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THURSDAY, JULY 17

SQUID GAME---Netflix "Goodbye" trailer for the last season.

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ALIEN: EARTH---new trailer released for the FX spinoff tv series.

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WONDER WOMAN---VARIETY reports that inside sources claim Warner Bros. is fast-tracking its Wonder Woman movie due to the success of SUPERMAN.

TOUGH GUYS---Ryan Gosling and Will Ferrell are in talks to star in the Amazon MGM Studios action comedy movie about two mob henchmen who decide to leave their mob boss, who sends an assassin to kill them.

THE BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER---photo released from the Netflix/theater movie starring Colin Farrell and Fala Chen about a gambler in Macau, the "Las Vegas of Asia".

AVENGERS---THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS director Matt Shakman said Reed Richards will be the Avengers' new leader, “Reed was the most challenging role to cast. ‘He goes from being the nerdy scientist who’s locked away in the lab, to the husband and the father who’d do anything to protect his family, to the guy who’s leading the Avengers. I realized that the version we were building had to have all of those elements.”

GROWN UPS 3---Kevin James commented on a new sequel to the movie that starred James, Adam Sandler, Chris Rock and David Spade, “I think there have been [conversations]. And I think, yeah, I think you can keep hope alive. I can say that. I would keep a lot of hope alive. And I think it’s happening—something’s happening. I can say that.”

ASSASSIN'S CREED---Netflix live-action tv series underway based on the video game.

INVINCIBLE---Amazon Prime renewed the series for Season 5. Matthew Rhys has joined the voice cast in an undisclosed role.

AMITYVILLE---reboot of the horror house movie is underway and will not be connected to the earlier movies.

TRIVIA---CHEERS won 28 Emmys and is considered to be one of the best tv shows of all time. The star of another classic tv show, Lucille Ball, who starred in I LOVE LUCY, the "Best TV Show of All Time", was a big fan of CHEERS and tried to get a guest star appearance on the show. Co-creator Les Charles said, "Lucille Ball had seen the show the first season and got in touch with us indirectly that she liked it and would consider coming on. We had the idea of Diane's mother. We met with Lucy at her house and had a long chat with her. She very wisely decided against it because she felt that LUCY fans wouldn't want to see her as another character. There's something to that."

CHEERS won 28 Emmys and is considered to be one of the best tv shows of all time.

Lucille Ball, who starred on the classic tv show I LOVE LUCY, tried to get a guest star appearance on CHEERS.

 

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FRIDAY, JULY 18

NOBODY 2---trailer released for the sequel starring Bob Odenkirk.

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MORTAL KOMBAT II---trailer released for the movie starring Karl Urban.

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JUDGE DREDD---Taiki Waititi will direct the latest Judge Dredd movie with a script by Drew Pearce (IRON MAN 3, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE-ROGUE NATION). The 1995 JUDGE DREDD movie starred Sylvester Stallone and the 2012 DREDD starred Karl Urban. The new movie will be the start of a Judge Dredd multimedia franchise and is not connected to the earlier movies.
Fan speculation is that the JUDGE DREDD franchise might lead to Waititi leaving his planned STAR WARS movie.

BASIC INSTINCT---writer Joe Eszterhas signed a deal with Amazon MGM Studios/United artists for a reboot of his 1992 movie with Sharon Stone possibly returning as Catherine Tramell.
Eszterhas' deal reportedly is for $2 million and another $2 million if the reboot proceeds. His script is described as being "anti-woke".

BANE & DEATHSTROKE---the script for the untitled Bane and Deathstroke movie has reportedly been finished by Matthew Orton (CAPTAIN AMERICA-BRAVE NEW WORLD) and submitted to DC Studios co-heads James Gunn and Peter Safran.
Also, DC Studios posted the new official logos for Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and Harley Quinn.

BARBIE---Mattel Studios is developing an animated movie based on its Barbie doll line for theater release.

OSIRIS---poster and synopsis released for the sci fi movie starring Linda Hamilton, “A team of Special Forces commandos wake up on an alien spacecraft with no memory of how they arrived. They horrifically discover they are being hunted by a merciless Alien race.”

JAMES BOND---producer Barbara Broccoli commented on Denis Villeneuve directed the next James Bond movie, “He’s a fantastic filmmaker, I’m thrilled he’s going to be doing it.”
Broccoli said she will not be actively involved with the new movie, “You know, I did it for 44 years and I loved every minute of it, but I’m getting up there now and there’s a lot of things I want to do… like this beautiful musical [SiING STREET]. I’m doing a lot of other things. I have other movies I want to make and other stage shows.“

THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT---CBS cancelled the show.

CAPTAIN PLANET---Netflix live-action tv series underway based on the 1990s animated tv series.

TRIVIA---Blake Edwards' 1970 World War I comedy musical DARLING LILI starred Julie Andrews and Rock Hudson. Andrews played popular British entertainer Lili Smith, who was really a German spy assigned to seduce American fighter pilot Major William Larrabee in order to get top secret information. The movie was a huge box office bomb, earning only $3 million on a budget of $25 million. DARLING LILI's co-writer, William Peter Blatty, redeemed himself three years later when his classic THE EXORCIST earned $441 million worldwide ($3.27 billion in 2025) on a $12 million budget.

The 1970 box office bomb DARLING LILI starring Julie Andrews and Rock Hudson was co-written by Blake Edwards and William Peter Blatty.

Blatty redeemed himself three years later when his classic THE EXORCIST earned a whopping $441 million worldwide ($3.27 billion in 2025) on a $12 million budget.

 

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MONDAY, JULY 21

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

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DCU---DC Studios co-head James Gunn gave updates on DCU movies. Gunn said he is, “very excited about Wonder Woman right now” and the new movie will be "very" different from previous Wonder Woman movies. He denied a rumor that DC is seeking an actress with a tv background like Milly Alcock in SUPERMAN, “Nope, and I’d never in a million years look for a major role based on whether they did TV, films, or whatever. It’s all about the casting. I didn’t cast Milly because of her past, but because she was the best one for the role. But we’re also not casting WW, nor even discussing it, until a script is finished.”
Gunn also commented on fan support for Alan Ritchson to be the next Batman, “I am a big Alan Ritchson fan, both as an actor and as a guy… let’s just wait to see what happens...I haven’t thought of casting yet.” He added, “Let’s see where the script comes in. It’s not the furthest along thing. We have things that are much further along than that.”
He commented on if the DC comics World War II superhero movie SGT. ROCK is still underway after director Luca Guadagnino left, “Hugely, I’m really excited about SGT. ROCK.”
Gunn said about James Mangold and SWAMP THING, “We talked to James the other day. No, he hasn’t delivered a script. He’s been distracted with his billions of movies. But we’re talking about it again."
Gunn said THE AUTHORITY movie is on hold after he transferred the writer to another DC Studios project.

MCU---Kevin Feige commented on if there will more Deadpool and Wolverine projects, “There have absolutely been discussions. We’re in touch with Ryan [Reynolds] a lot. So the answer is yes...[Hugh jackman] He’s doing it until he’s 90, man.” Feige also confirmed the BLADE reboot is still underway.
Feige also commented on if he might leave Marvel Studios when his contract expires in two years, “Do I want to be making big movies for big audiences in ten or 15 years from now? Yes, that’s all I want to do. Marvel is great way to do that."
He also commented on SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY, “I think there’s a promise at the end of NO WAY HOME, that for as sad as it is that Peter is forgotten by everyone in his life, we are seeing for the first time in the Tom Holland Spider-Man stories him being a proper Spider-Man. Him being by himself, dedicated to saving the city, and dealing with — for lack of better terms — street-level crime, as opposed to world-ending events.”
Feige also blamed the failures of THE MARVELS and THUNDERBOLTS* on tv, “It’s that expansion that I think led people to say, ‘Do I have to see all of these? It used to be fun, but now do I have to know everything about all of these?’ And I think THE MARVELS hit it hardest where people are like, ‘OK, I recognize her from a billion-dollar movie. But who are those other two? I guess they were in some TV show. I’ll skip it.’”
On the THUNDERBOLTS*, Feige said, “THUNDERBOLTS* was a very good movie, but nobody knew that title, and many of those characters were from shows. There was that residual effect of [audiences going], ‘I guess I had to have seen these other shows to understand who this is?’”
Feige said Marvel will recast characters including iron Man and Captain America.
Also, a photo from THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS shows Paul Walter Hauser as villain Mole Man. The reboot movie cast's characters were revealed with Natasha Lyonne playing teacher Rachel Rozman and Sarah Niles playing Lynne Nichols, Future Foundation chief of staff.

