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Feb 9, 2018 - 9:56 AM
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dragon53
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9
THE JOKER---Joaquin Phoenix has agreed to star in the untitled origin movie about The Joker, but negotiations with Warner Bros. have not started. Todd Phillips (THE HANGOVER) is the director, and Martin Scorsese is the producer.
GAME OF THRONES---photos taken on the set in Croatia show a meeting between Jon Snow and Cersei Lannister.
V---Desilu Studios is developing a movie trilogy based on the reptilian alien invasion series that began on NBC in 1983 which was followed by an ABC reboot series in 2009. The original series starred Jane Badler, Marc Singer and Robert Englund. The reboot series starred Morena Baccarin and Elizabeth Mitchell.
ANNIHILATION---the Alex Garland (EX MACHINA) sci fi movie starring Natalie Portman is receiving early rave comments from film journalists. Among them was:
"Alex Garland's #Annihilation is absolutely phenomenal. It's gorgeous and mesmerizing, with brilliant performances from the entire ensemble. It's a remarkable vision, and has a sequence so thrilling that I was left literally dizzy. It will be on my Top 10 of 2018 without question."
DAUGHTERS OF THE RESISTANCE---Steven Spielberg's Amblin Partners bought the movie rights to the proposed book DAUGHTERS OF RESISTANCE: VALOR, FURY AND THE UNTOLD STORY OF WOMEN RESISTANCE FIGHTERS IN HITLER'S GHETTOS.
LOBO---Michael Bay is in talks to direct the Warner Bros./DC Entertainment movie about the alien bounty hunter, although the $200 million projected budget must be reduced. Jason Fuchs (WONDER WOMAN) will write the script.
ACTION MAN---James Bobin (THE MUPPETS, ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS) will direct the movie based on the Hasbro toy line.
THOR---Chris Hemsworth commented on his future as Thor, "My contract’s coming to an end, we’ve just finished the last two Avengers. Who knows what the future holds. We felt like we reinvented the last one in a big way. It felt refreshed and re-energized. We might have a conversation if there’s another great script that comes along. But at the moment that’s it.”
DOCTOR WHO---Billie Piper clarified an early post that she might return to DOCTOR WHO. Piper was actually promoting a raffle for an acting school in which the winner gets to meet her.
CAMPING---Jennifer Garner stars in this HBO/Lena Dunham comedy that is a remake of the British comedy series.
THE KING---Timothee Chalamet (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) star in this biomovie about young Henry V. No other plot details were released.
TRIVIA---Perry Lopez is best remembered as playing Lieutenant Lou Escobar in the classic CHINATOWN which also starred Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway.
One of Lopez's first movie roles was in THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON as Tomas, one of the Creature's early victims.
Another sci fi role for Lopez was in the "Shore Leave" episode of STAR TREK.
Lopez co-starred in the World War II heist movie KELLY'S HEROES which starred Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland, Don Rickles and Carroll O'Connor.
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How many V's do we need? Geez. It's becoming the Hulk -- rebooted ever few years.
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