Production Starts on Joe Cornish’s Action-Adventure “The Kid Who Would Be King”
Find Excalibur. Skip School. Save The World.
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Based on an original script by writer/director Joe Cornish (Attack the Block), THE KID WHO WOULD BE KING began principal photography in London on September 25, 2017.
THE KID WHO WOULD BE KING tells the story of Alex, a twelve-year-old British schoolboy whose everyday problems are dwarfed by his discovery of the mythical sword Excalibur.
Now, with the most powerful sword in history in the hands of the most powerless schoolboy in Britain, an epic adventure begins as Alex and his friends must thwart a medieval villain named Morgana, who is hell-bent on destroying the world.
Louis Serkis (Alice Through the Looking Glass) stars as Alex. Newcomer Dean Chaumoo plays his best friend Bedders and Tom Taylor (The Dark Tower) and Rhianna Doris (Secret Life of Boys) play Lance and Kaye, who complete Alex’s band of would-be warriors.
Angus Imrie (Kingdom) plays a young incarnation of the wizard Merlin, with Sir Patrick Stewart as the senior version. Rebecca Ferguson plays the evil Morgana.
Working Title’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner will produce the film alongside Nira Park of Big Talk Pictures. Twentieth Century Fox will distribute the picture and Michael Ireland will oversee the project for the studio.
About Twentieth Century Fox Film
One of the world’s largest producers and distributors of motion pictures, Twentieth Century Fox Film produces, acquires and distributes motion pictures throughout the world. These motion pictures are produced or acquired by the following units of the studio: Twentieth Century Fox, Fox 2000 Pictures, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fox International Productions, and Twentieth Century Fox Animation/Blue Sky Studios.
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Monday, October 9, 2017
PBS and Time Celebrate Emmy Winny for "A Year in Space" Digital Video Series
Time Inc. and PBS Win a 2017 News & Documentary Emmy ® Award for A Year in Space
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Time Inc. (NYSE:TIME) and PBS won a 2017 News & Documentary Emmy ® Award in the "Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary" category for A Year in Space, adapted from TIME’s original digital video series about astronaut Scott Kelly’s 12-month stay on the International Space Station. The 38th Annual News & Documentary Emmy ® Awards were presented last night (Thursday, October 5, 2017) at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City.
“From TIME’s fast-growing original video operation to the two-part series on PBS, A Year in Space shows the incredible momentum of Time Inc. Studios and how our innovative ideas can turn into expansive and award-winning enterprises.”
A Year in Space originally aired on PBS in March 2016. The series’s second installment, Beyond A Year in Space, is scheduled to air on PBS November 15, 2017 at 9:00 p.m. ET. TIME’s original yearlong, 12-part digital video series, produced by Time Inc. Studios, debuted in 2015 and can be found at time.com/space. A Year in Space can also be found on Time Inc.’s PeopleTV.
“We are proud of our Time Inc. colleagues’ ambitious vision for this landmark project and also congratulate the team at PBS,” said Time Inc. President and CEO Rich Battista. “From TIME’s fast-growing original video operation to the two-part series on PBS, A Year in Space shows the incredible momentum of Time Inc. Studios and how our innovative ideas can turn into expansive and award-winning enterprises.”
“A Year In Space was a true collaboration with Time Inc, and we’re thrilled to continue our thriving relationship with follow-up special Beyond A Year In Space this November,” said Bill Margol, Sr. Director of Programming & Development at PBS. "It is our pleasure to work with the talented team at TIME and congratulate all the winners and nominees for their commitment to impactful storytelling.”
A Year in Space’s Emmy-winning team was led by Ian Orefice, Kira Pollack, Jonathan Woods, Jeffrey Kluger, and Mike Beck for Time Inc.; Bill Margol for PBS; directors Jon Halpern and Shaul Schwarz; and producer Mark Mannucci.
See the full list of the 2017 News & Documentary Emmy ® Award winners here.
ABOUT TIME INC.
Time Inc. (NYSE:TIME) is a leading multi-platform consumer media company that engages over 170 million consumers globally every month. The company's influential brands include PEOPLE, TIME, FORTUNE, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, INSTYLE, REAL SIMPLE, SOUTHERN LIVING and TRAVEL + LEISURE, as well as more than 60 diverse international brands. Time Inc. offers marketers a differentiated proposition in the marketplace by combining its powerful brands, trusted content, audience scale, direct relationships with consumers and unique first-party data. The company is home to growing media and platforms, including digital video, OTT, television, licensing, paid products and services and celebrated live events, such as the TIME 100, FORTUNE Most Powerful Women, PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED’s Sportsperson of the Year, the ESSENCE Festival and the FOOD & WINE Classic in Aspen.
