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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22

PLURIBUS---trailer released for the Vince Gilligan/Apple TV+ comedy series.

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I CAN ONLY IMAGINE 2---trailer released for the sequel starring Milo Ventimiglia and Dennis Quaid.

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CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33---Glen Powell said he is interested in starring in the live-action movie based on the video game, "You know, [CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33] is one that I've become a fan of. If there's an EXPEDITION 33 movie, I'd be very interested." He added, "I'm not going to say much more than that." Powell's comment led to speculation that he may already be a candidate to star in the movie.

SNYDERVERSE---Netflix France promoted its premiere of BLACK ADAM by posting the question of who would win the duel between Black Adam (Dwayne Johnson) and Superman (Henry Cavill). This led to a deluge of fan replies asking that Netflix restore the SnyderVerse if Netflix buys Warner Bros which owns DC Studios. One fan posted, “Netflix, please let Zack Snyder finish his last two Justice League films, and my life is yours.” A second fan added, “At least finish the story by making justice league 2 and 3.”

STRANGER THINGS---Season 5's two-hour finale will be released in theaters on December 31, the same day it premiers on Netflix. Co-creator Matt Duffer commented on if Eddie Munson (Joseph Quinn) is returning, “I love that Joe Quinn is toying with people! But no, he’s dead. Joe is so busy anyway, that everyone should know he’s not coming back. He’s shot like five movies since! When the hell has he got time to come and shoot Stranger Things? No, sadly, RIP. He’s fully under that ground.”

CONSTANTINE 2---James Gunn commented on the status of the sequel to the 2005 Keanu Reeves supernatural movie, “I’ve discussed it on and off. I discussed it with Keanu. So, it’s…I think that’s a great group of guys. I like all those people a lot. I think they’re talented, but I have not read any script yet.”

THE HATCHERY---Jenna Kannell (TERRIFIER) will star in the monster movie whose synopsis says, "Eight women awaken in darkness inside a cargo container with no memory of how they got there. Captives of a human trafficking ring, their fight for survival turns even more desperate when a violent storm hurls their container into the ocean. Stranded at sea, they band together against the odds — until one of them begins to change. Her wounds heal unnaturally fast, her strength grows monstrous, and the others realize the truth: she’s not just a victim, but the product of a horrifying experiment. Trapped with a predator, survival takes on a whole new meaning."

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

TRIVIA---countdown to Halloween.
Cliff Robertson and William Douglas appeared in the movie PT 109 which told the story of President John F. Kennedy's heroism in saving the lives of his PT boat crew after it was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer in World War II. Robertson played Lt. (jg) John F. Kennedy and Douglas, the son of US Associate Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, played PT 109 crewman Gerard Zinser.
Three months later, Robertson and Douglas appeared together again in THE OUTER LIMIT's premiere episode "The Galaxy Being". Robertson played radio station engineer Allan Maxwell, whose radio experiments accidentally transport an alien, played by Douglas, from the Andromeda galaxy to Earth which lead to deadly consequences.

In PT 109, Cliff Robertson played Lt. (jg) John F. Kennedy, who saved the lives of his crew after their PT boat was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer.

In PT 109, William Douglas played PT 109 crewman Gerard Zinser.

William Douglas is the son of US Associate Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas.

In THE OUTER LIMITS premier episode "The Galaxy Being", Cliff Robertson played radio engineer Allan Maxwell.

In "The Galaxy Being", William Douglas played the alien accidentally transported from the Andromeda galaxy to Earth.

 

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23

CRIME 101---trailer released for the crime movie starring Chris Hemsworth, Halle Berry and Mark Ruffalo.

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BEING EDDIE---trailer released for the Netflix Eddie Murphy documentary.

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LANDMAN---trailer released for Season 2.

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PREDATOR: BADLANDS---trailer released for the spinoff movie.

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MALICE---trailer released for the Amazon Prime tv series starring Jack Whitehall and David Duchovny.

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PROJECT: MKULTRA---David Chase (THE SOPRANOS)/HBO miniseries underway based on the book PROJECT MIND CONTROL: SIDNEY GOTTLIEB, THE CIA AND THE TRAGEDY OF MKULTRA. The synopsis says, “PROJECT: MKULTRA is a dramatic thriller centered on the infamous chemist and spymaster Sidney Gottlieb, often known as The Black Sorcerer, who headed the CIA’s MKUltra Psychedelic program which conducted dangerous and deadly mind control experiments on willing – and unwilling – subjects during the height of the Cold War. Gottlieb is also known as the unwitting godfather of the entire LSD counterculture...Operated by the CIA in the 1950s and ’60s, the covert MKUltra program sought to counter perceived Soviet and Chinese advances in ‘brainwashing’ techniques by administering psychedelic drugs, practicing hypnosis, and subjecting individuals to torture — often without their knowledge or consent — to elicit confessions.”

JAMES BOND---VARIETY reports that Amazon bought the James Bond movie franchise for $20 million from Eon Productions owned by Barbara Broccoli and Michel G. Wilson. The sale price was rumored to be $1 billion, but the $20 million deal does not include profit sharing, stock options, etc.

IT: WELCOME TO DERRY---the HBO Max prequel has a Rotten Tomatoes critics score of 80% based on 30 reviews.

AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS---Guillermo del Toro commented on if his long-gestating movie based on the HP Lovecraft novella is still underway, "I don't think so, I would hope so. It depends, it's a big movie. It's a complicated movie to shoot. It is R-rated. So I don't think people are lining up to do it."

BLACK HOLE---Netflix tv series underway based on the comic book. The synopsis says, "There’s an old myth that haunts the seemingly perfect small town of Roosevelt: if you have sex too young, you’ll contract the “bug,” a virus that literally turns you into a “monster” from your worst nightmares. Absurd, right? That’s what Chris always assumed, until, after one reckless night at the beginning of senior year, she finds herself infected. Now she’ll be cast out to the woods to live with the other infected, where a chilling, new threat emerges: a serial killer who’s hunting them one-by-one."

BUZZKILL---Billy Magnussen and Lulu Wilson will star in the comedy horror movie whose plot is described as, "...set in a small Texas town terrorized by a creature that can only be seen by people who are drunk. Magnussen will be taking on the role of the recently widowed and recovering alcoholic Sheriff Red, who launches an investigation as locals begin turning up murdered and dismembered one by one, discovering that the monster feeds on the blood alcohol content of its victims. With the annual brewery festival fast approaching, the whole town is about to get wasted. Red must face his demons and pick up the bottle one last time to take down the monster and save his town for good."

TRIVIA---countdown to Halloween.
In an interview for TV Land's 40th anniversary celebration of STAR TREK, Leonard Nimoy stated, "Believe it or not, I was not Gene Roddenberry's first choice to play Spock. So who was the first choice, the actor who turned down the role?------George 'Goober' Lindsey----true." Lindsey is best known for playing Goober Pyle on THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW. Ernest Borgnine, a good friend of Lindsey's, stated in his memoir ERNIE, "my hand to God – he turned down the part of Mr. Spock on TV's Star Trek, the role that made Leonard Nimoy famous." However, Lindsey's memoir, GOOBER IN A NUTSHELL, does not mention that he turned the Spock role down. Also, STAR TREK cast memos do not have Lindsey as a candidate to play Spock.
In the TV Land interview, Nimoy was displaying his Vulcan half-human humor when he started the urban legend that George Lindsey almost played Spock.


TV LAND LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMsPCC9YyO8&list=PLmngvb02XApg8OlN16aYRriuRxq59wjcv&index=2


Leonard Nimoy once stated that "George 'Goober' Lindsey" turned down the Spock role in STAR TREK.

George Lindsey is best known for playing Goober Pyle on THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW.

STAR TREK cast memos do not have Lindsey as a candidate to play Spock.

 

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24

STAR WARS---Adam Driver said he and Steven Soderbergh offered a movie idea to Lucasfilm titled THE HUNT FOR BEN SOLO, but Disney head Bob Iger and co-chairman Alan Bergman turned the idea down. Fans responded by hiring a plane towing a banner saying, "SAVE #THE HUNT FOR BEN SOLO" over Disney Studios. Lianna Al Allaf, the fan who commissioned the banner, said, “I hope this banner shows just how much the character of Ben Solo means to so many of us, and that the fans really do want this movie.”
Also, David Fincher reportedly offered an idea for a sequel to STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER to Lucasfilm, but the offer was rejected because Fincher wanted approval on the final cut.

