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FRIDAY, AUGUST 12
HOUSE OF HAMMER---trailer released for the Discovery+ docuseries about the sordid side of Armie Hammer and his family.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIQ80m7831I
THE ELECTRIC STATE---Stanley Tucci, Michelle Yeoh, Brian Cox, Jason Alexander and Jenny Slate have joined the voice cast of Chris Pratt and Millie Bobby brown in this Russo Brothers/Netflix movie based on the novel. Set in a retro-futuristic past, a teenage orphan girl, a drifter and a robot search for her missing younger brother.
I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY---photo shows Naomi Ackie starring in the Whitney Houston biomovie.
LADY FRANKENSTEIN---Kathryn Newton (FREAKY), Cole Sprouse (RIVERDALE) and Carla Gugino (SAN ANDREAS) star in this Diablo Cody movie about an unpopular high school student, “who accidentally re-animates a handsome Victorian corpse during a lightning storm and starts to rebuild him into the man of her dreams using the broken tanning bed in her garage."
DREDD---Karl Urban commented on a returning for a sequel to the 2012 movie or a tv series, "And you know, I certainly would be interested to revisit the character, there's just such a great depth of material there that was written by John Wagner and various writers over the years, particularly stories revolving around Judge Death, and a lot of great stories. It doesn't bother me if I get the opportunity to play Dredd again, or someone else. I would just love to see those stories, I'd be excited for anybody who gets their hands on the rights to do that, that'd be incredible."
SINKING SPRING---Brian Tyree Henry (BULLET TRAIN) stars in this Apple TV+ series about two Philadelphia friends who pose as DEA agents and rob a house which leads to one of the biggest drug corridors on the East Coast.
BOSCH: LEGACY---Max Martini (SAVING PRIVATE RYAN) will play LAPD vice cop Don Ellis in Season 2.
YELLOWJACKETS---Lauren Ambrose (SIX FEET UNDER) will play the adult Van Palmer in Season 2.
PHYSICAL---Apple TV+ renewed the series for Season 3.
LOVE, DEATH + ROBOTS---Netflix renewed the series for Season 4.
POWER BOOK III: RAISING KANAN---Starz renewed the series for Season 3.
TRIVIA---Tom Hanks directed and had a cameo in the BAND OF BROTHERS episode "Crossroads" which showed Dick Winters using a typewriter for his combat reports. In reality, Hanks has been collecting typewriters since 1978 and accumulated over 250 at its peak, but he now has about 120 after giving many of them away. Hanks said, "They're brilliant combinations of art and engineering...Every time you type something on a typewriter, it is a one-of-a-kind work of art." Hanks wrote a book of short stories featuring typewriters titled UNCOMMON TYPE , and he appeared in the documentary CALIFORNIA TYPEWRITER.
CALIFORNIA TYPEWRITER TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l53MPBjCDpY
HOUSE OF HAMMER---trailer released for the Discovery+ docuseries about the sordid side of Armie Hammer and his family.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIQ80m7831I
THE ELECTRIC STATE---Stanley Tucci, Michelle Yeoh, Brian Cox, Jason Alexander and Jenny Slate have joined the voice cast of Chris Pratt and Millie Bobby brown in this Russo Brothers/Netflix movie based on the novel. Set in a retro-futuristic past, a teenage orphan girl, a drifter and a robot search for her missing younger brother.
I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY---photo shows Naomi Ackie starring in the Whitney Houston biomovie.
LADY FRANKENSTEIN---Kathryn Newton (FREAKY), Cole Sprouse (RIVERDALE) and Carla Gugino (SAN ANDREAS) star in this Diablo Cody movie about an unpopular high school student, “who accidentally re-animates a handsome Victorian corpse during a lightning storm and starts to rebuild him into the man of her dreams using the broken tanning bed in her garage."
DREDD---Karl Urban commented on a returning for a sequel to the 2012 movie or a tv series, "And you know, I certainly would be interested to revisit the character, there's just such a great depth of material there that was written by John Wagner and various writers over the years, particularly stories revolving around Judge Death, and a lot of great stories. It doesn't bother me if I get the opportunity to play Dredd again, or someone else. I would just love to see those stories, I'd be excited for anybody who gets their hands on the rights to do that, that'd be incredible."
SINKING SPRING---Brian Tyree Henry (BULLET TRAIN) stars in this Apple TV+ series about two Philadelphia friends who pose as DEA agents and rob a house which leads to one of the biggest drug corridors on the East Coast.
BOSCH: LEGACY---Max Martini (SAVING PRIVATE RYAN) will play LAPD vice cop Don Ellis in Season 2.
YELLOWJACKETS---Lauren Ambrose (SIX FEET UNDER) will play the adult Van Palmer in Season 2.
PHYSICAL---Apple TV+ renewed the series for Season 3.
LOVE, DEATH + ROBOTS---Netflix renewed the series for Season 4.
POWER BOOK III: RAISING KANAN---Starz renewed the series for Season 3.
TRIVIA---Tom Hanks directed and had a cameo in the BAND OF BROTHERS episode "Crossroads" which showed Dick Winters using a typewriter for his combat reports. In reality, Hanks has been collecting typewriters since 1978 and accumulated over 250 at its peak, but he now has about 120 after giving many of them away. Hanks said, "They're brilliant combinations of art and engineering...Every time you type something on a typewriter, it is a one-of-a-kind work of art." Hanks wrote a book of short stories featuring typewriters titled UNCOMMON TYPE , and he appeared in the documentary CALIFORNIA TYPEWRITER.
CALIFORNIA TYPEWRITER TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l53MPBjCDpY
MONDAY, AUGUST 15
GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S CABINET OF CURIOSITIES---featurette released for the Netflix anthology horror series.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYotKcx8rw8
OBI-WAN KENOBI---Ewan McGregor confirmed Lucasfilm originally planned a prequel movie trilogy centered on young Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi's self-imposed exile on Tatooine where he is Luke's protector. McGregor said because of SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY's disappointment, Lucasfilm decided the movie trilogy would be better as a tv miniseries, "It was going to be a story about me and Luke. It was always going to be that, and that was one of the genius moments where everyone went, 'Wait a minute,' and then changed it."
HORIZON---Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington and Jamie Campbell Bower have joined the cast of the Kevin Costner movie trilogy whose synopsis says," HORIZON chronicles a multi-faceted, 15-year span of pre- and post-Civil War expansion and settlement of the American West. Experienced through the eyes of many, the epic journey is fraught with peril and intrigue from the constant onslaught of 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."
JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX---the sequel's budget is $150 million which is more than double the original movie's budget. The increase includes $20 million each for Joaquin Phoenix and director Todd Phillips and $10 million for Lady Gaga.
BATGIRL---after Warner Bros. cancelled BATGIRL, the studio is thinking about keep star Leslie grace for future DC projects and is “entertaining the possibility of having her continue to play Batgirl in a future DC film (or, at least, star in another Warner Bros. production).”
GODZILLA VS KONG 2---an Australian press release for the sequel states, "The fifth film [in] the MonsterVerse franchise will see Kong defend the Earth from the unusual and dangerous creatures that threaten his new home."
THE FALL GUY---Emily Blunt will co-star with Ryan Gosling in the movie based on the Lee Majors tv series about Hollywood stunt performers who moonlight as bounty hunters.
CHIEF OF STATION---Alec Baldwin and Olga Kurylenko will star in this spy movie about an ex-CIA station chief who teams up with a rogue female spy to solve his wife's murder which leads to uncovering a massive conspiracy.
THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ---Kenya Barris (BLACK-ISH) will be the writer/director of the remake of the classic THE WIZARD OF OZ.
TRIVIA---more James Bond movie trivia.
Q, the head of MI6's research and development branch, appeared all of the official and unofficial James Bond movies except three: LIVE AND LET DIE, CASINO ROYALE (remake) and QUANTUM OF SOLACE.
In YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, Q (Desmond Llewelyn) demonstrates the armed autogyro Little Nellie to James Bond (Sean Connery).
GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S CABINET OF CURIOSITIES---featurette released for the Netflix anthology horror series.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYotKcx8rw8
OBI-WAN KENOBI---Ewan McGregor confirmed Lucasfilm originally planned a prequel movie trilogy centered on young Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi's self-imposed exile on Tatooine where he is Luke's protector. McGregor said because of SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY's disappointment, Lucasfilm decided the movie trilogy would be better as a tv miniseries, "It was going to be a story about me and Luke. It was always going to be that, and that was one of the genius moments where everyone went, 'Wait a minute,' and then changed it."
HORIZON---Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington and Jamie Campbell Bower have joined the cast of the Kevin Costner movie trilogy whose synopsis says," HORIZON chronicles a multi-faceted, 15-year span of pre- and post-Civil War expansion and settlement of the American West. Experienced through the eyes of many, the epic journey is fraught with peril and intrigue from the constant onslaught of 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."
JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX---the sequel's budget is $150 million which is more than double the original movie's budget. The increase includes $20 million each for Joaquin Phoenix and director Todd Phillips and $10 million for Lady Gaga.
BATGIRL---after Warner Bros. cancelled BATGIRL, the studio is thinking about keep star Leslie grace for future DC projects and is “entertaining the possibility of having her continue to play Batgirl in a future DC film (or, at least, star in another Warner Bros. production).”
GODZILLA VS KONG 2---an Australian press release for the sequel states, "The fifth film [in] the MonsterVerse franchise will see Kong defend the Earth from the unusual and dangerous creatures that threaten his new home."
THE FALL GUY---Emily Blunt will co-star with Ryan Gosling in the movie based on the Lee Majors tv series about Hollywood stunt performers who moonlight as bounty hunters.
CHIEF OF STATION---Alec Baldwin and Olga Kurylenko will star in this spy movie about an ex-CIA station chief who teams up with a rogue female spy to solve his wife's murder which leads to uncovering a massive conspiracy.
THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ---Kenya Barris (BLACK-ISH) will be the writer/director of the remake of the classic THE WIZARD OF OZ.
TRIVIA---more James Bond movie trivia.
Q, the head of MI6's research and development branch, appeared all of the official and unofficial James Bond movies except three: LIVE AND LET DIE, CASINO ROYALE (remake) and QUANTUM OF SOLACE.
In YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, Q (Desmond Llewelyn) demonstrates the armed autogyro Little Nellie to James Bond (Sean Connery).
