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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19
SPACEMAN---teaser trailer released for the Netflix sci fi movie starring Adam Sandler.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YK6Te-Brfk
LA BREA---trailer released for Season 3, the last season.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpvsemHiG40
THE BIKERIDERS---trailer released for the movie starring Tom Hardy and Austin Butler.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OAywYNvbMo
KANG THE CONQUEROR---Jonathan Majors has been fired by Marvel Studios after he was found guilty of assault and harassment against his ex-girlfriend, Grace Jabbari.
KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES---photo and concept art released show hero Noa (Owen Teague) and his orangutan friend Raka (Peter Macon).
THE GARFIELD MOVIE---Sony Pictures released the poster for the animated movie with voices by Chris Pratt and Samuel L. Jackson in which Garfield teams up with his long-lost father and Odie for a big heist.
STRANGER THINGS---Ross Duffer denied a fan rumor that the last season will reveal that the show's characters are really playing a lengthy, elaborate game of Dungeons and Dragons, "That would be the equivalent of, ‘That’s all a dream’. No, I assure you that is not how we’re going to end the show. We’ve known where we’ve been going for a while. And we feel comfortable with it; hopefully, it satisfies everyone. We’ll see.”
TRIPLE FRONTIER---Charlie Hunnam said a sequel to the 2019 Netflix movie is in the early stages of development, “Nothing guaranteed, but I just set up recently as the main producer on a potential sequel to TRIPLE FRONTIER at Netflix. So we’re working on that. It’s in its absolute infancy, but I feel like I’ve got a lot more to say about the sort of after life of military personnel. I’m really hopeful.” Ben Afffleck, Pedro Pascal and Oscar Isaac also starred.
WARRIOR---Max cancelled the series.
TRIVIA---more James Bond movie trivia.
In THUNDERBALL, Luciana Paluzzi played Bond Villain Fiona Volpe. Paluzzi also co-starred in the World War II movie NO TIME TO DIE (TANK FORCE in the US). Ironically, Daniel Craig's last James Bond movie was also titled NO TIME TO DIE.
In THUNDERBALL, Luciana Paluzzi played Bond Villain Fiona Volpe.
Paluzzi also co-starred in the World War II movie NO TIME TO DIE (TANK FORCE in the US).
Ironically, Daniel Craig's last James Bond movie was also titled NO TIME TO DIE.
SPACEMAN---teaser trailer released for the Netflix sci fi movie starring Adam Sandler.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YK6Te-Brfk
LA BREA---trailer released for Season 3, the last season.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpvsemHiG40
THE BIKERIDERS---trailer released for the movie starring Tom Hardy and Austin Butler.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OAywYNvbMo
KANG THE CONQUEROR---Jonathan Majors has been fired by Marvel Studios after he was found guilty of assault and harassment against his ex-girlfriend, Grace Jabbari.
KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES---photo and concept art released show hero Noa (Owen Teague) and his orangutan friend Raka (Peter Macon).
THE GARFIELD MOVIE---Sony Pictures released the poster for the animated movie with voices by Chris Pratt and Samuel L. Jackson in which Garfield teams up with his long-lost father and Odie for a big heist.
STRANGER THINGS---Ross Duffer denied a fan rumor that the last season will reveal that the show's characters are really playing a lengthy, elaborate game of Dungeons and Dragons, "That would be the equivalent of, ‘That’s all a dream’. No, I assure you that is not how we’re going to end the show. We’ve known where we’ve been going for a while. And we feel comfortable with it; hopefully, it satisfies everyone. We’ll see.”
TRIPLE FRONTIER---Charlie Hunnam said a sequel to the 2019 Netflix movie is in the early stages of development, “Nothing guaranteed, but I just set up recently as the main producer on a potential sequel to TRIPLE FRONTIER at Netflix. So we’re working on that. It’s in its absolute infancy, but I feel like I’ve got a lot more to say about the sort of after life of military personnel. I’m really hopeful.” Ben Afffleck, Pedro Pascal and Oscar Isaac also starred.
WARRIOR---Max cancelled the series.
TRIVIA---more James Bond movie trivia.
In THUNDERBALL, Luciana Paluzzi played Bond Villain Fiona Volpe. Paluzzi also co-starred in the World War II movie NO TIME TO DIE (TANK FORCE in the US). Ironically, Daniel Craig's last James Bond movie was also titled NO TIME TO DIE.
In THUNDERBALL, Luciana Paluzzi played Bond Villain Fiona Volpe.
Paluzzi also co-starred in the World War II movie NO TIME TO DIE (TANK FORCE in the US).
Ironically, Daniel Craig's last James Bond movie was also titled NO TIME TO DIE.
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I think Hollywood refers to it as using their 'artistic license'.......the difference of course here is that they darkened the character of a real person.
Like in Sink the Bismarck, the German Admiral Lutjens is portrayed as a fanatical Nazi who thought the ship was unsinkable. He was actually anti-Nazi and would give the Naval salute instead of the Nazi salute. And he didn't think the Bismarck had much chance of survival.
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I read he was wounded in the battle for Foy and that's why he left the company. During Market Garden he “organized and led scattered groups of parachutists in the successful defense of an important road junction on the vital Eindhoven (sic)-Arnhem Supply Route against superior and repeated attacks, while completely surrounded." Dike was awarded a second Bronze Star for his action at Bastogne, in which "he personally removed from an exposed position, in full enemy view, three wounded members of his company, while under intense small arms fire" on 3 January 1945."He died in 1989.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20
LAND OF BAD---trailer released for the action movie starring Russell Crowe and Liam Hemsworth.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTFazxfrXVw
EXPATS---trailer released for the Amazon Prime six-part miniseries starring Nicole Kidman.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whHb3ClSdrQ
GODZILLA MINUS ONE/MINUS COLOR---trailer released for the black and white version of the hit movie. Writer/director Takashi Yamazaki said, "'GODZILLA MINUS ONE/ MINUS COLOR, which has been in the works for a long time, will finally release. The team did not just make the film monochrome, but coordinated it shot-by-shot, making full use of various mats (*grayscale images used to specify only the necessary area in each material when compositing multiple image materials), as if they were creating a new film. The goal was to create an image tone as if taken by the masters of black-and-white photography. I asked them to unearth as much skin texture and landscape detail as possible, which were latent in the captured data. Then, Godzilla appeared, as terrifying and horrifying as in a documentary. A new sense of reality that looms over you by losing colors. Please come to the theater and live and resist the further horror."
MINUS COLOR will appear in 340 Japanese theaters beginning on January 12. No plans were mentioned for a US release.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PShgB-ielBI
GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE---poster released for the sequel.
EMMANUELLE---photo released of Noemie Merlant starring in the reboot of the 1974 movie that starred Sylvia Kristel. Naomie Watts joined the cast in an undisclosed role.
X-MEN---movie insider Daniel Richtman said Marvel Studios is thinking about making Mr. Sinster as the main villain for the reboot movie.
STRANGER THINGS---Frank Darabont (THE WALKING DEAD) is in talks to direct two episodes of the last season.
WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS---FX announced the upcoming Season 6 will be the last season.
DARIO ARGENTO: PANICO---Shudder documentary on Dario Argento will premiere on February 2.
THE BUCCANEERS---Apple TV renewed the series for Season 2.
TRIVIA---the classic Western TOMBSTONE (Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Michael Biehn, Sam Elliott and Bill Paxton) was about the legendary Gunfight at the OK Corral. Kevin Jarre was supposed to direct the movie he wrote, but he was fired and replaced by George P. Cosmatos (COBRA, LEVIATHAN). However, rumors claim Cosmatos was not up to the task, and Kurt Russell directed the movie behind Cosmatos' back. Russell commented on the rumors, "TOMBSTONE will always remain a mystery. I made a promise to somebody that I won’t talk about things publicly. At the end of the day, I’m really glad that it came out as well as it did.
It had a group of fantastic actors and a writer that, in my opinion, wrote the best Western dialogue ever. And I always see it climbing its way up the ranks in the ‘Best Western’ conversation. I will say this: If I had not been around, TOMBSTONE wouldn’t have, either.”
LAND OF BAD---trailer released for the action movie starring Russell Crowe and Liam Hemsworth.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTFazxfrXVw
EXPATS---trailer released for the Amazon Prime six-part miniseries starring Nicole Kidman.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whHb3ClSdrQ
GODZILLA MINUS ONE/MINUS COLOR---trailer released for the black and white version of the hit movie. Writer/director Takashi Yamazaki said, "'GODZILLA MINUS ONE/ MINUS COLOR, which has been in the works for a long time, will finally release. The team did not just make the film monochrome, but coordinated it shot-by-shot, making full use of various mats (*grayscale images used to specify only the necessary area in each material when compositing multiple image materials), as if they were creating a new film. The goal was to create an image tone as if taken by the masters of black-and-white photography. I asked them to unearth as much skin texture and landscape detail as possible, which were latent in the captured data. Then, Godzilla appeared, as terrifying and horrifying as in a documentary. A new sense of reality that looms over you by losing colors. Please come to the theater and live and resist the further horror."
MINUS COLOR will appear in 340 Japanese theaters beginning on January 12. No plans were mentioned for a US release.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PShgB-ielBI
GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE---poster released for the sequel.
EMMANUELLE---photo released of Noemie Merlant starring in the reboot of the 1974 movie that starred Sylvia Kristel. Naomie Watts joined the cast in an undisclosed role.
X-MEN---movie insider Daniel Richtman said Marvel Studios is thinking about making Mr. Sinster as the main villain for the reboot movie.
STRANGER THINGS---Frank Darabont (THE WALKING DEAD) is in talks to direct two episodes of the last season.
WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS---FX announced the upcoming Season 6 will be the last season.
DARIO ARGENTO: PANICO---Shudder documentary on Dario Argento will premiere on February 2.