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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Time Inc. (NYSE:TIME) and PBS won a 2017 News & Documentary Emmy ® Award in the "Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary" category for A Year in Space, adapted from TIME’s original digital video series about astronaut Scott Kelly’s 12-month stay on the International Space Station. The 38th Annual News & Documentary Emmy ® Awards were presented last night (Thursday, October 5, 2017) at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City.
“From TIME’s fast-growing original video operation to the two-part series on PBS, A Year in Space shows the incredible momentum of Time Inc. Studios and how our innovative ideas can turn into expansive and award-winning enterprises.”
A Year in Space originally aired on PBS in March 2016. The series’s second installment, Beyond A Year in Space, is scheduled to air on PBS November 15, 2017 at 9:00 p.m. ET. TIME’s original yearlong, 12-part digital video series, produced by Time Inc. Studios, debuted in 2015 and can be found at time.com/space. A Year in Space can also be found on Time Inc.’s PeopleTV.
“We are proud of our Time Inc. colleagues’ ambitious vision for this landmark project and also congratulate the team at PBS,” said Time Inc. President and CEO Rich Battista. “From TIME’s fast-growing original video operation to the two-part series on PBS, A Year in Space shows the incredible momentum of Time Inc. Studios and how our innovative ideas can turn into expansive and award-winning enterprises.”
“A Year In Space was a true collaboration with Time Inc, and we’re thrilled to continue our thriving relationship with follow-up special Beyond A Year In Space this November,” said Bill Margol, Sr. Director of Programming & Development at PBS. "It is our pleasure to work with the talented team at TIME and congratulate all the winners and nominees for their commitment to impactful storytelling.”
A Year in Space’s Emmy-winning team was led by Ian Orefice, Kira Pollack, Jonathan Woods, Jeffrey Kluger, and Mike Beck for Time Inc.; Bill Margol for PBS; directors Jon Halpern and Shaul Schwarz; and producer Mark Mannucci.
See the full list of the 2017 News & Documentary Emmy ® Award winners here.
ABOUT TIME INC.
Time Inc. (NYSE:TIME) is a leading multi-platform consumer media company that engages over 170 million consumers globally every month. The company's influential brands include PEOPLE, TIME, FORTUNE, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, INSTYLE, REAL SIMPLE, SOUTHERN LIVING and TRAVEL + LEISURE, as well as more than 60 diverse international brands. Time Inc. offers marketers a differentiated proposition in the marketplace by combining its powerful brands, trusted content, audience scale, direct relationships with consumers and unique first-party data. The company is home to growing media and platforms, including digital video, OTT, television, licensing, paid products and services and celebrated live events, such as the TIME 100, FORTUNE Most Powerful Women, PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED’s Sportsperson of the Year, the ESSENCE Festival and the FOOD & WINE Classic in Aspen.
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"Fantastic Beasts" Adds New Cast - Jessica Williams, Carmen Ejogo Among Them
Casting Continues on the New “Fantastic Beasts” Adventure Set in J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World
Actors Join the Ensemble Led by Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Jude Law and Johnny Depp
BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Additions have been made to the cast of the all-new adventure set in J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World, the second of five feature films in the series that began with “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.” The film, which is currently in production, is being directed by David Yates.
Among the actors who have joined the international ensemble cast are: Carmen Ejogo, returning to the role of Seraphina Picquery; Wolf Roth as Spielman; Victoria Yeates as Bunty; Derek Riddell as Torquil Travers; Poppy Corby-Tuech as Rosier; Cornell S. John as Arnold Guzman; and Brontis Jodorowsky as Nicolas Flamel. Fiona Glascott and Jessica Williams have also been cast in roles to be revealed.
Reprising their roles from the worldwide hit “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” are Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne (“The Theory of Everything”), who stars as wizarding world magizoologist Newt Scamander; Katherine Waterston as Auror Tina Goldstein; Dan Fogler as No-Maj Jacob Kowalski; Alison Sudol as Queenie Goldstein; and Ezra Miller as Credence. Oscar nominee Johnny Depp (the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies, “Finding Neverland”) returns as the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald, and Oscar nominee Jude Law (“The Talented Mr. Ripley,” “Cold Mountain”) portrays Hogwarts professor Albus Dumbledore.