MIAMI VICE---Michael B. Jordan is in negotiations to play Ricardo Tubbs in the Universal Pictures movie remake of the cop tv series that starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas. The remake will be directed by Joseph Kosinski, and Glen Powell is rumored to be in negotiations to play James Crockett.

SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY---a scene from the film set shows Sadie Sink's character on a stretcher being put in a van of the Department of Damage Control. Consequently, fans speculated that Sink's character has superpowers so she is not playing Gwen Stacy or Mary Jane Watson, but she may be playing Jean Grey or Firestar.

SPIRNGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE---the Bruce Spingsteen biomovie has a Rotten Tomatoes critics score of 62% based on 114 reviews.

SALVATION RUN---DC Studios recently filed a trademark copyright for "Salvation Run" which suggests a movie is underway and could be a crossover movie with PEACEMAKER which would be DC Studio's first crossover movie.

MCU---Gwyneth Paltrow commented on if she will return to the MCU, “The truth is, I don’t totally know. I think I might, but I’m not sure. Nothing is confirmed. That is the truth. That’s the inside scoop.” Rumors claim Paltrow might return in AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY.

CRAZY RICH ASIANS---director Jon M. Chu said a HBO Max tv series based on the xxx movie is underway with stars Constance Wu and Henry Golding expected to return, “It’s a real thing. We have scripts, and we’re waiting to be officially ready to go...Our cast will be there."

JENNIFER'S BODY---director Karyn Kusama said writer Diablo Cody is working on a sequel to the 2009 movie that starred Megan Fox as a deadly demon-possessed high school student, “I know she’s working on it right now, and I’m very excited to hear what comes of it. I know some of the bones of it, so I’m not going to give anything away, but it sounds fun and crazy like the first film. And I have no doubt that Diablo will do something absolutely incredible with it.”

THE RAINMAKER---USA Network renewed the series for Season 2.

TRIVIA---countdown to Halloween.
William Hudson is best known for co-starring in the 1958 cult classic ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN where he played the unfaithful husband who was killed after his revenge-seeking wife was turned into a 50 foot giantess by an alien in a UFO. He may also be known to sci fi fans as Capt. John Phillips, the original commander of the submarine Seaview in the tv pilot for VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA, who was killed off early in the pilot. Hudson returned to co-star in the episode "The X Factor" as Capt. Shire, who was also killed off by using the same footage from the tv pilot, but in color. Consequently, Hudson has the distinction of being the only actor killed off twice in VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.

William Hudson co-starred in ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN as the unfaithful husband who was killed after his revenge-seeking wife was turned into a 50 foot giantess by an alien in a UFO.

Hudson also played Capt. John Phillips, the original commander of the submarine Seaview, who was killed off in the tv pilot for VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.

Hudson returned in the episode "The X Factor" as Capt. Shire, who was killed off using the same footage, but in color, from the tv pilot which gives Hudson the distinction of being the only actor killed off twice in VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.

 

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 27

LAST SAMURAI STANDING---trailer released for the Netflix six-part miniseries.

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SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE---the Bruce Springsteen biomovie earned only $9 million compared to early projections of $25 million that were lowered to $15 million.

JAMES BOND---Sydney Sweeney commented on rumors Jeff Bezos is pushing her to be the new Bond Girl in the new Amazon MGM Studios 007 movie, “I can’t. [Seven-second pause.] I don’t know. [Ten-second pause.] To be honest, I don’t know all the Bond rumors, but I’ve always been a huge fan of the franchise, and I’m excited and curious to see what they do with it."

SPIDER-MAN---writer Mattson Tomlin commented on his proposal for a SPIDER-MAN movie with Tobey Maguire returning, “Slow and steady wins the race. There won’t be anything to say about that for a long time (if ever!) because it involves a lot of people and politics and things going right that have nothing to do with me. But I haven’t gotten a ‘no’ yet!”

THE SHARK THAT ROARED---Kevin Smith has become the executive producer of the documentary about the JAWS: THE REVENGE sequel for its 40th anniversary. The documentary's original title was JAWS GOES TO THE BAHAMAS.

AI---Guillermo del Toro commented on using AI in his movies, “AI, particularly generative AI – I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I’m 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. … The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I’d rather die.'”
Recently, director Paul Schrader said he is interested in doing an AI movie, “I was just on the phone with someone today about a script I had, and I said, ‘You know, this would be a perfect script to do all AI.'”

SOMETHING IS KILLING THE CHILDREN---Blumhouse is developing a live-action movie and an adult animated tv series based on the comic book series.

MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE---Dolph Lundgren commented on if he will have a cameo in the remake of his 1987 movie, “Maybe, yeah, you will have to check it out when it comes out.”

POOR BOY---Guy Pearce, Teresa Palmer and Ann Dowd will star in the supernatural movie whose synopsis says, “After a near fatal accident on his seventh birthday, a boy awakens from his coma, only to claim to be the reincarnation of a man who died seven years ago. As the boy’s parents and the family of the deceased man wrestle with suspicion and grief, they are faced with two impossible alternatives – are they dealing with a genuine rebirth or a vengeful ghost?”

TRIVIA---countdown to Halloween.
Christine White co-starred in two THE TWILIGHT ZONE episodes in which her male co-star later starred in his own hit tv series.
In the episode "The Prime Mover", White played diner waitress Kitty Cavanaugh, whose boyfriend/diner owner Ace Larsen, convinces diner co-owner, Jimbo Cobb (Buddy Ebsen), to use his telekinetic powers to win big in Las Vegas casinos. Ebsen later starred as Jed Clampett on the hit comedy tv series THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES and private detective Barnaby Jones on the hit detective tv series BARNABY JONES.
In the episode "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet", White played Julia Wilson, whose husband, Robert (William Shatner), has recovered from a nervous breakdown and they are flying back home when Robert sees a dangerous gremlin on the airliner's wing that no one else sees. Shatner later starred as Capt. James T. Kirk on the classic sci fi tv series STAR TREK and LAPD Sgt. TJ Hooker on the hit cop tv series TJ HOOKER.

In the episode "The Prime Mover", Christine White played diner waitress Kitty Cavanaugh, whose boyfriend/diner owner Ace Laresen, convinces diner co-owner, Jimbo Cobb (Buddy Ebsen), to use his telekinetic powers to win big in Las Vegas casinos.

Buddy Ebsen later starred as Jed Clampett on the hit comedy tv series THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES and private detective Barnaby Jones on the hit detective tv series BARNABY JONES.

In the episode "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet", Christine White played Julia Wilson, whose husband, Robert (William Shatner), has recovered from a nervous breakdown and they are flying back home when Robert sees a dangerous gremlin on the airliner's wing that no one else sees.

William Shatner later starred as Capt. James T. Kirk on the classic sci fi tv series STAR TREK and LAPD Sgt. TJ Hooker on the hit cop tv series TJ HOOKER.

 

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28

STAR WARS: ROGUE SQUADRON---the Patty Jenkins ROGUE SQUADRON movie that was cancelled by Lucasfilm is reportedly being considered as a possible tv series.

AMERICAN PSYCHO---a British tabloid claims Margot Robbie is in "advanced discussions" to star in Luca Guadagnino's remake of the 2000 serial killer movie that starred Christian Bale.

TOY STORY 5---Tim Allen commented on the new sequel, “This thing, they reboot everything. It’s all about Jesse, which is really cool. She’s in trouble, and she needs help. We’re all over, so she has to gather everybody. The funniest thing to me is that there’s a plane crash like that Hanks movie (CASTAWAY). On the island where a FedEx plane or something with a 100 Buzz dolls lands, and they’re all lost. It’s hysterical. They’re trying to find their way back, and there’s a hundred of them. I hope they have it in there. I ad-lib.”

ALL DAY & ALL NIGHT---Josh Hartnett will star in the Tommy Wirkola action movie whose synopsis says, “When his daughter gets into Harvard, reformed bank robber Billy Davies (Hartnett) returns to a life of crime to come up with the tuition money. But when the bank heist goes horribly wrong, he and his crew accidentally stumble onto the set of a failing reality TV show. Now Billy must stay on air long enough to figure out an escape plan from the cops trying to arrest him and the mob trying to kill him, while the producers must keep the show on air long enough to boost their ratings and evade cancellation.”

SNOW WHITE---Rachel Zegler recently commented on the Disney remake disaster that lost $115 million--$300 million, “It rolls right off my back. I loved working on SNOW WHITE and I loved that film. I’ve seen it a few times, and it became number one on streaming on Disney+, so I know that it’s celebrated. It was one of those experiences of sometimes negativity being louder than positivity.”

ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING---Season 6 will reportedly be set in London.

THE BIG BANG THEORY---Jim Parsons commented on a possible reboot, “I can’t imagine. Well, I could imagine, but no, I imagine no.”

ANYONE BUT YOU 2---Sydney Sweeney commented on a possible sequel, “We are always open to it. I think that when the right concept and script come to Glen and I, we will jump in hand in hand.”

CRASH BANDICOOT---Netflix animated tv series underway based on the video game.

FINDING FRANKIE---movie underway based on the video game with Steven C. Miller as the director.

TRIVIA---countdown to Halloween.
Character actor Sandro Giglio played a scientist in two 1950s George Pal sci fi movies.
In WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE, the rogue star Bellus is headed on a collision course with Earth, so a modern-day Noah's Ark spaceship is built to carry 45 people to safety on Bellus' planet, Zyra. Giglio played scientist Dr. Ottinger, who does not believe the collision will occur and destroy mankind, "The world will not end."
In THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, Martians land on Earth to conquer mankind. Giglio played Dr. Bilderbeck, who predicts, "If the A-bomb fails...the Martians can conquer the Earth in six days."

In WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE, Sando Giglio played Dr. Ottinger, who does not believe a collision between the rogue star Bellus and Earth will occur and destroy mankind, "The world will not end."

In THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, Giglio played Dr. Bilderbeck, who predicts a Martian invasion of Earth will doom mankind, "If the A-bomb fails...the Martians can conquer the Earth in six days."

 

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29

DEAD MAN'S WIRE---trailer released for the kidnap movie based on a true story starring Bill Skarsgard and Al Pacino.

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MAN OF TOMORROW---Nexus Point News provided information on the movie's villains who might be Brainiac and Mongul, "Sources tell Nexus Point News that makeup and prosthetics will be used for the film’s antagonist. In addition, actors with a strong build and stature are being looked at for the role. The makeup and prosthetic portion, heavily hints at the character being Brainiac, known for his green skin and technological enhancements. Another character, heavily speculated by fans to be the villain is Mongul, whom the casting description could be hinting at as well. Mongul is particularly known for his size and the makeup could be used to recreate his yellow skin."

THAT MAN FROM RIO---Sydney Sweeney will star in the Justin Lin remake of the 1964 French/Italian James Bond spoof movie that starred Jean-Paul Belmondo and Francoise Dorleac. The movie was an inspiration for the Indiana Jones movie franchise.

TRON: ARES---Jeff Bridges commented on the sequel being a box office bomb, "It’s interesting, though, how movies are received at opening weekend. I remember HEAVEN'S GATE was considered, you know, very disappointing or a flop, but nowadays it’s considered kind of a masterpiece...It’s interesting how things can grow on you."
ARES projects to lose about $133 million for Disney.

BEHEMOTH!---Olivia Wilde will co-star with Pedro Pascal and David Harbour in the Tony Gilroy movie musical whose plot is described as, “a love letter to the music of the movies and the people who make it. It tells of a musician from a family of musicians who returns to Los Angeles.”

AFTER THE HUNT---Julia Roberts was paid $20 million to star in the Luca Guadagnino movie that only made $6 million at the box office.

DOCTOR WHO---Disney has ended its deal with the BBC after two seasons due to disappointing ratings.

NCIS---Mark Harmon will return as Leroy Jethro Gibbs in a November 11 Veterans Day special in an NCIS/NCIS: ORIGINS crossover.

RUNNING POINT---Ray Romano has replaced Robert Townsend as coach Norm Stinson, a basketball coaching wizard who teams up with Kate Hudson's Isla. Reshoots with Romano are underway.

TRIVIA---countdown to Halloween.
Before Nigel Green co-starred in classic movies including ZULU, THE IPCRESS FILE and JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS, he had an uncredited 10-second appearance as a British Army radio announcer in the 1961 monster movie GORGO in which a gigantic dinosaur destroys London in search of its missing baby.

Nigel Green played Colour Sergeant Bourne co-starring with Michael Caine in ZULU.

Green played Major Dalby co-starring with Caine in THE IPCRESS FILE.

Green played Hercules in Ray Harryhausen's JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS.

Green had an uncredited 10-second role as a British Army radio announcer in GORGO.

 

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30

STRANGER THINGS---trailer released for the last season.

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SCREAM 7---trailer released for the new sequel.

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BUCK ROGERS---Zeb Wells (DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE) will write the script for the Legendary movie based on the 1928 novella ARMAGEDDON 2419 A.D. which introduced the Buck Rogers character. The 1979-1981 tv series BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY starred Gil Gerard and Erin Gray.

ROAD HOUSE: DYLAN---Doug Liman, who directed the Amazon MGM Studios remake movie starring Jake Gyllenhaal, will direct a direct sequel to the original movie that starred Patrick Swayze. The sequel will be written by R. Lance Hill, who wrote the script for the original movie. Gyllenhaal is returning for Amazon's ROAD HOUSE 2, so there will be two ROAD HOUSE movies competing with each other.
Liman expressed his displeasure with Amazon MGM when his movie was streamed and not released in theaters as originally planned, “My issue on ROAD HOUSE is that we made the movie for MGM to be in theaters, everyone was paid as if it was going to be in theaters, and then Amazon switched it on us and nobody got compensated. Forget about the effect on the industry — 50 million people saw ROAD HOUSE — I didn’t get a cent, Jake Gyllenhaal didn’t get a cent, [producer] Joel Silver didn’t get a cent. That’s wrong.”

SUPERGIRL---David Krumholtz, who plays Zor-El, commented on the movie starring Milly Alcock, “It’s very true to the graphic novel that it’s based on, WOMAN OF TOMORROW, which is great.I’m thrilled to be sort of the next piece of telling the story of Krypton and sort of further clarifying what the House of El is all about.”

DOCTOR WHO---sources explained why Disney ended its DOCTOR WHO agreement with the BBC by saying the show starring Ncuti Gatwa had declining ratings and a high budget with the show costing $8.5 million--$9.2 million per episode. A former DOCTOR WHO executive said, “Budget limitations used to help the idiosyncrasies of the show. Big budgets can cause a problem.”
Another source said Gatwa never "fully embraced" the role of Doctor Who, “There is more to that role than performing. You have got to be an ambassador for the brand and embrace being that generation’s Doctor. Matt Smith and David Tennant fully understood the responsibility it carried.”
A third reason Disney cancelled the deal is because the show had become too woke which led to turning viewers away which was "a factor in Disney's minds."

VIVA LA MADNESS---Jason Statham will star in the Guy Ritchie movie based on the novel which was a sequel to the novel LAYER CAKE, which was made into a movie starring Daniel Craig. VIV LA MADNESS involves an ex- London drug dealer, who reunites with other criminals, for a big score in London.

SGT. ROCK---Colin Farrell commented on the status of the DC Comics World War II movie after director Luca Guadagnino left the movie, “I know nothing about it, brother. I was going to do it with Luca. We spoke a couple of times. Had some really nice chats. I have no idea where it is now. But it should be made. It’s really, really good. There’s some wonderful stuff in it.”

SCARY MOVIE 6---the sequel's official title is "Scary MoVIe" with the "VI" referring to the Roman numeral for 6.

BME---Staz cancelled the series, but spinoffs may be developed.

TRIVIA---countdown to Halloween.
Sci fi fans might know Jeff Yagher, who co-starred on the 1984 alien invasion tv series V: THE SERIES in which reptilian aliens disguised as humans invade Earth. The series also starred Marc Singer, Jane Badler, Michael Ironside and Robert Englund. Yagher was in the 21 JUMP STREET tv pilot, but he was replaced by Johnny Depp.
However, more sci fi fans might unknowingly know Yagher as "The Godfather" of monster model sculptors with his models being bought by George Lucas, Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro. Some of his models are inspired by the famous Aurora monster kits of the 1960s. Yagher said, "I was a collector of model kits that were plastic pieces when I was five, six, seven. In the sixties, there was a big Universal monsters craze, and a company called Aurora came out with all these model kits. I got all those—even when I was at Yale drama school."
He added, "...all of this started just because when I first came to Hollywood I got a series called V, and I suddenly had time on my hands between scenes on set. I would get so bored, so I started bringing clay to my trailer and making little sculptures. Then I put my first kit out. When that started to take off, suddenly every makeup artist in Hollywood saw my stuff and thought they could do the same thing too in between gigs. So all these makeup people really all started putting these things out or hiring me to do it for them. And it just grew nonstop from there."
Yagher continued, "I actually thought I would be an actor for all my life. I didn't think that this would become my number-one thing. I was 23 years old when I started doing this for a living. I didn't advertise myself in this hobby. People just knew me by name. So all the people who didn't follow my acting career thought of me as this little old man who lived in a tree and did these little magical things. Well, finally, after many years now, I've grown into that little old man that they imagined."

