The Long Night

I watched Avengers: End Game last night and, although that made for a long night, I was glad I saw it. It wasn't "great", but it was entertaining and I don't need to see it again for a while.



However, this past week's Game of Thrones episode, "The Long Night", was definitely well worth the wait. HBO released a 40-minute behind-the-scenes video on the making of that episode and it's really good.

If you haven't watched this episode yet, don't watch the video. It reveals a lot of plot spoilers and many surprises.

That being said, if you did watch it and enjoyed it...definitely check it out.

Those kids are very good at what they do.

The time has come

I'm seeing this tonight.

Excited!

Men and Women in Black

The new International trailer for the new Men In Black movie came out today...



The movie looks like a lot of fun and I like the cast (especially Emma Thompson), so I'm really looking forward to this when it comes out June 14th.

Yes, please

I wish I was there right now....

Monster Mash

The final trailer for Godzilla: King of the Monsters was released today...



It certainly looks beautifully shot and definitely has a lot of the infamous monsters in it and the girl from Stranger Things.

So...there's that. I'll probably see it.

The movie opens on May 31st.

Bad doll

It seems that nothing is sacred when it comes to advertising the upcoming Child's Play remake. To celebrate Easter, it seems that Chucky has brutally murdered the Easter Bunny.

Slap Game

This is a pretty entertaining animated story about how one of the producers of Game of Thrones decided to play the "Slap Game" with Jason Momoa one night at a bar. You can imagine how that might have turned out. Enjoy.

Strike up the band

It looks like Netflix is going to produce the revival of The Boys In The Band that played on Broadway last year for a limited time...

Jim Parsons, Zachary Quinto, Andrew Rannells, Matt Bomer and the entire Broadway cast of last year’s The Boys in the Band will reunite, along with director Joe Mantello, for a Netflix film adaptation, producer Ryan Murphy announced today. 

“The Broadway cast of Boys was so important to me,” Murphy wrote in an Instagram post, “and as equally groundbreaking as Mart Crowley’s seminal work. Everyone in the cast was out and proud…and feeling so blessed to mark the 50th anniversary of Mart’s landmark play.” 

The 15-week limited engagement closed on Aug. 11, 2018, following a record-breaking run at the Booth. The production recouped its $3.5 million investment in the 11th week of its run, and in its final week smashed the Booth’s house record, taking a weekly gross of $1,152,649 (the theater’s previous record holder was 2015’s The Elephant Man starring Bradley Cooper, with $1,113,192).

Murphy will be produce the film with David Stone and Ned Martel, with a debut on Netflix in 2020.

I am really excited that this is going to happen, since I couldn't see it last year on stage in NYC.

I love Netflix.

Georgia Engel

Very sad news today...

Georgia Engel, who earned two Emmy noms for playing Ted Baxter’s significant other Georgette Franklin on The Mary Tyler Moore and three consecutive for Everybody Loves Raymond, has died. She was 70.

Engel joined The Mary Tyler Moore Show in 1972 when it was a top 10 primetime series and would appear in nearly 60 episodes over its final five seasons. Her dim but well-meaning Georgette was the love interest of self-important anchorman Baxter (Ted Knight), who courted and eventually married her during the November 1975 sweep — though he didn’t seem all that prepared for it. They went on to adopt a child and later had one of their own.

She joined CBS’ mega-hit Everybody Loves Raymond during Season 7 in 2003 and would score back-to-back-to-back Guest Actress Emmy nominations for playing the mother-in-law of Brad Garrett’s Robert Barone. Engel continued to work in TV post-Raymond, appearing in episodes of such series as The Office, Two and a Half Men, Passions and Neighbours. She also recurred as Mamie in 20 episodes of Hot in Cleveland, TV Land’s first scripted series, and her final credit was a 2018 appearance in Netflix’s Grace and Frankie.

Along with her work on the big and small screens, Engle appeared in four Broadway shows, including a star turn in the musical comedy The Drowsy Chaperone (2006-07). Earlier she trod the Main Stem boards in The Boys from Syracuse (2002), My One and Only (1983) and as a late-run replacement in the original production of Hello, Dolly! in 1969.

She was always entertaining on every show and certainly had a very long and successful career. You couldn't help but love her.



She will be missed, but very fondly remembered by many.

Notre Dame

So sad to see the historic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris burn today. It is one of the most iconic and recognizable sites in the world (originally built in 1260 AD).





Hopefully they can rebuild it.

The Rise of Skywalker

The name and first teaser trailer was just released for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker...



It's the final chapter in this trilogy and, so far, it's looking pretty good.

We'll see how it all ends when it opens on December 20th.

Avengers Assembled

The original six Avengers will be featured on EW's upcoming covers to promote Avengers: Endgame.

Can't wait until this opens on April 26th.

Life's not fair, is it?

The first full trailer for the Lion King was released today...



It's certainly looking like a cinematic epic with amazingly realistic CGI animals and landscapes. I have a feeling it's going to make just a "little" money when it's released on July 19th.

More Tales

The first trailer for the upcoming continuation of Tales of the City on Netflix was released today...



I've enjoyed all three of the previous Tales of the City series and it's great that they got a lot of the original cast (especially Laura Linney and Olympia Dukakis) to return for this fourth series of adventures.

I'm looking forward to watching this when it becomes available on June 7th.

The end is near

To help tide you over until the final season of Game of Thrones starts airing THIS coming weekend, enjoy this new special effects featurette that goes into all of the amazing work that is put into creating the awesome visuals for the show...

Beastly

Here's a cool visual effects feature on the upcoming Hellboy remake...



I think I want to see this, but I'm not sure how stabby it's going to be.

We'll see when it opens on April 14th.

Shame

This promo for the upcoming SNL with Kit Harington is pretty entertaining...



I'm looking forward to watching that.

No joke

The first poster for the stand-alone movie, Joker, was released today.

I don't know that I need or want to see a movie just about the Joker, but it's good to know that it's there if I ever feel the need to see one.

The movie opens on October 4th.

Here is the first trailer for the film...



Just what DC needs...another sad/depressing comic character.

Umbrella Academy Season 2

Great news today...

Netflix's The Umbrella Academy has been renewed for a second season. Based on the award-winning comics by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá, the first season of The Umbrella Academy proved to be an absolute hit for Netflix. It actually became the most in-demand superhero TV series, beating even The Flash. Production is expected to be underway from May 2019 through to September 2019.

I loved this series on Netflix.  If you haven't watched it yet...do!