THE BUCCANEERS---Apple TV renewed the series for Season 2.
TRIVIA---the classic Western TOMBSTONE (Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Michael Biehn, Sam Elliott and Bill Paxton) was about the legendary Gunfight at the OK Corral. Kevin Jarre was supposed to direct the movie he wrote, but he was fired and replaced by George P. Cosmatos (COBRA, LEVIATHAN). However, rumors claim Cosmatos was not up to the task, and Kurt Russell directed the movie behind Cosmatos' back. Russell commented on the rumors, "TOMBSTONE will always remain a mystery. I made a promise to somebody that I won’t talk about things publicly. At the end of the day, I’m really glad that it came out as well as it did.
It had a group of fantastic actors and a writer that, in my opinion, wrote the best Western dialogue ever. And I always see it climbing its way up the ranks in the ‘Best Western’ conversation. I will say this: If I had not been around, TOMBSTONE wouldn’t have, either.”
Regarding Easy Company members' memories of their fellow paratroopers such as Lt. Dike, Pvt. Albert Blithe was shown in the miniseries as being mortally wounded by a German sniper after D-Day. Bill Guarnere and Babe Heffron told Ambrose they attended Blithe's funeral in 1948. In fact, Blithe survived World War II and fought in the Korean War and died in 1967.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21
CULT KILLER---trailer released for the serial killer movie starring Antonio Banderas and Alice Eve.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hT7IzZuuVk
THE REGIME---trailer released for the HBO miniseries starring Kate Winslet.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82bST-tsEdY
MAYDAY---Bill Skarsgard (IT) will reportedly play John F. Kennedy in the World War II movie about Kennedy's PT 109 torpedo boat which was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer and led to Kennedy's heroic ordeal in saving the lives of the 11 survivors. The movie will also focus on Kennedy's turbulent relationship with his father, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. The 1963 movie PT 109 starred Cliff Robertson as Kennedy.
AQUAMAN AND THE LOST KINGDOM---the sequel earned a Rotten Tomatoes score of 36% based on 42 reviews which makes it the lowest-scoring DCEU movie of 2023. By comparison, the original movie AQUAMAN had a Rotten Tomatoes 65% score.
WOLFS---George Clooney and Brad Pitt will star in this Sony pictures movie about two lone wolf fixers assigned to the same job. Jon Watts (SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME) is the director.
DUNE: PART THREE---Timothee Chalamet hinted Jason Momoa will return for PART THREE which is based on the book DUNE MESSIAH, “But Momoa will be back. Not in this one, but in [MESSIAH]… It’s weird because they’re so secretive about the script and the trailer, but [the books] have been out there for 70 years.”
NUTCRACKERS---Ben Stiller stars in this comedy movie about a workaholic who returns to his rural hometown to take care of his four rambunctious nephews after their parents were killed in an auto accident.
THE REACHER---Season 2's three-episode premiere had a 50% audience increase over all of Season 1 which makes it Amazon Prime's most-streamed title.
SHINING VALE---Starz cancelled the series.
MY LIFE WITH THE WALTER BOYS---Netflix renewed the series for Season 2.
TRIVIA---Christmas movie trivia.
In the 1990 Christmas movie HOME ALONE, Kevin McCallister went to the grocery store and bought a 1/2 gallon of milk, a 1/2 gallon of Tropicana orange juice, a loaf of Wonderbread, frozen macaroni and cheese, Tide laundry detergent, plastic wrap, toilet paper, toy soldiers and Snuggle dryer sheets---and paid $19.83. According to a recent internet poster which drew national attention, in 2023 the same items would cost $72.83 which is a whopping 248% increase, “The total in 1990? $19.83. Last year those items cost $44.40. Today? Only 1 year later, those same items cost $72.28, after tax. That’s a 248 percent increase. I am SICK.”
However, a Poynter Institute fact-checker bought the same items at the Grand Food Center featured in HOME ALONE that is a six-minute walk from Kevin's house and found the cost was $56.84. Some of the exact same items from 1990 were not available, so the fact-checker substituted package size adjustments and reportedly similar items from other stores. The Bureau of Labor inflation says 2023 costs are 2.35 times more than 1990 and $19.83 spent in December, 1990 would equal $45.62 in October, 2023.
By comparison, Kevin's house in HOME ALONE at 671 Lincoln Avenue in Winnetka, Illinois sold for $880,000 in 1988, and Zillow says it is currently worth $2.34 million.
An internet poster claimed the grocery store items Kevin bought in HOME ALONE for $19.83 in 1990 now cost $72.83, but a Poynter Institute fact-checker claimed the items really cost $56.84.
Kevin's house in the movie at 671 Lincoln Avenue in Winnetka, Illinois sold for $880,000 in 1988, and Zillow says it is currently worth $2.34 million.
CULT KILLER---trailer released for the serial killer movie starring Antonio Banderas and Alice Eve.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hT7IzZuuVk
THE REGIME---trailer released for the HBO miniseries starring Kate Winslet.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82bST-tsEdY
MAYDAY---Bill Skarsgard (IT) will reportedly play John F. Kennedy in the World War II movie about Kennedy's PT 109 torpedo boat which was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer and led to Kennedy's heroic ordeal in saving the lives of the 11 survivors. The movie will also focus on Kennedy's turbulent relationship with his father, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. The 1963 movie PT 109 starred Cliff Robertson as Kennedy.
AQUAMAN AND THE LOST KINGDOM---the sequel earned a Rotten Tomatoes score of 36% based on 42 reviews which makes it the lowest-scoring DCEU movie of 2023. By comparison, the original movie AQUAMAN had a Rotten Tomatoes 65% score.
WOLFS---George Clooney and Brad Pitt will star in this Sony pictures movie about two lone wolf fixers assigned to the same job. Jon Watts (SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME) is the director.
DUNE: PART THREE---Timothee Chalamet hinted Jason Momoa will return for PART THREE which is based on the book DUNE MESSIAH, “But Momoa will be back. Not in this one, but in [MESSIAH]… It’s weird because they’re so secretive about the script and the trailer, but [the books] have been out there for 70 years.”
NUTCRACKERS---Ben Stiller stars in this comedy movie about a workaholic who returns to his rural hometown to take care of his four rambunctious nephews after their parents were killed in an auto accident.
THE REACHER---Season 2's three-episode premiere had a 50% audience increase over all of Season 1 which makes it Amazon Prime's most-streamed title.
SHINING VALE---Starz cancelled the series.
MY LIFE WITH THE WALTER BOYS---Netflix renewed the series for Season 2.
TRIVIA---Christmas movie trivia.
In the 1990 Christmas movie HOME ALONE, Kevin McCallister went to the grocery store and bought a 1/2 gallon of milk, a 1/2 gallon of Tropicana orange juice, a loaf of Wonderbread, frozen macaroni and cheese, Tide laundry detergent, plastic wrap, toilet paper, toy soldiers and Snuggle dryer sheets---and paid $19.83. According to a recent internet poster which drew national attention, in 2023 the same items would cost $72.83 which is a whopping 248% increase, “The total in 1990? $19.83. Last year those items cost $44.40. Today? Only 1 year later, those same items cost $72.28, after tax. That’s a 248 percent increase. I am SICK.”
However, a Poynter Institute fact-checker bought the same items at the Grand Food Center featured in HOME ALONE that is a six-minute walk from Kevin's house and found the cost was $56.84. Some of the exact same items from 1990 were not available, so the fact-checker substituted package size adjustments and reportedly similar items from other stores. The Bureau of Labor inflation says 2023 costs are 2.35 times more than 1990 and $19.83 spent in December, 1990 would equal $45.62 in October, 2023.
By comparison, Kevin's house in HOME ALONE at 671 Lincoln Avenue in Winnetka, Illinois sold for $880,000 in 1988, and Zillow says it is currently worth $2.34 million.
An internet poster claimed the grocery store items Kevin bought in HOME ALONE for $19.83 in 1990 now cost $72.83, but a Poynter Institute fact-checker claimed the items really cost $56.84.
Kevin's house in the movie at 671 Lincoln Avenue in Winnetka, Illinois sold for $880,000 in 1988, and Zillow says it is currently worth $2.34 million.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22
FEUD: CAPOTE VS. THE SWANS---FX released the trailer for Season 2 starring Naomi Watts, Calista Flockhart and Diane Lane.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhNq3MTjvQk
THE FALL GUY---photo released of Ryan Gosling starring in the movie based on the Lee Majors tv series about Hollywood stuntmen who moonlight as bounty hunters. Emily Blunt, Hannah Waddingham and Teresa Palmer also star.
ROAD HOUSE---photo released of Jake Gyllenhaal starring in the remake of the 1989 movie that starred Patrick Swayze. The remake is about a man who takes a job at a rough road house in the Florida Keys and co-stars Daniela Melchior and Lukas Gage.
FAST FIVE---Vin Diesel's former assistant, Asta Jonasson, filed a lawsuit against Diesel and accused him of sexual battery in Diesel's Atlanta St. Regis Hotel suite while filming the sequel in 2010. Jonasson claimed Diesel “pulled her onto the bed …. and molested her body.” She added that Diesel masturbated in front of her while he pinned her against the wall. After the incident, Jonasson claimed she was fired by Diesel's sister, Samantha Vincent, head of Diesel's One Race Films production company. The lawsuit said, “It was clear to her that she was being fired because she was no longer useful.”
Diesel's attorney, Bryan Freedman, denied the accusations, “Let me be very clear: Vin Diesel categorically denies this claim in its entirety. This is the first he has ever heard about this more than 13-year-old claim made by a purportedly 9-day employee. There is clear evidence which completely refutes these outlandish allegations.”
THE FAMILY PLAN---the comedy assassin movie starring Mark Wahlberg is Apple Tv+'s most-watched movie in its history.