TUESDAY, AUGUST 16
WOLVES OF WAR---trailer released for the World War II movie about rescuing an American scientist with atomic bomb secrets from the Nazis.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdbrpE0GODI
COBRA KAI---trailer released for Season 5.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbQmcnvmnUE
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER---Amazon Prime announced the first two episodes will premiere on September 1 at 9:00 pm and later episodes will premiere on Friday at 12:00 am.
WEDNESDAY---photo released of the Netflix tv series based on The Addams Family cartoon characters.
THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS AND SNAKES---photo released of Rachel Zegler and Tom Blyth starring in the prequel. Viola Davis has joined the cast as Dr. Volumnia Gaul.
THE FLASH---after three arrests, Ezra Miller released the following statement, “Having recently gone through a time of intense crisis, I now understand that I am suffering complex mental health issues and have begun ongoing treatment. I want to apologize to everyone that I have alarmed and upset with my past behavior. I am committed to doing the necessary work to get back to a healthy, safe and productive stage in my life.”
ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY---a remastered version of the 2016 movie will be shown in 150 IMAX theaters in North America on August 25 and includes a sneak peak at the Disney+ ANDOR tv series.
POKER FACE---Nick Nolte and Ron Perlman have joined the cast of the Rian Johnson/Peacock murder mystery series in which Natasha Lyonne's character solves a murder in each episode. Adrien Brody, Chloe Sevigny, Joseph Gordon-Levitt also star.
TRIVIA---in Tobe Hooper's sci fi horror movie LIFEFORCE, one of the male space vampires is played by Chris Jagger (right), the younger brother of Mick Jagger.
WOLVES OF WAR---trailer released for the World War II movie about rescuing an American scientist with atomic bomb secrets from the Nazis.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdbrpE0GODI
COBRA KAI---trailer released for Season 5.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbQmcnvmnUE
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER---Amazon Prime announced the first two episodes will premiere on September 1 at 9:00 pm and later episodes will premiere on Friday at 12:00 am.
WEDNESDAY---photo released of the Netflix tv series based on The Addams Family cartoon characters.
THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS AND SNAKES---photo released of Rachel Zegler and Tom Blyth starring in the prequel. Viola Davis has joined the cast as Dr. Volumnia Gaul.
THE FLASH---after three arrests, Ezra Miller released the following statement, “Having recently gone through a time of intense crisis, I now understand that I am suffering complex mental health issues and have begun ongoing treatment. I want to apologize to everyone that I have alarmed and upset with my past behavior. I am committed to doing the necessary work to get back to a healthy, safe and productive stage in my life.”
ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY---a remastered version of the 2016 movie will be shown in 150 IMAX theaters in North America on August 25 and includes a sneak peak at the Disney+ ANDOR tv series.
POKER FACE---Nick Nolte and Ron Perlman have joined the cast of the Rian Johnson/Peacock murder mystery series in which Natasha Lyonne's character solves a murder in each episode. Adrien Brody, Chloe Sevigny, Joseph Gordon-Levitt also star.
TRIVIA---in Tobe Hooper's sci fi horror movie LIFEFORCE, one of the male space vampires is played by Chris Jagger (right), the younger brother of Mick Jagger.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17
THE GREATEST BEER RUN EVER----trailer released for the Apple TV+ movie starring Zac Efron.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqxziDlZOIo
WEDNESDAY---trailer released for the Netflix series based on the Addams Family.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di310WS8zLk
WISE GUYS---Robert De Niro will star in this Barry Levinson movie about 1950s rival crime family leaders Vito Genovese and Frank Costello. De Niro will reportedly play both mobsters.
ENOLA HOLMES 2---poster released for the Netflix sequel starring Henry Cavill and Millie Bobby Brown.
BLACK PHONE---Scott Derrickson said there talks for a sequel to the Ethan Hawke movie, “There’s already a lot of conversation, a lot of pressure being put on it. I mean, the movie cost $18 million, and it’s going to ultimately make probably $160-170 million worldwide. So they want another one. Of course, they do.”
JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION---although the sequel has earned almost $1 billion, co-star DeWanda Wise commented on its Rotten Tomatoes 30% rating, "From my perspective, I've always been pretty critic immune. We made a movie during a pandemic. Like, honestly, you can print this if you want: You can't tell me *****."
JAMES BOND---a British tabloid claims Idris Elba is no longer interested in replacing Daniel Craig as the new James Bond, "Fans and Barbara [Broccoli] wanted Idris but he wants to create something for himself. However, he's put forward names to play 007. He's 'informally' in the decision-making process as he's been in talks with producers for so long."
THE FAMILY PLAN---Mark Wahlberg will star in this Apple Studios action comedy movie whose synopsis says, “The film tells the story of a suburban dad who must take his family on the run when his past catches up to him."
R.I.P.D. 2: RISE OF THE ****ED---the direct-to-video sequel to the box office bomb has received a PG-13. Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds are not returning for the sequel.
TRIVIA---in THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK, Dr. Ian Malcom's (Jeff Goldblum) daughter, Kelly, was on her high school gymnastics team. Kelly used her gymnastic skills to kick the Raptor, who is about to kill her father, out of a ventilation window where it plunges to its death. In reality, Goldblum is married to Emilie Livingston, a three-time Canadian national champ in rhythmic gymnastics. Livingston represented Canada in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
In THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK, Dr. Ian Malcom's (Jeff Goldblum) daughter, Kelly, was on her high school gymnastics team. Kelly used her gymnastic skills to kick the Raptor, who is about to kill her father, out of a ventilation window where it plunges to its death.
In reality, Goldblum is married to Emilie Livingston, a three-time Canadian national champ in rhythmic gymnastics. Livingston represented Canada in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Goldblum was part of a JURASSIC PARK-themed wedding photo in which the bride was a friend of Livingston's.
THE GREATEST BEER RUN EVER----trailer released for the Apple TV+ movie starring Zac Efron.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqxziDlZOIo
WEDNESDAY---trailer released for the Netflix series based on the Addams Family.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di310WS8zLk
WISE GUYS---Robert De Niro will star in this Barry Levinson movie about 1950s rival crime family leaders Vito Genovese and Frank Costello. De Niro will reportedly play both mobsters.
ENOLA HOLMES 2---poster released for the Netflix sequel starring Henry Cavill and Millie Bobby Brown.
BLACK PHONE---Scott Derrickson said there talks for a sequel to the Ethan Hawke movie, “There’s already a lot of conversation, a lot of pressure being put on it. I mean, the movie cost $18 million, and it’s going to ultimately make probably $160-170 million worldwide. So they want another one. Of course, they do.”
JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION---although the sequel has earned almost $1 billion, co-star DeWanda Wise commented on its Rotten Tomatoes 30% rating, "From my perspective, I've always been pretty critic immune. We made a movie during a pandemic. Like, honestly, you can print this if you want: You can't tell me *****."
JAMES BOND---a British tabloid claims Idris Elba is no longer interested in replacing Daniel Craig as the new James Bond, "Fans and Barbara [Broccoli] wanted Idris but he wants to create something for himself. However, he's put forward names to play 007. He's 'informally' in the decision-making process as he's been in talks with producers for so long."
THE FAMILY PLAN---Mark Wahlberg will star in this Apple Studios action comedy movie whose synopsis says, “The film tells the story of a suburban dad who must take his family on the run when his past catches up to him."
R.I.P.D. 2: RISE OF THE ****ED---the direct-to-video sequel to the box office bomb has received a PG-13. Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds are not returning for the sequel.
TRIVIA---in THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK, Dr. Ian Malcom's (Jeff Goldblum) daughter, Kelly, was on her high school gymnastics team. Kelly used her gymnastic skills to kick the Raptor, who is about to kill her father, out of a ventilation window where it plunges to its death. In reality, Goldblum is married to Emilie Livingston, a three-time Canadian national champ in rhythmic gymnastics. Livingston represented Canada in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
In THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK, Dr. Ian Malcom's (Jeff Goldblum) daughter, Kelly, was on her high school gymnastics team. Kelly used her gymnastic skills to kick the Raptor, who is about to kill her father, out of a ventilation window where it plunges to its death.
In reality, Goldblum is married to Emilie Livingston, a three-time Canadian national champ in rhythmic gymnastics. Livingston represented Canada in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Goldblum was part of a JURASSIC PARK-themed wedding photo in which the bride was a friend of Livingston's.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 18
HOUSE OF THE DRAGON---new trailer released for the HBO prequel series.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blHoET7H0TY
THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT---Ming-Na Wen commented on a second season, “Second season of THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT, I hope! I never count my chickens before they hatch, because in this business, you just never know. But, knock on wood, they’ll be announcing that soon.”
FANTASTIC BEASTS---Mads Mikkelsen commented on if Johnny Depp might return to replace him as Gellert Grindewald, “It was very intimidating. Obviously, well, now the course has changed – he won the suit, the court [case] – so let’s see if he comes back. He might. I’m a big fan of Johnny. I think he’s an amazing actor. I think he did a fantastic job. Having said that, I could not copy it. There’s there was no way I could just copy it, because it’s so much him. It would be creative suicide.
So, we had to come up with something else, something that was mine, and build a bridge between him and me. So, yes, it was intimidating. His fans were very, very sweet, but they were also very stubborn. I didn’t interact too much with them, but I could understand why they had their hearts broken.”
JURASSIC PARK---Colin Trevorrow commented on fan support for a JURASSIC PARK crossover with FAST & FURIOUS, "I mean of course [I’m not interested]. Because I am obviously like the most earnest maker of JURASSIC PARK movies that we have. I think that if one came in looking to look at them...watch them ironically as opposed to earnestly that might be exactly where you go....This idea is so new. That wasn't allowed when I was a kid, you didn't get to just like you did when you were playing with the toys, you smash them together. Now it's like, well whatever your parent company happens to own, you can (use). I guess it would be BOURNE because that's...I feel like him running away from dinosaurs, he'd be effective but like I put raptor we kind of did something in that vein."
ACTION MOVIES---Michael Mann (HEAT) commented on current action movies, "I’m just bored by it. It’s not very interesting. I mean, sometimes the choreography is so outrageous that it’s fascinating, and it is quite good. But generally, no. It’s just stale."
STAR TREK DAY---two-hour Star Trek Day live-streamed Paramount+ event will premiere on September 8 at 3 pm ET.
YOUNG JUSTICE---Season 4 will reportedly be the last season.
