THE MANDALORIAN---Timothy Olyphant will reportedly play Cobb Vanth, the self-appointed sheriff of the Freetown settlement on Tatooine. Vanth wore Boba Fett's armor after it was recovered from Jabba the Hutt's sail barge.
MOONFALL---Halle Berry will play an ex-astronaut/administrator in the Roland Emmerich movie about a team of astronauts who must prevent the Moon from colliding with Earth.
THE STAND---photos from the CBS All Access miniseries based on the Stephen King novel show Alexander Skarsgard as Randall Flagg and Whoopi Goldberg as Mother Abigail.
GREYHOUND---the Tom Hanks/Sony Pictures movie based on the World War II novel THE GOOD SHEPHERD will be released on Apple TV+ instead of in theaters.
SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS---Fala Chen will reportedly play MI6 agent Leiko Wu in the Marvel Studios movie.
THE HAWKLINE MONSTER---Tony McNamara (THE FAVOURITE) is in talks to write the script for the movie based on the novel about a teenage girl who hires two gunslingers to kill the monster that lives in caves under the house she lives in.
THE THING ABOUT PAM---Jamie Lee Curtis will star in the Blumhouse movie based on the NBC DATELINE episodes and podcasts about Pam Hupp, who was convicted of murdering Louis Gumpenberger in 2016 and suspected of murdering Betsy Faria in 2011 and framing Faria's husband for the murder.
MALAMANDER---Josh Cooley (TOY STORY 4) is in talks to write and direct the Sony Pictures movie based on the novel.
BATWOMAN---Ruby Rose has left the tv series, the first to feature a lesbian superhero, for undisclosed reasons, “I have made the very difficult decision to not return to Batwoman next season,” Rose said. “This was not a decision I made lightly as I have the utmost respect for the cast, crew and everyone involved with the show...". The role will be recast. Bisexual Stephanie Beatriz (CHICAGO NINE-NINE) has already started lobbying for the role.
SONGBIRD---low-budget movie set two years in the future when the global pandemic virus has mutated causing total chaos. Michael Bay is the producer.
FREEFORM---Freeform renewed EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE OK and MOTHERLAND: FORT SALEM.
TRIVIA---in CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER (Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe), a Navy F/A-18 Hornet launches a smart bomb and destroys a villa where Colombian drug lords are meeting. In reality, the movie production crew bought a villa from a woman who had unpleasant memories from the villa after she got it in her divorce and was happy to sell it for destruction.
Mandalorian is building an impressive cast. Hope the writing matches up to it.
I'm looking forward to seeing Greyhound, it's an interesting story, and Hanksis solid, but concerned the effects will be like the awfully unconvincing tripe in Midway.
The Stand? Is it worth reading the book before seeing an adaption? I'd heard it was great. But haven't read any King in years.
Also, it's cool to see actual explosions as opposed to CGI.
Xebec, I really liked the novel The Stand. It is long but a good read. However, I was really disappointed in the tacked on rather absurd ending. I understand that King is changing the ending in this new version of The Stand, and I think that is a good idea.
It's been quite a while since I read THE STAND (both the original pared-down version and the later release of the full as-author-intended version) but Alexander Skarsgard as pictured looks way more tonsured and pulled-together than I ever pictured Randall Flagg. Not sure how I feel about the casting of Whoopie either. It isn't moving me toward re-upping with CBS All-Access (for the 3rd time) for this one, but maybe as more information emerges I'll find something to point me that way.
I read The Stand decades ago & really enjoyed it. Up to a few year ago it was the only Stephen King book I'd read, & then a couple of years ago I read Under The Dome, intrigue by the premise, & god what a pile of crap, but I kept on reading it to find out what it was all about, what was the story of the dome, & when it came to it, the explanation was so lame, I mean really lame. Lame! No more Mr King.
THE STAND---photos from the CBS All Access miniseries based on the Stephen King novel show Alexander Skarsgard as Randall Flagg and Whoopi Goldberg as Mother Abigail.