Rounding out the main cast are Zoë Kravitz as Leta Lestrange; Callum Turner as Theseus Scamander; Claudia Kim as a woman in a wizarding circus; William Nadylam as Yusuf Kama; Ingvar Sigurdsson as Grimmson; Ólafur Darri Ólafsson as Skender; and Kevin Guthrie as Abernathy.
J.K. Rowling wrote the screenplay for the film, which opens in 1927, a few months after Newt helped to unveil and capture the infamous Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald. However, as he promised he would, Grindelwald has made a dramatic escape and has been gathering more followers to his cause—elevating wizards above all non-magical beings. The only one who might be able to stop him is the wizard he once called his dearest friend, Albus Dumbledore. But Dumbledore will need help from the wizard who had thwarted Grindelwald once before, his former student Newt Scamander. The adventure reunites Newt with Tina, Queenie and Jacob, but his mission will also test their loyalties as they face new perils in an increasingly dangerous and divided wizarding world.
The film expands the wizarding world, moving from New York to London and on to Paris. There are also some surprising nods to the Harry Potter stories that will delight fans of the books and film series.
David Heyman, J.K. Rowling, Steve Kloves and Lionel Wigram are producing the film, with Tim Lewis, Neil Blair, Rick Senat and Danny Cohen serving as executive producers.
Collaborating with Yates behind the scenes are: Oscar-winning director of photography Philippe Rousselot (“A River Runs Through It”); three-time Oscar-winning production designer Stuart Craig (“The English Patient,” “Dangerous Liaisons,” “Gandhi,” the “Harry Potter” films), three-time BAFTA Award-winning editor Mark Day (the last four “Harry Potter” films, “State of Play”), four-time Oscar-winning costume designer Colleen Atwood (“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” “Chicago,” “Memoirs of a Geisha,” “Alice in Wonderland”), Oscar-winning visual effects supervisor Tim Burke (“Gladiator,” the “Harry Potter” films), and Oscar-nominated visual effects supervisor Christian Manz (“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1”).
The new adventure is being filmed at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, which has been the cinematic home of the Wizarding World since the first “Harry Potter” film.
Slated for release on November 16, 2018, the film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.
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Actors Join the Ensemble Led by Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Jude Law and Johnny Depp
BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Additions have been made to the cast of the all-new adventure set in J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World, the second of five feature films in the series that began with “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.” The film, which is currently in production, is being directed by David Yates.
Among the actors who have joined the international ensemble cast are: Carmen Ejogo, returning to the role of Seraphina Picquery; Wolf Roth as Spielman; Victoria Yeates as Bunty; Derek Riddell as Torquil Travers; Poppy Corby-Tuech as Rosier; Cornell S. John as Arnold Guzman; and Brontis Jodorowsky as Nicolas Flamel. Fiona Glascott and Jessica Williams have also been cast in roles to be revealed.
Reprising their roles from the worldwide hit “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” are Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne (“The Theory of Everything”), who stars as wizarding world magizoologist Newt Scamander; Katherine Waterston as Auror Tina Goldstein; Dan Fogler as No-Maj Jacob Kowalski; Alison Sudol as Queenie Goldstein; and Ezra Miller as Credence. Oscar nominee Johnny Depp (the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies, “Finding Neverland”) returns as the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald, and Oscar nominee Jude Law (“The Talented Mr. Ripley,” “Cold Mountain”) portrays Hogwarts professor Albus Dumbledore.
Rounding out the main cast are Zoë Kravitz as Leta Lestrange; Callum Turner as Theseus Scamander; Claudia Kim as a woman in a wizarding circus; William Nadylam as Yusuf Kama; Ingvar Sigurdsson as Grimmson; Ólafur Darri Ólafsson as Skender; and Kevin Guthrie as Abernathy.
J.K. Rowling wrote the screenplay for the film, which opens in 1927, a few months after Newt helped to unveil and capture the infamous Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald. However, as he promised he would, Grindelwald has made a dramatic escape and has been gathering more followers to his cause—elevating wizards above all non-magical beings. The only one who might be able to stop him is the wizard he once called his dearest friend, Albus Dumbledore. But Dumbledore will need help from the wizard who had thwarted Grindelwald once before, his former student Newt Scamander. The adventure reunites Newt with Tina, Queenie and Jacob, but his mission will also test their loyalties as they face new perils in an increasingly dangerous and divided wizarding world.
