Welcome to the new year! 2019 already kinda sucks because: IN THIS WEEK’S “In memoriam” story, we have already lost 3 significant figures in entertainment. Gene Okerlund, a gentlemanly wrestling announcer who went by “Mean Gene” and specialized in interviewing the biggest, loudest and most obnoxious professional grapplers in the business, died Jan. 2 at…
It’s the week before Christmas, and plenty is stirring in film news this week! IN THIS WEEK’S “In memorium” story, Penny Marshall, who starred alongside Cindy Williams in the hit ABC comedy “Laverne & Shirley” and then became a successful director, died on Monday night at her Hollywood Hills home due to complications from diabetes,…
Welcome to another week of movie madness! IN THIS WEEK’S “Onward!” story, Chris Pratt, Tom Holland, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Octavia Spencer have been set to lead the voice cast of Onward, the next film in the works at Pixar Animation Studios. Dan Scanlon (Monsters University) is directing the pic, which is set to hit theaters…
Oh, December. It’s the holidays! Let’s see if the film news is merry! There certainly is a TON of it this week! IN THIS WEEK’s “Not a French musical” story, Wes Anderson is finally put the finishing touches on pre-production for his latest film, his tenth overall. According to IndieWire, the filmmaker recently began production…
Oh, hey, there’s more stuff going on this week! IN THIS WEEK’S “Bebop-a-live action!” story, If you’re like me and found the anime Cowboy Bebop weirdly fun, yet often nonsensical, you’ll be pleased to know that Netflix is going to make a live-action version! Netflix has given a 10-episode series order to Cowboy Bebop, a…
Let’s see what’s happening in this Thanksgiving week, shall we? IN THIS WEEK’S ” Perfecftly normal movie for giving thanks” story, Filmmaker Nicolas Pesce burst onto the scene in a big way at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival with his debut feature, the startlingly reassured The Eyes Of My Mother, a twisted horror movie rooted…
Welcome to yet another week of ‘what’s up’! IN THIS WEEK’S “Excelsior” story, As we all know by now, the legendary comic book writer and editor who helped redefine the medium when he co-created much of Marvel Comics’ vast library of characters and concepts, died Monday, according to a statement released by Disney. He was…
Here’s another week of movie news tom-foolery! IN THIS WEEK’S “Walking Dead gets featured” story, Andrew Lincoln will stay in the Walking Dead universe. So, needless to say, there is a SPOILER here. If you’ve already seen last Sunday’s Walking Dead, then never mind. The AMC series veteran has signed on to play the iconic…
Welcome to the next week of happenings in film! IN THIS WEEK’S “Titan-ic news! story, After the record-breaking box office run of It, director Andy Muschietti has found his next project. Muschietti will direct a feature film adaptation of Attack on Titans for Warner Bros. The studio finalized a deal with Japan-based publishing company Kodansha…
It’s another spooky news-filled week! We’re a day early this week because I’m going to the LA Comicon tomorrow! IN THIS WEEK’S “More pushing back…” story, Warner Bros. has moved Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman 1984 back seven months from Nov. 1, 2019, to June 5, 2020. The sequel, which is set in 1984, replaces Mark…