she appeared in THE OUTER LIMITS episode "The Man Who was Never Born".

Maxine Stuart starred in the classic THE TWILIGHT ZONE episode "Eye of the Beholder".

Stuart appeared in THE OUTER LIMITS episode "The Man Who was Never Born".

 

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THURSDAY, JULY 14

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

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2Cs-u4b6hI



AMERICAN GIGOLO---trailer released for the Showtime series based on the Richard Gere movie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WLb2pAOHnI




CRIMINAL MINDS---Paramount+ revival series underway with Joe Mategna, Kirsten Vangsness, AJ Cook, Paget Bewster and others returning. The revival series will focus on one crime per season.

SECRET HEADQUARTERS---poster released for the Paramount+ movie starring Owen Wilson in which a boy discovers his father is a superhero.

KAOS---Jeff Goldblum has replaced Hugh Grant as Greek god Zeus in the Netflix comedy about the Greek Gods in current day New York. Grant left due to a schedule problem.

SCOOP---Hugh Grant commented on a report that he is a candidate to play Prince Andrew in the movie based on the book about the BBC interview with Prince Andrew and his friendship with billionaire/sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that led to him being stripped of his Royal duties, “I’ve heard nowt."

GHOST RIDER---Happy Sad Confused's Josh Horowitz interviewed Ryan Gosling on rumors he will play Marvel superhero Nova, "Ryan and I chatted about the Nova rumors yesterday which he said aren't true, BUT this morning Ryan reached out to me to say there is one superhero he wants to play...GHOST RIDER."

SECTION 8---Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke and Ryan Kwanten star in this AMC+/theatrical movie about an ex-soldier who is sent to prison after he avenged his family's murder and works for a top secret government group that promises him freedom.

THE BEAR---FX renewed the series for Season 2.

TRIVIA---in Robert Aldrich's THE FRISCO KID (Gene Wilder, Harrison Ford), the movie's composer, Frank De Vol, plays the piano player in the saloon scene.

 

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FRIDAY, JULY 15

DUNE: PART TWO---Swiss actress Souheila Yacoub will play Shishakli in the sequel.

THE MANDALORIAN---GREMLINS director Joe Dante said the success of THE MANDALORIAN's Grogu/Baby Yoda is because it is a copy of GREMLINS' Gizmo, “I think the longevity of [the films] is really key to this one character [Gizmo], who is essentially like a baby. Which brings me, of course, to the subject of Baby Yoda, who is completely stolen and is just out-and-out copied. Shamelessly, I would think.”
Earlier, creator Jon Favreau said Grogu/Baby Yoda was based on Steven Spielberg's E.T.

HOT AIR---Andrew Garfield will play billionaire Richard Branson in the miniseries about the war between Branson's Virgin Atlantic and British Airways.

PROJECT ARTEMIS---Channing Tatum has replaced Chris Evans in the Apple TV+ romantic comedy movie co-starring Scarlett Johasnsson set during the 1960s space race. Evans left due to schedule problem.

THE BOYS---Amazon Prime announced the spinoff series set in the superheroes college will be titled GEN V.

DR. DEATH---Peacock renewed the series for Season 2 which will be an anthology series in which each season will feature one case. Season 2 will be about Italian surgeon Dr. Paolo Macchiarini, who was involved in medical fraud and surgeries.

WARRIOR---Paramount+ tv series underway based on the 2011 MMA movie that starred Tom Hardy.

A MAN IN FULL---Jeff Daniels and Diane Lane will star in the Netflix miniseries based on the Tom Wolfe novel.

THE TAKE---Amazon Prime renewed the series for Season 2.

TRIVIA---in THE RIGHT STUFF, NFL Hall of Fame tackle Anthony Munoz played hospital orderly Gonzalez, who did not like astronaut Alan Shepard's racist Jose Jimenez impressions. Munoz got the part because his surgeon was friends with THE RIGHT STUFF producers. After he filmed his part, Munoz got a call from a studio representative who said the massive 6' 6" 280 pound tackle's voice was too high, "(Laughs.) They called me and said, 'We hope you don’t mind and we wanted to call just to see if you’re OK, but your voice isn’t deep enough.' I said, 'Go ahead, do whatever you want. I was thinking to myself that as long as my name was on the credits, they could do whatever they wanted. But, yeah, they dubbed my voice."
Munoz said several times a year he still gets a residual check for $60 or $70.

 

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MONDAY, JULY 18

INDIANA JONES---Chris Pratt denied rumors that he will replace Harrison Ford as the next Indiana Jones, “No, aren’t they doing ‘Indiana Jones’ with Harrison Ford? All I know is I once saw a quote from Harrison Ford and I don’t even know if it was really him but it was enough to scare me, that was like, ‘When I die, Indiana Jones dies.’ And I’m like, am I gonna get haunted by the ghost of Harrison Ford one day when he dies if I play…?”

