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He sure was, and it looked like they had fun making that movie.
It was interesting watching him play tough guys in more recent movies such as 2 GUNS and EDGE OF TOMORROW, Two excellent movies.
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He sure was, and it looked like they had fun making that movie.
It was interesting watching him play tough guys in more recent movies such as 2 GUNS and EDGE OF TOMORROW, Two excellent movies.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27
THE PALE BLUE EYE---trailer released for the Netflix movie starring Christian Bale in which Edgar Allan Poe investigates a West Point murder.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7tpfLV4-TQ
PLANE---trailer released for the action survival movie starring Gerard Butler.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDTDBZ06acI
TOM CLANCY'S JACK RYAN---trailer released for Season 3.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3lQ53e2j6Q
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD---Chris Romero, son of George A. Romero, is developing a sequel franchise to his father's 1968 zombie movie. Nikyatu Jusu is the director and LaToya Morgan (THE WALKING DEAD) is the writer.
THE INDEPENDENT---John Cena stars in this Peacock movie about the first independent candidate who has a good chance to be elected president.
1923---Paramount+ renewed the YELLOWSTONE spinoff starring Harrison Ford for Season 2. Also, Taylor Sheridan is in talks to develop two more spinoff series set in the 1940s and the 1960s.
SAUSAGE PARTY---Amazon Prime animated tv series underway based on the 2016 movie.
NANCY DREW---CW announced Season 4 will be the last season.
INDUSTRY---the HBO/BBC series was renewed for Season 3.
TRIVIA---countdown to Halloween.
In Joe Dante's tribute to 1950s sci fi movies, MATINEE, Kevin McCarthy played Gen. Ankrum, a tribute to character actor Morris Ankrum. Ankrum was a University of California-Berkeley economics professor-turned-actor who appeared in numerous movie and tv roles. Ankrum played an Army officer in four 1950s sci fi movies.
In Ray Harryhausen's EARTH VS. THE FLYING SAUCERS, Ankrum played Brig. Gen. John Hanley. In INVADERS FROM MARS, Ankrum played Col. Fielding. In THE GIANT CLAW, Ankrum played Lt. Gen. Edward Considine. In BEGINNING OF THE END, Ankrum played Gen. John Hanson.
In Joe Dante's tribute to 1950s sci fi movies, MATINEE, Kevin McCarthy played Gen. Ankrum, a tribute to character actor Morris Ankrum.
In Ray Harryhausen's EARTH VS. THE FLYING SAUCERS, Morris Ankrum played Brig. Gen. John Hanley.
In INVADERS FROM MARS, Ankrum played Col. Fielding.
In THE GIANT CLAW, Ankrum played Lt. Gen. Edward Considine.
In BEGINNING OF THE END, Ankrum played Gen. John Hanson.
THE PALE BLUE EYE---trailer released for the Netflix movie starring Christian Bale in which Edgar Allan Poe investigates a West Point murder.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7tpfLV4-TQ
PLANE---trailer released for the action survival movie starring Gerard Butler.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDTDBZ06acI
TOM CLANCY'S JACK RYAN---trailer released for Season 3.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3lQ53e2j6Q
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD---Chris Romero, son of George A. Romero, is developing a sequel franchise to his father's 1968 zombie movie. Nikyatu Jusu is the director and LaToya Morgan (THE WALKING DEAD) is the writer.
THE INDEPENDENT---John Cena stars in this Peacock movie about the first independent candidate who has a good chance to be elected president.
1923---Paramount+ renewed the YELLOWSTONE spinoff starring Harrison Ford for Season 2. Also, Taylor Sheridan is in talks to develop two more spinoff series set in the 1940s and the 1960s.
SAUSAGE PARTY---Amazon Prime animated tv series underway based on the 2016 movie.
NANCY DREW---CW announced Season 4 will be the last season.
INDUSTRY---the HBO/BBC series was renewed for Season 3.
TRIVIA---countdown to Halloween.
In Joe Dante's tribute to 1950s sci fi movies, MATINEE, Kevin McCarthy played Gen. Ankrum, a tribute to character actor Morris Ankrum. Ankrum was a University of California-Berkeley economics professor-turned-actor who appeared in numerous movie and tv roles. Ankrum played an Army officer in four 1950s sci fi movies.
In Ray Harryhausen's EARTH VS. THE FLYING SAUCERS, Ankrum played Brig. Gen. John Hanley. In INVADERS FROM MARS, Ankrum played Col. Fielding. In THE GIANT CLAW, Ankrum played Lt. Gen. Edward Considine. In BEGINNING OF THE END, Ankrum played Gen. John Hanson.
In Joe Dante's tribute to 1950s sci fi movies, MATINEE, Kevin McCarthy played Gen. Ankrum, a tribute to character actor Morris Ankrum.
In Ray Harryhausen's EARTH VS. THE FLYING SAUCERS, Morris Ankrum played Brig. Gen. John Hanley.
In INVADERS FROM MARS, Ankrum played Col. Fielding.
In THE GIANT CLAW, Ankrum played Lt. Gen. Edward Considine.
In BEGINNING OF THE END, Ankrum played Gen. John Hanson.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28
SAVAGE SALVATION---trailer released for the cop movie starring Robert De Niro and John Malkovich.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5C91yfIxqs
THE SANTA CLAUSES---trailer released for the Disney+ Christmas movie starring Tim Allen.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDeFoa_e7oY
GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S CABINET OF CURIOSITIES: THE MURMURING---trailer released for the episode starring Andrew Lincoln.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_HV870Wf98
COLD STORAGE---Liam Neeson, Joe Keery and Georgina Campbell star in this movie based on the David Koepp novel about a retired bioweapons expert and two security guards who must prevent a deadly, mutating fungus from escaping out a military storage facility.
PRISCILLA---photo from the Sofia Coppola biomovie shows Cailee Spaeny as Priscilla Presley and Jacob Elordi as Elvis Presley.
VISIONQUEST---a rumor claims Marvel Studios is developing a WANDAVISION spinoff series featuring Vision (Paul Bettany).
A SPY BY NATURE---Paul Mescal will star in the movie based on the Alec Milius spy novel.
CROSS---Aldis Hodge will star in this Amazon Prime tv series based on James Patterson's Alex Cross novels.
LOKI---Henry Cavill denied rumors he will appear on LOKI and HOUSE OF THE DRAGON after he confirmed he will return as Superman, "As far as I know, I am not going to be in LOKI. It would be a tricky one to handle at this stage, but if James Gunn could do it, maybe I can too."
TRIVIA---countdown to Halloween.
Stephen Sommers' monster movie DEEP RISING featured a giant tentacled sea monster, the Octalus, feasting on the passengers and crew of the luxury ocean liner SS Argonautica.
In the final scene, the survivors, Finnegan (Treat Williams), Trillian (Famke Janssen) and Joey (Kevin J. O' Connor), wash up on the shore of a deserted island. They are thankful they were not eaten by the Octalus , blown up when the Argonautica exploded or drowned after it sank. But their gratitude ends when they hear a giant roar from the jungle and something gigantic is knocking down trees as it heads for them. The movie ends with Joey asking, "Now what?"
The "Now what?" refers to DEEP RISING's sequel----Sommers was supposed to write and direct the sequel in which the three survivors really washed up on Skull Island, the home of King Kong. The sequel/KING KONG remake languished in the development stage for years until Peter Jackson got the rights which resulted in his hugely successful 2005 remake.
Stephen Sommers' monster movie DEEP RISING featured a giant tentacled sea monster, the Octalus, feasting on the passengers and crew of the luxury ocean liner SS Argonautica.
In the final scene, the survivors, Finnegan (Treat Williams), Trillian (Famke Janssen) and Joey (Kevin J. O' Connor), wash up on the shore of a deserted island. They are thankful they were not eaten by the Octalus , blown up when the Argonautica exploded or drowned after it sank. But their gratitude ends when they hear a giant roar from the jungle and something gigantic is knocking down trees as it heads for them. The movie ends with Joey asking, "Now what?"
The "Now what?" refers to DEEP RISING's sequel----Sommers was supposed to write and direct the sequel in which the three survivors really washed up on Skull Island, the home of King Kong. The sequel/KING KONG remake languished in the development stage for years until Peter Jackson got the rights which resulted in his hugely successful 2005 remake.
SAVAGE SALVATION---trailer released for the cop movie starring Robert De Niro and John Malkovich.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5C91yfIxqs
THE SANTA CLAUSES---trailer released for the Disney+ Christmas movie starring Tim Allen.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDeFoa_e7oY
GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S CABINET OF CURIOSITIES: THE MURMURING---trailer released for the episode starring Andrew Lincoln.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_HV870Wf98
COLD STORAGE---Liam Neeson, Joe Keery and Georgina Campbell star in this movie based on the David Koepp novel about a retired bioweapons expert and two security guards who must prevent a deadly, mutating fungus from escaping out a military storage facility.
PRISCILLA---photo from the Sofia Coppola biomovie shows Cailee Spaeny as Priscilla Presley and Jacob Elordi as Elvis Presley.
VISIONQUEST---a rumor claims Marvel Studios is developing a WANDAVISION spinoff series featuring Vision (Paul Bettany).
A SPY BY NATURE---Paul Mescal will star in the movie based on the Alec Milius spy novel.
CROSS---Aldis Hodge will star in this Amazon Prime tv series based on James Patterson's Alex Cross novels.
LOKI---Henry Cavill denied rumors he will appear on LOKI and HOUSE OF THE DRAGON after he confirmed he will return as Superman, "As far as I know, I am not going to be in LOKI. It would be a tricky one to handle at this stage, but if James Gunn could do it, maybe I can too."
TRIVIA---countdown to Halloween.
Stephen Sommers' monster movie DEEP RISING featured a giant tentacled sea monster, the Octalus, feasting on the passengers and crew of the luxury ocean liner SS Argonautica.
In the final scene, the survivors, Finnegan (Treat Williams), Trillian (Famke Janssen) and Joey (Kevin J. O' Connor), wash up on the shore of a deserted island. They are thankful they were not eaten by the Octalus , blown up when the Argonautica exploded or drowned after it sank. But their gratitude ends when they hear a giant roar from the jungle and something gigantic is knocking down trees as it heads for them. The movie ends with Joey asking, "Now what?"
