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The Old Man: Jeff Bridges making TV series debut in FX CIA drama

Oscar-winner Jeff Bridges (The Big Lebowski, Crazy Heart, Hell or High Water, Bad Times at the El Royale) will be making his debut as a TV series regular. Bridges will star in The Old Man, a CIA drama based on the best-selling book by Thomas Perry that was ordered straight to series by FX, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

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In The Old Man, Bridges will play Dan Chase, a retired CIA officer who absconded from the CIA decades ago and has been living off the grid since. When an assassin arrives and tries to take Chase out, the old operative learns that to ensure his future he now must reconcile his past.

“Jeff Bridges is an iconic, extraordinary actor and to have him as the star of this series is an incredible moment for FX. Jon Steinberg and Robert Levine have delivered an amazing pilot script and Jeff is perfect for the role of Dan Chase. We’re also happy to be working with Warren Littlefield, with whom we’ve had such a terrific partnership on Fargo, along with our partners at Fox 21,” said FX president of originals Nick Grad.

The Old Man will be written by Jon Steinberg and Robert Levine (Black Sails). The duo will executive produce alongside Dan Shotz, Bridges, and David Schiff. Production on the Fox 21 Television Studios-based Warren Littlefield project will begin this fall.

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FX’s scripted slate also includes Fargo, Mayans M.C., Pose, Fosse/Verdon, What We Do in the Shadows, Atlanta, Snowfall, American Horror Story, and the upcoming Y adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan’s Y: The Last Man.

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Ms. Purple Trailer: First Look At Justin Chon’s New Drama

Oscilloscope Laboratories has released the official trailer (via EW) for actor-director Justin Chon’s forthcoming drama film titled Ms. Purple, highlighting the difficulties of an Asian-American woman who forgets about her ambitions in order to tend to her father’s medical needs. The film had its world premiere earlier this year at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and is scheduled to have its theatrical release in select theaters on September 6.

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Ms. Purple is a poignant drama about Asian American sister and brother, Kasie (Tiffany Chu) and Carey (Teddy Lee), who were raised and are now seemingly stuck in Koreatown, Los Angeles. Abandoned by their mother and brought up by their father, the siblings continue to struggle with deep emotional wounds from the difficulty of the parental dynamic. Now, with their father on his death bed, the estranged Carey comes home to help Kasie care for him. As they reunite over their dying father, Kasie and Carey confront their shared past, attempting to mend their relationship.

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The film was directed and written by actor Justin Chon, who is known for directing the 2017 drama film Gook which had won the Next Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival. It stars Tiffany Chu, Teddy Lee, Octavio Pizano, and James Kang. The drama was also produced by Chon, Alex Chi, and Alan Pao.

Ms. Purple will arrive in theaters in Los Angeles on September 6 and on September 13 in New York City.

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Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films Blu-ray set coming from Criterion!

This October, Criterion celebrates the arrival of spine number 1000, a Blu-ray collector’s set fit for the granddaddy of all movie monsters. This landmark edition gathers for the first time all the Godzilla films from Japan’s Showa era: fifteen kaiju rampages, presented in high-definition digital transfers and accompanied by a slew of supplemental material, including a giant deluxe hardcover book with notes on each film and new illustrations from sixteen artists, new and archival interviews with cast and crew members, and much, much more! Check out pics of all the different cover art from Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films in the gallery, along with a trailer below!

In 1954, an enormous beast clawed its way out of the sea, destroying everything in its path—and changing movies forever. The arresting original Godzilla soon gave rise to an entire monster-movie genre (kaiju eiga), but the King of the Monsters continued to reign supreme: in fourteen fiercely entertaining sequels over the next two decades, Godzilla defended its throne against a host of other formidable creatures, transforming from a terrifying symbol of nuclear annihilation into a benevolent (if still belligerent) Earth protector. Collected here for the first time are all fifteen Godzilla films of Japan’s Showa era, in a landmark set showcasing the technical wizardry, fantastical storytelling, and indomitable international appeal that established the most iconic giant monster the cinema has ever seen.

EIGHT-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION COLLECTOR’S SET FEATURES
• High-definition digital transfers of all fifteen Godzilla films made between 1954 and 1975, released together for the first time, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks
• High-definition digital transfer of Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1956), the U.S.-release version of Godzilla
• Japanese-release version of King Kong vs. Godzilla from 1962
• Audio commentaries from 2011 on Godzilla and Godzilla, King of the Monsters featuring film historian David Kalat
• International English-language dub tracks for Invasion of Astro-Monster, Son of Godzilla, Destroy All Monsters, Godzilla vs. Megalon, Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, and Terror of Mechagodzilla
• Directors Guild of Japan interview with director Ishiro Honda, conducted by director Yoshimitsu Banno in 1990
• Programs detailing the creation of Godzilla’s special effects and unused effects sequences from Toho releases including Destroy All Monsters
• New interview with filmmaker Alex Cox about his admiration for the Showa-era Godzilla films
• New and archival interviews with cast and crew members, including actors Bin Furuya, Tsugutoshi Komada, Haruo Nakajima, and Akira Takarada; composer Akira Ifukube; and effects technicians Yoshio Irie and Eizo Kaimai
• Interview with critic Tadao Sato from 2011
• Illustrated audio essay from 2011 about the real-life tragedy that inspired Godzilla
• New English subtitle translations
• Trailers
• PLUS: A lavishly illustrated deluxe hardcover book featuring an essay by cinema historian Steve Ryfle, notes on the films by cinema historian Ed Godziszewski, and new illustrations by Arthur Adams, Sophie Campbell, Becky Cloonan, Jorge Coelho, Geof Darrow, Simon Gane, Robert Goodin, Benjamin Marra, Monarobot, Takashi Okazaki, Angela Rizza, Yuko Shimizu, Bill Sienkiewicz, Katsuya Terada, Ronald Wimberly, and Chris Wisnia