THE RETURN OF THE ROCKETEER---David Oyelowo commented on the status of the sequel to the 1991 movie that starred Billy Campbell, Timothy Dalton and Jennifer Connelly, “We have forward momentum. I know you guys hear this stuff all the time, but we are in the script development stage and if you’re going to reinvigorate that beloved franchise, you better come with the goods. And so Eugene Ashe is currently writing away and we were talking about it only this week. We’re all very committed to that. But it’s going to have to be great and we will not rest until it is.”
ZATANNA---writer Emerald Fennell said the DC superhero movie is longer in the works, “No, it’s not happening. So this was something I was working on before PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN, and it was when J.J. Abrams had, I think, just arrived at Warner Bros. and was going to reboot the Dark Universe … and they were going to make this new kind of dark villain universe, or hero-villain universe. Because I love genre of all kinds so much … I [was] definitely interested."
THE GILDED AGE---HBO renewed the series for Season 3.
TRIVIA---Christmas movie trivia.
Director/composer John Carpenter is best known for his horror and sci fi movies including THE THING, HALLOWEEN and ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, but he posted about his family's connection to a popular Christmas song, "My father Howard Carpenter played violin on Brenda Lee's JINGLE BELL ROCK. He was a member of the Nashville Strings."
Lee's version of "Jingle Bell Rock", which was on her 1964 album MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM BRENDA LEE, has charted on the Billboard Top 100 every year since 2019.
Howard Carpenter, a music professor at Western Kentucky University, also played the violin with Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison and Waylon Jennings.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq6dZGgsKuk
FEUD: CAPOTE VS. THE SWANS---FX released the trailer for Season 2 starring Naomi Watts, Calista Flockhart and Diane Lane.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhNq3MTjvQk
THE FALL GUY---photo released of Ryan Gosling starring in the movie based on the Lee Majors tv series about Hollywood stuntmen who moonlight as bounty hunters. Emily Blunt, Hannah Waddingham and Teresa Palmer also star.
ROAD HOUSE---photo released of Jake Gyllenhaal starring in the remake of the 1989 movie that starred Patrick Swayze. The remake is about a man who takes a job at a rough road house in the Florida Keys and co-stars Daniela Melchior and Lukas Gage.
FAST FIVE---Vin Diesel's former assistant, Asta Jonasson, filed a lawsuit against Diesel and accused him of sexual battery in Diesel's Atlanta St. Regis Hotel suite while filming the sequel in 2010. Jonasson claimed Diesel “pulled her onto the bed …. and molested her body.” She added that Diesel masturbated in front of her while he pinned her against the wall. After the incident, Jonasson claimed she was fired by Diesel's sister, Samantha Vincent, head of Diesel's One Race Films production company. The lawsuit said, “It was clear to her that she was being fired because she was no longer useful.”
Diesel's attorney, Bryan Freedman, denied the accusations, “Let me be very clear: Vin Diesel categorically denies this claim in its entirety. This is the first he has ever heard about this more than 13-year-old claim made by a purportedly 9-day employee. There is clear evidence which completely refutes these outlandish allegations.”
THE FAMILY PLAN---the comedy assassin movie starring Mark Wahlberg is Apple Tv+'s most-watched movie in its history.
THE RETURN OF THE ROCKETEER---David Oyelowo commented on the status of the sequel to the 1991 movie that starred Billy Campbell, Timothy Dalton and Jennifer Connelly, “We have forward momentum. I know you guys hear this stuff all the time, but we are in the script development stage and if you’re going to reinvigorate that beloved franchise, you better come with the goods. And so Eugene Ashe is currently writing away and we were talking about it only this week. We’re all very committed to that. But it’s going to have to be great and we will not rest until it is.”
ZATANNA---writer Emerald Fennell said the DC superhero movie is longer in the works, “No, it’s not happening. So this was something I was working on before PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN, and it was when J.J. Abrams had, I think, just arrived at Warner Bros. and was going to reboot the Dark Universe … and they were going to make this new kind of dark villain universe, or hero-villain universe. Because I love genre of all kinds so much … I [was] definitely interested."
THE GILDED AGE---HBO renewed the series for Season 3.
TRIVIA---Christmas movie trivia.
Director/composer John Carpenter is best known for his horror and sci fi movies including THE THING, HALLOWEEN and ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, but he posted about his family's connection to a popular Christmas song, "My father Howard Carpenter played violin on Brenda Lee's JINGLE BELL ROCK. He was a member of the Nashville Strings."
Lee's version of "Jingle Bell Rock", which was on her 1964 album MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM BRENDA LEE, has charted on the Billboard Top 100 every year since 2019.
Howard Carpenter, a music professor at Western Kentucky University, also played the violin with Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison and Waylon Jennings.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq6dZGgsKuk
MONDAY, DECEMBER 26
REBEL MOON--PART TWO: THE SCARGIVER---trailer posted for the Netflix sequel.
Also, co-writer Kurt Johnstad commented on PART ONE's dismal 23% Rotten Tomatoes critics score, "I don’t read the reviews, I never have. Critics have a job to do. We live in a democracy. Everybody gets to vote. If people watch the film, they’ll have an experience, and they will either enjoy it or they won’t. It’s flavors of ice cream.
In my career of 20 years doing this, reviews have never equated to performance. A movie will either perform or it won’t. People will either love it and be connected to it, and I think what this movie has is an emotional drive and a core and characters that are vulnerable.
And of course, there’s sequence and action and visual – it’s a magnificent looking film. But I think that at the core of it, it’s got emotion. There’s an emotional engine and a currency that runs through the film that I think works, so I’d invite people to check it out.”
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf16jEmvJUY
DAVE CHAPPELLE: THE DREAMER---trailer released for the Netflix special.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWgL63c80X4
DOCTOR WHO---BBC released a trailer for Season 1.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nduSPlZ0x7k
JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX---director Todd Phillips posted a sequel photo of Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck and Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn.
SCREAM 7---director Christopher Landon announced he has departed the sequel after Melissa Barrera was fired for posing anti-Semitic comments and Jenny Ortega left due to a schedule problem with WEDNESDAY, “I guess now is as good a time as any to announce I formally exited SCREAM 7 weeks ago. This will disappoint some and delight others. It was a dream job that turned into a nightmare. And my heart did break for everyone involved. Everyone. But it’s time to move on. I have nothing more to add to the conversation other than I hope Wes’ [Craven] legacy thrives and lifts above the din of a divided world. What he and Kevin [Williamson] created is something amazing, and I was honored to have even the briefest moment basking in their glow.”
GODZILLA MINUS ONE---producer Minami Ichikawa commented on the future of the franchise after MINUS ONE has earned $75 million worldwide with a budget under $15 million, "We’re collectively considering the future of the Godzilla character. We’ve had things like animated Godzilla films in the past, so we’re brainstorming new avenues to expand the Godzilla universe.”
BARBIE---producer Robbie Brenner commented on BARBIE crossovers with other Mattel movies, “There’s so much crossover potential. Certainly Barbie can live with Hot Wheels and Matchbox and Major Matt Mason. The other day someone came to visit, and we were giving them a tour and we were showing them the Basquiat upstairs and the Warhol. It happened to have been Halloween, so all of the kids were trick-or-treating [in offices] and in costumes. I thought to myself, this is a setup for a movie, a kid’s heist film where they steal the Basquiat and Warhol. That’s a good Mattel movie.”
KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE---director Stephen Chiodo said he wants to develop a tv miniseries based on the 1988 sci fi horror movie, “My goal is to do an eight-part miniseries for streamers. We’ve got a great concept that continues the story of our main characters. We’ll follow a new group of teenagers who come upon the clowns and meet a drunk living in his van – it’s Mike Tobacco. There’s a big invasion, and we end up on the clown planet.”
He added, ”We have lots of great ideas about where this universe goes. You haven’t even seen the clown animals on the clown planet yet. There’s a whole world of things that we have in mind!”
TRIVIA---DIE HARD co-writer Steven E. de Souza commented on the long-running debate about DIE HARD being a Christmas movie, ““White Christmas” is universally acknowledged as a benchmark Christmas movie, so empirical evidence proves “Die Hard” is even *more* Christmas-y.”
Peter Billingsley, star of A CHRISTMAS STORY, also supports DIE HARD is a Christmas movie by pointing out it uses Christmas songs "Christmas in Hollis" and "Let It Snow", is set at the Nakatomi Corporation Christmas party, has Santas, has the iconic "Now I have a machine gun ho ho ho"" and added, “Most importantly, I think it embodies the themes of Christmas of acceptance, forgiveness, love and family.”
Earlier, director John McTiernan said, “We hadn’t intended it to be a Christmas movie, but the joy that came from it is what turned it into a Christmas movie.”
REBEL MOON--PART TWO: THE SCARGIVER---trailer posted for the Netflix sequel.
Also, co-writer Kurt Johnstad commented on PART ONE's dismal 23% Rotten Tomatoes critics score, "I don’t read the reviews, I never have. Critics have a job to do. We live in a democracy. Everybody gets to vote. If people watch the film, they’ll have an experience, and they will either enjoy it or they won’t. It’s flavors of ice cream.
In my career of 20 years doing this, reviews have never equated to performance. A movie will either perform or it won’t. People will either love it and be connected to it, and I think what this movie has is an emotional drive and a core and characters that are vulnerable.
And of course, there’s sequence and action and visual – it’s a magnificent looking film. But I think that at the core of it, it’s got emotion. There’s an emotional engine and a currency that runs through the film that I think works, so I’d invite people to check it out.”
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf16jEmvJUY
DAVE CHAPPELLE: THE DREAMER---trailer released for the Netflix special.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWgL63c80X4
DOCTOR WHO---BBC released a trailer for Season 1.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nduSPlZ0x7k
JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX---director Todd Phillips posted a sequel photo of Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck and Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn.
