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[marco55]

A few years ago they tried to bring back the X-Files with the original cast. The first year didn't do to badly but the second year crashed. It wasn't the same Mulder and Scully, they weren't the cool young hip FBI agents anymore.
Mark

 

[OzDigger]

A few years ago they tried to bring back the X-Files with the original cast. The first year didn't do to badly but the second year crashed. It wasn't the same Mulder and Scully, they weren't the cool young hip FBI agents anymore.
Mark

I liked Robert Patrick's (Terminator T-1000) character FBI Agent John Doggett that featured in Seasons 8 & 9, a more serious and convincing character than the later 'Mulder' IMHO

 

[Terp152]

And of course, same with every rehashed franchise they have to change the characters to Black/Asian and or Female. This occured when they released the Halo TV Series, when the fans complained bitterly the producers claimed, oh this is just an 'alternative' version of events, or 'parallel universe', what a load of krap, no wonder 'go woke/go broke' keeps happening.

My first thought as well when I saw the picture.

 

[dragon53]

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26

DETECTIVE HOLE---trailer released for the Netflix tv series starring Joel Kinnaman and based on the Harry Hole novels.

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DYNASTY: THE MURDOCHS---trailer released for the Netflix four-part documentary on Rupert Murdoch and his family.

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PRETTY LETHAL---trailer released for the Amazon Prime ballerina action movie starring Uma Thurman.

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THE CHRISTOPHERS---trailer released for the Steven Soderbergh movie starring Ian McKellen.

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LOSING EARTH---Paul Rudd, Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, Evan Peters, Jason Clarke, Tatiana Maslany and John Turturro will star in the untitled comedy movie based on the book LOSING EARTH. The plot is described as, “set at a beachside resort in Florida in 1980, when twenty experts gather for a weekend conference on a global issue that is starting to gain traction: the effects of Co2 emissions on the climate. The group of scientists, activists, and policymakers have one simple mandate from Congress — write a statement about what to do. Easier said than done.“

THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN---Matt Dillon will star in the MGM+ eight-episode miniseries based on the 1960 Western movie that starred Yul Bryner and Steve McQueen. The tv series has seven gunslingers protecting a Quaker village from a ruthless land baron.

SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY---an inside source claims Sadie Sink is playing Jean Grey in the sequel.

THE CATCH---Emma Stone and Chris Pine will star in the romantic comedy movie, but no plot details were released.

TRIVIA---in the MAGNUM, P.I, episode "Home from the Sea", in a flashback scene, Susan Blanchard played private investigator Thomas Magnum's mother, Katherine, whose husband, Navy pilot Lt. Thomas Magnum III, was an F9F Panther jet fighter pilot who was killed in action in the Korean War. In reality, Blanchard was married to actor Charles Frank, who played astronaut Scott Carpenter, a former Navy test pilot, who also flew the F9F Panther, in THE RIGHT STUFF. Blanchard and Frank appeared together, including the tv series YOUNG MAVERICK and ALL MY CHILDREN.

In the MAGNUM, P.I, episode "Home from the Sea", in a flashback scene, Susan Blanchard played private investigator Thomas Magnum's mother, Katherine, whose husband, Navy pilot Lt. Thomas Magnum III, was an F9F Panther jet fighter pilot who was killed in action in the Korean War.

In reality, Blanchard was married to actor Charles Frank (third from left), who played astronaut Scott Carpenter, a former Navy test pilot, who also flew the F9F Panther, in THE RIGHT STUFF.

Blanchard and Frank appeared together, including the tv series YOUNG MAVERICK and ALL MY CHILDREN.

 

[dragon53]

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27

PROTECTOR---trailer released for the action movie starring Milla Jovovich.

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GOD OF WAR---photo from the Amazon Prime tv series based on the video game shows Ryan Hurst as Kratos and Callum Vinson as his son, Atreus.

HOTEL TEHRAN---Liam Neeson, Titus Welliver and Zachary Levi will star in the movie about three ex-CIA agents who team up for a rescue mission in Tehran, Iran after an earlier botched rescue mission in Afghanistan.

G.I. JOE---Paramount Pictures hired Max Landis and Danny McBride to write two different scripts which will then be used to produce one final script.

