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BOX OFFICE - From Deadline: The opening weekend box office estimate for Jordan Peele's new horror flick, "Us," which is coming at $68 million+, would be a record opening for an original horror film concept.
From Patreon: A review of "Us" by yours truly (Leroy Douresseaux, boo!).
From TheNewYorker: Richard Brody reviews "Us."
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POLITICS - From CNN: John Hickenlooper is the former governor of Colorado who is currently running for the 2020 Democratic nomination for president. During a town hall on CNN, he recounted he took his mother to a movie theater to see an "X-rated" movie. The movie was "Deep Throat."
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COMICS-FILM - From Newsarama: Director Todd Phillips shares a new image of Joaquin Phoenix from their "Joker" film, which is due October 4, 2019.
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TELEVISION - From THR: The 2019-2020 season of The CW's long running sci-fi-fantasy-horror series, "Supernatural," will be its final season, according to an announcement made by three of its stars, Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, and Misha Collins. "Supernatural" is The CW's longest running series. It is the longest running sci-fi-type series in American television history.
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TELEVISION - From Collider: Oscar-winning screenwriter Steve Zallian is working on a TV series based on the "Tom Ripley" novels by the late author, Patricia Highsmith. The novels have previously made it to the big screen, with the best known being 1999's "The Talented Mr. Ripley."
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COMICS-FILM - From YahooEntertainment: Zachary Levi, star of Warner Bros.' "Shazam," took to social media to defend Marvel Studio's "Captain Marvel" star, Brie Larson. The character Shazam was once known as Captain Marvel before some trademark issues.
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SCANDAL-CULTURE - From MarieClaire: The perils of having a name that is the same or similar to the name of an infamous or famous person.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Writer-director Macon Blair ("Murder Party") has been tapped to write and direct a reboot of Troma's "The Toxic Avenger."
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Emily Blunt will star in the feature film, "Not Fade Away," which will be produced by David O. Russell and Blunt's husband, John Krasinki.
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MOVIES - From TheWrap: Noah Centineo is in talks to play the lead, He-Man, in Sony and Mattel Films "Masters of the Universe" film.
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MOVIES - From Truthout: Shane Burley examines the new film, "Lord of Chaos," the book upon which it is based, and it cultural context in the tide of white nationalism.
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MOVIES - From GeekTyrant: Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter announce that "Bill & Ted Face the Music," the long-awaited third installment of the "Bill & Ted" franchise, will be released August 21, 2020.
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MOVIES - From Collider: The site is reporting that Robert Pattinson is joing John David Washington in Christopher Nolan's secretive July 2020 film.
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DISNEY - From Variety: At 12:02 a.m. EST, Disney will complete its 71 billion dollar acquisition of 21st Century Fox.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Sources tell "Variety" that actor John David Washington ("BlacKkKlansman") will play the lead in director Christopher Nolan's still secret "event film" due July 17, 2020.
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: Miranda Richardson is joing HBO's pilot for its "Game of Thrones" prequel.
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STREAMING - From ThePlaylist: Matthew McConaughey being eyed to appear in director Park Chan-wook's ultra-violent Western "The Brigands of Rattlecreek" for Amazon.
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COMICS-FILM - From ThePlaylist: DCEU producer Peter Safran talks about James Gunn, "Suicide Squad" reboot, and ending the "silly Marvel/DC rivalry."
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MOVIES - From Collider: Martin Scorsese's much-anticipated "The Irishman" will not be ready to be screened at Cannes.
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SCANDAL - From THR: CEO and Chairman of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Kevin Tsujihara has stepped down, likely because it has been made public that he was favoring his ho.
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BLM - From Truthout: "We Need a New Declaration of Rights for Black Americans."
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 3/15 to 3/17/2019 weekend box office is Marvel Studios' "Captain Marvel" with an estimated take of 69.3 million dollars.
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MOVIES - From GeekTyrant: "Transformers"producer Lorenzo Di Boneventura confirms that there will be a "Bumbleee"sequel and a "big Transformers" movies sequel to "The Last Knight."
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: Actor Aaron Paul, who won multiple Emmy Awards for his role in AMC's TV series, "Breaking Bad" talks a "what if" concerning a sequel to the series.
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STREAMING - From Forbes: Netflix has gotten the official green light from the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), Britain's independent film regulatory agency, to start setting its own age ratings for its films and television series. This marks the first time the BBFC has granted a company the stamp of approval to determine its own age ratings.
OBITS:
From CNN: Rock guitarist, Dick Dale, has died at the age of 81, Saturday, March 16, 2019. Dale is most famous for pioneering the thundering California "surf rock" genre. His most famous song is "Misirlou" (1963), which Quentin Tarantino played over the opening tracks of his seminal film, "Pulp Fiction."
From Variety: Influential recording artist and drummer, Hal Blaine, died at the age of 90, Monday, March 11, 2019. Blaine was a member of the legendary studio musician group, the "Wrecking Crew." He is considered a trend setter for rock 'n' roll drumming.
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