SCREAM 7---director Christopher Landon announced he has departed the sequel after Melissa Barrera was fired for posing anti-Semitic comments and Jenny Ortega left due to a schedule problem with WEDNESDAY, “I guess now is as good a time as any to announce I formally exited SCREAM 7 weeks ago. This will disappoint some and delight others. It was a dream job that turned into a nightmare. And my heart did break for everyone involved. Everyone. But it’s time to move on. I have nothing more to add to the conversation other than I hope Wes’ [Craven] legacy thrives and lifts above the din of a divided world. What he and Kevin [Williamson] created is something amazing, and I was honored to have even the briefest moment basking in their glow.”
GODZILLA MINUS ONE---producer Minami Ichikawa commented on the future of the franchise after MINUS ONE has earned $75 million worldwide with a budget under $15 million, "We’re collectively considering the future of the Godzilla character. We’ve had things like animated Godzilla films in the past, so we’re brainstorming new avenues to expand the Godzilla universe.”
BARBIE---producer Robbie Brenner commented on BARBIE crossovers with other Mattel movies, “There’s so much crossover potential. Certainly Barbie can live with Hot Wheels and Matchbox and Major Matt Mason. The other day someone came to visit, and we were giving them a tour and we were showing them the Basquiat upstairs and the Warhol. It happened to have been Halloween, so all of the kids were trick-or-treating [in offices] and in costumes. I thought to myself, this is a setup for a movie, a kid’s heist film where they steal the Basquiat and Warhol. That’s a good Mattel movie.”
KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE---director Stephen Chiodo said he wants to develop a tv miniseries based on the 1988 sci fi horror movie, “My goal is to do an eight-part miniseries for streamers. We’ve got a great concept that continues the story of our main characters. We’ll follow a new group of teenagers who come upon the clowns and meet a drunk living in his van – it’s Mike Tobacco. There’s a big invasion, and we end up on the clown planet.”
He added, ”We have lots of great ideas about where this universe goes. You haven’t even seen the clown animals on the clown planet yet. There’s a whole world of things that we have in mind!”
TRIVIA---DIE HARD co-writer Steven E. de Souza commented on the long-running debate about DIE HARD being a Christmas movie, ““White Christmas” is universally acknowledged as a benchmark Christmas movie, so empirical evidence proves “Die Hard” is even *more* Christmas-y.”
Peter Billingsley, star of A CHRISTMAS STORY, also supports DIE HARD is a Christmas movie by pointing out it uses Christmas songs "Christmas in Hollis" and "Let It Snow", is set at the Nakatomi Corporation Christmas party, has Santas, has the iconic "Now I have a machine gun ho ho ho"" and added, “Most importantly, I think it embodies the themes of Christmas of acceptance, forgiveness, love and family.”
Earlier, director John McTiernan said, “We hadn’t intended it to be a Christmas movie, but the joy that came from it is what turned it into a Christmas movie.”
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27
SPACEMAN---more details were released on the Netflix sci fi movie starring Adam Sandler and is based on the novel SPACEMAN OF BOHEMIA. Sandler plays a lone Czech astronaut who is lost in space and was trying to save his crumbling marriage to Lenka, who is played By Carey Mulligan. The astronaut then finds Hanus, voiced by Paul Dano, who is a "mysterious creature from the beginning of time" hiding in his spaceship and who offers insights into the astronaut's failed marriage.
REBEL MOON--PART ONE: A CHILD OF FIRE---the Zack Snyder sci fi movie had a hit premiere of 23.9 million views in three days. By comparison, LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND had 19.7 million views in seven days.
Also, Snyder said he is suffering from superhero movie fatigue, “I have the same fatigue” and he considers super hero movies to be “a cul-de-sac now...No one thinks they’re going to a one-off superhero movie.”
Snyder said he wants a James Bond movie to be his next project, “It’d be cool to see, like, 20-year-old James Bond. The humble roots that he comes from. Whatever trauma of youth that makes you be able to be James Bond. There has to be something there.”
Christopher Nolan commented on Snyder, “There’s no superhero science-fiction film coming out these days where I don’t see some influence of Zack…When you watch a Zack Snyder film, you see and feel his love for the potential of cinema. The potential of it to be fantastical, to be heightened in its reality, but to move you and to excite you.”
THE COLOR PURPLE---the remake movie earned $18.2 million on its Christmas Day premiere which is second to SHERLOCK HOLMES which earned $24.6 million on Christmas Day.
PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS---the premiere drew 13.3 million viewers in six days which put it in Disney+'s top five premieres of 2023.
THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT---Temeura Morrison commented on a possible Season 2, "I don't know what's going on there. We're coming out of this downtime period so I think everyone is just settling back in and it all goes back to budgets and what they want to do and how much the thing costs. I really don't know. Judging by the fans I've met, they all want a Season 2, but I don't know what's going to happen."
THE BATMAN: PART TWO---James Gunn commented on rumors that the sequel's villains are Professor Pyg, Scarecrow, Clayface and Hush, "Nope. Totally made up."
TWISTERS---Glen Powell compared the movie to the original 1996 movie, “It’s definitely not a reboot. We’re not trying to recreate the story from the first one. It’s a completely original story. There are no characters from the original movie back, so it’s not really a continuation. It’s just its own standalone story in the modern-day.” Rumors claimed the new movie would feature the daughter of the characters played by Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt.
REACHER---Alan Ritchson commented on Season 3, "I can't say too much about Season 3, but I will say there's a lot of classic REACHER stories which are just adventures that he gets sucked into in a big way. And we get to enjoy REACHER in a new world. It may not have anything to do with family, with his past, he's just living that adventure out and that's kind of the direction that we've gone and it seems to really be working."
TRIVIA---more James Bond movie trivia.
Martine Beswick played Bond Girls in FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE and THUNDERBALL. Beswick auditioned for the role of Honey Ryder in DR. NO, but Ursula Andress got the part. However, many sources claim Beswick did appear in DR. NO as a dancer. When asked to comment on the claims, Beswick replied, "I was hoping somebody would bring this up because it's a fallacy! Everybody thinks it happened... but it didn't!"
Martine Beswick (left) played Zora, one of the cat fight gypsy girls in FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE.
Beswick played MI6 agent Paula Caplan in THUNDERBALL.
Beswick auditioned for the role of Honey Ryder in DR. NO, but Ursula Andress got the part. Beswick denied she played a dancer in DR. NO.
SPACEMAN---more details were released on the Netflix sci fi movie starring Adam Sandler and is based on the novel SPACEMAN OF BOHEMIA. Sandler plays a lone Czech astronaut who is lost in space and was trying to save his crumbling marriage to Lenka, who is played By Carey Mulligan. The astronaut then finds Hanus, voiced by Paul Dano, who is a "mysterious creature from the beginning of time" hiding in his spaceship and who offers insights into the astronaut's failed marriage.
REBEL MOON--PART ONE: A CHILD OF FIRE---the Zack Snyder sci fi movie had a hit premiere of 23.9 million views in three days. By comparison, LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND had 19.7 million views in seven days.
Also, Snyder said he is suffering from superhero movie fatigue, “I have the same fatigue” and he considers super hero movies to be “a cul-de-sac now...No one thinks they’re going to a one-off superhero movie.”
Snyder said he wants a James Bond movie to be his next project, “It’d be cool to see, like, 20-year-old James Bond. The humble roots that he comes from. Whatever trauma of youth that makes you be able to be James Bond. There has to be something there.”
Christopher Nolan commented on Snyder, “There’s no superhero science-fiction film coming out these days where I don’t see some influence of Zack…When you watch a Zack Snyder film, you see and feel his love for the potential of cinema. The potential of it to be fantastical, to be heightened in its reality, but to move you and to excite you.”
THE COLOR PURPLE---the remake movie earned $18.2 million on its Christmas Day premiere which is second to SHERLOCK HOLMES which earned $24.6 million on Christmas Day.
PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS---the premiere drew 13.3 million viewers in six days which put it in Disney+'s top five premieres of 2023.
THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT---Temeura Morrison commented on a possible Season 2, "I don't know what's going on there. We're coming out of this downtime period so I think everyone is just settling back in and it all goes back to budgets and what they want to do and how much the thing costs. I really don't know. Judging by the fans I've met, they all want a Season 2, but I don't know what's going to happen."
THE BATMAN: PART TWO---James Gunn commented on rumors that the sequel's villains are Professor Pyg, Scarecrow, Clayface and Hush, "Nope. Totally made up."
TWISTERS---Glen Powell compared the movie to the original 1996 movie, “It’s definitely not a reboot. We’re not trying to recreate the story from the first one. It’s a completely original story. There are no characters from the original movie back, so it’s not really a continuation. It’s just its own standalone story in the modern-day.” Rumors claimed the new movie would feature the daughter of the characters played by Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt.
REACHER---Alan Ritchson commented on Season 3, "I can't say too much about Season 3, but I will say there's a lot of classic REACHER stories which are just adventures that he gets sucked into in a big way. And we get to enjoy REACHER in a new world. It may not have anything to do with family, with his past, he's just living that adventure out and that's kind of the direction that we've gone and it seems to really be working."
TRIVIA---more James Bond movie trivia.
Martine Beswick played Bond Girls in FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE and THUNDERBALL. Beswick auditioned for the role of Honey Ryder in DR. NO, but Ursula Andress got the part. However, many sources claim Beswick did appear in DR. NO as a dancer. When asked to comment on the claims, Beswick replied, "I was hoping somebody would bring this up because it's a fallacy! Everybody thinks it happened... but it didn't!"
Martine Beswick (left) played Zora, one of the cat fight gypsy girls in FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE.
Beswick played MI6 agent Paula Caplan in THUNDERBALL.
