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Vol. 27
No. 48
Pick Hits
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Cyberpunk 2077 (All Platforms)
A 2020 action role playing video game developed and
published by CD Projekt. The story takes
place in 2077 at Night City, an open world set in the
Cyberpunk universe. Players assume the first-person
perspective of a customisable mercenary known as V, who
can acquire skills in hacking and machinery with options
for melee and ranged combat. Cyberpunk 2077 was
developed using the REDengine 4 by a team of
around 500. Time to compliment your newly purchased
gaming system with this new title!
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Selena (Netflix)
An American biographical drama streaming television
created by Moisés Zamora. It tells the
story of Tejano singer Selena's (played by Christian
Serratos) rise to fame and the sacrifices she and
her family must make along the way. An excellent series,
with heartwarming, inspiring moments. True fans of
Selena will love this series, which gives us a little
more of a personal view of her family & home life or
lack there of it. Don't expect this series to be like
the movie, as it is more focused on the whole family’s
uprising to success not just Selena’s. The different
perspectives of her family give her rise to stardom
significant depth. The actors were perfect choices and
worked well with the script they had.
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Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)
Small time football coach Ted Lasso ( Jason
Sudeikis) is hired to coach a professional soccer
team in England, despite having no experience coaching
soccer. Ted Lasso is a feel good story about a southern
football coach from the states that is asked to take his
coaching talents overseas to coach a team he knows
nothing about that plays a game (soccer) that he knows
even less about. Its a feel good opportunity to take his
positive affirmation coaching style across the pond. A
really good underdog story that is heartfelt and quite
the laugh. At times it has a bit of a serious feel to
it, but immediately falls back on its humor which
results in comedy gold.
The Buzz...
Jeremy Irons has joined Lady Gaga in Gucci,
which Ridley Scott is directing for MGM. The fashion
focused true crime drama, based on the book The House of Gucci: A Sensational
Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed, will focus on the murder of
fashion trailblazer Maurizio Gucci, with Gaga playing Patrizia
Reggiani, Gucci’s ex-wife who was convicted of orchestrating his death
after discovering he had an affair.
After a day of suspense, Ariana Grande has officially confirmed
that her Sweetener World Tour is coming to Netflix.
"dec 21st, a year after closing, the sweetener world tour is coming home to u,"
the Grammy winner shared in a Dec. 9 tweet along with the title of the
streaming special, "excuse me, i love you." "Santa
Tell Me" if Ariana Grande has a holiday treat up her sleeves. The
music superstar got the Internet talking thanks to her latest Instagram
and Twitter posts.
Alfred Molina is returning to the Spidey verse. The actor, who
portrayed the evil Doctor Octopus in Tobey Maguire’s 2004 Spider-Man
sequel, is reprising his role for the third installment of the Tom
Holland-led superhero blockbuster. The upcoming web slinging adventure is
expected to feature multiple generations of Spider-Man actors. Jamie
Foxx will reportedly appear as Electro, a villain he first played opposite
Andrew Garfield in The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
A film about the life of comedy icon Carol Burnett has found its
writer director. The adaptation of Burnett’s bestselling memoir, Carrie and
Me: A Mother Daughter Love Story, will be helmed by Tara Miele.
Introducing Nicolas Cage, Professor of Cursing. Cage is the host
of a new Netflix comedy series called History of Swear
Words, which promises to explore the amusing origins of all sorts of
dirty words and cussin’. The show will feature a cavalcade of guest stars,
including Nick Offerman, Sarah Silverman, and
Isiah Whitlock Jr.
George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road follow-up Thousand
Years of Longing is finally in production in Australia, well over
two years after the project was first announced. Deadline confirms Miller
is 20 days into the movie’s 62 day film shoot. Cast and crew will break for the
holidays later this month and reconvene in early 2021 to finish production by
spring.
True Blood is being resurrected at HBO. The sexy vampire
drama created by Alan Ball, which originally starred Anna
Paquin, Stephen Moyer, and Alexander Skarsgård,
is in the early stages of being rebooted for HBO by Riverdale
creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. Ball is on board as
executive producer.
Chris Pratt has signed on to produce and is attached to star in
the coming of age independent comedy The Black Belt. The film centers on
a shy, unassuming teen boy on a quest for an expertise in karate and his
unorthodox uncle who guides him along the way.
Jessica Simpson has signed a multi-media deal with Amazon.
The deal includes a new unscripted docuseries based on Simpson’s New
York Times best selling memoir Open Book, development
of a new coming of age scripted series that is also inspired by the memoir, as
well as two new original essays to be published through Amazon
Original Stories, an imprint of Amazon Publishing.
Charlie Cox is set to reprise his role as the Marvel hero
Daredevil, though not in any TV series, but on the big screen. The rather
reliable website Murphy’s Multiverse is reporting that Cox will
appear as sightless superhero Daredevil in Spider-Man 3, which in recent
days has racked up quite the roster of Marvel-ous guest stars and cameos.
Mario Lopez will play KFC’s longtime mascot Colonel
Sanders in a steamy Lifetime channel holiday romance, the
companies said on Monday, as marketing and entertainment converge to boost sales
of the chain’s fried chicken. |