The film expands the wizarding world, moving from New York to London and on to Paris. There are also some surprising nods to the Harry Potter stories that will delight fans of the books and film series.
David Heyman, J.K. Rowling, Steve Kloves and Lionel Wigram are producing the film, with Tim Lewis, Neil Blair, Rick Senat and Danny Cohen serving as executive producers.
Collaborating with Yates behind the scenes are: Oscar-winning director of photography Philippe Rousselot (“A River Runs Through It”); three-time Oscar-winning production designer Stuart Craig (“The English Patient,” “Dangerous Liaisons,” “Gandhi,” the “Harry Potter” films), three-time BAFTA Award-winning editor Mark Day (the last four “Harry Potter” films, “State of Play”), four-time Oscar-winning costume designer Colleen Atwood (“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” “Chicago,” “Memoirs of a Geisha,” “Alice in Wonderland”), Oscar-winning visual effects supervisor Tim Burke (“Gladiator,” the “Harry Potter” films), and Oscar-nominated visual effects supervisor Christian Manz (“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1”).
The new adventure is being filmed at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, which has been the cinematic home of the Wizarding World since the first “Harry Potter” film.
Slated for release on November 16, 2018, the film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.
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Sunday, October 8, 2017
Review: "Ghost in the Shell" is a Miscast Misfire
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
Ghost in the Shell (2017)
Running time: 107 minutes (1 hour, 47 minutes)
MPAA – PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence, suggestive content and some disturbing images
DIRECTOR: Rupert Sanders
WRITERS: Jamie Moss, William Wheeler, and Ehren Kruger (based on the comic, Ghost in the Shell, by Masamune Shirow)
PRODUCERS: Avi Arad, Michael Costigan, and Steven Paul
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jess Hall (D.o.P.)
EDITORS: Billy Rich and Neil Smith
COMPOSERS: Lorne Balfe and Clint Mansell
SCI-FI/ACTION
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbaek, Takeshi Kitano, Juliette Binoche, Michael Carmen Pitt, Chin Han, Danusia Samal, Kaori Momoi, and Peter Ferdinando
Ghost in the Shell is a 2017 science fiction and action film from director Rupert Sanders. The film is based on the manga (Japanese comics) created by Masamune Shirow and published in 1989 and 1990. Ghost in the Shell the movie focuses on a first-of-its-kind cyborg super-soldier that fights terrorists and dangerous criminals.
Ghost in the Shell is set in Tokyo, Japan, in the the near-future. Most humans have augmented various traits like vision, strength, and intelligence with cybernetics, and the line between human and robotics has blurred. Major Mira Killian (Scarlett Johansson) is a young woman who survived a terrorist attack that killed her parents. Her body was destroyed, but she was saved by the world's leading developer of “augmentative technology,” Hanka Robotics, via the secret “Project 2571.” Mira's brain (her “ghost”) was placed in a mechanical body or “shell.” Now, she is cyborg counter-terrorism operative in a unit known as “Section 9.”
A year after her rebirth, Major is involved in an operation to discover the whereabouts of the mysterious hacker and cyber-terrorist known only as “Kuze” (Michael Carmen Pitt). An electronic or digital encounter with Kuze causes the glitches that Major has been suffering to intensify. Major has also discovered that this case is raising troubling questions about what really happened to her and that will bring her into direct conflict with Hanka's domineering CEO, Cutter (Peter Ferdinando).
I would call Ghost in the Shell mediocre or average, but those words don't quite describe the listless, empty nature of this film. Ghost in the Shell has been praised for its special effects, soundtrack, and design, but little of that impresses me. In fact, the visual effects look like leftovers from Steven Spielberg's 2002 film, Minority Report.
It looks to me as if Ghost in the Shell's director, Rupert Sanders, is desperately trying to make his film look and sound like Ridley Scott's beloved 1982 film, Blade Runner. Ghost in the Shell, however, has neither Blade Runner's style nor its jazzy, Film-Noir vibe; actually Ghost in the Shell is simply a limp and lame attempt to copy Blade Runner.
Some have been critical of Ghost in the Shell's story and its lack of character development. Yeah, I would describe it as “lack of character development,” and the screenplay is indeed hackneyed. You can see it story points coming miles away; everything Major knows is a lie; she shares a past connection with the villain; being a human is the most important thing... yadda, yadda, yadda.
