Everybody is talking about Tiffany Haddish right now, and for good reason. She’s one of the funniest women around and a fresh new voice that we’re guaranteed to see a lot more of. After having one of the best moments at the Oscars over the weekend, Haddish has now been cast in the latest movie from Tyler Perry, The List.
Haddish joins Tika Sumpter and Omari Hardwick in Perry’s comedy, which he will write and produce. Here’s the synopsis: “When her wild sister (Haddish) gets released from prison and re-enters her life, Danica (Sumpter) is forced to accept that she may be getting “catfished” by an online boyfriend whom she has never met in person.”
I’m not convinced Haddish can make a Tyler Perry movie any good, but she should make it worth taking the time to find out. Add this to Haddish’s growing slate of upcoming projects that include Night School with Kevin Hart and crime film The Kitchen alongside Melissa McCarthy. [Variety]
We haven’t heard much about DC Films’ planned Green Lantern Corps movie in a while, and that’s for a few reasons. For starters, the entire label is in disarray as Warner Bros. tries to right the ship. The film is a long ways off and probably wouldn’t hit screens for a few years at best. And there just hasn’t been much movement on anything with it. Well, that could be about to change, although the sourcing tells me to be very skeptical.
That Hashtag Show says Mission: Impossible-Fallout director and Tom Cruise’s buddy Christopher McQuarrie is being sought to direct Green Lantern Corps. McQuarrie has directed Cruise in Mission: Impossible- Rogue Nation and Jack Reacher, as well, so you know if he came aboard the rumors would immediately pop that the actor might play Hal Jordan. The report even suggests Warner Bros. wants an actor aged 39-50 for the role, which is right in the Cruise wheelhouse. That would suggest a much younger actor to play fellow GL, John Stewart, who will be defending the universe alongside him.
So we’ll see if this goes anywhere but I seriously have my doubts. Reporter Umberto Gonzalez says McQuarrie was in talks for the job back in October but nothing happened, while That Hashtag Show says their info is from last month. Now now boys, don’t fight. You’re both probably wrong.
Not true. Really old news. They couldn’t make a deal happen last October. Studio just confirmed.
Legends of Tomorrow continues their streak of single character-centric episodes. Two weeks ago, we had a Zari-specific episode. Last week, we focused most of our attention on Amaya, in which she not only got to be a pirate queen in the Bahamas in 1717, but she also lost her totem (and she sees it as a good thing) as the Legends continue their battle against Damien Darhk, his daughter Norah, and then entity possessing her Mallus. The episode ended with Ray getting kidnapped by a revived Nora, so guess who we are going to spend our time with?
If you guessed Ray, you were half right. While the Legend we focus on is Ray Palmer, the episode also concentrated on the complicated father/daughter relationship of the Darhks as Damien and Norah have their own issues to deal with. Having kidnapped Ray and under threat of torture, forcing him to leave cryptic messages for the Legends across time in the hopes of a “rescue.” They really want to try and uncover the mystery of Nora’s new totem. Turns out she cannot harness the power of Amaya’s vixen abilities. In addition, Damien has discovered the fire totem, although in pieces. They need to figure out a way to piece it back together. Lucky for them, they have a scientist who’s their hostage. Damien also knows that the fire totem can be fixed via cold fusion. But isn’t there no such thing as cold fusion? Well, according to Damien, it was discovered in the 1960s by a Berlin scientist, however, a younger Anton Chigurh looking Damien (hence “No Country For Old men episode title) assassinated the scientist. Nora decides that she needs to go back in time with Ray to save the scientist from her dad.
On the Wave Rider, the Legends barely discover that Ray has been missing. Sarah and Ava enjoyed a night together and Zari was trying to go on a joyride when they realize that the dishes haven’t been done. Also joining them is Ray and Wally (who finally has something to do in the Arrowverse), and they realize that Ray is in trouble. However, they don’t know when in time he is with the Darhks, so they have to wait and see when they are. Amaya and Zary try to commune with Amaya’s totem on the ancestral plane (in a very Black Panther-ish way) to try and find out where the totem is. While they don’t have any luck finding them, Amaya learns that if Norah is able to tap into Amaya’s totem, it will help release Mallus from his prison, which towards the end of the episode has disastrous consequences.
