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[dragon53]

MONDAY, JANUARY 8

LONGLEGS---trailer released for the NEON serial killer movie starring Nicolas Cage and Maika Monroe.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es1pFnq_VJ4



DARIO ARGENTO PANICO---trailer released for the Shudder Dario Argento documentary.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS3be5AHGyY



STAR TREK: PICARD---Patrick Stewart said a movie based on the tv series is underway, “I heard, only last night, about a script that is being written...I’ve been told to expect it within a week or so, and I’m so excited, because it sounds like the kind of project where the experimentation that I want to do will be essential for this kind of material.”

MISERY---Jenny Ortega, Abel "The Weekend" Tesfaye and Barry Keoghan will reportedly star in a remake of the 1990 movie starring James Caan and Kathy Bates which was based on the Stephen King novel. Ortega will play a deranged fan stalking music star Tesfaye, who plays himself.

LONG LOST---movie underway based on the short story about a woman who fears her husband's first wife, thought to be dead, may return to reclaim her husband. Steven Spielberg is the producer.

FRANKENSTEIN---Jacob Eloridi replaced Andrew Garfield as the monster in the Guillermo del Toro movie after Garfield withdrew due to schedule problem. Oscar Issac and Christoph Waltz also star.

THE NAKED GUN---Seth MacFarlane commented on the status of his reboot movie starring Liam Neeson, “It’s being worked on as we speak. Akiva Schaffer, who’s written the draft with his team, has done a hell of a job, and it is in development. So, it is still very much alive.”

MINK---Starz cancelled the series again.

TRIVIA---in 1994's NATIONAL TREASURE, Benjamin Gates (Nicolas Cage) estimated the Knights Templar treasure he and his cohorts recovered is worth $10 billion, and each member received 1% which is $100 million. Twenty years later, in 2024, the treasure would be worth $21.37 billion and 1% of that is $213.7 million.

Benjamin Gates (Nicolas Cage), his father, Patrick Gates (Jon Voight), Abigail Chase (Diane Kruger) and Riley Poole (Justin Bartha) recover the Knights Templar treasure worth $10 billion which would be $21.37 billion in 2024.

With their 1% finders fees, Benjamin and Abigail bought a mansion and Riley bought a Ferrari 360 Spider.

 

[dragon53]

Correction for the NATIONAL TREASURE trivia:

TRIVIA---in 2004's NATIONAL TREASURE, Benjamin Gates (Nicolas Cage) estimated the Knights Templar treasure he and his cohorts recovered is worth $10 billion, and each member received 1% which is $100 million. Twenty years later, in 2024, the treasure would be worth $168 billion and 1% of that is $168 million.

Benjamin Gates (Nicolas Cage), his father, Patrick Gates (Jon Voight), Abigail Chase (Diane Kruger) and Riley Poole (Justin Bartha) recover the Knights Templar treasure worth $10 billion which would be $168 billion in 2024.

 

[marco55]

I know the value of money is not what it was but from 10 billion to 168 billion doesn't seem right.
Mark

 

[dragon53]

MARCO55:

The correction to my correction: It's supposed to be $16.8 billion.

 

[dragon53]

TUESDAY, JANUARY 9

MONOLITH---trailer released for the Australian sci fi movie that premieres in theaters on February 16.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRh0m6Dd52Q



MOTHERS' INSTINCT---trailer released for the movie starring Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXssGeGUA4g



STRANGER THINGS---photo released of the cast returning for the last season.

ROBOCOP---Paul Verhoeven commented on the 2014 remake of his 1987 ROBOCOP, “The problem there, I felt, was that he was really aware that he lost all his legs and arms. He knows it from the very beginning.
The beautiful thing about the original ROBOCOP, what makes it not just pure tragedy or whatever, is that he really does not know anymore. He gets a couple of vague flashes of memory when he goes to his old house, but RoboCop is not a tragic figure.
Yes, he’s killed in the most horrible way in the beginning. But when we see him again as a robot, he doesn’t feel that. In the new one, because he remembers everything, he’s much more tragic.
We wanted you to accept him at the beginning as a robotic cop. That’s what they did to him. In my opinion, I thought it was a problem to make him more tragic.”
He also said about the remake of TOTAL RECALL, “I felt it had a lot of special effects, but this mystery – is it true or is it not true? – I just didn’t feel that anymore. The interesting thing about the original movie is that at the end, when Rachel Ticotin says, ‘Well, kiss me quick before you wake up,’ you still don’t really know if it’s real.”

GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE---Legendary Effects creature designer Jared Krichevsky was asked if Toho approved Godzilla's pink spine in THE NEW EMPIRE, and he replied, "Yep".