Jeff Yagher (blue shirt) co-starred in the 1984 alien invasion tv series V: THE SERIES.

Yagher began collecting the 1960s Aurora monster kits as a child and uses them as inspirations for his own models, including the Aurora kit from THE MUMMY.

Yagher, known as "The Godfather" of monster model sculptors, ironically sculpted a bust of Marlon Brando in THE GODFATHER.

Yagher's other sculpts include Harrison Ford in BLADE RUNNER and many others.

 

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31

FRANKENSTEIN---trailer released for the Netflix horror movie.

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CALL OF DUTY---Taylor Sheridan (YELLOWSTONE) and Peter Berg (LONE SURVIVOR) will co-write the Paramount Pictures live-action movie based on the video game with the intention of a movie/tv franchise.

STAR WARS: THE HUNT FOR BEN SOLO---the fan campaign for Disney to make the rejected Ben Solo movie written by Adam Driver and Steven Soderbergh continued with New York fans posting Ben Solo missing person posters around the city. A website dedicated to resurrecting the movie has over 5,000 petition signatures.
Also, Mark Hamill commented on if he might return as Luke Skywalker in a future Lucasfilm movie, “I just don’t see any reason to. Let me put it that way: I mean, they have so many stories to tell, they don’t need Luke anymore. I had my time, and that’s good. But that’s enough.”

WONDER WOMAN---Alexandra Daddario commented on fan art speculation she will join the DCU as Wonder Woman or Catwoman, “I have to be honest, I haven’t seen any of that. I’m flattered to hear that it’s happening, but I haven’t seen it."
She added, “Of course, working with James Gunn would be amazing in any capacity, but I wasn’t aware that that was going on.”

THE CATCH---Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Ben Miles star in the horror movie whose plot is described as, "THE CATCH follows a ruthless culinary showdown as a brilliant but obsessive chef journeys to Cornwall in search of the rarest seafood of all — a mermaid. As obsession turns to madness, the chef learns that some legends are better left undiscovered."

THE CONJURING---a prequel to the horror movie franchise is underway.

TYRANT---Charlize Theron is in negotiations to star in the movie about New York's high-end culinary world.

THE SPOT---Ewan McGregor and Claire Danes star in the Hulu miniseries about a female surgeon and her teacher husband where she is suspected in the hit-and-run death of a child.

THE WITCHER---Season 4 has a Rotten Tomatoes critics score of 53% based on 17 reviews and an audience score of 20% which are the lowest scores for the series. Seasons 1-3 Rotten Tomatoes critics scores were 68%, 95% and 79%.

AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY---after Patrick Stewart, Ian Mckellan, Kelsey Grammer, Rebecca Romijn, James Marsden and Alan Cumming were confirmed to be X-Men actors in DOOMSDAY, Famke Kanssen commented on if she was asked to return, "Never. Never ever."

TRIVIA---Halloween movie trivia.
In THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD, scientists and US Air Force personnel at the North Pole discover a crashed flying saucer and its pilot frozen in the ice. After recovering the frozen alien pilot, some of the scientists wanted to thaw it out so they could communicate with the advanced being. However, Dr. Chapman, played by 6' 6" John Dierkes, persuaded them that thawing the alien might release deadly alien bacteria that could threaten mankind. Dierkes got the role of Dr. Chapman after originally auditioning for The Thing, but the role went to James Arness, who was 6' 7" and bigger than Dierkes.
Ironically, years later, Dierkes reunited with Arness when he appeared in three episodes of Arness' hit Western tv series, GUNSMOKE.

In THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD, 6' 6" John Dierkes played Dr. Chapman.

Dierkes originally auditioned for The Thing role, but it went to James Arness who was 6' 7" and bigger than Dierkes.

Ironically, years later, Dierkes reunited with Arness when he appeared in three episodes of Arness' hit Western tv series, GUNSMOKE.

 

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3

GODZILLA---the GODZILLA MINUS ONE sequel's title is GODZILLA MINUS ZERO with director/writer Takashi Yamazaki returning. The sequel logo was released, but no cast, plot or release information were released.

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SHIVER---Keanu Reeves stars in the sci fi movie whose plot is described as, “a ne’er-do-well smuggler who finds himself in the middle of a deadly double-cross while on a job in the Caribbean Sea, resulting in him being surrounded by bodies, hostile mercenaries, and thirsty sharks alike. He next finds himself in a deathly time loop and scrambling to break the cycle.”

THE MUMMY---the reboot movie starring Jack Reynor and Laia Costa, has a new title, THE RESURRECTED. The synopsis says, “After his missing daughter mysteriously returns eight years later, a father discovers she carries the spirit of an ancient Egyptian mummy, and as the evil spreads to his other child, he must perform a deadly ritual to save them, even if it means becoming the monster himself.”

WONDER WOMAN---Patty Jenkins commented on if she will return to direct the DC Studios Wonder Woman reboot movie, “You know what, you never say never because I love Wonder Woman. But, at the moment, I am so excited with what I am doing, and it’s always good to do something new.”
Jenkins added, “I loved making superhero movies…you never know, but I am having a good time.”

KILLA BEE---Daisy Ridley will star in the biomovie about MMA fighter Bryony Tyrell. The plot is described as, “a mother of two with a master’s degree in nursing and a degree in molecular biology who worked at the ICU by day, navigating the challenges of the NHS, and at night transformed into one of Britain’s leading cage fighting prospects. The Southampton nurse began kickboxing at university and worked her way up to black belt before branching out into martial arts. She began competing as an amateur before moving to the professional ranks and has won multiple belts.”

TRUE LIES---Jamie Lee Curtis is still hoping a sequel to the 1994 comedy spy movie will happen, "I always hoped that Arnold [Schwarzenegger] and I would get to do TRUE LIES again. I don't think that'll happen because it could only happen if Jim Cameron wrote it. I don't think we would ever do it without him. That was obviously a movie that changed my life in a big way."

BABY DRIVER 2---Edgar Wright said he has written a sequel to his 2017 movie, “There is a script for BABY DRIVER 2. That is something that actually exists. But most film-making depends on factors beyond you — timing, financing, who’s available. You’re not always completely in control of those things.”

VALLEY OF ASHES---Netflix/Stephen Gaghan movie underway which will be a modern version of THE GREAT GATSBY.

TRIVIA---Brian DePalma's hit movie THE UNTOUCHABLES told the story of Federal agent Eliot Ness taking down Chicago mobster Al Capone during Prohibition. The movie starred Kevin Costner, Sean Connery (Academy Award-winner) and Robert De Niro. The original script was written by Pulitzer Prize-winner Wendy Wasserstein, but Paramount Pictures was not happy with her script and fired her. She was replaced by another Pulitzer Prize-winner, David Mamet, who had Academy Award nominations for THE VERDICT and WAG THE DOG. However, Paramount was also unhappy with Mamet's script and demanded he also be fired because his script, "Was a piece of dreck". Producer Art Linson told the studio executives at a meeting, “I already know you’re sons of b-tches, but if you fire David Mamet then you’re crazy sons of b-tches!”
Mamet said he wrote the script for THE UNTOUCHABLES because it was, "A sh-tload of money."

 

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4

SONG SUNG BLUE---traile released for the movie starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson.

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

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THE NIGHT MANAGER---photos released from the BBC/Amazon Prime Season 2 show Tom Hiddleston, Olivia Colman and Camilla Morrone.

DUNE: PART THREE---Robert Pattinson confirmed reports that he is co-starring in the sequel, “When I was doing DUNE, it was so hot in the desert that I just couldn’t question anything. And it was so relaxing, like my brain actually wasn’t operating, I did not have a single functioning brain cell. And I was just listening to Denis [Villeneuve]: ‘Whatever you want!'” Pattinson's role is speculated to be Scytale.

OVERRIDE---Frank Grillo and Maria Bakalova star in the sci fi movie about an AI angel who helps a futuristic female soldier survive after being mortally wounded.