GODZILLA---Toho is developing two Godzilla sequels and a third original movie. The GODZILLA MINUS ONE sequel with director Takashi Yamazaki returning starts filming in August and will have a bigger budget, scale and action scenes than the original movie. THE MINUS ONE sequel synopsis says, “In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the survivors must join together in the face of despair and fight back against an unrelenting horror". The sequel to SHIN GODZILLA is also underway. Toho's third Godzilla movie will focus on a Godzilla adversary monster.

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2---Anne Hathaway posted a sequel photo.

CHRISTY---photo posted of Sydney Sweeney starring in the biomovie about female boxer Christy Martin, the "female Rocky".

STAR TREK 4---director Matt Shakman commented on leaving the STAR TREK sequel to direct THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS, "We had stages, we had crew, we were moving ahead.” But Shakman left for THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS after Paramount Pictures fired the sequel crew, removed the sets and cancelled the premiere date. Shakman added, “The core idea, I think, remains the same. I really hope they get a chance to make that movie.”

THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR---star Taylor Russell (BONES AND ALL) has left the Michael B. Jordan remake of the 1968 movie that starred Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway. Russell reportedly left due to creative differences.

TRIVIA---the costume designer for STAR TREK was Bill Theiss. His costumes for the show's female characters led to the Theiss Titillation Theory which said, "The sexiness of an outfit is directly proportional to the perceived possibility that a vital piece of it might fall off". Perhaps the most famous costume of the Theiss Titillation Theory is the very revealing pink costume worn by Leslie Parrish in the episode "Who Mourns for Adonais?" Parrish said, "There was a little section, yes, they had to glue it to me everyday. And it was a different piece of skin everyday--and everyday they'd rip it off and, finally, I didn't have much skin to glue it to. It was really painful."
Parrish's costume was featured in the 1992 Star Trek Smithsonian Exhibit. To attest to the costume's legendary status, when it was up for auction in 1993, its estimated price was $700-$900, but it actually sold for $9,200.
Parrish guest-starred on the MANNIX episode "The Girl in the Frame" wearing the same costume she wore in "Who Mourns for Adonais?" (both shows were produced by Desilu).

STAR TREK costume designer Bill Theiss' Theiss Titillation Theory is best exemplified by the very famous and revealing pink costume worn by Leslie Parrish in the episode "Who Mourns for Adonais?"

Parrish guest-starred on the MANNIX episode "The Girl in the Frame" wearing the same famous costume she wore in "Who Mourns for Adonais?"

 

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TUESDAY, JULY 22

MORTAL KOMBAT II---trailer released for the movie starring Karl Urban.

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ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN---Margot Robbie will star in the Tim Burton remake of the 1958 cult classic sci fi movie about a woman who is transformed into a 50 foot giantess by an alien and seeks revenge on her philandering husband.

WONDER WOMAN---Ana Nogueira (SUPERGIRL) will the script for the upcoming DC Studios movie.

X-MEN---Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige announced Jake Schreier (THUNDERBOLTS*) will direct the reboot movie, “It’s official, Jake Schreier is doing X-MEN for us, and we’re very, very lucky. And we’re very, very lucky to have him and very excited to have him. And so we’re beginning. It’s all starting now. The script’s underway.“

JAMES CAMERON---Billie Eilish announced during a concert to announce she is working on a 3D project with James Cameron, “So, you may have noticed there’s more cameras than usual up here. Basically, I can’t say much about it, but what I can say is I’m working on something very, very special with somebody named James Cameron, and it’s going to be in 3D. So, take that as you will, and these four shows her in Manchester, you and me, are part of a thing that I’m making with James.”

TRAPPED---movie underway based on the story co-written by Stephen King in which a troubled college student finds herself pursued by a bizarre serial killer in the woods of Maine. The movie will be directed by Mark Pavia, who directed THE NIGHT FLIER movie based on King's short story.

THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR---Adria Arjona (ANDOR) replaced Taylor Russell in the Michael B. Jordan remake movie after Russell left for creative differences.

HAPPY FACE---Paramount+ cancelled the series.

TRIVIA---Joan Taylor is best known to sci fi fans for for starring in two early Ray Harryhausen movies. In 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH, Taylor played Marisa Leonardo, who encountered a baby Ymir, a rapidly-growing alien creature from Venus that wreaked havoc in Rome. In EARTH VS. THE FLYING SAUCERS, Taylor played Carol Marvin, whose husband, space scientist Dr. Russell Marvin, must find a way to stop flying saucers from destroying Washington, DC and the rest of mankind.
Taylor's first husband was Leonard Freeman, the creator of the classic HAWAII FIVE-O that ran on CBS from 1968-1980. After Freeman died, Taylor married director Walter Grauman, whose tv credits include THE TWILIGHT ZONE; COLUMBO; MURDER, SHE WROTE, BARNABY JONES and others. Grauman also directed the World War II movie 633 SQUADRON which inspired George Lucas' famous "trench run" battle scene in STAR WARS. Grauman's cousin, Sid Grauman, built the famous Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.

Joan Taylor is best known to starring in the Ray Harryhausen sci fi movies 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH and EARTH VS. THE FLYING SAUCERS.

Joan Taylor's first husband, Leonard Freeman, created the classic HAWAII FIVE-O.

Taylor's second husband, Walter Grauman, directed 633 SQUADRON which inspired George Lucas' "trench run" scene in STAR WARS.

Walter Grauman's cousin, Sid Grauman, built the famous Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.

 

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 23

GOOD FORTUNE---trailer released for the comedy movie starring Keanu Reeves.

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SHIN GODZILLA---trailer released for the 4K version of the movie which returns to theaters on August 14.

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NO OTHER CHOICE---trailer released for the South Korean movie directed by Park Chan-wook (OLD BOY).

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CLAYFACE---Naomie Ackie (STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER) is in talks to be the female lead in the DC Comics movie.

BASIC INSTINCT---writer Joe Eszterhas commented on the reboot of his 1992 movie that starred Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas, “I can’t talk very much about the storyline at this point because much of it isn’t formed yet. It begins in 2025. The Catherine Trammel character I will write and I hope Sharon agrees to do the picture because I thought she was brilliant the first time out. In my reboot she is not the star of the picture but she is the main co-star of the picture. It’s about the serial killers. It’s about copycats. There’s a demonic element to it that I think will be spooky.“
He also commented on the reboot being "anti-woke", “It means that dialogue-wise she will be open about her sexuality, character-wise she will be raunchy at times, funny, iconoclastic and all of those things. In terms of the woke culture, I think that there is a segment of the population that’s had it with woke culture. But then there’s also a huge segment that hasn’t. I don’t believe in woke and I don’t believe in being politically correct because I think it’s not the truth, and I like the truth spoken.“

WEDNESDAY---Netflix renewed the series for Season 3 and showrunner Alfred Gough said a spinoff is in the early stages of development, “It’s something we’re definitely noodling; there are other characters we can look at.”

VINCE GILLIGAN---Rhea Seehorn will star in the untitled Vince Gilligan/Apple TV+ tv sci fi series. No plot details were released.

JOHN CARTER OF MARS---the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate and showrunner Michael Kogge announced they are developing an animated tv series based on the Burroughs novels.

ZITA THE SPACEGIRL---movie underway based on the graphic novels.

BOOSTER GOLD---HBO Max tv pilot underway based on the DC comic book superhero.

TRIVIA---Walt Disney's DAVY CROCKETT five-part tv miniseries starring Fess Parker and Buddy Ebsen premiered in 1954 and was a huge hit. The show's merchandising including coonskin caps, t-shirts and bubblegum cards had sales of $300 million ($3.5 billion in 2025 dollars). The show's title song "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" is the only song on Billboard's Top 10 at the same time by three different artists (Bill Hayes, Fess Parker and Tennessee Ernie Ford).
Walt Disney originally picked Ebsen to play Crockett, but Disney went to see the sci fi giant ant movie THEM! which starred James Arness to evaluate Arness for the role. In one THEM! scene, Arness played the FBI agent interviewing Fess Parker, who played the Texas pilot committed to a mental hospital after he claimed he saw UFOs that looked like giant ants. Disney was so impressed with Parker, he gave the Davy Crockett role to Parker and switched Ebsen's role to Crockett's sidekick, George Russell.

