Wednesday's Movie News

Centerfold from the new "Wired" magazine. See how many franchises you can recognize in this.
And yes there is room for both Star Wars and Star Trek in the universe. This poster proves it!
New radio show coming this weekend.

Last weekend Update:
http://variety.com/2015/film/box-office/box-office-thanksgiving-hunger-games-creed-good-dinosaur-1201649662/
No surprise here as HGM2 is No.1 (which was boring as hell) with Good Dinosaur (very cute) and Creed following up. Creed was the biggest surprise as it did better than expected with talk of a sequel alreadyu. And of course the biggest wipeout was Victor Frankenstein (1 out of 5) which should have been released in October for Halloween. Actually it wouldn't have mattered. Victor makes his Monster, realizes it was a mistake, him and Igor fight the monster then they kill the monster. ALL in the last 10 minutes of the film?!!! The monkey had more screen time in the trailer. Wipeout indeed.

Update:
http://variety.com/2015/film/news/biggest-turkeys-2015-johnny-depp-donald-trump-1201648922/
Funny article to celebrate Thanksgiving. 29 picks with no mercy whatsoever. Let me put it this way: The Turkey on the table got off easy,lol.

Previously:
http://variety.com/2015/film/news/box-office-creed-good-dinosaur-tuesday-night-1201647855/
"Let them fight!". lol. Well this should be interesting on people's choices for this weekend. Remember, the experts can predict so much but look at Hunger Games which came up short. This can be anyone's guess.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/635395-cs-video-victor-frankenstein-director-paul-mcguigan#/slide/1
Mini video on the making of. While I do look forward to seeing the actors in this, this is another re-imagine of a story told too many times no matter how good the effects are.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/636019-captain-america-civil-war-trailer-and-posters#/slide/1
Love the end of the trailer where Capts and Bucky are beating the crap out of Iron Man. Now we're talking. Again Marvel can't do wrong as this looks like fun. Not like that other franchise *cough* with 2 famous caps going at each other *cough cough*.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/40157/-supergirl-to-cast-a-teenage-superman
Guess the lower ratings are scaring them a bit so lets bring in Superman! But a younger one at that?
Aka a young Bruce Wayne like Gotham. Ok whatever. The show doesn't really need it but if thats what it takes then why not.


Note: The next radio show will address on what's happening  with all the shows for the winter schedule.

Tuesday's Movie News

New Radio coming show coming for Thanksgiving weekend.

http://www.comingsoon.net/extras/news/636003-the-force-awakens-invades-jimmy-kimmel-live#/slide/1
Included video is the Han Solo Chewbacca balcony scene. Pretty cool show but still too short for us die hards. But that game thing at the end was a waste of time. Should have had more interview.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-chief-downplays-huge-star-843388
Disney being humble. Like hell they are. They took a beating with Tomorrowland they are going all out with this and want to break every record known to man king. So who are they kidding?

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/tom-cruise-talks-mummy-reboot-843684
Cruise does better with Sci-Fi for the most part. Does anyone remember Interview with a Vampire?
He should stay clear from this. He would just be miscast all together.

http://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/636141-over-40-photos-from-the-flash-and-arrow-crossover-episodes#/slide/1
Over 40 pics. While not an Arrow fan, still looking forward to this double header as the last crossover was fun and this should be.

http://www.tvguide.com/news/tremors-tv-reboot-kevin-bacon/
Hey what happened here? No Micheal Gross? He's the one who continued the franchise when Bacon did not want to continue the films. Now he's acting in it and an executive producer. No problem with that but bring back gross, he made the franchise!

Monday's Movie News

Working on a new radio show for Thanksgiving. Stay tune. This blog is in progress for the day.

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/star-wars-pentatonix-american-music-awards-force-awakens-clip-1201646557/
The highlight of the show with Fords introduction for John Williams, next to Celine Dion touching  tribute to Paris of course. Pentatonix whose vocals were fantastic (that's what real singing sounds like by the way)  were perfect with the orchestra while showing scenes from the movies. Rest of the show? Who the hell cares.

http://variety.com/2015/film/box-office/hunger-games-mockingjay-part-2-box-office-disappointment-1201646248/
Well so much for repeats next weekend with 3 other films coming out and Spectre and Peanuts still No. 2 & 3 this past weekend. And with that AMA push with Star Wars people are just too hike about anything else besides the hardcores for Hunger Games. Oh well, lol. (yes I'm enjoying this).

Updated links:
http://variety.com/2015/film/news/box-office-thanksgiving-2015-creed-good-dinosaur-1201646957/
This new article has no faith in the boxoffice. This should be interesting in the long run after the holiday weekend.

http://nerdist.com/j-j-abrams-has-officially-finished-star-wars-the-force-awakens/
I can't believe something this big and Disney as let JJ finish this to the wire. Maybe just to secure that a pirate copy won't show up early so they finish it up at the last minute. But man that is close.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/635627-neill-blomkamps-delayed-alien-5-would-focus-on-an-older-newt#/slide/1
Well now this makes sense by ignoring Alein 3&4 and continue from Alien 2. And let them get Prometheus : (place extra title here) out of the way so we hard core fans can finally look forward to this.

http://www.cinemablend.com/television/Doctor-Who-Goodbye-Clara-Oswald-100747.html
What a lame way to go. They couldn't do any better for Clara? What a lousy send off. They didn't have a better budget for her instead of dying on a small soundstage trying to be a busy street?

Previously:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/walking-dead-glenn-alive-842298
As was said before, the actor did re-nup his contract to continue on the show. But you figure they would leave this surprise for the very last episode for the fall finale. So there, he's alive, for now.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/40092/-war-for-the-planet-of-the-apes-logo-reveal
Is it me or is this just bad timing for this kind of news. Atually everything is kind of bad timing with that 800 lb gorilla approaching in December. Really what kind of news can top Star Wars. Even Marvel and DC has to take a back seat on this. But I do like the title, different from the original series instead "of" this "of" that. etc.