BEWITCHED---Fox reboot of the 1960s comedy witch tv series that starred Elizabeth Montgomery and Dick York. The synopsis says, "hough they come from two wildly different worlds – he’s a human, she’s a witch – for Samantha and Darrin, it’s love at first sight. But in order to be together, they’ll have to navigate their disapproving parents, walk a tightrope of cultural clashes, and bridge the divides between their families and worlds.”

OCEAN'S ELEVEN---Benecio del Toro will co-star with Margot Robbie and Bradley Cooper in the prequel movie.

ELOISE---Ryan Reynolds will play a villain the live-action movie based on the children's books.

CLAIRE---Krysten Ritter and Carrie-Anne Moss star in the horror movie about a monster who terrorizes a drug-addicted mother and her two sons.

SORORITY SHARK ATTACK---Robert Carradine (REVENGE OF THE NERDS) stars in the movie about college students in a remote Canadian cabin who who attacked by a genetically-modified bull shark.

TRIVIA---in THE NAKED GUN 33 1/3: THE FINAL INSULT, Lt. Frank Drebin goes undercover in a fertility clinic to find a terrorist. Two actresses/1993 magazine centerfolds who appeared in THE FINAL INSULT died due to an accident.
In THE FINAL INSULT, Anna Nicole Smith, PLAYBOY's Playmate of the Year in 1993, played transgender fertility clinic nurse Tanya Peters. Smith died of an accidental drug overdose in 2007. Julie Strain, 6' 1", PENTHOUSE Magazine's Pet of the Year in 1993, played the fertility clinic dominatrix. Strain died in 2021 from dementia which was caused when she accidentally fell off a horse in her 20s which led to retrograde amnesia.

In THE FINAL INSULT, Anna Nicole Smith, PLAYBOY's Playmate of the Year in 1993, played transgender fertility clinic nurse Tanya Peters. Smith died of an accidental drug overdose in 2007.

Julie Strain, 6' 1", PENTHOUSE Magazine's Pet of the Year in 1993, played the fertility clinic dominatrix. Strain died in 2021 from dementia which was caused when she accidentally fell off a horse in her 20s which led to retrograde amnesia.

 

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I luved those Naked Gun films, haven't seen the remake but have to wonder how they compare considering the current PC Karen craziness.

And not surprised that Tom Hiddleston would be in a Three way with another guy.

 

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5

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

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STAR TREK---VARIETY reports that Paramount Skydance head David Ellison has ended JJ Abrams' Kelvin Timeline with “the studio has moved on from the idea of bringing back Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and the rest of the ensemble from the J.J. Abrams reboot.”

THE MUMMY 4---Brendan Frasier and Rachel Weisz are "in discussions" to return for the sequel to the original 1999 horror movie. The co-directors are Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett (ABIGAIL, SCREAM VI). Reportedly, there are talks to retconning the TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR sequel entirely.
Earlier, co-star Oden Fehr said he, John Hannah and Patricia Velasquez would like to return for a sequel, “What I can tell you is that if there’s a possibility that it will make money, they’ll try and do it. Like you, I hope that we get a chance to do this again. I can tell you that we all would be happy to do it again. Seeing everybody again, it’s like, my God, I’d be the most blessed human being to get to work with these guys again. Everybody’s so lovely, it’d be a blessing.”

PREDATOR: BADLANDS---producer Ben Rosenblatt commented on Arnold Schwarzenegger returning as Dutch Schaefer, “Obviously, the holy grail of PREDATOR movies would be getting Arnold back in there. And it’s always been something in the back of our minds that it would be really great to see him come back to this franchise that he’s made iconic, and that’s made him iconic. So, he’s been really wonderful. Arnold and Dan [Trachtenberg] have met a couple of times now. He’s been really interested in what we’re doing, he’s a real fan of what we’ve done so far, from what I understand. And we’re really excited. After PREDATOR: BADLANDS comes out, we’ll see and have more conversations. Hopefully, we’ll have a chance to do something with Arnold, because that would be awesome.”

IBELIN---Anthony Hopkins, Charlie Plummer, Stephen Graham and Toni Collette will star in the biomovie about World of Warcraft player Mats Steen, who died of Duchene muscular dystrophy.

EBENEZER: A CHRISTMAS CAROL---Johnny Depp, Ian McKellan, Andrea Riseborough and Tramel Tillman will star in the Paramount Pictures whose plot is described as, “a thrilling ghost story set in Dickens’ London, following one man’s supernatural journey to face his past, present and future and fight for a second chance.”

ALL'S FAIR---the Hulu lawyer tv series starring Kim Kardashian, Glenn Close and Naomi Watts has a Rotten Tomatoes critics score of 0% and a Metacritic score of 11/100.

MISS PIGGY---Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Stone are developing a movie featuring the Muppet character.

STRANGER THINGS---a British tabloid claims Millie Bobby Brown has filed a harassment complaint against co-star David Harbour, "Millie Bobby Brown filed a harassment and bullying claim before they started shooting the last season. There were pages and pages of accusations. The investigation went on for months."
The tabloid's anonymous source said, "Netflix will never comment on an internal investigation, but the fact they’ve not denied it speaks volumes. STRANGER THINGS helped put Netflix on the map. Millions of fans around the world have been anticipating the finale. No one wants anything to take attention away from that."

TRIVIA---Burt Bacharach's Academy Award-winning score for BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID includes the song "South American Getaway". The song's deep baritone was by Thurl Ravenscroft, who is better known for being the voice of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes' Tony the Tiger ("They're g-r-r-eat!!!") and the vocalist on the song "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" from the animated tv special HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS. The song reached No. 31 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Burt Bacharach's Academy Award-winning score for BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID includes the song "South American Getaway".

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"South American Getaway"'s deep baritone was by Thurl Ravenscroft, who is better known for being the voice of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes' Tony the Tiger ("They're g-r-r-eat!!!").

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Ravenscroft was also the vocalist on the song "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" from the animated tv special HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS.

 

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6

STRANGER THINGS: TALES FROM '85---featurette released for the Netflix animated spinoff.

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OH. WHAT. FUN.---trailer released for the Amazon Prime Christmas movie starring Michelle Pfeiffer.

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PREHISTORIC PLANET: ICE AGE---trailer released for the Apple TV+ documentary.

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WHY DINOSAURS?---trailer released for the dinosaur documentary.

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THE CARPENTER'S SON---trailer released for the Jesiu Christ horror movie starring Nicolas Cage.

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MICHAEL---trailer released for the Michael Jackson biomovie.

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KEEPER---trailer released for the horror movie starring Tatiana Maslany.

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THE ABANDONS---trailer released for the Netflix Western tv series starring Gillian Anderson and Lena Headey.

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THE TESTAMENT OF ANNA LEE---trailer released for the movie starring Amanda Seyfried.

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GREMLINS 3---Warner Bros. has approved the long-gestating sequel which will be written and directed by Chris Columbus, who wrote the original 1984 movie. Steven Spielberg is the executive producer. The sequel will use practical effects for the Gremlins. Premiere is November 19, 2027.

HERE COMES THE FLOOD---photos posted from the New Jersey film set of Denzel Washington and Robert Pattinson starring in the Netflix heist movie in which an international thief enlists the aid of a bank teller for a big heist in his bank, but the teller is in love with a female teller and plans to double-cross the thief.

NIGHT OF THE WITCH---movie underway based on the 1969 Stan Lee screenplay about a Mexican-American girl who is accused of being a witch on the bicentennial of the Salem Witch Trials. Lloyd Kaufmann is the co-writer.

EMPIRE CITY---Gerard Butler and Hayley Atwell star in the action movie whose synopsis says, “In EMPIRE CITY, when a hostage crisis erupts inside New York’s landmark Clybourn Building, firefighter Rhett (Butler), his squad, and his NYPD wife Dani (Atwell) must fight and navigate their way through the building to rescue the captives.”

TRIVIA---in the 1967 romantic comedy movie LUV, Jack Lemmon, Peter Falk and Elaine May play the neurotic members of a love triangle. In the scene where May is driving her VW Beetle with Lemmon as the passenger, she accidentally backs into a convertible driven by a man with his girlfriend. The man gets out and punches Lemmon without touching May. The man was played by an uncredited Harrison Ford, who later achieved stardom as Indiana Jones and Han Solo. His girlfriend was played by an uncredited Terrayne Crawford, who played Edith Collins and Beth Chavez on the daytime tv horror series DARK SHADOWS.