THE LAST OF US---Nick Offerman said a Bill and Frank prequel spinoff has been discussed, "Oh, great question but I would have to ask somebody with a higher pay grade than myself. It certainly has been pitched. I think we pitched a whole mini-series of a prequel of their lives before they met each other. It could be a musical. We’re not short on ideas. We’ll just we’ll see what Craig [Mazin] and [creator] Neil [Druckmann] come up with.”
He joked about how he was cast as Bill, “Oh sure. I was lucky this time. They needed a guy who could use a shovel. Three of us in Hollywood, Harrison Ford passed and Jane Lynch was not available.”

NCIS: ORIGINS---Mark Harmon will return as narrator/executive producer of a prequel series that focuses on the younger versions of Leroy Jethro Gibbs, Mike Franks and Vera Strickland set in 1991 at NCIS Camp Pendelton.

CRIMINAL---Amazon Prime tv series underway based on the Ed Brubaker graphic novels.

TRIVIA---in RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, two actors played two different characters. Pat Roach played the Giant Sherpa and the Nazi Flying Wing mechanic. Vic Tablian played Barranca the guide and the Monkey Man.

Pat Roach played the Giant Sherpa and the Nazi Flying Wing mechanic.

Vic Tablian played Barranca the guide and the Monkey Man.

 

[dragon53]

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10

3 BODY PROBLEM---trailer released for the Netflix sci fi series from the GAME OF THRONES creators based on the novel trilogy.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mogSbMD6EcY


THE SHAMROCK SPITFIRE---trailer released for the World War II Battle of Britain movie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR51z79CzKU



MANDALORIAN & GROGU---Lucasfilm announced a theatrical movie based on the Disney+ tv series is underway and released concept art for the movie. Director Jon Favreau said, “I have loved telling stories set in the rich world that George Lucas created. The prospect of bringing the Mandalorian and his apprentice Grogu to the big screen is extremely exciting.”

STAR WARS: AHSOKA---Lucasfim confirmed that Season 2 is underway with creator Dave Filoni returning.

THE BLOB---Warner Bros. remake of the 1958 Steve McQueen sci fi movie is underway with David Bruckner as the writer/director.

MADAME WEBB---Dakota Johnson's Madame Webb suit was on an Ocean Spray bottle in Asia.

BELLY OF THE BEAST---Ben Stiller will play Norman Mailer and Colin Farrell will play newly-released convict/author Jack Henry Abbott in the movie whose synopsis says, “When Jack arrives in New York, Mailer is overwhelmed by the sadness and squalor of the former’s life but fails to follow through on his promises to help. Mailer also gets angry and embarrassed when Jack humiliates him by not playing the part of the genius writer in the way the author would like.”

FOUR SEASONS---Tina Fey will star in the Netflix comedy series based on the 1981 Alan Alda movie about three couples who vacation together every season.

OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH---Max cancelled the series.

TRIVIA---in THE FUGITIVE, two members of the Cusack acting family appeared. Dick Cusack (the father of actors John, Joan, Susie, Ann and Bill Cusack), played Dr. Richard Kimble's attorney, Walter Guthrie. Bill Cusack played the US Marshal tracing technician.

Dick Cusack played Dr. Richard Kimble's attorney, Walter Guthrie.

Bill Cusack played the US Marshal tracing technician.

 

[Terp152]

The Shamrock Spitfire looks good. Based on the true story of Paddy Finucane, youngest wing commander in RAF history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddy_Finucane#In_command

 

[dragon53]

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11

MASTERS OF THE AIR---Apple TV+ released the opening title sequence and a film clip from the Tom Hanks/Steven Spielberg World War II miniseries about the Eight Air Force bombing Nazi Germany. Premiere is January 26.


LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98Ys1aI9a_Y

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBaVodEp-Wg



THE WALKING DEAD: THE ONES WHO LIVE---trailer released for the six-part miniseries.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDImCQ4_u9w



LOVER, STALKER, KILLER---trailer released for the Netflix documentary.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46RuZLu6dso



NO WAY UP---trailer released for the movie in which sharks attack crashed airliner survivors.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1k1PC0TtmE



GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE---new sequel trailer shows Godzilla attack Rome's Colosseum.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyOo7OsJGDQ



HALO THE SERIES---trailer released for Season 2.

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



STAR TREK: ORIGINS---Paramount Pictures prequel movie underway to the JJ Abrams 2009 reboot movie. It will be set around 2250/2260. Toby Haynes (ANDOR) is the director, JJ Abrams is the producer and Seth Grahame-Smith (THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE) is the writer.
Sources say the STAR TREK 4 sequel is also underway.