Bonus: Taken from the centerfold of the new Wired Magazine. How many franchise cameos can you spot?  Godzilla sticks out pretty good. Taken with my LG phone.

Thursday Movie News

Due to late posting, this blog will be updated tomorrow.

Update:
http://variety.com/2015/film/news/box-office-mockingjay-2-hunger-games-night-beforellion-weekend-in-u-s-1201645714/
Sure it will have a big weekend but will it have legs? Nope. This will get no repeats which will hurt it, then it has 3 good ones to go up against: Creed: adults, Good Dinosaur: family & kids, Frankenstein: teenage horror fans, both Spectre and Peanuts: the final holdouts. All of which will kill Hunger Games. Oh well so much so JLaw power. And look at that face above, what do you think is on everyone's mind to begin with, LOL.

Previously:
http://www.latino-review.com/news/watch-harrison-ford-surprise-star-wars-fans-for-a-great-charity-initiative
Such a cool video, lots of fun and for a great cause. Check out some of the faces when Ford surprises them. My favorite: Who's your favorite character?

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/40058/a-closer-video-look-at-the-new-batmobile
Very cool 13 minute video of one of my favorite cars of all time and all of it's different creations. Shame they didn't include the older ones. My favorite is, of course, The 1966 TV show version.

http://www.cinemablend.com/television/Doctor-Who-How-Doctor-Deal-With-Losing-His-Companion-100227.html
Going to miss this cutie. Shame she didn't have better episodes this past season. Is it me or are they really filming on the cheap by keeping an eye on the budget. Plus the stories are not all that. But looking forward to River Song, one of my favorites.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/40055/-logan-s-run-remake-to-launch-a-franchise
It figures they are going to jump on the Hunger Games bandwagon. At least thye are going back to th original concept of the age at 21 instead of 30. But seeing this as a trilogy is just milking the original movie aka The Hobbit into a trilogy when the book was only 300 pages long.

Wednesday's Movie News

This includes Tuesdays News as to catch up due to airplane trip. Bond special coming soon on the next radio show as promised.

http://www.thewrap.com/george-lucas-on-why-hes-not-directing-star-wars-anymore-its-not-much-fun-video/
2 minute video with George and JJ talking over a tablet. Pretty funny. And Jar Jar is still mentioned!

http://www.latino-review.com/news/evan-peters-says-quicksilver-will-have-an-amazing-sequence-in-x-men-apocalypse
Well they wasted him in Avengers Ultron and Quicksilver in X-Men was so much better. While a cool scene but not much else was given to the actor, at least he's back with a bigger sequence. Something to look forward to.

http://www.latino-review.com/news/ridley-scott-reveals-blade-runner-2-opening-scenespoiler
So the film starts with Ford in the first scene. And then...? Not much of a spoiler. He can show up at the beginning, introduce the rest of the cast then dissapear to just show up at the end.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/universal-lends-some-clarity-to-their-plans-for-a-classic-monster-verse-330
The reason these were classics was the time period and the black & white filming. Most of these have been remade and not very good to really bad. Updating these ave not turn out classics. But Universal is on a streak at the box office. But maybe this will lose their momentum.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/pierce-bronsan-criticizes-spectre-but-praises-daniel-craigs-performance-158
Like I was saying since it's premiere, too long and it should have been tighter. Umm, is he also reading my blog? But I didn't say condensed tho.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/40047/-compton-gets-an-extended-director-s-cut
Yes. Supposedly one hour was cut. Hopefully that get put back in and Then have deleted scenes that were Not necessary to the plot. Plus the commentary will be interesting on hearing from the man who is going to direct Furious 8, or what ever the heck their going to call that thing.

http://movieweb.com/top-gun-2-val-kilmer-iceman/
Do we need to see a movie about drones. Seeing Cruise back in role would be cool and Kilmer needs a break. His performance in Tombstone as Doc Holiday was Oscar worthy for Supporting Actor. But do we need Top Gun 2?

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/40044/brett-ratner-plans-tetris-creation-film
Who would want another movie based on a video game after failure of Pixels. But is the maker of of the beginning of the game aka Social Network. This would make a great film on thecreation of the game. Now where is Wrecking Ralph 2?

http://variety.com/2015/tv/in-contention/asc-tv-nominations-gotham-marco-polo-1201643634/
Gotham gets 2 nods for cinematography along with Games of Thrones. The big surprise is The Man in the High Castle on Netflix. Great concept for a show and already nominated.

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/nov/18/the-bastard-executioner-fx-drama-canceled
Now wonder! The show was boring. With a great cast I tuned in and surprise how bad it was. HOw the heck did that happened with all those credentials?

Mondays Movie News

Radio show postpone to later this week as it will be a new season for Live From PR! like anyone can tell, lol. Anyways heading on a plane tonite, landing tomorrow and hopefully a new show before the end of the week. The Spectre Special will be the new show.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4122
Spectre and Peanuts stay strong with Bond breaking the $500M mark in 2 weeks. Not bad at all.
But out of all films The Martian has shown it has the longest legs this fall. Still in the top 5 all this time.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/universal-puts-pedal-to-the-metal-speeding-toward-fast-furious-spinoffs-243
Remember when I said on the Radio shows forget about Witch Hunter, Vin should just do Fast Furious 9, 10, 11, 12..20..and so as a joke. Be careful what you wish for folks cuase he it comes. Unless Vin is reading this blog.

http://www.latino-review.com/news/christopher-nolans-memento-getting-a-remake
Good question. Why? Even through the concept is a good one ust see the original. Duh!