After her blatant partisan hackery on "The view", this fraud shouldn't be cast as nothing else than a rambling imbecile or an opportunistic liar. "Mother Abigail" my arse "Mother Fucker" would be infinitely more true.
SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS---Fala Chen will reportedly play MI6 agent Leiko Wu in the Marvel Studios movie.
Based on the drawings I'd say that the artist had the Italian Sophia Loren on his mind instead of an Asian woman.
THE HAWKLINE MONSTER---Tony McNamara (THE FAVOURITE) is in talks to write the script for the movie based on the novel about a teenage girl who hires two gunslingers to kill the monster that lives in caves under the house she lives in.
Sound like someone heard of the story of Arizona's Stardust Ranch:
BATWOMAN---Ruby Rose has left the tv series, the first to feature a lesbian superhero, for undisclosed reasons, “I have made the very difficult decision to not return to Batwoman next season,” Rose said. “This was not a decision I made lightly as I have the utmost respect for the cast, crew and everyone involved with the show...". The role will be recast. Bisexual Stephanie Beatriz (CHICAGO NINE-NINE) has already started lobbying for the role.
Interesting how SJWs go on and on about the sexualisation of females in superhero comics whilst here the whole woke thing concentrates solely on the sexuality of the character and her portrayers.
TRIVIA---in CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER (Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe), a Navy F/A-18 Hornet launches a smart bomb and destroys a villa where Colombian drug lords are meeting. In reality, the movie production crew bought a villa from a woman who had unpleasant memories from the villa after she got it in her divorce and was happy to sell it for destruction.
It reminds me of how I wonder to this day how they did the scene in David Niven "Casino Royale" where they blew up James Bond's house. It looks so real, and it being the 60s in which old buildings were considered rubbish, that I fear they used a real building for the one that is not Mereworth Castle (the first one to go).
I've read about 25 King novels, and The Stand holds a special place in my reading history: the book I got furthest into before giving up on it. I found the earlier portions to be relatively grounded and interesting, but by the final 100 pages or so, the story had become exhausting. I skimmed the last 100 pages in 5 minutes just to see who lived or died.
Xebec, I really liked the novel The Stand. It is long but a good read. However, I was really disappointed in the tacked on rather absurd ending. I understand that King is changing the ending in this new version of The Stand, and I think that is a good idea.
Hey Joan, do you mean the "uncut version" ending ? For me it was a terrible decision, a "peek a boo I'm back" ending from cheap horror movies. The longer version didn't really add anything vital for me. The added material was fine, aside from the ridiculous coda. The original 1978 version is the way to go.
From my understanding, what King is doing and adding even more TO the ending, a "what happens to these people AFTER the ending" type episode. If he just follows the original ending, you'd have a nice, somber, somewhat ambiguous ending.
But I'm hoping it won't be anything like one of the recent aborted theatrical versions - reportedly the script had Stu Redman developing his own super powers - the Good Guy version of the Walking Dude - so there was a big Akira styled psychic power war between Stu and Randall Flagg at the end.
But hell, I won't see it anyway until it gets released on Blu Ray or something.
THE STAND---photos from the CBS All Access miniseries based on the Stephen King novel show Alexander Skarsgard as Randall Flagg and Whoopi Goldberg as Mother Abigail.
After her blatant partisan hackery on "The view", this fraud shouldn't be cast as nothing else than a rambling imbecile or an opportunistic liar. "Mother Abigail" my arse "Mother Fucker" would be infinitely more true.
Looking at the pic I thought that was Yogurt for a moment.
BATWOMAN---Ruby Rose has left the tv series, the first to feature a lesbian superhero, for undisclosed reasons, “I have made the very difficult decision to not return to Batwoman next season,” Rose said. “This was not a decision I made lightly as I have the utmost respect for the cast, crew and everyone involved with the show...". The role will be recast. Bisexual Stephanie Beatriz (CHICAGO NINE-NINE) has already started lobbying for the role.