MEET CUTE---Kaley Cucoco and Pete Davidson will star in this Peacock romantic comedy movie about a woman who uses a time machine to go back in time to perfect the guy she's in love with.
TRIVIA---in the STAR TREK parody movie GALAXY QUEST, Robin Sachs played evil alien leader Gen. Sarris. In the STAR TREK: VOYAGER episode "The Void", Sachs played alien Gen. Valen. Sachs had auditioned for the Benjamin Sisko role in STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE and The Doctor role in STAR TREK: VOYAGER.
In the STAR TREK parody movie GALAXY QUEST, Robin Sachs played evil alien leader Gen. Sarris.
In the STAR TREK: VOYAGER episode "The Void", Sachs played alien Gen. Valen.
HOUSE OF THE DRAGON---new trailer released for the HBO prequel series.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blHoET7H0TY
THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT---Ming-Na Wen commented on a second season, “Second season of THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT, I hope! I never count my chickens before they hatch, because in this business, you just never know. But, knock on wood, they’ll be announcing that soon.”
FANTASTIC BEASTS---Mads Mikkelsen commented on if Johnny Depp might return to replace him as Gellert Grindewald, “It was very intimidating. Obviously, well, now the course has changed – he won the suit, the court [case] – so let’s see if he comes back. He might. I’m a big fan of Johnny. I think he’s an amazing actor. I think he did a fantastic job. Having said that, I could not copy it. There’s there was no way I could just copy it, because it’s so much him. It would be creative suicide.
So, we had to come up with something else, something that was mine, and build a bridge between him and me. So, yes, it was intimidating. His fans were very, very sweet, but they were also very stubborn. I didn’t interact too much with them, but I could understand why they had their hearts broken.”
JURASSIC PARK---Colin Trevorrow commented on fan support for a JURASSIC PARK crossover with FAST & FURIOUS, "I mean of course [I’m not interested]. Because I am obviously like the most earnest maker of JURASSIC PARK movies that we have. I think that if one came in looking to look at them...watch them ironically as opposed to earnestly that might be exactly where you go....This idea is so new. That wasn't allowed when I was a kid, you didn't get to just like you did when you were playing with the toys, you smash them together. Now it's like, well whatever your parent company happens to own, you can (use). I guess it would be BOURNE because that's...I feel like him running away from dinosaurs, he'd be effective but like I put raptor we kind of did something in that vein."
ACTION MOVIES---Michael Mann (HEAT) commented on current action movies, "I’m just bored by it. It’s not very interesting. I mean, sometimes the choreography is so outrageous that it’s fascinating, and it is quite good. But generally, no. It’s just stale."
STAR TREK DAY---two-hour Star Trek Day live-streamed Paramount+ event will premiere on September 8 at 3 pm ET.
YOUNG JUSTICE---Season 4 will reportedly be the last season.
MEET CUTE---Kaley Cucoco and Pete Davidson will star in this Peacock romantic comedy movie about a woman who uses a time machine to go back in time to perfect the guy she's in love with.
TRIVIA---in the STAR TREK parody movie GALAXY QUEST, Robin Sachs played evil alien leader Gen. Sarris. In the STAR TREK: VOYAGER episode "The Void", Sachs played alien Gen. Valen. Sachs had auditioned for the Benjamin Sisko role in STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE and The Doctor role in STAR TREK: VOYAGER.
In the STAR TREK parody movie GALAXY QUEST, Robin Sachs played evil alien leader Gen. Sarris.
In the STAR TREK: VOYAGER episode "The Void", Sachs played alien Gen. Valen.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 19
A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY---trailer released for the Peacock miniseries based on the true story of a kidnapping.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZaA7MmClvg
AMERICAN GIGOLO---trailer released for the Showtime series based on the Richard Gere movie.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLy3OJvMgYg
NATIONAL TREASURE 3---producer Jerry Bruckheimer said the third movie is underway with Nicolas Cage possibly returning, "Let's hope we're working on the script right now. Hopefully [Cage] likes it, but it's really good. So I think we'll get it to him shortly."
BEVERLY HILLS COP 4---producer Jerry Bruckheimer commented on the long-gestating sequel, "Well, we're making another BEVERLY HILLS COP. We start that in like a week or 10 days and that's gonna be for Netflix."
THE ENGLISH---photo of Emily Blunt starring in the Amazon/BBC miniseries about an aristocratic Englishwoman and a Pawnee ex-cavalry scout who travel to the town of Hoxem, Wyoming where they get involved in a series of bizarre murders.
OCEAN'S 11---Ryan Gosling is in talks to co-star with Margot Robbie in this 1960s-set prequel to OCEAN'S 11.
SHIBUMI---Chad Stahelski will direct the movie based on the assassin novel.
AVALON---Neve Campbell will star in this ABC tv series about LA Sheriffs Detective "Nic" Searcy who is reprimanded and assigned to a substation on Catalina Island where she attempts to solve a major mystery.
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER---entertainment reporter Lesley Goldberg said about the reboot, “To answer to whomever wrote inquiring about the status of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot that was announced or put in development back in 2018… executive producer Gail Berman recently told our colleague, and friend of the 5, Katie Kilkenny, that it is quote, ‘on pause’—which is industry speak for purgatory. So, make of that what you will.”
TRIVIA---Quentin Tarantino said he is not a fan of INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE, "I like CRYSTAL SKULL more than the Sean Connery one. I don’t like the Sean Connery one. I don’t like the Sean Connery one at all. … That’s such a boring one. It’s boring. And he’s not an interesting character. The joke is made immediately. It’s like STOP! OR MY MOM WILL SHOOT."
A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY---trailer released for the Peacock miniseries based on the true story of a kidnapping.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZaA7MmClvg
AMERICAN GIGOLO---trailer released for the Showtime series based on the Richard Gere movie.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLy3OJvMgYg
NATIONAL TREASURE 3---producer Jerry Bruckheimer said the third movie is underway with Nicolas Cage possibly returning, "Let's hope we're working on the script right now. Hopefully [Cage] likes it, but it's really good. So I think we'll get it to him shortly."
BEVERLY HILLS COP 4---producer Jerry Bruckheimer commented on the long-gestating sequel, "Well, we're making another BEVERLY HILLS COP. We start that in like a week or 10 days and that's gonna be for Netflix."
THE ENGLISH---photo of Emily Blunt starring in the Amazon/BBC miniseries about an aristocratic Englishwoman and a Pawnee ex-cavalry scout who travel to the town of Hoxem, Wyoming where they get involved in a series of bizarre murders.
OCEAN'S 11---Ryan Gosling is in talks to co-star with Margot Robbie in this 1960s-set prequel to OCEAN'S 11.
SHIBUMI---Chad Stahelski will direct the movie based on the assassin novel.
AVALON---Neve Campbell will star in this ABC tv series about LA Sheriffs Detective "Nic" Searcy who is reprimanded and assigned to a substation on Catalina Island where she attempts to solve a major mystery.
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER---entertainment reporter Lesley Goldberg said about the reboot, “To answer to whomever wrote inquiring about the status of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot that was announced or put in development back in 2018… executive producer Gail Berman recently told our colleague, and friend of the 5, Katie Kilkenny, that it is quote, ‘on pause’—which is industry speak for purgatory. So, make of that what you will.”
TRIVIA---Quentin Tarantino said he is not a fan of INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE, "I like CRYSTAL SKULL more than the Sean Connery one. I don’t like the Sean Connery one. I don’t like the Sean Connery one at all. … That’s such a boring one. It’s boring. And he’s not an interesting character. The joke is made immediately. It’s like STOP! OR MY MOM WILL SHOOT."
MONDAY, AUGUST 22
OBI-WAN KENOBI: A JEDI'S RETURN---trailer released of the Disney+ documentary about the miniseries.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WaC8k3WVl8
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE POWER OF THE RINGS---the first two episodes of the Amazon tv series will be shown in Cinemark theaters in the US on August 31 two days before it streams on Amazon Prime.
SAM AND VICTOR'S DAY OFF---the COBRA KAI creators and Paramount Pictures are developing a spinoff movie about the two valets who took Ferris Bueller's Ferrari on a joy ride.
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 6---producer Jerry Bruckheimer commented on the sequel, "I'm very excited, it's going to be terrific. We're just working on the screenplay. One of the original writers, Ted Elliot, is helping write it. He has a great command of the characters."
ALLY McBEAL---ABC sequel series underway about a black female lawyer just out of law school who joins Ally McBeal's law firm. The lawyer is reportedly the daughter of Ally McBeal's roommate, Renee Raddick. Calista Flockhart is in talks to return and also be the executive producer.
SANDMAN---Neil Gaiman posted about Season 2, “Because Sandman is a really expensive show. And for Netflix to release the money to let us make another season, we have to perform incredibly well. So yes, we’ve been the top show in the world for the last two weeks. That still may not be enough.”
HEAT 2---Michael Mann said he would rather make a movie instead of a tv series based on the novel sequel to his 1995 movie, “There’s fantastic work in television, and for whatever reason, it has a short half-life. [Producer] Dino De Laurentiis, one time, said to me about television, ‘Michael, there’s a small screen, and there’s the big screen.’ That said it all, you know?
I’m not putting down television. It really is [a golden age]. But the big, cinematic experience – there’s nothing like it. When we had a screening of HEAT at the Academy, probably 80% of the audience had never seen it on the big screen, and the reaction was astonishing.
I had the whole cast there, and [Christopher] Nolan moderated it. It’s on the Blu-ray – we had a panel discussion afterward. It was really fascinating to me to see the difference and the impact.”
SASQUATCH---Jesse Eisenberg said he will play a Sasquatch in a future movie, “The next movie I’m doing is [with] the Zellner Brothers. They’re just these brilliant directors that I’ve wanted to work with for a long time, and I’m playing a Sasquatch. In full makeup. In full body hair. No lines – I grunt, but no lines – and I’m so looking forward to this.”
TRIVIA---more James Bond movie trivia.
Sean Connery's personal 1964 Aston Martin DB5, similar to the one he drove and made famous in GOLDFINGER, sold for $2.4 million at auction. It was projected to sell for $1.4 million--$1.8 million. A pristine 1964 DB5 should sell for $1 million.