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/bruce-willis-responds-die-hard-840466
They should give this a break, the last one sucked and again nobody is asking for this. again and again.....

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/633311-alien-covenant-gets-a-title-treatment-release-date-and-synopsis#/slide/1
You know, screw this movie, I'm sick of hearing about the different titles. If you can't tell what the script is about then that is not a good sign. Nobody is asking for this. Where's Aliens with Signourney. That's the one everyone wants to see, since the Alien 3 really sucked big time.

Thursday's Movie News

New Radio Show coming before the weekend. This page blog will be updated tomorrow.

Update:
http://variety.com/2015/film/news/box-office-spectre-peanuts-movie-love-the-coopers-1201640562/
For all the mixed reviews Bond will still do great at the boxoffice with Peanuts tagging along. So much for the rest of the films.

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/star-wars-the-force-awakens-footage-han-solo-gun-rey-lightsaber-1201639818/
What a tease. While most of the same as previously seen with extra little tidbits thrown in. Just show the movie already. 4 weeks with nothing to really looking forward to. Well maybe that whale picture.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/39968/abrams-on-luke-skywalker-in-force-awakens
JJ is great talking about the mythology and who these characters are in the story and will don't learn a thing. This guy is great talking in circles and for us to keep on guessing. Hope his direction is more focused.

Previously:
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/nov/12/entertainment-weeklys-new-star-wars-the-force-awakens-issue-10-things-we-learned
Presented here are 10 things explaining the characters and some of the plot without giving up to much information.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/632191-journey-to-jakku-for-the-official-star-wars-the-force-awakens-imax-poster
Double Kaching. 3D! with Imax. It just can't fail. And of course tonight ABC is going to milk it with the SW7 promotion heck Disney owns ABC. It should be fun. And lets not forget Sunday AMA hosted by Jennifer Lopez. Of course this doesn't help with any of the movies out there and ones that are coming out. Come on, how many are going: Screw Star Wars, Hunger Games will be the biggest this year!!!   um, didn't think so.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/632227-andy-serkis-talks-supreme-leader-snoke-in-star-wars-the-force-awakens#/slide/1
So far JJ has been doing a great job on keeping secrets of the plot unlike T:Genesys which was like a big spoiler in the trailer. And Serkis is so coy at revealing things while not revealing things. Now that's a master of publicity.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/631367-interview-simon-pegg-mans-up-to-lake-bell
I like Pegg but he's here to promote a film that going to tank. So scroll down all the way to his photo as Scotty on Star Trek Reboot. This where he talks Trek and Wars. Wow what a lucky guy.

http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/bob-newhart-the-big-bang-theory-guest-star-season-9-1201638154/
Bob returns as a Ghost Jedi again.He was so funny that he really earned the Emmy for his role. Hopefully this won't be his last time for the season. They need tobring him back once the BR of SW7 comes out.

http://www.latino-review.com/news/jon-spaihts-and-eric-heisserer-set-to-pen-universals-van-helsing-reboot
Was anyone asking for this. The first one was horrible. One of the few stinkers that Jackman has made. (we won't mention Pan). But Van Helsing needs to be part of the mythology like in the Hammer Films, not a solo film. Jeez they still don't get it.

Bonus:
http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/woody-allens-annie-hall-voted-funniest-screenplay-of-all-time-20151112
Why post this? I anyone remembers this and Star Wars were both nominated for Best Picture back in 1977 Oscars and of course Annie Hall won. While I love most of Allen's movie (when he got serious he lost me) this one hasn't aged good. But funniest of all time? Sorry but out of the nominated I'm going for Airplane, great spoof on disaster movies which started with Airport back in 1970. And why Blazing Saddles or Young Frankenstein was not on this list is beyond me. Mel Brooks can be a lot funnier than Woody Allen but that's just me.

Wednesday's Movie News

New Radio Show coming before I get on a plane next week. Stay tune.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/631989-leia-organa-gets-a-new-title-for-star-wars-the-force-awakens#/slide/1
She finally got the title of General. Why not? Han Solo got his title in the original trilogy. 91 pics included in this article.

http://www.slashfilm.com/star-wars-writer-lawrence-kasdan/
At least he got the franchise rebooted for it to continue. We're lucky he came this far to be on board for these proects.

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/box-office-spectre-by-the-sea-female-driven-films-1201638253/
Bond and Peanuts got this all the way through Thanksgiving. Sorry for Jolie but this is the holidays, no time for artsy fartsy films.

http://www.creativeplanetnetwork.com/flink/611895
So that was a "Birdman" Shot? Clever editing. The beginning of Spectre in Mexico City was so smooth I didn't even notice the cutting involved. And I'm a Certified Editor. How the heck did that happen? While there is some dispute on hte fans love/hate relationship There was a lot of references that I looked forward to.  Speaking of which....

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/15-References-Previous-Bond-Films-Found-Spectre-93547-p15.html
Actually there's more references that they miss:
1. He's talking to a rat in a hotel room. Diamonds are forever he's trapped in a sewer with a rat.
2. What does this watch do, later it explodes. Live and Let Die Bond uses the watch as a magnet.
3. Blofeld mentions an asteroid made this crater. You only live twice the hideout is a volcano.
There are others but I have to see the film again.

http://variety.com/2015/digital/news/activision-claims-biggest-entertainment-launch-of-2015-with-550-million-for-call-of-duty-black-ops-iii-1201638343/
Wow, that's some chump change there. While it beats Jurassic World they don't dare mention FW7, right?

http://www.vulture.com/2015/11/brad-pitt-netflix-back-bong-joon-hos-next-film.html?mid=imdb#
Snowpiercer was a favorite of mind last year so I'm glad Joon-Ho is back with Pitt producing. Who knew Pitt would have a hit with WWZ so with an awesome cast hopefully this will also be a hit.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/39937/-snowpiercer-tv-series-in-the-works
Speaking of which, this is a bad idea. How many stories can you tell on a train before the big trainwreck at the end. This ain't zombies, you know?

http://www.hitfix.com/news/mystery-science-theater-3000-creator-stages-a-kickstarter-comeback
Joel was the creator so if  anyone can make this work it;s him regardless who comes back and who is new like the host. Remember when Mike took over and everyone had a fit but the show kept on going. As long as Crow, my favorite and Tom Servo are back this will work. There is so much crap out there to cover. We can't keep waiting every few weeks for Honest Trailers to come out.

