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 Posted:   Feb 22, 2018 - 11:43 AM   
 By:   dragon53   (Member)

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22

KRYPTON---Syfy video shows Brainiac and his Skull Ship.

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WxikiYSnc0


STAR WARS: EPISODE IX---JJ Abrams said he and Chris Terrio have finished writing the script and filming begins at the end of July.





JURASSIC WORLD 3---Colin Trevorrow announced the third movie in the franchise is underway and is being co-written by Emily Carmichael (PACIFIC RIM UPRISING), “It’s important to this franchise that we welcome new creative voices to keep our storytelling fresh and alive. I’m thrilled with the tension and beauty J.A. [Bayona] has brought to FALLEN KINGDOM, and I know Emily will add another layer of emotion to the concluding chapter of our trilogy.” Premiere is June 11, 2021.





JAMES BOND---sources say Danny Boyle and John Hodge (TRAINSPOTING) are writing a script for the 25th Bond movie. If producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli like the script, Boyd will be hired as director. If the script is rejected, the producers will use a script already written by Bond veterans Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, and the director would be between Yann Demange or David Mackenzie.

GAME OF THRONES---Maisie Williams commented on the rumor that HBO filmed multiple endings to prevent the leak of the real ending, "I heard this and I thought, 'I don't think we got the budget to shoot multiple endings,' "
She added that she knows the real ending and sent copies of the scripts to her mother, "Actually, I sent my mom the scripts."

JUNGLE CRUISE---Walt Disney Pictures visual effects supervisor Jake Morrison commented on the Dwayne Johnson movie based on the Disney attraction, “I mean I’ve got to say, I’m incredibly excited about the whole thing, it’s really like Dwayne is in a new Indiana Jones film. It’s Dwayne at his best, and that is a man with some severe charisma. And then we’re putting him on this huge adventure, and they’ve just literally announced the female lead in the picture is Emily Blunt."

RUSH HOUR 4---Chris Tucker confirmed he and Jackie Chan are returning for the fourth movie in the franchise, “It’s happening. This is gonna be the rush of all rushes. Jackie is ready and we want to do this so that people don’t ever forget it.”

THE WALKING DEAD---Chandler Riggs said now that Carl Grimes has been killed off, he auditioned for SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING and SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY, “I auditioned for Spider-Man. I auditioned for Han Solo, all those big movies. I would love to do something like that. It would be awesome, especially now that I have a lot more free time, it would be really, really cool.”

INSIDIOUS---the fifth movie in the franchise is underway.

Z---futuristic Zorro movie set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland starring Gael Garcia Bernal and Kiersey Clemons.

MARVEL'S MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR---Marvel TV animated series underway based on the comic book about the adventures of a black girl and her crimson-colored dinosaur.

THE SIMPSONS---Ray Liotta will voice Morty Szyslak, Moe's father.

HBO---renewed CRASHING and HIGH MAINTENANCE.

NBC---renewed SUPERSTORE and AMERICA'S GOT TALENT.

TRIVIA---Whit Bissell was a prolific character actor whose movie and tv career spanned over three decades. Bissell was the son of a prominent New York surgeon and graduated from the University of North Carolina.
His credits include THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, THE CAINE MUTINY, INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF, I WAS A TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN, THE TIME MACHINE, THE TIME TUNNEL, THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, SEVEN DAYS IN MAY, STAR TREK, AIRPORT and SOYLENT GREEN.


Bissell in I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF that launched the career of Michael Landon.




Bissell played Professor Frankenstein in I WAS A TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN.




Bissell with Kevin McCarthy in the original INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS.




Bissell in THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON.






Bissell played the undertaker in THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN.




Bissell in THE TIME MACHINE with Rod Taylor.




Bissell in the tv series THE TIME TUNNEL.




Bissell in the classic STAR TREK episode "The Trouble with Tribbles".




Bissell in AIRPORT with Jacqueline Bisset, Helen Hayes and Van Heflin.

 
 Posted:   Feb 22, 2018 - 1:20 PM   
 By:   That Neil Guy   (Member)

Nice remembrance of Whit Bissell: http://leonardmaltin.com/sentimental-journey-memories-of-actor-whit-bissell/

 
 
 Posted:   Feb 22, 2018 - 4:54 PM   
 By:   dragon53   (Member)

THAT NEIL GUY:

Great article. Thanks for the link.
In the 50s and 60s, Whit Bissell was almost everywhere on movies and tv. One of my brothers went to UNC, and I almost went there. It's down the road from my hometown.

 
 Posted:   Feb 22, 2018 - 6:51 PM   
 By:   Khan   (Member)

Danny Boyd? Is that a typo of Danny Boyle?

 
 Posted:   Feb 22, 2018 - 8:34 PM   
 By:   'Lenny Bruce' Marshall   (Member)

Just watched an ep SCIENCE FICTION THEATER. Biss did a couple eps.
Must have the most acting credits in hiztory.

 
 Posted:   Feb 22, 2018 - 9:03 PM   
 By:   Solium   (Member)

JUNGLE CRUISE---Walt Disney Pictures visual effects supervisor Jake Morrison commented on the Dwayne Johnson movie based on the Disney attraction, “I mean I’ve got to say, I’m incredibly excited about the whole thing, it’s really like Dwayne is in a new Indiana Jones film. It’s Dwayne at his best, and that is a man with some severe charisma. And then we’re putting him on this huge adventure, and they’ve just literally announced the female lead in the picture is Emily Blunt."

I agree Dwayne Johnson is very charismatic. Just waiting for him to appear in one good film.

 
 
 Posted:   Feb 22, 2018 - 11:09 PM   
 By:   dragon53   (Member)

KHAN:

I spelled it correctly---yesterday.

 
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