In LUV, Elaine May backs her VW Beetle into a convertible driven by a man played by an uncredited Harrison Ford, who later achieved stardom as Indiana Jones and Han Solo.

Ford's girlfriend was played by an uncredited Terrayne Crawford, who played Edith Collins and Beth Chavez on the daytime tv horror series DARK SHADOWS.

 

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7

STRANGER THINGS---Netflix released the first five minutes of the Season 5 premiere. Also, co-creator Ross Duffer commented on reports that Millie Bobby Brown has accused co-star David Harbour of harassment and bullying, "Obviously, you understand I can’t get into personal on-set matters, but I will say we’ve been doing this for 10 years with this cast, and at this point they’re family and we deeply care about them. So, you know, nothing matters more than just having a set where everyone feels safe and happy."
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THE NIGHT MANAGER---trailer released for Season 2.

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KILL BILL: THE WHOLE BLOODY AFFAIR---trailer released for the movie that combines KILL BILL: VOLUME 1 and VOLUME 2.

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JURASSIC WORLD 5---movie insider Jeff Sneider reports director Gareth Edwards is in negotiations to return for the new sequel. Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey and Mahershala Ali are also expected to return. Because of negative fan reaction to REBIRTH's subplot of a father, his two daughters and a stoner boyfriend, it is not known if they will return.

THE THING 2---John Carpenter commented on the status of the sequel to his classic 1982 sci fi horror movie that he hinted at in 2023, “We’re working on it now…I don’t know. We’ll see.”

THE WITCHER---Season 4 had 7.4 million views in its first week which is a drop of 52% from Season 3 and the lowest of the franchise. Season 2 had 18.5 million views.

THE FLOOD---Netflix wanted Zach Cregger (WEAPONS) to direct its new sci fi movie, but Cregger wants a theatrical release for the movie. A source said, “The real question is whether Netflix backs down or they let Cregger take it out [to a different studio] because Zach remains committed to a theatrical release."

DCU---Alan Ritchson said he is talks for a "messier" role in the DCU, "Yeah. Yes. That's the conversation that I've been having with them is like, 'I want to play somebody a little messier.' And I told them, I said, if I'm going to do this, I described to them the kind of personality that I'd want to play and what that would mean to their world, and I think it's something everybody wants to see right now over there. So yes, I want to play somebody a little dirtier than your typical clean-cut protagonist."

MY DARLING CALIFORNIA---Josh Brolin, Jessica Chastain, Don Cheadle, Chris Pine and Mikey Madison star in the movie whose plot is described as, “the film will chart how a single crime weaves together the lives of a TV host, his restless wife, a country music idol, two small time crooks, and an ex-con, all of whom are chasing the promise of a better life.”

LONG LOST---Universal Pictures movie underway based on the short story about a newly-wed wife whose life is begins to unravel when her husband's supposedly-dead first wife shows up. Co-directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein (FINAL DESTINATION BLOODLINES) are in negotiations to direct.

LUPO---Kevin Interdonato, Matthew Del Negro and Nick Stahl will star in the biomovie about Joseph "Lupo" Rulli, a top member of the Bonanno crime family, whose older brother is a highly-decorated policeman.

TRIVIA---character actor James Karen battled invading Martians in two sci fi movies.
In the 1965 movie FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE SPACE MONSTER, Karen played Dr. Adam Steele, who uses his android astronaut, Frank/"Frankenstein", to battle Martians who invade Earth looking for women to re-populate Mars after most Martian women died in an atomic war. The Martian "Space Monster", Mull, was played by Bruce Glover (CHINATOWN), the father of Crispin Glover (BACK TO THE FUTURE).
In Tobe Hooper's 1986 remake of INVADERS FROM MARS, Karen played Marine Gen. Climet Wilson, who leads Marines underground to battle Martians invaders who are controlling the local residents by implanting tiny electronic devices in their necks.

In FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE SPACE MONSTER, James Karen played Dr. Adam Steele, who uses his android astronaut, Frank/"Frankenstein", to battle Martians who invade Earth looking for women to re-populate Mars after most Martian women died in an atomic war. The Martian "Space Monster", Mull, was played by Bruce Glover (center-CHINATOWN), the father of Crispin Glover (BACK TO THE FUTURE).

In Tobe Hooper's remake of INVADERS FROM MARS, Karen played Marine Gen. Climet Wilson, who leads Marines underground to battle Martians invaders who are controlling the local residents by implanting tiny electronic devices in their necks.

 

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10

THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT---Ryan Reynolds might star in the Amazon MGM Studios remake of the 1974 heist movie that starred Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges. The original movie's synopsis says, “While stealing a car, free-spirited drifter Lightfoot (Jeff Bridges) crosses paths with legendary thief Thunderbolt (Clint Eastwood) in the midst of his own escape. Thunderbolt’s old partners in crime, Red (George Kennedy) and Eddie (Geoffrey Lewis), believe he double-crossed them after they robbed a Montana bank vault several years ago. After Thunderbolt successfully pleads his innocence and is let off the hook, Lightfoot rallies them together as a group to rob the very same bank again.”

ALIEN 5---Sigourney Weaver commented on the sequel being written by Walter Hill (48 HRS.), “Walter Hill has written about 50 pages. Maybe, by now, he’s written more about where Ripley might be now. And although I’ve never particularly wanted to go back to the series, there’s something about her experience being sidelined now, probably by this society, by this company, by this world and being probably around 200 years old, but still Ripley and you know, presumably these problems still out there. So I’m going to see what happens with Walter’s script. It would not be like what we’ve seen tonight (the original Alien). It would not be running around through airshafts. It would be a very different kind of story.“
Weaver also commented on the cancelled Neill Blomkamp sequel, “It was a wonderful script and unfortunately, it was at that point I think that Ridley Scott decided to be very possessive about the series and really drilled down on his prequels. And so I think it was a disaster for that project. We were never able to… I think Neill in fact just gave up and he’s so talented. I wish him all the best.”
Weaver also commented the ALIEN: EARTH tv series, “I loved ALIEN: EARTH. I thought it was remarkable. So interesting, terrifying about our world and yet you could understand… you can imagine a world where each tech bro owns a planet. You know, it’s not that far from where America is now. So, I’m glad to see that ALIEN has legs, as they say, in the business. And I think it’s a very interesting time for the series.“

STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI---Rian Johnson commented on if the fan criticism of THE LAST JEDI turned him away developing the new trilogy, “No, not at all. In fact, it’s the reason that I wanted to. My overall experience with putting the movie out, and what you’re talking about with fan feedback. I mean, first of all, I’m a lifelong STAR WARS fan. So I know the deal. I know that STAR WARS fans are passionate about this stuff. We love the stuff we love, we hate the stuff we hate, and we fight about it. And that’s been happening since the original trilogy.
The reality is STAR WARS has always been something that has meant different things to different people, and I think that’s part of the fun and the passion of it as fans, is arguing about it respectfully. Its been the most positive experience I’ve ever had with anything I’ve made, in terms of interacting with people who’ve seen it. I came out at the other end of it loving STAR WARS fandom more than I did even going into it.”
Also, Oscar Issac regretted his earlier comments about returning as Poe Dameron "if I need another house or something.” He recently said, "That was a real likable quote. Jesus Christ. Y’know, people ask you things, you say stuff, you don’t really think about it that much. I said a slightly dickish thing."

PREDATOR: BADLANDS---the spinoff movie earned $40 million in its opening weekend which is the best of the franchise.

HEADHUNTERS---Mark Wahlberg will star in the movie based on the Joe Nesbo novel about a struggling corporate headhunter who gets involved in an art heist that goes awry.

USEFUL IDIOTS---Meryl Streep and Sigourney Weaver will star in the thriller movie about a New York real estate journalist who investigates the record-breaking sale of a penthouse and uncovers a vast and dangerous conspiracy.

ALL'S FAIR---the Hulu lawyer tv series starring Kim Kardashian, Glenn Close and Naomi Watts had 3.2 million viewers which is Hulu's best premiere in three years.

HOT MOTHER---Toni Collette and Milly Alcock will star in the survival movie about a mother and daughter who visit a remote health spa and are trapped in a sauna where no one can hear their calls for help.

UNCHARTED---director Reuben Fleischer commented on the status of the sequel to the movie that starred Mark Wahlberg and Tom Holland, “I’m not quite sure what the latest is on that. I haven’t been very participatory in it.”