Connery's children urged him to buy the DB5 because he told them how much he enjoyed driving it in the movies. Connery's son Jason, said, "He'd say, 'I don't want to because it feels a bit obvious, you know, with me.'"..."I said, 'But forget it, it's not about that.'" Connery bought the DB5 in 2018 and had it repainted from black to Snow Shadow Gray, which is similar to the movie version. Jason added, "Unfortunately as he got older, traveling, especially to Europe [became difficult] and then COVID hit and...You know, unfortunately, he never really got to enjoy the car that he'd bought."
Connery kept the DB5 at his home in Switzerland and loved it so much that he kept a photo of it on his desk.
Most of the proceeds will be donated to the Connery Family Philanthropy Fund.
OBI-WAN KENOBI: A JEDI'S RETURN---trailer released of the Disney+ documentary about the miniseries.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WaC8k3WVl8
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE POWER OF THE RINGS---the first two episodes of the Amazon tv series will be shown in Cinemark theaters in the US on August 31 two days before it streams on Amazon Prime.
SAM AND VICTOR'S DAY OFF---the COBRA KAI creators and Paramount Pictures are developing a spinoff movie about the two valets who took Ferris Bueller's Ferrari on a joy ride.
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 6---producer Jerry Bruckheimer commented on the sequel, "I'm very excited, it's going to be terrific. We're just working on the screenplay. One of the original writers, Ted Elliot, is helping write it. He has a great command of the characters."
ALLY McBEAL---ABC sequel series underway about a black female lawyer just out of law school who joins Ally McBeal's law firm. The lawyer is reportedly the daughter of Ally McBeal's roommate, Renee Raddick. Calista Flockhart is in talks to return and also be the executive producer.
SANDMAN---Neil Gaiman posted about Season 2, “Because Sandman is a really expensive show. And for Netflix to release the money to let us make another season, we have to perform incredibly well. So yes, we’ve been the top show in the world for the last two weeks. That still may not be enough.”
HEAT 2---Michael Mann said he would rather make a movie instead of a tv series based on the novel sequel to his 1995 movie, “There’s fantastic work in television, and for whatever reason, it has a short half-life. [Producer] Dino De Laurentiis, one time, said to me about television, ‘Michael, there’s a small screen, and there’s the big screen.’ That said it all, you know?
I’m not putting down television. It really is [a golden age]. But the big, cinematic experience – there’s nothing like it. When we had a screening of HEAT at the Academy, probably 80% of the audience had never seen it on the big screen, and the reaction was astonishing.
I had the whole cast there, and [Christopher] Nolan moderated it. It’s on the Blu-ray – we had a panel discussion afterward. It was really fascinating to me to see the difference and the impact.”
SASQUATCH---Jesse Eisenberg said he will play a Sasquatch in a future movie, “The next movie I’m doing is [with] the Zellner Brothers. They’re just these brilliant directors that I’ve wanted to work with for a long time, and I’m playing a Sasquatch. In full makeup. In full body hair. No lines – I grunt, but no lines – and I’m so looking forward to this.”
TRIVIA---more James Bond movie trivia.
Sean Connery's personal 1964 Aston Martin DB5, similar to the one he drove and made famous in GOLDFINGER, sold for $2.4 million at auction. It was projected to sell for $1.4 million--$1.8 million. A pristine 1964 DB5 should sell for $1 million.
Connery's children urged him to buy the DB5 because he told them how much he enjoyed driving it in the movies. Connery's son Jason, said, "He'd say, 'I don't want to because it feels a bit obvious, you know, with me.'"..."I said, 'But forget it, it's not about that.'" Connery bought the DB5 in 2018 and had it repainted from black to Snow Shadow Gray, which is similar to the movie version. Jason added, "Unfortunately as he got older, traveling, especially to Europe [became difficult] and then COVID hit and...You know, unfortunately, he never really got to enjoy the car that he'd bought."
Connery kept the DB5 at his home in Switzerland and loved it so much that he kept a photo of it on his desk.
Most of the proceeds will be donated to the Connery Family Philanthropy Fund.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 23
PLANET OF THE APES---Owen Teague (IT) will play the lead ape role in the latest movie in the franchise which will be directed by Wes Ball.
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER---the spinoff series had a premiere of 9.98 million viewers which is the biggest in HBO history.
GOODNIGHT MOMMY---photo released of Naomi Watts starring in the remake of the Austrian thriller movie.
MEGALOPOLIS---Aubrey Plaza will co-star with Adam Driver in the Francis Ford Coppola movie. No details were released about her role.
ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING---Paul Rudd has joined the cat and will return as Ben Glenroy in Season 3.
RED SONJA---Matilda Lutz will star in the remake movie.
GRAVITY RUSH---Ridley Scott is developing a movie based on the video game.
COMMUNITY---Dan Harmon confirmed a movie based on the tv series is in the early stages of development, “I’ll confirm what Alison [Brie] said which is that legitimacy is here, conversations and agreements are happening. There’s a story – who knows if we’ll end up sticking to it, but it was something we had to compile in order to take it out and court various venues. And now negotiations happen.”
BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER---HBO Max shelved the animated tv series.
THE COMPANY YOU KEEP---Milo Ventimiglia and Catherine Haena Kim star in this ABC spy tv series about a con man who has an affair with an undercover CIA agent which leads to complications.
TRIVIA---Joe Spano is best known for playing Lt. Henry Goldblume on the hit cop tv series HILL STREET BLUES. Ironically, one of Spano's first movie roles was playing robber Mitch who becomes Dirty Harry's latest kill in Clint Eastwood's THE ENFORCER.
Joe Spano is best known for playing Lt. Henry Goldblume on the hit cop tv series HILL STREET BLUES.
Ironically, one of Spano's first movie roles was playing robber Mitch who becomes Dirty Harry's latest kill in Clint Eastwood's THE ENFORCER.
PLANET OF THE APES---Owen Teague (IT) will play the lead ape role in the latest movie in the franchise which will be directed by Wes Ball.
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER---the spinoff series had a premiere of 9.98 million viewers which is the biggest in HBO history.
GOODNIGHT MOMMY---photo released of Naomi Watts starring in the remake of the Austrian thriller movie.
MEGALOPOLIS---Aubrey Plaza will co-star with Adam Driver in the Francis Ford Coppola movie. No details were released about her role.
ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING---Paul Rudd has joined the cat and will return as Ben Glenroy in Season 3.
RED SONJA---Matilda Lutz will star in the remake movie.
GRAVITY RUSH---Ridley Scott is developing a movie based on the video game.
COMMUNITY---Dan Harmon confirmed a movie based on the tv series is in the early stages of development, “I’ll confirm what Alison [Brie] said which is that legitimacy is here, conversations and agreements are happening. There’s a story – who knows if we’ll end up sticking to it, but it was something we had to compile in order to take it out and court various venues. And now negotiations happen.”
BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER---HBO Max shelved the animated tv series.
THE COMPANY YOU KEEP---Milo Ventimiglia and Catherine Haena Kim star in this ABC spy tv series about a con man who has an affair with an undercover CIA agent which leads to complications.
TRIVIA---Joe Spano is best known for playing Lt. Henry Goldblume on the hit cop tv series HILL STREET BLUES. Ironically, one of Spano's first movie roles was playing robber Mitch who becomes Dirty Harry's latest kill in Clint Eastwood's THE ENFORCER.
Joe Spano is best known for playing Lt. Henry Goldblume on the hit cop tv series HILL STREET BLUES.
Ironically, one of Spano's first movie roles was playing robber Mitch who becomes Dirty Harry's latest kill in Clint Eastwood's THE ENFORCER.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24
GOODNIGHT MOMMY---trailer released for the Amazon horror movie starring Naomi Watts.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lKm2Vct3x4
SLUMBERLAND---trailer released for the Netflix movie starring Jason Momoa.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06SZPlPcYx0
PINOCCHIO---trailer released for the Walt Disney remake movie starring Tom Hanks.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV_0pYoCssc
REBOOT--trailer released for the Hulu comedy series starring Paul Reiser.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC0tosYozso
FURIOSA---photo of Chris Hemsworth with a prosthetic nose on the film set of the prequel movie.
KING KING---Disney+ live-action tv series underway based on the 1933 movie and the Joe DeVito novels approved by creator Meriam C. Cooper's estate. The tv series will focus on King Kong's origins on Skull Island and is not connected to the current Monsterverse franchise.
PAPRIKA---Amazon live-action tv series underway based on the sci fi novel in which a "dream terrorist" uses a device to enter other people's dreams.
STAR WARS---John Boyega said he is not interested in returning as Finn, "I think Finn is at a good confirmation point where you can just enjoy him in other things, the games, the animation. But I feel like ‘[Episode] VII’ to ‘[Episode] IX’ was good for me.”
TRIVIA---two actors who were in GHOST were married to actors who were in the tv comedy MOONLIGHTING. GHOST's Demi Moore (Molly Jensen) was married to MOONLIGHTING's Bruce Willis (David Addison), and GHOST's Vincent Schiavelli (subway ghost) was married to MOONLIGHTING's Allyce Beasley (Agnes DiPesto).
GHOST's Demi Moore (Molly Jensen) was married to MOONLIGHTING's Bruce Willis (David Addison).
GHOST's Vincent Schiavelli (subway ghost) was married to MOONLIGHTING's Allyce Beasley (Agnes DiPesto).
GOODNIGHT MOMMY---trailer released for the Amazon horror movie starring Naomi Watts.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lKm2Vct3x4
SLUMBERLAND---trailer released for the Netflix movie starring Jason Momoa.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06SZPlPcYx0
PINOCCHIO---trailer released for the Walt Disney remake movie starring Tom Hanks.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV_0pYoCssc
REBOOT--trailer released for the Hulu comedy series starring Paul Reiser.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC0tosYozso
FURIOSA---photo of Chris Hemsworth with a prosthetic nose on the film set of the prequel movie.
KING KING---Disney+ live-action tv series underway based on the 1933 movie and the Joe DeVito novels approved by creator Meriam C. Cooper's estate. The tv series will focus on King Kong's origins on Skull Island and is not connected to the current Monsterverse franchise.
PAPRIKA---Amazon live-action tv series underway based on the sci fi novel in which a "dream terrorist" uses a device to enter other people's dreams.
STAR WARS---John Boyega said he is not interested in returning as Finn, "I think Finn is at a good confirmation point where you can just enjoy him in other things, the games, the animation. But I feel like ‘[Episode] VII’ to ‘[Episode] IX’ was good for me.”