1st Bonus:
https://code.org/starwars
Kinda fun if you have the time and not hard to understand. But I only made it to level 12 (out of 15) due to speed to catch up on my part. You start with B88 then as R2D2 catching things.

2nd Bonus:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/producer-roundtable-6-filmmakers-compton-838694
Behind the scenes filmmaking 101 with video. These are a preview for an upcoming special on Dec.13th on Sundance tv. Featured are Compton, Black Mass, Martian, Hateful Eight, Revenant.

Tuesday's Movie News

New Radio Show coming this week. Along with a YouTube special.

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/star-wars-the-force-awakens-spoilers-jj-abrams-episode-7-1201637218/
For a long article it sure coves the basis on what's going on withthe writing on the sequels to No. 7.
As far as looking forward to this reaching an all time high, After Bond 007 Spectre being a disappointment to so many people can't wait for this with nothing really solide to look forward to. Forget Hunger Games, that is so over.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/631535-new-star-wars-footage-thursday#/slide/1
So tv is the new ad campaign. Heck, where ever we can gt our fix until the movie premieres!

http://www.hitfix.com/news/star-wars-fan-dies-days-after-seeing-the-force-awakens
RIP, what a great wife that he had by his side. At least he got his wish.

http://www.comingsoon.net/extras/news/631461-spectre-largest-film-stunt-explosion#/slide/1
The shot of course is not complete since the rest of the villains hide out is not seen. This was put in later. The scene was kind of laid back compare to some other Bond movies where everything is blow to hell near the end of the movie. That was kind of strange. But still fun never the less.

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/What-Marvel-Paid-Each-Major-Avenger-Age-Ultron-93117.html
Scarlett way over paid makes more money than Evans? And how can Renner make more money than Hemsworth? And Ruffalo's salary is a joke. Black Widow and Hawkeye are secondary characters compared to the top 4: IM, Cap America, Thor, Hulk. And I don't want to hear about women getting their due salary. Scarlett's record is not all that.

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/finding-dory-trailer-ellen-degeneres-1201637251/
While a sequel wasn't necessary thanks to Ellen delivery I'm still looking forward to this. But they should have concentrated on The Incredibles, instead we are getting another Cars movie, Ugghh.

http://www.cinemablend.com/television/How-Far-Supergirl-Ratings-Fell-During-Week-2-96657.html
That happens with most shows, tv studios are so nervous nowadays they'll drop a show in a wink. CAse in point: HBO dropped The Brink with Jack Black, great writing and funny as heck but ratings were 5M with a big budget due to the cast. But they renewed Ballers with Dwayne Johnson, funny not that smart with 8M vewiers and lower budget. They are so nervous they moved Jennifer Lopez show......see below.

http://tvline.com/2015/11/10/the-walking-dead-jeffrey-dean-morgan-cast-negan-season-6/
After the Watchmen his career kind of floated here and there. Now he gets to play badass Negan. This should get him back on track

http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/jennifer-lopez-shades-of-blue-gets-new-premiere-date-1201636513/
They moved up this show to avoid the competition. Lopez track record at the boxoffice is awful and her with drama don't mix. I worked on this show a few months back andwhile I didn't see Lopez, I did havea scene with Ray Liotta in a hospital scene. Tall guy for sure. Blink and you'll miss me, lol. More on the radio show covering background acting for the curious.

Mondays Movie News

New Blog Talk Radio shows this week. Also a new YouTube special will be recorded as well.

http://variety.com/2015/film/box-office/box-office-spectre-tops-the-peanuts-movie-with-73-million-1201636074/
This should have cleared at least $80M. Guess the world of mouth wasn't that good for the film.
Either way Craig should come back one more time to face the ultimate villain that Spectre started.
My favorite part was the references to the past films throughout the film. That was fun.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/video/box-office-report-november-6th-838256
Mini  video with trivia for the top 5 movies of the weekend. Peanuts did great at $45M opening. This will have legs (long running boxoffice aka Hotel Transylvania 2) and should do good at Thanksgiving. Hopefully Spectre will run good unless once people find out the ending they might skip it.

http://deadline.com/2015/11/spectre-james-bond-peanuts-movie-snoopy-maze-runner-china-international-box-office-results-1201614437/
This goes over the international B.O. and compares the currency of foreign markets with Skyfall. Curiously Hotel T2 is Sony's biggest title so far. That still doesn't save Sandler's career, He's only a voice that gets dub into other languages anyway. Ask the French about it.

http://www.latino-review.com/news/first-tv-spot-for-star-wars-the-force-awakens-features-more-new-footage
Very short but still give me chills at the end. I like that overhead shot of the ships in the sky, looks like JJ got his imagination going here. And hopefully it won't drag like Spectre in some spots.

http://www.vulture.com/2015/11/two-jurassic-world-sequels.html?mid=imdb#
Duh! It was too obvious when the DNA expert got on that helicopter with the briefcase and escaped the island. Sequel! And why stop there when it hit the top 5 of all time. Trilogy! Gee is Hollywood going to pull anything else out of their ass besides franchises?

