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FRIDAY, APRIL 5

STAR WARS: TALES OF THE EMPIRE---trailer released for the Disney+ shorts.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SIST9t72kY



ABIGAIL---new trailer released for the vampire movie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtAL2x58hns



NUCLEAR WAR: A SCENARIO---Denis Villeneuve will direct the movie based on the Annie Jacobsen book NUCLEAR WAR: A SCENARIO which describes what might happen during a nuclear war based on “military and civilian experts who built the weapons and have been privy to the response plans and have been responsible for those decisions should they need to be made.”

28 YEARS LATER---Jodie Comer is reportedly in talks to star in the zombie sequel. Cillian Murphy is rumored to be returning.

AVENGELYNE---Olivia Wilde will direct the movie based on the comic book. Margot Robbie is a co-producer.

WALT DISNEY---Walt Disney head Bob Iger commented on defeating investor Nelson Peltz in a proxy battle after Peltz accused Disney's projects of being too woke, “The term woke is thrown around rather liberally, no pun intended in that regard. I think a lot of people don’t even understand really what it means.
I think the noise is sort of quieted down. I’ve been preaching this for a long time at the company before I left and since I came back then our number one goal is to entertain.
The bottom line is that infusing messaging as a sort of a number one priority in our films and TV shows is not what we’re up to. They need to be entertaining, and where the Disney company can have a positive impact on the world, whether it’s, you know, fostering acceptance and understanding of people of all different types, great.
But generally speaking, we need to be an entertainment-first company … And understanding that look, we’re trying to reach a very, very diverse audience.
And on one hand in order to do that, what you do, the stories you tell, have to really reflect the audience that you’re trying to reach, but that audience because they are so diverse, really, first and foremost, they want to be entertained, and sometimes they can’t be turned off by certain things.
And we just have to be more sensitive to the interest of a broad audience. It’s not easy, you know, so that we can’t please everybody all the time, right?”

THE WALKING DEAD: DEAD CITY---Kim Coates (SONS OF ANARCHY) has joined the Season 2 cast in the recurring role of New York gang leader Bruegel.

THE BIG STONE GRID---S. Craig Zahler (BONE TOMAHAWK) will direct the noir horror movie about two New York detectives who investigate an extortion ring involving sadistic murders.

HAPPY GILMORE 2---after co-star Christopher McDonald said the sequel is underway, Drew Barrymore, Adam Sandler's friend and co-star, also said the sequel is underway, “I’ll just say this, from my source, that it is in process.”

TULSA KING---Frank Grillo will play Kansas City mobster Bill Bevilaqua in Season 2.

MICHAEL J. FOX---Michael J. Fox said suffering from Parkinson's disease would not stop him from returning to acting, “if someone offers me a part, and I do it, and I have a good time, great.”

TRIVIA---in MALONE, Burt Reynolds played an ex-CIA assassin who saved a small Oregon town from a wealthy nationalist terrorist leader. At the end of the movie, Malone burned his Virginia drivers license. On the license, the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicle's signature is, "Alfred E. Neuman"---MAD MAGAZINE's irreverent cover boy.

 

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MONDAY, APRIL 8

FLY ME TO THE MOON---trailer released for the comedy astronaut movie starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW7enw6mFxs



THOSE ABOUT TO DIE---Peacock trailer released for the gladiator tv series starring Anthony Hopkins.

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



THE MUMMY---trailer released for the Brendan Fraser horror movie which returns to theaters for its 25th anniversary on April 26.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9q1ysn1_gQ



MAXXXINE---trailer released for the slasher movie starring Mia Goth.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HYqD2DJ5ks



NEW LIFE---trailer released for the horror movie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0Q7qesGaMw



STAR WARS: DAWN OF THE JEDI---Beau Willimon (ANDOR, HOUSE OF CARDS) will write the screenplay for the James Mangold movie set “25,000 years before any of the timelines and stories told”.

SUPERMAN---DC Studios co-head James Gunn denied rumors the movie's villain is an evil clone of Superman, "The primary protagonist of Superman is, shockingly, Superman. The main villain of Superman is, shockingly, Lex Luthor. I don’t know where all the stuff is coming from that it’s something other than this.
There are so many stories coming out every day it’s difficult to deal with and everytime I strike something down I’m giving it attention. So, I’ll say again, don’t believe anything unless you see it HERE (& why would you want to know everything before the movie comes out anyway?)”.

GLADIATOR---official title, GLADIATOR II, and logo were released for the Ridley Scott sequel.

FANTASTIC VOYAGE---James Cameron commented on the status of the long-gestating remake of the 1966 sci fi movie that starred Stephen Boyd and Raquel Welch, “We’ve been developing it for a number of years, and we plan to go ahead with it very soon. Raquel Welch is not available, but we think we can make a pretty good movie.”

IRON MAN---Robert Downey, Jr. commented on returning to the MCU, "Happily. It’s too integral a part of my DNA. That role chose me. And look, I always say, ‘Never, ever bet against Kevin Feige.’ It is a losing bet. He’s the house. He will always win."

QUANTUM LEAP---NBC cancelled the reboot series.

TRIVIA---in the dystopian SOYLENT GREEN, Leigh Taylor-Young played Shirl, the "furniture" (mistress) of a Soylent Corporation board member who was murdered because he knew too much. Taylor-Young was majoring in economics at Northwestern University when a fellow student suggested she pursue an acting career. The fellow student, Richard Sterne, also appeared in the movie as the tv commercial announcer selling Soylent Green.

 

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TUESDAY, APRIL 9

KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES---new trailer released for the sequel.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBlTMBY19-0



UNDER PARIS---Netflix trailer released for the movie about a killer shark in Paris.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnCefPQIH98



FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA---poster released for the prequel movie.

SUCKER PUNCH---Zack Snyder said he wants a Snydercut of the 2011 movie, “The only movie I would change is SUCKER PUNCH , because it never really got finished correctly. Even the director’s cut is not really the correct cut. It’s really just an extended version. If I had the chance, I would fix that movie. I have the footage already shot: they just have to let me put it together. We ask every now and then. We have to ask again. I think there has to be a window when no-one’s got the movie."
Snyder said it is up to the fans, "If they want to start a campaign, that’s alright.”

TULSA KING--- Catrett Locke Casting, which provided extras for the Sylvester Stallone tv series, has ended its relationship with the series because Stallone and a director supposedly made disparaging remarks about the extras for a scene a trendy bar. A source claimed screenshots show Stallone “calling the director over and saying ‘What the f—- is up with these f—— ugly background [actors].’ He and the director proceeded to call certain people terrible names and laughed at them. ‘tub of lard,’ ‘fat guy with cane’ and was making fun of their weight and handicaps.” Also, Stallone suggested replacing them with "pretty young girls". One of the extras added that Stallone “was very upset with the look of the background actors. Said they were hideous and old and fat. Next thing, people are being told to go back to holding and younger people were brought in.”
Director Craig Zisk denied the accusations and said he told casting supervisor Rose Locke he wanted "young and hip" extras for the scene and photos beforehand, but the extras sent were not young and hip and no photos were provided.

DREDGE---movie underway based on the video game. The synopsis says, “Think THE SIXTH SENSE on the water. A grounded atmospheric cosmic horror blend of HP Lovecraft and Ernest Hemingway.”