28 YEARS LATER---director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland are reuniting for a zombie sequel movie trilogy to 28 DAYS LATER. Boyle will direct the first movie and Garland will write all three. The trilogy will be shopped to studios and streamers.

SUPERGIRL---Emily Jones (LOCKE & KEY), Meg Donnelly (THE WINCHESTERS) and Milly Alcock (HOUSE OF THE DRAGON) are the lead candidates to play Supergirl in SUPERMAN: LEGACY which will lead to SUPERGIRL: WOMAN OF TOMORROW.

LINDA RONSTADT---Selena Gomez will star in an untitled Linda Ronstadt biomovie.

JULIA---Max cancelled the series.

TRIVIA---Wesley Snipes commented on the rumor he lost out on the role of Chief Engineer Geordi La Forge on STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION to LeVar Burton, “Yes, that is true. I think that was in the eighties. Yeah. And I was disappointed that I didn’t get it. Not as disappointed as I was not getting the role in the first COMING TO AMERICA, but that actually turned out pretty good. Because I think if I had gotten the role that I would have been in television more than film, and maybe would have been never got a chance to do everything else I’ve done.”
He said he came close to getting the role, “Yes. That’s how I remember it. Yeah. It was close. But yeah, a greater actor than I went on to make it famous. I applaud him, my friend, great and wonderful.”

 

[BHogan]

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11

MASTERS OF THE AIR---Apple TV+ released the opening title sequence and a film clip from the Tom Hanks/Steven Spielberg World War II miniseries about the Eight Air Force bombing Nazi Germany. Premiere is January 26.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98Ys1aI9a_Y

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBaVodEp-Wg

I'm so excited for the premiere of this series. I will be subscribing to Apple+ to watch it.

Brendan

 

[marco55]

I'm so excited for the premiere of this series. I will be subscribing to Apple+ to watch it.

Brendan

I'm looking forward to this also. I had Apple TV then I canceled but I reupped for this series.
Mark

 

[dragon53]

FRIDAY, JANUARY 12

ABIGAIL---trailer released for the comedy vampire movie starring Giancarlo Esposito.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PsP8MFH8p0



PARISH---trailer released for the AMC crime thriller miniseries starring Giancarlo Esposito.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcoR4hfKCl0



CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM---trailer released for the last season.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AR9Dqi3CVc



TOP GUN 3---Paramount Pictures is developing a third movie in the TOP GUN franchise with stars Tom Cruise, Miles Teller and Glen Powell, MAVERICK co-writer Ehren Kruger, and producer Jerry Bruckheimer returning. Director Joseph Kosinski will return as a co-producer and/or director.

FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH---John Krasinski and Natalie Portman will star in the Guy Ritchie movie about estranged siblings who team up for a global search for the fountain of youth.

THE LAST OF US---Isabela Merced (DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD) will play Dina in Season 2.

EDGE OF TOMORROW---Warner Bros. is hoping to develop the sequel to the 2014 sci fi movie that starred Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt.

RUMOURS---Cate Blanchett and Alicia Vikander will star in this Guy Maddin comedy movie about seven leaders of the world's wealthiest liberal democracies who get lost in the woods while trying to come up with a statement on a global crisis.

THE EXORCIST: DECEIVER---director David Gordon Green has left the sequel.

THE GOOD DOCTOR---ABC announced that the upcoming Season 7 will be the last season.

TRIVIA---in the tv series KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER episode "The Youth Killer", Cathy Lee Crosby played Helen of Troy, who runs a computer dating service which supplies her with young men as she drains their life force in order to stay young. One scene features Crosby, who starred in the 1974 tv movie WONDER WOMAN which was also a pilot for a tv series. Also in the scene is Reb Brown, who starred in the 1979 tv movie CAPTAIN AMERICA, as is one of her potential clients/victims.

The KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER episode "The Youth Killer' features Cathy Lee Crosby (white dress) and Reb Brown (red sweater).

Cathy Lee Crosby starred in the 1974 tv movie WONDER WOMAN which was also a pilot for a tv series.

Reb Brown starred in the 1979 tv movie CAPTAIN AMERICA.

 

[dragon53]

MONDAY, JANUARY 15

TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY---new trailer released.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nwuHRoWxXE



THUNDERBOLTS---Marvel Studios reportedly offered the Sentry role to Austin Abrams (SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK ) to replace Steven Yuen, who left due to schedule problem.