http://www.startrek.com/article/shatner-goes-stormtrooper-at-cmas
See? Best of both worlds since I'm a fan of both. Shatner does Star Wars. This was pretty funny. At least Carrie and Brad both have a sense of humour hosting this. And as fas I'm concern it's apple and oranges for me.

http://www.thewrap.com/johnny-depp-to-voice-lead-in-sherlock-gnomes-sequel-to-gnomeo-and-juliet/
A sequel to this film? While I liked the first I wouldn't think this would need a sequel. But at least it's got's Depp and he's always good with voices.

http://deadline.com/2015/11/gunnar-hansen-obituary-leatherface-texas-chain-saw-massacre-1201614869/
Shame about that cancer thing. I remember seeing Chainsaw as a kid and it scared the crap out of me. Something horror movies today fail to do. REad his book about the making of the movie and how the producers got ripped off. The distributors got rich and everyone got screwed including Director Hopper.

http://variety.com/2015/film/box-office/oscars-steve-jobs-the-martian-best-film-editing-1201635597/
As an editor myself I always pay close attention to this catagory. For me The Martian and Mad Max are the frontrunners. They also mention what happened with Birdman which should have been nominated. Well at least Whiplash won and I was good for that.


The Last MNN show for the year. The radio shows will take over but I am presenting special on YouTube. That gives me a chance of showing my collectibles fans have been asking about.

Thursday Movie News

Final show today for the season  "Live on MNN' Saturday at 5pm. You can see it here: mnn.org
 Blog Talk Radio postponed until next week with Bond and Godzilla Specials. 2 of Hollywood's biggest franchises.

Weekend Update:
New Pilot on YouTube now playing below links. There will be another one with headset mike and extra lights. This is meant to be a substitute for Live on MNN until the show returns next year.

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/box-office-spectre-peanuts-movie-2-1201635434/
Bond needs $650M  to break even? Is this insane or what? But it will and can't wait for the next installment. Mini review: 4 out of 5. More details coming next week.

Previously:
http://variety.com/2015/film/news/star-wars-the-force-awakens-international-trailer-3po-new-footage-video-watch-1201635218/
Lots of new footage that plays in sequence, mostly the first hour of the movie. So B88 does talk!

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/39861/mendes-confirms-he-s-done-with-james-bond
This is all filmmaking 101 business jargon. Let me translate:
"We want a raise plus 20% take of the boxoffice profits or we walk."
If this picture crosses the $1 Billion mark will the studio take a chance a hire somebody new to continue? Especially for the 25th film?

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/spectre_2015/
Wow, 61 percent only for 007? What the heck is that about? The problem is obvious. Most are comparing this to Skyfall and don't like the idea that this is paying tribute to the old Bond of Connery/Moore and Brosnan. Picky picky picky. And most weren't even born when this franchise started and now their expects. Screw them.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/video/john-boyega-jj-abrams-sat-836937
2 minute mini video interview that doesn't tell you much. Of course on purpose not to spoil anything. Little did I realized this is the same actor as Attack The Block by the producers of Shaun of the Dead starring Simon Pegg who was in JJ's Star Trek and makes a cameo in Star Wars (remember that video on the set) also directed by JJ. Coincidence or not?

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/video/daisy-ridley-star-wars-originals-836935
Another mini video interview. Another British accent?  How wonder american actors are pissed off with the imports. They don't say it but I heard it on the sets of the shows I've on as a background actor. It really bugs them as it takes a job away from them.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/629703-from-the-set-of-the-victor-frankenstein-movie#/slide/1
At one point Francis Ford Coppola was to direct a version of this after his Bram Stokers Dracula. Instead he gave his notes to Director Kenneth Branagh who did his take on it. Do we need another version of this. Maybe for the actors but there are other films coming down the pike based on Frankenstein. Do we need all these?

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/melissa-mathison-e-t-screenwriter-dies-dead-1201633801/
Shame, strange that's no comment from Ford but then again...E.T. is one of my favorite films and still holds a place in my collection but I'm glad they mentioned the Black Stallion, underrated film everyone  should check out for the family.

http://variety.com/2015/film/awards/16-animated-feature-films-submitted-for-2015-oscar-race-1201634340/
Minions of course but I'm glad to see Shaun the Sheep Movie since that was mostly ignored at the boxoffice. Inside Out looked great but not a great movie. One of Pixars least favorite for me.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/629985-uss-indianapolis-men-of-courage-poster-has-nicolas-cage-in-the-navy#/slide/1
The big story as told by Quint in the movie Jaws. Another movie version I recommend is
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis starring Richard Thomas and Stacy Keach. It covers alot of details on what happen in WW2. Does this need a remake? Well it depends on the budget where they can expand on the scope of the story. Besides seeing Cage in a uniform is always a hoot.

Wednesday's Movie News

New Blog Talk Radio show tomorrow and the last Live on MNN this Saturday.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/629499-spectres-monica-bellucci-lea-seydoux#/slide/1
Nice interview with the ladies on the making of, with clips included from the movie.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/john-boyegas-finn-gets-a-character-poster-for-star-wars-the-force-awakens-657
Actually the main stars gets solo poster except for Mark Hamill. Jeez, what's up with that?

http://features.cnet.com/the-new-face-of-star-wars/the-new-face-of-star-wars
Nice interview with the star from SW7 and from Attack The Block. While reading the interview the background changes including showing him as an action figure. More articles should be like this. Fun.

http://www.latino-review.com/news/exclusive-interview-with-pacific-rimtales-from-the-drift-writer-joshua-fialkov
Basically a tease for the movie that's been put on hold. But it does show some photos from the graphic novel.

http://www.cinemablend.com/television/Muppets-Already-Having-Big-Behind-Scenes-Problem-96967.html
What did I say a few weeks ago? Stop with the high concept of behind the scenes and just do a vaiety show like the past with guest stars doing a skit or so. And what happens? Behind the scenes drama that the show is not working  like they thought it would, DUH!

http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/cbs-3q-earnings-1201632695/
Update on CBS excuse on taking its fans for granted. Check out the 6th paragraph: "Millions joining All Access". I can see millions doing bit torrent left and right, lol. The nerve of these guys.