The "Now what?" refers to DEEP RISING's sequel----Sommers was supposed to write and direct the sequel in which the three survivors really washed up on Skull Island, the home of King Kong. The sequel/KING KONG remake languished in the development stage for years until Peter Jackson got the rights which resulted in his hugely successful 2005 remake.
Stephen Sommers' monster movie DEEP RISING featured a giant tentacled sea monster, the Octalus, feasting on the passengers and crew of the luxury ocean liner SS Argonautica.
In the final scene, the survivors, Finnegan (Treat Williams), Trillian (Famke Janssen) and Joey (Kevin J. O' Connor), wash up on the shore of a deserted island. They are thankful they were not eaten by the Octalus , blown up when the Argonautica exploded or drowned after it sank. But their gratitude ends when they hear a giant roar from the jungle and something gigantic is knocking down trees as it heads for them. The movie ends with Joey asking, "Now what?"
The "Now what?" refers to DEEP RISING's sequel----Sommers was supposed to write and direct the sequel in which the three survivors really washed up on Skull Island, the home of King Kong. The sequel/KING KONG remake languished in the development stage for years until Peter Jackson got the rights which resulted in his hugely successful 2005 remake.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 31
I AM DB COOPER---trailer released for the documentary about the infamous airliner hijacker.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvGnWaLfDus
WILLOW---featurette released for the Disney+ tv series based on the movie.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRyGjBizjoM
THE WITCHER---Henry Cavill is not returning for Season 4 and will be replaced by Liam Hemsworth, “My journey as Geralt of Rivia has been filled with both monsters and adventures, and alas, I will be laying down my medallion and my swords for Season 4. In my stead, the fantastic Mr. Liam Hemsworth will be taking up the mantle of the White Wolf. As with the greatest of literary characters, I pass the torch with reverence for the time spent embodying Geralt and enthusiasm to see Liam’s take on this most fascinating and nuanced of men. Liam, good sir, this character has such a wonderful depth to him, enjoy diving in and seeing what you can find.” Cavill's departure is most likely because of his commitments for future Superman movies.
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER---co-showrunner JD Payne said fan comments will not affect Season 2, “In terms of how [viewer reactions] impacted Season 2, we wrote most of Season 2 before season 1 came out. We’re refining the last bits of it now as we’re starting to shoot. But really, the cake was kind of baked before the audience response came in.
Certainly, you look at audience response, and you see what characters people love, and what kinds of storytelling move them. I wouldn’t say we’re over-correcting for any of it, but we’re certainly listening to people’s responses.”
THE WINDS OF WINTER---George RR Martin commented on the status of the book, “I think it’s going to be a very big book [more than 1500 pages], and I think I’m about three-quarters of the way done. The characters all interweave and I’m actually finished with a couple of the characters, but not others. I have to finish all that weaving.”
DOCTOR WHO---Walt Disney will reportedly increase the budget for the BBC series and will get creative input, a "Hollywood makeover", in return
FAST AND FURIOUS---Universal Pictures head Donna Langley said she would like a female FAST AND FURIOUS movie, “I would love to see a female [FAST AND FURIOUS]. So would Vin [Diesel]. We have so many great and amazing female characters in our franchise, and now there’s the new addition of Brie Larson to add to the incredible roster. I would love to see us do a female FAST."
STARGIRL---CW cancelled the series with Season 3 being the last season.
TRIVIA---Halloween trivia.
The 1972 ABC horror tv movie THE NIGHT STALKER was the most-watched tv movie history at that time. The plot had newspaper reporter Carl Kolchak (Darren McGavin) investigating a possible vampire preying on women in Las Vegas while Sheriff Butcher (Claude Akins) and other local officials doubt it's really a vampire.
Akins played a sheriff in two other monster movies. In the giant octopus movie TENTACLES, Akins played Sheriff Robards. In MONSTER IN THE CLOSET, Akins played Sheriff Ketchem.
In THE NIGHT STALKER, newspaper reporter Carl Kolchak (Darren McGavin) and Sheriff Butcher (Claude Akins) investigate a possible vampire preying on women in Las Vegas.
Akins played Sheriff Robards in the giant octopus movie TENTACLES which starred John Huston and Henry Fonda.
Akins played Sheriff Ketchem in MONSTER IN THE CLOSET.
I AM DB COOPER---trailer released for the documentary about the infamous airliner hijacker.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvGnWaLfDus
WILLOW---featurette released for the Disney+ tv series based on the movie.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRyGjBizjoM
THE WITCHER---Henry Cavill is not returning for Season 4 and will be replaced by Liam Hemsworth, “My journey as Geralt of Rivia has been filled with both monsters and adventures, and alas, I will be laying down my medallion and my swords for Season 4. In my stead, the fantastic Mr. Liam Hemsworth will be taking up the mantle of the White Wolf. As with the greatest of literary characters, I pass the torch with reverence for the time spent embodying Geralt and enthusiasm to see Liam’s take on this most fascinating and nuanced of men. Liam, good sir, this character has such a wonderful depth to him, enjoy diving in and seeing what you can find.” Cavill's departure is most likely because of his commitments for future Superman movies.
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER---co-showrunner JD Payne said fan comments will not affect Season 2, “In terms of how [viewer reactions] impacted Season 2, we wrote most of Season 2 before season 1 came out. We’re refining the last bits of it now as we’re starting to shoot. But really, the cake was kind of baked before the audience response came in.
Certainly, you look at audience response, and you see what characters people love, and what kinds of storytelling move them. I wouldn’t say we’re over-correcting for any of it, but we’re certainly listening to people’s responses.”
THE WINDS OF WINTER---George RR Martin commented on the status of the book, “I think it’s going to be a very big book [more than 1500 pages], and I think I’m about three-quarters of the way done. The characters all interweave and I’m actually finished with a couple of the characters, but not others. I have to finish all that weaving.”
DOCTOR WHO---Walt Disney will reportedly increase the budget for the BBC series and will get creative input, a "Hollywood makeover", in return
FAST AND FURIOUS---Universal Pictures head Donna Langley said she would like a female FAST AND FURIOUS movie, “I would love to see a female [FAST AND FURIOUS]. So would Vin [Diesel]. We have so many great and amazing female characters in our franchise, and now there’s the new addition of Brie Larson to add to the incredible roster. I would love to see us do a female FAST."
STARGIRL---CW cancelled the series with Season 3 being the last season.
TRIVIA---Halloween trivia.
The 1972 ABC horror tv movie THE NIGHT STALKER was the most-watched tv movie history at that time. The plot had newspaper reporter Carl Kolchak (Darren McGavin) investigating a possible vampire preying on women in Las Vegas while Sheriff Butcher (Claude Akins) and other local officials doubt it's really a vampire.
Akins played a sheriff in two other monster movies. In the giant octopus movie TENTACLES, Akins played Sheriff Robards. In MONSTER IN THE CLOSET, Akins played Sheriff Ketchem.
In THE NIGHT STALKER, newspaper reporter Carl Kolchak (Darren McGavin) and Sheriff Butcher (Claude Akins) investigate a possible vampire preying on women in Las Vegas.
Akins played Sheriff Robards in the giant octopus movie TENTACLES which starred John Huston and Henry Fonda.
Akins played Sheriff Ketchem in MONSTER IN THE CLOSET.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1
THE LAIR---trailer released for the Neil Marshall monster movie.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0dMzHLB2K8
THE LEECH---trailer released for the Christmas horror movie.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siWdIZQfQZI
MAN OF STEEL---Henry Cavill commented on how he will portray Superman in the sequel, “There is so much in the way of conversations to be had. Obviously, I have a very close connection to the character, and there is something extraordinarily special about him; extraordinarily special about his capacity to give and to love. I don’t mean romantically; I mean his love for Earth and for the people who live here, and to make people feel powerful – to make people feel like Superman themselves.
I have plenty of desires for this, of course, which will be discussed more in time. But the most important thing, which I will be aiming for, is for the audience to leave the cinema and to feel like they can fly, to feel like they can protect, and to feel like they want to give to everyone else. That would be my goal.”
BREATHE---photo released of Milla Jovovich in the sci fi movie set in a dystopian future where a woman and her daughter live underground after the Earth is deprived of oxygen. A mysterious couple arrives telling her they know what happened to her husband, who invented the suits which allow them to visit the surface.
EVIL DEAD RISE---photo released from the horror movie about two estranged sisters who reunite in a Los Angeles high-rise and encounter the Necronomicon.
SILENT KILL---Jean-Claude Van Damme stars in this movie about four mercenaries who find a hidden treasure in the Congo and agree to return three years later to split it equally.
LUCY---Morgan Freeman is in negotiations to return for a tv series based on the 2014 movie that starred Scarlett Johansson.
ORIGIN OF SPECIES---Ron Howard will direct this true crime movie about a group of people who leave society to start their own social order on The Galapagos.
CRYSTAL LAKE---Peacock ordered the prequel tv series to FRIDAY THE 13TH.
THE PENGUIN---Cristin Milioti will play Sofia Falcone, the daughter of Carmine Falcone.
TRIVIA---in the PATTON scene where Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's HE 111 lands near a camp of American POWs, the POWs all have dark brown hair because they were really members of the Spanish army. Many of the movie's battle scenes were filmed in Spain because it provided the military equipment, such as tanks and the HE 111, and the right terrain.
THE LAIR---trailer released for the Neil Marshall monster movie.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0dMzHLB2K8
THE LEECH---trailer released for the Christmas horror movie.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siWdIZQfQZI
MAN OF STEEL---Henry Cavill commented on how he will portray Superman in the sequel, “There is so much in the way of conversations to be had. Obviously, I have a very close connection to the character, and there is something extraordinarily special about him; extraordinarily special about his capacity to give and to love. I don’t mean romantically; I mean his love for Earth and for the people who live here, and to make people feel powerful – to make people feel like Superman themselves.
I have plenty of desires for this, of course, which will be discussed more in time. But the most important thing, which I will be aiming for, is for the audience to leave the cinema and to feel like they can fly, to feel like they can protect, and to feel like they want to give to everyone else. That would be my goal.”