STAR TREK---after William Shatner posted he was happy about the upcoming movie spinoff of STAR TREK: PICARD, a fan asked Shatner, "But will we ever see Captain Kirk again?". Shatner replied, "All you have to do is look at the Paramount+ graphics to answer that question." The graphics features the main STAR TREK characters---except Captain Kirk.

NATIONAL TREASURE 3---Nicolas Cage commented on a second sequel, “They’re a lot of fun. I mean, I enjoy them too, and I think Jon Turteltaub made a couple of classic films for the whole family. I’m still kind of amazed that Disney hasn’t wanted to make a third one.
I thought the movies brought a lot of joy to the public, and it’s certainly interesting about history, and I think all of that is worthwhile filmmaking.
You can dig deep and go into the more abstract stuff, like BRINGING OUT THE DEAD, or PIG or even DREAM SCENARIO, or you can open it up and make a movie that pleases a lot of people and hopefully gives families a chance to escape a little bit from whatever may be going on at home or in the office. I think they’re all valid.”

MONARCH: LEGACY OF MONSTERS---showrunner Chris Black commented on a possible Season 2, “We do not have a Season 2 order. This show has done very well, so we’re optimistic and excited. We feel we have more story to tell.”
He commented on timelines, "I think we really like the idea of running parallel timelines. I think it worked as a conceit in the first [season], and Monarch, as we said, has a long history, there are other eras to explore.
If Monarch runs from the late-1940s to the present day, what was it like in the ’60s, ’70s, ’80s…? As a mechanism to tell the history of Monarch and the Randa family within it, I personally enjoyed it. I would love, if we are given the opportunity, to exploit it more. I thought it was fun.”
Black discussed possible monsters for a Season 2, "Moving into a potential second season, there are a lot of other great [monsters]. There’s Kong, there’s Rodan, Mothra…. And Toho has a deep bench, too, of lesser-known characters – Ebirah, Biollante, Hedorah…. It could be any of these characters.”

THE WALKING DEAD: THOSE WHO LIVE---the six-part miniseries budget is $82 million which is $13.7 million per episode. By comparison, the original series budget was under $3 million per episode at its end.

YOUNG SHELDON---CBS is developing a spinoff series featuring Sheldon's older brother Georgie Cooper and his fiancee Mandy McCallister.

MONSTERS: THE LYLE AND ERIK MENENDEZ STORY---the Netflix series has added Javier Bardem and Chloe Sevigny as the parents of Erik and Lyle Menendez who were convicted of murdering their parents in 1989.

FEAR STREET---RL Stine confirmed a new Netflix movie is underway based on his books, “I can finally announce that a new ‘Fear Street’ movie is about to go into production for Netflix. It’s based on my ‘Fear Street’ book, ‘The Prom Queen.’ Good news!”.

48 HOURS IN LAS VEGAS---Jonathan Majors will bot play NBA star Dennis Rodman due to his assault conviction. The movie is about Rodman's two-day trip to Las Vegas during the 1998 NBA finals.

TRIVIA---in the original STAR WARS, a deleted Mos Eisley cantina scene showed a woman named Jenny flirting with Han Solo. The woman was named Jenny after the actress who played her, Jenny Cresswell. Jenny does appear in the final version of the movie talking to a Rodian. Cresswell had roles as an extra in the SPACE: 1999 sc fi tv series and left acting to become a teacher.

In the original STAR WARS, a deleted Mos Eisley cantina scene showed a woman named Jenny flirting with Han Solo. The woman was named Jenny after the actress who played her, Jenny Cresswell.

Jenny (left) does appear in the final version of the movie talking to a Rodian.

 

[dragon53]

TUESDAY, JANUARY 16

SPACEMAN---trailer released for the Netflix sci fi movie starring Adam Sandler.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNZ0xKaCdus



THE GENTLEMEN---trailer released for the Guy Ritchie/Netflix spinoff series.

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



RED RIGHT HAND---trailer released for the movie starring Orlando Bloom and Andie McDowell.

LINK:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7NNUnMIRAQ



STAR WARS: NEW JEDI ORDER---Daisy Ridley commented on the upcoming sequel in which Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy persuaded her to return as Rey, “So I thought about it for a little bit, and once I knew what the story was and everything, I knew it was something I really wanted to do. I think it’s a really fantastic exploration of the STAR WARS world. It’s a really cool way of taking the story on in a bit of a different direction.”
However, a "well-informed source" claims NEW JEDI ORDER has been "indefinitely" delayed due to creative differences between writer Steven Knight and Lucasfilm which led to Lucasfilm's recent announcement of THE MANDALORIAN & GROGU movie.

THE LAST OF US---HBO's Casey Bloys hinted about Season 2, “It’s great. It is bigger, gets into questions of retribution and revenge, it follows the video game and has big themes, big action."