Tuesday's Movie News

New radio show coming plus the last "Live on MNN" this Saturday.


http://www.startrek.com/article/new-star-trek-series-premieres-january-2017
Wow, not even a ferengi would stoop this low. It the way they are going about is just pure corporate evil greediness. Isn't CBS rich enough and to look down on the very fan base that made the franchise last all these years and putting extra money in CBS pockets. Go ahead and kill the Golden Goose before it lays her eggs is pure dumb. We Trekkers like to use SCotty's famous line: :Fool me once shame on me, Fool me twice shame on you. FU CBS! Keep your friggin show...

http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/supergirl-episode-2-kara-astra-fight-hank-henshaw-red-eyes-villain-1201631764/
Some spoilers if you haven't seen the show. The one thing mentioned is the use of flashbacks which I'm not a fan of but it works good on this show in which it covers a lot of ground to move the story along.

http://www.latino-review.com/news/spectre-has-shattered-box-office-records-in-nearly-every-market
Is it because it's the best Bond ever? Cause there's nothing else out there to look forward too (minus Peanuts of course) or just a filler until SW7 (did we forget Hunger Games closer already?). Which every way you look at it, Thiswill be a top 10 of all time, Duh!

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Movie-Theaters-Determined-Make-Star-Wars-Force-Awakens-Screenings-Less-Fun-91927.html
Hey Disney here's is a greedy solution. Have special cosplay screenings for fans who want to dress up after they have seen the movie already. They can save their ticket from the first time then attend the cosplay and invite their friends who haven't seen it like an invitation to a party that they host. Kaching, repeat screenings. That should help it to make it No. 1 of all time, You greedy rat bastards.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/39802/two-sequels-to-creed-already-planned
Ge how come I didn't see this coming? But you have to have Sly in the mix. Creed alone can't be that strong for the box office.

Note:
Finally done with "The Deuce" that HBO show with James Franco. Geez,talk about long hours per day. More on this on my Radio show  plus photos from the shoot. Detail coming later this week.
Below: Filming at Asterdam Avenue at the corner of 145 St. Stand in for Times Square. Lots of  CG will take of replacing the buildings here. Notice the car from the early 1970's period. At this corner Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal is playing a prostitute picking up a john. Union rules would not allow me to shoot closer as I was working on the set.

Monday Movie News

 New Radio Show this Thursday and the Live on MNN show coming this Saturday, the last show for the year.

http://deadline.com/2015/11/spectre-box-office-record-opening-uk-1201601884/
At this rate it will hit the top 10 all time for sure. And China has added more theatres since Skyfall to guarantee that spot. The only question is where in the Top 10 will it land.

http://variety.com/2015/film/box-office/box-office-our-brand-is-crisis-burnt-sandra-bullock-1201631157/
Le's face it. Spectre and SW& are the bookends for the Holidays. Everything else is an afterthought. Especially Hunger Games. While it'll have Thanksgiving to save it from bombing it's a franchise thats over and done with. The only exception will be The Peanuts Movie which will have it's own fan base
of young and old including me, lol.

http://variety.com/2015/tv/opinion/walking-dead-heres-not-here-604-eastman-morgan-1201631227/
Not only a review of last nights episode but also the omission of Steven Yeun name in the opening credits. Even through the producers refuse exact confirmation of his death but he did renew his contract and this episode even ignore the aftermath of his death.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/peanuts-movie-film-review-835849
Good review that the film is in good hands and they have a winner on their hands. No competition here going against Bond. For us oldsters it's a double header for a fun weekend. By the makers of Ice Age and Rio how can they go wrong? 2 Franchises which I love by the way.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/10/30/jurassic-world-new-easter-eggs-uncovered
A new site was launch last week which I couldn't enter after given the passwords to enter. Kind of a pain in the ass. But maybe you could. So far it looks like the second biggest BR?DVD sales after Furious 7.

Bonus:
http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/hobo-the-deuce-david-simon-james-franco-porn-1201557801/
This is the HBO show I've been working on. Because he is playing both parts of the brothers,
scenes had to be shot twice so can match up. Which is why last week Wednesday, Thursday and Friday were 18 hour days couldn't update this blog. Same schedule for this Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Hopefully this blog and a new radio show will be done this coming Thursday, if I get enough sleep that is, lol.
PS some pictures from the set will be posted soon.

Tuesday's Movie News

New Blog Talk Radio now playing along with latest Live on MNN. See bottom of this blog for the video. Due to working on HBO's "The Deuce" the next new blog will be this coming Monday.

Saturday Update:
http://deadline.com/2015/10/supergirl-premiere-live-3-ratings-1201600856/
Update on the ratings for the show and it's a big hit. Will it stay that way? It looks that way as some other shows are having problems with their ratings. Good for her.

http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/walking-dead-season-7-amc-talking-dead-1201630586/
Wow what a surprise, lol. This season so far has been great along with a superbody count,Zombies and superhero are ruling the airwaves. How wonder the studios are scratching their heads, lol.