In Walt Disney's hit DAVY CROCKETT tv miniseries, Fess Parker played Davy Crockett and Buddy Ebsen played his sidekick, George Russell.

Walt Disney originally picked Ebsen to play Crockett, but he watched the giant ant sci fi movie THEM! starring James Arness to evaluate Arness, but he liked Fess Parker so much he gave the Crockett role to Parker and switched Ebsen's role to Crockett's sidekick, George Russell.

 

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THURSDAY, JULY 24

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER---trailer released for the dark comedy movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Benicio del Toro and Sean Penn.

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FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S 2---trailer released for the horror movie sequel.

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STAR WARS: MAUL---SHADOW LORD---Lucasfilm posted an image from the Disney+ animated tv series that premiers in 2026.

SUPERMAN---the WALL STREET JOURNAL reported that "a knowledgeable person" claims DC Studios co-head James Gunn is considering spinoffs from SUPERMAN. Among them is a Jimmy Olsen (Skyler Gisondo) spinoff tv series in which DAILY PLANET reporter Jimmy Olsen investigates various supervillains including Gorilla Grodd. DC has filed trademark applications for "MR. TERRIFIC" and "MISTER MIRACLE".
Also, Gunn commented on why SUPERMAN's foreign box office has been disappointing, “Superman is not a known commodity in some places. He is not a big known superhero in some places like Batman is. That affects things. And it also affects things that we have a certain amount of anti-American sentiment around the world right now. It isn’t really helping us. So I think it’s just a matter of letting something grow.”

LILO & STITCH 2---Chris Sanders is in negotiations to return as the director of the sequel.

AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY---Thor (Chris Hemsworth) is reportedly the "second lead" in the sequel.

MEGALOPOLIS---Francis Ford Coppola said he will release a new cut of his box office bomb that will be more weird than the original, “It was [originally] more weird. I own the picture, I can do anything I want with it.” Coppola said the original version had a lot of the weird scenes removed “because already people were saying this film was so weird.”

BEETLEJUICE 3---Tim Burton commented on a possible second sequel, “It took 35 years to make the second one, so by that time I’ll be 105. I know those odds are not good. I really, really enjoyed making this one, and [Warner Bros.] didn’t even really want to do it. We did it the same way I did the first one, with the actors doing improv. It was beautiful to see some of the old cast and have Jenna. But it’s like trying to re-create the Wednesday dance scene. I love the characters, but I don’t necessarily see it.”

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE---Netflix co-head Ted Sarandos commented on AI, “We remain convinced that AI represents an incredible opportunity to help creators make films and series better, not just cheaper. So this is real people doing real work with better tools. Our creators are already seeing the benefits in production through pre-visualization and shot planning work, and certainly visual effects."

STICK---Apple TV+ renewed the series for Season 2.

TRIVIA---George C. Scott was nominated for an Academy Award in two movies in which Rod Steiger was originally offered the role. Scott received an Academy Award nomination and won for PATTON after Steiger turned the role down. Steiger later said it was the biggest mistake of his career. A year later, Scott was offered the starring role in THE HOSPITAL, but he wanted $300,000 which the producers thought was too much. The role was then offered to Steiger, who wanted even more money, so the producers gave the role to Scott, who received his second Academy Award nomination in two years.

George C. Scott received an Academy Award nomination and won for PATTON after Rod Steiger turned the role down.

Scott received his second Academy Award nomination in two years for THE HOSPITAL after Steiger wanted too much money.

 

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FRIDAY, JULY 25

SPINAL TAP II: THE END CONTINUES---trailer released for the sequel mockumentary.

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WAR OF THE WORLDS---trailer released for the Amazon Prime movie based on the HG Wells novel and starring Ice Cube and Eva Longoria.

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THE LAST FRONTIER---trailer released for the Apple TV+ thriller tv series starring Jason Clarke.

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PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS---Disney+ trailer released for Season 2.

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AZTEC BATMAN: CLASH OF THE EMPIRES---trailer released for the HBO Max animated movie.

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ELDEN RING---the CIVIL WAR team of director Alex Garland Caillee Spaeny might reunite with Spaeny reportedly in negotiations to co-star in Garland's movie based on the video game.

MURDER, SHE WROTE---Jamie Lee Curtis commented on rumors of a movie based on the murder mystery tv series that starred Angela Lansbury, “Oh, it’s… happening. We’re a minute away, but yeah, [I’m] very excited. Very excited. But I’m tamping down my enthusiasm until we start shooting. I have a couple of other things to hustle, but then I’ll get to enjoy that work.“

STAR WARS: AHSOKA---Season 2 photo shows Jedi Ezra Bridger's new uniform.

THE GIRL WHO LOVED TOM SULLIVAN---JT Mollner will direct the Lionsgate movie based on the Stephen King novel.

ROAD HOUSE 2---Ilya Naishuller (NOBODY) is in negotiations to direct the sequel starring Jake Gyllenhaal after Guy Riitchie departed after Doug Liman departed.

RESIDENT ALIEN---USA Network cancelled the tv series.

TRIVIA---Danielle Brisebois is best known for playing Stephanie Mills on ALL IN THE FAMILY. After retiring from acting in the 1980s, she became a songwriter. She co-wrote the song "Lost Stars" from the movie BEGIN AGAIN which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2015.

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MONDAY, JULY 28

AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH---trailer released for the sequel.

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STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY---teaser trailer released for the Paramount+ prequel tv series starring Holly Hunter.

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STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS---teaser trailer released for the Season 4 episode in which the Enterprise crew is turned into puppets. Showrunner Akiva Goldsman said the puppet transformation was caused by an "unexpected and terrible transporter accident." The puppets were created by Jim Henson's Creature Shop.

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THE LONG WALK---trailer released for the movie starring Mark Hamill and based on the Stephen King novel.

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PRIMITIVE WAR---trailer released for the movie about dinosaurs in the Vietnam War.

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DER TIGER---trailer released for the Amazon Prime World War II movie.

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PLURIBUS---teaser trailer released for the Vince Gilligan/Apple TV + sci fi tv series.

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SPARTACUS: HOUSE OF ASHUR---trailer released for the Starz spinoff tv series.

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PREDATOR---director Dan Trachtenberg met with Arnold Schwarzenegger “to cook more stories with him”. The extended prologue for the animated PREDATOR: KILLER OF KILLERS showed cryogenic stasis pods containing Dutch Schaefer (Schwarzenegger) from PREDATOR, Mike Harrigan (Danny Glover) from PREDATOR 2 and Naru (Amber Midthunder) from PREY.

THE RUNNING MAN---photo released of Glen Powell starring in the remake of the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger movie that was based on the Stephen King novel.

THE WALKING DEAD: DARYL DIXON---AMC renewed the series for Season 4 which will be the last season.

SHREK---Eddie Murphy commented on new movies in the franchise, “They’re still doing voiceover stuff. We’re still in the booth, and literally, we’re still doing SHREK. We start in September on Donkey, we’re doing a Donkey one, and that’ll be three years from now, but we’re about two years into SHREK 5. Still in the booth and about to start Donkey.”

GOD OF WAR---executive producer Ronald D. Moore said the Amazon Prime tv series based on the video game is set in the Norse era and not the Ancient Greece era.

THE LEGEND OF VOX MACHINA---Amazon Prime renewed the series for Season 5 which will be the last season.

TRIVIA---PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW was a 1971 movie in which a serial killer was preying on pretty female students at a California high school. The movie was a reunion of STAR TREK creator Gene Roddenberry, co-star James Doohan and guest star William Campbell.
PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW was written by Roddenberry and it was his only movie credit. James Doohan (STAR TREK Enterprise Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott) played police detective Follo and William Campbell (STAR TREK Klingon Koloth, alien Trelane), played police deputy Grady.

PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW reunited the STAR TREK team of creator Gene Roddenberry, who wrote PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW, James Doohan (right) who played police detective Follo and William Campbell (center) who played police deputy Grady.

On STAR TREK, James Doohan played Enterprise Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott.

On STAR TREK, William Campbell played Klingon Koloth (below) and alien Trelane.

 

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TUESDAY, JULY 29

ETERNITY---trailer released for the movie starring Elizabeth Olsen and Miles Teller.

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EYES OF WAKANDA---trailer released for the Disney+ animated miniseries.

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SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT---trailer released for the reboot of the 1984 holiday slasher movie.