THE SOPRANOS---on the 25th anniversary of THE SOPRANOS, creator David Chase said the Golden Age of tv is over as reflected by tv streamers more concerned with profits than quality, “Yes, this is the 25th anniversary, so of course it’s a celebration, but perhaps we shouldn’t look at it like that. Maybe we should look at it like a funeral….We’re going back to where I was. They’re going to have commercials.”
Chase said when pitching new projects, he “already been told to dumb it down”.

AQUAMAN AND THE LOST KINGDOM---Dolph Lundgren commented on Warner Bros.' reshoots, "I just realized that it was some kind of corporate decision that they try to limit Amber Heard and then I’m playing with her dad and went along with it.
I was just disappointed for the moviegoers, because I thought the original script was great and the original cut — I saw a little bit of it, it was really good, so I didn’t see any reason to start reshooting and reshaping the story, which obviously led to disappointment in the moviegoers and not just me.”

ANACONDA---the Sony Pictures remake of the 1997 movie will reportedly be a meta remake which "will feature known actors playing heightened versions of themselves starring in a new Anaconda movie when things take a turn for the real." The original movie starred Jennifer Lopez, Jon Voight and Eric Stoltz.

TRIVIA---Clint Eastwood is perhaps the greatest Western star in movie history and acted in or directed the Academy Award-winning UNFORGIVEN, HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER, the classic spaghetti Western the Man with No Name trilogy and the RAWHIDE tv series.
Ironically, Eastwood is actually allergic to horses and must limit the time spent riding them. He is also allergic to other animals such as cats, dogs and including Clyde the orangutan in EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE.

 

[marco55]

Clint Eastwood was a great Western star But John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart and Henry Fonda were great also plus many more.
Mark

 

[dragon53]

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17

HIGHLANDER---director Chad Stahelski announced that Lionsgate has greenlit the remake of the 1986 fantasy movie that will star Henry Cavill, “I am pleased to be able to grow my relationship with Lionsgate in this new oversight role for the JOHN WICK universe and its further expansion. JOHN WICK is so close to my heart and to be able to continue shepherding it will be a blast for me. I’m so happy to also be launching another franchise with HIGHLANDER, a world that is so rich with engaging stories to be told.”
The original movie starred Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery.

STAR WARS: NEW JEDI ORDER---a Lucasfilm source denied a report that NEW JEDI ORDER had been delayed due to creative differences between writer Steven Knight and Lucasfilm. The source said Lucasfilm is waiting for Knight's latest draft for the screenplay.

A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE---co-star Alex Wolff commented on the spinoff movie ,“That’s not a horror movie, not really. I might get in trouble for saying that. It’s from the director of PIG, this film I did, so it’s very… It’s more a drama. It’s weird going from a $2 million movie to a $100 million movie, and working with the same director and in the same proximity [as the other actors]. There’s only about four or five characters in it. So it was kinda like making PIG, just on a massive scale.”

PLAY DIRTY---Mark Wahlberg and LaKeith Stanfield will star in this Shane Black movie based on Donald E. Westlake's Parker novels. The movie plot involves a professional thief and a con artist who team up to take on a South American dictator, the New York mob and the world's richest man.

ALIEN---Noah Hawley said the FX tv series will have multiple seasons instead of being a miniseries, "With LEGION, I had what felt like a three-act structure to it that I didn't know if that would be three seasons or five seasons, or whatever it was, but I sort of knew what a beginning, middle, and end was. And here, similarly, I knew that their desire was for a recurring series, not a limited series, and I had an idea that I was excited about, that I could see the escalation of it from one year to another. That's where we ended up not pitching them having a bible or pitching them blow-by-blow, but saying, “Big picture: this is the first movement, this is the second movement, and we're ultimately going here.”

THE COMPLETELY MADE-UP ADVENTURES OF DICK TURPIN---synopsis released for the Apple TV+ comedy series, “In the series, Dick Turpin (Noel Fielding) sets out on a journey of wildly absurd escapades when he’s made the reluctant leader of a band of outlaws — and tasked with outwitting corrupt lawman and self-appointed thief-taker Jonathan Wilde (Hugh Bonneville). In this irreverent retelling set in the 18th century, Turpin is the most famous but least likely of highway robbers, whose success is defined mostly by his charm, showmanship, and great hair. Together with his gang of lovable rogues, Turpin rides the highs and lows of his new endeavors, including a brush with celebrity, all whilst trying to escape the clutches of the thief-taker.”