Wednesday Update:
http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/supergirl-premiere-ratings-1201626577/
Good for her and the crew. My favorite thing about this show and I hope they keep this up that it's light and not like Agents of Shield being dark and depressing. No fun. I like fun! Even tho the premise is dark with her enemies the overall is upbeat with Flockhart as her boss and comedy relief.
Not like another show I loved and got cancelled after one year...

http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/the-brink-canceled-hbo-season-2-1201628231/
WTF?!!! Great writing, great acting all around, great premise and funny as hell and this gets cancelled. While Ballers did better ratings and we all love The Rock, it was not as tight as The Brink. They both should have been a double header for a Saturday Night. Hopefully the same doesn't happen the Blunt Talk with Patrick Stewart who is also funny as hell and his age he dances? WTF! lol.

Previously:
http://www.superherohype.com/features/356735-supergirl-origins-and-evolutions-2#/slide/1
So how did we like the premiere episode. While it';s exactly the same show that leaked a few months back there was some tweaking with the special effects, just sharper really. As far as Supergirl herself she's perfect for the role as is the rest of the cast. Never heard of her before, have you? No? Well check out the next link below for a little bio...that was her in Homeland? Wow!

http://www.joblo.com/hollywood-celebrities/gossip/hot-or-not-melissa-benoist-232
Her bio courtesy of Joblo. Man these guys don't miss a thing, lol. And she's a brunette too?

http://movieweb.com/star-wars-7-force-Even tawakens-luke-skywalker/
OK, he's not in the trailer but that is his hand next to R2D2. As far as I'm concern just more publicity for the movie. But with the release so soon they still haven't got to do the score? Kinda close, don't you think?

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/john-woo-still-planning-on-producing-a-remake-of-the-killer-851
Even through both The Killer and Hard Boiled could use an update, they will screwed it up with to much wired harness and green screen like the superhero movie nowadays. These should be hardcore and Hollywood is just going to ruin it no matter who is directing it.

http://variety.com/2015/film/in-contention/can-mad-max-rally-passion-for-oscar-best-picture-nomination-1201627113/
Does it deserve it? Why not. There's not much out there to begin with. Sure there's talk of Depp and Fassbender but both their films tanked. There's Spielberg for Bridge but no repeat there. Again if anything it will get the tech awards for sure.

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Anne-Hathaway-Finds-Love-Interest-Her-Bizarre-Giant-Creature-Movie-90697.html
Godzilla rip-off which every way you look at it. That's all this is. Hence on the bottom of the list.

Monday's Movie News

New Blog Talk Radio Show now playing, also Live on MNN at our YouTube Channel.

http://www.comingsoon.net/tv/trailers/625681-supergirl-clips-and-behind-the-scenes#/slide/1
Did they get around and fixing this especially the special effects near the end. When I first saw this back in early summer, it seemed like a rush job of trhying to tell so much in it's one hour time and the effects were ok to really bad. but it was still fun and looking forward to seeing it tonight. And catch the in joke with the Plane near the beginning.

http://variety.com/2015/film/box-office/box-office-steve-jobs-last-witch-hunter-paranormal-activity-flop-1201626122/
As predicted Vin got wiped out. Him and witches was a bad idea to begin with. Stick with the cars. Everything else who cares. Good for Damon and Jack Black. Goosebumps is a 3 out of 5, a fun movie. Bridge of Spies is all Hanks who should get an Oscar nod.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/walking-dead-is-glenn-dead-834490
Spoilers? Not if the actor just signed on for more seasons. And forget about the flashbacks. They did that with the premiere and that can get very tiresome. One thing for sure, this season is kicking ass big time. The body count in the first 3 episodes makes up for last years yawner.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/new-suicide-squad-pics-featuring-the-joker-harley-quinn-more-284
Nice collection pf pics from empire magazine. The overall look sure looks dark, guess to fit the Batman look.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/39649/a-jedi-character-coming-to-force-awakens
Well he was part of the Falcon so this makes sense but just a cameo. They should give him a line or too. He was pretty funny considering it wasn't meant that way.

Thursday's Movie News

 New Blog Talk Radio now playing: Halloween Special with a special promo then with Live on MNN this Saturday at 5pm. plus a new promo on our YouTube Channel with that special announcement.

Saturday Update:
http://variety.com/2015/film/box-office/box-office-last-witch-hunter-jem-steve-jobs-friday-1201625918/
And the Martian wins again! Well at least goosebumps wasn't a total wipeout Like Vin's movie.

Friday Update:
http://variety.com/2015/film/news/box-office-last-witch-hunter-steve-jobs-rock-the-kasbah-jem-1201625271/
Total wipe out like The Cubs, sorry baseball fans, couldn't resist. Vin needs F8 for sure but I've been saying this for months. And he help produced this! Lucky for Damon and his damn Martian, lol.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/back-futures-doc-marty-pose-833881
Review of the Kimmel segment.Lots of fun plus a cameo at the end. For the clip see the bonus section below links.

http://www.comingsoon.net/extras/news/624745-nike-officially-announces-back-to-the-future-part-ii-self-lacing-nike-mags
Includes Video. While The Cubs got their asses kicked and not being World Series winners (that's gotta hurt big time) at least one prediction are those Nikes. Even tho just few are for charity, just the idea that it came true not like those half ass hoverboards. And what happened to those flying cars. Instead we get drones, yes they were mentioned walking dogs but in reality they are getting in the way of airlines, etc.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/the-first-spectre-reviews-are-in-and-the-verdict-is-132
A bit long, disappointing ending, bitch bitch bitch. This is going to be in the top 10 of all time so who cares? But for the most part it's a winner. No spoilers here by the way.

http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/rocky-horror-laverne-cox-frank-n-furter-1201623548/
Talk about the part fits! Not much of an acting stretch here besides being a mad scientist. Good for Laverne. She's going to do a great job on this. There's a new BBC live production now playing on cable. Pretty good job with the monologue updated with mention of aliens and Ufo's by Dr. Scott.