TRIVIA---two actors who were in GHOST were married to actors who were in the tv comedy MOONLIGHTING. GHOST's Demi Moore (Molly Jensen) was married to MOONLIGHTING's Bruce Willis (David Addison), and GHOST's Vincent Schiavelli (subway ghost) was married to MOONLIGHTING's Allyce Beasley (Agnes DiPesto).
GHOST's Demi Moore (Molly Jensen) was married to MOONLIGHTING's Bruce Willis (David Addison).
GHOST's Vincent Schiavelli (subway ghost) was married to MOONLIGHTING's Allyce Beasley (Agnes DiPesto).
THURSDAY, AUGUST 25
CONFESS, FLETCH---trailer released for the comedy movie starring John Hamm.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imn_gHwvUmc
WHITE NOISE---trailer released for the Netflix movie based on the novel starring Adam Driver.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqJD7ae11mU
TAR---trailer released for the movie starring Cate Blanchett.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXK-tqy3QS0
MY BEST FRIEND'S EXORCISM---trailer released for the Amazon Prime horror movie.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnXdofVyZTI
A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW---Ewan McGregor will play Count Alexander Rostov in this Paramount+ series based on the novel. The synopsis says, “Spared immediate execution, he is banished by a Soviet tribunal to an attic room in the opulent Hotel Metropol, threatened with death if he ever sets foot outside again. As the years pass and some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history unfold outside the hotel’s doors, Rostov’s reduced circumstances provide him entry into a much larger world of emotional discovery. As he builds a new life within the walls of the hotel, he discovers the true value of friendship, family and love.”
THE BOYS---Jeffrey Dean Morgan has joined the cast in an undisclosed, recurring role in Season 4.
BATGIRL---Warner Bros. will reportedly have a "funeral screening" of the cancelled movie for the cast and crew on the studio lot before it will be locked up in the Warner Bros. vault.
X-MEN---Glen Powell (TOP GUN: MAVERICK) denied rumors that he will play Cyclops in the reboot movie, "Before Comic-Con, everybody was like, 'Dude, are you Cyclops?' 'No, I’m not. Nobody has called me. I don’t even have one contact info for Marvel, so I have no idea what people are talking about.”
BUPKIS---Joe Pesci will play Pete Davidson's grandfather in the Peacock comedy series.
THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES---Christian Slater will play ogre Mulgrath in the Disney+ series based on the children's books.
PARASYTE: THE GREY---Netflix live-action horror series underway based on the manga.
UMBRELLA ACADEMY---Netflix renewed the series for Season 4.
CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM---HBO renewed the series for Season 12.
TRIVIA---in the classic CHINATOWN, Allan Warnick played the obnoxious Hall of Records clerk. In the sequel THE TWO JAKES, Warnick played Manfred V. Rippey.
In the classic CHINATOWN, Allan Warnick played the obnoxious Hall of Records clerk.
In the sequel THE TWO JAKES, Warnick played Manfred V. Rippey.
CONFESS, FLETCH---trailer released for the comedy movie starring John Hamm.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imn_gHwvUmc
WHITE NOISE---trailer released for the Netflix movie based on the novel starring Adam Driver.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqJD7ae11mU
TAR---trailer released for the movie starring Cate Blanchett.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXK-tqy3QS0
MY BEST FRIEND'S EXORCISM---trailer released for the Amazon Prime horror movie.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnXdofVyZTI
A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW---Ewan McGregor will play Count Alexander Rostov in this Paramount+ series based on the novel. The synopsis says, “Spared immediate execution, he is banished by a Soviet tribunal to an attic room in the opulent Hotel Metropol, threatened with death if he ever sets foot outside again. As the years pass and some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history unfold outside the hotel’s doors, Rostov’s reduced circumstances provide him entry into a much larger world of emotional discovery. As he builds a new life within the walls of the hotel, he discovers the true value of friendship, family and love.”
THE BOYS---Jeffrey Dean Morgan has joined the cast in an undisclosed, recurring role in Season 4.
BATGIRL---Warner Bros. will reportedly have a "funeral screening" of the cancelled movie for the cast and crew on the studio lot before it will be locked up in the Warner Bros. vault.
X-MEN---Glen Powell (TOP GUN: MAVERICK) denied rumors that he will play Cyclops in the reboot movie, "Before Comic-Con, everybody was like, 'Dude, are you Cyclops?' 'No, I’m not. Nobody has called me. I don’t even have one contact info for Marvel, so I have no idea what people are talking about.”
BUPKIS---Joe Pesci will play Pete Davidson's grandfather in the Peacock comedy series.
THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES---Christian Slater will play ogre Mulgrath in the Disney+ series based on the children's books.
PARASYTE: THE GREY---Netflix live-action horror series underway based on the manga.
UMBRELLA ACADEMY---Netflix renewed the series for Season 4.
CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM---HBO renewed the series for Season 12.
TRIVIA---in the classic CHINATOWN, Allan Warnick played the obnoxious Hall of Records clerk. In the sequel THE TWO JAKES, Warnick played Manfred V. Rippey.
In the classic CHINATOWN, Allan Warnick played the obnoxious Hall of Records clerk.
In the sequel THE TWO JAKES, Warnick played Manfred V. Rippey.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 26
DEVIL IN OHIO---trailer released for the Netflix miniseries starring Emily Deschanel.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScEl_smzT3A&t=29s
FANTASTIC FOUR---Matt Shakman (WANDVISION) is in talks to direct the Marvel Studios reboot movie.
DEAD FOR A DOLLAR---photo released from the Walter Hill Western movie in which a bounty hunter searches for a kidnapped woman, who is really fleeing her abusive husband and is in love with her kidnapper. Rachel Brosnahan, Willem Dafoe and Christoph Waltz star.
HOUSE OF THE DRAGON---HBO renewed the series for Season 2.
THE PERFECT COUPLE---Netflix miniseries underway based on the novel about a woman who is about to marry a man whose family are ultra-wealthy, but when a body is found in the harbor, everyone in the wedding are suspects.
GODZILLA VS. KONG 2---the untitled sequel has begun production in Queensland, Australia with the cast including Dan Stevens, Rebecca Hall and Brian Tyree Henry. The synopsis says, “This latest entry follows up the explosive showdown of Godzilla vs. Kong with an all-new cinematic adventure, pitting the almighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence – and our own. The epic new film will delve further into the histories of these Titans, their origins, and the mysteries of Skull Island and beyond, while uncovering the mythic battle that helped forge these extraordinary beings and tied them to humankind forever.”
HORIZON ZERO DAWN---Netflix tv series underway based on the PlayStation video game in which an outcast hunter seeks to discover the mysteries of a dinosaur robot-inhabited, apocalyptic world.
HORIZON---Thomas Haden Church and Luke Wilson have joined the cast of the Kevin Costner epic about the settling of the West during a 15-year period.
THE END WE START FROM---Katherine Waterston will co-star with Jodie Comer in the movie based on the apocalyptic novel.
TRIVIA---in 1954, Richard Denning and Whit Bissell appeared in two sci fi movies, the classic THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON and the lesser-known TARGET EARTH in which several people are stranded in deserted Chicago while being attacked by deadly robots from Venus. Bissell played a scientist in both movies.
In 1954, Richard Denning (second from right) and Whit Bissell (right) appeared in the classic THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON.
The same year, Denning and Bissell appeared in the lesser-known TARGET EARTH. Bissell played a scientist in both movies.
DEVIL IN OHIO---trailer released for the Netflix miniseries starring Emily Deschanel.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScEl_smzT3A&t=29s
FANTASTIC FOUR---Matt Shakman (WANDVISION) is in talks to direct the Marvel Studios reboot movie.
DEAD FOR A DOLLAR---photo released from the Walter Hill Western movie in which a bounty hunter searches for a kidnapped woman, who is really fleeing her abusive husband and is in love with her kidnapper. Rachel Brosnahan, Willem Dafoe and Christoph Waltz star.
HOUSE OF THE DRAGON---HBO renewed the series for Season 2.
THE PERFECT COUPLE---Netflix miniseries underway based on the novel about a woman who is about to marry a man whose family are ultra-wealthy, but when a body is found in the harbor, everyone in the wedding are suspects.
GODZILLA VS. KONG 2---the untitled sequel has begun production in Queensland, Australia with the cast including Dan Stevens, Rebecca Hall and Brian Tyree Henry. The synopsis says, “This latest entry follows up the explosive showdown of Godzilla vs. Kong with an all-new cinematic adventure, pitting the almighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence – and our own. The epic new film will delve further into the histories of these Titans, their origins, and the mysteries of Skull Island and beyond, while uncovering the mythic battle that helped forge these extraordinary beings and tied them to humankind forever.”
HORIZON ZERO DAWN---Netflix tv series underway based on the PlayStation video game in which an outcast hunter seeks to discover the mysteries of a dinosaur robot-inhabited, apocalyptic world.
HORIZON---Thomas Haden Church and Luke Wilson have joined the cast of the Kevin Costner epic about the settling of the West during a 15-year period.
THE END WE START FROM---Katherine Waterston will co-star with Jodie Comer in the movie based on the apocalyptic novel.
TRIVIA---in 1954, Richard Denning and Whit Bissell appeared in two sci fi movies, the classic THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON and the lesser-known TARGET EARTH in which several people are stranded in deserted Chicago while being attacked by deadly robots from Venus. Bissell played a scientist in both movies.
In 1954, Richard Denning (second from right) and Whit Bissell (right) appeared in the classic THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON.
The same year, Denning and Bissell appeared in the lesser-known TARGET EARTH. Bissell played a scientist in both movies.
MONDAY, AUGUST 29
STAR WARS: ANDOR---clip released from the Disney+ tv series.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5S9Vx3-QM0
WEIRD: THE AL YANKOVIC STORY---trailer released for the Roku biomovie.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCPMK8FUVCk
YELLOWSTONE---teaser trailer released for Season 5.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvM5NETx1OQ
STAR TREK 4---Paramount Pictures confirmed that director Mark Shakman (WANDAVISION) has left the reboot movie due to a schedule problem which led to speculation he left STAR TREK 4 to direct the FANTASTIC FOUR reboot movie at Marvel Studios. Paramount Pictures' statement said, “Matt Shakman is an incredibly talented filmmaker, and we regret the timing didn’t align for him to direct our upcoming STAR TREK film. We are grateful for his many contributions, are excited about the creative vision of this next chapter and look forward to bringing it to audiences all around the world.”