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THE PINK PANTHER---Eddie Murphy said he will play Inspector Clouseau in the Amazon MGM Studios reboot of the comedy movies starring Peter Sellers, “And I’m going to be — I’m Inspector Clouseau in the next Pink Panther...Yeah, I’m the new Clouseau.”
Murphy commented if his Clouseau will also be French: “Maybe…Well, he has to be French, but he could also be Haitian. I will tell you, he’s Black. He’s Black, for sure.”

FRANKENSTEIN---photo released of Jacob Elordi starring in the Guillermo del Toro horror movie.

AVATAR---James Cameron said he has talked to Disney about an animated AVATAR spinoff tv series, “I said, ‘Look, I want to do an animated anthology series that’s essentially in the world, but stories that you wouldn’t have expected from that world.' There might even be an animated feature in there – it might be a feature for streaming, or a theatrical feature.“
He added, “A good early example is THE ANIMATRIX, where they went afield in the MATRIX world. These are all great examples for how we can add texture and baroque detail to the world of AVATAR...backstory on characters and tangential stuff that happened off-camera within the movies. Who first landed on Pandora? The first expedition. You could go anywhere you want.“

X-MEN---director Jake Schreier commented on if the reboot movie will be "recognizably different" from the previous movies, “Yeah, I think that’s fair to say… but to be able to explore all of the ideas that are inherent to that rich source material, but also at the scale inherent to the source material, that’s like a very rare and fortunate opportunity. That’s very exciting.
What I can say is, it’s just inherently interesting and complex material… The core idea of what ‘X-Men’ is involves complexity. It’s an incredible opportunity with super interesting characters and [much] internal conflict. These characters are wrestling with their identity and place in the world—that’s inherently interesting and complex material.”

ALIEN: ROMULUS 2---co-star David Jonsson commented on rumors the sequel is underway, “I can’t share [very much], but I will say I don’t think you’re far off — your sources have something to them."

HAWKEYE---Jeremy Renner commented on a possible Season 2, “I’m sure we’ll end up doing Season 2, and do other things. And I’m happy to do it.”

MONSTER---Ella Beatty, daughter of Warren Beatty and Annette Bening, will star in Season 4 about Lizzie Border, who was tried and acquitted in the axe murders of her father and step mother in 1892.

THE GILDED AGE---HBO renewed the series for Season 4.

TRIVIA---BACK TO THE FUTURE was the biggest-grossing movie of 1985, became a classic comedy sci fi movie---and it made the defunct DeLorean sports car a pop culture icon. Ford originally offered $75,000 for its Mustang to be used in the movie, but co-writer Bob Gale replied, "Doc Brown doesn't drive a f-cking Mustang."
John DeLorean loved the movie and sent a letter to co-creators Robert Zemeckis and Gale:

"Dear Gentlemen:

Last week I had the opportunity to see a screening of “Back To The Future” in New York, and want you to know I think it was absolutely brilliant.

I was particularly pleased that the DeLorean Motor Car was all but immortalized in the film, and want to thank all those responsible: Ron Cobb, Andy Probert, Mike Scheffe and Kevin Pike, for the outstanding job they did in presenting the DMC as the vehicle of the future. They can join my soon-to-be-revived design team at any time.

Thanks again for continuing my dream in such a positive fashion.

Sincerely,
John Z. DeLorean"

 

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 30

ZOOTOPIA 2---trailer released for the Disney animated sequel.

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BLUE MOON---trailer released for the movie about lyricist Lorenz Hart starring Ethan Hawke and Margaret Qualley.

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THE LOST BUS---trailer released for the Apple TV+ movie starring Matthew McConaughey.

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TWINLESS---trailer released for the movie starring Dylan O'Brien.

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GOAT---trailer released for the animated basketball movie.

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GREMLINS 3---star Zach Galligan commented on reports of a second sequel to the 1984 movie, “After 35 years, they’ve come up with a script. Warner Bros. is incredibly interested in doing it, apparently it’s waiting on Mr. Spielberg to read it and approve it. But you can thank the success of BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE."

STAR WARS: AHSOKA---Hayden Christensen cancelled appearances at two conventions, Spacecon San Antonio and Comic Con Manchester, which led to speculation that he will have a bigger role as Anakin Skywalker in Season 2.

HAPPY GILMORE 2---the Adam Sandler sequel had 46.7 million views in its first three days which makes Netflix's biggest movie of 2025.

CAPTAIN AMERICA---Harrison Ford was asked if Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige has convinced to return for future MCU projects, "Nope."
Ford also commented on if he will retire from acting, “No. That’s one of the things I thought was attractive about the job of an actor, was that they need old people, too, to play old people’s parts.”

MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING---Celine Song (MATERIALISTS) is writing the script to the sequel for the 1997 movie that starred Julia Roberts and Dermot Mulroney. Recently, Mulroney commented on the sequel, “There is talk of a sequel. I know nothing about it. Last I heard, quote, lawyers were talking, unquote.“

TRIVIA---Harrison Ford and Sean Young starred in Ridley Scott's classic BLADE RUNNER. Ford and Young almost reunited for another classic movie, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, when Young auditioned for the Marion Ravenwood role with Tom Selleck, who auditioned for Indiana Jones. Selleck got the role, but he was unable to take the role because of his commitment to MAGNUM, P.I. Harrison Ford replaced Selleck which would have led to a Ford and Young reunion in RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, but Steven Spielberg chose Karen Allen over Young.

Harrison Ford and Sean Young starred in Ridley Scott's classic BLADE RUNNER.

For RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, Sean Young auditioned for Marion Ravenwood and Tom Selleck auditioned for Indiana Jones.

SELLECK & YOUNG AUDITION: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUXCXCKbXb8


Harrison Ford and Sean Young almost reunited for RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, but after Spielberg picked Harrison Ford because Tom Selleck was unavailable, he picked Karen Allen instead of Young.

 

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THURSDAY, JULY 31

NUREMBERG---trailer released for the Sony Pictures movie about the Nuremberg war crime trials starring Russell Crowe and Rami Malek.

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SUBVERSION---Lily James (THE IRON CLAW) will co-star in the Amazon MGM Studios movie as a Coast Guard officer who pursues a submarine commanded by a former Navy submarine officer (Chris Hemsworth), who was blackmailed into transporting illegal cargo.

THE SOCIAL NETWORK 2---Jeremy Allen White (THE BEAR) is a candidate to play WALL STREET JOURNAL reporter Jeff Horwitz, who led the investigation into the Facebook Files, Facebook's internal investigation of its misinformation involving the January 6 Capitol uprising and its harm to young Facebook members. Mikey Madison (ANORA) is a candidate to play Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen.

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON---Annie Shapero will play Alysanne Blackwood in Season 3.

RED SONJA---photo posted from the reboot movie of Matilda Lutz with the caption, “@matildalutz and the Iconic Chainmail bikini!!! Red Sonja out Aug 13.”

HIM---photo and synopsis released from the Jordan Peele horror movie starring Marlon Wayans and Tyriq Withers, "Cameron Cade, a rising-star quarterback, has devoted his life, and identity, to football. On the eve of professional football’s annual scouting Combine, Cam is attacked by an unhinged fan and suffers a potentially career-ending brain trauma. Just when all seems lost, Cam receives a lifeline when his hero, Isaiah White, a legendary eight-time Championship quarterback and cultural megastar, offers to train Cam at Isaiah’s isolated compound that he shares with his celebrity influencer wife, Elsie White. But as Cam’s training accelerates, Isaiah’s charisma begins to curdle into something darker, sending his protégé down a disorienting rabbit hole that may cost him more than he ever bargained for."

THE NAKED GUN---the reboot movie starring Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson has a Rotten Tomatoes critics score of 93% based on 85 critics reviews which makes it the highest score of the franchise. The original 1988 movie starring Leslie Nielsen has an 88% critics score.

DOCTOR WHO---Billie Piper replied to a fan question if she is returning after the show's end in which she might be the new Doctor Who, "This is such a minefield – I have to really engage with how I answer this. All I can say is I was approached very last-minute, and I can’t talk about in what capacity, but I found it very emotional to film, and I think it’s a really great ending.”
Piper added, “As in, I just found it quite moving, and it was really fun to film because it had such a sort of cloak and dagger feeling about getting it made. So, yeah, I have to lie a lot about anything to do with DOCTOR WHO, it seems.”