BREATHE---photo released of Milla Jovovich in the sci fi movie set in a dystopian future where a woman and her daughter live underground after the Earth is deprived of oxygen. A mysterious couple arrives telling her they know what happened to her husband, who invented the suits which allow them to visit the surface.
EVIL DEAD RISE---photo released from the horror movie about two estranged sisters who reunite in a Los Angeles high-rise and encounter the Necronomicon.
SILENT KILL---Jean-Claude Van Damme stars in this movie about four mercenaries who find a hidden treasure in the Congo and agree to return three years later to split it equally.
LUCY---Morgan Freeman is in negotiations to return for a tv series based on the 2014 movie that starred Scarlett Johansson.
ORIGIN OF SPECIES---Ron Howard will direct this true crime movie about a group of people who leave society to start their own social order on The Galapagos.
CRYSTAL LAKE---Peacock ordered the prequel tv series to FRIDAY THE 13TH.
THE PENGUIN---Cristin Milioti will play Sofia Falcone, the daughter of Carmine Falcone.
TRIVIA---in the PATTON scene where Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's HE 111 lands near a camp of American POWs, the POWs all have dark brown hair because they were really members of the Spanish army. Many of the movie's battle scenes were filmed in Spain because it provided the military equipment, such as tanks and the HE 111, and the right terrain.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER---trailer released for the sequel.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9MyW72ELq0
A CHRISTMAS STORY 2: CHRISTMAS---trailer released for the HBO Max sequel.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ9xUyqVKdU
LAMBORGHINI: THE MAN BEHIND THE LEGEND---trailer released for the biomovie starring Frank Grillo.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzqwRxorvKE
THREE PINES---trailer released for the Amazon Prime series starring Alfred Molina.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxGjjUDWOJg
TROLL---trailer released for the Netflix monster movie.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiohkY_XQYQ
SPIRITED---trailer released for the Apple TV+ holiday movie starring Ryan Reynolds.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hmh6nGYKCEs
LAND OF THE BAD---photo from the movie starring Russell Crowe, Liam Hemsworth and Luke Hemsworth in which a US Air Force drone pilot teams up with Delta Force to salvage a botched mission.
28 DAYS LATER---Danny Boyle commented on the second sequel, “I’d be very tempted [to direct it]. It feels like a very good time actually. It’s funny, I hadn’t thought about it until you just said it, and I remembered ‘Bang, this script!’ which is again set in England, very much about England. Anyway, we’ll see… who knows?
It might come back into focus because one of the things that’s happening in the business at the moment is it has to be a big reason for you to go to the cinema, because there are less and less reasons. It’s hard for companies distributing films and for cinema chains to show films, they’re struggling to get people into the cinema unless it’s something like TOP GUN: MAVERICK or a Marvel. But a third part would get people in, if it was half-decent.”
CAPTAIN AMERICA: NEW WORLD ORDER---Marvel Studios Vice president Nate Moore commented on Harrison Ford as Gen. Thunderbolt Ross, “Harrison Ford is taking on the role of General Thaddeus ‘Thunderbolt’ Ross, and to see Sam Wilson and Thunderbolt Ross, which if you remember actually threw him in prison at the end of CIVIL WAR because he violated the Sokovia Accords. There’s going to be some natural sparks there, which I think are going to be really fun.”
TRIVIA---THE NAKED GUN 33 1/3: THE FINAL INSULT's train station shootout scene with Lt. Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) was a parody of THE UNTOUCHABLES train shootout scene with Federal agent Eliot Ness (Kevin Costner). THE UNTOUCHABLES movie was based on the 1950s tv series THE UNTOUCHABLES with Robert Stack playing Eliot Ness. Robert Stack was the original choice to play Lt. Frank Drebin in the tv series POLICE SQUAD! which led to THE NAKED GUN movies, but Stack turned the role down and Nielsen was chosen.
If Stack had agreed to star in POLICE SQUAD!, he could have played Drebin in THE FINAL INSULT, who was a parody of Costner's Eliot Ness, who was based on Stack's Eliot Ness.
THE NAKED GUN 33 1/3: THE FINAL INSULT's train station shootout scene with Lt. Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) was a parody of THE UNTOUCHABLES train shootout scene with Federal agent Eliot Ness (Kevin Costner).
THE UNTOUCHABLES movie was based on the 1950s tv series THE UNTOUCHABLES with Robert Stack playing Eliot Ness.
Robert Stack was the original choice to play Lt. Frank Drebin in the tv series POLICE SQUAD! which led to THE NAKED GUN movies, but Stack turned the role down and Nielsen was chosen. If Stack had agreed to star in POLICE SQUAD!, he could have played Drebin in THE FINAL INSULT, who was a parody of Costner's Eliot Ness, who was based on Stack's Eliot Ness.
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER---trailer released for the sequel.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9MyW72ELq0
A CHRISTMAS STORY 2: CHRISTMAS---trailer released for the HBO Max sequel.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ9xUyqVKdU
LAMBORGHINI: THE MAN BEHIND THE LEGEND---trailer released for the biomovie starring Frank Grillo.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzqwRxorvKE
THREE PINES---trailer released for the Amazon Prime series starring Alfred Molina.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxGjjUDWOJg
TROLL---trailer released for the Netflix monster movie.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiohkY_XQYQ
SPIRITED---trailer released for the Apple TV+ holiday movie starring Ryan Reynolds.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hmh6nGYKCEs
LAND OF THE BAD---photo from the movie starring Russell Crowe, Liam Hemsworth and Luke Hemsworth in which a US Air Force drone pilot teams up with Delta Force to salvage a botched mission.
28 DAYS LATER---Danny Boyle commented on the second sequel, “I’d be very tempted [to direct it]. It feels like a very good time actually. It’s funny, I hadn’t thought about it until you just said it, and I remembered ‘Bang, this script!’ which is again set in England, very much about England. Anyway, we’ll see… who knows?
It might come back into focus because one of the things that’s happening in the business at the moment is it has to be a big reason for you to go to the cinema, because there are less and less reasons. It’s hard for companies distributing films and for cinema chains to show films, they’re struggling to get people into the cinema unless it’s something like TOP GUN: MAVERICK or a Marvel. But a third part would get people in, if it was half-decent.”
CAPTAIN AMERICA: NEW WORLD ORDER---Marvel Studios Vice president Nate Moore commented on Harrison Ford as Gen. Thunderbolt Ross, “Harrison Ford is taking on the role of General Thaddeus ‘Thunderbolt’ Ross, and to see Sam Wilson and Thunderbolt Ross, which if you remember actually threw him in prison at the end of CIVIL WAR because he violated the Sokovia Accords. There’s going to be some natural sparks there, which I think are going to be really fun.”
TRIVIA---THE NAKED GUN 33 1/3: THE FINAL INSULT's train station shootout scene with Lt. Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) was a parody of THE UNTOUCHABLES train shootout scene with Federal agent Eliot Ness (Kevin Costner). THE UNTOUCHABLES movie was based on the 1950s tv series THE UNTOUCHABLES with Robert Stack playing Eliot Ness. Robert Stack was the original choice to play Lt. Frank Drebin in the tv series POLICE SQUAD! which led to THE NAKED GUN movies, but Stack turned the role down and Nielsen was chosen.
If Stack had agreed to star in POLICE SQUAD!, he could have played Drebin in THE FINAL INSULT, who was a parody of Costner's Eliot Ness, who was based on Stack's Eliot Ness.
THE NAKED GUN 33 1/3: THE FINAL INSULT's train station shootout scene with Lt. Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) was a parody of THE UNTOUCHABLES train shootout scene with Federal agent Eliot Ness (Kevin Costner).
THE UNTOUCHABLES movie was based on the 1950s tv series THE UNTOUCHABLES with Robert Stack playing Eliot Ness.
Robert Stack was the original choice to play Lt. Frank Drebin in the tv series POLICE SQUAD! which led to THE NAKED GUN movies, but Stack turned the role down and Nielsen was chosen. If Stack had agreed to star in POLICE SQUAD!, he could have played Drebin in THE FINAL INSULT, who was a parody of Costner's Eliot Ness, who was based on Stack's Eliot Ness.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3
THE MANDALORIAN---Season 3 will reportedly premiere on February 22, 2023.
GODZILLA---Toho announced on the 68th anniversary of the original movie that a new Godzilla movie will premiere on November 3, 2023.
THE DAY OF THE JACKAL---Peacock tv series underway based on the Frederick Forsythe novel in which a renegade French military group hires a top assassin to kill President Charles de Gaulle. The 1973 movie based on the novel starred Edward Fox and Michael Lonsdale.
THE WITCHER---a fan petition on Change.org demands that Netflix bring Henry Cavill back as Geralt and hire new writers that will be faithful to the novels.
MARVEL STUDIOS---Joe Russo said the Russo Brothers will not be involved with Marvel for a long time, “We’re always talking; we’d need to see what would work. We won’t be ready to do anything with Marvel until the end of the decade.”
GEN V---Clancy Brown has joined the cast of THE BOYS spinoff series in an undisclosed role.
DIE, MY LOVE---Jennifer Lawrence will star in the movie based on the novel.
AGATHA: COVEN OF CHAOS---Aubrey Plaza has joined the cast of the Disney+ WANDAVISION spinoff series in an undisclosed role.
SANDMAN---Netflix renewed the series for Season 2.
TUCA & BERTIE---Adult Swim cancelled the series.
TRIVIA---in STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK, Leonard Nimoy chose Edward James Olmos to play Klingon Commander Kruge, but he was overruled by producers Harve Bennett and Gary Nardino. Nimoy then auditioned Christopher Lloyd, "What he really did for me when he came in was show me how totally chameleon-like he is. When he came in and read this role, he was totally unlike anything I'd ever seen him do before, and I was just swept away by his ability to transform himself so completely and to give us this wonderful, powerful character, and I went to bat to hire him on the spot. I went to Harve Bennett's office and I said, 'He's a chameleon. He can do it.'"
Lloyd said, "It was fun to play an evil character that has no remorse about anything he does...I love doing that kind of thing, a far-out character. I mean, he epitomizes somebody with absolutely no moral conscience. He even blows up his so-called girlfriend in another spaceship. They have a short conversation at the beginning, and he doesn't even apologize. She's amenable because…well, it's for whatever political reasons. But, yeah, he's just evil...He's demonic. There's no conscience in place at any point, and he has no apologies for any of his actions. He just goes out and destroys and kills and creates havoc until he gets what he wants. And that was fun to play. I loved all the makeup and the clothes, the whole Klingon look. It was a joy."
In THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK, Lloyd was reunited with Walter Koenig, who was a classmate at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse.
John Larroquette, who played Klingon Maltz, said Lloyd had fun playing Kruge and remarked, "At some point in the film, I wanted Christopher Lloyd to turn to me and say, 'Bring me some chocolate, Maltz.'"
In STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK, Christopher Lloyd played Klingon Commander Kruge (left) and John Larroquette played Maltz (center).
THE MANDALORIAN---Season 3 will reportedly premiere on February 22, 2023.
GODZILLA---Toho announced on the 68th anniversary of the original movie that a new Godzilla movie will premiere on November 3, 2023.
THE DAY OF THE JACKAL---Peacock tv series underway based on the Frederick Forsythe novel in which a renegade French military group hires a top assassin to kill President Charles de Gaulle. The 1973 movie based on the novel starred Edward Fox and Michael Lonsdale.
THE WITCHER---a fan petition on Change.org demands that Netflix bring Henry Cavill back as Geralt and hire new writers that will be faithful to the novels.
MARVEL STUDIOS---Joe Russo said the Russo Brothers will not be involved with Marvel for a long time, “We’re always talking; we’d need to see what would work. We won’t be ready to do anything with Marvel until the end of the decade.”
GEN V---Clancy Brown has joined the cast of THE BOYS spinoff series in an undisclosed role.
DIE, MY LOVE---Jennifer Lawrence will star in the movie based on the novel.
AGATHA: COVEN OF CHAOS---Aubrey Plaza has joined the cast of the Disney+ WANDAVISION spinoff series in an undisclosed role.
SANDMAN---Netflix renewed the series for Season 2.
TUCA & BERTIE---Adult Swim cancelled the series.
TRIVIA---in STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK, Leonard Nimoy chose Edward James Olmos to play Klingon Commander Kruge, but he was overruled by producers Harve Bennett and Gary Nardino. Nimoy then auditioned Christopher Lloyd, "What he really did for me when he came in was show me how totally chameleon-like he is. When he came in and read this role, he was totally unlike anything I'd ever seen him do before, and I was just swept away by his ability to transform himself so completely and to give us this wonderful, powerful character, and I went to bat to hire him on the spot. I went to Harve Bennett's office and I said, 'He's a chameleon. He can do it.'"
Lloyd said, "It was fun to play an evil character that has no remorse about anything he does...I love doing that kind of thing, a far-out character. I mean, he epitomizes somebody with absolutely no moral conscience. He even blows up his so-called girlfriend in another spaceship. They have a short conversation at the beginning, and he doesn't even apologize. She's amenable because…well, it's for whatever political reasons. But, yeah, he's just evil...He's demonic. There's no conscience in place at any point, and he has no apologies for any of his actions. He just goes out and destroys and kills and creates havoc until he gets what he wants. And that was fun to play. I loved all the makeup and the clothes, the whole Klingon look. It was a joy."
In THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK, Lloyd was reunited with Walter Koenig, who was a classmate at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse.
John Larroquette, who played Klingon Maltz, said Lloyd had fun playing Kruge and remarked, "At some point in the film, I wanted Christopher Lloyd to turn to me and say, 'Bring me some chocolate, Maltz.'"
In STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK, Christopher Lloyd played Klingon Commander Kruge (left) and John Larroquette played Maltz (center).
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4
SHARPER---trailer released for the Apple TV+ comedy movie starring Jullianne Moore.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4q-_pfdtLg
DETECTIVE KNIGHT: REDEMPTION---trailer released for the action movie starring Bruce Willis.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXMbkKzvpHY
GEORGE & TAMMY---trailer released for the Showtime miniseries about George Jones and Tammy Wynette starring Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjrEeuQ5838
LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER---trailer released for the Netflix movie based on the novel.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOkXE3B0pDA
A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE---Lupita Nyong'o is in negotiations to star in the spinoff movie in an undisclosed role.
DIRTY ANGELS---Eva Green and Ruby Rose star in this Martin Campbell movie about female soldiers sent to help kidnapped teenagers caught between the Taliban and ISIS during the disastrous 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal.
MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE---Quentin Tarantino was asked if he would ever direct a Marvel movie, “You have to be a hired hand to do those things. I’m not a hired hand. I’m not looking for a job.”
THE ACOLYTE---Dafne Keen (LOGAN) has joined the cast of the Disney+ STAR WARS spinoff series in an undisclosed role.
28 DAYS LATER---Cillian Murphy said he is interested in returning for the second sequel to the Danny Boyle/Alex Garland zombie movie, "Every time I do bump into Danny or Alex I always mention it. Because I showed it to my kids recently, some Halloween about four or five years ago, and they loved it. It really stands up, which is amazing for a film that’s 20 years old. So yeah, I love the idea, and it’s very appealing to me.”
TRIVIA---more James Bond movie trivia.
Peter Sellers and British actress Tracy Reed appeared in three 1960s comedy movies: DR. STRANGELOVE, A SHOT IN THE DARK and the original CASINO ROYALE.
In DR. STRANGELOVE, Peter Sellers played Capt. Lionel Mandrake and other characters, and Tracy Reed played Miss Scott/"Miss Foreign Affairs".
In A SHOT IN THE DARK, Sellers played Inspector Jacques Clouseau and Reed played Dominique Ballon.
In CASINO ROYALE, Sellers played Evelyn Tremble/James Bond, and Reed played the Fang leader and a casino spectator.
SHARPER---trailer released for the Apple TV+ comedy movie starring Jullianne Moore.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4q-_pfdtLg
DETECTIVE KNIGHT: REDEMPTION---trailer released for the action movie starring Bruce Willis.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXMbkKzvpHY
GEORGE & TAMMY---trailer released for the Showtime miniseries about George Jones and Tammy Wynette starring Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjrEeuQ5838
LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER---trailer released for the Netflix movie based on the novel.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOkXE3B0pDA
A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE---Lupita Nyong'o is in negotiations to star in the spinoff movie in an undisclosed role.
DIRTY ANGELS---Eva Green and Ruby Rose star in this Martin Campbell movie about female soldiers sent to help kidnapped teenagers caught between the Taliban and ISIS during the disastrous 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal.
MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE---Quentin Tarantino was asked if he would ever direct a Marvel movie, “You have to be a hired hand to do those things. I’m not a hired hand. I’m not looking for a job.”
THE ACOLYTE---Dafne Keen (LOGAN) has joined the cast of the Disney+ STAR WARS spinoff series in an undisclosed role.
28 DAYS LATER---Cillian Murphy said he is interested in returning for the second sequel to the Danny Boyle/Alex Garland zombie movie, "Every time I do bump into Danny or Alex I always mention it. Because I showed it to my kids recently, some Halloween about four or five years ago, and they loved it. It really stands up, which is amazing for a film that’s 20 years old. So yeah, I love the idea, and it’s very appealing to me.”
TRIVIA---more James Bond movie trivia.
Peter Sellers and British actress Tracy Reed appeared in three 1960s comedy movies: DR. STRANGELOVE, A SHOT IN THE DARK and the original CASINO ROYALE.
In DR. STRANGELOVE, Peter Sellers played Capt. Lionel Mandrake and other characters, and Tracy Reed played Miss Scott/"Miss Foreign Affairs".
In A SHOT IN THE DARK, Sellers played Inspector Jacques Clouseau and Reed played Dominique Ballon.
In CASINO ROYALE, Sellers played Evelyn Tremble/James Bond, and Reed played the Fang leader and a casino spectator.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7
GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY---trailer released for the sequel.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj5ibYSz8C0
ONODA: 10,000 NIGHTS IN THE JUNGLE---trailer released for the movie based on the true story of a Japanese soldier, Hiro Onoda, who refused to believe World War II had ended and spent three decades in the Philippines jungle.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTOHCX5JdiQ
SAM & KATE---trailer released for the movie starring Dustin Hoffman and Sissy Spacek.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=874mdNz74pU
MAMMALS---trailer released for the Amazon Prime comedy series starring James Corden.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUJYldqUEJQ
RED ONE---photo released from the Amazon Studios Christmas movie starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans. JJ Simmons will play Santa Clause and Bonnie Hunt will play Mrs. Claus.
THE ACOLYTE---Carrie-Anne Moss has joined the cast of the Disney+ STAR WARS tv series.
SALEM'S LOT---Lewis Pullman talked about the Gary Dauberman-directed movie based on the Stephen King vampire novel, “For the most part, [Dauberman’s] really true to the book and [is] keeping a lot of the original dialogue in there. He’s a Stephen King hound dog, so he doesn’t wanna do Stephen dirty.
The previous adaptation was a two-parter because it’s such a hefty book, and there are so many different moving parts and so many characters. So there are some parts where Gary had to press and find what was really at the heart of the movie to keep in.”
MONSTER---Netflix renewed the true crime series for Seasons 2 and 3. Netflix also renewed THE WATCHERS for Season 2.
THE SILENT HOUR---Joel Kinnaman and Mark Strong star in this movie about a hearing-impaired Boston police detective and his partner, who try to protect a deaf woman who witnessed a murder from corrupt cops.
TRIVIA--more James Bond movie trivia.
Catherine Deneuve commented on reports she was a candidate to play Bond Girl Solitaire in LIVE AND LET DIE, Roger Moore's first James Bond movie, "Play a Bond Girl ? [laughing]. It must have been a long time ago! I probably read the script and the role was perhaps not compelling at all. James Bond movies are different today, and women play a more important role."
The Solitaire role went to Jane Seymour.
The Solitaire role went to Jane Seymour.
GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY---trailer released for the sequel.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj5ibYSz8C0
ONODA: 10,000 NIGHTS IN THE JUNGLE---trailer released for the movie based on the true story of a Japanese soldier, Hiro Onoda, who refused to believe World War II had ended and spent three decades in the Philippines jungle.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTOHCX5JdiQ
SAM & KATE---trailer released for the movie starring Dustin Hoffman and Sissy Spacek.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=874mdNz74pU
MAMMALS---trailer released for the Amazon Prime comedy series starring James Corden.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUJYldqUEJQ
RED ONE---photo released from the Amazon Studios Christmas movie starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans. JJ Simmons will play Santa Clause and Bonnie Hunt will play Mrs. Claus.