ROCKY---Sylvester Stallone posted snake-like artwork of producer Irwin Winkler and the accusation that Winkler has not given him his fair share of the ROCKY and CREED franchises, "VERY Flattering portrait of The Great Rocky/ Creed Producer , IRWIN WINKLER, from one of the country‘s greatest artist … ALSO after IRWIN controlling ROCKY for over 47 years , and now CREED, , I really would like have at least a little WHAT’s LEFT of my RIGHTS back, before passing it on to ONLY YOUR CHILDREN - I believe That would be a FAIR gesture from this 93 year old gentleman ? … This is a painful subject That eats at my soul , because I wanted to leave something of Rocky for my children, but it’s always great hearing from the loyal fans… Keep Punching"

THE RIVER WILD---Leighton Meester, Taran Killiam and Adam Brody will star in the remake of the 1994 movie starring Meryl Streep and Kevin Bacon in which a family on a whitewater rafting trip are terrorized by violent criminals.

YOU ARE SO NOT INVITED TO MY BAR MITZVAH---Adam Sandler will star in this Netflix comedy movie based on the young adult novel.

WARRIOR---Gina Rodriguez and Daniel Cormier are in talks to star in the tv series based on the 2011 mixed martial arts movie that starred Tom Hardy.

FEAR STREET---Netflix is reportedly developing a movie series based on the RL Stine books. Stine said, "I… hear rumors about more FEAR STREET movies for Netflix, because the first ones did so well last summer. Those films kind of shocked me, because they were all R-rated, and I’ve never done anything R-rated! All those teenagers were getting slashed. I was like, ‘Suddenly, I have a slasher movie!'”

BARNEY---Daniel Kaluuya (NOPE) is developing a live-action movie reboot of the children's purple Tyrannosaurus Rex. He said the script is currently being rewritten and added, "Barney taught us, ‘I love you, you love me. Won’t you say you love me too?’ That’s one of the first songs I remember, and what happens when that isn’t true? I thought that was really heartbreaking. I have no idea why but it feels like that makes sense. It feels like there’s something unexpected that can be poignant but optimistic. Especially at this time now, I think that’s really, really needed."

SCREAM 6---Neve Campbell denied rumors that she signed a deal to return for the next sequel, "There is not, I'm afraid to say. I'm sorry. Sorry guys."

1242: GATEWAY TO THE WEST---Kevin Spacey will be replaced in the starring movie role about the holy man who resisted Genghis Khan's invasion of Europe due to accusations of sexual assault in England.

TRIVIA---more James Bond movie trivia.
Roger Moore and Patrick Macnee starred in Moore's last James Bond movie, A VIEW TO A KILL. They also co-starred in the tv movie SHERLOCK HOLMES IN NEW YORK which was directed by Boris Sagal. Moore became good friends with Sagal, and shortly before his death, Moore revealed one of his secret guilty pleasures---he was a big fan of MARRIED...WITH CHILDREN, which starred Sagal's daughter, Katey, as Peg Bundy.

Roger Moore and Patrick Macnee starred in Moore's last James Bond movie, A VIEW TO A KILL.

Moore and Macnee also co-starred in the tv movie SHERLOCK HOLMES IN NEW YORK which was directed by Boris Sagal.

Shortly before his death, Moore revealed one of his secret guilty pleasures---he was a big fan of MARRIED...WITH CHILDREN, which starred Sagal's daughter, Katey, as Peg Bundy.

 

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TUESDAY, JULY 19

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON---featurette released for the HBO series.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwroDWGHwy4



DUNE: PART TWO---synopsis released for the sequel, "This follow-up film will explore the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee."


ZACK SNYDER'S JUSTICE LEAGUE---ROLLING STONE says a WarnerMedia investigation found that at least 13% of accounts involved in support of the campaign supporting the Zack Snyder Cut of the movie were fake accounts. ROLLING STONE hired a security firm to investigate the fake accounts, and it concluded “there’s no question that bots were involved”. The magazine also claimed director Adam Wingard asked Snyder to persuade his fans not to criticize Wingard's GODZILLA VS KONG. Snyder denied he was asked, “Furthermore, I do not control my fans. They have their own will and their own opinions; you really give me too much credit.”

KNOCK AT THE CABIN---M. Night Shyamalan horror movie underway based on the novel THE CABIN AT THE END OF THE WORLD in which a family vacationing in a secluded cabin is captured by strangers who tell them they must kill one of the family to prevent the end of the world.

