This is going to be a difficult installment to put together because a major computer malfunction caused me to have to reinstall all of my software. For the most part my data was kept intact except when it uninstalled Feed Demon which is my RSS newsreader, it also destroyed all of the previously captured headlines. So I had to go back to my main entertainment website and do it the old-fashioned way and just browse through the articles page by page.
The new fall season kicks off tomorrow with the premier of American Horror Story on FX. Here is a calendar of other premier dates courtesy of TV line.
Fall Premier Calendar from TV Line
In other news I went to see “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” in 3D. I can’t really figure out why it was such a box office flop. It was every bit as visually standing as the previews implied. Lots of really cool looking aliens, state-of-the-art effects, big space battles. Parts of it were a little bit cheesy but you don’t go to one of those kind of movies for a deep plot or Oscar worthy acting. Probably the acting was the only really bad part of the movie. My tradition is to see a film on the second weekend in order to avoid crowds but my friends were unable to take me that weekend so we went the third weekend. By that time it was only showing in two theaters here in Indianapolis and there were very few showings available in 3D. I suppose my biggest disappointment is since it was a box office flap we will not be seeing any sequels.
I also was able to see Dunkirk in IMAX at the Indiana State Museum downtown IMAX screen. See my review in a separate blog post here…
In the Links below read
Three new programs to appear on CBS All Access subscription streaming service
Spoilers from Michael Ausiello dated August 2
Spoilers from Inside Line dated August 9
Postmortem interview with producers of Orphan Black about series finale. Two articles.
Interview with “Inside the Actors Studio” host James Lipton about his most memorable moments of the show
Spoilers from Michael Ausiello dated August 23
Also of interest but not linked below…
RIP actor and Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Sam Shepard age 73 of ALS
Former Y&R soap opera star Hartley Sawyer will guest star on The Flash as “Elongated Man”.
Kathy Bates will not be in the next season of American Horror Story. You can however see her on the Netflix comedy series “Disjointed” about a woman who runs a legal marijuana dispensary.
Marlee Matlin will join the cast of Quantico playing a former undercover FBI agent who lost her hearing by being too close to a bomb blast.
Carol Burnett will have an unscripted show where she interviews kids on Netflix in 2018
We now know how they are going to explain the exit of Kevin James wife Donna on “Kevin Can Wait”. They’re going to kill her off!
Allison Williams will costar with Benedict Cumberbatch in his upcoming Showtime limited series named “Patrick Melrose”
Emma Roberts is returning to American Horror Story next season
Audra McDonald is joining the cast of The Good Fight for season 2. She had previously guest starred in The Good Wife.
ABC announced the upcoming season 9 on sitcom “The Middle” will be its last premiering October 9.
CW will have a four show superhero crossover event November 27/28 beginning with Supergirl followed by Arrow on the 27th in concluding with The Flash and legends of tomorrow on the 28th. No plot details available yet.
The reboot of “Will and Grace” will completely the previous series finale in which all four main cast members broke up and went their separate ways. The new revival act like that never happened. The revival has already been renewed for another season even though this one has not yet premiered.
The spinoff from sitcom “black-ish” which will follow the college exploits of their own list daughter has been renamed from “college-ish” to “grown-ish”. It will premiere on the Freeform network formerly known as ABC family network.
The “Divergent” film series is likely to be continued as a TV series for Starz Network.
Sylvester Stallone will play himself in upcoming episodes of This Is Us as Kevin’s war movie costar.
NBC says Celebrity Apprentice will not be returning to the network anytime soon. Last season’s version with Arnold Schwarzenegger had terrible ratings much to Donald Trump’s delight.
NBC is considering a reboot of Miami Vice
There is going to be a book and movie about New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady to be titled “12”
There will be a “The Dark Tower” TV series based on the current film and Stephen King novel series.
Bruce Willis will star in a remake of the vigilante film “Death Wish”. The original starred Charles Bronson.