THE ACOLYTE---Carrie-Anne Moss has joined the cast of the Disney+ STAR WARS tv series.
SALEM'S LOT---Lewis Pullman talked about the Gary Dauberman-directed movie based on the Stephen King vampire novel, “For the most part, [Dauberman’s] really true to the book and [is] keeping a lot of the original dialogue in there. He’s a Stephen King hound dog, so he doesn’t wanna do Stephen dirty.
The previous adaptation was a two-parter because it’s such a hefty book, and there are so many different moving parts and so many characters. So there are some parts where Gary had to press and find what was really at the heart of the movie to keep in.”
MONSTER---Netflix renewed the true crime series for Seasons 2 and 3. Netflix also renewed THE WATCHERS for Season 2.
THE SILENT HOUR---Joel Kinnaman and Mark Strong star in this movie about a hearing-impaired Boston police detective and his partner, who try to protect a deaf woman who witnessed a murder from corrupt cops.
TRIVIA--more James Bond movie trivia.
Catherine Deneuve commented on reports she was a candidate to play Bond Girl Solitaire in LIVE AND LET DIE, Roger Moore's first James Bond movie, "Play a Bond Girl ? [laughing]. It must have been a long time ago! I probably read the script and the role was perhaps not compelling at all. James Bond movies are different today, and women play a more important role."
The Solitaire role went to Jane Seymour.
The Solitaire role went to Jane Seymour.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8
STAR WARS---Shawn Levy (NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM, STRANGER THINGS, DEADPOOL 3) is in talks with Lucasfilm to direct a STAR WARS movie. No other details were released.
Also, JD Dillard (DEVOTION) said he is longer directing a future STAR WARS movie, “unfortunately no longer a thing." He added that he is also no longer involved with the Disney+sequel to THE ROCKETEER.
LITVINENKO---photo released from the miniseries starring David Tennant as former KGB/FSB agent Alexander Litvinenko, who defected to England and died from polonium-210 poisoning, supposedly on the orders of Vladimir Putin.
THE IRON CLAW---photo released of Zac Efron starring in the biomovie about wrestling star Kevin Von Erich, the "Golden Warrior".
TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY---Jodie Foster and Christopher Eccleston star in the new season in which a female police detective investigates the mysterious disappearance of eight men working at the Tsalal Arctic Research Station in Ennis, Alaska during the long winter night.
THE MUMMY---Luca Guadagnino (BONES AND ALL) said if he could direct another horror movie, he would pick the 1932 THE MUMMY, “It’s a rotten body in rotten bandages, so what’s inside is [as] interesting as what’s outside. It should be very scary and very, very terminal. It should be a little movie but with a lot of depth and very scary.
There is a Joe Dante Mummy that never happened that I feel so bad about because Joe is such a master, and I am sure he would have made something incredible.”
KNIVES OUT 3---Rian Johnson said might start working a new sequel soon, “I had for a while thought that maybe I should do something else first […] But the God’s honest truth is, I had so much fun making this one, and the creative challenge of figuring out a third movie that’s completely different from both this one and the first one – right now, that’s the most interesting creative challenge to me. So I might just dive in and see what we come up with.”
GEARS OF WAR---Netflix is developing a live-action movie and a an animated tv series based on the video game.
DOCTOR WHO---Walt Disney will reportedly increase the budget of the series from $1.1 million/$3.4 million per episode to $11.5 million per episode.
TRIVIA---British character actor George Harris is perhaps best known for playing Capt. Simon Katanga in RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, but he also played Somali warlord Osman Atto in BLACK HAWK DOWN and Kingsley Shacklebolt in the HARRY POTTER movies.
British character actor George Harris is perhaps best known for playing Capt. Simon Katanga in RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK.
Harris played Somali warlord Osman Atto in BLACK HAWK DOWN.
Harris also Kingsley Shacklebolt in the HARRY POTTER movies.
STAR WARS---Shawn Levy (NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM, STRANGER THINGS, DEADPOOL 3) is in talks with Lucasfilm to direct a STAR WARS movie. No other details were released.
Also, JD Dillard (DEVOTION) said he is longer directing a future STAR WARS movie, “unfortunately no longer a thing." He added that he is also no longer involved with the Disney+sequel to THE ROCKETEER.
LITVINENKO---photo released from the miniseries starring David Tennant as former KGB/FSB agent Alexander Litvinenko, who defected to England and died from polonium-210 poisoning, supposedly on the orders of Vladimir Putin.
THE IRON CLAW---photo released of Zac Efron starring in the biomovie about wrestling star Kevin Von Erich, the "Golden Warrior".
TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY---Jodie Foster and Christopher Eccleston star in the new season in which a female police detective investigates the mysterious disappearance of eight men working at the Tsalal Arctic Research Station in Ennis, Alaska during the long winter night.
THE MUMMY---Luca Guadagnino (BONES AND ALL) said if he could direct another horror movie, he would pick the 1932 THE MUMMY, “It’s a rotten body in rotten bandages, so what’s inside is [as] interesting as what’s outside. It should be very scary and very, very terminal. It should be a little movie but with a lot of depth and very scary.
There is a Joe Dante Mummy that never happened that I feel so bad about because Joe is such a master, and I am sure he would have made something incredible.”
KNIVES OUT 3---Rian Johnson said might start working a new sequel soon, “I had for a while thought that maybe I should do something else first […] But the God’s honest truth is, I had so much fun making this one, and the creative challenge of figuring out a third movie that’s completely different from both this one and the first one – right now, that’s the most interesting creative challenge to me. So I might just dive in and see what we come up with.”
GEARS OF WAR---Netflix is developing a live-action movie and a an animated tv series based on the video game.
DOCTOR WHO---Walt Disney will reportedly increase the budget of the series from $1.1 million/$3.4 million per episode to $11.5 million per episode.
TRIVIA---British character actor George Harris is perhaps best known for playing Capt. Simon Katanga in RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, but he also played Somali warlord Osman Atto in BLACK HAWK DOWN and Kingsley Shacklebolt in the HARRY POTTER movies.
British character actor George Harris is perhaps best known for playing Capt. Simon Katanga in RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK.
Harris played Somali warlord Osman Atto in BLACK HAWK DOWN.
Harris also Kingsley Shacklebolt in the HARRY POTTER movies.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9
DEVOTION---new trailer released for the Korean War movie about Glen Powell playing a Navy pilot who tried to rescue his black wingman.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIvBBd8pU1s
GUILLERMO DEL TORO's PINOCCHIO---trailer released for the Netflix movie.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od2NW1sfRdA
INDIANA JONES---Disney+ and Lucasfilm are in the early stages of developing an INDIANA JONES tv series. No other details were released.
BALLERINA---Keanu Reeves and Ian McShane will co-star with Ana de Armas in the female assassin JOHN WICK spinoff movie.
DR. DEATH---Edgar Ramirez stars in Season 2 which will be about an NBC producer who interviews Dr. Paolo Macchiarini, a controversial, world-renowned transplant surgeon, and becomes his fiancee before his past catches up with him.
WINDRIVER: THE NEXT CHAPTER---Martin Sensmeier stars in the sequel to the 2017 Taylor Sheridan movie that starred Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen.
G20---Amazon Studios movie starring Viola Davis as President Taylor Sutton, who is attending the G20 Summit when it is attacked by terrorists.
DUNE: THE SISTERHOOD---Travis Fimmel will play villain Desmond Hart, a soldier with a mysterious past, who seeks the Emperor's trust at the expense of The Sisterhood in the HBO Max prequel series.
TRIVIA---character actor Charles Tyner played many roles in movies and television, but he may be remembered most for appearing in two prison movies: COOL HAND LUKE and THE LONGEST YARD. In COOL HAND LUKE, Tyner played Boss Higgins. In THE LONGEST YARD, Tyner played prison snitch Unger.
In COOL HAND LUKE, Tyner played Boss Higgins.
In THE LONGEST YARD, Tyner played prison snitch Unger.
DEVOTION---new trailer released for the Korean War movie about Glen Powell playing a Navy pilot who tried to rescue his black wingman.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIvBBd8pU1s
GUILLERMO DEL TORO's PINOCCHIO---trailer released for the Netflix movie.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od2NW1sfRdA
INDIANA JONES---Disney+ and Lucasfilm are in the early stages of developing an INDIANA JONES tv series. No other details were released.
BALLERINA---Keanu Reeves and Ian McShane will co-star with Ana de Armas in the female assassin JOHN WICK spinoff movie.
DR. DEATH---Edgar Ramirez stars in Season 2 which will be about an NBC producer who interviews Dr. Paolo Macchiarini, a controversial, world-renowned transplant surgeon, and becomes his fiancee before his past catches up with him.
WINDRIVER: THE NEXT CHAPTER---Martin Sensmeier stars in the sequel to the 2017 Taylor Sheridan movie that starred Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen.
G20---Amazon Studios movie starring Viola Davis as President Taylor Sutton, who is attending the G20 Summit when it is attacked by terrorists.
DUNE: THE SISTERHOOD---Travis Fimmel will play villain Desmond Hart, a soldier with a mysterious past, who seeks the Emperor's trust at the expense of The Sisterhood in the HBO Max prequel series.
TRIVIA---character actor Charles Tyner played many roles in movies and television, but he may be remembered most for appearing in two prison movies: COOL HAND LUKE and THE LONGEST YARD. In COOL HAND LUKE, Tyner played Boss Higgins. In THE LONGEST YARD, Tyner played prison snitch Unger.
In COOL HAND LUKE, Tyner played Boss Higgins.
In THE LONGEST YARD, Tyner played prison snitch Unger.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10
JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4---trailer released for the sequel.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEVUtrk8_B4
MINDCAGE---trailer released for the serial killer movie starring Martin Lawrence and John Malkovich.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d8XdU8cb18
THE WITCHER: BLOOD ORIGIN---trailer released for the spinoff series.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry6HYg3AsHA
I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY---trailer released for the Whitney Houston biomovie.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tfemzaMkoU
SPIDER-MAN---a rumor claims Tom Holland has signed a deal with Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios for a SPIDER-MAN trilogy and will appear in several more movies.
