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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.