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MOVIES-CULTURE - From THR: NBA great and author Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has taken issue with the portrayal of legendary martial artist and actor, Bruce Lee, in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood.
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STREAMING-ANIMATION - From Variety: Netflix orders "Agent King," an adult animated action-comedy series that depicts Elvis Presley as a secret agent or super spy.
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MOVIES - From BleedingCool: Neill Blomkamp says he is off MGM's "Robocop Returns."
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DISNEY/BOX OFFICE - From Deadline: With "Toy Story 4" crossing the one-billion dollar mark in global box office, Walt Disney Pictures becomes the first movie studio to have five pictures cross the billion dollar mark in global box office in a single year. Two late year releases, "Frozen 2" and "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" could make it seven.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Kevin Hart will star in and produce the superhero comedy, "Night Wolf," for STXfilms.
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MOVIES - From SlashFilm: Alexandre Aja ("Crawl") leads a talented group of filmmakers in an attempt to make an interactive haunted house movie.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Henry Golding ("Crazy Rich Asians") is in talks to star in the "G.I. Joe" spinoff, "Snake Eyes."
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DISNEY - From People: Disney offers a sneak peek at its live-action remake of its classic animated film "Lady and the Tramp" with a photo of its canine stars.
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TELEVISION - From Blackfilm: BET and Tyler Perry add new cast members, including DeVale Ellis and Kevin Walton, to their upcoming one-hour drama, "Sistas," which is due this fall.
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MOVIES - From Blackfilm: Vanessa Bell Calloway will reprise her role of "Imani Izzi" in the Coming to America sequel, which is due to hit theaters December 18, 2020. Comedian Luenell is also joining the cast.
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LGBTQ - From Variety: IMDb is changing its policy on publishing birth names in response to transgender customers and other entertainment figures.
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MEDIA - From Deadline: After 13 years apart (that long!), CBS and Viacom are once again one. The new entity will be called ViacomCBS Inc. Regulatory approval of the merger is expected to come in the next several months.
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STREAMING/BDS - From Truthout: In the op-ed, "I Said No to a Netflix Series Audition Because I Support Palestinian Rights," actor David Clennon explains why he declined to participate in Netflix's upcoming series, "Sycamore," a co-production with Israel.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 8/9 to 8/11/19 weekend box office is "Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw" with an estimated take of 25.4 million dollars.
From Patreon: My review of "Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw."
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MOVIES - From Deadline: New Line Cinema is the winner of an intense bidding war for Olivia Wilde's directorial effort which exists as a spec script, entitled "Don't Worry Darling."
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AWARDS - From Deadline: 2019 Teen Choice Awards were announced. "Avengers: Endgame" and "Riverdale" take the top prizes.
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STREAMING - From IndieWire: In the end, things worked out for "Fast Color," a film about African-American female superheroes. Amazon will produce a TV series based on the film.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Universal Pictures has cancelled its release of the now-controversial film, "The Hunt." Produced in part by Jason Blum, the film was due September 27th.
From Variety: President Trump has been calling out Hollywood "racism," with "The Hunt" apparently being one of the "racist films" he targeted.
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MOVIES - From IndieWire: Quentin Tarantino says that if he comes up with a good idea, his next (and supposedly final) film would be a horror movie.
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ANIMATION - From IndieWire: The Walt Disney Company's "Disney discipline" hits Fox's former animation studio, Blue Sky Studios ("Ice Age" and "Rio" franchises).
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MOVIES - From THR: Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec, who wrote the recent "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" movies and "Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol," are writing a script for a "G.I. Joe" spinoff movie, which will reportedly be an ensemble piece. A "Snake Eyes" movie is due October 2020.
OBITS:
From THR: The Canadian born animator and filmmaker, Richard Williams, has died at the age of 86, Friday, August 16, 2019. Williams was best known for directing the animation on the live-action/animation hybrid, "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988). He won an Oscar for his animated short film "A Christmas Carol" (1971), and in 1989, he shared a visual effects Oscar for "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," as well as receiving a "special achievement" Oscar for the film.
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From Deadline: The actor, Peter Fonda, has died at the age of 79, Friday, August 16, 2019. Fonda's best known film is the groundbreaking, counter-culture movie, "Easy Rider" (1969). Fonda also produced "Easy Rider," and shared an Oscar nomination for "Best Original Screenplay" with Terry Southern and the film's director, Dennis Hopper, for writing the film. Fonda was the son of legendary Golden Age actor, Henry Fonda, and was the young brother of actress Jane Fonda. Fonda's daughter, Bridget, is also an actor.
From Deadline: Jane Fonda issues a statement on the passing of her brother, Peter Fonda.
From Deadline: Hollywood reacts to the passing of actor Peter Fonda.
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From CNN: Actor and former firefighter, Dango Nguyen, has died at the age of 48, Saturday, August 10, 2019. Nguyen, who acted under the name "Dango Nu Yen," appeared in the third season of "The Walking Dead."
From YahooSports: NFL coach Darryl Drake has died at the age of 62, Sunday, August 11, 2019. Drake was currently the Pittsburgh Steelers' wide receivers coach. Drake has a brief NFL and CFL career after playing college football for Western Kentucky University (1975-1978). After a 20-year career coaching in the college ranks, in 2004, he began his NFL coaching career. He was a coach on the Chicago Bears 2006 team that won the NFC Championship and lost in the Super Bowl to the Indianapolis Colts.
From NFL: Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin issues a statement on Darryl Drake's passing.
From NFL: Pittsburgh Steelers Team President Art Rooney II issues a state on Darryl Drake's passing.
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