STAR TREK: PICARD---Denise Crosby said she will be returning as Tasha Yar in Season 3, “You will see Tasha Yar, but I’m not going to tell you how”.
STAR TREK---the ashes of Gene Roddenberry and his wife, Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, Nichelle Nichols and James Doohan will be launched into space later this year from Cape Canaveral on a Celestis Voyager Memorial Spaceflight. Celestis, Inc. is a private company that launches ashes into space.
ZOMBIE TOWN---Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase and Henry Czerny will star in the zombie movie based on the RL Stine book about two teenagers who claim the zombies in the zombie movie they saw came out of the movie and are real.
THE FLASH---Ezra Miller and his agent met with Warner Bros. heads Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy and apologized to them for being arrested three times and assured them he is seeking professional help for his problems.
ARMY OF THE DEAD---Zack Snyder's sequel will be tilted PLANET OF THE DEAD, and he commented on his zombie movie franchise, "I think the time loops, portals, doorways to other realms, things of that nature, are very much in play. So all of those clues that Dieter gives us are very much part of how we continue to spiral out the ARMY OF THE DEAD universe."
NATIONAL CINEMA DAY---to celebrate the first National Cinema Day, 3,000 theaters and 30,000 screens will be selling tickets for as low as $3 on September 3.
RESIDENT EVIL---Netflix cancelled the series.
TRIVIA---more James Bond movie trivia.
British actress Prunella Gee became an overnight sensation when she became the first actress to appear fully nude on British tv in the tv series SHABBY TIGER and was hailed as England's Brigitte Bardot. Gee later said, "I was working in serious theater, but got a reputation of being a sex symbol. I was too young to know any better so I tended to go with the flow."
In Sean Connery's last James Bond movie, NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN, Gee played physiotherapist Patricia Fearing. Ironically, Gee chose to leave acting to get a PhD in psychology and became an addiction and family therapist.
British actress Prunella Gee became an overnight sensation when she became the first actress to appear nude on British tv in the tv series SHABBY TIGER and was hailed as England's Brigitte Bardot.
In Sean Connery's last James Bond movie, NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN, Gee played physiotherapist Patricia Fearing. Ironically, Gee chose to leave acting to get a PhD in psychology and became an addiction and family therapist.
STAR WARS: ANDOR---clip released from the Disney+ tv series.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5S9Vx3-QM0
WEIRD: THE AL YANKOVIC STORY---trailer released for the Roku biomovie.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCPMK8FUVCk
YELLOWSTONE---teaser trailer released for Season 5.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvM5NETx1OQ
STAR TREK 4---Paramount Pictures confirmed that director Mark Shakman (WANDAVISION) has left the reboot movie due to a schedule problem which led to speculation he left STAR TREK 4 to direct the FANTASTIC FOUR reboot movie at Marvel Studios. Paramount Pictures' statement said, “Matt Shakman is an incredibly talented filmmaker, and we regret the timing didn’t align for him to direct our upcoming STAR TREK film. We are grateful for his many contributions, are excited about the creative vision of this next chapter and look forward to bringing it to audiences all around the world.”
STAR TREK: PICARD---Denise Crosby said she will be returning as Tasha Yar in Season 3, “You will see Tasha Yar, but I’m not going to tell you how”.
STAR TREK---the ashes of Gene Roddenberry and his wife, Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, Nichelle Nichols and James Doohan will be launched into space later this year from Cape Canaveral on a Celestis Voyager Memorial Spaceflight. Celestis, Inc. is a private company that launches ashes into space.
ZOMBIE TOWN---Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase and Henry Czerny will star in the zombie movie based on the RL Stine book about two teenagers who claim the zombies in the zombie movie they saw came out of the movie and are real.
THE FLASH---Ezra Miller and his agent met with Warner Bros. heads Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy and apologized to them for being arrested three times and assured them he is seeking professional help for his problems.
ARMY OF THE DEAD---Zack Snyder's sequel will be tilted PLANET OF THE DEAD, and he commented on his zombie movie franchise, "I think the time loops, portals, doorways to other realms, things of that nature, are very much in play. So all of those clues that Dieter gives us are very much part of how we continue to spiral out the ARMY OF THE DEAD universe."
NATIONAL CINEMA DAY---to celebrate the first National Cinema Day, 3,000 theaters and 30,000 screens will be selling tickets for as low as $3 on September 3.
RESIDENT EVIL---Netflix cancelled the series.
TRIVIA---more James Bond movie trivia.
British actress Prunella Gee became an overnight sensation when she became the first actress to appear fully nude on British tv in the tv series SHABBY TIGER and was hailed as England's Brigitte Bardot. Gee later said, "I was working in serious theater, but got a reputation of being a sex symbol. I was too young to know any better so I tended to go with the flow."
In Sean Connery's last James Bond movie, NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN, Gee played physiotherapist Patricia Fearing. Ironically, Gee chose to leave acting to get a PhD in psychology and became an addiction and family therapist.
British actress Prunella Gee became an overnight sensation when she became the first actress to appear nude on British tv in the tv series SHABBY TIGER and was hailed as England's Brigitte Bardot.
In Sean Connery's last James Bond movie, NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN, Gee played physiotherapist Patricia Fearing. Ironically, Gee chose to leave acting to get a PhD in psychology and became an addiction and family therapist.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 30
HOUSE OF THE DRAGON---trailer released for Episode 3.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGkuu7YAcFc
OPERATION SEAWOLF---trailer released for the World War II submarine movie starring Dolph Lundgren.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0EWwDcbtoM
THE CAINE MUTINY COURT-MARTIAL---William Friedkin (THE EXORCIST, THE FRENCH CONNECTION) will direct the Showtime remake of the 1954 Humphrey Bogart movie based on the novel. Kiefer Sutherland will play Lt. Cdr. Queeg. Friedkin said he will use author Herman Wouk's 50 year-old script which is updated to a contemporary setting, "I’ve looked at a lot of scripts in the last 10 years, and I haven’t seen anything I really wanted to do. But I think about it a lot, and it occurred to me that could be a very timely and important piece, as well as being great drama. THE CAINE MUTINY COURT-MARTIAL is one of the best court-martial dramas ever written.
The original piece was written for WWII, and Wouk included all the pent-up anger in this country over Pearl Harbor. I’ve updated it so that is no longer Pearl Harbor. I’ve made it contemporary, involving the Gulf of Hormuz and the Straits of Hormuz, leading to Iran.”
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI---Rian Johnson said he is still proud of THE LAST JEDI five years after the controversial movie premiered, “I’m even more proud of it five years on. When I was up at bat, I really swung at the ball. I think it’s impossible for any of us to approach Star Wars without thinking about it as a myth that we were raised with, and how that myth, that story, baked itself into us and affected us. The ultimate intent was not to strip away – the intent was to get to the basic, fundamental power of myth. And ultimately, I hope the film is an affirmation of the power of the myth of Star Wars in our lives.”
He said about his depiction of Luke Skywalker, “The final images of the movie, to me, are not deconstructing the myth of Luke Skywalker, they’re building it, and they’re him embracing it. They’re him absolutely defying the notion of, ‘Throw away the past,’ and embracing what actually matters about his myth and what’s going to inspire the next generation. So for me, the process of stripping away is always in the interest of getting to something essential that really matters.”
ACADEMY AWARDS---Chris Rock said he turned down an offer to return as host of the 2023 Academy Awards because of the Will Smith slapping incident during the 2022 Academy Awards. Rock made the statement during one of his shows, and when a fan called out, "Talk about it.", Rock replied, “He’s bigger than me. The state of Nevada would not sanction a fight between me and Will Smith.”
BEVERLY HILLS COP 4---Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Taylour Paige will co-star with Eddie Murphy in the sequel.
DARK MATTER---Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connelley will star in this Apple TV+ nine-part miniseries based on the novel about a physicist who is abducted into an alternate version of his own life.
ASH---Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Tessa Thompson star in this sci fi movie whose synopsis says, “The film follows a woman (Thompson) who wakes up on a distant planet and finds the crew of her space station viciously killed, and must then decide if she can trust the man (Gordon-Levitt) sent to rescue her. But as their investigation into what happened sets in motion a terrifying chain of events, he begins to wonder how innocent she really is.” Neiil Blomkamp is the executive producer.
THE REGISTRATION---Sydney Sweeney will star in this Sony Pictures movie based on the upcoming novel. The synopsis says, “Imagine it’s legal to commit one murder in your lifetime—if you Register the victim and accomplish the kill within fourteen days. So when Lynell Mize stands in line to Register the man who abused her as a child, she’s shocked to hear a stranger Register her to be killed. Why would anyone who doesn’t know her squander his one legal murder on her? Desperate to survive the next two weeks, she must find out who wants to kill her—and why.
Easier said than done as Lynell soon discovers that multiple strangers have used their Registration on her. Along the way, she reunites with her estranged husband who is determined to dig up a past Lynell prefers to keep buried. With only days left to live, Lynell is determined to uncover the truth and survive a destiny not of her choosing.”
TRIVIA---in the 1979 Walt Disney movie THE BLACK HOLE, Yvette Mimieux played scientist Dr. Kate McCrae, but director Gary Nelson originally chose Sigourney Weaver, who would later achieve fame in ALIEN the same year, for the role. The head of the casting department objected, "Oh my god, with a name like Sigourney Weaver, we don't want her." So, SUMMER OF '42 star Jennifer O'Neill was chosen.
However, Nelson said O'Neill's long her created a problem, "We shot one day, I think it was a test or something, she was in zero gravity. She had this long hair down to the center of her back, she was always very proud of it — it actually made her career with hair products and everything — and I looked and I said, ‘This is not working. You have to cut your hair.' And she said, 'Oh, I can't do that.' And I said, 'You're gonna have to because that's what I want, and it's right for the movie, too.' And she finally agreed. And so she brought her personal hairstylist , Vidal Sassoon, to the studio."
He added, They went up to her dressing room and started cutting her hair one inch at a time, and having a glass of wine, then cutting another inch. And by the time they were finished, it was pretty short, and she was looped. She got in her car to drive home, and she got into an accident on Sunset Boulevard and ended up in the hospital. So we had to recast, and we cast Yvette Mimieux the next day. So all that trauma and everything, getting her hair cut, was for naught. It was a kind of a shame."