TRIVIA---the three Gabor sisters, Zsa Zsa, Magda and Eva, married 20 times-----Zsa Zsa (nine), Magda (six) and Eva (five). Eva, best known for starring on the comedy tv series GREEN ACRES, was the only one of the Gabor sisters who did not marry British actor George Sanders. Zsa Zsa's marriage to Sanders lasted five years (they were married on April 2, 1949 and divorced on April 2, 1954) and Magda's marriage to Sanders lasted 32 days.
Number One bride Zsa Zsa had a pillow in her living room which said, “Eat, drink, and remarry.” Merv Griffin said Zsa Zsa's first spoken words when she was a child were, "I do."

Zsa Zsa Gabor led the Gabor sisters marriages with nine, including George Sanders.

Magda was second with six marriages, including George Sanders.

Eva was third with five marriages, not including George Sanders.

 

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 1

TERMINAL LIST: DARK WOLF---trailer released for the Amazon Prime prequel series starring Chris Pratt and Taylor Kitsch.

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SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY---teaser trailer released for the Sony Pictures sequel.

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THE CONJURING: LAST RITES---trailer released for the sequel.

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WITCHBOARD---red band trailer released for the remake of the 1986 horror movie.

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JAMES BOND---Steven Knight (PEAKY BLINDERS, EASTERN PROMISES) will write the screenplay for the new James Bond movie that will be directed by Denis Villeneuve. Knight said, “It has always been on my bucket list and it’s fantastic to be invited to do it – I can’t wait to get started. I’m hoping that, being a Bond fan for so many years, it will be imbued into me and I will be able to produce something that’s the same but different, and better, stronger and bolder.”

THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS---Rob Liefeld, Deadpool co-creator, posted his opinion of the reboot movie.

STAR WARS---in an interview for THE STAR WARS ARCHIVES: EPISODES I-III, George Lucas explained why he sold Lucasfilm and STAR WARS to Disney for $4.5 billion in 2012, "I'd still be working on EPISODE IXI in 2012... So the question was am I going to keep doing this the rest of my life? Do I want to go through this again? Finally, I decided I'd rather raise my daughter and enjoy life for a while. I could have not sold LucasFilm and gotten somebody to run the productions, but that isn't retiring. On THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK and RETURN OF THE JEDI I tried to stay out of the way, but I couldn't. I was there every day. Even though the people were friends of mine and they did great work, it wasn't the same as me doing it; it was like being once removed, I knew that probably wouldn't work again, that I'd be frustrated."
He added, "I'm one of those micromanager guys, and I can't help it. So I figured I would forgo that, enjoy what I had, and I was looking forward to raising my daughter. Also, I wanted to build a museum, which I'd always wanted to do, so I was thinking, 'If I don't do this now, I'll never get that done.' I've spent my life creating STAR WARS - 40 years- and giving it up was very, very, painful. But it was the right thing to do. I thought I was going to have a little bit more to say about the next three because I'd already started them, but they decided they wanted to do something else. Things don't always work out the way you want. Life is like that."

OCEAN'S ELEVEN---Lee Isaac Chung (TWISTERS) is in talks to direct the prequel movie.

THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10---photo and synopsis released for the Netflix movie starring Keira Knightley that is based on the novel, “While on board a luxury yacht for a travel assignment, a journalist witnesses a passenger thrown overboard late at night, only to be told that it didn’t happen, as all passengers and crew are accounted for. Despite no one believing her, she continues to look for answers, putting her own life in danger.”

WATSON---Robert Carlyle will play Sherlock Holmes in Season 2.

LONG STORY SHORT---Netflix renewed the series for Season 2.

TRIVIA---in Mel Brooks's classic BLAZING SADDLES, Harvey Korman played corrupt Attorney General Hedley Lamarr, who is annoyed when he is often called "Hedy", and Brooks played corrupt Governor William J. Le Petomane.
To his surprise, Brooks and Warner Bros. were sued by actress Hedy Lamarr, known as "the most beautiful woman in the world", for $10 million for using and exploiting her name without her permission. In the documentary BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY, Brooks commented on the lawsuit and how he disagreed with Warner Bros. to fight the lawsuit in court, “And what happened? And what happened? She actually sued us for using Hedley Lamarr. Too close to Hedy. And they said, ‘This is ridiculous, we’ll go to court, we’ll fight it.’ And I said, ‘No! She’s beautiful. See if you can get a meeting.’”
He added, “I read something about, you know, department store, embarrassment. ‘Give her within reason, pay her. Give her whatever she needs.’ ’You know, because, she’s given us so much wonderful cinematic pleasure for forty years. I think it’s incumbent on us to salute her is some, anyway we can. And send her my love and tell her where I live.’”
The lawsuit was settled out of court for an undisclosed amount.
Brooks commented on the irony of a joke in the movie, “I as the governor, called him Hedy Lamarr, and he said ‘Governor, it’s Hedley, Hedley’. And I said, ‘What are you worried about? This movie’s taking place in 1874. If she makes a fuss you can sue HER!’”

In Mel Brooks's classic BLAZING SADDLES, Harvey Korman played corrupt Attorney General Hedley Lamarr, who is annoyed when he is often called "Hedy", and Brooks played corrupt Governor William J. Le Petomane.

Brooks and Warner Bros. were sued by actress Hedy Lamarr, known as "the most beautiful woman in the world", for $10 million for using and exploiting her name without her permission.

 

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MONDAY, AUGUST 4

SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY---photos from the Glasgow film set, which doubles as New York, shows Tom Holland in the new Spider-Man suit on top of an armored vehicle. The armored vehicle has a red logo resembling the logo of the Inner Demons gang led by Mister Negative which led to fan speculation that he is another villain in the sequel.
Also, Mark Ruffalo is returning as The Hulk and Michael Mando is returning as villain Scorpion.

GREMLINS 3---movie insider Jeff Sneider claims Chris Columbus (HOME ALONE) will be the writer/director of the sequel.

PLAY DIRTY---photo released from the Amazon Prime heist movie directed by Shane Black and starring Mark Wahlberg and LaKeith Stanfield which involve a master thief, the New York Mafia, a South American dictator and the world's richest man.

THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS---the reboot movie's second Friday brought in $11.7 million which is massive 80% drop from from the premiere Friday. The second full weekend is expected to have a 66% drop from the first weekend.

A QUIET PLACE 3---John Krasinski is the writer/director/producer of the new sequel which premiers on July 9, 2027.

JAMES BOND---Tom Holland commented on rumors he will be the new James Bond, “Listen, there’s speculation at the moment. We’ll keep it to a minimum for now. We’ll get there one day… I mean every young British actor, it’s the pinnacle of working in our industry. I already consider myself to be the luckiest kid alive you know, I could not have dreamed to have the career that I have.”

STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE---Lucasfilm announced the movie will return to theaters for its 50th anniversary on April 30, 2027.

BATMAN---the two remastered Tim Burton movies, BATMAN and BATMAN RETURNS, will return to 160 AMC theaters for one night only on August 25.

AND JUST LIKE THAT---the series will end with a two-part finale on August 7 and 14.

TRIVIA---the original STAR TREK theme vocal was sung by Loulie Jean Norman, who was also a member of Mel Torme's The Mel-Tones. Ironically, Mel Torme's son, Tracy, was a writer/story editor on STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION.
Norman's vocal was used in Seasons 1 and 2, but STAR TREK creator Gene Roddenberry was facing low ratings and threats of cancellation, so he removed Norman's vocal for Season 3 because he did not want to pay her royalties. Norman was known as the "The Invisible Soprano" for her vocals on other music, including The Tokens' "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" which hit #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 in 1961.
In 1995, Norman commented on being known as "The invisible Soprano", “The reason why I didn’t care about being a star is because I saw what happened to stars. I was close enough to see that they were not very happy.”

The original STAR TREK theme vocal was by Loulie Jean Norman, who was also a member of Mel Torme's The Mel-Tones.

Mel Torme's son, Tracy, was a writer/story editor on STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION.

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THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT:

 

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 5

SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY---videos released from the Glasgow film set.

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JAY KELLY---trailer released for the Netflix comedy movie starring Adam Sandler and George Clooney.

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REGRETTING YOU---trailer released for the movie based on the novel.

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THE PUNISHER---photo posted of Jon Bernthal starring in the Disney+ tv special.

