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Jul 19, 2012 - 7:59 AM
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dragon53
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THURSDAY, JULY 19
LINCOLN---the Abraham Lincoln biomovie directed by Steven Spielberg will premier on November 9. Daniel-Day Lewis, Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Hal Holbrook, James Spader and Bruce McGill star.
BLOOD & CHROME---Richard Hatch, who starred in both BATTLESTAR GALACTICA series, said the prequel may not be dead, "What I've heard from sources is that BLOOD & CHROME is [a] very epic, groundbreaking series. They are still trying to determine where to place it. They have made no decision, it's not over. It's still in the pipeline. [Syfy is] still trying to consider where is the best place to present this and the best time. It's still viable, and still ongoing, and no final decisions have been made." Syfy president Mark Stern said in March that it would not develop the series.
AMERICAN BULL****---Amy Adams has signed to co-star as the mistress of a con man (Bradley Cooper) who is involved in an FBI corruption investigation in Atlantic City which leads to Washington DC. It was later known as Abscam.
THE LINCOLN LAWYER---Matthew McConaughey commented on if the sequel is underway, “Man, I hope so. The update is I wish I knew more. The update is I wish I had that second script in my hand already...If that next script is [good]—and they are working on it, it’s being written—I would love to get in Mickey Haller’s shoes again. And that’s probably, of all the characters I’ve done, the one I’m most excited about..." He added the sequel would be based on two books and that Detective Lankford (Bryan Cranston) would have a bigger role.
DREDD 3D---new photo released. Karl Urban and Lena Headey star. Premier is September 21.
MOCKINGBIRD LANE---NBC has ordered scripts, but not episodes, of this Bryan Fuller (PUSHING DAISIES) dark reboot of THE MUNSTERS. Fuller said, "The Munsters actually do what monsters do. They eat people and they have to live with the ramifications of being monstrous. It's like grounding it in a reality because the half-hour was a sitcom, we saw the monsters: they were monsters on the outside and weren't monsters on the inside. For us, they're monsters outside and inside, and we get to double our story.". He added that iconic monsters would appear including THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON and THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. Jerry O'Connell, Eddie Izzard and Portia de Rossi star.
DEXTER---Santiago Cabrera (HEROES) will guest star as an author of a book about famous murders.
LAW & ORDER: SVU---Paget Brewster (CRIMINAL MINDS) will guest star in the two-hour Season 14 premier in which she investigates Capt. Cragen (Dann Florek) for murdering a woman. Premier is September 26.
WORLD OF WARCRAFT---Sam Raimi has left the movie due to a schedule conflict.
THE MACHINE---Vin Diesel stars in this comedy sci fi movie as the Pentagon's ultimate killing machine. After being deactivated, a young boy reactivates and befriends The Machine. it must protect the boy and his family after the military seeks to deactivate it again. The script is being rewritten by SMALLVILLE creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar.
SAN ANDREAS 3D---California earthquake movie underway with the script by Carlton Cuse (LOST, THE ADVENTURES OF BRISCO COUNTY JR.).
LAST VEGAS---Kevin Kline will co-star with Robert De Niro and Michael Douglas in this comedy movie about a bachelor party in Las Vegas for a man about to marry a much younger woman.
THE BUTLER---Robin Williams will play Dwight Eisenhower in this movie about White House butler Eugene Allen.
BLOOD, BONES & BUTTER---Gwyneth Paltrow stars in this movie based on the memoir of chef Gabrielle Hamilton.
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"The Munsters actually do what monsters do. They eat people and they have to live with the ramifications of being monstrous."
Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh.
Oh great. Munsters with a conscience. Yeah that makes sense. Let's really get into the mindset of a Munster to better understand and sympathize with them. 
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"The Munsters actually do what monsters do. They eat people and they have to live with the ramifications of being monstrous."
Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh.
what kind of crack-addled minds come up with these concepts?
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Hey, I don't care if we get inside the Munster mind, but jeez...eating people? How is that anywhere neae what "The Munsters" was about?
I can see the network isn't all that confident either. Good, scrape this steaming dump off their shoes and walk on.
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It's really remarkably stupid to do this to The Munsters. The whole premise of the show was that, to themselves, they were normal, and everybody else was weird. That's the whole joke! How do you completely reverse that and still call it The Munsters? And why am I so outraged about this? HAHA!
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Doesn't Bryan Fuller at least get the benefit of the doubt? There hasn't even been a pilot filmed and people are already crapping on it. Perhaps you should judge it after you've actually seen it?
Generally speaking, yes. In this case, no. Life is too short to waste on stuff that has an 80% chance of being lame. I had an open mind about reimaginings for many years, yet I was consistently reminded that my initial reaction was spot-on. But I still look at them case by case, as I did recently with the above mentioned new Dallas show (and I like it!). For The Munsters, the new concept itself is lame, so I'm not enticed to open the door.
This reminds me of all the negative pre-screening reactions a while back to the Dark Shadows remake. How did that end up faring with people, especially the naysayers? I haven't heard much about it since it came out. I've never seen the show or film, so I can't comment, but I'm still interested to know if it exceeded expectations for those who weren't on board with the idea.
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