In Walt Disney's THE BLACK HOLE, Yvette Mimieux played scientist Dr. Kate McCrae.
Director Gary Nelson originally chose pre-ALIEN Sigourney Weaver for the role, but he head of the casting department objected, "Oh my god, with a name like Sigourney Weaver, we don't want her."
So, SUMMER OF '42 star Jennifer O'Neill was chosen, but O'Neill got tipsy drinking wine while her long hair was being cut and then was injured in a car wreck which kept her from taking the role.
HOUSE OF THE DRAGON---trailer released for Episode 3.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGkuu7YAcFc
OPERATION SEAWOLF---trailer released for the World War II submarine movie starring Dolph Lundgren.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0EWwDcbtoM
THE CAINE MUTINY COURT-MARTIAL---William Friedkin (THE EXORCIST, THE FRENCH CONNECTION) will direct the Showtime remake of the 1954 Humphrey Bogart movie based on the novel. Kiefer Sutherland will play Lt. Cdr. Queeg. Friedkin said he will use author Herman Wouk's 50 year-old script which is updated to a contemporary setting, "I’ve looked at a lot of scripts in the last 10 years, and I haven’t seen anything I really wanted to do. But I think about it a lot, and it occurred to me that could be a very timely and important piece, as well as being great drama. THE CAINE MUTINY COURT-MARTIAL is one of the best court-martial dramas ever written.
The original piece was written for WWII, and Wouk included all the pent-up anger in this country over Pearl Harbor. I’ve updated it so that is no longer Pearl Harbor. I’ve made it contemporary, involving the Gulf of Hormuz and the Straits of Hormuz, leading to Iran.”
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI---Rian Johnson said he is still proud of THE LAST JEDI five years after the controversial movie premiered, “I’m even more proud of it five years on. When I was up at bat, I really swung at the ball. I think it’s impossible for any of us to approach Star Wars without thinking about it as a myth that we were raised with, and how that myth, that story, baked itself into us and affected us. The ultimate intent was not to strip away – the intent was to get to the basic, fundamental power of myth. And ultimately, I hope the film is an affirmation of the power of the myth of Star Wars in our lives.”
He said about his depiction of Luke Skywalker, “The final images of the movie, to me, are not deconstructing the myth of Luke Skywalker, they’re building it, and they’re him embracing it. They’re him absolutely defying the notion of, ‘Throw away the past,’ and embracing what actually matters about his myth and what’s going to inspire the next generation. So for me, the process of stripping away is always in the interest of getting to something essential that really matters.”
ACADEMY AWARDS---Chris Rock said he turned down an offer to return as host of the 2023 Academy Awards because of the Will Smith slapping incident during the 2022 Academy Awards. Rock made the statement during one of his shows, and when a fan called out, "Talk about it.", Rock replied, “He’s bigger than me. The state of Nevada would not sanction a fight between me and Will Smith.”
BEVERLY HILLS COP 4---Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Taylour Paige will co-star with Eddie Murphy in the sequel.
DARK MATTER---Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connelley will star in this Apple TV+ nine-part miniseries based on the novel about a physicist who is abducted into an alternate version of his own life.
ASH---Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Tessa Thompson star in this sci fi movie whose synopsis says, “The film follows a woman (Thompson) who wakes up on a distant planet and finds the crew of her space station viciously killed, and must then decide if she can trust the man (Gordon-Levitt) sent to rescue her. But as their investigation into what happened sets in motion a terrifying chain of events, he begins to wonder how innocent she really is.” Neiil Blomkamp is the executive producer.
THE REGISTRATION---Sydney Sweeney will star in this Sony Pictures movie based on the upcoming novel. The synopsis says, “Imagine it’s legal to commit one murder in your lifetime—if you Register the victim and accomplish the kill within fourteen days. So when Lynell Mize stands in line to Register the man who abused her as a child, she’s shocked to hear a stranger Register her to be killed. Why would anyone who doesn’t know her squander his one legal murder on her? Desperate to survive the next two weeks, she must find out who wants to kill her—and why.
Easier said than done as Lynell soon discovers that multiple strangers have used their Registration on her. Along the way, she reunites with her estranged husband who is determined to dig up a past Lynell prefers to keep buried. With only days left to live, Lynell is determined to uncover the truth and survive a destiny not of her choosing.”
TRIVIA---in the 1979 Walt Disney movie THE BLACK HOLE, Yvette Mimieux played scientist Dr. Kate McCrae, but director Gary Nelson originally chose Sigourney Weaver, who would later achieve fame in ALIEN the same year, for the role. The head of the casting department objected, "Oh my god, with a name like Sigourney Weaver, we don't want her." So, SUMMER OF '42 star Jennifer O'Neill was chosen.
However, Nelson said O'Neill's long her created a problem, "We shot one day, I think it was a test or something, she was in zero gravity. She had this long hair down to the center of her back, she was always very proud of it — it actually made her career with hair products and everything — and I looked and I said, ‘This is not working. You have to cut your hair.' And she said, 'Oh, I can't do that.' And I said, 'You're gonna have to because that's what I want, and it's right for the movie, too.' And she finally agreed. And so she brought her personal hairstylist , Vidal Sassoon, to the studio."
He added, They went up to her dressing room and started cutting her hair one inch at a time, and having a glass of wine, then cutting another inch. And by the time they were finished, it was pretty short, and she was looped. She got in her car to drive home, and she got into an accident on Sunset Boulevard and ended up in the hospital. So we had to recast, and we cast Yvette Mimieux the next day. So all that trauma and everything, getting her hair cut, was for naught. It was a kind of a shame."
In Walt Disney's THE BLACK HOLE, Yvette Mimieux played scientist Dr. Kate McCrae.
Director Gary Nelson originally chose pre-ALIEN Sigourney Weaver for the role, but he head of the casting department objected, "Oh my god, with a name like Sigourney Weaver, we don't want her."
So, SUMMER OF '42 star Jennifer O'Neill was chosen, but O'Neill got tipsy drinking wine while her long hair was being cut and then was injured in a car wreck which kept her from taking the role.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31
SLAYERS---trailer released for the vampire movie starring Thomas Jane.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZLPvdjRVXs
NANNY---trailer released for the Amazon Prime horror movie.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW-XKkSC63k
THAI CAVE RESCUE---trailer released for the Netflix Thai rescue miniseries.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCGBZvcbzsI
WONDER MAN---Ben Kingsley will return as Trevor Slattery in the Marvel Studios/Disney+ tv series.
WEREWOLF BY NIGHT---sources say Harriet Harris (FRASIER) will play cult leader Verrusa in the Marvel Studios/Disney+ Halloween special starring Gael Garcia Bernal.
URSA MAJOR---Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Xochitl Gomez will star in this sci fi movie whose synopsis says, “The film follows Charlie and Natalie, a mother and daughter fighting for survival on an Earth-like planet, hiding from a group of relentless hunters with the added threat of an imminent and deadly storm approaching. But Natalie, now a teenager, has begun to question her mother’s decisions, her explanation of who they are, how they got here, and what they need to do to survive.”
FOR ALL MANKIND---Daniel Stern will play an ex-auto company ceo and the new administrator of NASA in Season 4.
QUEEN OF BONES---Martin Freeman, Jacob Tremblay and Taylor Schilling will star in this movie about two siblings who discover an Icelandic spell book which may be connected to their mother's death and a mysterious force in the woods.
THE GOLDBERGS---co-showrunner Alex Barnow said Murray (Jeff Garlin) will die offscreen after allegations of Garlin wrongdoing last year, “We are sort of starting from a place of multiple months removed from his death. The family has not reconciled the fact that their father’s gone but has sort of moved on and has dealt with a lot of that. Jeff won’t be in the series this year, and so far the stories have been largely about looking forward rather than looking back.”
HARLEY QUINN---HBO Max renewed the series for Season 4.
TUSK 2---Justin Long said Kevin Smith is developing a sequel to the horror movie, "You'll be happy to hear, Kevin just announ– I mean, I guess they're talking about it. They're doing 'TUSK 2', I think. He texted us all the other day, Haley [Joel Osment] and Genesis [Rodriguez], and he told us that he wanted to do it, and I thought it was a joke. And then I realized he was being serious. And then one of the [other] interviewers said, 'Yeah, he said the same to me.'
TRIVIA---Han Solo's "DL-44 Heavy Blaster Pistol" sold for a whopping $1.05 million at auction recently. It is the only surviving blaster out of three from the original STAR WARS movie. It was expected to sell for $300,000-$500,000.
SLAYERS---trailer released for the vampire movie starring Thomas Jane.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZLPvdjRVXs
NANNY---trailer released for the Amazon Prime horror movie.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW-XKkSC63k
THAI CAVE RESCUE---trailer released for the Netflix Thai rescue miniseries.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCGBZvcbzsI
WONDER MAN---Ben Kingsley will return as Trevor Slattery in the Marvel Studios/Disney+ tv series.
WEREWOLF BY NIGHT---sources say Harriet Harris (FRASIER) will play cult leader Verrusa in the Marvel Studios/Disney+ Halloween special starring Gael Garcia Bernal.
URSA MAJOR---Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Xochitl Gomez will star in this sci fi movie whose synopsis says, “The film follows Charlie and Natalie, a mother and daughter fighting for survival on an Earth-like planet, hiding from a group of relentless hunters with the added threat of an imminent and deadly storm approaching. But Natalie, now a teenager, has begun to question her mother’s decisions, her explanation of who they are, how they got here, and what they need to do to survive.”
FOR ALL MANKIND---Daniel Stern will play an ex-auto company ceo and the new administrator of NASA in Season 4.
QUEEN OF BONES---Martin Freeman, Jacob Tremblay and Taylor Schilling will star in this movie about two siblings who discover an Icelandic spell book which may be connected to their mother's death and a mysterious force in the woods.
THE GOLDBERGS---co-showrunner Alex Barnow said Murray (Jeff Garlin) will die offscreen after allegations of Garlin wrongdoing last year, “We are sort of starting from a place of multiple months removed from his death. The family has not reconciled the fact that their father’s gone but has sort of moved on and has dealt with a lot of that. Jeff won’t be in the series this year, and so far the stories have been largely about looking forward rather than looking back.”
HARLEY QUINN---HBO Max renewed the series for Season 4.