RAMBO---Sylvester Stallone said his Rambo prequel has been changed, “I think it’s going to happen. I wanted to do it like a Ken Burns documentary on Vietnam, where you drop young Rambo in there, and he’s this outgoing guy, football captain, and then you see why he becomes Rambo. But what they want to do is a modern-day story where I pass the torch. That’s getting close.”
GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK---AMC tv series underway based on the George Clooney movie. The tv series will focus on Sy Steingartner, a cameraman on Edward R. Murrow's SEE IT NOW show.
THE SYMPATHIZER---Robert Downey Jr. and Hoa Xuande will star in the Park Chan-Wook movie based on the novel about a North Vietnamese agent who travels to the US after the fall of South Vietnam.
THE BAD GUYS---Netflix animated prequel Christmas special is underway.
TRIVIA---Anne Francis and John Ericson were originally supposed to appear together in the 1956 sci fi classic FORBIDDEN PLANET, but MGM suspended Ericson because he refused to appear in the movie. However a decade later, Francis and Ericson co-starred in the 1965 ABC private eye tv series HONEY WEST.
JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4---trailer released for the sequel.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEVUtrk8_B4
MINDCAGE---trailer released for the serial killer movie starring Martin Lawrence and John Malkovich.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d8XdU8cb18
THE WITCHER: BLOOD ORIGIN---trailer released for the spinoff series.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry6HYg3AsHA
I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY---trailer released for the Whitney Houston biomovie.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tfemzaMkoU
SPIDER-MAN---a rumor claims Tom Holland has signed a deal with Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios for a SPIDER-MAN trilogy and will appear in several more movies.
RAMBO---Sylvester Stallone said his Rambo prequel has been changed, “I think it’s going to happen. I wanted to do it like a Ken Burns documentary on Vietnam, where you drop young Rambo in there, and he’s this outgoing guy, football captain, and then you see why he becomes Rambo. But what they want to do is a modern-day story where I pass the torch. That’s getting close.”
GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK---AMC tv series underway based on the George Clooney movie. The tv series will focus on Sy Steingartner, a cameraman on Edward R. Murrow's SEE IT NOW show.
THE SYMPATHIZER---Robert Downey Jr. and Hoa Xuande will star in the Park Chan-Wook movie based on the novel about a North Vietnamese agent who travels to the US after the fall of South Vietnam.
THE BAD GUYS---Netflix animated prequel Christmas special is underway.
TRIVIA---Anne Francis and John Ericson were originally supposed to appear together in the 1956 sci fi classic FORBIDDEN PLANET, but MGM suspended Ericson because he refused to appear in the movie. However a decade later, Francis and Ericson co-starred in the 1965 ABC private eye tv series HONEY WEST.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11
THE WHALE---trailer released for the movie starring Brendan Fraser.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D30r0CwtIKc
LEOPARD SKIN---trailer released for the Peacock comedy miniseries starring Carla Gugino.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jiYISpwb-w
STAR WARS---Japanese animation Studio Ghibli posted a photo of a Grogu figure and famed animator Hayao Miyazaki in the background to hint that it is teaming up with Lucasfilm for a secret STAR WARS project.
1923---photo released of Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren starring in the Paramount+ prequel to YELLOWSTONE.
INDIANA JONES---a rumor claims the Disney+ prequel tv series will be about archaeologist Abner Ravenwood, father of Marion Ravenwood, that might be set in the 1920s.
RED ONE---photo of Dwayne Johnson and JK Simmons in the Amazon Prime Christmas movie that also stars Chris Evans.
AIRPLANE---writer/director David Zucker said political correctness is destroying comedy, “When we do screenings of AIRPLANE! we get the question if we could do AIRPLANE! today. The first thing I could think of was, ‘Sure, just without the jokes.'”
He added, “My current writing partner Pat Proft and I wrote a parody of James Bond and Mission: Impossible. One female executive said, ‘This joke is getting pretty risque here.’ It was a mild joke about the lead female character. Because she had come up through the police department and through the FBI…she needed a breast reduction to fit into the kevlar vest.
It was pure oatmeal, so mild. Not one of our funniest things, but [even] this was too much. I thought, ‘If this was the criteria for it, we’re in big trouble.’ They’re destroying comedy because of 9% of the people who don’t have a sense of humor.”
NCIS---CBS three-hour crossover special on January 2 with NCIS, NCIS: HAWAII and NCIS: LOS ANGELES in which NCIS members attend the retirement of their former professor who is then apparently murdered and they have a $200,000 bounty on their heads.
BRUCE WILLIS---Sylvester Stallone commented on the status of Willis' health, "Bruce is going through some really, really difficult times... So he's been sort of incommunicado. That kills me. It's so sad."
BRITNEY SPEARS---Spears commented on Millie Bobby Brown's wish to play her in a Britney Spears biomovie, "I hear about people wanting to do movies about my life … dude I'm not dead !!! Although it's pretty f**king clear they preferred me dead [rolling eyes emojis] … I guess my family is going to lock their doors now !!!"
TRIVIA---trivia for Veterans Day.
In the World War II miniseries BAND OF BROTHERS, Pvt. Albert Blithe was shown as suffering from hysterical blindness on D-Day, but he recovered from it. After the Battle of Carentan, Blithe was mortally wounded by a German sniper. In Stephen Ambrose's book, which inspired the miniseries, fellow paratroopers Bill Guarnere and Babe Heffron claimed they attended Blithe's funeral in 1948.
In reality, after being wounded by the sniper, Blithe was hospitalized and never returned to combat. However, Blithe did not die and saw combat in the Korean War where he was awarded the Bronze Star and Silver Star. Blithe's son, Gordon, said, "I got some pretty nasty emails from people who couldn't believe that Stephen Ambrose and HBO had actually made a mistake."
After attending a commemorative ceremony for the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium on December 10, 1967, Blithe fell ill due to a perforated ulcer and died of surgical complications and kidney failure seven days later. Gordon Blithe said his mother told him his father suffered mentally due to combat, "You just don't know how badly the war messed up your dad's mind." Gordon said his father was a "chronic alcoholic...He drank himself to death."'
He added, "I want people to remember my father this way: he was a true American paratrooper who put his life on the line for this country and thousands of other people in this world. He fought for people he didn't even know. I'm proud of him, so proud. That's how I want people to remember Albert Blithe."
IN BAND OF BROTHERS, Marc Warren played Pvt. Albert Blithe.
Pvt. Albert Blithe at Camp Tocoa, Georgia in 1942.
THE WHALE---trailer released for the movie starring Brendan Fraser.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D30r0CwtIKc
LEOPARD SKIN---trailer released for the Peacock comedy miniseries starring Carla Gugino.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jiYISpwb-w
STAR WARS---Japanese animation Studio Ghibli posted a photo of a Grogu figure and famed animator Hayao Miyazaki in the background to hint that it is teaming up with Lucasfilm for a secret STAR WARS project.
1923---photo released of Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren starring in the Paramount+ prequel to YELLOWSTONE.
INDIANA JONES---a rumor claims the Disney+ prequel tv series will be about archaeologist Abner Ravenwood, father of Marion Ravenwood, that might be set in the 1920s.
RED ONE---photo of Dwayne Johnson and JK Simmons in the Amazon Prime Christmas movie that also stars Chris Evans.
AIRPLANE---writer/director David Zucker said political correctness is destroying comedy, “When we do screenings of AIRPLANE! we get the question if we could do AIRPLANE! today. The first thing I could think of was, ‘Sure, just without the jokes.'”
He added, “My current writing partner Pat Proft and I wrote a parody of James Bond and Mission: Impossible. One female executive said, ‘This joke is getting pretty risque here.’ It was a mild joke about the lead female character. Because she had come up through the police department and through the FBI…she needed a breast reduction to fit into the kevlar vest.
It was pure oatmeal, so mild. Not one of our funniest things, but [even] this was too much. I thought, ‘If this was the criteria for it, we’re in big trouble.’ They’re destroying comedy because of 9% of the people who don’t have a sense of humor.”
NCIS---CBS three-hour crossover special on January 2 with NCIS, NCIS: HAWAII and NCIS: LOS ANGELES in which NCIS members attend the retirement of their former professor who is then apparently murdered and they have a $200,000 bounty on their heads.
BRUCE WILLIS---Sylvester Stallone commented on the status of Willis' health, "Bruce is going through some really, really difficult times... So he's been sort of incommunicado. That kills me. It's so sad."
BRITNEY SPEARS---Spears commented on Millie Bobby Brown's wish to play her in a Britney Spears biomovie, "I hear about people wanting to do movies about my life … dude I'm not dead !!! Although it's pretty f**king clear they preferred me dead [rolling eyes emojis] … I guess my family is going to lock their doors now !!!"
TRIVIA---trivia for Veterans Day.
In the World War II miniseries BAND OF BROTHERS, Pvt. Albert Blithe was shown as suffering from hysterical blindness on D-Day, but he recovered from it. After the Battle of Carentan, Blithe was mortally wounded by a German sniper. In Stephen Ambrose's book, which inspired the miniseries, fellow paratroopers Bill Guarnere and Babe Heffron claimed they attended Blithe's funeral in 1948.
In reality, after being wounded by the sniper, Blithe was hospitalized and never returned to combat. However, Blithe did not die and saw combat in the Korean War where he was awarded the Bronze Star and Silver Star. Blithe's son, Gordon, said, "I got some pretty nasty emails from people who couldn't believe that Stephen Ambrose and HBO had actually made a mistake."
After attending a commemorative ceremony for the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium on December 10, 1967, Blithe fell ill due to a perforated ulcer and died of surgical complications and kidney failure seven days later. Gordon Blithe said his mother told him his father suffered mentally due to combat, "You just don't know how badly the war messed up your dad's mind." Gordon said his father was a "chronic alcoholic...He drank himself to death."'
He added, "I want people to remember my father this way: he was a true American paratrooper who put his life on the line for this country and thousands of other people in this world. He fought for people he didn't even know. I'm proud of him, so proud. That's how I want people to remember Albert Blithe."
IN BAND OF BROTHERS, Marc Warren played Pvt. Albert Blithe.
