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Jan 22, 2015 - 10:31 AM
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dragon53
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 22
THE BLOB---a new remake of the 1958 Steve McQueen horror movie is underway. Simon West (THE EXPENDABLES 2, CON AIR) is the director, "With modern CGI we can now fully realize the potential of The Blob. The world I create will be totally believable, immersive and emotionally satisfying. It’s a thrill to introduce an enduring icon to a wider audience and a whole new era of fans.”
STAR TREK 3---Simon Pegg will return as Scotty and co-write the sequel with Doug Jung (DARK BLUE) to replace the departed Roberto Orci. Pegg's previous scripts include SHAUN OF THE DEAD.
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES---Kaya Scodelario (THE MAZE RUNNER) is in talks to play the lead female role in the sequel.
ARMY OF ONE---Nicolas Cage will star in this movie based on the true story of Colorado construction worker Gary Faulkner who made numerous trips to Afghanistan and Pakistan to kill Osama bin Laden. Faulkner, dubbed the "Rocky Mountain Rambo", claims God told him to pursue the terrorist leader, "Oh yeah, absolutely. I'm always wondering: Why did you pick me instead of somebody else? And why do you think he did? Because I'm the only one crazy enough to do it."
RAY DONOVAN---Ian McShane (DEADWOOD) will have a recurring role as a billionaire movie producer who hires Donovan to get his family out of a possibly disastrous situation.
APOCALYPSE---NBC dramedy in which a comet is headed for a collision with Earth as an extended family attempts to make it to a bunker to become the genesis for mankind's new beginning. Characters include a foul-mouthed priest, a white supremacist, a general, a cyber-terrorist and a boy who may have been resurrected from the dead. Rob Lowe, Jenna Fischer and Megan Mullally star.
STAR WARS---Kate Mara reportedly auditioned for the spinoff movie in addition to her sister Rooney Mara. Tatiana Maslany and Felicity Jones also have auditioned.
SUICIDE SQUAD---Jake Gyllenhaal turned down an offer to replace Tom Hardy who left the movie after his character's role was reduced.
GOTHAM---executive producer Bruno Heller said Red Hood will appear on the series soon.
THE GREASY STRANGLER---horror movie underway in which a Los Angeles man and son compete for a beautiful woman and encounter a slimy serial killer dubbed The Greasy Strangler. Elijah Wood is co-producer.
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Roddenberry may be dead but his vision lives on! Some of the best Star Trek was produced by others then him. All of Deep Space Nine for instance. TWOK was largely someone else's vision.
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Jan 22, 2015 - 1:49 PM
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Joe E.
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So the whole Orci co penned script is out the door. Sounds like beyond a gratuitous producer credit there is not much left of Orci on Star Trek 3. That is terrific news.
It would be, if he and his cohorts hadn't already wrecked and ruined everything with their two movies (IMO). Unfortunately, though, the damage is done, and even if the next movie is independently terrific in and of itself, it'll still be an unbearable mess anyway, unless it doesn't just ignore the two previous movies but completely contradicts them so that they didn't happen. But Paramount's not going to go for that, I'm sure.
I'd really love it if Star Wars Trek would just end already. Hopefully this behind the scenes mess will be the beginning of the end.
Star Trek is nearly fifty. We need to let it go and be happy with what we have. Paramount will never see it this way, naturally...
Nicholas, I have been a ST fan for a while, but I am approaching your point of view on it.
Paramount loves the franchise though, about TNG time ST starting making a lot of money for the studio. It has always been a bit of a challenge to make the movies work in terms of story and money as well. The cost of these movies has gotten preposterous, and there is a limit on how much they can make. Best case scenario is getting a show back on Netflix, say 10 a year or something like that.
I think a best case scenario would be if not only did that happen, but if CBS went and did it without Paramount, so they could just ignore the last two movies altogether, and continue making TV shows set in the "prime" universe. That might be a good thing to come out of the split in control of the franchise between Paramount and CBS a while back.
