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Nov 12, 2018 - 11:55 AM
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dragon53
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12
STAR TREK---a STAR TREK: DISCOVERY spinoff series starring Michelle Yeoh as Phillippa Georgiou is in the early stages of development for CBS All Access.
STAR TREK---writer Michael Chabon (WONDER BOYS). who wrote one of the four STAR TREK: DISCOVERY short films, is writing for the new Jean-Luc Picard tv series. He spoke about Picard, "Captain Picard is the hero we need right now. He exemplifies in some ways even more then James Kirk — and I’m not gonna get into the Kirk vs Picard argument because I love Captain Kirk, he was my first captain — but Picard is even more of an exemplar of everything that is best about Star Trek’s vision for the future.… And he wasn’t such a hound dog as Captain Kirk."
Chabon said Patrick Stewart wants, "Jean-Luc Picard having experiences, having adventures, and be put in situations we haven't seen before."
He also commented on STAR TREK canon, “Any STAR TREK writer, any writing room on any STAR TREK show after, let’s say, The Original Series had a responsibility to consider canon, to know your canon. Just speaking for me, that’s an incredible pleasure – to have a legitimate excuse, and get paid, to nerd out completely.
At the same time, and this is true when you’re dealing with any kind of canon, there’s always gaps. There are cracks. There are contradictions. There are mysteries that we never got to hear the explanation of, when people allude to things in canon and don’t give any further explanation. Maybe the greatest example in all canon ever is the giant rat of Sumatra from Sherlock Holmes. Fans and writers ever since have tried to come up with possible explanations for that.
So I think it’s important not just to view canon as a barrier, as a perimeter beyond which you can’t go, a kind of a grid that you’re trapped on. You try to find the loopholes. You find the empty areas. You find the things the canon doesn’t seem to have anything to say, and you say it. And if you’re really lucky and you get to be working on a STAR TREK show then what you say becomes canon itself."
INDIANA JONES 5---Harrison Ford commented on the status of the latest sequel, “We’ve got a script in production that we are all very excited about, and [I’m] looking forward to it.” He also said about rumors that Chris Pratt will star in the sequel instead of him, Ford quipped, “I think it’s him or me.”
TOP GUN: MAVERICK---Paramount Pictures denied a British tabloid claim that the sequel is being delayed so Tom Cruise can learn to fly a jet fighter. Paramount said Cruise, a licensed pilot, will do his own flying in the sequel but not a jet fighter.
THE WINDS OF WINTER---George RR Martin commented on the status of his latest book, “I’ve been struggling with it for a few years. THE WINDS OF WINTER is not so much a novel as a dozen novels, each with a different protagonist, each having a different cast of supporting players and antagonists and allies and lovers around them, and all of these weaving together in an extremely complex fashion. So it’s very, very challenging. Fire and Blood by contrast was very simple. Not that it’s easy, it still took me years to put together, but it is easier.”
BLACK WIDOW---based on casting information, speculation is that the movie's villain could be The Red Guardian or Taskmaster.
FKA USA---Warner Bros. bought the movie rights to the upcoming dystopian novel set in 2085 after the 50 United States have broken up into lawless territories. A factory worker. a talking goat, an android and a lobotomized convict embark on a cross-country journey political mission.
THE AMUSEMENT PARK---the long-lost George A. Romero horror movie was recently discovered. It was produced by a religious group as a PSA about how society treats the elderly. Funds to restore the movie may be sought through the George A. Romero Foundation.
LIBRARY OF THE DEAD---tv series underway based on the novel trilogy featuring FBI agent Will Piper.
SWAMP THING---Kevin Durand (LOST) will play Jason Woodtrue in the tv pilot.
TRIVIA---more James Bond trivia.
In DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER, jazz bassist Putter Smith got the role of SPECTRE assassin Mr. Kidd after director Guy Hamilton saw him perform with Thelonious Monk at the Los Angeles jazz club Shelly's Manne-Hole.
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