ESCORTED---Amazon Prime comedy tv series about a divorced Manhattan father who accidentally becomes a male escort.

TRIVIA---Tim Curry said Mick Jagger almost played Dr. Frank-N-Furter, “When the movie was a definite thing, there were several big stars who wanted to play the part. Mick Jagger wanted to play it and he would’ve done a great job if you saw PERFORMANCE. But [Jim Sharman, director] said he wanted me to do it. I don’t think the studio was happy that he turned down Mick."

 

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11

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

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STAR WARS: STARFIGHTER---Shawn Levy commented on the movie starring Ryan Gosling and Amy Adams, “Well, for one thing, it is different in that it is an all-new non-sequel, non-prequel adventure. It’s new characters, it’s a new timeline. It inherits legacy themes, but it’s really trying to give STAR WARS [fans], and just movie audiences, something fresh, something new. And with a spirit of play and big-hearted adventure, with moments of real levity that, frankly, A New Hope had in a revolutionary way.
We’re really trying to sort of take that tone as a North Star every day. My crew, my DP, Claudio Miranda, Gosling, is my kind of central collaborator in the lead role. It’s certainly been a dream come true. My 10-year-old self is on set with me every day. In fact, he’s going to catch a flight tonight to go back to the set and keep shooting on Monday.
But it’s a huge, invigorating opportunity because Lucasfilm has been so encouraging of me doing something new. There’s no pressure to be derivative or limited by an obligation to what came before. There’s just a love of what came before.”
Levy also commented on a possible sequel to the 2011 movie REAL STEEL starring Hugh Jackman, “It’s a hard thing because the movie is so beloved in a way that is out of proportion to however the movie did at the box office. And I just don’t want to touch REAL STEEL unless I know I’m doing it justice — whether that’s a sequel or a TV show. Right now, I’d say TBD. But I wouldn’t say likely, and I’m sorry to admit it. But I am protecting what is at least a pure love that we all share for that original movie."

LORDS OF WAR---Nicolas Cage is returning for the sequel to the 2005 movie LORD OF WAR with Bill Skarsgard, Sylvia Hoeks and Laura Harrier co-starring. The sequel plot is described as, “LORDS OF WAR sees Cage’s notorious gunrunner Yuri Orlov go head to head against his own son, Anton (Skarsgard). A chip off the old black, Anton hasn’t simply followed his father into the arms trade, but is going one further by amassing a mercenary army to fight America’s conflicts in the Middle East. A bitter rivalry erupts, with the two even at odds over the same women.”

VIEW-MASTER---Sony Pictures/Mattel Studios live-action movie underway based on the Mattel 3D toy with Phil Johnston (ZOOTOPIA) as the writer.

WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT---author Gary K. Wolf said he is planning future Roger Rabbit projects, “I now have back the rights to all my characters, all my books. I can, basically, do my own Roger Rabbit projects.”

TRUDY BLUE---Dakota Johnson will star in the sci fi movie whose synopsis says, “Set in the near future, the film follows an outlawed android maid who wakes up in a landfill 2,000 miles from home and must embark on a journey through a now foreign world to get back to where she belongs."

TRIAL BY COMBAT---Aaron Eckhart will star in the Renny Harlin movie whose plot is described as, “i...set in a near future where 'judicial combat' has become accepted practice and legal trials are settled by gladiatorial combat between elected 'Champions.' It’s a system that rewards corruption and punishes the innocent. Eckhart stars as John Porter, a once-great Champion, chewed up and spat out by the judiciary. Galvanized by a fresh injustice, and fueled with righteous fury, Porter seeks out a judgment day against his old nemesis: a high-stakes battle to the death, in the hope of bringing the whole system crashing down.”

NO MAN'S LAND---Noomi Rapace will star as Magda in the dystopian movie whose plot is described as, "Magda’s son returns from the front to this world without men, with his arrival stirring a growing unease among the group. As the women’s hostility mounts and unimaginable violence begins to unfold, he comes to fear that the truth about what they’ve built — and what they’ve done to protect it — may cost him his life."

V FOR VENDETTA---HBO is developing a tv series based on the graphic novel. The 2006 movie version starred Natalie Portman.

NCIS: ORIGINS---Mark Harmon commented on if he will return as Leroy Jethro Gibbs after the ORIGINS crossover, "I don't know. This is on a similar path, which is not a bad idea if it works. So we’ll see.”

TRIVIA---Veterans Day movie trivia.
In World War II, Academy Award-winning actors Jimmy Stewart and Walter Matthau both served in the 453rd Bomb Group as B-24 Liberator bomber crewmen. Maj. Stewart was the Group Operations Officer and SSgt. Matthau was a nose gunner/radioman, who was nicknamed "Kid Reliable" because of his steady composure in combat. Matthau, a big fan of Stewart's, would attend the mission briefings just to watch the actor. After one mission debriefing, Matthau asked for Stewart's advice about pursuing a career in acting after the war and Stewart encouraged him by saying, "Follow your passion, and it'll all work out".
Ironically, after the war, director Billy Wilder was searching for the lead actor to play Richard Sherman opposite Marilyn Monroe in THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH, and he narrowed his search down to Stewart and Matthau. Stewart was unable to accept the role due to a schedule problem, so Wilder wanted Matthau. Writer George Axelrod agreed with Wilder, but 20th Century Fox head Darryl F. Zanuck felt Matthau was too risky because he was not a big star, so Wilder chose Tom Ewell, who played originated the Sherman role on Broadway.

Maj. Jimmy Stewart with his crew in front of their B-24 Liberator "Male Call" of the 453rd Bomb Group.

SSgt. Walter Matthau was a nose gunner/radioman on a B-24 Liberator of the 453rd Bomb Group.

Billy Wilder wanted Jimmy Stewart and Walter Matthau to play Richard Sherman opposite Marilyn Monroe in THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH, but Stewart had a schedule problem and 20th Century Fox head Darryl F. Zanuck did not want Matthau because he was not a big star, so Wilder chose Tom Ewell.

 

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12

GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON'T DIE---trailer released for the comedy sci fi movie starring Sam Rockwell.

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THE SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE---trailer released for the sequel.

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THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2---trailer released for the sequel starring Meryl Streep.

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MURDER AT THE EMBASSY--trailer released for the sequel starring Mischa Barton.

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CRY TO HEAVEN---Colin Firth, Nicholas Hoult, Ciaran Hinds, Paul Bettany, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Thandiwe Newton and Adele star in the movie based on the Anne Rice opera novel set in 18th century Italy.

WEREWOLF BY NIGHT---Michael Giacchino said the sequel to the 2022 Disney+ horror movie is underway.

THE PINK PANTHER---Eddie Murphy commented on the status of the reboot of the comedy franchise that starred Peter Sellers, "I’m waiting on the script. (To a nearby associate You said that script was coming in October, and it’s Nov. 3. What happened to Pink Panther? (Back to the interview You heard it? She said it’s really close."
Murphy added, "I’m looking forward to putting my spin on it. See, I associate Pink Panther with Peter Sellers. He’s the original Pink Panther, and it turned into this cool thing. Other comic actors have played it, and it’d be cool to put a new spin on it. There’s been a few movies in my career where it was like, “OK, I’m doing this movie because no Black person has ever done a movie like this.” It was like, a Black Dr. Dolittle? So I had to do this movie. [And] they had no Black Inspector Clouseau. That’s like a Black James Bond to me. I’m just looking forward to going into this area that nobody else Black had been in before."

ALIEN: EARTH---FX renewed the series for Season 2.

AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH---the sequel has record runtime of 3 hours, 15 minutes compared to the original movie's 2 hours, 42 minutes and THE WAY OF WATER's 3 hours, 12 minutes.

ALICE IN WONDERLAND---Sabrina Carpenter will star in the untitled movie musical based on the Lewis Carroll fable.

TRIVIA---the disaster movie AIRPORT earned over $128 million which made it the second biggest box office hit of 1970 (behind LOVE STORY) and started the disaster movie craze that led to THE TOWERING INFERNO, THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE, EARTHQUAKE, three AIRPORT sequels and others.
The plot involved a man (Van Heflin) who smuggled a bomb onboard an airliner flying from Chicago to Rome in order to blow the airliner up so his wife and family can collect on his life insurance policy. However, the explosion only created a large hole in the airliner's fuselage and the pilots returned the damaged airliner safely to Chicago.
After landing, the official who inspected the fuselage hole was played by Gordon Jump, who later played radio station manager Arthur "Big Guy" Carlson in the comedy tv series WKRP IN CINCINNATI. Jump replaced Jesse White as the Maytag repairman, "the loneliest guy in town".