In 1962, Norah and Ray find the scientist and try to save him from younger Damien. While the disastrous wig-wearing younger Damien doesn’t have magic, he does have a killer John Wick vibe, proving it’s hard to stop him. To top it off, Norah is still unable to use both her Mallus magic and tap into the totem. Ray tries to use his ingenuity to help save them from the murderous younger Damien and they manage to escape. While Norah and Ray are spending time escaping, they come to bond a little. Ray seems to start being attracted to her as he sees a different side of her. She also is coming to the realization that she has some deep daddy issues. Also, regular Damien is realizing that he also has some deep seeded issues with his daughter. He decided that he needs to also travel to 1962 and help save his daughter from his younger self. While he manages to help them avoid younger Damien, he ends up kidnapping Norah, forcing regular Damien to turn over the scientist, showing that he cares for his daughter.
During the prisoner exchange, regular and younger Damien begin fighting each other. After all, regular Damien said he was going to kick his own ass. As he tries to use his magic to prevent his daughter from being thrown off a ledge, she eventually tells him to let her go, and when she falls off the ledge, he totem activates. Turns out, her love of her father allows her to activate its power. Ray manages to escape regular Damien’s clutches and tries to rescue the injured scientist, who reveals the formula of cold fusion. Ray initiates a time quake so that the Legends travel to rescue him. Wally uses his speed powers to steal the fire totem from regular Damien. It looks like Amaya will probably use the new totem, not that it’s being used by Norah.
The episode ends with the Legends reuniting and as they and Ava are speaking with the head of the Time Bureau (who was trying to stop Alexander Hamilton from going to watch “Hamilton”), is attacked by Gorilla Grodd (good to see him back). Now with Ava as the leader of the Time Bureau, she reinstates Rip as an agent. Wally decides to stay with the Legends as he can feel at home with a team of misfits. Norah now able to use the totem is falling deeper under Mallus’ influence, something that Damien might end up regretting.
Is three years enough time to forget about a very high-profile flop? The folks behind the latest attempt to revitalize the Terminator franchise sure hope so, because according to Arnold Schwarzenegger filming will begin this summer, right around the three year anniversary of Terminator Genisys’ release.
“We are starting to shoot Terminator 6 in June to the middle of October, so I am in that. I am looking forward to coming back as the T-800 model. It’s gonna be great with Tim Miller as the director and Jim Cameron is kind of supervising the whole thing.”
The Governator pretty much spelled it out. Deadpool‘s Tim Miller is on board to direct Terminator 6 with Cameron, who regains the rights in 2019, serving as a consultant. The film will bring back Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor, and will completely ignore the events of Terminator 3 (which wasn’t that bad and should be counted, IMHO), Terminator: Salvation, and obviously Terminator Genisys. Instead it will be a followup to Cameron’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day, which is still as good today as it was in 1991.
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It seems that after starring in Panos Cosmatos’ Sundance genre film Mandy, Andrea Riseborough now has a taste for that horror life. Deadline reports Riseborough is in talks to star in the latest reboot of The Grudge, which we previously learned will be directed by The Eyes of My Mother‘s Nicolas Pesce.
This will be a different take on the popular J-Horror franchise, which came to our shores with successful remakes in 2004, 2006, and a less successful one in 2009. Midnight Meat Train writer Jeff Buhler will pen the script that presumably will still follow those affected by a supernatural curse. Riseborough will play a detective and young single mother. Sam Raimi is on board to produce, just as he was for the previous movies.
This will be the 12th The Grudge/Ju-On movie, including a Japanese crossover with The Ring back in 2016. Don’t be surprised if we get something like that here if this reboot goes off without a hitch.
When House of Cards returns for its sixth and final season there will be somebody new occupying the Oval Office. Well, “new” in that it won’t be Kevin Spacey’s manipulative and murderous Frank Underwood, after the actor was ousted when sexual misconduct allegations surfaced. Fortunately, the end of season 5 gave producers the perfect opportunity to change focus to Robin Wright as Claire Underwood, and now we’re getting our first look at her as the POTUS. Hail to the Chief.
“We’re just getting started”, Claire says confidently from behind the big desk in Netflix’s brief teaser for the series’ return. It remains unclear how exactly they will write Frank out of the show, though. The last season ended with her taking over as President, but refusing to pardon Frank for all of his crimes. Some delicious irony would be if he were shoved in front of a Metro train.
I suspect they will let the mystery of his demise linger for a while. New additions to the show include Diane Lane and Greg Kinnear, with Michael Kelly Jayne Atkinson, Patricia Clarkson, Cody Fern, Constance Zimmer, Derek Cecil, Campbell Scott and Boris McGiver returning. House of Cards season 6 kicks off his fall.
Hosting the biggest Oscars night party in DC for the last few years has given me a pretty good perspective on what’s working and what isn’t. Last night, Jimmy Kimmel took another swing at hosting and once again he was fairly well-received, with his jabs at Harvey Weinstein, Donald Trump, and Mike Pence going over with the Hollywood crowd, as we knew they would. And his extended night-long bit about the jet ski…well, at least it had a great payoff.