Pvt. Albert Blithe at Camp Tocoa, Georgia in 1942.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14
1923---trailer released for the Paramount+ YELLOWSTONE prequel series starring Harrison Ford.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD62k2SwVjo
OUR UNIVERSE---trailer released for the Netflix/BBC six-part documentary.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q33TkQKlIMg&t=8s
EMPIRE OF LIGHT---trailer released for the Sam Mendes movie.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rObnxzbn6bQ
LIMITLESS WITH CHRIS HEMSWORTH---trailer released for the Disney+/National Geographic series.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJPnK_NgHVI
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN---Margot Robbie said Disney cancelled her spinoff movie, "We had an idea, and we were developing it for a while, ages ago, to have more of a female-led – not totally female-led, but just a different kind of story – which we thought would’ve been really cool, but I guess they don’t want to do it.”
I AM LEGEND---director Francis Lawrence commented on returning for the sequel, “I have spoken to Akiva [Goldsman] a little bit about it, but I think that is still a ways away. I’d love to do it. I’ve heard some things about I AM LEGEND. We actually don’t have much, just brainstorming things for CONSTANTINE, but I’m sworn to secrecy on I AM LEGEND.”
STAR TREK---William Shatner commented on George Takei's continued criticism of Shatner, "Sixty years after some incident, they are still on that track. Don’t you think that’s a little weird? It’s like a sickness. I began to understand that they were doing it for publicity."
He added, "George has never stopped blackening my name. These people are bitter and embittered. I have run out of patience with them. Why give credence to people consumed by envy and hate?"
DC STUDIOS---new co-head James Gunn said he and co-head Peter Safran are developing a long-term plane for DC Studios, “The opportunity to make DC as great as it can be and as it should be — that is the reason why I’m doing this job because I know that Peter and I can do that. We spent the past couple days with a group of some of the best thinkers in the industry, the best writers in the industry starting to map out that eight- to 10-year plan of what it’s going to look like in theater, in TV, in animation, across the board for these characters.”
Zack Snyder said he has not been contacted by DC Studios since its new leaders took over the studio, “As far as I know, which is very little, I am doing my thing and haven’t had anyone give me a call or anything. So I am just wishing them all the best and hoping that they make some cool movies.”
TRIVIA---more James Bond movie trivia.
Christopher Reeve reportedly turned down $1 million to replace Roger Moore as the next James Bond in THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS.
Christopher Reeve and Roger Moore on the set of OCTOPUSSY.
1923---trailer released for the Paramount+ YELLOWSTONE prequel series starring Harrison Ford.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD62k2SwVjo
OUR UNIVERSE---trailer released for the Netflix/BBC six-part documentary.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q33TkQKlIMg&t=8s
EMPIRE OF LIGHT---trailer released for the Sam Mendes movie.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rObnxzbn6bQ
LIMITLESS WITH CHRIS HEMSWORTH---trailer released for the Disney+/National Geographic series.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJPnK_NgHVI
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN---Margot Robbie said Disney cancelled her spinoff movie, "We had an idea, and we were developing it for a while, ages ago, to have more of a female-led – not totally female-led, but just a different kind of story – which we thought would’ve been really cool, but I guess they don’t want to do it.”
I AM LEGEND---director Francis Lawrence commented on returning for the sequel, “I have spoken to Akiva [Goldsman] a little bit about it, but I think that is still a ways away. I’d love to do it. I’ve heard some things about I AM LEGEND. We actually don’t have much, just brainstorming things for CONSTANTINE, but I’m sworn to secrecy on I AM LEGEND.”
STAR TREK---William Shatner commented on George Takei's continued criticism of Shatner, "Sixty years after some incident, they are still on that track. Don’t you think that’s a little weird? It’s like a sickness. I began to understand that they were doing it for publicity."
He added, "George has never stopped blackening my name. These people are bitter and embittered. I have run out of patience with them. Why give credence to people consumed by envy and hate?"
DC STUDIOS---new co-head James Gunn said he and co-head Peter Safran are developing a long-term plane for DC Studios, “The opportunity to make DC as great as it can be and as it should be — that is the reason why I’m doing this job because I know that Peter and I can do that. We spent the past couple days with a group of some of the best thinkers in the industry, the best writers in the industry starting to map out that eight- to 10-year plan of what it’s going to look like in theater, in TV, in animation, across the board for these characters.”
Zack Snyder said he has not been contacted by DC Studios since its new leaders took over the studio, “As far as I know, which is very little, I am doing my thing and haven’t had anyone give me a call or anything. So I am just wishing them all the best and hoping that they make some cool movies.”
TRIVIA---more James Bond movie trivia.
Christopher Reeve reportedly turned down $1 million to replace Roger Moore as the next James Bond in THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS.
Christopher Reeve and Roger Moore on the set of OCTOPUSSY.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15
Sr.---trailer released for the Netflix documentary about Robert Downey, Jr.'s father.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qWUUGB7KUs
MAGIC MIKE'S LAST DANCE---trailer released for the sequel.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBIGdw-BRxw
INDIANA JONES 5---director James Mangold posted on the rumor that Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy ordered that the sequel end with Indiana Jones being replaced by a woman, but that ending was axed after test audiences disliked it, '"Well, Paulo, it's up to you who you believe — an anonymous troll named "basement dweller" & "doomcock" or the actual director of the film. No one will ever replace Indiana Jones. Not in any script. Not in any cut. Never discussed."'
Mangold also said when the trailer will be released, "Less than 30 days."
YELLOWSTONE---the Season 5 premiere drew a total of 12.1 million viewers which is the best for the series.
THE PENGUIN---HBO Max's Sarah Aubrey commented on THE BATMAN spinoff series, "PENGUIN will sit immediately after the end of THE BATMAN and temporally before the events of the second movie. The show will come out in between the two movies. Now beyond that, it’s fun for the audience to know that it will be a bridge between the two, but the actual release date, I’m not at liberty to say.”
STAR WARS---Rian Johnson was asked when he will return to the franchise, "Making STAR WARS was the high point of my life and so I still, I pray to God I'll be back there someday."
BABYLON 5---J. Michael Straczynski commented on the status of the reboot series, "We're all impatient for B5 news, and there are tons of rumors from bloggers and posters and even some cast, but there's truly no decision because the decision makers haven't decided. When that decision does get made, it will come to me first, not to any of those folks"
CONFIDENT WOMEN---Amazon Prime crime anthology series about female con artists. Season 1 will focus on Sante Kimes, a con artist who was convicted of two murders.
TRIVIA---in the 1988 comedy movie THE NAKED GUN opening credits, a police car stops at a Los Angeles donut shop where the donuts are $1.99 a dozen. In 2022 when inflation is the highest in over 40 years, donut prizes have skyrocketed. Donut chain Krispy Kreme's Los Angles store has basic donuts at $15.49 a dozen---an increase of 778%. Local Los Angeles donut store Primo's has basic donuts at $34.80 a dozen--a whopping increase of 1,749%.
In the 1988 comedy movie THE NAKED GUN opening credits, a police car stops at a Los Angeles donut shop where the donuts are $1.99 a dozen.
In 2022, donut chain Krispy Kreme's Los Angles store has basic donuts at $15.49 a dozen---an increase of 778%.
In 2022, local Los Angeles donut store Primo's has basic donuts at $34.80 a dozen--a whopping increase of 1,749%.
Sr.---trailer released for the Netflix documentary about Robert Downey, Jr.'s father.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qWUUGB7KUs
MAGIC MIKE'S LAST DANCE---trailer released for the sequel.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBIGdw-BRxw
INDIANA JONES 5---director James Mangold posted on the rumor that Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy ordered that the sequel end with Indiana Jones being replaced by a woman, but that ending was axed after test audiences disliked it, '"Well, Paulo, it's up to you who you believe — an anonymous troll named "basement dweller" & "doomcock" or the actual director of the film. No one will ever replace Indiana Jones. Not in any script. Not in any cut. Never discussed."'
Mangold also said when the trailer will be released, "Less than 30 days."
YELLOWSTONE---the Season 5 premiere drew a total of 12.1 million viewers which is the best for the series.
THE PENGUIN---HBO Max's Sarah Aubrey commented on THE BATMAN spinoff series, "PENGUIN will sit immediately after the end of THE BATMAN and temporally before the events of the second movie. The show will come out in between the two movies. Now beyond that, it’s fun for the audience to know that it will be a bridge between the two, but the actual release date, I’m not at liberty to say.”
STAR WARS---Rian Johnson was asked when he will return to the franchise, "Making STAR WARS was the high point of my life and so I still, I pray to God I'll be back there someday."
BABYLON 5---J. Michael Straczynski commented on the status of the reboot series, "We're all impatient for B5 news, and there are tons of rumors from bloggers and posters and even some cast, but there's truly no decision because the decision makers haven't decided. When that decision does get made, it will come to me first, not to any of those folks"
CONFIDENT WOMEN---Amazon Prime crime anthology series about female con artists. Season 1 will focus on Sante Kimes, a con artist who was convicted of two murders.
TRIVIA---in the 1988 comedy movie THE NAKED GUN opening credits, a police car stops at a Los Angeles donut shop where the donuts are $1.99 a dozen. In 2022 when inflation is the highest in over 40 years, donut prizes have skyrocketed. Donut chain Krispy Kreme's Los Angles store has basic donuts at $15.49 a dozen---an increase of 778%. Local Los Angeles donut store Primo's has basic donuts at $34.80 a dozen--a whopping increase of 1,749%.
In the 1988 comedy movie THE NAKED GUN opening credits, a police car stops at a Los Angeles donut shop where the donuts are $1.99 a dozen.
In 2022, donut chain Krispy Kreme's Los Angles store has basic donuts at $15.49 a dozen---an increase of 778%.
In 2022, local Los Angeles donut store Primo's has basic donuts at $34.80 a dozen--a whopping increase of 1,749%.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16
WILLOW---new trailer released for the Disney+ series based on the fantasy movie.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUwMKW9vYl0
SLUMBERLAND---new trailer released for the Jason Momoa fantasy movie.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7WhLZj5-LY
THE RECRUIT---trailer released for the Netflix spy series.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT0kexzmU7A
EMANCIPATION---trailer released for the Apple TV+ movie starring Will Smith.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wafyhTpWpUs
THE WHALE---Brendan Fraser said he will not attend the Golden Globes, sponsored by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, even if he is nominated for a Golden Globe after he claimed ex-HFPA head Philip Berk sexually groped him at a 2003 Beverly Hill luncheon. Fraser said, “I have more history with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association than I have respect for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. No, I will not participate… It’s because of the history that I have with them. And my mother didn’t raise a hypocrite. You can call me a lot of things, but not that.”
