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May 4, 2016 - 9:18 AM
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dragon53
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 4
BATTLE OF MIDWAY---Roland Emmerich (INDEPENDENCE DAY) announced he is developing a World War II movie about the Battle of Midway which was the turning point of the war in the Pacific, “At the time, the Americans were the underdog. It was one of those moments where, against all odds, people came together and did the impossible. A lot of pilots died in this battle. I want to make a monument to them and it would be great to make a movie about it.”
In 2010, Bruce McKenna (BAND OF BROTHERS) and Warner Bros. announced a big budget, 3D movie about Midway which was cancelled.
WHY WE'RE KILLING GUNTHER---Arnold Schwarzenegger and the husband-and-wife duo of Taran Killam and Cobie Smulders star in this comedy movie about the world's top assassin who is targeted by an international conspiracy of his fellow assassins. Killam is also the writer/director.
ABOVE SUSPICION---Jack Huston (BOARDWALK EMPIRE) and Emilia Clarke (GAME OF THRONES) star in this movie based on the nonfiction book about a married FBI agent who falls in love with his seductive drug informant and then murders her. Phillip Noyce (PATRIOT GAMES) is the director.
A 1994 tv movie version, BETRAYED BY LOVE, starred Steven Weber, Patricia Arquette and Mare Winningham.
THE SHAPE OF WATER---Guillermo del Toro horror movie underway about a mute female janitor who falls in love with an amphibious man being held in a laboratory and teams up with a friend to help the amphibian escape. Richard Jenkins, Octavia Spencer and Michael Stuhlbarg are in talks to star.
BLACK WIDOW---a recent poll on what Marvel superhero should get a standalone movie had the following results : Black Widow--48%, The Vision--15%, Falcon--12%, Hawkeye--10%, War Machine--8% and Scarlet Witch--7%.
The same poll asked who should get a fourth movie and the results were: Captain America--57% and Iron Man--43%.
MONSTERPOCALYPSE---Warner Bros. movie underway based on the board game. Fede Alvarez (EVIL DEAD) is the director/co-writer.
EX-PATRIOT---movie underway about a female CIA analyst/whistle blower who teams up with her boyfriend to take down a Colombian crime lord who is connected to terrorism. Charlie Weber (HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER) stars.
EMPRESS----movie underway based on the Mark Millar comic book. The script is by F. Scott Frazier (xXx: THE RETURN OF XANDER CAGE).
THE BLUES BROTHERS---animated tv series underway from Dan Ackroyd and Judy Belushi, widow of John Belushi.
THE CRAFT---"continuation" of the 1996 movie that starred Neve Campbell and Fairuza Balik. Producer Douglas Wick said, "I wouldn't say that we wouldn't so much call it a remake as a 'twenty years later'. There will be callbacks to the original movie, so you will see there is a connection between what happened in the days of The Craft, and how these young women come across this magic many years later." The original cast is no expected to return.
HULU---THE PATH was renewed the series for Season 2 and THE MINDY PROJECT was renewed for Season 5.
ANNA DRESSED IN BLOOD---movie underway based on the supernatural romance novels. Stephenie Meyer (TWILIGHT) is the producer.
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May 4, 2016 - 10:08 AM
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Grecchus
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 4
BATTLE OF MIDWAY---Roland Emmerich (INDEPENDENCE DAY) announced he is developing a World War II movie about the Battle of Midway which was the turning point of the war in the Pacific, “At the time, the Americans were the underdog. It was one of those moments where, against all odds, people came together and did the impossible. A lot of pilots died in this battle. I want to make a monument to them and it would be great to make a movie about it.”
In 2010, Bruce McKenna (BAND OF BROTHERS) and Warner Bros. announced a big budget, 3D movie about Midway which was cancelled.
That pic has done double duty, Dragon. As long as it's not PH all over again. Sounds like the homage is to the pilots from both sides, but the emphasis is bound to be on VT-8.
The victor of Midway - Douglas Dauntless or SBD (Scout Bomber Dauntless)
It would surely have to end with the ordeals of the Mogami and Mikuma.
Click on the central image to see a CG reconstruction of R.G. Smith's painting:
http://blog.worldofwarships.eu/battle-summary-showdown-at-midway-june-4-7-1942/
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