In AIRPORT, a man (Van Heflin) smuggled a bomb onboard an airliner in order to blow the airliner up.

The airliner returned safely after the bomb blew a hole in the fuselage, and the official who inspected the hole was played by Gordon Jump.

Jump played radio station manager Arthur "Big Guy" Carlson in the comedy tv series WKRP IN CINCINNATI.

Jump replaced Jesse White as the Maytag repairman, "the loneliest guy in town".

 

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13

MONARCH: LEGACY OF MONSTERS---trailer released for Season 2.

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GAMBINO---the FACE/OFF team of Nicolas Cage and director John Woo will reunite for the biomovie about notorious New York mobster Carlo Gambino.

ORDAINED---Colin Farrell will star in the movie based on the upcoming comic book. The plot is described as, "Farrell will star as Father Roy Craig, a priest who performs last rites on a mob boss who miraculously survives — but not before confessing his crimes to the father. Soon after, Father Roy finds himself targeted by hitmen, corrupt cops and gangsters — all sent by the mob boss who wants to silence him. But Father Roy secretly has a violent past that makes him a more dangerous target than anyone imagines." The Russo Brothers are the producers.

28 YEARS LATER: BONE TEMPLE---photo released of Ralph Fiennes returning as Dr. Kelson and Chi Lewis-Parry as Alpha-infected Samson.

JUST PLAY DEAD---photo and synopsis released for the Martin Campbell movie starring Samuel L. Jackson and Eva Green, “When wealthy criminal mastermind Jack Wolfe (Samuel L. Jackson) is cornered by the Feds, he plans to fake his own death and claim the $30 million life insurance payout with his 'grieving' wife Nora (Eva Green), while framing her surfer lover Chad (Jason Fernandez) for his murder. But Nora is cooking up a scheme of her own: kill Jack for real, frame Chad and keep the fortune for herself. As lies unravel, Nora and Jack scramble to outsmart one another, leaving one burning question: who will come out on top in this twisted game of life and death?”

FANTASTIC FOUR---Miles Teller commented on the failure of the 2015 reboot movie, “I think it’s unfortunate for that because so many people worked so hard on that movie...Honestly, maybe there was one really important person who kind of f-cked it all up. Yeah...When I first saw the movie, I remember talking to one of the studio heads, and I was like, ‘I think we’re in trouble."
Miles did not clarify about who the "one really important person" was, but director Josh Trank reportedly acted erratically and abusive towards the cast and crew during filming leading to a near-fight between Trank and Teller.

SHOGUN---co-creator Justin Marks commented on Season 2, “Part 2 is, I would say, two things. Like the first season, I think part two is a really sweeping, beautiful, and you’re never going to see it coming, entirely unexpected love story. It’s also a story of war and the cost of war. There are battle sequences that we’re putting together now in part two. I don’t think you’ve ever seen anything like this kind of scale, this kind of tragedy, and this kind of humanity.”

FRANKENSTEIN---the Netflix movie starring Oscar Isaac had 29 million views in its first three says which is Netflix's fifth-highest premiere of 2025.

DISNEY+---Disney head Bob Iger said Disney+ will use Gen-AI short-form user-generated control (UGC) which is a social media app which uses prompts to generate short videos, “The other thing that we’re really excited about, that AI is going to give us the ability to do, is to provide users of Disney+ with a much more engaged experience, including the ability for them to create user-generated content and to consume user generated content — mostly short-form — from others."

DORA---Paramount+ cancelled the series.

TRIVIA---character actress Doreen Lang appeared in four Alfred Hitchcock projects. In THE WRONG MAN, a man (Henry Fonda) is arrested for robbery in a case of mistaken identity, and Lang played Ann James. In NORTH BY NORTHWEST, an ad executive (Cary Grant) is framed for the murder of a UN diplomat, and Lang played Maggie, the ad executive's secretary. In THE BIRDS, a California fishing town is attacked by thousands of deadly birds, and Lang played the hysterical mother in the diner. In the tv series ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS episode "Dip in the Pool", a compulsive gambler (Keenan Wynn) on a cruise ship enters a betting pool on how many miles the cruise ship will travel in 24 hours, and Lang played Emily.

In THE WRONG MAN, Doreen Lang played Ann James.

In NORTH BY NORTHWEST, Lang played Maggie, the ad executive's secretary.

In THE BIRDS, Lang played the hysterical mother in the diner.

In ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS "A Dip in the Pool", Lang played Emily.

 

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14

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

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FALLOUT---trailer released for Season 2.

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WUTHERING HEIGHTS---trailer released for the movie starring Margo Robbie.

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THE ODYSSEY---photos released of Matt Damon (Odysseus), Anne Hathaway (Penelope) and Tom Holland (Telemachus) starring in the Christopher Nolan Greek mythology movie. Damon said, “I can say, without hyperbole, that it was the best experience of my career..I saw the horse [Trojan horse] on the beach and I was just like, ‘F-ck'...It was just so cool.”

MAN OF TOMORROW---TheWrap reports that the spinoff movie will have Superman teaming up with Lex Luthor to battle Brainiac. Sources said the candidates to play Brainiac are David Hyde Pierce (FRASIER), Wallace Shawn (YOUNG SHELDON) and Claes Bang (DRACULA).
Frank Grillo said, “My character, Rick Flag Sr., is a big part of the sequel’s story, so I’m excited about it."

THE HUNT FOR BEN SOLO---an airplane towing a banner saying, "Shareholders Want The Hunt for Ben Solo" flew over Disney headquarters after a shareholders meeting as part of a fan campaign for Disney to reverse its decision which rejected the movie written by Adam Driver and Steven Soderbergh.

DCEU---Zack Snyder posted photos of Henry Cavill's Superman, Jared Leto's Joker and more recently, a photo of Ben Affleck's Batman with the caption, “Thank you for 300,000 followers. It’s been a fun six weeks on here, and I’m just getting started. Shot this on my Leica Monochrom with a 50mm—more to come.” This led to speculation that Snyder will post more DCEU photos or that Snyder has plans for more DC superhero projects if Warner Bros. Discovery is sold to Paramount Pictures or Netflix.

HOUR OF RECKONING---Kiefer Sutherland is in negotiations to star in the revenge movie whose synopsis says, “When a retired lawman (Sutherland) returns to his dying hometown to investigate his brother’s mysterious death, he uncovers a brutal criminal empire led by a charismatic psychopath who rules through fear and corruption,” reads the official synopsis. “As he digs deeper into a web of drug and human trafficking, his pursuit of truth ignites a violent war for justice—pitting one man’s code against an entire town. Hour of Reckoning is a gritty, high-octane revenge thriller that turns one man’s hunt for the truth into a scorched-earth war against corruption.”

BOOP---Devanny Pinn will star in the horror movie based on the Betty Boop cartoon character. The synopsis says, "A team of horror podcast investigators breaks into an abandoned theater to discover the hauntings of the starlet once known as Boop. A simple investigation turns into a horrific blood bath as they fight to escape the murderous Boop, as she is out for revenge."

TRIVIA---Kim Kardashian plays super lawyer Allura Grant on Hulu's lawyer show ALL'S FAIR, and her father is lawyer Robert Kardashian, a member of OJ Simpson's "Dream Team" when Simpson was found not guilty for the murder of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, in the "Trial of the Century".
Ironically, Kim recently posted that she flunked the California bar exam, "Well...I'm not a lawyer yet, I just play a very well-dressed one on TV. Six years into this law journey, and I'm still all in until I pass the bar. No shortcuts, no giving up — just more studying and even more determination."
She added, "Thank you to everyone who has supported and encouraged me along the way so far. Falling short isn't failure – it's fuel. I was so close to passing the exam and that only motivated me even more. Let's go!"
Kim began her legal education in 2018 when she entered the California Law Office Study Program, which is an apprentice program where aspiring attorneys learn under licensed lawyers for six years instead of attending law school. Kim announced in 2021 that she had flunked the California "baby bar" exam three times, but she passed on the fourth attempt.

Kim Kardashian plays super lawyer Allura Grant on Hulu's lawyer show ALL'S FAIR---although she recently flunked the California bar exam.

Kim Kardashian's father is lawyer Robert Kardashian, a member of OJ Simpson's "Dream Team" when Simpson was found not guilty for the murder of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, in the "Trial of the Century".