Beswick auditioned for the role of Honey Ryder in DR. NO, but Ursula Andress got the part. Beswick denied she played a dancer in DR. NO.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28
STAR WARS---Adam Driver commented on rumors he will reunite with Daisy Ridley in the next STAR WARS movie, "They're doing stuff, but not with me. I'm not doing any more."
OBI-WAN KENOBI---Joel Edgerton commented on if there will be a Season 2 of the Disney+ miniseries, "I haven't heard. Either it's happening and they don't want me ... or it ... I don't know, I haven't, no. The short answer is no, I haven't. And I'm not even faking that I don't know."
GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE---poster released for the sequel.
SUPERMAN: LEGACY---a fan asked DC Studios co-head James Gunn about Superman's new uniform, “What’s the likelihood of seeing what the suit looks like before filming in March?” Gunn replied, “zero-point-zero.”
NAPOLEON---the Napoleon Bonaparte biomovie starring Joaquin Phoenix has earned over $200 million worldwide.
JAMES BOND---Paul Giamatti said he wants to play a Bond Villain in a future James Bond movie, “I’d want an accent of some kind. I’d definitely want an accent. It’d be nice to have an animal with me of some kind. Not necessarily a cat, but something. Any animal, maybe. Not a parrot or something. Something real. I don’t know. An accent, though, of some kind I’d have to have. A guy who’s all in fur coats and stuff like that? Be great.“
CARS---Pixar's Jay Ward said more animated CARS movies are planned, “There are more CARS things brewing, I can’t say much more yet. CARS has got a life that will keep going. I am working on some real fun projects right now that you will see in a couple of years. It takes us a while to make them.”
TORCHWOOD---Russell T. Davies commented on resurrecting the DOCTOR WHO spinoff, “No it doesn’t [make an appearance] yet. And no plans for that either, but I love it. It’s not a promise, but let’s have a think.”
TRIVIA---Burt Reynolds, whose halfback career at Florida State was ended by injuries, and Joe Kapp, an NFL and CFL star quarterback, appeared together in two football movies.
In THE LONGEST YARD, Reynolds played ex-NFL quarterback-turned convict Paul Crewe, and Kapp played prison guard Walking Boss.
In SEMI-TOUGH, Reynolds played Miami Bucks running back Billy Clyde Puckett, and Kapp played Bucks quarterback Hose Manning.
In THE LONGEST YARD, Reynolds played ex-NFL quarterback-turned convict Paul Crewe, and Kapp played prison guard Walking Boss.
In SEMI-TOUGH, Reynolds played Miami Bucks running back Billy Clyde Puckett (top photo) and Kapp played Bucks quarterback Hose Manning (bottom photo).
STAR WARS---Adam Driver commented on rumors he will reunite with Daisy Ridley in the next STAR WARS movie, "They're doing stuff, but not with me. I'm not doing any more."
OBI-WAN KENOBI---Joel Edgerton commented on if there will be a Season 2 of the Disney+ miniseries, "I haven't heard. Either it's happening and they don't want me ... or it ... I don't know, I haven't, no. The short answer is no, I haven't. And I'm not even faking that I don't know."
GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE---poster released for the sequel.
SUPERMAN: LEGACY---a fan asked DC Studios co-head James Gunn about Superman's new uniform, “What’s the likelihood of seeing what the suit looks like before filming in March?” Gunn replied, “zero-point-zero.”
NAPOLEON---the Napoleon Bonaparte biomovie starring Joaquin Phoenix has earned over $200 million worldwide.
JAMES BOND---Paul Giamatti said he wants to play a Bond Villain in a future James Bond movie, “I’d want an accent of some kind. I’d definitely want an accent. It’d be nice to have an animal with me of some kind. Not necessarily a cat, but something. Any animal, maybe. Not a parrot or something. Something real. I don’t know. An accent, though, of some kind I’d have to have. A guy who’s all in fur coats and stuff like that? Be great.“
CARS---Pixar's Jay Ward said more animated CARS movies are planned, “There are more CARS things brewing, I can’t say much more yet. CARS has got a life that will keep going. I am working on some real fun projects right now that you will see in a couple of years. It takes us a while to make them.”
TORCHWOOD---Russell T. Davies commented on resurrecting the DOCTOR WHO spinoff, “No it doesn’t [make an appearance] yet. And no plans for that either, but I love it. It’s not a promise, but let’s have a think.”
TRIVIA---Burt Reynolds, whose halfback career at Florida State was ended by injuries, and Joe Kapp, an NFL and CFL star quarterback, appeared together in two football movies.
In THE LONGEST YARD, Reynolds played ex-NFL quarterback-turned convict Paul Crewe, and Kapp played prison guard Walking Boss.
In SEMI-TOUGH, Reynolds played Miami Bucks running back Billy Clyde Puckett, and Kapp played Bucks quarterback Hose Manning.
In THE LONGEST YARD, Reynolds played ex-NFL quarterback-turned convict Paul Crewe, and Kapp played prison guard Walking Boss.
In SEMI-TOUGH, Reynolds played Miami Bucks running back Billy Clyde Puckett (top photo) and Kapp played Bucks quarterback Hose Manning (bottom photo).
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29
TOP 10 HIGHEST-GROSSING MOVIES---the top-10 highest grossing movies worldwide of 2023 are:
1. BARBIE---$1.4 billion
2. THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE---$1.3 billion
3. OPPENHEIMER---$952 million
4. GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3---$845 million
5. FAST X---$704 million
6. SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE---$690 million
7. THE LITTLE MERMAID---$569 million
8. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE-DEAD RECKONING PART ONE---$567 million
9. ELEMENTAL---$496 million
10.ANT-MAN & THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA---$476 million
GODZILLA MINUS ONE---the Toho prequel has earned $78 million worldwide which surpasses SHIN GODZILLA's $77.9 million worldwide. MINUS ONE is now the most successful Japanese-language Godzilla movie in history.
REBEL MOON---Zack Snyder commented on the Netflix R-rated version of the sci fi movie, “Way more brutal. More bizarre. Verhoeven-esque. More ROBOCOP than you know… in the way that it uses violence as another character. And there’s a lot of sex in it, and sci-fi fantasy.“
BATMAN---Daniel Waters, who wrote the screenplay for the BATMAN RETURNS sequel, commented on the original movie, “[Tim Burton] was not crazy about BATMAN. And I wasn’t crazy about it either. It had great production design and all that, but I didn’t like the movie…That scene where Jack [Nicholson’s] going up the stairs to a s— Prince song, spray painting art is the height of anti-entertainment.”
BLACK WIDOW---writer David Hayter posted about his cancelled 2004 movie, "It's kind of heartbreaking, But in my BLACK WIDOW movie, when twelve-year-old Natasha first stood up to fight her Red Room comrades, I was going to needle-drop Tom Sawyer."
ALIEN---20th Century Studios and Penguin Random House are publishing the preschool childrens book A IS FOR ALIEN: AN ABC BOOK for the 45th anniversary of the ALIEN franchise and a month before ALIEN: ROMULUS premieres. The book's synopsis says, “In space no one can hear you giggle as you read this Little Golden Book featuring the characters from the classic movie ALIEN! Follow Ripley and the rest of the Nostromo crew on a space adventure that introduces the alphabet from A to Z.”
CIVIL WAR---the Alex Garland movie has a runtime of 109 minutes compared to a rumored runtime of 195 minutes.
NIGHT COURT---Kapil Talwalkar will not return as court clerk Neil in Season 2 due to a new creative direction.
TRIVIA---in DIRTY HARRY, San Francisco Police Inspector Harry Callahan is in the subway tunnel carrying the ransom money to the Scorpio serial killer, and the graffiti on the wall says "Kyle"----which is Clint Eastwood's son.
TOP 10 HIGHEST-GROSSING MOVIES---the top-10 highest grossing movies worldwide of 2023 are:
1. BARBIE---$1.4 billion
2. THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE---$1.3 billion
3. OPPENHEIMER---$952 million
4. GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3---$845 million
5. FAST X---$704 million
6. SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE---$690 million
7. THE LITTLE MERMAID---$569 million
8. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE-DEAD RECKONING PART ONE---$567 million
9. ELEMENTAL---$496 million
10.ANT-MAN & THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA---$476 million
GODZILLA MINUS ONE---the Toho prequel has earned $78 million worldwide which surpasses SHIN GODZILLA's $77.9 million worldwide. MINUS ONE is now the most successful Japanese-language Godzilla movie in history.
REBEL MOON---Zack Snyder commented on the Netflix R-rated version of the sci fi movie, “Way more brutal. More bizarre. Verhoeven-esque. More ROBOCOP than you know… in the way that it uses violence as another character. And there’s a lot of sex in it, and sci-fi fantasy.“
BATMAN---Daniel Waters, who wrote the screenplay for the BATMAN RETURNS sequel, commented on the original movie, “[Tim Burton] was not crazy about BATMAN. And I wasn’t crazy about it either. It had great production design and all that, but I didn’t like the movie…That scene where Jack [Nicholson’s] going up the stairs to a s— Prince song, spray painting art is the height of anti-entertainment.”
BLACK WIDOW---writer David Hayter posted about his cancelled 2004 movie, "It's kind of heartbreaking, But in my BLACK WIDOW movie, when twelve-year-old Natasha first stood up to fight her Red Room comrades, I was going to needle-drop Tom Sawyer."
ALIEN---20th Century Studios and Penguin Random House are publishing the preschool childrens book A IS FOR ALIEN: AN ABC BOOK for the 45th anniversary of the ALIEN franchise and a month before ALIEN: ROMULUS premieres. The book's synopsis says, “In space no one can hear you giggle as you read this Little Golden Book featuring the characters from the classic movie ALIEN! Follow Ripley and the rest of the Nostromo crew on a space adventure that introduces the alphabet from A to Z.”