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Jan 22, 2015 - 1:51 PM
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Joe E.
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Kaya Scodelario, Kate Mara, Rooney Mara, Tatiana Maslany
Regarding actors auditions. 99% of the time I don't have a clue who these ppl are. I must be getting old!
I don't know the first one, either. Actually, I also haven't actually seen the others, but it have at least heard of them, and supposedly they're really good, particularly Maslany, who is supposed to be just phenomenal.
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Jan 22, 2015 - 2:11 PM
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Nicholas, I have been a ST fan for a while, but I am approaching your point of view on it.
Paramount loves the franchise though, about TNG time ST starting making a lot of money for the studio. It has always been a bit of a challenge to make the movies work in terms of story and money as well. The cost of these movies has gotten preposterous, and there is a limit on how much they can make. Best case scenario is getting a show back on Netflix, say 10 a year or something like that.
I think a best case scenario would be if not only did that happen, but if CBS went and did it without Paramount, so they could just ignore the last two movies altogether, and continue making TV shows set in the "prime" universe. That might be a good thing to come out of the split in control of the franchise between Paramount and CBS a while back.
That is a pretty good idea Joe E, it does seem like CBS could go it alone. Just last week I heard the head of CW say he would love a Star Trek show, but i think a CBS/Netflix partnership without any advertisers makes a lot of sense, a solid 45 minute story, no interruptions, no censors.
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Jan 22, 2015 - 11:50 PM
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SOSAYWEALL
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Nicholas, I have been a ST fan for a while, but I am approaching your point of view on it.
Paramount loves the franchise though, about TNG time ST starting making a lot of money for the studio. It has always been a bit of a challenge to make the movies work in terms of story and money as well. The cost of these movies has gotten preposterous, and there is a limit on how much they can make. Best case scenario is getting a show back on Netflix, say 10 a year or something like that.
I think a best case scenario would be if not only did that happen, but if CBS went and did it without Paramount, so they could just ignore the last two movies altogether, and continue making TV shows set in the "prime" universe. That might be a good thing to come out of the split in control of the franchise between Paramount and CBS a while back.
That is a pretty good idea Joe E, it does seem like CBS could go it alone. Just last week I heard the head of CW say he would love a Star Trek show, but i think a CBS/Netflix partnership without any advertisers makes a lot of sense, a solid 45 minute story, no interruptions, no censors.
Star Trek would be far too expensive a show for Netflix or the CW.
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Nicholas, I have been a ST fan for a while, but I am approaching your point of view on it.
Paramount loves the franchise though, about TNG time ST starting making a lot of money for the studio. It has always been a bit of a challenge to make the movies work in terms of story and money as well. The cost of these movies has gotten preposterous, and there is a limit on how much they can make. Best case scenario is getting a show back on Netflix, say 10 a year or something like that.
I think a best case scenario would be if not only did that happen, but if CBS went and did it without Paramount, so they could just ignore the last two movies altogether, and continue making TV shows set in the "prime" universe. That might be a good thing to come out of the split in control of the franchise between Paramount and CBS a while back.
That is a pretty good idea Joe E, it does seem like CBS could go it alone. Just last week I heard the head of CW say he would love a Star Trek show, but i think a CBS/Netflix partnership without any advertisers makes a lot of sense, a solid 45 minute story, no interruptions, no censors.
Star Trek would be far too expensive a show for Netflix or the CW.
Not necessarily. If Netflix can afford to make original super hero programming like Daredevil and the other three or four Marvel shows they have planned, I am sure they could make Star Trek at a similar price point. There are plenty of tricks to keep costs down, such as limited exterior shots, limit effects sequences to a few money moments, etc. Limiting most of the action on the Enterprise to the bridge, transporter room, engineering, and sick bay, and a couple of generic looking rooms and hallway sets to cover the rest. A little creativity can stretch the dollar pretty far.
Oh, and dragon53: I think you mean Pirates of the Caribbean "5" instead of "3" in the subject header. Great column!
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