Berk denied Fraser's allegation.
WESTWORLD---Luke Hemsworth finally commented on the series' cancellation, "You hope these things go forever, but everyone's got their own reasons. I'm very thankful for my part in that series and that journey was a big part of my life, but yeah it was disappointing... I think the idea right from the start was to go full circle and come back to be about loops, to be about human beings and robots being stuck in that trajectory. Unfortunately, we get cut off, but it's the nature of the world. You can't get depressed about it. You move on, and it opens up new doors."
The cast of Ed Harris, Evan Rachel Wood, Thandwie Newton, Jeffrey Wright and Aaron Paul will be paid their full salaries as stated in their contracts for Season 5.
THE WALKING DEAD---producers Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd, David Alpert, Charles Eglee and Glenn Mazzara have renewed their $200 million breach of contract against AMC because they feel the lawsuit is valid after creator Frank Darabont's $200 million settlement with AMC in 2021.
FREAKY FRIDAY---Jamie Lee Curtis said a sequel to the 2003 might be underway, “There is no scheduled date, but we’re talking. People are talking. The right people are talking. I’m 64 in a week, and Lindsay [Lohan] s 36…[A sequel] lends itself so beautifully. We’re both committed to it, and it’s not ours to make. It’s Disney’s to make, and I think they’re interested, and we’re talking.”
THE PRINCESS DIARIES 3---the sequel is underway with Aadrita Mukerji writing the script. It is hoped that Anne Hathaway will return.
HUNTERS---Amazon cancelled the series with Season 2 being the last season.
TRIVIA---Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor starred in the comedy movies STIR CRAZY and SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL. In both movies, the female star was from Houston and their first names began with "Jo". In STIR CRAZY, Houston native JoBeth Williams played Wilder's love interest, Meredith. In SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL, Houston native Joan Severance played female assassin Eve.
In STIR CRAZY, Houston native JoBeth Williams played Gene Wilder's love interest, Meredith.
In SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL, Houston native Joan Severance played female assassin Eve.
WILLOW---new trailer released for the Disney+ series based on the fantasy movie.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUwMKW9vYl0
SLUMBERLAND---new trailer released for the Jason Momoa fantasy movie.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7WhLZj5-LY
THE RECRUIT---trailer released for the Netflix spy series.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT0kexzmU7A
EMANCIPATION---trailer released for the Apple TV+ movie starring Will Smith.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wafyhTpWpUs
THE WHALE---Brendan Fraser said he will not attend the Golden Globes, sponsored by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, even if he is nominated for a Golden Globe after he claimed ex-HFPA head Philip Berk sexually groped him at a 2003 Beverly Hill luncheon. Fraser said, “I have more history with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association than I have respect for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. No, I will not participate… It’s because of the history that I have with them. And my mother didn’t raise a hypocrite. You can call me a lot of things, but not that.”
Berk denied Fraser's allegation.
WESTWORLD---Luke Hemsworth finally commented on the series' cancellation, "You hope these things go forever, but everyone's got their own reasons. I'm very thankful for my part in that series and that journey was a big part of my life, but yeah it was disappointing... I think the idea right from the start was to go full circle and come back to be about loops, to be about human beings and robots being stuck in that trajectory. Unfortunately, we get cut off, but it's the nature of the world. You can't get depressed about it. You move on, and it opens up new doors."
The cast of Ed Harris, Evan Rachel Wood, Thandwie Newton, Jeffrey Wright and Aaron Paul will be paid their full salaries as stated in their contracts for Season 5.
THE WALKING DEAD---producers Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd, David Alpert, Charles Eglee and Glenn Mazzara have renewed their $200 million breach of contract against AMC because they feel the lawsuit is valid after creator Frank Darabont's $200 million settlement with AMC in 2021.
FREAKY FRIDAY---Jamie Lee Curtis said a sequel to the 2003 might be underway, “There is no scheduled date, but we’re talking. People are talking. The right people are talking. I’m 64 in a week, and Lindsay [Lohan] s 36…[A sequel] lends itself so beautifully. We’re both committed to it, and it’s not ours to make. It’s Disney’s to make, and I think they’re interested, and we’re talking.”
THE PRINCESS DIARIES 3---the sequel is underway with Aadrita Mukerji writing the script. It is hoped that Anne Hathaway will return.
HUNTERS---Amazon cancelled the series with Season 2 being the last season.
TRIVIA---Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor starred in the comedy movies STIR CRAZY and SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL. In both movies, the female star was from Houston and their first names began with "Jo". In STIR CRAZY, Houston native JoBeth Williams played Wilder's love interest, Meredith. In SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL, Houston native Joan Severance played female assassin Eve.
In STIR CRAZY, Houston native JoBeth Williams played Gene Wilder's love interest, Meredith.
In SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL, Houston native Joan Severance played female assassin Eve.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17
80 FOR BRADY---trailer released for the comedy movie starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Sally Field.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UeGXB2NjR8
ALIEN---Cailee Spaeny (PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING) is in talks to star in the Fede Alvarez ALIEN reboot movie with Ridley Scott as the producer. The reboot is reportedly not directly connected to the previous ALIEN movies.
A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE---Joseph Quinn (STRANGER THINGS) is in negotiations to play the male lead opposite Lupita Nyong'o in the prequel movie directed by Michael Sarnoski (PIG). The prequel is based on an idea by John Krasinski.
DUNE: PART TWO---Zendaya posted a photo of the sunset on desert planet Arrakis from the film set in Abu Dhabi.
QUENTIN TARANTINO---Tarantino commented on the current state of movies, “Even though the ’80s was the time that I probably saw more movies in my life than ever – at least as far as going out to the movies was concerned – I do feel that ’80s cinema is, along with the ’50s, the worst era in Hollywood history. Matched only by now, matched only by the current era!”
Tarantino added that he is developing an eight-episode tv series for 2023, but he gave no details.
UNFROSTED: THE POP-TART STORY---Jerry Seinfeld commented on the status of his Netflix movie about the breakfast snack, "Netflix is watching it today for the first time after I just finished editing and then we’ll see where it’s at next week. It should be out early next year, I think.
There is no story. But there are a couple of elements that are true that we use to begin the story, which is that Post came up with this idea and Kellogg’s heard about it and said, 'We have to do the same thing.' And then I kind of told the story as THE RIGHT STUFF with NASA versus the Soviet Union."
SUPERMAN---Amy Adams commented on if she might return as Lois Lane to reunite with Henry Cavill in a future Superman movie, “They haven’t spoken to me about it. If it’s me, great. If it’s somebody else, the role of Lois has been filled by so many wonderful actresses in the past, so I’ll support whatever direction they go.”
THE ORVILLE: NEW HORIZONS---Seth MacFarlane commented on the future of the series, "We are currently awaiting season 4 news! Thanks to the fans for the continued support".
BIG LITTLE LIES---Zoe Kravitz said she does not think Season 3 will happen, "I don’t think it is [coming back]. We talked about doing a Season 3 a lot. Unfortunately, Jean-Marc Vallee, our incredible director, passed away this last year, which is heartbreaking. And I can’t imagine going on without him. He really was the visionary for that show. So, unfortunately, it’s done.”
TRIVIA---before William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy starred on STAR TREK in 1966, they appeared on THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. episode "The Project Strigas Affair" in 1964.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du7psRNzF0s
80 FOR BRADY---trailer released for the comedy movie starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Sally Field.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UeGXB2NjR8
ALIEN---Cailee Spaeny (PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING) is in talks to star in the Fede Alvarez ALIEN reboot movie with Ridley Scott as the producer. The reboot is reportedly not directly connected to the previous ALIEN movies.
A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE---Joseph Quinn (STRANGER THINGS) is in negotiations to play the male lead opposite Lupita Nyong'o in the prequel movie directed by Michael Sarnoski (PIG). The prequel is based on an idea by John Krasinski.
DUNE: PART TWO---Zendaya posted a photo of the sunset on desert planet Arrakis from the film set in Abu Dhabi.
QUENTIN TARANTINO---Tarantino commented on the current state of movies, “Even though the ’80s was the time that I probably saw more movies in my life than ever – at least as far as going out to the movies was concerned – I do feel that ’80s cinema is, along with the ’50s, the worst era in Hollywood history. Matched only by now, matched only by the current era!”
Tarantino added that he is developing an eight-episode tv series for 2023, but he gave no details.
UNFROSTED: THE POP-TART STORY---Jerry Seinfeld commented on the status of his Netflix movie about the breakfast snack, "Netflix is watching it today for the first time after I just finished editing and then we’ll see where it’s at next week. It should be out early next year, I think.
There is no story. But there are a couple of elements that are true that we use to begin the story, which is that Post came up with this idea and Kellogg’s heard about it and said, 'We have to do the same thing.' And then I kind of told the story as THE RIGHT STUFF with NASA versus the Soviet Union."
SUPERMAN---Amy Adams commented on if she might return as Lois Lane to reunite with Henry Cavill in a future Superman movie, “They haven’t spoken to me about it. If it’s me, great. If it’s somebody else, the role of Lois has been filled by so many wonderful actresses in the past, so I’ll support whatever direction they go.”
THE ORVILLE: NEW HORIZONS---Seth MacFarlane commented on the future of the series, "We are currently awaiting season 4 news! Thanks to the fans for the continued support".
BIG LITTLE LIES---Zoe Kravitz said she does not think Season 3 will happen, "I don’t think it is [coming back]. We talked about doing a Season 3 a lot. Unfortunately, Jean-Marc Vallee, our incredible director, passed away this last year, which is heartbreaking. And I can’t imagine going on without him. He really was the visionary for that show. So, unfortunately, it’s done.”
TRIVIA---before William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy starred on STAR TREK in 1966, they appeared on THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. episode "The Project Strigas Affair" in 1964.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du7psRNzF0s