MARVEL STUDIOS---Ethan Hawke commented on Marvel Studios, “That group of people is extremely actor-friendly. They might not be director-friendly, and that could be what Scorsese and Coppola are talking about. But they love actors. I think Kevin Feige had a great thing happen with Robert Downey Jr. and he understood that Downey’s passion was a large part of the success. When actors are excited by a part, audiences get excited about watching them. Feige understood the algorithm there, so they’re extremely respectful toward the process. The best thing about MOON KNIGHTfor me was Oscar’s performance. It’s a gonzo thing that happens to have a giant budget — a pretty out-there performance.”

THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS AND SNAKES---Peter Dinklage will play Casca Highbottom in the prequel.

SPIDER-MAN: FRESHMAN YEAR---Tom Holland reportedly is not involved in the Disney+ animated spinoff series.

BREEDERS---FX renewed the series for Season 4.

TRIVIA---in 1984 writer Bruce Joel Rubin sold his house in Illinois and moved to Hollywood in order to sell his movie script about a ghost. The same day, his agent called him and said he was dropping Rubin because Hollywood was not interested in making ghost movies. Rubin said, “I thought everything was over, but (wife Blanche) said it was the best thing that ever happened to us. How she knew that I don’t know, but it did turn out to be the best thing. " Six years later, Rubin's movie, now titled GHOST, was the the biggest hit of 1990, earned $505 million which, at that time, was the third highest-grossing movie in history. Rubin and Whoopi Goldberg both got Academy Awards.

 

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 20

HALLOWEEN ENDS---trailer released for the sequel.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYtIC12eHcI



UNTOLD: THE GIRLFRIEND WHO DIDN'T EXIST---trailer released for the Netflix documentary about Notre Dame football star Manti Te'o's fake girlfriend.

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



ANDOR---new tv ad released for the Disney+ spinoff series.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2XD-k4izxE&t=15s



WIFELIKE---trailer released for the robot wife movie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5rdRvkG-gQ



JEEPERS CREEPERS: REBORN---trailer released for the sequel.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D0yFgZnmYM



SUPERMAN---a rumor claims Henry Cavill will attend the San Diego Comic-Con 2022 as part of the Warner Bros./DC Films panel and will announce he is returning as Superman for a future project. Speculation is that Cavill might have a Superman cameo in Dwayne Johnson's BLACK ADAM.

A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE---the prequel's premiere has moved from September 22, 2023 to March 8, 2024. IF's premiere has moved from November 17, 2023 to May 5, 2024.

ATTACK THE BLOCK 2---John Boyega commented on the sequel's status, "We're in the lab. We're cooking, we're cooking. I sat down with Joe Cornish just literally a few weeks ago. So expect some news soon. We're still in development but we're cooking something real sweet. We'll have something soon."

TOMB RAIDER 2---Alicia Vikander commented on the sequel's status, “With the MGM and Amazon buyout, I have no clue. Now it’s kind of politics. I think [writer Misha Green, who also worked on HBO’s LOVECRAFT COUNTRY] and I have been ready, so it’s kind of in somebody else’s hands, to be honest. I’ve been excited to show the world. I love what she’s done with LOVECRAFT COUNTRY.”

TRIVIA---many actors seeking coveted roles in STAR WARS movies had to undergo grueling auditions, but Julian Glover said he got THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK role of Gen. Maximilian Veers the easy way , "Did I ever tell you how I got that role in STAR WARS? The executive director on the film was a man called Robert Watts, and he lives right next door to me, here in Barnes. We were just good friends across the garden fence, and one day he said, ‘We’re setting up a second STAR WARS film.’ And I said, ‘Oh wonderful, the first one was so terrific’ – even though I did laugh, at first, about The Force. And he said, ‘Do you want to be in it?’ We couldn’t do that now of course... Too much foliage.”

 

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THURSDAY, JULY 21

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON---trailer released for the HBO prequel series.
Also, George RR Martin hopes GAME OF THRONES will become another Marvel Cinematic Universe, "The MCU has THE AVENGERS, but they also have something offbeat like WANDAVISION. That’s what I hope we can do with these other GAME OF THRONES shows, so we can have a variety that showcases the history of this world. There are only so many times you can do a competition for the Iron Throne."

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DotnJ7tTA34



THEY/THEM---trailer released for the Peacock slasher movie starring Kevin Bacon.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtQk6sANmKs



MIKE---trailer released for the Hulu Mike Tyson miniseries.

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



OPPENHEIMER---poster released for Christopher Nolan's J. Robert Oppenheimer biomovie.

PREY---poster released for the PREDATOR prequel movie.

ASTEROID CITY---synopsis released for the Wes Anderson movie, “It tells the story of a fictional American desert town circa 1955 and its Junior Stargazer convention, which brings together students and parents from across the country for scholarly competition, rest/recreation, comedy, drama, romance, and more." The cast includes Jeff Goldblum, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Liev Schreiber, Tilda Swinton and Bryan Cranston.