CIVIL WAR---the Alex Garland movie has a runtime of 109 minutes compared to a rumored runtime of 195 minutes.
NIGHT COURT---Kapil Talwalkar will not return as court clerk Neil in Season 2 due to a new creative direction.
TRIVIA---in DIRTY HARRY, San Francisco Police Inspector Harry Callahan is in the subway tunnel carrying the ransom money to the Scorpio serial killer, and the graffiti on the wall says "Kyle"----which is Clint Eastwood's son.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 2
LIFT---new trailer released for the Netflix heist movie starring Kevin Hart.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfFasuouxQI
MICKEY'S MOUSE TRAP---trailer released for the slasher movie.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_G3kp3_61c
STAR WARS: NEW JEDI ORDER---director Sharmeen Obaid-Cinoy (MS. MARVEL) commented on the movie with Daisy Ridley returning as Rey as she mentors new Jedi Knights, “I’m very thrilled about the project because I feel what we’re about to create is something very special. And we’re in 2024 now, and it’s about time that we had a woman come forward to shape a story in a galaxy far, far away.”
STAR WARS---JOHN WICK director Chad Stahelski said he wants to direct a STAR WARS movie, “Everyone’s got their thing, right? Like I’m a STAR WARS guy. The first STAR WARS changed my life. Maybe someday out there, Disney, if you’re listening… hit me in a couple of years, and I have a couple of takes for STAR WARS. I’d take a swing at that. I challenge you… take a [chance and] if Disney could survive me.”
He also said he wants to direct a BLADE movie for Marvel Studios, “Of all the things out there, I would take a swing at BLADE in a second. That’s one that gets under my skin; I’m like, ‘I would take a swing at that.'”
Look, I’ve worked for Marvel, a bunch. They’ve been very, very good to me. And certainly, Kevin Feige has almost been like a mentor in a capacity with the advice he’s been very happy to give me about opening a franchise with ‘John Wick.’
We’ve talked about it. But they have a very good formula, and they have their thing going, and I think they’ve got the right people involved in BLADE now, not that I’m in the inner circle. But we’ve had talks, but for whatever reason, things come together for [a reason], and there’s a good fit for them now.
But for what they’re doing, they’ve got a great thing going, but if that thing doesn’t work out for them in five years from now, I’d still be like, ‘yeah’.”
NINE VOYAGES---George RR Martin said HBO is developing three animated GAME OF THRONES spinoff series. One will feature Sea Snake Lord Corlys Velaryon, "As it happens, HBO and I have our own animated projects, set in the world of A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE. None of them have been greenlit yet, but I think we are getting close to taking the next step with a couple of them...We have moved NINE VOYAGES, our series about the legendary voyages of the Sea Snake, over from live action to animation. A move I support fully.
Budgetary constraints would likely have made a live action version prohibitively expensive, what with half the show taking place at sea, and the necessity of creating a different port every week, from Driftmark to Lys to the Basilisk Isles to Volantis to Qarth to…well, on and on and on.
There’s a whole world out there. And we have a lot better chance of showing it all with animation. So we now have three animated projects underway.”
DEADPOOL 3---Ryan Reynolds posted a photo of him in the new Deadpool suit.
COYOTE VS. ACME---voice actor Eric Bauza posted a photo from the cancelled animated movie with the caption, "See Ya in 2024". Warner Bros. has received interest from four sources including Netflix, Amazon and Paramount Pictures.
WEDNESDAY---casting for Season 2 will add three new characters. Karloff is an athletic teenage male and will wear prosthetics, Wolfgang is a charming teenage male and Annie is a teenager who is “whip-smart and wise beyond her years”.
TRIVIA---in the STAR TREK tv pilot "The Cage", John Hoyt played starship Enterprise's Dr. Phillip Boyce. After the pilot was screened, Hoyt said there was total "silence" from the audience. When Hoyt was not asked to return for the second tv pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone before", he was happy because he felt STAR TREK was going to be a disaster. Later, after STAR TREK became a phenomenon, Hoyt realized he had missed out on a great opportunity.
LIFT---new trailer released for the Netflix heist movie starring Kevin Hart.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfFasuouxQI
MICKEY'S MOUSE TRAP---trailer released for the slasher movie.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_G3kp3_61c
STAR WARS: NEW JEDI ORDER---director Sharmeen Obaid-Cinoy (MS. MARVEL) commented on the movie with Daisy Ridley returning as Rey as she mentors new Jedi Knights, “I’m very thrilled about the project because I feel what we’re about to create is something very special. And we’re in 2024 now, and it’s about time that we had a woman come forward to shape a story in a galaxy far, far away.”
STAR WARS---JOHN WICK director Chad Stahelski said he wants to direct a STAR WARS movie, “Everyone’s got their thing, right? Like I’m a STAR WARS guy. The first STAR WARS changed my life. Maybe someday out there, Disney, if you’re listening… hit me in a couple of years, and I have a couple of takes for STAR WARS. I’d take a swing at that. I challenge you… take a [chance and] if Disney could survive me.”
He also said he wants to direct a BLADE movie for Marvel Studios, “Of all the things out there, I would take a swing at BLADE in a second. That’s one that gets under my skin; I’m like, ‘I would take a swing at that.'”
Look, I’ve worked for Marvel, a bunch. They’ve been very, very good to me. And certainly, Kevin Feige has almost been like a mentor in a capacity with the advice he’s been very happy to give me about opening a franchise with ‘John Wick.’
We’ve talked about it. But they have a very good formula, and they have their thing going, and I think they’ve got the right people involved in BLADE now, not that I’m in the inner circle. But we’ve had talks, but for whatever reason, things come together for [a reason], and there’s a good fit for them now.
But for what they’re doing, they’ve got a great thing going, but if that thing doesn’t work out for them in five years from now, I’d still be like, ‘yeah’.”
NINE VOYAGES---George RR Martin said HBO is developing three animated GAME OF THRONES spinoff series. One will feature Sea Snake Lord Corlys Velaryon, "As it happens, HBO and I have our own animated projects, set in the world of A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE. None of them have been greenlit yet, but I think we are getting close to taking the next step with a couple of them...We have moved NINE VOYAGES, our series about the legendary voyages of the Sea Snake, over from live action to animation. A move I support fully.
Budgetary constraints would likely have made a live action version prohibitively expensive, what with half the show taking place at sea, and the necessity of creating a different port every week, from Driftmark to Lys to the Basilisk Isles to Volantis to Qarth to…well, on and on and on.
There’s a whole world out there. And we have a lot better chance of showing it all with animation. So we now have three animated projects underway.”
DEADPOOL 3---Ryan Reynolds posted a photo of him in the new Deadpool suit.
COYOTE VS. ACME---voice actor Eric Bauza posted a photo from the cancelled animated movie with the caption, "See Ya in 2024". Warner Bros. has received interest from four sources including Netflix, Amazon and Paramount Pictures.
WEDNESDAY---casting for Season 2 will add three new characters. Karloff is an athletic teenage male and will wear prosthetics, Wolfgang is a charming teenage male and Annie is a teenager who is “whip-smart and wise beyond her years”.
TRIVIA---in the STAR TREK tv pilot "The Cage", John Hoyt played starship Enterprise's Dr. Phillip Boyce. After the pilot was screened, Hoyt said there was total "silence" from the audience. When Hoyt was not asked to return for the second tv pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone before", he was happy because he felt STAR TREK was going to be a disaster. Later, after STAR TREK became a phenomenon, Hoyt realized he had missed out on a great opportunity.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3
GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE--- director Adam Wingard commented on THE NEW EMPIRE, "One of the incredible things about Godzilla is that the character has existed in so many different tones and interpretations in the Toho films. I’m a huge fan of the whole spectrum, and I’ve always really enjoyed the late-Shōwa era. There are so many big ideas and they have such epic fun with these larger-than-life characters. In GODZILLA VS. KONG, we paid homage to that epic tradition, including a handful of Easter eggs for the hardcore fans, and while I don’t want to give anything away, we definitely work in a few things for the Toho fans in the new film as well, so keep your eyes open!”
A new photo shows Wingard with Dan Stevens who said his character, Trapper, is “a specialist in these creatures… If you’ve got a sick titan, Trapper is your guy".
A second photo shows Rebecca Hall as Dr. Ilene Andrews and Brian Tyree Henry as Bernie Hayes.
ARGYLLE---poster released of Henry Cavill playing spy Argylle in the comedy spy movie that also stars Bryce Dallas Howard, Samuel L. Jackson and John Cena.
Cavill commented on if playing spy Argylle would affect his chances of playing James Bond in the next Bond movie, “It’s a fun character. Whether I’m ruled out of Bond because of this or not is up to Barbara Broccoli and Mr. Wilson.”
RUST---photo by cinematographer Halyna Hutchins released from the controversial Western movie in which Hutchins was accidentally shot by star Alec Baldwin. Involuntary manslaughter charges against Baldwin were dropped.
THUNDERBOLTS---Steven Yeun, who would have played Sentry, dropped out of the Marvel Studios movie due to a schedule problem.
DOCTOR WHO---BBC released a statement supporting cast diversity after it received 144 fan complaints about new transgender character Rose Noble, "As regular viewers of Doctor Who will be aware, the show has and will always continue to proudly celebrate diversity and reflect the world we live in. We are always mindful of the content within our episodes." Fan criticism about the show's diversity began with Jodie Whitaker and continues with Ncuti Gatwa as Doctor Who.
MINECRAFT---Jack Black will play Steve in the Jason Momoa movie based on the video game.
TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY---Season 4 has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 100% based on 19 reviews. Season 1 had a 91% score.
SLOW HORSES---Apple TV+ renewed the tv series for Season 5.
TRIVIA---after achieving superstardom in TITANIC, Leonardo DiCaprio confirmed he met with George Lucas to discuss playing Anakin Skywalker in STAR WARS EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES and EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH, “I did have a meeting with George Lucas about that. Just didn’t feel ready to take that dive. At that point.”
GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE--- director Adam Wingard commented on THE NEW EMPIRE, "One of the incredible things about Godzilla is that the character has existed in so many different tones and interpretations in the Toho films. I’m a huge fan of the whole spectrum, and I’ve always really enjoyed the late-Shōwa era. There are so many big ideas and they have such epic fun with these larger-than-life characters. In GODZILLA VS. KONG, we paid homage to that epic tradition, including a handful of Easter eggs for the hardcore fans, and while I don’t want to give anything away, we definitely work in a few things for the Toho fans in the new film as well, so keep your eyes open!”
A new photo shows Wingard with Dan Stevens who said his character, Trapper, is “a specialist in these creatures… If you’ve got a sick titan, Trapper is your guy".
A second photo shows Rebecca Hall as Dr. Ilene Andrews and Brian Tyree Henry as Bernie Hayes.
ARGYLLE---poster released of Henry Cavill playing spy Argylle in the comedy spy movie that also stars Bryce Dallas Howard, Samuel L. Jackson and John Cena.
Cavill commented on if playing spy Argylle would affect his chances of playing James Bond in the next Bond movie, “It’s a fun character. Whether I’m ruled out of Bond because of this or not is up to Barbara Broccoli and Mr. Wilson.”
RUST---photo by cinematographer Halyna Hutchins released from the controversial Western movie in which Hutchins was accidentally shot by star Alec Baldwin. Involuntary manslaughter charges against Baldwin were dropped.
THUNDERBOLTS---Steven Yeun, who would have played Sentry, dropped out of the Marvel Studios movie due to a schedule problem.
DOCTOR WHO---BBC released a statement supporting cast diversity after it received 144 fan complaints about new transgender character Rose Noble, "As regular viewers of Doctor Who will be aware, the show has and will always continue to proudly celebrate diversity and reflect the world we live in. We are always mindful of the content within our episodes." Fan criticism about the show's diversity began with Jodie Whitaker and continues with Ncuti Gatwa as Doctor Who.
MINECRAFT---Jack Black will play Steve in the Jason Momoa movie based on the video game.
TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY---Season 4 has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 100% based on 19 reviews. Season 1 had a 91% score.
SLOW HORSES---Apple TV+ renewed the tv series for Season 5.
TRIVIA---after achieving superstardom in TITANIC, Leonardo DiCaprio confirmed he met with George Lucas to discuss playing Anakin Skywalker in STAR WARS EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES and EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH, “I did have a meeting with George Lucas about that. Just didn’t feel ready to take that dive. At that point.”
THURSDAY, JANUARY 4
THE FIRST OMEN---trailer released for the prequel to the 1976 horror movie that starred Gregory Peck and Lee Remick.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4xk8yLiFwM
DEATH AND OTHER DETAILS---trailer released for the Hulu murder mystery series starring Mandy Patinkin.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIn-D8FVvwA
FEUD: CAPOTE VS. THE SWANS---trailer released for the FX anthology series.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YabKNs66eeg
JURASSIC TRIANGLE---trailer released for the dinosaur horror movie.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Ni2QjmJx4
KLARA AND THE SUN---Jenny Ortega is in talks to star in the Taika Waititi movie based on the sci fi novel. The novel's synopsis says, "Here is the story of Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, who, from her place in the store, watches carefully the behavior of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass on the street outside. She remains hopeful that a customer will soon choose her. Klara and the Sun is a thrilling book that offers a look at our changing world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator, and one that explores the fundamental question: what does it mean to love?"
BARBIE---Margot Robbie commented on a BARBIE sequel, "It’s funny, that knee-jerk reaction in this day and age for everyone to immediately ask about a sequel. I don’t think it was like that 20 years ago. This wasn’t designed to be a trilogy.
Everything went into BARBIE – and that’s how Greta [Gerwig] works. She finishes every movie on empty, feeling like she could never make another movie because she put everything she had into that one. So I don’t know what it would take to fill that cup up again for [Greta]. Or for us. I think Warners would also agree. I don’t know what more could even look like.
We want to make more films that have the effect that BARBIE has. I don’t know if it has to be BARBIE 2. Why can’t it be another big, original, bold idea where we get an amazing filmmaker, a big budget to play with, and the trust of a huge conglomerate behind them to go and really play? I want to do that.”
Robbie also commented on any possible Harley Quinn projects, “I always wanted Harley to be a character that would get passed on to other actresses to play, the way there are so many iconic male characters. That was always the dream for her. Harley’s so fun and can go in so many different directions. You put her in someone else’s hands, and it’s like, ‘What are they going to do with her?’ The options are endless.”
SUICIDE SQUAD---David Ayer commented on the possibility of an Ayer Cut of SUICIDE SQUAD, "Nope. Done and done. Very sad. You’ll be fine after a good cry. I feel healthier. It’s a wound that needs to heal. Nothing about the situation feels good. Studio has no interest in releasing it. It’s time to run and not look back.”
WATSON---Morris Chestnut will star in this CBS medical tv series whose synopsis says, "In WATSON, a year after the death of his friend and partner Sherlock Holmes at the hands of Moriarty, Dr. John Watson (Chestnut) resumes his medical career as the head of a clinic dedicated to treating rare disorders. Watson's old life isn't done with him, though - Moriarty and Watson are set to write their own chapter of a story that has fascinated audiences for more than a century. WATSON is a medical show with a strong investigative spine, featuring a modern version of one of history's greatest detectives as he turns his attention from solving crimes to solving medical mysteries."
STAR TREK: PRODIGY---co-producer Dan Hageman commented on a possible Season 3, “The end of Season 1 we think is great. End of Season 2 is equally great, and it has this place where it feels like it wraps up. It really wraps everything you want out of Seasons 1 and 2, but really opens the door to what Season 3 potentially could be. Whether that hits now, or in five years, or whenever the time is right, it’ll feel natural, which I’m really happy about.”
TRIVIA---in THE WILD WILD WEST, the opening animation has a woman who tapped Secret Service agent Jim West with her parasol and they kiss while she pulls out a knife to stab West, but she is mesmerized by his kiss and slumps down. When the series switched to color, the animation was changed to West hitting the woman after she pulls out the knife.
In fact, West never hit a woman during the entire history of the series. In the episode "The Night of the Running Death", West did hit a woman, but she was really a male assassin disguised as woman.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuCuf5tvTqE
In THE WILD WILD WEST opening animation, Secret Service agent Jim West hits a woman after they kiss and she pulls a knife out to stab him.
In fact, West never hit a woman during the entire history of the series. In the episode "The Night of the Running Death", West did hit a woman, but she was really a male assassin disguised as woman.
THE FIRST OMEN---trailer released for the prequel to the 1976 horror movie that starred Gregory Peck and Lee Remick.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4xk8yLiFwM
DEATH AND OTHER DETAILS---trailer released for the Hulu murder mystery series starring Mandy Patinkin.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIn-D8FVvwA
FEUD: CAPOTE VS. THE SWANS---trailer released for the FX anthology series.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YabKNs66eeg
JURASSIC TRIANGLE---trailer released for the dinosaur horror movie.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Ni2QjmJx4
KLARA AND THE SUN---Jenny Ortega is in talks to star in the Taika Waititi movie based on the sci fi novel. The novel's synopsis says, "Here is the story of Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, who, from her place in the store, watches carefully the behavior of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass on the street outside. She remains hopeful that a customer will soon choose her. Klara and the Sun is a thrilling book that offers a look at our changing world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator, and one that explores the fundamental question: what does it mean to love?"
BARBIE---Margot Robbie commented on a BARBIE sequel, "It’s funny, that knee-jerk reaction in this day and age for everyone to immediately ask about a sequel. I don’t think it was like that 20 years ago. This wasn’t designed to be a trilogy.
Everything went into BARBIE – and that’s how Greta [Gerwig] works. She finishes every movie on empty, feeling like she could never make another movie because she put everything she had into that one. So I don’t know what it would take to fill that cup up again for [Greta]. Or for us. I think Warners would also agree. I don’t know what more could even look like.
We want to make more films that have the effect that BARBIE has. I don’t know if it has to be BARBIE 2. Why can’t it be another big, original, bold idea where we get an amazing filmmaker, a big budget to play with, and the trust of a huge conglomerate behind them to go and really play? I want to do that.”
Robbie also commented on any possible Harley Quinn projects, “I always wanted Harley to be a character that would get passed on to other actresses to play, the way there are so many iconic male characters. That was always the dream for her. Harley’s so fun and can go in so many different directions. You put her in someone else’s hands, and it’s like, ‘What are they going to do with her?’ The options are endless.”
SUICIDE SQUAD---David Ayer commented on the possibility of an Ayer Cut of SUICIDE SQUAD, "Nope. Done and done. Very sad. You’ll be fine after a good cry. I feel healthier. It’s a wound that needs to heal. Nothing about the situation feels good. Studio has no interest in releasing it. It’s time to run and not look back.”
WATSON---Morris Chestnut will star in this CBS medical tv series whose synopsis says, "In WATSON, a year after the death of his friend and partner Sherlock Holmes at the hands of Moriarty, Dr. John Watson (Chestnut) resumes his medical career as the head of a clinic dedicated to treating rare disorders. Watson's old life isn't done with him, though - Moriarty and Watson are set to write their own chapter of a story that has fascinated audiences for more than a century. WATSON is a medical show with a strong investigative spine, featuring a modern version of one of history's greatest detectives as he turns his attention from solving crimes to solving medical mysteries."
STAR TREK: PRODIGY---co-producer Dan Hageman commented on a possible Season 3, “The end of Season 1 we think is great. End of Season 2 is equally great, and it has this place where it feels like it wraps up. It really wraps everything you want out of Seasons 1 and 2, but really opens the door to what Season 3 potentially could be. Whether that hits now, or in five years, or whenever the time is right, it’ll feel natural, which I’m really happy about.”
