During an appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast to promote his new film, Here, Zemeckis was asked if there was anything that he'd like to tackle before he retires, such as a genre that he hadn't worked in before, or an actor that he hadn't worked with yet. The director responded by saying that he would like to produce Back to the Future: The Musical as a feature film, not unlike the filmed version of the Broadway production adapting Mel Brooks' The Producers.

The stage musical version of Back to the Future opened in London's West End in 2021 to rave reviews, receiving the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical in 2022. The show moved to Broadway in August 2023, with a national touring production beginning in June of 2024. However, it doesn't look like the movie adaptation will happen, as Zemeckis has already pitched the idea at Universal and "they don't get it."

Lucas’ original vision included McGregor’s character ultimately taking on his Jedi Master’s name as part of his attempt to honor his mission to train Anakin. “At the end, as Obi-Wan dies and Qui-Gon defeats Darth Maul and stays with his Master as he passes away, he not only takes on his Master’s quest, but he takes on his name. Qui-Gon becomes Obi-Wan,” McCaig revealed. “That’s why when you see Alec Guinness in A New Hope, he puts his hood down and goes, ‘Obi-Wan? Now that’s a name I’ve not heard.’ Because he’s not Obi-Wan, he’s Qui-Gon

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In the hit 1990 film The Krays, the East End gangsters were portrayed as “identical twins who rose from poverty to power”, “from obscurity to fame” and “from the back streets to the attention of the world”. They were “special” boys, the film claimed, who loved their mother.

But the producer now says he regrets glamorising them and is making another film that will portray the mobsters as they really were.

Ray Burdis said he wants to put the record straight: “They weren’t folk heroes. They were just a pair of cowardly psychopathic bullies, who terrorised the East End of London in the 1960s.”

He said that films such as The Godfather, the Marlon Brando classic about the mafia, had made it fashionable to idolise gangsters.

The Krays, which starred brothers Gary and Martin Kemp in critically acclaimed performances, was a huge box-office success, taking more than £100m globally.

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The new film, which he is writing and directing, is titled Last Kings of London. It will be much darker, depicting swinging 1960s London, “where corruption plagued the police force and crime families ruled the streets”, he said.

Box-Office: “Venom” Sinks & “Here” Bombs by Garth Franklin

The first weekend of November, once a booming time for movie ticket sales, was more of a bust this year.

“Venom: The Last Dance” looks set to fall to $22.2 million in its second weekend – a decent drop of around 56% from its domestic debut – and will retain its crown as there are no other real contenders for now.

Rober Zemeckis’ new poorly-reviewed, VFX-heavy, Tom Hanks-led “Here” is looking to be a bomb on impact with just $5.2 million for the weekend – just over 10% of its production budget. It will debut in fourth.

“The Wild Robot” looks to be back in second place with $6.7 million, while “Smile 2” will be third with $6.4 million for its third weekend. “Conclave” closes out the top five with $5 million.

Out of the top ten, the Liam Neeson-led “Absolution” is looking to open at just $1.1 million, pretty much confirming his action film days are over.

Warner Bros. Pictures os not reporting grosses on Clint Eastwood’s “Juror #2” which is playing on 35 screens and reportedly did $90,000 on Friday night alone. That film scored very strong reviews but Warners seems intent on burying it.

https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2024/11/5/juror-2-ends-theatrical-run-on-thursday

Clint Eastwood's 'Juror #2' is now confirmed to end its theatrical run this Thursday after just one week in theaters. It’s supposed to hit VOD by the end of the month. Despite the vocal backlash, Warner Bros couldn’t care less, and they’ve decided one week was enough for this film in theaters.

Japanese studio giant Toho revealed Friday that 'Godzilla Minus One' director Takashi Yamazaki will helm a new Godzilla movie.

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There is no word yet on whether this will be a direct sequel to the Oscar-winning Godzilla Minus One, or a brand new standalone film that’s only technically a “sequel” like superhero franchises that reboot or retcon. Recent releases from Toho have been unique re-imaginings of the monster and series, but Yamazaki-san’s film ends in a way that certain sets up a sequel. And of course, audiences and fans of the franchise have been vocal about wanting a follow-up.

This weekend’s re-release is significant not merely for Godzilla Day and the anniversary itself, but also because it could help the film change box office history once again.

As I explained ahead of the re-release, Godzilla Minus One is a mere $828,600 to pass Life Is Beautiful as the second-highest grossing foreign language movie in U.S. history. The film is already TOHO’s biggest Godzilla film worldwide and the most successful Japanese live-action North American release of all time.

Even though he gets some stick, the first Resident Evil was fun (I watched a few sequels but can't remember them), and I'll always have a soft spot for the original Mortal Kombat.

I vaguely remember director Uwe Boll's House of the Dead, which had an illegal rave taking place on an island that is overrun by zombies. It wasn't good.

TLDR

10 The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Budget: £19.3m. Worldwide gross: £22m

9 Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)

Budget: £2.3m**. Worldwide gross:** £3.2m

8 Strange Days (1995)

Budget: £32.3m. Worldwide gross: £13.1m

7. The Thing (1982)

Budget: £12m**. Worldwide gross: £15.9m**

6. Donnie Darko (2001)

Budget: £3.5m**. Initial US gross: £398,386**

5. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Budget: £2.45m**. Worldwide gross (approx): £2.54m**

4. Blade Runner (1982)

Budget: £21.6m**. Worldwide gross: £32.2****m**

3. Citizen Kane (1941)

Budget: £646,602**.**Recorded loss: £123,202

2. The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Budget: £2.1m**. Initial gross (approx): £2.3m**

1. Vertigo (1958)

Budget: £1.9m**.** North American gross: £2.5m

Imax's quarterly revenues fell as the company faced difficult comparisons with a year-ago period that saw the release of 'Oppenheimer'

007 - ALL OPENINGS from the Daniel Craig Era (youtube.com)

The first three are very close for me, I switched them around a few times making this post:

1. Casino Royale
2. Skyfall
3. No Time To Die
4. Spectre
5. Quantum of Solace

Robert Downey Jr. plans to sue any Hollywood executive who signs off on the creation of his digital replica.

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt10128846/

The copyright to the original Tremors screenplay is now back in the hands of its creators at Stampede Entertainment

In short, Stampede created Tremors, it's three sequels and the 13 episode television series. They wrote a script for a fifth film, but Universal decided that it didn't want any help from the creators.

Universal went ahead with its own ideas and created films 5, 6 & 7, which are frankly crap. Now Stampede has the rights back to the original film, they can make their own sequels with graboids and characters from that first story. They can't use anyone, or creatures from the rest of the film series. That's a bit of a shame as I really like the Shriekers from Tremors 2.