Because Ghost in the Shell is an original Japanese work of fiction, some people were upset that Scarlett Johansson, a white woman, plays the lead. I have read the original manga, and Major is drawn to look like a white woman. Even if she were not depicted as white, it still would not bother me all that much that a white actress plays the part of Major.
It is not Johansson's skin color that is the problem. It is her wooden, monotone performance. It is as if Scarlett is pretending to be a ghost with no personality that lives inside a mannequin. It is obvious that I am disappointed in this movie. As an adaptation of a visually striking manga/comic, Ghost in the Shell is simply a major misfire.
3.5 out of 10
C-
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
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Saturday, October 7, 2017
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from October 1st to 7th, 2017 - Update #29
Support Leroy on Patreon.
BLM - From RSN: Are you a "Black Identity Extremist?"
MOVIES - From Nerdist: On the 30th anniversary of Clive Barker's film "Hellraiser" (1987), Nerdiest ranks all the films in the series. There are ten as of this year's "Hellraiser: Judgment."
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STAR TREK - From CinemaBlend: Would Quentin Tarantino really direct a "Star Trek" movie.
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MOVIES - From TheWrap: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Jason Statham will get their own "Fast & Furious" movie spinoff, set for 2019.
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MOVIES - From THR: James Cameron talks about how he convinced Linda Hamilton to return for a "Terminator" revival.
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MOVIES - From THR: Universal takes "Bride of Frankenstein" off its schedule. Part of its "Dark Universe" line, it was scheduled to debut Feb. 14, 2019.
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MOVIES - From TheNewYorkTimes: Decades of sexual harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein are revealed.
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MOVIES - From YahooNews: Rooney Mara says that it was not entirely her decision not to return for the sequel to 2011's "The Girl with a Dragon Tatoo," which is entitled "The Girl in the Spider's Web," which is due in 2018. British actress Claire Foy will take over the role of "Lisbeth Salander," from Mara.
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ANIMATION - From RollingStone: Fox's beloved and Emmy-winning animated television series, "Bob's Burgers," will also be a animated feature film in 2020.
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HISTORY - From TheVillageVoice: In the wake of "Playboy" magazine founder, Hugh Hefner's death, "The Village Voice" is make available its 1980 Pulitzer Prize-winning article, "Death of a Playmate." The article is about the murder of "Playboy playmate," Dorothy Stratten, by her husband who killed himself after murdering her. Stratten's life was fictionalized in Bob Fosse's final film, "Star 80" (1983).
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AVATAR - From THR: Oscar-winner Kate Winslet joins James Cameron's "Avatar" universe. Winslet starred in Cameron's Oscar-winning box office record setting film, "Titanic."
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MOVIES - From THR: Joachim Ronning, director of the recent fifth Pirates of the Caribbean film, will direct the sequel to "Maleficent," the 2014 worldwide hit starring Angelina Jolie.
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MOVIES - From SlashFilm: Luc Besson says that "Lucy 2," the sequel to his hit film starring Scarlett Johansson, is still happening.
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MOVIES - From Collider: Director Doug Liman provided an update on "Edge of Tomorrow 2."
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LAS VEGAS:
BREAKING NEWS - From WashingtonPost: A gunman opened fire at a country music concert in Las Vegas on Sunday night - Breaking news and developing story.
From YahooNews: Dark details emerge about the family history of Las Vegas mass shooter, Stephen Paddock.
From YahooNews: Stephen Paddock was a multimillionaire!
From YahooNewsweek: The identities of the victims of Las Vegas mass shooter, Stephen Paddock, are being revealed.
From TheDailyBeast: Former Fox New host and serial sexual harasser, Bill O'Reilly, says that Las Vegas massacre is "the price of freedom."
From YahooFinance: Walt Disney Company CEO Robert Iger announced that a Disney cast member, Carrie Barnette, was killed in the Las Vegas shooting. Another, Jessica Milam, was injured.
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MUSIC - From TMZ: Tom Petty found in full cardiac arrest at home in Malibu - Developing Story.
From YahooNews: Tom Petty may have been taken off life support.
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TELEVISION - From TVLine: Jon Hamm has joined Neil Gaiman's "Good Omens," the six-part TV adaptation of Gaiman's novel of the same name that he wrote with the late Terry Prathett.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: It is a close race for #1 at the 9/29 to 10/1/2017 weekend box office with "IT" ($17.3 mil), "American Made" ($17.01 mil), and "Kingsman 2: The Golden Circle" ($17 mil) fighting for #1.