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/rocky-horror-picture-show-at-40-40th-anniversary-1201600333/
The mian reason for posting this is, not only the 40th anniversary, but that stupid studio mentally goes back all the way back to the 1970's. Killing a movie before it gets to open big in major cities. Wow, talk about dumb. A movie that cost only $1 Million to make and winds up grossing over $100 Million through the years with midnight showings.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/624869-thor-ragnarok-and-alien-paradise-lost-to-shoot-in-australia
So now Australia is the hot spot to make movies. Guess whatever it takes to bring those budgets down.

Bonus Section:
 Back to the Future on Kimmel:

Back to the Future Day

The Dolorean at Time Square off Broadway 2 years ago. New Radio show tomorrow and Live on MNN on Saturday at 5pm.

http://www.comingsoon.net/extras/news/624497-new-back-to-the-future-video
2 cute videos featuring both Micheal J Fox and Christopher Lloyd. The big surprise is that The Cubs almost came close with the World Series Predictions but as of tis writing it's pretty much a wipeout.
And I am not being mean as a New Yawker, lol. Let's Go Mets! lol.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/star-wars-force-awakens-scores-833360
Yes, the force is that strong with Imax ticket sales. This all points to a top 5 of all time.

http://www.latino-review.com/news/hot-rumor-batman-v-superman-budget-dwarfs-upcoming-justice-league-budget
These budgets are crazy! Didn't they learn from Amazing Spiderman 2? Throwing shit money after shit money? I wouldn't be surprise if this bankrupts the studio. And after the pre-sales for Star Wars. It's never going to catch up with that.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/39582/-spectre-headed-for-a-75-80m-opening
Nevermind the opening weekend. This movie will have legs and last a few weeks till SW Force Awakens. The only competition is Hungers Games and that franchise is so over.

http://variety.com/2015/film/awards/furious-7-visual-effects-paul-walker-1201618224/
Finally we get the facts, over 250 shots to compose Walker for the movie, something that the BR/DVD strangely skipped over. There were only 2 small mentions on the discs and even Director Wan lightly passed over it as an after thought. This should have been a special featurette for the discs.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/chinas-no-ghost-rule-could-833473
This all sounds dumb. But check out the end of the article. Female Ghostbusters will have a change at the ending with Bill Murray having a dream as Kristen Wig. Jeez, what a suck ass ending.

https://www.yahoo.com/tv/the-muppets-review-144036403.html
I said a few weeks back that the idea was going to fly with the audience and the ratings have prove it.
They should just have made it a variety show instead of having a "high concept" idea.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/624479-chris-rock-returns-to-host-the-oscars
After all these years with different hosts does it matter who hosts. Last year was a disaster with the nominations, like the ones who didn't get nominated aka the Lego Movie.

Star Wars Final Trailer

New Blog Talk Radio show coming this week before our next Live on MNN show this Saturday.

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/star-wars-the-force-awakens-trailer-full-version-watch-1201621001/
Well Luke is in there, at least his robotic hand is with R2D2. But that quick shot of Leia was such a tease. The one thing I did notice a lot of the action takes place in daylight and above ground. Not so much outta space and nighttime scenes. After the video plays there's other videos including a making of from Comic Con. .

http://www.thewrap.com/star-wars-the-force-awakens-fans-blast-movie-ticket-sites-for-presale-crashes/
Check out the comments, very funny. Yep the force was not strong when trying to get presale tickets.
At this rate we know that SW7 will take out No. 3 all time Jurassic World and looks like Titanic will finally be taken care of, lol. All that matters now is how many repeats people are going to see this to take out No. 1 all time Avatar.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/624025-65-screenshots-from-the-new-force-awakens-trailer#/slide/1
65 scene breakdowns that covers the trailer. One of my favorites is of course Leia being held by Han Solo mainly because that lasted about 1 second of screen time. Wow that was a pain in the ass to freeze frame! But a lot of cool shots included.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/624137-spectre-reveals-new-footage-in-sam-smith-music-featurette#/slide/1
Behind the scenes video. What surprises me is they are now pushing this when the song tanked in the USA, but it do great in Great Britain hitting No. 1. See the link below.

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6715377/sam-smith-james-bond-theme-writings-wall-uk-charts
Those Brits I tell you, lol. Only they could take this to No. 1. Smith died a quick death over here tho.

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Movie-Theater-Ticket-Prices-Reach-Record-High-89337.html
It's all about numbers again. But funny that this article comes out while SW7 is being release this winter.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Poster Revealed

New Radio show coming this week: It will be a redux as the last one didn't cover enough.

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/star-wars-the-force-awakens-poster-tickets-on-sale-1201620829/
And the big question on the internet. Where's Luke? They are probably saving the image of his character for the Star Wars 8 poster, since they're filming his scenes already for the next film. But wow, that was a head turner.

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/19/new-star-wars-the-force-awakens-film-tickets-poster-high-demand
At least we know that a new trailer is coming out. But will it have Luke in it? And the mystery continues....

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4114&p=.htm
While Goosebumps makes the No. 1 spot, to make for PAN for the younger audience, the one to look at here is Crimson Peak for the older audiences which turned out for Spielberg's Bridges instead. (Which I give a 4 out of 5, very interesting drama all the way through). If Del Toro's overseas box office doesn't pick up this could affect his other projects, Mostly Pacific Rim 2 which is in trouble as it is. He should have made Peak a PG13 for a safe bet. It couldn't have hut.

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Ant-Man-Making-Big-Bucks-China-88977.html
China to the rescue again, lol. While the picture was fun, do we really need another Ant-Man movie?

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/39532/third-apes-begins-production-with-iconic-photo
Is this how the movie is going to end aka the original Planet of the Apes? And how will this lead to the fourth and fifth movies?