THE NAKED GUN---David Zucker, writer/director of the original NAKED GUN movies, commented on the reboot movie starring Liam Neeson, “I’m excited about it because it just shows that there’s a strong market for comedy in movie theaters, and spoof in particular. People are liking it, which is great. I really like the director, and I just couldn’t wish him more well. I texted him already, saying, ‘I hear the reviews are great, and it’s tracking well.’ He was very happy to hear from me, and we’ll probably get together later in the month when the smoke clears.“
He added, “I’m not gonna see it, but I don’t see any of the sequels that were of my material done by other people, and that’s fine. I’ve told Akiva [Schaffer] that I have no intention to see it. He actually invited me to come see an early cut of it, but I told him there’s nothing I could do to help because it really isn’t what I would have done. That’s not to say that he didn’t actually end up doing a good movie. But I don’t think I could help with that.“
Zucker said Paramount Pictures offered him an executive producer credit, “I won’t take credit on anything that I didn’t work on from the beginning. I don’t need the money. After the agents and managers, it would have paid three electric bills, probably. If it’s a big hit, Akiva should get the credit, and he deserves it.“

HEAT 2---Leonardo DiCaprio has had "conversations' with director Michael Mann to star in the sequel to the 1995 heist movie.

HIGH SIDE---Timothee Chalamet is in talks to star in the James Mangold heist movie whose synopsis says, "In HIGH SIDE, Billy is a former MotoGP racer, haunted by a career-ending crash and a family legacy of abandonment, is drawn back into the world of high-speed risks and extreme danger. His estranged brother, already being pursued by the FBI, recruits him for a series of bank robberies on superbikes. A gifted motocross rider, Billy walked away from the sport after a devastating accident, and he has been making do caring for his addict father and the family garage."

WAR OF THE WORLDS---the Amazon Prime remake movie starring Ice Cube and Eva Longoria and based on the HG Wells novel earned a Rotten Tomatoes critics score of 0% based on 11 critics reviews.

THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT---Temeura Morrison replied to a fan's question o about if he is returning to the STAR WARS franchise, “No...I think we really have to treasure those moments now. All of you need to send a fax, or a letter, or an email to those powers that be at Lucasfilm. I’m sure they’d love to hear from everyone. Please give Daniel Logan and Temuera Morrison another chance and put them somewhere.”

TRIVIA---THE TEXAS WHEELERS was a comedy tv series that ran on ABC in 1974 in which cantankerous Zack Wheeler returned to a rural Texas town to raise his four children after their mother died. The show starred Jack Elam, Gary Busey and Mark Hamill, but it was cancelled after only four episodes aired due to THE ROCKFORD FILES on NBC. Hamill said, "The scripts were unbelievable, and the critics loved the show. ROCKFORD creamed us. We never had a chance."
However, Hamill posted in 2021 that the show's cancellation was a blessing in disguise because if it had been renewed, he would have been unavailable for another role---Luke Skywalker in STAR WARS, "FUN FACT: If #TheTexasWheelers was a ratings success & renewed for a second season, I would have been unavailable to play Luke. #FickleFingerOfFate."

THE TEXAS WHEELERS starred Jack Elam, Gary Busey and Mark Hamill and was cancelled after only four episodes.

THE TEXAS WHEELERS' cancellation was a blessing in disguise because it allowed Mark Hamill to be available when he was cast as Luke Skywalker in STAR WARS.

 

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6

RENTAL FAMILY---trailer released for the movie starring Brendan Fraser.

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COLD STORAGE---trailer released for the sci fi horror movie starring Liam Neeson.

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STAR WARS: STARFIGHTER---Matt Smith (DOCTOR WHO) will play one of the villains in the movie starring Ryan Gosling and directed by Shawn Levy.

JIMMY--KJ Apa (RIVERDALE) will star in the Jimmy Stewart biomovie that also stars Jason Alexander as Louis B. Mayer and Max Casella as Frank Capra.

T.J. HOOKER---Netflix comedy action movie underway based on the tv cop series that starred William Shatner.

THE BATMAN 2---ProductionList.com posted a description of the sequel which begins production in London on January 1, 2026, “The sequel explores Gotham’s slow recovery from the devastating flood caused by the Riddler in the previous film, tackling themes of societal division, power dynamics, and moral ambiguity. Reeves has described Batman’s new journey as operating in a more complex and ‘greyer’ world — raising the stakes for character-driven tension and visual storytelling.”

THE RESURRECTION OF THE CHRIST---Lionsgate announced the sequel will be in two parts. PART ONE will premiere on March 26, 2027 and PART TWO will premiere on Ascension Day, May 6, 2027.

ALIEN: EARTH---the FX sci fi spinoff tv series earned a Rotten Tomatoes critics score of 90% based on 19 critics reviews and it earned a MetaCritic score of 84/100.

FREAKIER FRIDAY---the sequel has a Rotten Tomatoes critics score of 80% based on 64 critics reviews and a MetaCritic score of 63/100.

TRIVIA---the movie COMA was based on the Robin Cook novel and was written and directed by Michael Crichton. The plot involves a female doctor at a Boston hospital who discovers patients are induced into comas as part of a sinister organ-harvesting conspiracy.
Tom Selleck played patient/victim Sean Murphy and Lance LeGault played assassin Vince. Selleck and LeGault later reunited on MAGNUM, P.I. where Selleck played private investigator Thomas Magnum and LeGault played Marine Colonel Buck Greene.

In Michael Crichton's COMA, a female doctor discovers hospital patients are induced into comas as part of a sinister organ-harvesting conspiracy.

In COMA, Tom Selleck played patient/victim Sean Murphy (top photos) and Lance LeGault played assassin Vince (bottom photo).

Selleck and LeGault reunited in MAGNUM, P.I. where Selleck played private investigator Thomas Magnum and LeGault played Marine Colonel Buck Greene.

 

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 7

EDEN---trailer released for the Ron Howard survival movie starring Jude Law, Ana de Armas and Sydney Sweeney.

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THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB---trailer released for the Netflix murder mystery movie starring Pierce Brosnan, Helen Mirren and Ben Kingsley.

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WICKED: FOR GOOD---featurette released for the sequel.

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TULSA KING---trailer released for Season 3.

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HIM---trailer released for the Jordan Peele football movie.

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THE CUT---trailer released for the boxing movie starring Orlando Bloom.

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THE FANTASTIC FOUR 2---movie insider Jeff Sneider claims Matt Shakman is "likely" to return to direct the Marvel sequel.

THE BATMAN II---Warner Bros. updated the status of the sequel to shareholders, “The Batman II (2027) is preparing to begin shooting next spring, among several other projects in development.”

SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY---Daniel Dae Kim commented on fan rumors that he will play villain Mister Sinister, “I heard something about that over the past six or seven months, and I saw that. I’ve seen that people want other Asian actors to play him as well, so I’m happy to be included in that conversation, but I haven’t heard anything.”
He added, “I’m always up for an interesting role and an interesting project.”

THOR---Chris Hemsworth said his LEGACY OF THOR video was misinterpreted by fans and he is not leaving the MCU, “To be honest, my social media team assembled some footage and were like, ‘Oh, this could be cool. We’ll put some stuff up and thank the fans.’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, cool. It’s been great.’ So we penned it together, and off I went to do something else."
He added, “But then I had a few people ask me about it, and someone on my team said, ‘Ugh, we’ve given the wrong impression here'...So [the video] was a moment of gratitude, and it wasn’t anything else. But it definitely got misconstrued and perceived in a different way.”

STRANGER THINGS---Finn Wolfhard commented on the spinoff series, “...like David Lynch’s TWIN SPEAKS. Sort of an anthology and different tones but similar universe or same universe. I think set in different places and all tied together through this mythology of the Upside Down. Don’t even talk about Hawkins. Don’t have any mention of our characters. They were toying around with ideas in case Netflix wanted them. I’m sure they do, and I’m sure it will happen, but there’s nothing official. I think the coolest way, the way that I would do it, there has to be labs everywhere. If there was one in Hawkins, there’s one in Russia. Where else could they be?”

TRIVIA---Ridley Scott's 2005 movie KINGDOM OF HEAVEN about the siege of Jerusalem during the Crusades starred Orland Bloom and Liam Neeson and was filmed in Ouarzazate, Morocco. After filming was completed, Scott was told it would cost $300,000 to dismantle the film set, so he sold it to the Ouarzazates for only $10. Fifteen years later, Scott wanted to rent the same film set for GLADIATOR II, "I did a big film called KINGDOM OF HEAVEN years ago in Ouarzazate, Morocco. And to take it down would’ve cost me $300,000. So I said to the Ouarzazates, 'Do you want to buy it? I can sell it to you for $10, but you have to take on all the responsibility of insurance.' So I sold it for $10. Fifteen years later, I wanted to rent it back to do the Numidian sequence [in GLADIATOR II]. I had to pay $1?million to rent my own set."

