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Jan 28, 2020 - 9:49 AM
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dragon53
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 28
WAR OF THE WORLDS---trailer released for the Epix miniseries based on the HG Wells novel which stars Gabriel Byrne and Elizabeth McGovern.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeYmeGyQKuM
THE CALL OF THE WILD---tv spot released for the movie starring Harrison Ford.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-na2tboz4w
FROZEN HELL---Universal Pictures/Blumhouse movie underway based on the unpublished John W. Campbell novel which was released as the novella WHO GOES THERE? The novella inspired three THE THING movies, including two by Howard Hawks and John Carpenter. John Betancourt, who discovered the unpublished novel FROZEN HELL in 2018, said WHO GOES THERE? was a condensed version of the novel and will be filmed as a movie, “The movie will be from Universal and Blumhouse. Everyone is super excited about it and it’s being fast-tracked.” FROZEN HELL has 45 pages not included in the novella.
Producer Alan Donnes posted, “It’s official. I received my signed contract and first check. I am executive producing a remake of THE THING but with additional chapters of John Campbell’s groundbreaking novel, Frozen Hell, that had been lost for decades. Now, for the first time ever, Campbell’s full vision will be realized on the big screen. The new film will include the very best of RKO’s ‘The Thing from Another World,’ John Carpenter’s classic ‘The Thing’ and both books, ‘Frozen Hell’ and ‘Who Goes There?'”.
DOCTOR WHO---the January 26 episode revealed that Jo Martin will play Ruth Clayton, the first black Doctor Who. Showrunner Chris Chibnall said, "The important thing to say is - she is definitively the Doctor. There's not a sort of parallel universe going on, there's no tricks. Jo Martin is the Doctor, that's why we gave her the credit at the end which all new Doctors have the first time you see them. John Hurt got that credit."
GROUNDHOG DAY---Bill Murray is returning as GROUNDHOG DAY weatherman Phil Connors for a Jeep Super Bowl tv commercial. The Super Bowl will be played on Groundhog Day, February 2. Stephen Tobolowsky is also returning as insurance salesman Ned Ryerson.
THE BATMAN---Peter Sarsgaard will play Gotham District Attorney Gil Colson, and Jayme Lawson will play mayoral candidate Bella Real.
NO TIME TO DIE---Ben Whishaw said the sequel will connect all James Bond movies, “It’s Daniel’s last film as James Bond, so I think what they can look forward to is a kind of summing up, I guess, of all of the previous Bond films that Daniel’s done. There are strands from all of the films in it, kind of reaching a conclusion.”
UNDER THE SKIN---tv spinoff series underway based on the 2013 Scarlett Johansson sci fi movie.
CAMINO REAL---Ethan Hawke is writer/director of the movie based on the Tennessee Williams play. Williams is Hawke's great-uncle.
CLOWNPOCALYPSE---Eli Roth movie/video game/digital franchise underway with Philip Gelatt is the writer. No plot details were released.
TRIVIA---in CHARLEY VARRICK (Walter Matthau, Joe Don Baker), director Don Seigel has a cameo as the loser in the Chinese restaurant ping-pong game.
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"TRIVIA---in CHARLEY VARRICK (Walter Matthau, Joe Don Baker), director Don Seigel has a cameo as the loser in the Chinese restaurant ping-pong game."
That is true - i watched this only last night.
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NO TIME TO DIE---Ben Whishaw said the sequel will connect all James Bond movies, “It’s Daniel’s last film as James Bond, so I think what they can look forward to is a kind of summing up, I guess, of all of the previous Bond films that Daniel’s done. There are strands from all of the films in it, kind of reaching a conclusion.”
Not sure why a summing up is considered necessary. Much as I love continuity in a movie series, the Bond films work best as islands. Villain set to destroy/conquer the world, enter Bond, Bond stops villain, wash, rinse, repeat. Other than an occasional Easter egg or nod to previous films, there really isn't much point for callbacks to prior films.
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Jan 29, 2020 - 6:38 AM
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Solium
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NO TIME TO DIE---Ben Whishaw said the sequel will connect all James Bond movies, “It’s Daniel’s last film as James Bond, so I think what they can look forward to is a kind of summing up, I guess, of all of the previous Bond films that Daniel’s done. There are strands from all of the films in it, kind of reaching a conclusion.”
Not sure why a summing up is considered necessary. Much as I love continuity in a movie series, the Bond films work best as islands. Villain set to destroy/conquer the world, enter Bond, Bond stops villain, wash, rinse, repeat. Other than an occasional Easter egg or nod to previous films, there really isn't much point for callbacks to prior films.
Nostalgia and memory berries!
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Everyone is a sleazeball? But that's the best bit. 
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