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Jun 26, 2017 - 9:55 AM
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dragon53
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MONDAY, JUNE 26
HAN SOLO---new details were released on the firing of co-directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller.
A source said star Alden Ehrenreich was worried about where the movie was headed under Lord and Miller which was a factor in them being fired, “Ehrenreich had concerns with the production as filming progressed, he started to worry that Lord and Miller’s screwball comedy angle was starting to interfere with what the character of Han Solo is really about – even if this was a younger, more reckless take on the character than the one we met in the cantina of Tatooine.” The source said under Lord and Miller, Han Solo resembled Jim Carrey's Ace Ventura.
Also, Lucasfilm was unhappy with the movie's situation and replaced editor Chris Dickens with Oscar-winner Pietro Scalia (THE MARTIAN) and hired an acting coach for Ehrenreich.
A source said Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy attempted to make writer Lawrence Kasdan a co-director of the movie as she had successfully done with the troubled ROGUE ONE by hiring Tony Gilroy to help director Gareth Edwards. Kasdan flew to London and was angered when Lord and Miller were improvising instead of sticking to his script. When Lord and Miller didn't welcome Kasdan as a co-director, Kennedy decided to fire them. A high-level source said Kennedy and Walt Disney Pictures "were hoping for a meeting of the minds [with Lord and Miller] that never came".
Also, Directors Guild rules state that Lord and Miller might edit their own "Director's Cut" of the movie if 90% of the filming had been done, “A director who is replaced after directing ninety percent (90 percent) but less than one hundred percent (100 percent) of the scheduled principal photography of any motion picture shall be the Director of the film entitled to all the post-production creative rights set forth.” However, Walt Disney Pictures is under no obligation to release a Director's Cut of the movie.
STAR WARS---Mark Hamill tweeted that the Jar Jar Binks tongue candy dispenser, which he referred to as the "Frenching Jar Jar", was the goofiest Star Wars merchandise of all time.
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY---showrunners Aaron Harberts and Gretchen Berg said the new series has dropped Gene Roddenberry's ground rule that humans will not be in conflict with each other. Harberts said, “We’re trying to do stories that are complicated, with characters with strong points of view and strong passions. People have to make mistakes — mistakes are still going to be made in the future. We’re still going to argue in the future.”
Berg added, “The rules of Starfleet remain the same. But while we’re human or alien in various ways, none of us are perfect.”
Also, a photo released shows that DISCOVERY will break another ground rule: Starfleet members will wear tactical armor on away missions.
TREMORS---Kevin Bacon is the star and executive producer of the Syfy pilot based on his 1990 sci fi movie, “We are going to do a pilot for Syfy. It’s the only character I’ve ever played that I was interested in exploring 25 years later. It [TREMORS] is a really good movie. I don’t go back and watch my movies but because we were doing this one, I had to go back and look at it. It’s just the idea of this loser who is living a very ordinary life and has an extraordinary experience with these monsters and becomes, for a moment, a hero.”
Another Syfy pilot underway is NIGHTFLYERS, based on the George RR Martin novella, which is about an Earth spaceship sent to intercept a mysterious alien spacecraft. The Earth ship has “eight maverick scientists and a powerful telepath. They travel aboard The Nightflyer – a ship with a small tightknit crew and a reclusive captain. But when terrifying and violent events begin to take place they start to question each other, and surviving the journey proves harder than anyone thought.” Martin is not involved with the series.
The 1987 movie based on the novella starred Catherine Mary Stewart and Michal Praed.
AD ASTRA---Brad Pitt and Tommy Lee Jones star in this sci fi movie about a man who seeks to find his father who disappeared 20 years before on a mission to find intelligent life on Neptune.
MY DINNER WITH HERVE---Peter Dinklage (GAME OF THRONES) and Jamie Dornan (FIFTY SHADES OF GREY) star in this HBO movie underway about a struggling writer's interview with Herve Villechaize (FANTASY ISLAND, THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN) shortly before he committed suicide.
SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING---cameos in this reboot movie include Chris Evans as Captain America, Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts and Jennifer Connelly as Karen, the AI voice for Spider-Man's new suit.
Also, Marisa Tomei commented on rumors that Sony Pictures might develop an Aunt May spy movie, "What? You guys know way more than I do. First of all, it took her forever to find out about Peter, so I don’t know what level of spy she would be, but I would like the idea of a big magnifying glass. Did they really, did you really hear that?... I’m all for it.”
X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX---Alison Blaire/Dazzler will have a small part in the movie. A source said Taylor Swift will not play Dazzler.
THE PAGES---Jamie Lee Curtis, Tika Sumpter and Ben Tavassoli star in this political thriller movie about an ex-national security adviser who is threatened by associates from her dark past.
LAW & ORDER: THE MENENDEZ MURDERS---Edie Falco, Heather Graham and Anthony Edwards star in this NBC crime anthology series about the 1989 case in which Beverly Hills brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez murdered their parents.
LITTLE WOMEN---Angela Lansbury is in talks to play Aunt March in the BBC One/PBS Masterpience miniseries based on the Louisa May Alcott book.
THE COLONEL---movie underway based on the biography of Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley's manager.
DOWNWARD DOG---ABC cancelled the series.
GIRL BOSS---Netflix cancelled the series.
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Jun 26, 2017 - 11:58 AM
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CCOJOE
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STAR TREK: DISCOVERY---showrunners Aaron Harberts and Gretchen Berg said the new series has dropped Gene Roddenberry's ground rule that humans will not be in conflict with each other..
Have any of the later Star Trek series actually followed this rule?
Next Generation followed it quite firmly, Voyager also followed it for the most part, Deep Space somewhat less so, and Enterprise again followed it quite firmly. It is a rule that tormented Roland Moore, which is why when he got his own show, his Galactica turned into a soap opera pretty much.
Actually, Enterprise didn't follow it much at all. There were numerous conflicts between crew members (human and otherwise) (Malcolm and the MACO commander, Archer and T'Pol, Trip and T'Pol, Archer and Malcolm). Voyager did much better once 7 of 9 came on board, but those were still some of the most boring characters Star Trek had ever created. Next Gen, again, was very antiseptic and everyone loved each other, which made for plot-centric stories with zero character arc. None of the characters really grew. DS9, on the other hand, had characters that grew astronomically (pun intended) over the course of the series. Every one of those characters, and even many of the supporting cast, changed dramatically in seven years. THAT is good storytelling.
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Jun 26, 2017 - 12:17 PM
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Ado
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STAR TREK: DISCOVERY---showrunners Aaron Harberts and Gretchen Berg said the new series has dropped Gene Roddenberry's ground rule that humans will not be in conflict with each other..
Have any of the later Star Trek series actually followed this rule?
Next Generation followed it quite firmly, Voyager also followed it for the most part, Deep Space somewhat less so, and Enterprise again followed it quite firmly. It is a rule that tormented Roland Moore, which is why when he got his own show, his Galactica turned into a soap opera pretty much.
Actually, Enterprise didn't follow it much at all. There were numerous conflicts between crew members (human and otherwise) (Malcolm and the MACO commander, Archer and T'Pol, Trip and T'Pol, Archer and Malcolm). Voyager did much better once 7 of 9 came on board, but those were still some of the most boring characters Star Trek had ever created. Next Gen, again, was very antiseptic and everyone loved each other, which made for plot-centric stories with zero character arc. None of the characters really grew. DS9, on the other hand, had characters that grew astronomically (pun intended) over the course of the series. Every one of those characters, and even many of the supporting cast, changed dramatically in seven years. THAT is good storytelling.
Enterprise was faux conflict, nothing really much there, a little.
I see what you are saying about DS9. But as a series it has dated the worst of all Star Trek, it had some of the worst acting, and tinny sounding theatrical dialogue scenes of all Trek. When Avery Brooks or Nana Vistor had a drama scene it always landed with a thud for me, so so so far over the top, you could feel them chewing the sets.
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Jun 26, 2017 - 12:47 PM
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CCOJOE
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STAR TREK: DISCOVERY---showrunners Aaron Harberts and Gretchen Berg said the new series has dropped Gene Roddenberry's ground rule that humans will not be in conflict with each other..
Have any of the later Star Trek series actually followed this rule?
Next Generation followed it quite firmly, Voyager also followed it for the most part, Deep Space somewhat less so, and Enterprise again followed it quite firmly. It is a rule that tormented Roland Moore, which is why when he got his own show, his Galactica turned into a soap opera pretty much.
Actually, Enterprise didn't follow it much at all. There were numerous conflicts between crew members (human and otherwise) (Malcolm and the MACO commander, Archer and T'Pol, Trip and T'Pol, Archer and Malcolm). Voyager did much better once 7 of 9 came on board, but those were still some of the most boring characters Star Trek had ever created. Next Gen, again, was very antiseptic and everyone loved each other, which made for plot-centric stories with zero character arc. None of the characters really grew. DS9, on the other hand, had characters that grew astronomically (pun intended) over the course of the series. Every one of those characters, and even many of the supporting cast, changed dramatically in seven years. THAT is good storytelling.
Enterprise was faux conflict, nothing really much there, a little.
I see what you are saying about DS9. But as a series it has dated the worst of all Star Trek, it had some of the worst acting, and tinny sounding theatrical dialogue scenes of all Trek. When Avery Brooks or Nana Vistor had a drama scene it always landed with a thud for me, so so so far over the top, you could feel them chewing the sets.
I have to respectfully disagree. Don't get me wrong when I say this, as I love every incarnation of Trek, but Shatner was the KING of melodrama (no character growth in the series), Marina Sirtis could not do drama without looking put out (also, no character growth in the entire series), Kate Mulgrew always looked like she was about to cry, then scream, then cry, then stomp her foot down DAMMIT (I thought the writers destroyed EVERY SINGLE opportunity for character growth in this series), and Scott Bakula had a chip on his shoulder larger than his ship (not a single original or interesting character in this show, until the appearance of Empress Sato in season 4). Enterprise was really good when it took on the Xindi for season 3 (despite the writer's attempts at sanitizing T'Pol's addiction) and had multiple episode arcs in season 4, some EXCELLENT story writing there that did, indeed, provide character growth.
I don't believe any of the series dates poorly, as every one contained stories that are relevant today (especially DS9, with its religious and political motivations). I'd take scene-chewing any day over bored line readings (Voyager) and crappy storytelling. DS9 was not perfect. Certainly not. But, from a writer's standpoint, it was, by far, the most interesting Trek incarnation of all.
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