Ridley Scott sold the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN film set for $10.

When Scott wanted to rent the same film set for GLADIATOR II, he had tp pay $1 million for it.

 

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 8

THE BATMAN: PART II---movie insider Jeff Sneider said PART II will feature Robin, “I sat down with a well-placed source this week and asked about The Batman sequel, and this person told me that the script was ‘worth the wait.’ They described it as a ‘big swing’ for director Matt Reeves and his co-writer, Mattson Tomlin, and said that the duo is ‘really going for it’ with the uncompromising sequel, which is expected to be just as dark as its 2022 predecessor, which grossed $772 million worldwide. They also mentioned that the character of Robin is part of the script, which should pique the interest of agents across Hollywood. I didn’t press for too many more details, but it sounded like everyone at DC Studios is extremely pleased with the direction Reeves is going with The Batman Part II now that the script has been turned in.“

SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY---set photos show Tom Holland and Zendaya in a cemetery scene with the tombstone for May Parker. Also, Melanie Scrofano (STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS) said she is not co-starring in BRAND NEW DAY, “Sorry to disappoint, but also that’s on you for not knowing that I’m full of s— (with a can-do attitude)."

THE MANDALORIAN---Gina Carano's lawsuit against the Walt Disney Company and Lucasfilm for her 2021 firing from THE MANDALORIAN has been settled out of court. Her lawsuit claimed she firing was wrongful termination and political discrimination after her controversial posts on Twitter. Disney's statement said, “The Walt Disney Company and Lucasfilm are pleased to announce that we have reached an agreement with Gina Carano to resolve the issues in her pending lawsuit against the companies. Ms. Carano was always well respected by her directors, co-stars and staff, and she worked hard to perfect her craft while treating her colleagues with kindness and respect. With this lawsuit concluded, we look forward to identifying opportunities to work together with Ms. Carano in the near future.”
Carano sought damages of at least $75,000 and reinstatement. Terms of the settlement were not announced. Her legal fees were paid by Elon Musk, who pledged to defend those who were fired for posting controversial comments on Twitter, now X.
Fans posted comments wanting Carano back to STAR TREK, “I want her to get her own series that was planned and then taken from her." Another fan added, “I wanna see her have her own show.” and another fan posted, “She was missed in Season 3. Maybe we’ll get lucky and see her in Mando/Grogu.”

HIGHLANDER---Dave Bautista will play villain Kurgan in the reboot movie starring Henry Cavill. Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery and Clancy Brown starred in the original movie. Bautista will also co-star in ROAD HOUSE 2 with Jake Gyllenhaal.

SICARIO 3---Josh Brolin commented on a new sequel, “I mentioned at some point — I don’t know, maybe just to be contrary — but I was like, ‘Yeah, [SICARIO 3 is] never going to happen.’ Then the producers showed up,…I just heard recently that it’s very, very real. So, cool.”

FRANKENSTEIN---Sebastian Stan and Romanian director Radu Jude are working on a Frankenstein movie. Jude said, “Sebastian contacted me a while ago, he said he would like to collaborate, but I had no idea. Finally, I thought, while I was working on the sound for Dracula, that I could propose a film that would start from the reality of the CIA prisons in Romania, from 20 years ago, and combine these ideas with another cinematic myth, that of the Frankenstein monster."

FAST AND LOOSE---director Michael Bay left the Netflix action comedy movie starring Will Smith in which a CIA agent with amnesia was undercover as a crime boss. Bay wanted more action and Smith wanted more comedy.

GOOSEBUMPS---Disney+ cancelled the series.

TRIVIA---in the 1960s comedy horror tv series THE MUNSTERS, the raven that emerged from the clock saying, "Nevermore. Nevermore." was voiced by the uncredited legendary voice actor Mel Blanc ("The Man of a Thousand Voices)". When Blanc was too busy with other projects, the raven's voice was provided by Bob Hastings, who played Lieutenant Elroy Carpenter on McHALE'S NAVY and voiced Gotham Police Commissioner Gordon on BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES.
The MUNSTERS clock was sold at auction in 2005 for $28,000.

THE MUNSTERS raven that emerged from the clock saying, "Nevermore. Nevermore." was voiced by the uncredited legendary voice actor Mel Blanc ("The Man of a Thousand Voices)".

When Blanc was too busy with other projects, the raven's voice was provided by Bob Hastings, who played Lieutenant Elroy Carpenter on McHALE'S NAVY and Gotham City Police Commissioner Gordon on BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES.

 

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MONDAY, AUGUST 11

SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY---featurette release for the sequel.

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JAWS GOES TO THE BAHAMAS---trailer released for the documentary about the much-maligned 1987 sequel JAWS: THE REVENGE.

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THE BATMAN PART II---James Gunn commented on movie insider Jeff Sneider's claim that Robin will be in PART II, “Guys, please stop believing this nonsense. I think six of us have read the script. No one knows anything about The Batman 2.”
Sneider replied to Gunn's comment, “Sounds like another non-denial denial from Jimbo. Why not just say, ‘Robin isn’t in the script.’ Seems simple, right? I know why he isn’t saying that.”

STAR TREK: UNITED---writer/producer Mike Sussman and Scott Bakula are developing a spinoff tv series in which STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE Captain Jonathan Archer is the first president of the United Federation of Planets. Sussman described the series as, “a political thriller and a family drama set in those chaotic, formative years of the Federation.” Sussman originally offered the tv series to Paramount Pictures which rejected the series because it was too similar to STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY. Sussman changed the spinoff's setting from Earth to Babel in the hope that Paramount's new head, David Ellison, a STAR TREK fan, approves the spinoff.

QUENTIN TARANTINO---a rumor claimed that Quentn Tarantino's last movie starring Brad Pitt, Uma Thurman and Samuel L. Jackson will start filming in December. However, World of Reel claims, “Sources are telling me Tarantino is nowhere near finished the screenplay for his tenth film, and that in fact, he might not have even started writing it. There are currently no plans to shoot anything this year.”

THE NAKED GUN---Liam Neeson commented on returning for a sequel to the reboot movie, “I think it’s a one-off, yeah, and if it succeeds, good… It’s probably a one-off. Not that the experience wasn’t great, it was. It’s terrific, working with Pamela, Danny Huston, all these terrific guys.”

THE LEADING MAN---Kevin Hart and John Cena star in the Netflix comedy movie based on the comic book in which an egotistical movie star thinks he is Hollywood's biggest action star until he discovers his co-star is real spy.

CUT OFF---Jonah Hill and Kristen Wiig star in the Warner Bros. comedy movie about a spoiled adult brother and sister who have to support them selves after their wealthy parents cut off their money.

REACHER---photo released of Sydelle Noel playing Reacher's new love interest, NYPD homicide detective Tamara Green.

DEEPER---the Tom Cruise and Anna de Armas supernatural deep sea movie has reportedly "hit a wall" due to budget conflict.

FINAL DESTINATION 7---New Line Cinema is developing the latest horror sequel.

TRIVIA---in Tim Burton's MARS ATTACKS!, the first meeting between mankind and the Martians is in Pahrump, Nevada. The Earthlings roll out the benevolent red carpet in greeting the Martians, but the Martians use their ray guns to disintegrate many of the startled Earthlings.
The scene was actually filmed at a dry lake bed in Pahrump, which was chosen because it was the home of Art Bell, who hosted COAST TO COAST AM, a popular late night talk show in which UFOs, alien abductions and Area 51 were frequent topics. The show drew over 10 million listeners per night. Bell was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 2008.
In February, 2025, an Art Bell biomovie starring Paul Giamatti was reportedly underway with Warner Bros., Amazon Prime and Universal Pictures bidding for the rights.

In Tim Burton's MARS ATTACKS!, the first meeting between mankind and the Martians is in Pahrump, Nevada.

The scene was actually filmed in Pahrump, which was chosen because it was the home of Art Bell, who hosted COAST TO COAST AM, a popular late night talk show in which UFOs, alien abductions and Area 51 were frequent topics.

In February, 2025, an Art Bell biomovie starring Paul Giamatti was reportedly underway with Warner Bros., Amazon Prime and Universal Pictures bidding for the rights.

 

[dragon53]

TUESDAY, AUGUST 12

MR. SCORSESE---trailer released for the Apple TV+ five-part Martin Scorsese documentary.

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HAUNTED HOTEL---trailer released for the Netflix animated comedy horror series starring Will Forte.