POWER BALLAD---Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas star in the musical comedy movie whose synopsis says, “When Rick (Paul Rudd), a past-his-prime wedding singer, meets fading boy-band star Danny (Nick Jonas) during a gig, the two bond over music and a late-night jam session,” read the movie’s official synopsis. “But when Danny turns one of Rick’s songs into the hit that reignites his career, Rick sets out to reclaim the recognition he believes he deserves – even if it means risking everything he cares about. The film is a feel-good story about music, self-respect, friendship, and the price of ambition.”

SUPERMAN---Zack Snyder commented on more Justice League as a comic book or an animated movie, “We’ve absolutely talked about it quite a bit. Yeah, I mean. We live in a world where um all that’s possible and whatever form it would take… you know that would be amazing.”
He also commented on James Gunn's SUPERMAN, “I wish them all the best, and I don’t have any — it is what it is. It’s a weed — that three-movie [DCEU trilogy is a weed that just won’t die, you know? It grows on its own. It has its own life. It’s not concerned with, I don’t think, with James’ Superman, which is amazing and all the best to them. I can’t wait to see the next movie. It’s just awesome."
He added, “…James is singular in his storytelling, his ability to channel sort of mythological pop culture into what I’d consider an iconic and very particular point of view that’s both poignant and funny. All of the things. He’s the best at it that I can think of. He’s a great steward of that world.”

A SLICE OF HELL---David F. Sandberg (SHAZAM!) will direct the Paramount Pictures horror movie about two supermarket employees who must deal with a customer from Hell.

THREE INCESTUOUS SISTERS---Dakota Johnson, Saoirse Ronan and Jessie Buckley will star in the movie based on the novel whose synopsis says, “These rich pages present the tale of three very different sisters: one who is beautiful, one who is smart, and one who is talented. A melodrama of sibling rivalry unfurls as one sister is driven mad with jealousy due to the passionate love affair of another. Escalating to a dizzying climax, the romance of the two lovers ends in sabotage, shame, and despair.”

TRIVIA---Sony Pictures head Tom Rothman explained why SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME was not shown in China, "They just said, 'Small thing, no problem, just cut out the Statue of Liberty' ---which is where the climax is. That was their request. Also, I really didn't look forward to sitting in front of Congress telling them why I cut the Statue of Liberty out at the request of the Chinese Communist Party."

 

[Terp152]

LOSING EARTH---Paul Rudd, Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, Evan Peters, Jason Clarke, Tatiana Maslany and John Turturro will star in the untitled comedy movie based on the book LOSING EARTH. The plot is described as, “set at a beachside resort in Florida in 1980, when twenty experts gather for a weekend conference on a global issue that is starting to gain traction: the effects of Co2 emissions on the climate. The group of scientists, activists, and policymakers have one simple mandate from Congress — write a statement about what to do. Easier said than done.“

This was all the rage in the 80s. Remember the hole in the Ozone layer over Antarctica? It in the news all the time. Aerosols and Freon were banned. Whatever happened to that and killer bees?

 

[OzDigger]

LOSING EARTH---Paul Rudd, Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, Evan Peters, Jason Clarke, Tatiana Maslany and John Turturro will star in the untitled comedy movie based on the book LOSING EARTH. The plot is described as, “set at a beachside resort in Florida in 1980, when twenty experts gather for a weekend conference on a global issue that is starting to gain traction: the effects of Co2 emissions on the climate. The group of scientists, activists, and policymakers have one simple mandate from Congress — write a statement about what to do. Easier said than done.“

This was all the rage in the 80s. Remember the hole in the Ozone layer over Antarctica? It in the news all the time. Aerosols and Freon were banned. Whatever happened to that and killer bees?

Since then they found a 'hole' over the Arctic as well: https://www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/protection/ozone/ozone-science/antarctic-ozone-hole

Tourists from the Northern Hemisphere, especially Brits, that visit Australia during our Summer often suffer some serious sunburn, partly because of the increased Ultraviolet Radiation levels here, but the Earth is about 5 Million Kilometers closer to the Sun in January which adds to the Sun Fun Downunder.

 

[dragon53]

MONDAY, MARCH 2

WAR MACHINE---film clip from the Netflix sci fi movie starring Alan Ritchson.

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SCARY MOVIE 6---trailer released for the comedy horror sequel movie.