TUSK 2---Justin Long said Kevin Smith is developing a sequel to the horror movie, "You'll be happy to hear, Kevin just announ– I mean, I guess they're talking about it. They're doing 'TUSK 2', I think. He texted us all the other day, Haley [Joel Osment] and Genesis [Rodriguez], and he told us that he wanted to do it, and I thought it was a joke. And then I realized he was being serious. And then one of the [other] interviewers said, 'Yeah, he said the same to me.'
TRIVIA---Han Solo's "DL-44 Heavy Blaster Pistol" sold for a whopping $1.05 million at auction recently. It is the only surviving blaster out of three from the original STAR WARS movie. It was expected to sell for $300,000-$500,000.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
THE ENGLISH---trailer released for the Western movie starring Emily Blunt.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDoQMTgkEC4
MEDIEVAL---red band trailer released for the movie starring Ben Foster and Michael Caine.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWat6ZPli0w
BONES AND ALL---trailer released for the cannibal movie starring Timothee Chalamet.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t9n73aQvkk
ONE LIFE---Anthony Hopkins, Helena Bonham Carter, Jonathan Pryce and Johnny Flynn star in this movie based on the book about British stockbroker Nicholas Winton, who saved 699 children from the Nazis during the occupation of Czechoslovakia in World War II.
MEGALOPOLIS---Francis Ford Coppola added his sister, Talia Shire, Shia LaBeouf and James Remar to his cast of Adam Driver, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne and Forest Whitaker.
JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX---Brendan Gleeson has joined the sequel cast in an undisclosed role.
THE BOYS---photo released from Season 4.
FIRST OMEN---Nell Free Tiger (GAME OF THRONES) will star in the prequel to the 1976 horror movie that starred Gregory Peck and Lee Remick.
SLEEPING DOGS---Russell Crowe stars in this movie about an ex-homicide detective, suffering from Alzheimer's disease, who teams up with his ex-partner to reopen a case in which the man they arrested is now on death row and may be innocent.
NOBODY---producer David Leitch said a sequel to the Bob Odenkirk movie is in underway, “I think that movie is going to happen. The will is there from Bob, the studio, the producers, Derek [Kolstad] and ourselves. So we’re in development on it, like hardcore development on it, and I would place your bet on it.”
TRIVIA---Johnny Depp's former girlfriend, model Kate Moss, explained how she got the diamond necklace she wore at the 1995 CFDA Fashion Awards, "And that diamond necklace Johnny gave me [pointing to the necklace in the photo]. They were the first diamonds I ever owned. He pulled them out of the crack of his ***."
Moss said Depp told her he had something on his "bum" and asked her to look at it, "I put my hand down his trousers and I pulled out a diamond necklace. That diamond necklace."
Moss testified on Depp's behalf during the Amber Head defamation trial.
THE ENGLISH---trailer released for the Western movie starring Emily Blunt.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDoQMTgkEC4
MEDIEVAL---red band trailer released for the movie starring Ben Foster and Michael Caine.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWat6ZPli0w
BONES AND ALL---trailer released for the cannibal movie starring Timothee Chalamet.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t9n73aQvkk
ONE LIFE---Anthony Hopkins, Helena Bonham Carter, Jonathan Pryce and Johnny Flynn star in this movie based on the book about British stockbroker Nicholas Winton, who saved 699 children from the Nazis during the occupation of Czechoslovakia in World War II.
MEGALOPOLIS---Francis Ford Coppola added his sister, Talia Shire, Shia LaBeouf and James Remar to his cast of Adam Driver, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne and Forest Whitaker.
JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX---Brendan Gleeson has joined the sequel cast in an undisclosed role.
THE BOYS---photo released from Season 4.
FIRST OMEN---Nell Free Tiger (GAME OF THRONES) will star in the prequel to the 1976 horror movie that starred Gregory Peck and Lee Remick.
SLEEPING DOGS---Russell Crowe stars in this movie about an ex-homicide detective, suffering from Alzheimer's disease, who teams up with his ex-partner to reopen a case in which the man they arrested is now on death row and may be innocent.
NOBODY---producer David Leitch said a sequel to the Bob Odenkirk movie is in underway, “I think that movie is going to happen. The will is there from Bob, the studio, the producers, Derek [Kolstad] and ourselves. So we’re in development on it, like hardcore development on it, and I would place your bet on it.”
TRIVIA---Johnny Depp's former girlfriend, model Kate Moss, explained how she got the diamond necklace she wore at the 1995 CFDA Fashion Awards, "And that diamond necklace Johnny gave me [pointing to the necklace in the photo]. They were the first diamonds I ever owned. He pulled them out of the crack of his ***."
Moss said Depp told her he had something on his "bum" and asked her to look at it, "I put my hand down his trousers and I pulled out a diamond necklace. That diamond necklace."
Moss testified on Depp's behalf during the Amber Head defamation trial.
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I always enjoy reading these posts and viewing the trailers. Gives me some ideas of what to watch in the future. But can't quite picture Emily Blunt as gun totin' bow shootin' western gal in The English. Other trailers show a lot of woke stuff coming down the pike like Operation Seawolf and A League of Their Own television series are prime examples. Well, I can always watch Highway Patrol (10-4), Dick Van Dyke Show and Twilight Zone reruns. And yes, I'm that old. :smile2:
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
DEAD FOR A DOLLAR---trailer released for the Western movie starring Christoph Waltz and Willem Dafoe.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7EhBLbZwh0
THE VISITOR---trailer released for the horror movie.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuNAnj3x4f8
THE STRANGER---trailer released for the horror movie.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7rFZ5LYu8
MAD MAX---George Miller said he is working on a prequel movie about Mad Max, "We also wrote, not a screenplay, but almost in novel form, Nico Lathouris and I, what happened to Max in that year before, and that's something that we'll look at further down the track later. But in telling each other the story of Furiosa, everything in FURY ROAD had to be explained. In my mind, I have a back story of the Doof Warrior, who plays the guitar. How could a blind man who all he can do is play a guitar, how does he get to survive in a wasteland where everybody is in extremis? How did he come to be there? So we wrote little stories for every character when we made FURY ROAD."
STAR WARS---Rian Johnson commented on the status of the trilogy which was announced in 2017, "I’ve stayed close to Kathleen [Kennedy] and we get together often and talk about it. It’s just at this point a matter of schedule and when it can happen. It would break my heart if I were finished, if I couldn’t get back in that sandbox at some point."
MR. HARRIGAN'S PHONE---photo released fro the Netflix movie starring Jaeden Martell and Donald Sutherland based on the Stephen King short story.
HELLRAISER---photo released of transgender actress Jamie Clayton as Pinhead. Director David Bruckner said, "This is not a remake. I just didn't think you could ever remake the original HELLRAISER. It's too much its own thing and it would be, I think, perilous territory for filmmakers, because how do you top that? This is a new story in the HELLRAISER universe."
AQUAMAN---Yahya Abdul-Mateen's comment that working on AQUAMAN was "clown's work" led to a deluge of movie fan criticism. Abdul-Mateen replied with a photo of himself in a clown's nose heading to work on THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7.
THE FORGIVEN---director John Michael McDonagh said the poor reception his movie starring Ralph Fiennes, Jessica Chastain and Matt Smith got is because Marvel superhero movies have "infantalized" movie audiences, “Has Marvel infantilized audiences?...Once you’ve introduced a character who says obnoxious things, there can never be any fluctuation. It makes American film critics – maybe audiences – feel uncomfortable. They want a smooth journey. Whereas in real life, we all know that we change our minds the next day." THE FORGIVEN has a 66% Rotten Tomatoes score.
THE MORTUARY ASSISTANT---Epix Pictures movie underway base on the video game.
TRIVIA---in Ray Harryhausen's THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS, the Brontosaurus skeleton was originally constructed for Howard Hawks's BRINGING UP BABY (Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn).
DEAD FOR A DOLLAR---trailer released for the Western movie starring Christoph Waltz and Willem Dafoe.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7EhBLbZwh0
THE VISITOR---trailer released for the horror movie.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuNAnj3x4f8
THE STRANGER---trailer released for the horror movie.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7rFZ5LYu8
MAD MAX---George Miller said he is working on a prequel movie about Mad Max, "We also wrote, not a screenplay, but almost in novel form, Nico Lathouris and I, what happened to Max in that year before, and that's something that we'll look at further down the track later. But in telling each other the story of Furiosa, everything in FURY ROAD had to be explained. In my mind, I have a back story of the Doof Warrior, who plays the guitar. How could a blind man who all he can do is play a guitar, how does he get to survive in a wasteland where everybody is in extremis? How did he come to be there? So we wrote little stories for every character when we made FURY ROAD."
STAR WARS---Rian Johnson commented on the status of the trilogy which was announced in 2017, "I’ve stayed close to Kathleen [Kennedy] and we get together often and talk about it. It’s just at this point a matter of schedule and when it can happen. It would break my heart if I were finished, if I couldn’t get back in that sandbox at some point."
MR. HARRIGAN'S PHONE---photo released fro the Netflix movie starring Jaeden Martell and Donald Sutherland based on the Stephen King short story.
HELLRAISER---photo released of transgender actress Jamie Clayton as Pinhead. Director David Bruckner said, "This is not a remake. I just didn't think you could ever remake the original HELLRAISER. It's too much its own thing and it would be, I think, perilous territory for filmmakers, because how do you top that? This is a new story in the HELLRAISER universe."
AQUAMAN---Yahya Abdul-Mateen's comment that working on AQUAMAN was "clown's work" led to a deluge of movie fan criticism. Abdul-Mateen replied with a photo of himself in a clown's nose heading to work on THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7.
THE FORGIVEN---director John Michael McDonagh said the poor reception his movie starring Ralph Fiennes, Jessica Chastain and Matt Smith got is because Marvel superhero movies have "infantalized" movie audiences, “Has Marvel infantilized audiences?...Once you’ve introduced a character who says obnoxious things, there can never be any fluctuation. It makes American film critics – maybe audiences – feel uncomfortable. They want a smooth journey. Whereas in real life, we all know that we change our minds the next day." THE FORGIVEN has a 66% Rotten Tomatoes score.
THE MORTUARY ASSISTANT---Epix Pictures movie underway base on the video game.
TRIVIA---in Ray Harryhausen's THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS, the Brontosaurus skeleton was originally constructed for Howard Hawks's BRINGING UP BABY (Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn).
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