The box set includes the following:

Godzilla
1954 • 96 minutes • Black & White • Monaural • In Japanese with English subtitles • 1.37:1 aspect ratio

Godzilla Raids Again
1955 • 81 minutes • Black & White • Monaural • In Japanese with English subtitles • 1.37:1 aspect ratio

King Kong vs. Godzilla
U.S.-RELEASE VERSION
1963 • 91 minutes • Color • Monaural • 2.35:1 aspect ratio

Mothra vs. Godzilla
1964 • 89 minutes • Color • Monaural • In Japanese with English subtitles • 2.35:1 aspect ratio

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
1964 • 93 minutes • Color • Monaural • In Japanese with English subtitles • 2.35:1 aspect ratio

Invasion of Astro-Monster
1965 • 94 minutes • Color • Monaural • In Japanese with English subtitles • 2.35:1 aspect ratio

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
1966 • 86 minutes • Color • Monaural • In Japanese with English subtitles • 2.35:1 aspect ratio

Son of Godzilla
1967 • 85 minutes • Color • Monaural • In Japanese with English subtitles • 2.35:1 aspect ratio

Destroy All Monsters
1968 • 89 minutes • Color • Monaural • In Japanese with English subtitles • 2.35:1 aspect ratio

All Monsters Attack
1969 • 69 minutes • Color • Monaural • In Japanese with English subtitles • 2.35:1 aspect ratio

Godzilla vs. Hedorah
1971 • 85 minutes • Color • Monaural • In Japanese with English subtitles • 2.35:1 aspect ratio

Godzilla vs. Gigan
1972 • 89 minutes • Color • Monaural • In Japanese with English subtitles • 2.35:1 aspect ratio

Godzilla vs. Megalon
1973 • 81 minutes • Color • Monaural • In Japanese with English subtitles • 2.35:1 aspect ratio

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
1974 • 84 minutes • Color • Monaural • In Japanese with English subtitles • 2.35:1 aspect ratio

Terror of Mechagodzilla
1975 • 83 minutes • Color • Monaural • In Japanese with English subtitles • 2.35:1 aspect ratio

8-BLU-RAY COLLECTOR’S SET
SRP $224.95
STREET 10/29/19
DIMENSIONS 10 3/4” x 14 1/2”

A Look Inside Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954–1975 from Criterion Collection on Vimeo.

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It’s been a sluggish box office summer, but Spider-Man: Far From Home has been killing it for Sony and Marvel Studios.

The New York City Council has voted to name a street in the Bronx after Stan Lee, the late Marvel Comics legend.

There have been rumors floating around that Rachel Weisz is actually playing Taskmaster in the upcoming Black Widow movie.

Composer Benjamin Wallfisch is not being shy in his praise for IT Chapter Two, promising fans will love it.

Danny McBride reveals he and Kanye West discussed a biopic in which McBride would play the iconic rapper.

With Disney’s acquisition of Fox, there has been a lot of speculation as to what would happen to the already established properties and the Fox staff connected to them. Slowly those questions have been answered, of course Avatar is staying but what about the Marvel characters? This last Saturday at San Diego Comic-Con, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige announced that Fantastic Four was on the horizon as well as “Mutants”. Now we are starting to see the division of power and who wields it.

Deadline reports that Fox vice chairman and head of production, Emma Watts, who oversaw all Marvel productions, has decided to stay with Disney. It’s said that she will still be in charge of the Fox Productions with the exception of all Marvel properties. She had to give that up and hand over all Marvel entities, including Deadpool, to Feige. Disney hasn’t come out and confirmed this, but the report has been making it around the net with no resistance so I am assuming that it is only a matter of time until it is made official.

Watts was thought to be heading to Paramount where the former head of Fox studios, Jim Gianopulos, is currently chief. Honestly, would you leave if you knew that you had four Avatar movies coming out under your belt? Plus all of the deals that were made before Disney came into the picture. It is the smart move.

When you have a popular franchise like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, you are going to want to soak if for all it’s worth and it looks like Paramount Pictures is preparing to get another movie made.

I’m personally not a fan of the past two TMNT movie that have been made. It’s a rare thing for me to hate movies, but I did not like those films and I wasn’t the only one. But, maybe the studio actually learned from their mistakes as they move forward on this new project.

The news comes from Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman, who when asked about a possible new film, he told CB that the new film will be “next level type stuff”:

“Stay tuned. It is a work in progress cause, you know, the experiences and so the fans reactions plus and minus to the 2014, 2016 movie, uh, Paramount I believe had taken those to heart and where they’d like to see the next reiteration go to so I think its going to be a next level type of stuff which I’m excited to see.”

There’s no word on if this next film would be a continuation of the first two films or if it will be a complete reboot. I sure hope that it’s a reboot, though! If the studio really has learned anything from the first two movie, then they’d know not to make another sequel!

Who know what exactly is being planned, but I would love to finally see a great TMNT movie get made! What would you like to see from a new TMNT movie? What do you think “next level type stuff” could be for the Ninja Turtles?