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PINOCCHIO UNSTRUNG---trailer released for the horror movie starring Robert Englund.

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PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 6---producer Jerry Bruckheimer commented on rumors that Johnny Depp is not returning for the new sequel, “First of all, that’s not true...No, no, no. Johnny… if it’s up to me, he’ll be in it.”

THE MATRIX 5---writer/director Drew Goddard commented on the status of the sequel, “[It’s] still in the works. I’m in my writing cave writing. I don’t know how long I’ll be in that writing cave, but whenever I come out, I’ll have news to share.”

STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY---Season 2 just finished filming, so co-showrunner Noga Landa commented on if the Season 2 finale could also be a series finale if the series is cancelled due to mediocre ratings, “Absolutely not. We have so much story to tell. If anything – yeah, it is not the end.”
Noga added, “Nothing yet, but we’re just – we’re so happy with Season 2, and we can’t wait for everybody to see it.”

ARTEMIS---Chris Miller and Phil Lord commented on the long-gestating sci fi movie based on the Andy Weir (THE MARTIAN) novel with Miller saying, "We are still actively developing it, and there'll be more to come."
Lord added, "Yeah, the trick on that was the moon gravity, which is 1/6th Earth's gravity. It is a really tricky thing to shoot in a practical way. One of the great things about this movie is that we were able to really shoot that type of stuff. We figured out a way that we think we would be able to shoot moon gravity in a way that wouldn't cost a billion dollars."

BOUTIQUE---Paul Giamatti will star in the horror movie about an American tourist who “journeys to the eerie English seaside town that inspired the work of his favorite reclusive author but instead gets entangled with a murderous secret society permeating the whole town”.

ASTRO BOY---Ivan Reitman and Sony Pictures are developing a live-action movie based on the anime.

TRIVIA---character actor Pierre Jalbert is best known to tv fans for co-starring in the World War II tv series COMBAT! where he played Pvt. Paul "Caje" Le May. He was also a film editor on THE GODFATHER and received an Emmy nomination for the SHOGUN miniseries. Before his film career, Jalbert was captain of the Canadian Olympic Ski Team in 1948 in the Swiss Alps, but he broke his leg in practice and never skied in the Games.
One of his last roles in a major project was in the disaster sequel THE CONCORDE--AIRPORT '79, where Jalbert played Henri, the Concorde supersonic airliner's co-pilot. Ironically, in the movie's final scene, the sabotaged Concorde, with Joe Patroni (George Kennedy) as the co-pilot, crash landed in the Austrian Alps and the ski patrol arrived to save the Concorde's crew and passengers.

Pierre Jalbert is best known to tv fans for co-starring in the World War II tv series COMBAT! where he played Pvt. Paul "Caje" Le May.

Before his film career, Jalbert (left) was captain of the Canadian Olympic Ski Team in 1948 in the Swiss Alps, but he broke his leg in practice and never skied in the Games.

One of Jalbert's last roles was in THE CONCORDE--AIRPORT '79, where Jalbert played Henri, the Concorde supersonic airliner's co-pilot.

Ironically, in the movie's final scene, the sabotaged Concorde, with Joe Patroni (George Kennedy) as the co-pilot, crash landed in the Austrian Alps and the ski patrol arrived to save the Concorde's crew and passengers.

 

[dragon53]

TUESDAY, MARCH 3

MIKE & NICK & NICK & ALICE---trailer released for the comedy movie starring Vince Vaughn and James Marsden.

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THE MINIATURE WIFE---trailer released for the Peacock comedy series starring Elizabeth Banks.

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GAME OF THRONES---Warner Bros. is reportedly developing a GAME OF THRONES prequel movie with Ben Willimon (HOUSE OF CARDS, ANDOR) writing the screenplay. Speculation claims the movie might focus on Aegon I.

WOLF CREEK: LEGACY---photo released of John Jarratt returning as serial killer Mick Taylor, who pursues the two young children of an American couple on vacation in Australia.