DRAGO---Dolph Lundgren commented on the status of the CREED spinoff movie, “MGM was developing the script called DRAGO about my character and my son. I think what happened was the studio changed leadership, and then Creed III did very well, so they started preparing for Creed IV. This is last year, and then now there is a problem with a co-star in CREED IV. That storyline they had on the DRAGO script was interesting, it was kind of a coming to America, kind of immigration angle, with me and the son, and it was pretty cool."
He added, “It just so happened that, in CREED II, we’re in the Ukraine, in the beginning, we’re in Kyiv. That’s where the movie opens, even though it’s not really mentioned too much. But in the version of the script that I read, it starts with a Russian invasion, and in that, we go through some hard, difficult experiences that makes us want to come to America. It was kind of interesting.”

BILL AND TED 4---co-star Alex Winter commented on the status of the fourth movie in the franchise, "We’re tinkering with a fourth movie idea that all of us like, and the guys are going to write, so we’ll see. It takes us time to get these things going, and we never want to do them unless they’re great.
They [writers Ed Solomon, Chris Matheson and co-star Keanu Reeves] feel the same way, it has to be right. We love [the BILL AND TED movies] because they’re oddball, and they’re not typical mainstream films. They’ve never been cash-grab movies; nobody has gotten rich off the BILL AND TED series. We really do make them sincerely from a place of love and interest.
There’s a really good idea that the writers came up with for a fourth that’s kind of obvious. I don’t want to give it away — I can’t give it away because I would be drawn and quartered — but it is a really good idea, an obvious idea. It will get written, and we’ll see if we can actually get it made.”

TRIVIA---Herbert Lom, Donald Pleasence and Sarah Maur Thorp co-starred in two 1989 movies based on novels written by famous authors. Lom, Pleasence and Thorp were in RIVER OF DEATH based on the Alistair MacLean novel in which an expedition travels to the Amazon jungle to investigate an incurable disease and discover World War II Nazis in a lost Inca city. Lom, Pleasence and Thorp reunited for TEN LITTLE INDIANS based on the Agatha Christie novel in which ten strangers are invited to the African jungle by a mysterious host where they are killed off one by one.

Herbert Lom, Donald Pleasence and Sarah Maur Thorp co-starred in RIVER OF DEATH based on the Alistair MacLean novel in which an expedition travels to the Amazon jungle to investigate an incurable disease and discover World War II Nazis in a lost Inca city.

Herbert Lom played Colonel Ricardo Diaz.

Donald Pleasence played Heinrich Spaatz.

Sarah Maur Thorp played Anna Blakesley.

Lom, Pleasence and Thorp reunited for TEN LITTLE INDIANS based on the Agatha Christie novel in which ten strangers are invited to the African jungle by a mysterious host where they are killed off one by one.

Herbert Lom played General Branko Romensky, Donald Pleasence played Justice Lawrence Wargrave and Sarah Maur Thorp played Vera Claythorne.

 

[dragon53]

THURSDAY, JANUARY 18

MASTERS OF THE AIR---tv spot released for the Apple TV+ World War II miniseries about the Eighth Air Force.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPhoD-HUBHw


BAD HOMBRES---trailer released for the movie starring Tyrese Gibson and Thomas Jane.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XshaFDXlwF8


THE NEW LOOK---trailer released for the Apple TV+ 10-part miniseries about the fashion rivalry between Christian Dior (Ben Mendelsohn) and Coco Chanel (Juliette Binoche).

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXN5Ws7LxkA



ARGYLLE---Matthew Vaughn denied rumors that the spy movie, which stars Henry Cavill and Bryce Dallas Howard, is based on the novel that was really written by Taylor Swift.
The novel's movie rights sold for $200 million, and author Elly Conway's real identity has been a mystery for several years. Current rumors claim Conway is a pseudonym for Taylor Swift.
Vaughn said, “I’m not a big internet guy, and it was actually my daughter who came up to me – this is the power of celebrity and the internet – and said, ‘You never told me Taylor wrote the book!’ and I’m looking at her going, ‘What are you talking about Taylor Swift wrote the book? She didn’t write the book!’ And I was laughing because I was like, ‘It’s not true! She didn’t write the book!’ But my daughter was convinced of it.
There is a real book … and it’s a really good book, and there is an Elly Conway who wrote the book, but it’s not Taylor Swift. And I say that because I imagine Taylor Swift has a load of people trying to jump on her bandwagon left, right, and center. I don’t want to be a part of that club. I did read the conspiracies and I was like, ‘Wow, they don’t leave a stone unturned!’ But it’s not Taylor Swift. She definitely didn’t write the book.”