From TheWrap: Period pieces, "Loving Vincent," and "Victoria and Abdul," expand at indie box office.
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CELEBRITY - From People: O.J. Simpson has been released from prison.
From BET: Rob Kardashian can't pay his baby mama Blac Chyna the $20,000 per month in child support for their child, Dream, that he agreed to pay.
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MOVIES - From SlashFilm: Don Mancini, the creator of the horror movie killer, Chucky ("Child's Play"), submits to a Q&A about the "Chucky" franchise and about the new film, "Cult of Chucky," the seventh installment.
TRAILER:
From SideshowToys: Here is the first trailer for Alex Garland's upcoming film, "Annihilation" (February 2018),
OBITS:
From YahooNews: Rock music legend, Tom Petty, has died at the age of 66, Monday night, October 2, 2017. Petty was best known as the front man of the band "Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers." He also recorded two albums with the supergroup, "Traveling Wilburys," and he released three solo albums. He won three Grammy Awards, one as a solo artist, one with the Heartbreakers, and one with the Wilburys.
From DeadlineTV: Comedian Ralphie May has died at the age of 45, Friday, October 6, 2017. He rose to fame competing on NBC's "Last Comic Standing" in 2003.
From RSN: Peace activist and teacher, Scott Galindez, died at the age of 52, Tuesday, September 26, 2017. He was a frequent contributor to news service, Reader Supported News.
BLM - From RSN: Are you a "Black Identity Extremist?"
MOVIES - From Nerdist: On the 30th anniversary of Clive Barker's film "Hellraiser" (1987), Nerdiest ranks all the films in the series. There are ten as of this year's "Hellraiser: Judgment."
----------
STAR TREK - From CinemaBlend: Would Quentin Tarantino really direct a "Star Trek" movie.
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MOVIES - From TheWrap: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Jason Statham will get their own "Fast & Furious" movie spinoff, set for 2019.
----------
MOVIES - From THR: James Cameron talks about how he convinced Linda Hamilton to return for a "Terminator" revival.
----------
MOVIES - From THR: Universal takes "Bride of Frankenstein" off its schedule. Part of its "Dark Universe" line, it was scheduled to debut Feb. 14, 2019.
----------
MOVIES - From TheNewYorkTimes: Decades of sexual harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein are revealed.
----------
MOVIES - From YahooNews: Rooney Mara says that it was not entirely her decision not to return for the sequel to 2011's "The Girl with a Dragon Tatoo," which is entitled "The Girl in the Spider's Web," which is due in 2018. British actress Claire Foy will take over the role of "Lisbeth Salander," from Mara.
----------
ANIMATION - From RollingStone: Fox's beloved and Emmy-winning animated television series, "Bob's Burgers," will also be a animated feature film in 2020.
----------
HISTORY - From TheVillageVoice: In the wake of "Playboy" magazine founder, Hugh Hefner's death, "The Village Voice" is make available its 1980 Pulitzer Prize-winning article, "Death of a Playmate." The article is about the murder of "Playboy playmate," Dorothy Stratten, by her husband who killed himself after murdering her. Stratten's life was fictionalized in Bob Fosse's final film, "Star 80" (1983).
----------
AVATAR - From THR: Oscar-winner Kate Winslet joins James Cameron's "Avatar" universe. Winslet starred in Cameron's Oscar-winning box office record setting film, "Titanic."
----------
MOVIES - From THR: Joachim Ronning, director of the recent fifth Pirates of the Caribbean film, will direct the sequel to "Maleficent," the 2014 worldwide hit starring Angelina Jolie.
----------
MOVIES - From SlashFilm: Luc Besson says that "Lucy 2," the sequel to his hit film starring Scarlett Johansson, is still happening.
----------
MOVIES - From Collider: Director Doug Liman provided an update on "Edge of Tomorrow 2."
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LAS VEGAS:
BREAKING NEWS - From WashingtonPost: A gunman opened fire at a country music concert in Las Vegas on Sunday night - Breaking news and developing story.
From YahooNews: Dark details emerge about the family history of Las Vegas mass shooter, Stephen Paddock.
From YahooNews: Stephen Paddock was a multimillionaire!
From YahooNewsweek: The identities of the victims of Las Vegas mass shooter, Stephen Paddock, are being revealed.