RIP British actor Robert Hardy who was 91. He appeared in Harry Potter movies, “All Creatures Great and Small” and portrayed Winston Churchill in a miniseries.
Netflix has renewed “Anne With an E” for season 2 based on the Anne of Green Gables stories.
“Annihilation” a sequel to “Ex Machina” will hit theaters in February 2018
Rapper Suge Knight have been arraigned for threatening F. Gary Gray the director of “Straight Outta Compton” in a dispute over the film.
ESPN8 was a fictional channel from the comedy film Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. However on August 8 ESPN will temporarily transform ESPNU into ESPN8 to play along with the joke.
ABC has canceled its plans for a show “The Little Mermaid Live”
USA Network announced season 3 Mr. Robot will premiere October 11
“This Is Us” has lost one of its 11 Emmy nominations. A nomination for contemporary costumes has been rescinded because too much of the episode in question takes place in flashback and therefore was knocked “contemporary” time period.
RIP Haruo Nakajima who was the actor side the original Godzilla suit. Aged 88 died of pneumonia.
David Letterman is going to do a new interview show with a single guest for Netflix sometime next year.
RIP Glen Campbell aged 81. The singer had been battling Alzheimer’s for many years.
Netflix has renewed “GLOW” comedy series about women’s wrestling for season 2.
Brooke Shields will have a recurring role in the upcoming season of Law & Order: SVU.
Tom Cruise suffered a broken ankle during a stunt on a set of Mission Impossible 6
Producer Shonda Rhimes has signed a deal with Netflix and is leaving her current agreement with ABC Studios
A female stunt driver has died during an accident on the set of Deadpool 2
This summer has been the smallest movie gross sales in 25 years. Strangely no major new movies are being released this Labor Day weekend.
Daniel Craig has confirmed he will be James Bond at least one more time.
This season 7 finale of USA series “Suits” will be a backdoor pilot to a spinoff staring Gina Torres a.k.a. Jessica Pearson. The new series will not be a legal drama that will focus on Chicago politics.
According to Forbes magazine Emma Stone was the highest-paid actress in 2017 followed by Jennifer Aniston and Jennifer Lawrence.
RIP actor Sonny Landham who played the Native American tracker in the 1987 film Creditor. He was 76 and had congestive heart failure.
Donald Trump will not attend this year’s Kennedy Center Honors. This was actually a classy move. The reason given was they wanted to avoid a distraction for the honorees. Some recipients have already said they will not attend a ceremony at the White House afterwards.
Adam Nimoy son of Leonard Nimoy is engaged to Terry Farrell who played Lieut. Dax on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
RIP comedian and social activist Dick Gregory age 84.
RIP comedian, filmmaker Jerry Lewis 91. Loved his work. Disliked him personally.
Netflix viewership dropped 10% during the solar eclipse.
Morgan Freeman will receive the SAG lifetime achievement award next year
EPIX channel has renewed “Get Shorty” for season 2
Amazon has renewed critically acclaimed “Transparent” for season 5
RIP actor Jay Thomas known for his roles on Cheers and Murphy Brown as well as frequent appearances on David Letterman. He was 69.
Ryan gosling will host the season premiere of SNL September 20 with Jay-Z as musical guest
Bill Nye the Science Guy is suing Disney for $37 million over profits from his series
RIP director Tobe Hooper famous for Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Age 74
RIP actor Richard Anderson known for playing Oscar Goldman on “$6 Million Man” he was 91
HBO announced there will be a “True Detective” season 3
RIP comedian Shelley Berman known as a sitdown comic rather than a standup comic. Age 92. Very funny old school comedian. I was a fan.
Syfy Channel has renewed “Killjoys” for 2 final seasons but has canceled “Dark Matter” and I’m disappointed it’s gone.
RIP Walter Becker founding member of Steely Dan age 67
Three new programs to premiere on CBS All Access subscription streaming service
Spoilers from Michael Ausiello dated August 2
‘Orphan Black’ Co-Creator Talks Series Finale, Movie Reunion & #Clone Club