TOMBSTONE---Kurt Russell commented on the 1993 Western movie that he starred in, but 22 pages of the screenplay were cut due to budget and time problems, “The movie is not as good as the screenplay. I’ll never make peace with that. It could have been way better. It’s considered one of the great Westerns, right? It could have been considered one of the great movies. It had a great cast, but it had fabulous writing. And for a lot of different reasons, the money got burned through, and the director thing didn’t work out. So we had to go about it differently, and we got what we made. The impact of TOMBSTONE is very strong, and that’s nice. That’s great. But could it have been a lot better? Yes.“
Co-star Michael Biehn commented on rumors that Russell replaced George P. Cosmatos as the director, “I get so f’in’ tired of people asking me if Kurt Russell directed the movie. Kurt Russell did not direct the movie. Kurt Russell was responsible for getting the movie off the ground. I never would have played Johnny Ringo if it wasn’t for Kurt Russell. And I told you last time I was here, I love Kurt Russell. He’s a great, great person and a great movie star.“

BRUCE CAMPBELL---Campbell posted he has been diagnosed with cancer that is "...a type of cancer that's 'treatable' not 'curable'...There are several cons this year summer [sic] that I have to cancel. Big regrets on my part. Treatment needs and professional obligations don’t always go hand-in-hand.
I’m not trying to enlist sympathy – or advice – I just want to get ahead of this information in case false information gets out (which it will). Fear not, I am a tough old son-of-a-***** and I have great support, so I expect to be around a while. As always, you’re the greatest fans in the world, and I hope to see you soon!”

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 4---Ben Kinsgsley has reportedly joined the cast of the new sequel.

PALM ROYALE---Apple TV cancelled the series.

ZOMBIES 5---Disney+ renewed the series for Season 5, but Milo Manheim and Meg Donnelly are not returning.

TRIVIA---character actress Alice Pearce is best known for co-starring on BEWITCHED as Gladys Kravitz, the nosy neighbor of Samantha Stevens. Her father, a Chase National Bank foreign specialist, moved the family to Brussels, Belgium when she was an infant. Pearce explained how she got the acting nickname of the "Chinless Wonder", “One afternoon,I was playing in a park, showing off on a swing — I think I was trying to impress some boys. I went way up, lost my grip and slipped out of the swing.” She landed on her chin which permanently affected her chin's development. Her parents unsuccessfully had bone specialists and dentists in Europe try to cure her problem.
When Pearce signed to play Gladys Kravitz on BEWITCHED, she had already been diagnosed with terminal cancer and died after two seasons. She was posthumously awarded an Emmy Award.

 

[dragon53]

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4

SQUID GAME: THE VIP CHALLENGE---trailer released for the Netflix game show.

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A KNIGHT FOR THE SEVEN KINGDOMS---for Season 2, Lucy Boynton will play Lady Rohanne Webber, Babou Ceesay will play Ser Bennis and Peter Mullan will play Ser Eustace Osgrey.

PROJECT HAIL MARY---Puck News reported that the Ryan Gosling sci fi movie's budget was $200 million and needs to make $500 million to break even.

MANIAC COP---William Lustig, who directed the original 1988 horror movie starring Bruce Campbell, said the planned miniseries remake will be made as movie directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, “Nic has it on as his next project that will shoot in the fall. What happened with HBO was, HBO got sold to Discovery, and Discovery — after they’d spent over a million dollars developing the scripts for the series — Discovery says, ‘We’re not in the Maniac Cop business,’ They gave all the scripts back to us, so we didn’t have to pay a turnaround, so that was it with HBO.”

MARSHALS---the YELLOWSTONE spinoff's premiere drew 9.5 million viewers which is CBS's biggest premier for a scripted tv series since FBI drew 10 million viewers in 2018.

THE ORVILLE---Seth McFarlane commented on the status of Season 4, “I will be honest with you: Season 4 is written. It’s just a question of when we have the time to produce it. The 10 scripts are done. I'm the problem. It's [a matter of] when I can make that my year, with all the other stuff we have in the works." Once he can make himself available, though, he'll be able to "hit the ground running."

DOCTOR WHO---a British tabloid claims Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) is not the new Doctor Who and the BBC is having trouble in finding the new Doctor Who, “Despite once being one of TV’s most coveted roles, it’s now seen as a bit of a poisoned chalice. Plus, anyone taking on the job will want to know if it’s going to be a one-off festive special or go beyond that as they will want to plan their workload over coming years.”