WILL SMITH---a source said the Will and Jada Smith Foundation might shut down after donations plummeted following the 2022 Academy Awards incident in which Smith slapped host Chris Rock after he made a joke about Smith's wife, Jada. In 2021 the foundation received over $2.1 million, but in 2022, only $365 thousand was received, a drop 0f 83%.

LIARMOUTH---director John Waters confirmed Aubrey Plaza will star in his first movie in 20 years, but he has not been able to raise the money for the movie about a compulsive liar, “The book was optioned. I turned in the script. They like the script, but we don’t have the money to make it. I’m thrilled that [Plaza is] going to [star in it], but we don’t have the money yet. I don’t know what’s going to happen, and so I’m trying to get FRUITCAKE going too. We’ll see.”

TRIVIA---Byron Haskin directed the classic THE WAR OF THE WORLDS which featured the Martian War Machines designed by art director Albert Nozaki which were inspired by the manta ray. Haskin liked the manta ray design so much that he and Nozaki used it again for the alien spaceships in ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS.

The Albert Nozaki-designed Martian War Machines in Byron Haskins' THE WAR OF THE WORLDS.

The Albert Nozaki-designed alien spaceships in Byron Haskins' ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS.

 

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10

JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX---trailer released for the sequel.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy8aJw1vYHo&rco=1



SHARDLAKE---trailer released for the Hulu miniseries based on the murder mystery novel.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDGNwIM0r9g



MEGALOPOLIS---Francis Ford Coppola commented on the lukewarm reviews to his movie starring Adam Driver, Aubrey Plaza, Giancarlo Esposito, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne, Dustin Hoffman and Forest Whitaker, “This is exactly what happened with APOCALYPSE NOW 40 years ago. There were very contradicting views expressed, but the audience never stopped going to see the film, and to this day APOCALYPSE NOW is still in very profitable distribution. I am sure this will be the same situation with MEGALOPOLIS. It will stand the test of time.”

THE MATRIX 5---Cailee Spaeny commented on reuniting with Drew Goddard, who directed her in BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE, for THE MATRIX 5, “Let’s put it out there. I’ve even got my MATRIX coat here. I would do anything with Drew Goddard. He is such a mastermind, and I am so excited for him. So, yes, let’s get that out there and see what happens. Let’s manifest it.”

THE BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER---Colin Farrell will star in the Netflix movie directed by Edward Berger (ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT). The synopsis says, “The story follows a high-stakes gambler who decides to lay low in Macau after his past and debts catch up with him. Along the way he encounters a kindred spirit who might just hold the key to his salvation.”

GAME OF THRONES---Kit Harington said the Jon Snow spinoff series has been shelved, “Currently, it’s not [worth pursuing]. Currently, it’s off the table, because we all couldn’t find the right story to tell that we were all excited about enough. So, we decided to lay down tools with it for the time being. There may be a time in the future where we return to it, but at the moment, no. It’s firmly on the shelf.”
Harington also commented on returning as the Black Knight in the MCU, “I hope that they do something with that character. I think that character is fascinating and brilliant. And I love his trajectory in the comics. I love the idea of a good guy being turned bad by his superpower. I think that’s brilliant. I’m not sure whether we’ve had a protagonist that’s like that, so I think it’s a really strong idea. I’d love them to [revisit him].”
He added,, “I don’t know, though. The honest answer is nothing’s in the works at the moment. If they decide to use the character in something, or as a solo thing, I’d be very excited by it. But I don’t think it’s planned at the moment.”

BRIDGET JONES: MAD ABOUT THE BOY---Renee Zellweger, Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson are returning for the sequel.

NCIS---CBS renewed the series for Season 22.

TRIVIA---character actress Mary Ellen Trainor played Los Angeles tv newscaster Gail Wallens in two movies: DIE HARD and RICOCHET.

Mary Ellen Trainor as Los Angeles newscaster Gail Wallens in DIE HARD with villain Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman).

Trainor as Gail Wallens in RICOCHET with Los Angeles Assistant District Attorney Nick Styles (Denzel Washington).

 

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THURSDAY, APRIL 11

SPEAK NO EVIL---trailer released for the movie starring James McAvoy.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjzxI6uf8H8



DARK MATTER---trailer released for the Apple TV+ sci fi series starring Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connelly.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6ucGt_Xp14



IF---new trailer released for the fantasy movie starring Ryan Reynolds.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb2187ZQtBE



28 YEARS LATER 2---Nia DaCosta (THE MARVELS) is in talks to direct the second movie in the zombie sequel trilogy.

THE NIGHT MANAGER---Tom Hiddleston is returning for the BBC/Amazon Season 2 and 3 sequel to the 2016 miniseries based on the John le Carre novel. Season 2 will be set eight years after Season 1.

WONDER WOMAN 1854---Zack Snyder commented on his proposed WONDER WOMAN movie with Wonder Woman fighting in the Crimean War, “The idea of that was an early riff we were doing: once Wonder Woman left the island in search of Ares, what happened to her in her different incarnations? My idea for it was that she would travel around the world looking for Ares and she would go to every place where there was conflict.
On those battlefields she found these lovers, warriors, and they would age out because she is immortal. They would be her lover for ten years or they might die in battle, and it was probably sad for a lot of the guys because they would see her starting to be nice to the next young soldier and be like, ‘Oh, I’m being replaced.’ But all the guys that she had with her were those loyal warriors she found on the battlefields all over the world."
He added, "We talked about if Steve Trevor was there in Crimea. It was never a screenplay, but we talked about it so much that it kind of had its own life.”

HEROES: ECLIPSED---synopsis for the reboot of the tv series that starred Milo Ventimiglia and Hayden Panettiere, “HEROES: ECLIPSED is set years after the events of the original series as new evos are being awakened and discovering powers that will change their lives. Featuring familiar villains and new enemies who once again will be attempting to suppress this next step in human evolution, it will be up to this new group of heroes to save the world.” The reboot will be offered to networks and streamers.

THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT---Lionsgate and Blumhouse Productions are developing a reboot of the found-film horror movie franchise.

IN THE GREY---Henry Cavill, Jake Gyllenhaal, Eiza Gonzalez and Rosamund Pike will star in the guy Ritchie movie whose plot is “a group who operates in the middle of criminality and the law.”

TRIVIA---German character actor Wolf Kahler appeared in two movies which featured fictional advanced, high tech aircraft. In RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, which featured the Luftwaffe Flying Wing, Kahler played German Colonel Hermann Dietrich. In Clint Eastwood's FIRFOX, which featured the MiG-31 Firefox stealth fighter, Kahler played KGB Chairman Yuri Andropov.

In RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, which featured the Luftwaffe Flying Wing, Wolf Kahler played German Colonel Hermann Dietrich.

In Clint Eastwood's FIRFOX, which featured the MiG-31 Firefox stealth fighter, Kahler played KGB Chairman Yuri Andropov.

 

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FRIDAY, APRIL 12

YOUNG WOMAN AND THE SEA---trailer released for the movie starring Daisy Ridley.

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



STAR TREK---Toby Haynes (ANDOR) will direct the "origin story" movie that is set decades before the 2009 JJ Abrams reboot movie. Seth Grahame-Smith is the writer.

THE RUNNING MAN---Glen Powell will star in the Edgar Wright remake of the 1987 movie that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger. The movie was based on the Stephen King novel.

CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD---photo released of Anthony Mackie as Captain America and Harrison Ford as Thunderbolt Ross.

MONARCH: LEGACY OF MONSTERS---Apple TV+ renewed the Kurt Russell miniseries for Season 2 and will develop new spinoffs.

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: THE LAST RONIN---synopsis released for the Paramount Pictures R-rated, live-action movie, “Who is the Last Ronin? In a future, battle-ravaged New York City, a lone surviving Turtle embarks on a seemingly hopeless mission seeking justice for the family he lost. From legendary TMNT co-creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, get ready for the final story of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles three decades in the making! What terrible events destroyed his family and left New York a crumbling, post-apocalyptic nightmare? All will be revealed in this climactic Turtle tale that sees longtime friends becoming enemies and new allies emerging in the most unexpected places. Can the surviving Turtle triumph?”

THE LIFE AND MURDER OF NICOLE BROWN SIMPSON---Lifetime two-part documentary about the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson from her perspective and involves over 50 people that were close to her.

S.W.A.T.---CBS renewed the series for Season 8.

MELROSE PLACE---Heather Locklear, Daphne Zuniga and Laura Leighton are returning for the reboot of the tv series that will be shopped to networks and streamers. The synopsis says, “When one of their dearest friends dies suddenly, the OG residents of Melrose Place gather to honor the deceased. But the pressure cooker of a reunion soon uncovers old traumas, rekindles old romances, reignites old resentments, and reveals new secrets . . . throwing our characters into chaotic drama that’s reminiscent of the past, but with a much more modern perspective.”

TRIVIA---in WARGAMES, a movie about a computer nuclear war game that almost causes a real nuclear war between the US and the Soviet Union, co-writers Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes based Dr. Stephen Falken, the nuclear war game creator, on Dr. Stephen Hawking. Parkes said they pictured John Lennon as Falken "because he was a kind of spiritual cousin to Stephen Hawking." Lasker said they almost got Lennon to play Falken, "through David Geffen, we'd communicated with John Lennon, and he was interested in the role." Things did not work out, and British actor John Wood played Falken.

 

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TUESDAY, APRIL 16

(no Movie/TV News on April 15 due to AT&T internet problem).


A MAN IN FULL---trailer released for the Netflix miniseries based on the novel.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9bF4X38O0o&t=55s



YOU CAN'T RUN FOREVER---trailer released for the serial killer movie starring JK Simmons.

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



THE NAKED GUN---Pamela Anderson will co-star with Liam Neeson in the reboot movie. Her role was not disclosed.

JURASSIC WORLD---Jonathan Bailey (BRIDGERTON) is in talks to co-star in the sequel with Scarlett Johansson, and a rumor claims Dev Patel and Colman Domingo are also in talks to co-star.

BACK TO THE FUTURE---Michael J. Fox commented on being a superstar in the 1980s compared to Gen Z actors, “Well, you had to be talented. That helped.”
He added, “We didn’t have social media, we didn’t have any of that crap. We were just famous. Left to our own resources. And it was an amazing time. We used to bust our ***, our acting muscles and watch other actors and sit around with other actors and talk about acting and talk about it. And now you’ve got people who just go like, who’s your sweater? What’s your sweater you’re wearing? And what’s that dance step? And you’re the most famous person in the world.”

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 3---Keanu Reeves will provide the voice of Shadow in the latest sequel.

BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE---Geena Davis said she thinks her age prevented her from returning for the sequel, "I’m not in the remake. Oh, you were expecting that I would be? Yeah, no, you know what? Because my theory is that ghosts don’t age … Not that I have. Our characters were stuck the way they looked when they died forever, so it’s been a while, its been a minute.”

JUSTICE LEAGUE 3---Zack Snyder said he would be interested in an animated version of the movie to complete the superhero trilogy.

STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS---Paramount+ renewed the series for Season 4 and STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS Season 5 will be the last season.

COYOTE VS. ACME---a Warner Bros. spokesperson said reports that the studio shelved the movie for a $40 million tax write-off are "inaccurate" and no final decision has been made on what the studio will do with the movie.

COLD CASE---CBS reboot of the crime series is underway and is set 15 years later with an all-new investigation team.

CHRIS FARLEY---Paul Walter Hauser (RICHARD JEWELL) will star in the untitled Chris Farley biomovie directed by Josh Gad and based on the book THE CHRIS FARLEY SHOW: AN ACT IN THREE ACTS.

FREE FALL---Zachary Levi will star in the movie whose synoosis says, “The film tells the story of a father’s attempt to reconcile with his estranged daughter on a rock-climbing trip that turns deadly as an accident leaves them stranded hundreds of feet in the air."

MEERKAT MANOR---Warner Bros. Animation is making a movie based on the Animal Planet documentary series.

TRIVIA---in two Leslie Nielsen movies, someone is attacked by a tiger. In FORBIDDEN PLANET, Commander Adams (Nielsen) killed a tiger attacking Alta (Anne Francis) after it was provoked by the Id of Alta's father, Dr. Morbius. IN THE NAKED GUN, Lieutenant Frank Drebin is undercover at a baseball game to prevent the assassination of Queen Elizabeth and the stadium Jumbotron shows odd baseball plays, including a tiger attacking a baseball player stealing base.

In FORBIDDEN PLANET, Commander Adams (Nielsen) killed a tiger attacking Alta (Anne Francis) after it was provoked by the Id of Alta's father, Dr. Morbius.

IN THE NAKED GUN, Lieutenant Frank Drebin is undercover at a baseball game to prevent the assassination of Queen Elizabeth and the stadium Jumbotron shows odd baseball plays, including a tiger attacking a baseball player stealing base.

 

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17

ALIEN---trailer released for the original movie which returns to theaters for its 45th anniversary on April 26.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9_4qmDys4A



DADDIO---trailer released for the movie starring Sean Penn and Dakota Johnson.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJrr2amlFyc



SPIDER-MAN 7---rumors claim Sam Raimi is a candidate to direct the sequel and has had some initial talks with Sony Pictures.

RUMOURS---photo released from the comedy movie starring Cate Blanchett and Alicia Vikander in which the the G-7 Summit leaders get lost in the woods and encounter a giant brain.

WEDNESDAY---Steve Buscemi will play the new principal of Nevermore Academy in Season 2.

BATMAN---REACHER star Alan Ritchson said he is not a fan of Marvel movies, “Like everybody else, I sit back and yawn at Marvel movies regurgitating comic book stories that we’ve seen a thousand times because they’re the only way studios feel like they can make money. I want to be a solution; I want to do something about it. So I’m using every bit of leverage that I have to create new, compelling stories. That’s my mission.”
However, Ritchson said he wants to play Batman in DC Studios movie, “I would love to play Batman. There, I said it, OK? I’ll shout it from the rooftops: I wanna be Bruce Wayne!Here’s the thing about Batman – you know what his superpower is? Intelligence. Dude is the smartest superhero there is. Like, he’s inventive and he’s got all the gadgets stuff, but he’s super smart. I want to be that guy and also to have…a cave with hypercars, sports cars, and awesome motorcycles…I’m into that stuff.”

SUPERMAN---Pruitt Taylor Vince will play Pa Kent in the movie.

REBEL MOON---Zack Snyder said he hopes a can direct a third movie, "We have definitely been working on a PART THREE, as far as the story goes. We definitely know where we’re all headed – we’ve known that for quite a while, to be honest. So yeah, I’m excited to make some more REBEL MOON movies – that would be fun.”

ANT-MAN---Michael Douglas said he does not want to return to the MCU, “[Getting killed off] actually was my request for the third one. I said I’d like to have a serious [death], with all these great special effects. There’s got to be some fantastic way where I can shrink to an ant size and explode, whatever it is. I want to use all those effects. But, that was on the last one. Now, I don’t think I’m going to show up [for a fourth].”

TRIVIA---in THE WILD WILD WEST Western spy tv series, Robert Conrad played Secret Service Jim West. Conrad was only 5' 8" and wore three-inch heels to make him appear taller. Most guest actresses used in the series were not allowed to be taller than 5' 6".
Casting director Ethel Winant said, "We shot this crazy scene with a pool table. We always put Bobby in the foreground and the other actors in the background. We always used the same set, which forced perspective, and we would test people so we could have short people around. Bobby would wear a hat and have boots and lifts and we made these very elaborate chaffs to make him look taller in the tests. We figured we could probably get away from it in the show because he'd be on horses. But it was hard to do it on the set."

5' 8" Robert Conrad with 5' 4" Sherry Jackson in THE WILD WILD WEST episode "The Night of the Gruesome Games".

 

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THURSDAY, APRIL 18

LONGLEGS---teaser trailer released for the horror movie starring Nicolas Cage.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORe5cAnpTFQ



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

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXwa8DKIK7g



TRANSFORMERS ONE---trailer released for the animated movie starring Chris Hemsworth.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a09yJU-mCI



THE MOVIE CRITIC---Quentin Tarantino has reportedly cancelled his tenth and last movie about a movie critic that might have starred Brad Pitt.

UFO---Steven Spielberg is developing an untitled UFO movie based on his own idea and will reunite with David Koepp (JURASSIC PARK) to write the screenplay.

NAPOLEON---Brian Cox commented on Ridley Scott's Napoleon Bonaparte biomovie starring Jaoquin Phoenix, “It’s terrible. A truly terrible performance by Joaquin Phoenix. It really is appalling. I don’t know what he was thinking. I think it’s totally his fault and I don’t think Ridley Scott helps him.
I would have played it a lot better than Joaquin Phoenix, I tell you that. You can say it’s good drama. No — it’s lies. I think he’s well named. Joaquin … wackeen … wacky. It’s a sort of wacky performance.”
Cox also commented on one of his own movies, BRAVEHEART, "BRAVEHEART is a load of nonsense. Mel Gibson was wonderful but it’s a load of lies. He never impregnated the French princess. It is a bollocks [sic] that film.”

ANYONE BUT YOU---Sydney Sweeney, the co-star of the hit ANYONE BUT YOU, was criticized by producer Carol Baum (DEAD RINGERS, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, FATHER OF THE BRIDE), “There’s an actress who everybody loves now — Sydney Sweeney. I don’t get Sydney Sweeney. I was watching on the plane Sydney Sweeney’s movie because I wanted to watch it. I wanted to know who she is and why everybody’s talking about her. I watched this unwatchable movie — sorry to people who love this movie — [this] romantic comedy where they hate each other.”
Baum also asked her students at the USC School of Cinematic Arts about Sweeney, “I said to my class, ‘Explain this girl to me. She’s not pretty, she can’t act. Why is she so hot?’ Nobody had an answer, but then the question was asked, 'Well, if you could get your movie made because she was in it, would you do it?”"
TMZ reported that Baum now regrets her remarks, “She wishes she never would’ve made her original comments and that crapping on an actor like that in public usually isn’t her style.”

SUPEREHEROES---THE FANTASTIC FOUR star Joseph Quinn (Human Torch) commented on claims that superhero fatigue has led to a drop in superhero movie box office revenue,
“I think that with the story of THE FANTASTIC FOUR, it feels like we want to get this right. There are aspects of it that are very different to other Marvel films. That felt very compelling to me.
Again, going back to who’s involved, Matt, of course, the director, I think is brilliant, and the cast, and I’ve read it and the script is brilliant. It’s really brilliant. I’m delighted to have this opportunity.
Superhero movies are movies about people, and if we’re invested in the people and the characters and the peril and the spectacle, then that’s why people go to the theaters to watch films. We’re not just in a penny; we’re in for a pound with this one. We’re going to go for it.”

SUPERMAN---Neva Howell will play Ma Kent in the DC Studios movie.

FOR ALL MANKIND---Apple TV+ renewed the series for Season 5.

GOLDEN AXE---Comedy Central animated tv series underway based on the video game.

TRIVIA---THE NIGHT STALKER was a 1972 ABC TV Movie of the Week about newspaper reporter Carl Kolchak pursuing a vampire preying on Las Vegas women with Barry Atwater playing vampire Janos Skorzeny. THE NIGHT STALKER was a huge hit and was the most-watched tv movie in history at that time. ABC, eager for another hit, made the sequel THE NIGHT STRANGLER in which Kolchak pursues a ghoul preying on Seattle women with Richard Anderson playing the ghoul, Dr. Richard Malcolm.
In fact, Barry Atwater and Richard Anderson had appeared together in the 1970 ABC TV Movie of the Week ALONG CAME A SPIDER in which Suzanne Pleshette played a woman who thinks her scientist husband was murdered by a fellow scientist. Atwater played Judge Romagna and Anderson played District Attorney Freiberg.

In the 1972 ABC TV Movie of the Week THE NIGHT STALKER, Barry Atwater played vampire Janos Skorzeny.

In the 1973 ABC TV Movie of the Week sequel THE NIGHT STRANGLER, Richard Anderson played ghoul Dr. Richard Malcom.

In the 1970 ABC TV Movie of the Week ALONG CAME A SPIDER, Atwater played Judge Romagna and Anderson played District Attorney Freiberg.

 

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FRIDAY, APRIL 19

TRAP---trailer released for the M. Night Shyamalan movie.

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



THE PROOF IS OUT THERE: MILITARY MYSTERIES---trailer released for the History Channel documentary series about military mysteries.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-nlEb2cEoQ



FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA---new photos show Anya Taylor-Joy as Furiosa and Chris Hemsworth as Warlord Dementus.

PROJECT HAIL MARY---Ryan Gosling stars in the Amazon sci fi movie directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller. The movie is described as, "Gosling plays Ryland Grace, a schoolteacher-turned-astronaut who wakes up from a coma, alone, on a space station with no memory of who he is or his mission. His memory returns in bursts and he pieces together that he was sent to the Tau Ceti solar system, 12 light-years from Earth, to reverse the impact of a space event that had already hurled our planet into the early stages of an Ice Age. As details of the mission unravel, he must call on all of his scientific training and sheer ingenuity, but he might not have to do it alone…”
Premiere is March 20, 2026.

DUNE: PART THREE---Denis Villeneuve said he is currently writing the sequel which will address the PART TWO ending in which Chani left Paul's side in anger, “That anger is tremendous. I don’t want to reveal what I’m going to do with the third movie. I know exactly what to do. I’m writing it right now. But there’s a lot of firepower there, and I’m very excited about that decision.”

REBEL MOON---Zack Snyder said he wants even more sequels to the sci fi movie, “I guess four makes sense. Four or six movies, depending. I guess it’s whether or not every time we make one of these movies, we make two, that’s the question.”

THE WITCHER---Netflix announced that Season 5 will be the last season.

FALLOUT---Amazon Prime renewed the series for Season 2.

MY SPY: THE ETERNAL CITY---synopsis released for the Amazon Prime sequel starring Dave Bautista and Chloe Coleman, “The sequel follows now teenage Sophie, who convinces J.J. to chaperone her school choir trip to Italy where they both unwittingly end up pawns in an international terrorist plot targeting CIA Chief, David Kim, and his son, Collin — also Sophie’s best friend.”

TRIVIA--two character actors who appeared in Rock Hudson's ICE STATION ZEBRA later appeared in Clint Eastwood's HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER.
In ICE STATION ZEBRA, the submarine USS Tigerfish is on a rescue mission to the Arctic research station station Ice Station Zebra after a deadly explosion, but in reality the submarine carries a team of spies sent to recover a Russian satellite's top secret film capsule that landed near the station. Ted Hartley played USS Tigerfish Lieutenant Jonathan Hansen and William O'Connell played an Ice Station Zebra survivor.
In HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER, a mysterious stranger arrives in the corrupt mining town of Lago, where a gang of gunslingers killed the US Marshal. Ted Hartley played hotel owner Lewis Belding and William O'Connell played the barber.

In Rock Hudson's ICE STATION ZEBRA, Ted Hartley played USS Tigerfish Lieutenant Jonathan Hansen (middle photo--right)) and William O'Connell (bottom photo) played an Ice Station Zebra survivor.

In Clint Eastwood's HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER, Ted Hartley played hotel owner Lewis Belding (middle photo--right) and William O'Connell (bottom photo) played the barber.

 

[dragon53]

MONDAY, APRIL 22

THE HOUSE OF THE DRAGON---featurette released for Season 2.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1QxGiL7pfo



DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE---trailer released for the sequel.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73_1biulkYk



FACE/OFF---a source claims Nicolas Cage and John Travolta are returning for Adam Wingard's sequel to the 1997 John Woo movie.

SPIDER-MAN 4---Tom Holland confirmed he is returning for the sequel, “The simple answer is yes...We have the best in the business working toward whatever the story might be. But until we’ve cracked it, we have a legacy to protect. The third movie was so special in so many ways that we need to make sure we do the right thing.
This is the first time in this process that I’ve been part of the creative so early. It’s just a process where I’m watching and learning. It’s just a really fun stage for me. Like I said, everyone wants it to happen. But we want to make sure we’re not overdoing the same things.”

FRANK SINATRA---Martin Scorsese is reviving his Frank Sinatra biomovie that reportedly will star Leonardo DiCaprio as Sinatra and Jennifer Lawrence as Ava Gardner. Sinatra's daughter, Nancy Sinatra, posted, “Sorry Leo and JLaw, you will never be them.”

STAR WARS---a source denied fan claims and a SOUTH PARK special that Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy is the woke leader at Lucasfilm, “Kathleen Kennedy is not… That whole SOUTH PARK thing was… It was funny, but it wasn’t accurate. She kind of has to be convinced, from everything I’ve been told, she kind of has to be convinced to do this stuff. And there’s still never been a female director of a STAR WARS movie. I’m very critical of Kathleen Kennedy, but I don’t think she’s gone overboard on the diversity stuff.”

THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB---Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Ben Kingsley are candidates to star in the Chris Columbus movie based on the novel about four retirement home friends who investigate the murder of a crooked developer.

SPACE MOUNTAIN---Disney movie underway based on the Disney roller coaster ride. Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec (MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE-GHOST PROTOCOL) are the writers.

THE OFFICE---Domhnall Gleeson and Sabrina Impacciatore will star in the NBC revival series that will feature new characters.

CBS---CBS cancelled CSI: VEGAS and SO HELP ME TODD.

THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA: QUEEN OF THE DESERT---director Stephan Elliott said Terence Stamp, Guy Pearce and Hugo Weaving are returning for the sequel to the 1994 drag queen movie.

TRIVIA---makeup artist Milicent Patrick is best known for designing the prehistoric Gill-man in THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON. Her boss, makeup artist Bud Westmore, took credit for the design. When Patrick went on a tout to promote the movie, she was dubbed "The Beauty Who Created the Beast". When she returned, she found Westmore had Universal Studios fire her so only he would be associated with the Gill-man's design.
Patrick also designed the alien in IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE and the Metaluna Mutant from THIS ISLAND EARTH.

Makeup artist Milicent Patrick (shown with Bud Westmore) is best known for designing the prehistoric Gill-man in THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON.

Patrick also designed the alien in IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE (top photo) and the Metaluna Mutant from THIS ISLAND EARTH (bottom photo).

 

[dragon53]

TUESDAY, APRIL 23

THE WATCHERS---trailer released for the Ishana Shyamalan horror movie based on the novel.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYo91Fq9tKY



ATLAS---trailer released for the Netflix sci fi movie starring Jennifer Lopez.

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



THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT---the original cast of Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard and Michael Williams responded to the Lionsgate reboot of the horror franchise by making a public request for the following from Lionsgate: retroactive and future residual payments, "meaningful consultation" on future franchise projects and an annual $60,000 grant to "unknown aspiring filmmakers".

JOHN McTIERNAN---John McTiernan, the director of DIE HARD, THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER and PREDATOR, saw his career crash after a series of box office bombs and being sent to prison for lying to an FBI agent after he hired a private investigator to illegally wiretap a producer. McTiernan said he wants to resurrect his career and still receives offers, but he said "none of them are for good films."
McTiernan said he is working on three scripts, “I have continued to write and I believe I have strength, years left. I am just as angry now as when I was 19.”

JERRY SEINFELD---Jerry Seinfeld commented on the state of the film business, “Film doesn’t occupy the pinnacle in the social, cultural hierarchy that it did for most of our lives. When a movie came out, if it was good, we all went to see it. We all discussed it. We quoted lines and scenes we liked. Now we’re walking through a fire hose of water, just trying to see.”
He commented on what has replaced the film business in society, “Depression? Malaise? I would say confusion. Disorientation replaced the movie business. Everyone I know in show business, every day, is going, ‘What’s going on? How do you do this? What are we supposed to do now?’
I’ve done enough stuff that I have my own thing, which is more valuable than it’s ever been. Stand-up is like you’re a cabinetmaker, and everybody needs a guy who’s good with wood. There’s trees everywhere, but to make a nice table, it’s not so easy.
So, the metaphor is that if you have good craft and craftsmanship, you’re kind of impervious to the whims of the industry. Audiences are now flocking to stand-up because it’s something you can’t fake.
It’s like platform diving. You could say you’re a platform diver, but in two seconds we can see if you are or you aren’t. That’s what people like about stand-up. They can trust it. Everything else is fake.”

EL PASO, ELSEWHERE---Lakeith Stanfield is in talks to star in the movie based on the video game.

SLEEP HOLLLOW---Paramount Pictures remake movie underway with Lindsey Anderson Beer (PET SEMATARY: BLOODLINES) as the director.

THAT '90S SHOW--Mila Kunis commented on if she and Ashton Kutcher will return for Season 2, “No. I mean, we did our thing and they introduced our son in the show.”

TRIVIA---the 1970 World War II heist movie KELLY'S HEROES starred Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland and Don Rickles. Eastwood led a squad of soldiers behind enemy lines to rob a heavily-defended French bank holding $16 million in gold. The movie's theme song, "Burning Bridges", was written by Lalo Schifrin and Mike Curb and was a hit song for the Mike Curb Congregation. However, a little-heard vocal of "Burning Bridges" sung by Eastwood was released as a 45 rpm single.


MIKE CURB LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG7p3KHwS_E


CLINT EASTWOOD LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ui-7Rjc-N8

 

[dragon53]

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24

BLINK TWICE---trailer released for the movie starring Channing Tatum and Naomi Ackie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMcmfonGWY4



ROBOT DREAMS---trailer released for the animated sci fi movie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD4WBGptMSw



THE RITUAL---Al Pacino and Dan Stevens will star in the exorcism movie based on a true story. The synopsis says, “The film follows two priests — one questioning his faith (Stevens) and one reckoning with a troubled past (Pacino) — who must put aside their differences to save a possessed young woman through a difficult and dangerous series of exorcisms.”

NEUROMANCER---Callum Turner (MASTERS OF THE AIR) will star in the Apple TV+ 10-episode sci fi series based on the 1984 novel. The synopsis says, “a damaged, top-rung super-hacker named Case (Turner) who is thrust into a web of digital espionage and high stakes crime with his partner Molly, a razor-girl assassin with mirrored eyes, aiming to pull a heist on a corporate dynasty with untold secrets.”

CLUE---Sony Pictures bought the movie and tv rights to the Hasbro game. The 1985 movie starred Tim Curry, Christopher Lloyd, Madeline Kahn, Eileen Brennan, Lesley Ann Warren and Martin Mull.

STOLEN GIRL---Kate Beckinsale, Scott Eastwood and James Cromwell will star in the movie whose synopsis says, “It’s 1993 in Ohio, and Maureen’s 6-year-old daughter Amina is snuck out of the country by her ex-husband, Karim. After years of unsuccessful attempts to find her, Maureen intersects with a professional retriever of internationally abducted kids who promises to help her find Amina in exchange for her collaboration. Maureen eventually succeeds in tracking down her ex-husband and Amina in Beirut, where she will face the most difficult decision of her life.”

DYING FOR SEX---Michelle Williams, Jenny Slate and Sissy Spacek will star in the FX miniseries based on the podcast. The synopsis says, “DYING FOR SEX follows the story of Molly (Williams), a woman diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer who leaves her husband of 15 years and begins to explore her sexuality. She gets the courage and support to go on this adventure from her best friend Nikki (Slate), who stays by her side all the way to the very end.”

ANNE HATHAWAY---Anne Hathaway talked about having to make out with 10 actors early in her career, “Back in the 2000s — and this did happen to me — it was considered normal to ask an actor to make out with other actors to test for chemistry. Which is actually the worst way to do it."
She added, “I was told, ‘We have ten guys coming today and you’re cast. Aren’t you excited to make out with all of them?’ And I thought, ‘Is there something wrong with me?’ because I wasn’t excited. I thought it sounded gross. And I was so young and terribly aware how easy it was to lose everything by being labeled ‘difficult,’ so I just pretended I was excited and got on with it...It wasn’t a power play, no one was trying to be awful or hurt me. It was just a very different time and now we know better.”

TRIVIA---in John Milius' THE WIND AND THE LION set in 1904 Morocco, American teacher Eden Pedecaris (Candice Bergen) and her two children are kidnapped by tribal leader Mulai Ahmed el Rasuli (Sean Connery), who sends a ransom demand to President Theodore Roosevelt (Brian Keith).
In the scene where Pedecaris persuades a squad of Marines to help rescue Rasuli from German troops, there are 11 Marines. When Eden and the Marines go outside to confront the Germans, there are only nine Marines.

In the scene where Pedecaris persuades a squad of Marines to help rescue Rasuli from German troops, there are 11 Marines.

When Eden and the Marines go outside to confront the Germans, there are only nine Marines.

 

[Terp152]

TRIVIA---in John Milius' THE WIND AND THE LION set in 1904 Morocco, American teacher Eden Pedecaris (Candice Bergen) and her two children are kidnapped by tribal leader Mulai Ahmed el Rasuli (Sean Connery), who sends a ransom demand to President Theodore Roosevelt (Brian Keith).
In the scene where Pedecaris persuades a squad of Marines to help rescue Rasuli from German troops, there are 11 Marines. When Eden and the Marines go outside to confront the Germans, there are only nine Marines.

One of my all time favorite movies although in real life the Pedecaris kidnapped was a man. Much better with Candice Bergen.

 

[marco55]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulai_Ahmed_er_Raisuni

 

[dragon53]

THURSDAY, APRIL 25

LONGLEGS---teaser trailer released for the Nicolas Cage horror movie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqFFAZ9fMaA



STAR WARS: TALES OF THE EMPIRE---trailer released for the Disney+ animated short series.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu-valHjtWQ



28 YEARS LATER---Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes will co-star with Jodie Comer in the zombie sequel which will be the first movie in a new trilogy.

WEAPONS---Josh Brolin and Julia Garner will star in the Zach Cregger horror movie that will be about missing children and witchcraft.

PRESUMED INNOCENT---synopsis released for the Apple TV+ miniseries starring Jake Gyllenhaal which is based on the novel and 1990 movie, “Gyllenhaal in the lead role of chief deputy prosecutor Rusty Sabich, the series takes viewers on a gripping journey through the horrific murder that upends the Chicago Prosecuting Attorney’s office when one of its own is suspected of the crime, The series explores obsession, sex, politics, and the power and limits of love, as the accused fights to hold his family and marriage together.”
The original movie starred Harrison Ford and Greta Scacchi.

BLOOD MERIDIAN---John Logan (GLADIATOR) will write the screenplay for the movie based on the novel set on the 1850s Texas-Mexico border where a 14 year-old Tennessee boy is part of a group of scalp hunters who prey on Native Americans.

FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA---the prequel movie has earned an R-rating and is the longest movie in the franchise with 148 minutes. MAD MAX: FURY ROAD was 120 minutes long.

SHOGUN---co-creator Justin Marks commented on a possible sequel to the hit FX miniseries based on the James Clavell novel, “How do you even equal the roadmap that Clavell laid out? I don’t know if it’s possible. I don’t know if Clavell could have done it, either. That’s probably why he moved on to other books, too, right? He knew what he had done. Yeah, it’s a tough one.”

THE CALL OF CTHULHU---James Wan commented on his movie based on the HP Lovecraft short story, "We'll see. I'm not even writing it for anyone, really. It's just something I'm passionate about. But it's very esoteric. It's going to be a hard sell..."

9 TO 5---reboot of the 1980 office workplace comedy movie is underway with the script being rewritten by Diablo Cody. Jennifer Aniston is the producer. The original movie starred Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin.

TRIVIA---Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh said Steven Spielberg and Robet Zemeckis met with him after a show to discuss an offer that he thought was to write the score for BACK TO THE FUTURE, but the offer was really to play Doc Brown. Mothersbaugh turned the role down, "We did a sit down show, and it got filmed. Zemeckis and Spielberg were in the audience. And they walk up to me and say ‘Hey, we want to talk to you about something. We have a film we’re working on and want to talk to you about working on.’ And I’m like ‘oh, that sounds great.’ And I just remember for like two weeks, I kept thinking ‘they’re going to hire me to score their film.’
So I went into this meeting and they said ‘well, we loved you on stage. We loved the way your band looks, and we loved the way you guys look. We want you to be a, sort of a crazy mad scientist in this film we’re doing.’ And I go ‘what do you mean?’ And they go, ‘well, there’s a part in the film of a guy who runs around in a lab coat, and he has a car that he turns into that goes through time. We want you to play that part.’ And I go ‘I don’t want to act in a movie.’ And they go ‘well, you act on a stage, you do great.’ And I go ‘well, we make that stuff up ourselves.
I mean, I don’t do what other people ask, I’ve never had people ask me to do this, I don’t want to do that.’ And I just remember leaving, and I’m going ‘they didn’t ask me to score the film, I can’t believe it. I thought that’s what was going to happen.’ Well there you go."

 

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FRIDAY, APRIL 26

THE EXORCISM---trailer released for the horror movie starring Russell Crowe.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCe2QqMNexM



THE GAUNTLET---sources confirm that Tom Cruise and Scarlett Johansson will star in a Christopher McQuarrie remake of the 1977 movie that starred Clint Eastwood and Sondra Locke in which a cop has to transport a hooker from Las Vegas to Phoenix to testify against a mobster while she is targeted by the mob and crooked cops.

AVATAR 3---sequel teaser image released of the Medusa flying creature.

THE SOCIAL NETWORK---Aaron Sorkin said he is writing a quasi-sequel to the 2010 movie, “Look, yeah, I’ll be writing about this. I blame Facebook for January 6...Facebook has been, among other things, tuning its algorithm to promote the most divisive material possible, because that is what will increase engagement...There is supposed to be a constant tension at Facebook between growth and integrity, there isn’t. It’s just growth so if Mark Zuckerberg wakes up tomorrow and realizes that there is nothing you can buy for $120 billion that you can’t buy for $119 billion, so how about if I make a little less money, I will tune up integrity and I will tune down growth.”

STRANGER THINGS---Frank Darabont (THE WALKING DEAD, THE GREEN MILE) has come out of retirement and directed two episodes of Season 5.

A SPY'S GUIDE TO SURVIVAL---Pierce Brosnan will star in the Simon Barry (WARRIOR NUN) movie whose synopsis says, “The film centers around a reclusive, retired spy who is brought out of hiding by his enigmatic new neighbor, digging up both of their secrets in the process.”

HARVEY WEINSTEIN---producer Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction for sexual assault was overturned by the New York Court of Appeals in a 4-3 vote after it was decided the original trial's judge allowed women to testify about charges not related to the case. Weinstein will now get a new trial.

EVIL DEAD---Francis Galluppi (THE LAST STOP IN YUMA COUNTY) is the writer/director of the sequel.

THE WITCHER---Netflix cancelled THE RATS spinoff starring Dolph Lundgren and an untitled spinoff.

KILL ME---Charlie Day and Allison Williams will star in the murder mystery movie whose plot is, "Jimmy, who wakes up in a bathtub after having tried to kill himself. Or, at least, that’s what it looks like to his friends and family. Jimmy is pretty sure he didn’t do it… Maybe. Together with Margot (Williams), the 911 operator who took his call, Jimmy sets out on a mission to solve a vitally important whodunit: did someone try to kill him, or are they chasing the specter of depression?"

TRIVIA---in 2019, Arnold Schwarzenegger said OJ Simpson was the first choice to play the title role in THE TERMINATOR.
Producer Gale Anne Hurd posted, "I realize that Arnold claims that OJ Simpson was cast as The Terminator before we cast him. That is 100% NOT TRUE. And I should know. Jim and I never ever considered OJ. Not even for a nanosecond."
Director/writer James Cameron clarified Schwarzenegger's comment, "Very early on, a highly placed person at one of the two studios that funded that film had a brilliant idea and called me up and said, ‘Are you sitting down?’ I said, ‘Well, no, I’m not.’ He said, ‘Are you sitting? O.J. Simpson for the Terminator!’ I said, ‘I actually think that’s a bad idea.’ It didn’t go anywhere."
Ironically, Cameron said one reason he did not want Simpson to play The Terminator was because Simpson was "too nice."

 

[dragon53]

MONDAY, APRIL 29

MUFASA: THE LION KING---trailer released for the prequel movie.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjQG-a7d41Q



ALIEN: ROMULUS---director Fede Alvarez posted a video of the radio-controlled facehugger used in ROMULUS.

LINK: https://twitter.com/fedalvar/status/1783886270588219436



SUPERHEROES---AVENGERS: ENDGAME co-director Joe Russo commented on superhero movie fatigue, "I think it’s a reflection of the current state of everything. It’s difficult right now, it’s an interesting time. I think we’re in a transitional period and people don’t know quite yet how they’re going to receive stories moving forward, or what kinds of stories they’re going to want.
There’s a big generational divide about how you consume media. There’s a generation that’s used to appointment viewing and going to a theater on a certain date to see something, but it’s ageing out.
Meanwhile the new generation are ‘I want it now, I want to process it now’, then moving onto the next thing, which they process whilst doing two other things at the same time.
You know, it’s a very different moment in time than it’s ever been. And so I think everyone, including Marvel, is experiencing the same thing, this transition. And I think that really is probably what’s at play more than anything else.”

TELEVISION COMEDY---Jerry Seinfeld blames political correctness for killing television comedy shows, “They need it so badly and they don’t get it. It used to be, you would go home at the end of the day, most people would go, “Oh, CHEERS is on. Oh, M*A*S*H is on. Oh, MARY TYLER MOORE is on. ALL IN THE FAMILY is on.' You just expected, there’ll be some funny stuff we can watch on TV tonight.
Well, guess what — where is it? This is the result of the extreme left and P.C. crap, and people worrying so much about offending other people. Now they’re going to see stand up comics because we are not policed by anyone. The audience polices us. We know when we’re off track. We know instantly and we adjust to it instantly.
But when you write a script and it goes into four or five different hands, committees, groups — ‘Here’s our thought about this joke' Well, that’s the end of your comedy.”

28 YEARS LATER---a rumor claims Cillian Murphy will not appear in the first of the zombie trilogy movies, but he will have a cameo in the second movie and a big role in the third movie.

WAY OF THE WARRIOR---Chris Pratt will star in the movie based on the novel about a SEAL who helps his 11 year-old nephew who is struggling in school and victimized by bullies.

THE INSTIGATORS---Matt Damon and Casey Affleck star in the Doug Liman heist movie whose synopsis says the actors play two men who team up, "to pull off a robbery of the ill-gained earnings of a corrupt politician, find themselves engulfed in a whirlwind of chaos, pursued not only by the police but also backward bureaucrats and vengeful crime bosses."

THE ORVILLE---Seth MacFarlane commented on the status of the sci fi series, “THE ORVILLE was a passion project, I say ‘was’ but I don’t really mean ‘was’ because there will be more.” Last year, Adrianne Palicki said she is not returning and cast contracts have expired.

NCIS: HAWAII---CBS cancelled the series.

TRIVIA---quarterback Roman Gabriel was the second player chosen in the first round of the 1962 NFL draft by the Los Angeles Rams. Defensive tackle Merlin Olsen was the third player picked in the first round of the draft, also by the Rams. Gabriel was the NFL's MVP in 1969 and played in four Pro Bowls. Olsen played in a then-record 14 Pro Bowls and was inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Gabriel and Olsen appeared together in the Western movie THE UNDEFEATED that starred John Wayne and Rock Hudson. Gabriel played former Union Army and Indian scout Blue Boy, and Olsen played former Confederate soldier Little George.

Quarterback Roman Gabriel was the second played picked in the 1962 NFL draft by the Los Angeles Rams and was the 1969 NFL MVP.

In THE UNDEFEATED, Gabriel played former Union Army and Indian scout Blue Boy.

Defensive tackle Merlin Olsen was the third played picked in the 1962 NFL draft by the Los Angeles Rams and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

In THE UNDEFEATED, Olsen played former Confederate soldier Little George.

 

[dragon53]

TUESDAY, APRIL 30

TALES OF THE EMPIRE---trailer released for the Disney+ STAR WARS animated anthology series.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em_l-s9yI6g



JURASSIC WORLD: CHAOS THEORY---trailer released for the Netflix animated dinosaur spinoff series.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftbjh-3OsuA



KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES---new trailer released for the sequel.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kdr5oedn7q8



SENNA---trailer released for the Netflix miniseries about Formula 1 driver Ayrton Senna.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT7h6sUeUhU



TRON: ARES---photo of Jeff Bridges returning for the sequel while reading his script. Bridges said, “I’m heading off this Saturday to play a part in the third installment of the Tron story; I’m excited about that. It’s wild. Jared Leto is the star of this third one, and I’m really anxious to work with him, and I’ve admired his work.”
Bridges also commented on the sequel's technology, “[I’m really excited] to see what the technology is going to be all about [this time]. When I did TRON: LEGACY, we had to put all these dots on our face and all these kinds of things. And that’s [probably] all passé. I had to see myself as a young guy or as another character, but the same guy, but it was gonna be digitally created. I think it was [de-aging], but I didn’t like the way I looked in it; I felt like I looked more like Bill Maher than myself; it was kind of bizarre [laughs]. I’m anxious to see what the technology and what it will be. I hear there’s even less A.I. stuff in this. It’s going to be more a practical set, and they’re beautiful; there are beautiful sets that I’ve seen.“

MEGALOPOLIS---first photo released from the Francis Ford Coppola movie starring Adam Driver and Nathalie Emmanuel.

RED ONE---sources claim the Christmas action movie starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans has seen its budget skyrocket to over $250 million. Over a dozen insiders claim Johnson has been chronically late for up to eight hours and that he “made a habit of peeing in a water bottle to save time, upsetting crew members.” Also, sources claim the inexperience of producers Hiram Garcia, Julie Rapaport and Glenn Gainor are factors in the movie's problems.
Amazon MGM Studios replied to the reports, “Dwayne Johnson and Seven Bucks have been incredible partners on ‘Red One’ – a film that audiences of all ages are going to love this holiday season.
Our testing has been very strong – the reaction from CinemaCon speaks for itself – and we couldn’t have made it without Dwayne’s constant work and support.
Any reporting that implies that we got to this point with him showing up seven-eight hours late to set is both ridiculous and false.”

FALLOUT---Amazon Prime's premiere of the series based on the video game drew 65 million viewers in 16 days which placed it second behind the premiere of THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER.

SICARIO 3---Josh Brolin commented on the status of the sequel with himself, Benecio del Toro and Emily Blunt returning, “Chris [McQuarrie] was involved for a while, but he’s not now, and I don’t know about [Taylor] Sheridan. I know him really well, but I don’t know if he’s onboard or not.”

THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER---Chris Hemsworth apologized for his performance in the sequel, “I got caught up in the improv and the wackiness, and I became a parody of myself. I didn’t stick the landing.” Consequently, Hemsworth said he thinks he owes the fans another movie with Thor.

TRIVIA---7' 2" Kevin Peter Hall played a giant alien stalking humans in PREDATOR and WITHOUT WARNING, which was the inspiration for PREDATOR. WITHOUT WARNING was a 1980 sci fi movie with only a $150,000 budget that was filmed in three weeks and starred Jack Palance, Martin Landau, Ralph Meeker and Larry Storch.

7' 2" Kevin Peter Hall played a giant alien stalking humans in PREDATOR.

Hall played a giant alien stalking humans in WITHOUT WARNING, the movie that inspired PREDATOR.

 

[dragon53]

WEDNESDAY, MAY 1

SHADOW LAND---trailer released for the presidential conspiracy movie starring Jon Voight.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlT8-3_EPW4



LEE---trailer released for the biomovie of war correspondent/photographer Lee Miller starring Kate Winslet.

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



PRESUMED INNOCENT---trailer released for the Apple TV+ miniseries starring Jake Gyllenhaal and based on the novel.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee-eE_mIXRo



AVENGELYNE---Margot Robbie is the star/producer of the movie based on the comic book with Olivia Wilde directing.

ALIEN: ROMULUS---photo released of the Xenomorph in the movie starring Cailee Spaeny.

THE BRIDE---photo released of Christian Bale and Jessie Buckley on the film set of the Frankenstein movie. The synopsis says, “The film sees a lonely Frankenstein travel to 1930s Chicago to seek the aide of a Dr. Euphronius in creating a companion for himself. The two reinvigorate a murdered young woman, and the Bride is born. She is beyond what either of them intended, igniting a combustible romance, the attention of the police, and a wild and radical social movement.”

TRIGGER WARNING---photo and synopsis released for the Netflix action movie starring Jessica Alba, "Special Forces commando Parker (Jessica Alba) is on active duty overseas when she gets called back to her hometown with the tragic news that her father has suddenly died. Now the owner of the family bar, Parker reconnects with her former boyfriend-turned-sheriff Jesse (Mark Webber), his hot-tempered brother Elvis (Jake Weary), and their powerful father Senator Swann (Anthony Michael Hall) as she looks to understand what actually happened to her dad.
Parker’s search for answers quickly goes south, and she soon finds herself at odds with a violent gang running rampant in her hometown. Unsure of who she can truly trust, Parker draws on her commando training and proves herself a force to be reckoned with as she hunts down the truth and attempts to right what has gone wrong in Swann County with the help of her covert ops partner and hacker Spider (Tone Bell) and connected local dealer Mike (Gabriel Basso)."

TULSA KING--Neal McDonough will play Sylvester Stallone's nemesis, businessman Cal Thresher, in Season 2.

DOCTOR WHO---showrunner Russell T. Davies commented on if David Tennant and Catherine Tate will return after the 60th anniversary special, “That was their ending.”

TRIVIA---in George C. Scott's PATTON, Gen. George S. Patton introduces his new dog, William, named after William the Conqueror. When a local Englishwoman's little dog barks at William which sends him scurrying for cover, the Englishwoman apologies to Patton, and Patton says to to William, "Your name isn't William---it's Willie."
In realty, the dog was a bull terrier named Punch whose owner was an RAF pilot who was lost on a mission and whose family then sold the dog to Patton. Patton named the dog Willie after a boy he met during the Great Depression, not William the Conqueror.
After Patton died in an auto accident shortly after World War II ended, Willie stayed with the Patton family until his death in 1955. Willie is buried on the Patton family property.

In George C. Scott's PATTON, Gen. George S. Patton introduces his new dog, William, named after William the Conqueror.

When a local Englishwoman's little dog barks at William which sends him scurrying for cover, the Englishwoman apologies to Patton, and Patton says to to William, "Your name isn't William---it's Willie."

Gen. George S. Patton and Willie.