Of course, given the current political climate this was going to be a night of speeches that emphasized diversity and inclusion. Of these, I think the highlight would have to be Best Actress winner Frances McDormand, who took her time at the mic to put her Oscar down and give all of the female nominees and winners a moment a shine. It was a powerful moment, which McDormand used as a call to action, asking everybody in the room to start demanding an “inclusion rider” in their upcoming deals. Basically, demand diversity in every project or nothing moves forward.
There were other touching speeches that were more meat and potatoes, but still heartfelt. Sam Rockwell used his Best Actor win to talk about his love of movies and say a final word to his late pal, Philip Seymour Hoffman. Guillermo Del Toro talked about growing up a movie fan in Mexico, and worrying that where he was born would prevent him from ever having a career. Gary Oldman, who finally got the Oscar I think we’ve all wanted for him for so long, reminded us how soft-spoken he is. And Allison Janney took all the credit for her Best Supporting Actress win for herself, jokingly of course.
The most laughs of the night, though? They went to two of the most hilarious women anywhere, Tiffany Haddish and Maya Rudolph, who eased our minds that the Oscars aren’t becoming “too black” now, and that there are plenty more white people around still runnin’ things.
Disney isn’t in the business of taking risky gambles, and why should they? They have Marvel, Disney, Pixar, and flying somewhat under the radar are the vastly successful line of live-action remakes, reboots, and sequels. The Mouse House has learned how to maximize value from some of their oldest, most recognized properties, and now we’re being introduced to another one with the first trailer for Mary Poppins Returns.
The teaser arrived last night during the Oscars while Lin-Manuel Miranda and Emily Blunt were on hand, looking like they had just walked from the fairy tale movie itself. The film, which is directed by Into the Woods director Rob Marshall, is a sequel taking place years during the after the original with the kids now grown up and finding that being an adult isn’t all its cracked up to be. When times get hard, that’s when Mary Poppins returns to their lives to spread a little bit of magic. Miranda brings his singing, acting, and songwriting talent as lamplighter Jack, with Emily Mortimer, Ben Whishaw, Colin Firth, Angela Lansbury, and Meryl Streep on board. That’s a Hell of a cast.
And this trailer is just as sweet, hopeful, and magical as we could have hoped. But if the songs don’t bring it, then the whole thing could crumble. No pressure, Miranda.
The 90th Annual Academy Awards with two-time host Jimmy Kimmel were aired tonight. The Academy seemed to be really into the idea of trying to give everybody a slice of the Oscars pie *cough* except Baby Driver and Laurie Metcalfe *cough* *side eye*; Lady Bird also sadly went home with nothing. Besides those few disappointments, I’m pretty content with and also called those who would go home with their coveted awards. Dunkirk and The Shape of Water racked up, and Get Out didn’t leave empty handed. For a full recap of tonight’s winners check out the list below.
Best Supporting Actor – Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Supporting Actress – Allison Janney, I, Tonya
Best Actor – Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
Best Actress – Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Cinematography – Roger A. Deakins, Blade Runner 2049
Best Film Editing – Lee Smith, Dunkirk
Best Sound Editing – Alex Gibson and Richard King, Dunkirk
Best Sound Mixing – Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo, Mark Weingarten, Dunkirk
Best Original Score – Alexandre Desplat, The Shape of Water
Best Original Song – Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez,“Remember Me”, Coco
Best Production Design – Paul Denham Austerberry, Shane Vieau, Geoffrey A. Melvin, The Shape of Water
Best Animated Short – Glen Keane and Kobe Bryant, Dear Basketball
Best Animated Feature – Lee Unkrich and Darla K. Anderson, Coco
Best Foreign Language Film – Sebastián Lelio, A Fantastic Woman (Chile)
Best Documentary Short Subject – Frank Stiefle, Heaven Is A Traffic Jam On The 405
Best Documentary Feature – Bryan Fogle and Dan Cogan, Icarus
Best Live Action Short Film – Chris Overturn and Rachel Shenton, A Silent Child
Best Visual Effects – John Nelson, Paul Lambert, Gerd Nefzer, Richard R Hoover, Blade Runner 2049
Best Make up and Hairstyling – Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski, Lucy Sibbick, Darkest Hour
Best Costume Design – Mark Bridges, Phantom Thread
Best Adapted Screenplay – James Ivory, Call Me By Your Name
Best Original Screenplay – Jordan Peele, Get Out
Best Director – Guillermo Del Toro, The Shape of Water