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THE TERMINATOR---James Cameron gave an update on his new TERMINATOR movie, “I’m at a point right now where I have a hard time writing science fiction. I’m tasked with writing a new TERMINATOR story. I’ve been unable to get started on that very far because I don’t know what to say that won’t be overtaken by real events. We are living in a science fiction age right now, and the only way out is through. By using our intelligence, by using our curiosity, by using our command of technology. But also, by really understanding the stark probabilities that we face.”
Cameron did not give any details about the movie.

STAR TREK---Simon Pegg commented on the scrapped Quentin Tarantino STAR TREK movie, whose plot is rumored to be similar to the tv episode "A Piece of the Action" in which Kirk and the starship Enterprise crew visit a planet with a society similar to Earth in the 1930s, “That was what we call in the business bats–t crazy. It was everything you would expect a Quentin Tarantino STAR TREK script to be. I think it would have been such an incredible sort of curio to see STAR TREK through his lens. I don’t know how it would have gone over with the fans, but it certainly would have been an interesting thing.”

RAMBO---Noah Centineo (BLACK ADAM) will reportedly star in the young John Rambo prequel movie.

AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY---Ryan Reynolds posted art of a red "A" over the avengers logo which led to fan speculation that Deadpool will be in DOOMSDAY.

THE ADDAMS FAMILY---WEDNESDAY co-creator Alfred Gough said he and co-creator Miles Miller are developing a THE ADDAMS FAMILY animated movie, “We’re working on it with Amazon MGM and with Kevin Miserocchi, who runs the Addams Foundation, he knew Charles Addams and the keeper of the Addams flame, and with Gail Berman and John Glickman. We’re rebooting the animated film franchise.”
He added, “It won’t have anything to do with the two films before it, nor is it connected with this show. It will be a brand new Addams feature. There’s not really much we can say about it, because it’s in the very early stages.”

THE FANTASTIC FOUR---writer Eric Pearson commented on a possible sequel plot, “I don’t know. I honestly don’t know. I’m such a literal person that I would need to understand the fallout of how everything looks and who knows who out of AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY and SECRET WARS. I don’t know where we are all sitting. Sometimes, when everything is on the table, you don’t know what to eat.
Would it be cool to see them in a murder mystery together? Sure. Would it be cool to see them in a time-travelling romp? Sure, that would be cool. There are all these different things, but you don’t want to completely upset the apple cart. I feel like anything I’d have to say really doesn’t matter until we see how all our favorite characters survive the upcoming adventures with Victor von Doom.”

STAR WARS: AHSOKA---Hayden Christensen commented on if he would like to return to AHSOKA, “One hundred percent… I would love to, yes. If the powers that be decide that’s something that they want to see, I would be there in a heartbeat.”

TRIVIA---AIRPLANE! II: THE SEQUEL spoofed STAR TREK in the scene where the space shuttle Mayflower One approaches the Alpha Beta Lunar colony on the Moon. Alpha Beta Lunar Base Commander Buck Murdock (William Shatner) looks into the periscope and sees the STAR TREK starship Enterprise approaching the Moon.
AIRPLANE II: THE SEQUEL did not spoof Shatner's other classic role as the airliner passenger who sees a menacing gremlin on the airliner's wing in THE TWILIGHT ZONE episode "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet".

AIRPLANE! II: THE SEQUEL spoofed STAR TREK when Alpha Beta Lunar Base Commander Buck Murdock (William Shatner) looks into the periscope and sees the STAR TREK starship Enterprise approaching the Moon.

AIRPLANE II: THE SEQUEL did not spoof Shatner's other classic role as the airliner passenger who sees a menacing gremlin on the airliner's wing in THE TWILIGHT ZONE episode "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet".

 

[dragon53]

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13

MARTY SUPREME---trailer released from the movie about ping pong star Marty Reisman starring Timothee Chalamet.

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ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING---trailer released for Season 5.

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TASK---trailer released for the HBO crime miniseries starring Mark Ruffalo.

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WEAPONS---Zach Cregger is reportedly in talks with Warner Bros. to develop a prequel to the horror movie which would focus on the origin of Aunt Gladys. Recently Cregger said, “I have another idea for something in this world that I’m kind of excited about. I’m not going to do it next, and I probably won’t do it after my next movie, but I do have one and I’d like to see it on the screen one day.“

STAR TREK---three more STAR TREK spinoff tv series may be pitched to Paramount's new head, David Ellison, in addition to the earlier-announced STAR TREK: UNITED starring Scott Bakula. STAR TREK: YEAR ONE is about Captain James T. Kirk's first year as commander of the starship Enterprise. STAR TREK: LEGACY is about Captain Seven of Nine as commander of the starship Enterprise-G. The third spinoff is a workplace comedy about the employees on a pleasure planet outside the United Federation of Planets.

THE BATMAN PART II---after James Gunn denied movie insider Jeff Sneider's claim that Robin will be in PART II, Sneider replied, "I don't give a f*** what James Gunn says anymore. This guy is the most annoying studio head I've ever heard of or met or seen, or anything. I don't think it's winning him any fans. I don't think it's winning him any fans on the Warner Bros. lot, where I know people find him and his antics to be annoying."
Sneider added, "Bro, your movie is maybe, probably going to get to $600 million. Take that 'W,' if we want to call it [that], and shut up. Shut up, go focus on reading scripts and making movies and TV shows, because it seems you get paid a lot of money to spend a lot of time on Bluesky and Threads."

PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN 6---producer Jerry Bruckheimer said he has talked to Johnny Depp about returning for the latest sequel, “If he likes the way the part’s written, I think he would do it. It’s all about what’s on the page, as we all know.”

THE NAKED GUN 5---co-producer Erica Huggins commented on a possible sequel to the reboot movie starring Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson, “Absolutely. We’ve now had enough conversations among the filmmakers, and certainly with Pam and Liam, too, when we were selling the movie in the blue sky version of what could happen next, yes, we were thinking about where it could go and what it could be. Akiva and Dan and Doug, our writers, we’re all talking about it.”

GALAXY QUEST---the reboot of the 1999 STAR TREK spoof movie is still underway at CBS Studios. The original movie starred Tim Allen and Sigourney Weaver.

TRIVIA---the COLUMBO murder mystery tv series starring Peter Falk as LAPD homicide detective Columbo won 13 Emmy awards and ran in 44 countries. In his memoir, JUST ONE MORE THING, Falk stated COLUMBO was extremely popular in Romania where the show ran two times per week. When the show ended its new episodes for the 1974 season, new episodes were no longer shown in Romania. Outraged Romanians began to stage protests against the Communist government because the fans thought the government was trying to limit the amount of American tv Romanians could watch. Fearing a revolt, the Romanian government asked the US State Department to get Falk to film a public service ad in which he explained the show not being shown in Romania was because its production had ended in the US for that season and that new episodes would be shown in the future.
Falk's ad, spoken phonetically in Romanian, said,

"EXCUSE ME. DO YOU HAVE A MINUTE? ALO. I'M LT. COLOMBO... SOMETIMES I'M KNOWN AS PETER FALK. WHEN AN ACTOR PORTRAYS A ROLE, HE HOPES HE'S CREATING A CHARACTER THAT THE AUDIENCE CAN IDENTIFY WITH, AND FROM WHAT WE'VE HEARD HERE IN HOLLYWOOD ABOUT ROMANIA'S ACCEPTANCE OF THE COLOMBO SHOW, I GUESS WE MUST HAVE BEEN DOING SOMETHING RIGHT. SERIOUSLY, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH EVERYONE CONNECTED WITH THE COLOMBO SHOW FEELS ABOUT RECEIVING SUCH HEARTWARMING NEWS. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ROMANIAN TELEVISION FOR HAVING PUT US ON THE AIR ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS. BUT MOST OF ALL, ALL OF US, MYSELF AND THE CREW AND THE OTHER ACTORS, WE WANT TO THANK THE ROMANIAN PEOPLE FOR THEIR GREAT RESPONSE TO OUR SHOW. I HOPE SOMEDAY I CAN COME TO YOUR COUNTRY AND ENJOY THE TRADITIONAL CULTURE AND HOSPITALITY OF THE ROMANIAN PEOPLE. IN THE MEANTIME, COLOMBO WILL BE SEEING YOU AGAIN ON TELEVISION THIS FALL. UNTIL THEN, ONCE AGAIN, MY THANKS AND MY BEST TO EVERYBODY."