GODZILLA MINUS ONE/MINUS COLOR---the black and white version will be released in the US theaters for one week only from January 26 to February 1. GODZILLA MINUS ONE has earned $50 million in the US which makes it the highest-grossing Japanese movie and the fifth highest-grossing non-English movie in US history.

DUNE: PART TWO---the sequel will return to select IMAX theaters in North America for one day only on January 24.

BIG BAD---werewolf movie underway based on the short story. Christopher Landon (FREAKY) is the director.

THE COURT JESTER---Pauly Shore will star in the fitness guru Richard Simmons biomovie. However, Simmons posted that it will be unauthorized by him, "Hi Everybody! You may have heard they may be doing a movie about me with Pauly Shore. I have never given my permission for this movie. So don’t believe everything you read. I no longer have a manager, and I no longer have a publicist. I just try to live a quiet life and be peaceful. Thank you for all your love and support.”

CRIMINAL MINDS: EVOLUTION---Josh Stewart posted he is not returning for next season, “adly my days of playing Will LaMontagne Jr. are over. You guys have been the absolute best.”

TRIVIA---in STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN, Judson Scott played Joachim, "the largest and brightest of Khan's group". However, Scott is not listed in the sequel's credits. Scott said a "foul up" caused his absence in the credits when his agents asked that he be billed with the main WRATH OF KHAN characters at the beginning of the sequel and Paramount Pictures refused. His agents tried the ploy in which they waived billing in which they thought waived billing meant being listed in the end credits instead of the beginning credits, but it really meant no billing at all. Scott laughed about his absence, "I went to the movie and I went…WOW, I know that was me!"
Scott did return to the STAR TREK franchise in STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION and STAR TREK: VOYAGER where he did appear in the credits.

 

[dragon53]

FRIDAY, JANUARY 19

GODZILLA MINUS ONE/MINUS COLOR---trailer released for the black and white version of the movie that will be in theaters for one week only from January 26--February 1.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4nR1BI_33Y



STAR WARS: NEW JEDI ORDER---Daisy Ridley will reportedly make $12.5 million for the sequel. Her salary for THE FORCE AWAKENS was estimated to be $200,000--$300,000.
Also, a source claims Shawn Levy's STAR WARS movie “may also involve Rey somehow."
Salaries for actresses are:

Anya Taylor-Joy (FURIOSA)---$1.8 million
Jamie Lee Curtis (HALLOWEEN ENDS)---$3.5 million
Emily Blunt (OPPENHEIMER)---$4 million
Gal Gadot (DEATH ON THE NILE)---$5 million
Jennifer Lopez (MARRY ME)---$8.5 million
Lady Gaga (JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX)---$10 million
Millie Bobby Brown (ENOLA HOLMES 2)---$10 million
Zendaya (CHALLENGERS)---$10 million
Sandra Bullock (THE LOST CITY)---$10 million
Margot Robbie (BARBIE)---$12.5 million
Daisy Ridley (STAR WARS: NEW JEDI ORDER)--$12.5 million

EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON---Taylor Sheridan will be the writer/director of the movie based on the book about the conflict between the Comanche tribe, led by chief Quanah Parker, against white settlers.

THE TERMINAL LIST: DARK WOLF---Amazon Prime ordered the prequel series with Chris Pratt and Taylor Kitsch returning.

POLAR EXPRESS---producer Gary Goetzman was asked if a sequel to the 2004 Robert Zemeckis movie is in the future, "That is trying to be worked out now, for sure, POLAR 2. Yes.”

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE---the sequel's title has been changed from MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE--DEAD RECKONING PART ONE to MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE--DEAD RECKONING.

SCHMIGADOON---Apple TV+ cancelled the series.

RAP SH!T---Max cancelled the series.

TRIVIA---New York nightclub bouncer Mark Sinclair thought he needed a new name to make him appear tougher, so he changed his name to Vin Diesel. "Vin" comes from Vincent, his mother's married last name, and "Diesel" was a suggested by friends because it suggests energy.

 

[dragon53]

MONDAY, JANUARY 22

DUNE: PART TWO---teaser trailer released for the sequel.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DahbF0AKXCo



MASTERS OF THE AIR---new featurette released for the Apple TV+ World War II miniseries about the Eighth Air Force bombing Nazi Germany.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-QDyK-I9fU



CONSTELLATION---trailer released for the Apple TV+ sci fi series starring Noomi Rapace.

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



DEADPOOL 3---new sequel photos show Deadpool, Wolverine and Dogpool encountering a younger version of Deadppol.

TRON: ARES---Gillian Anderson (THE X-FILES) will co-star with Jared Leto in an undisclosed role.

