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COMICS-FILM - From WeGotThisCovered: Deadpool film franchise writers, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, said that they are waiting for Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige's approval to start working on the script for "Deadpool 3."
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DISNEY - From Variety: Oscar-winning director Robert Zemeckis ("Forest Gump") is in talks to direct Disney's live-action remake of Pinocchio.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Dick Cook Studios (DCS), an independent production company helmed by former Walt Disney Studios chairman Dick Cook, will receive AUD $30 million ($20,473,020 USD) in Australian government funding to produce two fantasy features in the country. The films are "Ranger's Apprentice" and "The Alchemyst."
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STREAMING - From TheWrap: Greg Kinnear has joined the cast of the CBS All Access miniseries, "The Stand," in the role of Glen Bateman.
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ANIMATION - From TheWrap: WarnerMedia's streaming service, HBOMax, has obtained the streaming rights to the animated films of the Japanese animation powerhouse, Studio Ghibli, which produced the Oscar-winning "Spirited Away." When they debut in 2020, it will be the first time these films will be streamed
TELEVISION - From Variety: Kurt Sutter has been fired as showrunner from FX's "Mayans MC," a show he co-created. It reportedly has to do with complaints against him.
From Deadline: Kurt Sutter tells his side of the story on being fired from FX's "Mayans MC."
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MOVIES-TRAILER - From ShadowandAct: There is a first trailer for "She Ball," the first film from Cash Money Films in partnership with Nick Cannon's Ncredible Entertainment.
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CELEBRITY - From Deadline: Ron Ely was the star of NBC's 1960s "Tarzan" television series (1966-68). The police found Ely's wife, Valerie, stabbed to death at the couple's home in the Hope Ranch community of Santa Barbara, California. The suspect in Valerie's death was Ron and Valerie's son, Cameron, whom the police shot to death. Ron Ely was reportedly unharmed.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Jada Pinkett Smith is in talks to return for "The Matrix 4." Smith played Niobe in "The Matrix Reloaded" and "The Matrix Revolutions."
From Deadline: Actress Jessica Henwick, who appeared in Marvel/Netflix's "Iron Fist," is in talks to take a lead role in "The Matrix 4."
From Variety: Emmy-winning actor Neil Patrick Harris is joining the cast of "The Matrix 4." Production on the film is set to begin in early 2020.
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SCANDAL - From YahooEntertainment: Oscar-nominated actress Felicity Huffman has reported to prison to begin serving her 14-day sentence for her role in the "college admissions scanda," also known as "Operation Varsity Blues."
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MUSIC - From YahooMusic: The nominations for the class of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's Class of 2020 have been announced. Their are 16 nominated acts, including Whitney Houston, Pat Benatar, and Dave Matthews Band.
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ECO - From Grist: Legendary and Oscar-winning actress Jane Fonda was recently arrested during a climate protest, and she says she plans to do it again.
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STREAMING - From Netflix: Netflix and Ava DuVernay face a lawsuit over its Emmy-winning miniseries, "When They See Us."
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CULTURE - From YahooLifestyle: A "ghost kitchen" may be preparing your Chick-fil-A.
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COMICS-FILM - From THR: Zoe Kravitz has won the role of "Selina Kyle/Catwoman" in Matt Reeves' The Batman, in which Robert Pattinson plays Batman.
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AWARDS - From Deadline: Nominations have been announced for the 4th Annual / 2019 Critics' Choice Documentary Awards.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 10/11 to 10/13/2019 weekend box office is "Joker" with an estimated take of 55 million dollars.
From Variety: "Joker" still dominating the international box office with an estimated haul of 123.7 million dollars in 79 markets.
From Patreon: My review of "Gemini Man."
From Patreon: My review of "Joker."
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POLITICS - From TheGuardian: Robert De Niro calls President Trump a "gangster president," among other things he says.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Quentin Tarantino offers praise for the late actor Robert Forster. Forster, who died Friday, Oct. 11th, appeared in Tarantino's 1997 film, "Jackie Brown" with Pam Grier. Tarantino said that casting Forster, who received an Oscar nomination for his role in the film, one of the best casting choices he has ever made.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Idina Menzel is in talks to join Sony Pictures' "Cinderella" in the role of the evil stepmother. Menzel, a Tony Award-winning Broadway actress and singer, is probably best known to the general public for her voice role as "Queen Elsa" in Disney's animated film, "Frozen," and for sing that film's worldwide hit song, "Let It Go."
OBITS:
From TheBaltimoreSun: U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings, a Democrat from Baltimore, has died at the age of 68, Thursday, October 17, 2019. Cummings was known for his blunt oratory and for his devotion to the city of Baltimore, Maryland. As chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, he was a key figure in the impeachment inquiry in President Donald Trump.
From Variety: The actor Bill Macy has died at the age of 97, Thursday, October 17, 2019. Macy was best known for his role as "Walter Findlay," the husband of Bea Arthur's "Maude," on the former CBS TV series, "Maude" (1972-78).
From Deadline: The so-called "pimp to the stars" and "Hollywood hustler," Scotty Bowers, died at the age of 96, Sunday, October 13, 2019. A former marine and gas station attendant, Bowers was allegedly a sexual companion to or sexual facilitator (pimp) for numerous stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood, including Cary Grant, Randolph Scott, Spencer Tracy, Charles Laughton, Cole Porter, and Laurence Olivier, to name a few. In his 2012 memoir, "Full Service," Bowers gave insight into the secretive sex lives high-profile Hollywood stars of the golden era.
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