TRIVIA---in THE WILD WILD WEST, the opening animation has a woman who tapped Secret Service agent Jim West with her parasol and they kiss while she pulls out a knife to stab West, but she is mesmerized by his kiss and slumps down. When the series switched to color, the animation was changed to West hitting the woman after she pulls out the knife.
In fact, West never hit a woman during the entire history of the series. In the episode "The Night of the Running Death", West did hit a woman, but she was really a male assassin disguised as woman.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuCuf5tvTqE
In THE WILD WILD WEST opening animation, Secret Service agent Jim West hits a woman after they kiss and she pulls a knife out to stab him.
In fact, West never hit a woman during the entire history of the series. In the episode "The Night of the Running Death", West did hit a woman, but she was really a male assassin disguised as woman.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 5
THE WOMAN IN THE WALL---trailer released for the Showtime/Paramount+ miniseries starring Ruth Wilson.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl4vuGH2ljk
LISA FRANKENSTEIN---trailer released for the comedy horror movie.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POOeA3zCuUY&t=18s
MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR---Disney Channel released the trailer for Season 2.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdsEpRzc4zE
FLIGHT RISK---Mel Gibson will direct this thriller movie starring Mark Wahlberg, Topher Grace and Michelle Dockery. The synopsis says, “The film follows a pilot (Wahlberg) transporting an Air Marshal (Dockery), who’s been tasked with accompanying a fugitive (Grace) to trial. As they cross the Alaskan wilderness, tensions soar and trust is tested, as not everyone on board is who they seem.”
ALIEN---the FX sci fi series released more details on the cast and their characters. Sydney Chandler will play meta-human Wendy, who has an adult body and a child's mind. Timothy Olyphant will play synth Kirsh, Wendy's mentor. Moe Bar-El will play a "major recurring character".
THE ORVILLE---Seth MacFarlane commented on the future of the sci fi tv series, “All I can tell you is that there is no official death certificate for THE ORVILLE. It is still with us. I can’t go any further than that at the moment. There are too many factors.”
Scott Grimes added, "I do know that we are still talking about it. It’s not dead in any sort of way whatsoever. It’s just about when, where and how and building the stuff again. I’m excited because it’s one of the greatest things to work on. So I just have my fingers crossed. And I know Seth wants to do it and that usually holds a lot of power. And I hope he gets to because it’s one of his babies that he just loves and it’s a blast to work on.”
WINNIE THE POOH: BLOOD AND HONEY 2---photo released from the sequel. Director Rhys Frake-Watefield commented on the sequel, “Bigger and Badder. The sequel will feature new creature designs, a new cast, and a high death count. However, this time Pooh and friends will be leaving the 100 Acre Wood to take their fight to the quiet community of Ashdown."
HARLEY QUINN---James Gunn commented on Margot Robbie possibly returning as Harley Quinn, "I haven’t talked to Margot about Harley for a long time. But I’d love to work with her again as Harley or as someone else. There are no plans at this time for anyone else to play Harley (I mean, other than in Todd’s movie or the animated show/s.)"
THE WHITE LOTUS---Carrie Coons is in talks to join the cast in an undisclosed role for Season 3.
AMERICAN BORN CHINESE---Disney+ cancelled the series even though it has a 94% Rotten Tomatoes score.
TRIVIA---in the early 1990s, Tom Pollock, head of Universal Pictures, approached John Carpenter about a remake of a Universal movie. Carpenter said, “He said, ‘Look though our library of pictures, and see if there’s anything you want to make.' The first thought that came to mind was CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON.”
Carpenter looked at the script written by Nigel Kneale (QUATERMASS) for John Landis' 1980s cancelled remake, “Nigel wrote a very interesting script, but it was written for 3D. It was also written 10 years ago, and things have changed since then...We’re going to start from the beginning, but we may use aspects of Nigel’s work. He wrote some pretty neat scenes, but we’re going to redo them.”
Carpenter had earlier worked with Kneale on HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH, and Carpenter found Kneale to be "mean" and "irascible" when Carpenter wanted script changes. Consequently, Carpenter chose the TRADING PLACES team of Timothy Harris and Herschel Weingrod to write the script. Carpenter said, “There are several possible aspects to the storyline. One of them involves the Creature being the missing link between man and fish. It would be interesting to combine that with creationist scientists, who are trying to prove that man walked with dinosaurs 10,000 years ago. They try to prove the literal, Biblical origin of life – in total contradiction of scientific fact...I would also love to work in a little Lovecraftian feel. I’m thinking of The Shadow Over Innsmouth – fish mating with humans. There has been a legend about this man//fish, so perhaps there was a race of them, living in the Amazon. Supposedly, there are hidden pyramids in the Amazon, so I want to try to get that in there.”
Carpenter chose Academy Award-winning makeup artist Rick Baker to design the new Gill-man. Baker said, “We actually did a whole bunch of designs and maquettes. My designs for the Creature were kind of like my designs for the Wolf Man; it was very much based on a love for the original material, and trying to stay true to that in a lot of ways. I think we had a creature that was updated, but you could still tell where it came from.”
However, Carpenter's 1992 MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN was a box office bomb and led to the cancellation of Carpenter's CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON.
Rick Baker's concepts for John Carpenter's remake of CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON.
THE WOMAN IN THE WALL---trailer released for the Showtime/Paramount+ miniseries starring Ruth Wilson.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl4vuGH2ljk
LISA FRANKENSTEIN---trailer released for the comedy horror movie.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POOeA3zCuUY&t=18s
MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR---Disney Channel released the trailer for Season 2.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdsEpRzc4zE
FLIGHT RISK---Mel Gibson will direct this thriller movie starring Mark Wahlberg, Topher Grace and Michelle Dockery. The synopsis says, “The film follows a pilot (Wahlberg) transporting an Air Marshal (Dockery), who’s been tasked with accompanying a fugitive (Grace) to trial. As they cross the Alaskan wilderness, tensions soar and trust is tested, as not everyone on board is who they seem.”
ALIEN---the FX sci fi series released more details on the cast and their characters. Sydney Chandler will play meta-human Wendy, who has an adult body and a child's mind. Timothy Olyphant will play synth Kirsh, Wendy's mentor. Moe Bar-El will play a "major recurring character".
THE ORVILLE---Seth MacFarlane commented on the future of the sci fi tv series, “All I can tell you is that there is no official death certificate for THE ORVILLE. It is still with us. I can’t go any further than that at the moment. There are too many factors.”
Scott Grimes added, "I do know that we are still talking about it. It’s not dead in any sort of way whatsoever. It’s just about when, where and how and building the stuff again. I’m excited because it’s one of the greatest things to work on. So I just have my fingers crossed. And I know Seth wants to do it and that usually holds a lot of power. And I hope he gets to because it’s one of his babies that he just loves and it’s a blast to work on.”
WINNIE THE POOH: BLOOD AND HONEY 2---photo released from the sequel. Director Rhys Frake-Watefield commented on the sequel, “Bigger and Badder. The sequel will feature new creature designs, a new cast, and a high death count. However, this time Pooh and friends will be leaving the 100 Acre Wood to take their fight to the quiet community of Ashdown."
HARLEY QUINN---James Gunn commented on Margot Robbie possibly returning as Harley Quinn, "I haven’t talked to Margot about Harley for a long time. But I’d love to work with her again as Harley or as someone else. There are no plans at this time for anyone else to play Harley (I mean, other than in Todd’s movie or the animated show/s.)"
THE WHITE LOTUS---Carrie Coons is in talks to join the cast in an undisclosed role for Season 3.
AMERICAN BORN CHINESE---Disney+ cancelled the series even though it has a 94% Rotten Tomatoes score.
TRIVIA---in the early 1990s, Tom Pollock, head of Universal Pictures, approached John Carpenter about a remake of a Universal movie. Carpenter said, “He said, ‘Look though our library of pictures, and see if there’s anything you want to make.' The first thought that came to mind was CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON.”
Carpenter looked at the script written by Nigel Kneale (QUATERMASS) for John Landis' 1980s cancelled remake, “Nigel wrote a very interesting script, but it was written for 3D. It was also written 10 years ago, and things have changed since then...We’re going to start from the beginning, but we may use aspects of Nigel’s work. He wrote some pretty neat scenes, but we’re going to redo them.”
Carpenter had earlier worked with Kneale on HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH, and Carpenter found Kneale to be "mean" and "irascible" when Carpenter wanted script changes. Consequently, Carpenter chose the TRADING PLACES team of Timothy Harris and Herschel Weingrod to write the script. Carpenter said, “There are several possible aspects to the storyline. One of them involves the Creature being the missing link between man and fish. It would be interesting to combine that with creationist scientists, who are trying to prove that man walked with dinosaurs 10,000 years ago. They try to prove the literal, Biblical origin of life – in total contradiction of scientific fact...I would also love to work in a little Lovecraftian feel. I’m thinking of The Shadow Over Innsmouth – fish mating with humans. There has been a legend about this man//fish, so perhaps there was a race of them, living in the Amazon. Supposedly, there are hidden pyramids in the Amazon, so I want to try to get that in there.”
Carpenter chose Academy Award-winning makeup artist Rick Baker to design the new Gill-man. Baker said, “We actually did a whole bunch of designs and maquettes. My designs for the Creature were kind of like my designs for the Wolf Man; it was very much based on a love for the original material, and trying to stay true to that in a lot of ways. I think we had a creature that was updated, but you could still tell where it came from.”
However, Carpenter's 1992 MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN was a box office bomb and led to the cancellation of Carpenter's CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON.
Rick Baker's concepts for John Carpenter's remake of CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON.