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MONDAY, APRIL 21

THE LAST OF US---trailer released for Episode 3 (spoiler alert---a major character is killed).

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WEAPONS---trailer released for the horror movie starring Josh Brolin.

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STAR WARS---Dave Filoni commented on the status of his STAR WARS movie, “It’s a long development. One of the reasons why is I like to work on very large arcs, and I try to factor in all the things that I’m creating simultaneously and look at them and say, ‘Well, how do we do unique things? What are unique set pieces, and where is the story going? What’s the play of the story?’
I ask myself these questions. I have general outlines for all these things, general timelines for all these things. I keep moving the pieces on the board for a big strategy. That’s the way I’ve always worked since I started on CLONE WARS, and I got to the end of that series finally.
You keep that in your mind in the future while you’re working on the present. So, right now, I’ll be on Season 2 [of AHSOKA], and as those stories develop, it might change things that would affect what’s happening in the future and what I would do. At times, it’s a balancing act, but I’m constantly working at it, working out scenes. I know several scenes and where they would go, so you just kind of plug it in as you go.”
Filoni also commented on AHSOKA's Season 2, "Season 2 was predictably a big challenge because of losing Ray [Stevenson]. I knew Ray from working on voice acting with him. It was a challenge for me to consider continuing for a while. But I have a wonderful support group in Jon (Favreau) and Rosario (Dawson)
I found a way in — I had Ray in my head. I’m grateful for all my conversations with him about Baylan. So, I understood what to do, it just took a while to get there. I’m very confident now that Ray would be happy with the direction that we’ve chosen.
The character is meant to be the parallel to Ahsoka in every way. If there’s a light, there’s a dark, and Baylan is representing a different journey for a Jedi as you (Rosario) represent one who walked away from the (Jedi) order, so did he. That’s a parallel that must continue.”
Rosario Dawson said about AHSOKA's Season 2, “It’s called STAR WARS. And we’re going to have a pretty significant war… It’s so cinematic. Thrawn goes big.”
Also, Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy announced that Tony McNamara (POOR THINGS) will co-write the Taiki Waititi STAR WARS movie.
Lucasfilm is developing other tv shows including the animated STAR WARS: VISIONS PRESENTS--THE NINTH JEDI which is based on the animated short STAR WARS: VISIONS anthology.

THE X-FILES---Ryan Coogler commented on his THE X-FILES revival, “I’m working on X-FILES. That’s what’s immediately next. So, I’ve been excited about that for a long time, and I’m fired up to get back to it, and that, you know, some of those episodes, if we do our jobs right, will be really f–king scary.”
He added he has contacted Gillian Anderson about returning, “She’s incredible and fingers crossed there...We’re going to try to make something really great, bro, and make something for the real X-FILES fans and maybe find some new ones.”

SPIDER-MAN---Andrew Garfield said he would like to return as the Marvel superhero with one condition, "I would love to play the character again in some capacity, but I think it would have to be very weird. I think I would like to do something very strange, I would want to do something very unique, and offbeat and surprising."

THE WEEZER MOVIE---Keanu Reeves will reportedly play a villain in the movie featuring the rock band that will be a "concert movie that doubles as a mockumentary."

THE MIGHTY DUCKS 4---Emilio Estevez said he has written the sequel script, but Disney is not interested, “I also wrote MIGHTY DUCKS 2. I wanted to make up for all of the disasters that happened on the GAME CHANGERS series. [It’s] a feature script that had coach Bombay coming back, being pulled back in by Joshua Jackson’s character and Kenan Thompson’s character and to coach a new team, an expansion team, for the professional women’s hockey league.
So, it would be an all-girl team. Now, when we discover Bombay, he’s coaching roller derby and so he says, ‘My girls are going with me. They have to have a shot.’ It was charming and contemporary and cool and organically of the moment. It’s where we’re at.. Disney was like, ‘We don’t want to pursue that.'”

CLEAN SLATE---Amazon Prime cancelled the series.

TRIVIA---Jack Warden received two Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor in two movies that starred Warren Beatty and Julie Christie and were co-written by Beatty.
Warden co-starred as millionaire Lester Karpf with Beatty and Christie in SHAMPOO which was co-written by Beatty and Robert Towne. Warden co-starred as Los Angeles Rams trainer Max Corkle with Beatty and Christie in HEAVEN CAN WAIT which was co-written by Beatty and Elaine May.

Jack Warden co-starred as millionaire Lester Karpf with Beatty and Christie in SHAMPOO which was co-written by Beatty and Robert Towne.

Warden co-starred as Los Angeles Rams trainer Max Corkle with Beatty and Christie in HEAVEN CAN WAIT which was co-written by Beatty and Elaine May.

 

[marco55]

The X-Files is my all time favorite show but I don't see a new version of it being successful. When they brought it back a few years ago it wasn't that good, there's a time and place for everything. I hope I'm wrong.
Mark

 

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TUESDAY, APRIL 22

ALIEN: EARTH---teaser trailer released for the Hulu tv spinoff series.

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THE ACCOUNTANT 2---trailer released for the sequel starring Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal.

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I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER---trailer released for the Sony Pictures sequel.

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STAR WARS---Bryce Dallas Howard said she wants to direct a STAR WARS project with Samuel L. Jackson, “Sam Jackson has been incredibly supportive of me and has told me many times that he would act in something that I directed. I, like, went straight to Dave Filoni and I was like, so let’s just talk about Mace Windu and where he is. We just talk about this because is he dead, is he?”
Also, Carlton Cuse (LOST) and his son, Nick, are reportedly writing a new live-action STAR WARS tv series for Disney+, but no plot details are known.

ANDOR---the Rotten Tomatoes critics score for ANDOR Season 2 is 98% based on 55 reviews which makes it the highest of the entire STAR WARS movie/tv franchise. Season 2 beat THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, the highest-rated STAR WARS movie, which had a Rotten Tomatoes critics score of 95%.

ANDOR--Season 2--98%
ANDOR--Season 1--96%
SKELETON CREW--94%
THE MANDALORIAN--Season 1--93%
THE MANDALORIAN--Season 1--93%
AHSOKA--86%
THE MANDALORIAN--Season 3--85%
OBI-WAN KENOBI---82%
THE ACOLYTE---78%
THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT---66%

OUTRUN---Sydney Sweeney will star in Michael Bay's movie based on the racing video game.

ENOLA HOLMES 3---Netflix released the synopsis for the sequel starring Millie Bobby Brown and Henry Cavill, “The latest installment in the adventures of the young detective sees her tackling another mystery, this time on the island nation of Malta. You’ll have to wait and see what brings her there — but once she’s arrived, Enola is flung into a nest of vipers. As the private detective juggles a new case and the next stages of her relationship with Tewkesbury, the game is truly afoot…Adventure chases detective Enola Holmes to Malta, where personal and professional dreams collide in a case more tangled and treacherous than any she has faced before.”

TOY STORY 5---Ernie Hudson will replace the late Carl Weathers as the voice of Combat Carl in the animated movie sequel.

READY OR NOT: HERE I COME---the sequel has Samantha Weaving returning and adds Elijah Wood , Sarah Michelle Gellar and David Cronenberg to the cast.

FBI: CIA---CBS spinoff series starring Tom Ellis. The synopsis says, "...a fast-talking, rule-breaking loose cannon CIA case officer (Ellis), and a by-the-book, seasoned and smart FBI agent who believes in the rule of law. When this odd couple are assigned to work out of CIA’s New York Station, they must learn to work together to investigate cases and criminals posing threats on U.S. soil, finding that their differences may actually be their strength."

TRIVIA---Dom DeLuise is perhaps best known for co-starring in hit comedy movies including Burt Reynolds' THE CANNONBALL RUN and Mel Brooks's BLAZING SADDLES. However, DeLuise's first movie role was in the Cold War thriller movie FAIL SAFE in which a computer malfunction accidentally sends US Air Force Vindicator bombers on a mission to drop nuclear bombs on Moscow. DeLuise played Sergeant Collins, who is ordered to tell the Russians how to override the Vindicators' air-to-air missiles so Russian fighters can shoot the Vindicators down before they destroy Moscow.

Dom DeLuise is perhaps best known for co-starring in hit comedy movies including Burt Reynolds' THE CANNONBALL RUN and Mel Brooks's BLAZING SADDLES.

DeLuise's first movie role was in the Cold War thriller movie FAIL SAFE in which he played Sergeant Collins, who is ordered to tell the Russians how to override the Vindicators' air-to-air missiles so Russian fighters can shoot the Vindicators down before they destroy Moscow.

 

[dragon53]

TUESDAY, APRIL 23

PREDATOR: BADLANDS---trailer released for the movie starring Elle Fanning.

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HEADS OF STATE---trailer released for the Amazon Prime action comedy starring Idris Elba and John Cena.

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WEDNESDAY---trailer released for Season 2.

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MOUNTAINHEAD---trailer released for the HBO movie starring Steve Carell.

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REMAIN---M. Night Shyamalan supernatural movie underway based on the upcoming novel co-written by Shyamalan and Nicholas Sparks. The novel's synopsis says, “The novel follows New York architect Tate Donovan as he arrives in Cape Cod to design his best friend’s summer home. Donovan is looking for a fresh start after his recent discharge from a psychiatric facility where he was treated for acute depression. Still grappling with the loss of his beloved sister, Donovan meets Wren, a young woman who makes him challenge everything he knows about his logical and controlled world.”

ANIMAL FARM---the voice cast for the Andy Serkis animated movie based on the George Orwell novel includes Seth Rogen, Steve Buscemi, Kathleen Turner, Glenn Close, Woody Harrelson and Jim Parsons.

THE LAST OF US---although Pedro Pascal's Joel was killed off, co-creator Craig Mazin said Joel will return in future episodes, "... I will say, and I’ll be intentional about this, that we do know that for the viewer, there are some mysteries here. There’s some gaps about Ellie and Joel’s relationship, and I don’t think it’s a spoiler based on the fact that there is a trailer out there with lots of shots in it — this is not the last we will see of Joel.”

SUPERGIRL---David Krumholtz, who plays Jor-El, posted a photo of the director's chair which has only "SUPERGIRL" on the back and leaves off "WOMAN OF TOMORROW". This reportedly is a temporary title, and it may mean the title has been shortened like DC Studio's SUPERMAN which was originally titled SUPERMAN: LEGACY.

HAWAII---Dwayne Johnson commented on the untitled Martin Scorsese movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Johnson and Emily Blunt about a Hawaiian mob boss, "Nappy Pulawa, just so you guys know, he’s considered the godfather of Hawaii. He was the godfather who ran all of the islands, but he had to do it in a way that was very ruthless, that was very strategic, and that was still very smart. But, also, keep in mind, we had the Japanese yakuza there, the Chinese triads, the Korean gangs, outside influence, American gangsters coming in from Vegas trying to take over Hawaii — Hawaii was a hotbed. And, not only that, but you had American corporations coming in at that time, in the 50s, wanting to just take over Hawaii…What this man did, he was a reflection of how people — Hawaiians, the Polynesians — felt at that time. In the 50s and 60s, when everyone was just coming in, taking Hawaii, and cutting it up — this gang, this gang, this gang, and corporate America — he said, ‘This ends, and this all ends now.’ And he took it back."

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE--THE FINAL RECKONING---the runtime for the sequel is 2 hours and 51 minutes.

MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE---photo posted of Frankie Muniz, Bryan Cranston and Jane Kaczmarek returning for the Disney+ four-part revival whose synopsis says, “Malcolm and his daughter are drawn into the family’s chaos when Hal and Lois demand his presence for their 40th wedding anniversary party.”

HOLES---Disney+ tv series starring Greg Kinnear is underway based on the 2003 movie that starred Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight and Shia LaBeouf.

CBS---CBS cancelled POPPA'S HOUSE and THE SUMMIT. The network ordered two new tv series. DMV is a comedy whose synopsis says, “DMV is a single-camera comedy set at the place everyone dreads going most: the DMV; our quirky and lovable characters are making minimum wage, doing a thankless job where customers are annoyed before they even walk in the door; good thing they have each other." EINSTEIN is a police series whose synopsis says, “In the EINSTEIN show, brilliant but directionless, the great grandson of Albert Einstein spends his days as a comfortably tenured professor until his bad boy antics land him in trouble with the law and he is pressed into service helping a local police detective solve her most puzzling cases."

TOYS 'R' US---live action movie underway based on the toy store that declared bankruptcy in 2018. No plot details were released.

TRIVIA---Bob Hoskins is best known for playing private detective Eddie Valiant in the Academy Award-winning WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT which earned $351 million, making it the second highest-grossing movie of 1988. Hoskins was originally signed to play Al Capone in Brian De Palma's THE UNTOUCHABLES after De Palma was unable to get Robert De Niro. But when De Niro became available and signed for THE UNTOUCHABLES, Paramount Pictures let Hoskins go, but payed him his full salary. Hoskins joked, "You got any other films you don't want me to do?"
After he was let go from THE UNTOUCHABLES, Hoskins was available when he was offered the role in WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT.

Bob Hoskins is best known for playing private detective Eddie Valiant in the Academy Award-winning WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT.

After Hoskins was replaced by Robert De Niro to play Al Capone in THE UNTOUCHABLES, Hoskins was available to star in WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT.

 

[dragon53]

THURSDAY, APRIL 24

PEE-WEE AS HIMSELF---trailer released for the HBO Pee-wee Herman documentary.

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ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD---the title of the sequel is reported to be THE CONTINUING ADVENTURES OF CLIFF BOOTH in which stuntman Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) becomes a "Hollywood studio fixer" and is set eight years after the original movie. Quentin Tarantino is the writer and David Fincher is the director.

I AM LEGEND 2---poster released for the sequel starring Will Smith and Michael B. Jordan.

THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB---photo released of Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Ben Kingsley starring in the Netflix movie based on the novel.

THE OLD GUARD 2---Netflix released of a photo of Charlize Theron returning for the movie sequel and the synopsis which says, “Andy and her team of immortal warriors return to protect humanity from a formidable new enemy who threatens their existence. Fans will recall that THE OLD GUARD ended on an unresolved note. After Booker (Matthias Schoenaerts) betrays the group, he gets exiled for a century — only to find the long-lost Quynh lurking in his apartment. What does she want? Only one thing’s for certain — the action will be bigger and bolder than ever, and the film will take you to places you’ve never seen before.”

AVENGERS---Ryan Reynolds commented on if Deadpool will return in AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY or DOOMSDAY: SECRET WARS, “I do think so."

HONEY DON'T!---Margaret Qualley, Chris Evans and Aubrey Plaza will star in the second of the lesbian movie trilogy whose synopsis says, “HONEY DON'T! is a dark comedy about Honey O’Donahue, a small-town private investigator, who delves into a series of strange deaths tied to a mysterious church.”

THE AGE OF INNOCENCE---Netflix miniseries underway based on the Edith Wharton novel. The synopsis says, “It is a passionate and heart-rending will-they/won’t-they love triangle exploring themes of freedom, duty, identity and love in all its forms. This fresh take is true to Wharton’s novel but will speak to a new generation as we traverse the ballrooms and bedrooms of these young people, asking the question what is love — and what is lust? And should we ultimately be driven by our heads or by our hearts?"” The 1993 Martin Scorsese movie based on the novel starred Michelle Pfeiffer and Daniel Day-Lewis.

AMERICAN HOSTAGE---Jon Hamm will star in the MGM+ anthology tv series whose synopsis says, “The series follows Hamm as an Indianapolis radio reporter Fred Heckman, who is thrust into the middle of a life-or-death crisis when hostage-taker Tony Kiritsis demands to be interviewed on his popular radio news program.”

JONESTOWN---Bill Hader is the co-writer and possibly star of the HBO miniseries about Jim Jones and his cult in which over 900 members committed mass suicide after murdering Congressman Leo Ryan in 1978.

THE INVITE---Seth Rogen, Penelope Cruz and Edward Norton will star in director Olivia Wilde's movie based on the Spanish movie SENTIMENTAL. The synopsis says the remake involves "a couple [who] invites the neighbors over, igniting an evening full of unexpected twists and turns, revealing deeply repressed emotions and unexplored sexuality.”

TRIVIA---in Steven Spielberg's MINORITY REPORT, when Precrime Chief John Anderton (Tom Cruise) enters the hotel, the hotel clerk was played by William Mapother, who is Tom Cruise's cousin.

 

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FRIDAY, APRIL 25

FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH---trailer released for the Apple TV+ adventure movie starring John Krasinski and Natalie Portman.

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GREYHOUND 2---Tom Hanks is returning as the star and writer of the sequel to the Apple TV+ World War II movie based on the CS Forester novel THE GOOD SHEPHERD. The sequel reportedly will follow Captain Ernest Krause and his destroyer crew from D-Day to being transferred to the Pacific Theater. Filming will start in Australia in January, 2026.

STAR WARS: STARFIGHTER---the plot of the Shawn Levy movie reportedly involves a 15 year-old boy and his uncle (Ryan Gosling) on a mission as they are pursued by a male villain and a female villain. Reportedly, Jesse Plemons, Jodie Comer and Mikey Madison turned down the villain roles. Also, Sarah Snook reportedly turned down the mother role, and Greta Lee turned down the cantina owner role.

SPLIT FICTION---Sydney Sweeney will star in the movie based on the video game. John M. Chu is the director, and the DEADPOOL team of Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick are the writers.

JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH---REBIRTH has the franchise's second-longest runtime of 2 hours and 14 minutes. The longest movie is the franchise is JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION with a runtime of 2 hours and 27 minutes.

URBAN LEGEND---a reboot of the 1998 slasher movie is underway. The original movie starred Jared Leto, Alicia Witt and Robert Englund.

AMERICAN LOVE STORY---the FX anthology tv series will focus on the romance between John F. Kennedy, Jr. and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy. Naomie Watts will play Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Grace Gummer will play Caroline Kennedy. The synopsis says, “The series depicts the whirlwind courtship and marriage of Kennedy and Bessett. What started out as a beautiful union for the young couple, widely regarded as American royalty, began to fray under the stress of the relentless microscope and navel-gaze of tabloid media. The pressures of their careers and rumored family discord ended with their tragic deaths when his private plane crashed into the ocean on a hazy summer night off the coast of Massachusetts.”

THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY---Amazon Prime announced Season 3 will be the last season.

ROYAL PAINS---NBC is reviving the USA Network doctor tv series in which the doctor is now seeking a new purpose in life.

CHRONICLES OF NARNIA---Margaret Qualley and Emma Mackey are among the top three candidates to play the White Witch. Earlier reports claimed Charli XCX was the lead candidate were apparently incorrect.

I AM A MONSTER---Havana Rose Liu and Sadie Soverall will star in the fantasy movie whose synopsis says, "While grieving the death of her mother, eighteen-year-old Mila (Soverall) suddenly discovers she possesses a supernatural ability to see a parasitic entity that is invisible to humans and leeches off their sorrow. With her visionary friend Dawn (Liu), Mila sets out to use her newfound ability to save her little sister Luna from being preyed upon by the vicious demon."

TRIVIA---Ida Lupino is the only woman to direct an episode of THE TWILIGHT ZONE, "The Masks", in which a dying man invites his greedy family to celebrate Mardi Gras with the promise of a wealthy inheritance if they wear hideous masks that reflect their true inner selves. Lupino also starred in the episode "The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine" in which she played an over-the-hill actress who copes with her faded career by watching her old movies.

Ida Lupino is the only woman to direct an episode of THE TWILIGHT ZONE, "The Masks", in which a dying man invites his greedy family to celebrate Mardi Gras with the promise of a wealthy inheritance if they wear hideous masks that reflect their true inner selves.

Lupino also starred in the episode "The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine" in which she played an over-the-hill actress who copes with her faded career by watching her old movies.

 

[dragon53]

MONDAY, APRIL 28

ALIEN: EARTH---teaser trailer released for the Hulu spinoff tv series.

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SIRENS---trailer released for the Netflix miniseries starring Milly Alcock and Julianne Moore.

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STAR WARS---Dave Filoni gave an update on the STAR WARS movie with the Mandalorian and Ahsoka, “It’s a long development and one of the reasons why is that I love to work on very large arcs and I try to factor in all the things that I’m creating simultaneously and looking at them and saying, ‘Well, how do we do unique things? What are unique set pieces, and where is the story going? What’s the play of the story?’ I ask myself these questions.”
Filoni said he is working on AHSOKA Season 2 which might affect the movie, “As those stories develop, it might change things that would affect what’s happening in the future and what I would do.”
Also, STAR WARS: REVENGE OF THE SITH's return to theaters brought in over $25 million domestically and $17 million worldwide.

PREDATOR: BADLANDS---after the PREDATOR: BADLANDS trailer showed Elle Fanning's android character rolling her eyes back to reveal the Weyland-Yutani corporate logo and a report that Fede Alvarez's ALIEN: ROMULUS script features the Predator, director Dan Trachtenberg commented if another Alien and Predator crossover movie is in the future, “There’s a unique hook to her character that is exciting in the pairing of [her and the Predator]."

TOM CLANCY'S JACK RYAN---Amazon MGM Studios photo from the film set of the movie based on the tv series shows John Krasinski and Michael Kelly returning.

THE RIDERS---Brad Pitt will star in the movie directed by Edward Berger (CONCLAVE) that is based on the novel. The synopsis says, "[THE RIDERS] follows Fred Scully (Pitt), who, after traveling through Europe for two years, winds up in Ireland with his wife and daughter. And on a mystical whim of his wife Jennifer, they buy an old farmhouse that stands in the shadow of a castle. While Scully spends weeks alone renovating the old house, Jennifer returns to Australia to liquidate their assets. When Scully arrives at Shannon Airport to pick up Jennifer and their 7-year-old daughter, Billie, it is Billie who emerges — alone. There is no note, no explanation, not so much as a word from Jennifer, and the shock has left Billie speechless. In that instant, Scully’s life falls to pieces.”

SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY---JK Simmons is returning as J. Jonah Jameson.

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA---Emma Mackey (BARBIE) will play The White Witch.

THE HUNGER GAMES: SUNRISE ON THE REAPING---Jesse Plemons will play the young Plutarch Heavensbee, who was originally played by Philip Seymour Hoffman.

TRIVIA---character actor John Ashley is probably best known for appearing in the 1960s "Beach" movies including BEACH BLANKET BINGO, HOW TO STUFF A WILD BIKINI and MUSCLE BEACH PARTY. He also starred in a series of Filipino B-monster "Blood" movies including BRIDES OF BLOOD, BEAST OF BLOOD and THE MAD DOCTOR OF BLOOD ISLAND.
While in the Philippines, Ashley worked with Francis Ford Coppola as an associate producer on APOCALYPSE NOW. In addition to working with the legendary Coppola, Ashley worked with another legendary director, Stanley Kubrick---Ashley played one of the apes in Kubrick's classic 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY.

John Ashley co-starred in the "Beach" movies including BEACH BLANKET BINGO with Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello and Ashley's wife, Deborah Walley.

Ashley starred in the Filipino "Blood" monster movies including BRIDES OF BLOOD.

Ashley played one of the apes in Stanley Kubrick's classic 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY.

 

[dragon53]

TUESDAY, APRIL 29

WEAPONS---trailer released for the Zach Cregger horror movie.

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THE SMASHING MACHINE---trailer released for the WWA star Mark Kerr biomovie starring Dwayne Johnson.

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FEAR STREET: PROM QUEEN---trailer released for the Netflix movie based on the book series.

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MIAMI VICE---Joseph Kosinski (TOP GUN: MAVERICK) is in talks to direct the Universal Pictures reboot movie based on the tv cop series that starred Don Johnson. The writer is Dan Gilroy (KONG: SKULL ISLAND). The 2006 movie starred Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx.

CAUGHT STEALING---photo released from the movie starring Austin Butler and Matt Smith based on the novel about an ex-baseball player who gets involved in the criminal underworld of 1990s New York.

BACK TO THE FUTURE---co-writer Bob Gale recently commented on fans asking him about a new movie in the classic time travel franchise, “I don’t know why they keep talking about that! I mean, do they think that if they say it enough times, we’re going to actually do it?
I mean, it’s like they know in every interview people say, ‘Oh Bob, when is there going to be a BACK TO THE FUTURE 4?' Never. ‘When is there going to be a prequel?’ Never. ‘When is there going to be a spinoff?’ Never. It’s just fine the way it is. It’s not perfect, but as Bob Zemeckis used to say, ‘It’s perfect enough.’”

AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.---Adrianne Palicki said she was supposed to return as Mockingbird in a MCU tv spinoff or movie, “We did a spinoff that we shot, which is actually great, but I think it was at the time where ABC was literally getting rid of all of their Marvel shows. Like, AGENT CARTER got taken off the air, our show didn’t get picked up, AGENTS OF S.H.I.E,L.D. was on the verge of syndication, so it stayed on.”
Palicki added, “That was a big, big bummer because I love playing Bobbi Morse. I love Mockingbird, so… And the thing that sucks is the show is really good. I don’t think they’ll ever, ever show the Mockingbird spin-off… You know, I had to go into the producer’s office and sign something to actually watch it.”

WINTER GAMES---Miles Teller will star in the Paramount Pictures movie about a female skier and a male hockey star who seek romance and redemption in the Winter Olympic Games.

THE PEASANT---Dev Patel is the star/writer/director/producer of the movie about a 1300's shepherd who protects his community from attacking mercenary knights.

TRIVIA---Eva Marie Saint was awarded an Academy Award for Best Actress for ON THE WATERFRONT in 1954. Saint, 99, is the oldest living and earliest surviving Oscar winner.

 

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30

SUPERGIRL: WOMAN OF TOMORROW---video released of Supergirl (Milly Alcock) in a fight scene.

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DUSTER---trailer released for the JJ Abrams/Max tv series starring Josh Holloway.

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AIR FORCE ELITE: THUNDERBIRDS---trailer released for the Netflix documentary about the US Air Force Thunderbirds flight demonstration team. Premiere is May 23, 2025.

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MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE--THE FINAL RECKONING---film clip of Tom Cruise's aerial stunt scene.

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NOW YOU SEE ME: NOW YOU DON'T 3---trailer released for the sequel.

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DEXTER: RESURRECTION---teaser trailer released for the Showtime sequel series.

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NINE PERFECT STRANGERS---trailer released for Season 2.

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SUPERMAN---James Gunn posted a photo from the film set of himself with Edi Gathegi as Mr. Terrific with the caption, "Happy Anniversary to Mr. Terrific, who has long been one of my favorite characters - it’s been a joy bringing him to the big screen for the first time with my pal Edi Gathegi. #Superman is in theaters July 11."

SHOGUN---Cosmo Jarvis is returning as John Blackthorne for Season 2 which is set 10 years after Season 1.

WISTERIA LANE---reboot of the ABC tv series DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES is underway featuring five different housewives.

THE WITCHER---photo released of Liam Hemsworth as Geralt in Season 5.

THE MARK---Jessica Alba will star in the spy thriller movie whose synopsis says, "...an enigmatic spy on a covert and dangerous mission. When Eden pulls single father Ben Dawson into her world of high-stakes espionage, his life is turned upside down. Mistaken for the world’s deadliest assassin, Ben becomes the perfect decoy for Eden. She uses the mix-up to expose a powerful network of corrupt politicians, placing Ben in the crosshairs of the CIA, Interpol, and ruthless crime syndicates. With enemies closing in from all sides, Eden must keep Ben alive long enough to complete her mission — while Ben must summon his inner action hero to stay alive and return to the person who matters most: his daughter.“

WEDNESDAY---Anthony Michael Hall has joined the Season 2 cast in an undisclosed role.

LANDMAN---Sam Elliott has joined the Season 2 cast in an undisclosed role.

TRIVIA---writer Sidney Sheldon received an Academy Award for Best Screenplay for THE BACHELOR AND THE BOBBY-SOXER, an Emmy Award for the tv comedy I DREAM OF JEANNIE and a Tony Award for the Broadway musical REDHEAD.
In addition to I DREAM OF JEANNIE, Sheldon created the tv shows HART TO HART and THE PATTY DUKE SHOW.
Sheldon is the 11th best-selling novelist of all time with novel sales over 300 million. His novels include THE NAKED FACE, THE OTHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT, BLOODLINE and RAGE OF ANGELS.

Sidney Sheldon received an Academy Award for Best Screenplay for THE BACHELOR AND THE BOBBY-SOXER (Cary Grant, Shirley Temple, Myrna Loy).

Sheldon received an Emmy Award for the tv comedy I DREAM OF JEANNIE (Barbara Eden, Larry Hagman).

Sheldon received a Tony Award for the Broadway musical REDHEAD (Gwen Verdon).

 

[dragon53]

THURSDAY, MAY 1

WICK IS PAIN---trailer released for the documentary about the JOHN WICK franchise.

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DEEP COVER---trailer released for the comedy movie starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Orlando Bloom and Sean Bean.

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THE BETTER SISTER---trailer released for the Amazon Prime crime series starring Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks.

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SUBVERSION---Chris Hemsworth will star in the Amazon MGM Studios movie whose synopsis says, "a once-promising Naval commander (Hemsworth) who is blackmailed by a cartel-like operation into piloting a dangerous submarine carrying illegal cargo across international waters. Thrust into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse, the man must outmaneuver blockades and navigate perilous threats both in and outside of the submarine."

SGT. ROCK---the Luca Guadagnino movie starring Colin Farrell as the DC Comics World War II hero has been shelved. No official reason was given, but an inside source said there may have been a filming schedule problem and the movie could start filming in 2026. Another source said there was a concern over Guadagnino's lack of experience in filming an action movie.
The plot reportedly has Sgt. Rock teaming up with a female member of the French Resistance "to find the mystical Spear of Destiny, the spear used to stab Jesus Christ during his crucifixion and in lore is said to have supernatural properties, before the Nazis get their hands on it."

ROADHOUSE 2---Guy Ritchie will direct the sequel with Jake Gyllenhaal returning. Ritchie replaces Doug Liman, who did not want to return after Amazon MGM studios did not release the original movie in theaters.

JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH---the sequel has received a PG-13 rating due to “intense sequences of violence/action, bloody images, some suggestive references, language and a drug reference.”

BAD LIEUTENANT: TOKYO---Lily James, Shun Oguri and Liv Morgan will star in the sequel whose synopsis says, “BAD LIEUTENANT: TOKYO will follow the Bad Lieutenant (Oguri), a corrupt gambler in the Metropolitan Police Force, who finds himself thrown into a tangled case after an enigmatic FBI agent (James) arrives in Tokyo to investigate the disappearance of a politician’s daughter (Morgan). Meanwhile, a deviant killer operating in the yakuza underworld seems to be shadowing their moves.”

SHE GETS IT FROM ME---Marisa Tomei and Rachel Zegler will star in the comedy movie whose synopsis says Zegler will play a young woman whose, "...engagement celebration turns into a search for her pill-popping, ex-punk rocker birth mother, Charlotte . Together, the two embark on an anarchic mother-and-daughter journey to reconnect.”

TRIVIA---in 1966, Blake Edwards asked William Friedkin to direct the movie GUNN based on his hit tv series PETER GUNN, but Friedkin declined because he did not like the movie's screenplay which he felt resembled several episodes of the tv series that were cobbled together. Years later, GUNN's screenplay writer, William Peter Blatty, was impressed by Friedkin's candid opinion of his screenplay and asked him to direct a new movie he was writing---THE EXORCIST.

William Friedkin turned down the offer to direct Blake Edwards' movie GUNN based on Edwards' hit tv series PETER GUNN because he did not like the screenplay.

William Peter Blatty, who wrote the GUNN screenplay, was impressed by Friedkin's candid opinion of his screenplay and asked him to direct a new movie he was writing---THE EXORCIST.

 

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THURSDAY, MAY 1

WICK IS PAIN---trailer released for the documentary about the JOHN WICK franchise.

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DEEP COVER---trailer released for the comedy movie starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Orlando Bloom and Sean Bean.

LINK:

THE BETTER SISTER---trailer released for the Amazon Prime crime series starring Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks.

LINK:

SUBVERSION---Chris Hemsworth will star in the Amazon MGM Studios movie whose synopsis says, "a once-promising Naval commander (Hemsworth) who is blackmailed by a cartel-like operation into piloting a dangerous submarine carrying illegal cargo across international waters. Thrust into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse, the man must outmaneuver blockades and navigate perilous threats both in and outside of the submarine."

SGT. ROCK---the Luca Guadagnino movie starring Colin Farrell as the DC Comics World War II hero has been shelved. No official reason was given, but an inside source said there may have been a filming schedule problem and the movie could start filming in 2026. Another source said there was a concern over Guadagnino's lack of experience in filming an action movie.
The plot reportedly has Sgt. Rock teaming up with a female member of the French Resistance "to find the mystical Spear of Destiny, the spear used to stab Jesus Christ during his crucifixion and in lore is said to have supernatural properties, before the Nazis get their hands on it."

ROADHOUSE 2---Guy Ritchie will direct the sequel with Jake Gyllenhaal returning. Ritchie replaces Doug Liman, who did not want to return after Amazon MGM studios did not release the original movie in theaters.

JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH---the sequel has received a PG-13 rating due to “intense sequences of violence/action, bloody images, some suggestive references, language and a drug reference.”

BAD LIEUTENANT: TOKYO---Lily James, Shun Oguri and Liv Morgan will star in the sequel whose synopsis says, “BAD LIEUTENANT: TOKYO will follow the Bad Lieutenant (Oguri), a corrupt gambler in the Metropolitan Police Force, who finds himself thrown into a tangled case after an enigmatic FBI agent (James) arrives in Tokyo to investigate the disappearance of a politician’s daughter (Morgan). Meanwhile, a deviant killer operating in the yakuza underworld seems to be shadowing their moves.”

SHE GETS IT FROM ME---Marisa Tomei and Rachel Zegler will star in the comedy movie whose synopsis says Zegler will play a young woman whose, "...engagement celebration turns into a search for her pill-popping, ex-punk rocker birth mother, Charlotte . Together, the two embark on an anarchic mother-and-daughter journey to reconnect.”

TRIVIA---in 1966, Blake Edwards asked William Friedkin to direct the movie GUNN based on his hit tv series PETER GUNN, but Friedkin declined because he did not like the movie's screenplay which he felt resembled several episodes of the tv series that were cobbled together. Years later, GUNN's screenplay writer, William Peter Blatty, was impressed by Friedkin's candid opinion of his screenplay and asked him to direct a new movie he was writing---THE EXORCIST.

William Friedkin turned down the offer to direct Blake Edwards' movie GUNN based on Edwards' hit tv series PETER GUNN because he did not like the screenplay.

William Peter Blatty, who wrote the GUNN screenplay, was impressed by Friedkin's candid opinion of his screenplay and asked him to direct a new movie he was writing---THE EXORCIST.

As far as a "Sgt. Rock" movie, Why can't they just have him on a regular combat mission? This supernatural crap does not belong in a movie with a character like "Sgt Rock. If they really want to make a "Sgt Rock" movie, I would advise them to go and randomly pick out 3 to 4 comics from each year that "Our Army At War with "Sgt Rock" and "Sgt RocK" when they replaced the "OAAW' title with the "Sgt Rock" name and read them to "REALY" get to know who "Sgt Rock" and the men of Easy company are. Then, maybe they can put together a movie that all of us "Sgt Rock" fans would go see.

 

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FRIDAY, MAY 2

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON---featurette released on the live-action remake movie starring Gerard Butler.

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40 ACRES---trailer released for the cannibal horror movie starring Danielle Deadwyler.

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BOX OFFICE BOMBS---Deadline.com released the five biggest box office bombs of 2024 in net losses. Warner Bros. Discovery had the top two bombs of JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX and FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA with a combined loss of $264 million.

1. JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX---$144 million
2. FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA---$120 million
3. BORDERLANDS---$80 million
4. MEGALOPOLIS---$75.5 million
5. KRAVEN THE HUNTER---$71 million.

RUINS---Gal Gadot and Matthias Schoenaerts will star in the Miramax movie whose synopsis says, “Set post-WWII Germany, the film follows a recently released camp prisoner (Gadot), who is forced to make an unlikely alliance with a German soldier (Schoenaerts) in a mutual quest to exact revenge on a Nazi SS squad.”

CLAYFACE---Hollywood insider Jeff Sneider claims Mike Flanagan's script is being completely rewritten by a new writer brought in by DC Studios. But another source denied Sneider's report, and said director James Watkins is doing a minor rewrite of Flanagan's script.

JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH---writer David Koepp commented on REBIRTH compared to the earlier Chris Pratt movies, “The last few movies were exploring the idea of, ‘Hey, what would it be like if they were in our environment?’ They did that very well, and now we wanted to explore how it felt to go back to theirs. We wanted to recapture the idea that we are in the dinosaurs’ environment.”

HAWKEYE---Jeremy Renner said he did not return for Season 2 because of salary dispute, “They asked me to do Season 2, and they offered me half the money. I’m like, ‘Well, it’s going to take me twice the amount of work for half the amount of money, and eight months of my time, essentially, to do it for half the amount.’”
Renner hinted the lower salary offer was “a result of his near-fatal 2023 snowmobile accident.”

HOT TED---Ella Purnell (FALLOUT) will star in the comedy serial killer as Zoe, a true crime podcast fan, who tracks a serial killer at a summer camp. The synopsis says, "Ted’s got all the hallmarks of a classic serial killer: he’s not on social media, and he owns a van. The only trouble is, he’s too hot to be a murderer. It’s up to Zoe and her friends to investigate the truth: is Hot Ted really a serial killer or is he just, like… the perfect guy?”

BUNKER---Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz will star in the movie whose plot is described as, “In BUNKER, when an architect accepts a morally ambiguous project — building a survivalist bunker for a tech billionaire — his wife begins to question their marriage after 17 years together. The film is described as ‘a thriller that delves into the emotional and moral challenges a couple faces amid the tensions of the world around them, exploring the fears, doubts, and dilemmas that define our era’.”

TRIVIA---in THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, one of Yoda's famous lines is, "Do or do not. There is no try." George Lucas explained Yoda's unique speech pattern, “If you speak regular English, people won’t listen that much. But if he had an accent, or it’s really hard to understand what he’s saying, they focus on what he’s saying. He was basically the philosopher of the movie. I had to figure out a way to get people to actually listen – especially 12-year-olds.”