From TheDailyBeast: Former Fox New host and serial sexual harasser, Bill O'Reilly, says that Las Vegas massacre is "the price of freedom."
From YahooFinance: Walt Disney Company CEO Robert Iger announced that a Disney cast member, Carrie Barnette, was killed in the Las Vegas shooting. Another, Jessica Milam, was injured.
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MUSIC - From TMZ: Tom Petty found in full cardiac arrest at home in Malibu - Developing Story.
From YahooNews: Tom Petty may have been taken off life support.
----------
TELEVISION - From TVLine: Jon Hamm has joined Neil Gaiman's "Good Omens," the six-part TV adaptation of Gaiman's novel of the same name that he wrote with the late Terry Prathett.
----------
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: It is a close race for #1 at the 9/29 to 10/1/2017 weekend box office with "IT" ($17.3 mil), "American Made" ($17.01 mil), and "Kingsman 2: The Golden Circle" ($17 mil) fighting for #1.
From TheWrap: Period pieces, "Loving Vincent," and "Victoria and Abdul," expand at indie box office.
----------
CELEBRITY - From People: O.J. Simpson has been released from prison.
From BET: Rob Kardashian can't pay his baby mama Blac Chyna the $20,000 per month in child support for their child, Dream, that he agreed to pay.
----------
MOVIES - From SlashFilm: Don Mancini, the creator of the horror movie killer, Chucky ("Child's Play"), submits to a Q&A about the "Chucky" franchise and about the new film, "Cult of Chucky," the seventh installment.
TRAILER:
From SideshowToys: Here is the first trailer for Alex Garland's upcoming film, "Annihilation" (February 2018),
OBITS:
From YahooNews: Rock music legend, Tom Petty, has died at the age of 66, Monday night, October 2, 2017. Petty was best known as the front man of the band "Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers." He also recorded two albums with the supergroup, "Traveling Wilburys," and he released three solo albums. He won three Grammy Awards, one as a solo artist, one with the Heartbreakers, and one with the Wilburys.
From DeadlineTV: Comedian Ralphie May has died at the age of 45, Friday, October 6, 2017. He rose to fame competing on NBC's "Last Comic Standing" in 2003.
From RSN: Peace activist and teacher, Scott Galindez, died at the age of 52, Tuesday, September 26, 2017. He was a frequent contributor to news service, Reader Supported News.
Friday, October 6, 2017
VIZ Media Acquires "Infini-T Force" Anime Series
VIZ MEDIA ANNOUNCES THE ACQUISITION OF TATSUNOKO PRODUCTION’S NEW ACTION ANIME SERIES INFINI-T FORCE
Series Marks The Legendary Studio’s 55th Anniversary; Catch The Upcoming North American Premiere Of Subtitled Episodes
San Francisco, CA – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), a premier company in the fields of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing, proudly announces the acquisition of INFINI-T FORCE, a hero-action series from the legendary anime studio, Tatsunoko Production. The acquisition includes rights for digital streaming, EST, home video and merchandise in North America, Latin America and Oceania. In addition, VIZ Media has acquired the feature-length movie, debuting in Japan in early 2018; this acquisition includes theatrical rights.
VIZ Media also announces the North American streaming premiere of INFINI-T FORCE Episodes 1 and 2 on Wednesday, October 4th, 2017 on VIZ.com/Watch. Episodes will be presented with English subtitles and will be available to stream on-demand. Subsequent new episodes of INFINI-T FORCE will debut on every Tuesday.
2017 marks the 55th Anniversary of the founding of one of Japan’s most famous animation studios – Tatsunoko Production. As the centerpiece of the anniversary, INFINI-T FORCE unites the heroes from four of the studio’s most popular shows – Gatchaman, Hurricane Polimar, Casshan and Tekkaman.
“INFINI-T FORCE introduces Tatsunoko Production’s most famous anime superheroes for a new generation of viewers while also exciting fans of the original shows,” says Charlene Ingram, VIZ Media’s Director of Animation Marketing. “We are honored to work with Tatsunoko Production in presenting INFINI-T FORCE to North American fans this fall!”