GODZILLA AND THE TITANS---Kurt Russell and his son, Wyatt, have joined the cast of the Apple TV+ tv series in undisclosed roles.

JAMES BOND---NO TIME TO DIE Bond Girl Ana de Armas commented on a female James Bond, “There’s no need for a female Bond. There shouldn’t be any need to steal someone else’s character, you know, to take over...This is a novel, and it leads into this James Bond world and this fantasy of that universe where he’s at."

CAUSEWAY---Jennifer Lawrence stars in this Apple TV+ movie described as an “intimate portrait of a soldier struggling to adjust to her life after returning home to New Orleans following a tour in Afghanistan.”

TRIVIA---in the classic THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, Frances Bavier and Olan Soule played boarding room tenants where alien Klaatu is also a tenant. Bavier later achieved stardom as Aunt Bee on THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW, and Soule appeared in five episodes of the classic sitcom.

In the classic THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, Frances Bavier (center) and Olan Soule (right) played boarding room tenants where alien Klaatu is also a tenant.

Bavier later achieved stardom as Aunt Bee on THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW, and Soule appeared in five episodes of the classic sitcom.

 

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FRIDAY, JULY 22

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES---trailer released for the movie starring Chris Pine.

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



TEEN WOLF: THE MOVIE---trailer released for the Paramount+ movie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okJGAJJI5vk



NATIONAL TREASURE: EDGE OF HISTORY---teaser trailer released for the Disney+ tv series based on the Nicolas Cage movies.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmypBY9MlMI




ACTOR SALARIES---Tom Cruise is expected to make over $100 million for TOP GUN: MAVERICK. A studio executive said, “I would never bet against Tom Cruise. Most actors aren’t worth what you pay them, but Cruise and maybe Dwayne Johnson justify their salaries.”

Other actor salaries are:

Will Smith (EMANCIPATION)---$35 million
Leonardo DiCaprio (KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON)---$30 million
Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell (SPIRITED)---$20 million each
Chris Hemsworth (EXTRACTION 2)---$20 million
Millie Bobby Brown (ENOLA HOLMES 2)----$10 million
Tom Hardy (VENOM 3)---$20 million
Denzel Washington (EQUALIZER 3)---$20 million
Jason Momoa (AQUAMAN 2)---$15 million
Joaquin Phoenix (JOKER 2)---$20 million
Dwayne Johnson (BLACK ADAM)---$22.5 million

JOHN WICK 4---photo released of Keanu Reeves returning in the latest sequel.

THE GOOD NURSE---photo released from the Netflix movie based on the true crime book starring Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne in which a nurse seeks to stop a serial killer nurse.

THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL---poster released for the Netflix movie based on the books starring Charlize Theron.

MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE: REVOLUTION---William Shatner has joined the voice cast of the Netflix animated series in an undisclosed role.

DOCTOR WHO---Disney+ is in talks to stream the new episodes starring Ncuti Gatwa.

TRIVIA---on the long-running tv game show THE PRICE IS RIGHT, model Janice Pennington was one of the original "Barker's Beauties" and was on the show from 1972-2000. Pennington was PLAYBOY's Playmate of the Month in May, 1971.
Pennington was married to Fritz Stammberger, a well-known German mountain climber, who mysteriously disappeared in Afghanistan in 1975. While investigating her husband's disappearance, she discovered that the CIA recruited him in to help the Afghan mujahideen in their war against the Soviet invasion. Stammberger gathered intelligence and helped establish bases in Afghanistan and Pakistan. While writing a book on her husband's disappearance, HUSBAND, LOVER, SPY, she met with US and Soviet intelligence sources which led her to conclude that Stammberger probably died in a battle with Soviet troops.
During the syndicated version of THE PRICE IS RIGHT, host Dennis James referred to a mountain climber in the Cliff Hangers game as "Fritz" and when the contestant lost and Fritz fell off the cliff, James exclaimed, "There goes Frtiz!". Pennington ran off the set crying. James, unaware of her late husband, profusely apologized to Pennington.

On the long-running tv game show THE PRICE IS RIGHT, model Janice Pennington (right) was one of the original "Barker's Beauties" and was on the show from 1972-2000.

Pennington was PLAYBOY's Playmate of the Month in May, 1971.

Pennington was married to Fritz Stammberger, a well-known German mountain climber, who mysteriously disappeared in Afghanistan in 1975. While writing a book on her husband's disappearance, HUSBAND. LOVER, SPY, she met with US and Soviet intelligence sources which led her to conclude that Stammberger probably died in a battle with Soviet troops.