MODELS VS. WEREWOLVES---poster and synopsis released for the werewolf movie, "Five young models go to an AirBnb in the woods for a full moon that comes once every five hundred years. What starts off as the perfect girl’s trip quickly becomes a nightmare as a pack of ancient werewolves are awoken by the new moon…"

WHERE THERE'S FIRE---Tyler Perry/Netflix tv series about a group of firefighters.

DESTINATION X---NBC renewed the series.

LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE---Netflix renewed the reboot series for Season 2.

LOVEJOY---See-Saw Films (SLOW HORSES) is developing a new tv series based on the BBC 1980's detective tv series that starred Ian McShane.

LIFE IS STRANGE---Amazon Prime tv series underway based on the video game.

TRIVIA---character actor John Zaremba appeared in two time travel role. Zarmba appeared in THE TWILIGHT ZONE episode "No Time Like the Past" as the horn player in which a scientist uses a time machine to travel back in time to prevent tragedies. Zaremba co-starred in the ABC sci fi series THE TIME TUNNEL as Dr. Ronald Swain in which two scientists travel throughout time in an experimental government time machine.

Zarmba appeared in THE TWILIGHT ZONE episode "No Time Like the Past" as the horn player in which a scientist uses a time machine to travel back in time to prevent tragedies.

Zaremba co-starred in the ABC sci fi series THE TIME TUNNEL as Dr. Ronald Swain in which two scientists travel throughout time in an experimental government time machine.

 

[dragon53]

THURSDAY, MARCH 5

LANTERNS---trailer released for the HBO/DC Studios series starring Kyle Chandler.

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THE TESTAMENTS---trailer released for the Hulu THE HANDMAID'S TALE prequel series.

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THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT---Temeura Morrison commented on the future of Boba Fett after he suggested to fans in 2025 that they ask Lucasfilm to bring the bounty hunter back, “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.”
Morrison said Lucasfilm was unhappy with his suggestion, “I was only joking. I’m at a convention, and I say stupid things. Then I’ve got [Lucasfilm] ringing me: ‘Look, you’ve been put on the shelf, Boba Fett. We might open up the jar later.’”

UNIVERSAL MONSTERS---Kevin Williamson (SCREAM) is developing a Universal Monsters tv series, “Netflix and Universal were very kind to let me go direct SCREAM 7 and put some projects on hold, and now I’m focused on those. The one I’m writing right now is a show. You might call it an adult VAMPIRE DIARIES. It’s based in the Universal monster land. I get to play with some of those characters like Dracula and Frankenstein and the Wolf Man and have fun there.“

OCEAN'S 11---Lee Isaac Chung (TWISTER) has left the prequel movie starring Margot Robbie and Bradley Cooper due to an “amicable split due to creative differences”.

THE NAKED GUN---Seth McFarlane commented on a possible sequel to the reboot movie starring Liam Neeson, “I know everyone would love to, including Liam. We have not heard anything yet. I think it’s all up to Paramount.”

THE BEAR---Jamie Lee Curtis said the current Season 5 will be the last season, “But everybody’s confirmed the show is ending. I don’t understand why that’s such a [big deal]. Unless I’m gonna get a call from all the people saying, ‘You just told [everyone],’ I think everybody understood that it was the last season of the show. If it isn’t, then I’ve completely blown it.”

NATIONAL TREASURE 3---producer Jerry Bruckheimer commented on the status of the sequel by saying it is “coming along quite well”, and they are "working on the script for it."

BAYWATCH---Jessica Belkin will play Charlie Vale, the daughter of Hobie Buchannon (Stephen Amell) in the Fox reboot tv series.

TRIVIA---Billy Zane and Catherine Zeta-Jones starred in the 1996 movie THE PHANTOM which was based on the popular Lee Falk comic strip. Also in 1996, Zeta-Jones starred in the CBS miniseries TITANIC which also starred George C. Scott, Tim Curry and Peter Gallagher. A year later, in 1997, Zane starred in James Cameron's Academy Award-winning TITANIC which also starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.

Billy Zane and Catherine Zeta-Jones starred in the 1996 movie THE PHANTOM which was based on the popular Lee Falk comic strip.

Also in 1996, Zeta-Jones starred in the CBS miniseries TITANIC which also starred George C. Scott, Tim Curry and Peter Gallagher.

A year later, in 1997, Zane starred in James Cameron's Academy Award-winning TITANIC which also starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.