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NEWS:
NETFLIX - From WorldofReel: Netflix will apparent not release "The Adventures of Cliff Booth" this summer. The film is set immediately after the events depicted in director Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" (2019). Brad Pitt, who won a "Best Supporting Actor" Oscar for the film will reprise his role of "Cliff Booth."
AMAZON - From EW: Sophie Turner, the star of Amazon's highly anticipated "Tomb Raider" series, has been injured on the series' set, causing a halt in production. Turner, who starred in "Game of Thrones," plays heiress and adventurer, Lara Croft.
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro: The winner of the 3/27 to 3/29/2026 weekend box office is Amazon-MGM Studios' "Project Hail Mary" with an estimated take of 54.5 million dollars.
HULU - From Deadline: Actor Himesh Patel will join actress Danielle Deadwyler in Hulu's reboot of the former FX sci-fi drama, "The X-Files." Oscar-winner Ryan Coogler will write and direct the pilot and will produce. Jennifer Yale will serve as the series showrunner, and Chris Carter, creator of the original series, will serves as one the reboot's executive producers. Deadwyler and Patel will not play Agents Scully and Mulder; they will reportedly play new characters.
MUSIC - From Variety: Paul McCartney has released his first new music in five years, a single entitled "Days We Left Behind." McCartney has a new album, "The Boys of Dungeon Lane," which is due May 29th, 2026.
MOVIES - From Variety: In one of the stranger recent news items in entertainment comes word that talk show host, Stephen Colbert, and his son, Peter McGee, will join "Lord of the Rings" franchise veteran, Philippa Boyens, will write a new LOTR film, "The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past." That film will go into production after "The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum."
TELEVISION - From WorldofReel: Quentin Tarantino is set to write and co-direct, with Sylvester Stallone, a 1930s-set gangster series. Described as a six-part series, it will be shot in black and white using 1930s cameras. The series featuring gangsters, showgirls, boxing, but there are no cast details. Apparently, Stallone will not be acting on screen, only directing.
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro: The winner of the 3/20 to 3/22/2026 weekend box office is Amazon/MGM's "Project Hail Mary" with an estimated take of 80.58 million dollars.
OBITS:
From THR: American film and television actor, James Tolkan, has died at the age of 94, Thursday, March 26, 2026. Tolkan was best known for playing "Principal Gerald Strickland" in "Back to the Future" (1985) and "Back to the Future II" (1989), and "U.S. Marshall James Strickland" in "Back to the Future III" (1990). Other notable film roles include "Serpico" (1973), "Top Gun," and "Masters f the Universe" 1987), to name a few. Tolkan appeared in multiple episodes of such TV series as "Mary" (starring the late Mary Tyler Moore), "Remington Steele," and "Nero Wolfe," among others.
From DailyMail: The veteran animator, director, and storyboard artist, Barry Caldwell, has died at the age of 60, March 2026. A groundbreaking Black artist and animation veteran, Caldwell directed five episodes of "Tiny Toon Adventures" and 16 episodes of "Animaniacs." Beginning his career at Filmation in 1979, Caldwell was a storyboard artist on such series as "Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids," "The New Adventures of Zorro," "Blackstar," and "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe," to name a few. He would move on to other animation companies, including Warner Bros. and Disney, where he worked on such series as "The Smurfs" (1981), "Alvin and the Chipmunks" (1983), "Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers" (1989), and "Pinky and the Brain," to name a few. Caldwell won a "Daytime Emmy Award" and was nominated two other times for his work on "Animaniacs."
From Variety: American actress, Valerie Perrine, has died at the age of 82, Monday, March 23, 2026. Perrine may be best known for playing Lex Luthor's girlfriend, Miss Teschmacher, in "Superman: The Movie" (1978) and in "Superman II " (1980). She earned as Academy Award nomination in the category of "Best Actress" for "Honey Bruce" in "Lenny" (1974), the biopic about comedian Lenny Bruce. She also won the "Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress" (1975) and earned a BAFTA nomination and an award for the role of "Honey Bruce." Her other notable film appearances include roles in "Slaughter-Five" (1972) and "The Electric Horseman" (1980). Perrine appeared in a number of TV films and series, and that includes "Sweet Bird of Youth" (1989), ER (1995), and "Nash Bridges" (1996).
From Deadline: Canadian actress, Carrie Anne Fleming, has died at the age of 51, Thursday, February 26, 2026 of complications related to breast cancer. Fleming was best known for her recurring roles on two television series from The CW, "iZombie" and "Supernatural." She also appeared in such TV series, as "Smallville," "Supergirl" and "The 4400."