Living in Tokyo’s trendy Shibuya district, Emi Kaido is the envy of almost every high schooler in Japan. She has startling wealth, a luxurious modern apartment, and no parents in sight. But beneath it all lies a tangle of apathy and loneliness. Emi is parentless and is looking for diversion in all the wrong—and dangerous—places. And it’s the choices Emi makes that teaches her that life can change in an instant. Her penchant for peril drags her into yet another life-and-death situation, this time involving an enigmatic object known as the “Case” and four mysterious heroes. What ensues is an all-out battle between good and evil, and a story of self-realization. The future of humanity and the world lies in Emi’s hands.
Founded in 1962 by animation visionary, Tatsuo Yoshida, Tatsunoko Production continues to be a pioneer of Japanese animation. Tatsunoko franchises have captivated viewers around the world for generations with a wide range of animated properties, including Speed Racer and Battle of the Planets.
For additional information on anime and manga titles distributed and published by VIZ Media, please visit VIZ.com.
About VIZ Media, LLC
Established in 1986, VIZ Media is the premier company in the fields of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing. Along with its popular digital magazine WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP and blockbuster properties like NARUTO, DRAGON BALL, SAILOR MOON, and POKÉMON, VIZ Media offers an extensive library of titles and original content in a wide variety of book and video formats, as well as through official licensed merchandise. Owned by three of Japan's largest publishing and entertainment companies, Shueisha Inc., Shogakukan Inc., and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Co., Ltd., VIZ Media is dedicated to bringing the best titles for English-speaking audiences worldwide.
Learn more about VIZ Media and its properties at VIZ.com.
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VIZ Media to Bring "Blame!" Anime to U.S. Home Media
Acclaimed Sci-Fi Thriller From Polygon Pictures Scheduled For DVD And Blu-Ray Release in 2018
San Francisco, CA – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), a premier company in the fields of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing, thrilled a packed audience during its official panel at New York Comic Con this past weekend as it announced the acquisition of the North American home video and product licensing rights to the celebrated film, BLAME!
VIZ Media will release BLAME! as Blu-ray and DVD Editions, featuring an Art Gallery, and a Blu-ray exclusive "Making of BLAME!" documentary. The film was directed by Hiroyuki Seshita, who also brought the world the complex, sci-fi action of "Knights of Sidonia" and Ajin: Demi-Human. BLAME! debuted on NETFLIX this past May.
In BLAME!, an “infection” in the past has caused automated systems to spiral out of order, resulting in a multi-leveled city structure that replicates itself infinitely in all directions. Now humanity has lost access to the city’s controls, and is hunted down and purged by the defense system known as the Safeguard. In a tiny corner of the city, a little enclave known as the Electro-Fishers is facing eventual extinction, trapped between the threat of the Safeguard and dwindling food supplies. A girl named Zuru goes on a journey to find food for her village, only to inadvertently cause doom when an observation tower senses her and summons a Safeguard pack to eliminate the threat. With her companions dead and all escape routes blocked, the only thing that can save her now is the sudden arrival of Killy the Wanderer, on his quest for the Net Terminal Genes, the key to restoring order to the world.
“BLAME! blends apocalyptic action and hard science fiction with the story of man’s struggle against technology,” says Charlene Ingram, VIZ Media’s Director of Animation Marketing. “We are thrilled to add this film to VIZ Media’s home media collection and look forward to presenting BLAME! to fans this spring.”
BLAME! was originally serialized as a manga series in Kodansha’s Afternoon magazine from 1997 to 2003. It was the debut work of creator Tsutomu Nihei, who went on to win the 39th Kodansha Manga Award for his series, Knights of Sidonia. Nihei is also known for his work on the sci-fi manga series, Biomega (which is published in English by VIZ Media).
BLAME! was produced by Polygon Pictures, the Japanese 3DCG animation studio widely renowned for its award-winning work on shows like "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" and "Transformers: Prime," as well as the acclaimed Knights of Sidonia series.
For additional information on anime and manga titles distributed and published by VIZ Media, please visit VIZ.com.
About VIZ Media, LLC
Established in 1986, VIZ Media is the premier company in the fields of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing. Along with its popular digital magazine WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP and blockbuster properties like NARUTO, DRAGON BALL, SAILOR MOON, and POKÉMON, VIZ Media offers an extensive library of titles and original content in a wide variety of book and video formats, as well as through official licensed merchandise. Owned by three of Japan's largest publishing and entertainment companies, Shueisha Inc., Shogakukan Inc., and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Co., Ltd., VIZ Media is dedicated to bringing the best titles for English-speaking audiences worldwide.
Learn more about VIZ Media and its properties at VIZ.com.
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