DOCTOR WHO---Millie Gibson will not be returning as Ruby Sunday for Season 15. Doctor Who's new Season 15 companion will be played by Varada Sethu (JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION).

MICHAEL---Jaafar Jackson, Michael Jackson's nephew, who plays Michael Jackson, posted a photo from the biomovie.

REACHER---Alan Ritchson commented on Season 3, “We’ve picked it up, it’s chosen. It’s a good choice, I gotta say. I think we’ve been very creative about how we’ve sequenced the type of story.
We felt we needed a book that was more Reacher alone for the third season. And so it was a question of which story would work best for that, and which one would have a great opening scene and all that, and we found one that we loved.”

CLIFFHANGER 2---Renny Harlin commented on the sequel, “To be honest, I’ve tried for decades. I always felt the movie was hugely successful, and it was crazy that there wasn’t a sequel. There was more story to tell. Now, of course, it’s a long time later, so I have no idea what kind of a story they are planning to tell or what Sly’s role in it is. But I wish them the best of luck.
I hope they don’t try to replace what we did with a lot of CG. Because I think the audience will be able to tell that we did everything for real. We shot at 12,000-foot peaks in the Italian Alps. It was real stuff, like the opening sequence with the girl falling. It was done for real. That was at 8,000 feet, that wire.
It’s so easy for the studios to say now, ‘We’ll do everything blue screen and create everything digitally.’ I hope they don’t do that because it deserves a sequel with the same spirit of the original.”

ZULU---January 22, 2024 is the 145th anniversary of the Battle of Rorke's Drift in which about 150 British soldiers defended their remote outpost from about 4,000 Zulu warriors. The siege of Rorke's Drift was portrayed in the movie ZULU which starred Michael Caine and Stanley Baker. Glynn Edwards played Corporal William Allen (Victoria Cross). Edwards commented on his ZULU salary compared to his Kellogg's Bran Flakes tv commercial, "I earned 10 times as much money from advertising Bran Flakes as I did from the movie ZULU."

KELLOGG'S LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV1osI7bprY


In ZULU, Glynn Edwards (right) played Corporal William Allen (Victoria Cross).

 

[lancer]

Clint Eastwood was a great Western star But John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart and Henry Fonda were great also plus many more.
Mark

Eastwood certainly deserves his place as a great western star, but as long as John Wayne is in the conversation, Wayne is #1 and everyone else is running for 2nd place. -- Al

 

[dragon53]

TUESDAY, JANUARY 23

HIT MAN---trailer released for the Netflix hit man movie starring Glen Powell.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMVLQfHj6SY



STAR WARS: THE BAD BATCH---trailer released for Season 3.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa5zeHdSwdQ



RIPLEY---trailer released for the Netflix thriller miniseries starring Andrew Scott and based on the novels.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE0byWSKp0E



DOCTOR JEKYLL---trailer released for the Hammer Film horror movie starring Eddie Izzard.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPtswdu9MoE



APPLES NEVER FALL---trailer released for the Peacock miniseries starring Sam Neill and Annette Bening and based on the novel.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpM6oe5UCIM



JURASSIC WORLD---Universal Pictures is developing a new JURASSIC WORLD movie to be written by David Koepp (JURASSIC PARK). The new movie will start a "new Jurassic era" with an all-new storyline. This may indicate Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum and Laura Dern are not returning. Steven Spielberg is the executive producer.

THE BOOK OF ELI---John Boyega will star in the tv series prequel to the 2010 post-apocalyptic movie that starred Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman. The series will be set 30 years before the movie shortly after the apocalyptic disaster occurred.

HUNTINGTON---Glen Powell will star in this movie about Becket Redfellow, a man who will stop at nothing to inherit a multi-billion dollar estate he thinks he deserves.

TOP GUN 3---Glen Powell commented on the next sequel, “There is going to be some fun stuff being announced soon…but it was confidential to me. I talk to [Joseph] Kosinski, Cruise, and Jerry [Bruckheimer] all the time. There is stuff happening and it sounds very exciting. I don’t know when I’ll be going back…I’m sure there is a jet waiting for me sometime in the future.”

SUPERMAN---DC Studios co-head James Gunn posted his reply about if the JJ Abrams Superman movie is still in development, "yes".

TRIVIA---in the Hammer Film horror movie THE VAMPIRE LOVERS, vampiress Mircalla/Camilla (Ingrid Pitt) was trying to bite Mademoiselle Perrodont (Kate O'Mara), but Pitt's loose-fitting fangs kept falling into O'Mara's cleavage. Pitt finally got a stick of chewing gum from a crew member and used it to keep the fangs in her mouth.