Interesting how SJWs go on and on about the sexualisation of females in superhero comics whilst here the whole woke thing concentrates solely on the sexuality of the character and her portrayers.
Bigger question, this show clicked ALL THE CHECK BOXES! Why isn't this show a hit and why is she bailing???
Based on the drawings I'd say that the artist had the Italian Sophia Loren on his mind instead of an Asian woman.
Or France Nuyen.
I don't recall the visual inspiration for Leiko Wu, but consider this about the artist (from Wikipedia):
"Paul Gulacy was a film buff, and modeled many characters after film stars: Shang-Chi on Bruce Lee,[4] Juliette on Marlene Dietrich, James Larner on Marlon Brando, Clive Reston (often broadly hinted at as being the son of James Bond as well as the grand-nephew of Sherlock Holmes) occasionally looking like a combination of Basil Rathbone and Sean Connery, and a minor character Ward Sarsfield (after Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward, the real-life name of Fu Manchu's creator Sax Rohmer) resembling David Niven.[5] Moench introduced other film-based characters, including ones modeled after Groucho Marx (Rufus T. Hackstabber)[6] and W. C. Fields (Quigley J. Warmflash).[7]"
Based on the drawings I'd say that the artist had the Italian Sophia Loren on his mind instead of an Asian woman.
Or France Nuyen.
I don't recall the visual inspiration for Leiko Wu, but consider this about the artist (from Wikipedia):
"Paul Gulacy was a film buff, and modeled many characters after film stars: Shang-Chi on Bruce Lee,[4] Juliette on Marlene Dietrich, James Larner on Marlon Brando, Clive Reston (often broadly hinted at as being the son of James Bond as well as the grand-nephew of Sherlock Holmes) occasionally looking like a combination of Basil Rathbone and Sean Connery, and a minor character Ward Sarsfield (after Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward, the real-life name of Fu Manchu's creator Sax Rohmer) resembling David Niven.[5] Moench introduced other film-based characters, including ones modeled after Groucho Marx (Rufus T. Hackstabber)[6] and W. C. Fields (Quigley J. Warmflash).[7]"
Richard G.
Yup, exactly. Which is why I speculate if Nuyen or another Asian actress of that time (Leiki Wu debuted in the October 1975 issue of Master of Kung Fu) inspired Gulacy.
Hey Joan, do you mean the "uncut version" ending ?
No, I'm referring directly to King's novel, The Stand. It seemed abrupt and silly. Haven't seen the old movie or series version of The Stand in years, so I can' remember if it had a different ending.
Xebec, I really liked the novel The Stand. It is long but a good read. However, I was really disappointed in the tacked on rather absurd ending. I understand that King is changing the ending in this new version of The Stand, and I think that is a good idea.
Joan - it's been years since I read (and loved) The Stand but I don't recall a tacked on ending. From memory, all points of the novel lead to the finale - and what a finale it was. But my memory ain't what it used to be.
Unless when you're talking ending.... you're talking about the last chapter in the book which was about about Flagg if I recall (which I thought fit the book OK) , not the "ending" as in how the book built up to the confrontation and the"hand of God".
My memory isn't all that good either. I'm talking the "hand of God" that just showed up.
Oh. Ok. That seemed to fit into the context of the story for me. It's been so long since I read it I might pull it out for a re-read one of these days.
I read The Stand decades ago & really enjoyed it. Up to a few year ago it was the only Stephen King book I'd read, & then a couple of years ago I read Under The Dome, intrigue by the premise, & god what a pile of crap, but I kept on reading it to find out what it was all about, what was the story of the dome, & when it came to it, the explanation was so lame, I mean really lame. Lame! No more Mr King.
Rameau, if you thought The Dome novel was rubbish, you should have seen the tv series... Season One was actually quite engaging but it got stupider the nearer they got to explaining the dome. I think King was right to leave it unresolved - what explanation could there be, after all?
The low point of the series was a snatch of dialogue that involved the hero uttering the old cliché “When you set out for revenge, first dig two graves.” I winced, but shrugged it off until he went on: “One for him and one for you.”
