Archie Comics has confirmed a comic book reboot of "Dick Tracy", available April 11, 2018, as actor Warren Beatty continues to hold onto the character's screen rights, despite a 'use it' or 'lose it' clause in a long-standing agreement with Tribune Co. to produce a "Dick Tracy" movie or TV show:
The monthly comic book series will be illustrated by Thomas Pitilli...
...with the first cover by Francesco Francavilla.
Created by Chester Gould as a newspaper comic strip, the character has so far appeared in five movie serials from 1937 through 1941, six movies, including Beatty's 1990 feature, plus three TV series including animated cartoons.
Tribune Co. is "...very excited to work with Archie Comics. 'Dick Tracy' is an iconic character, who still resonates with his fan base.
"The reboot of the franchise will keep 'Dick Tracy' and his cast of rogue villains at the forefront of heroic characters in the battle of good and evil.
The monthly comic book series will be illustrated by Thomas Pitilli...
...with the first cover by Francesco Francavilla.
Created by Chester Gould as a newspaper comic strip, the character has so far appeared in five movie serials from 1937 through 1941, six movies, including Beatty's 1990 feature, plus three TV series including animated cartoons.
Tribune Co. is "...very excited to work with Archie Comics. 'Dick Tracy' is an iconic character, who still resonates with his fan base.
"The reboot of the franchise will keep 'Dick Tracy' and his cast of rogue villains at the forefront of heroic characters in the battle of good and evil.
- 12/13/2017
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Activist, entrepreneur, author and social media sensation Amber Rose will spark conversation and drive social change during the Amber Rose Weekend happening in Downtown Los Angeles from September 30 – October 1, 2017.
The Amber Rose Weekend will deliver a series of events geared toward education and raising awareness about social injustice issues, gender inequality and arts empowerment through its marquee Third Annual Amber Rose SlutWalk as well as the addition of an inspiring OPENed Women’s Conference. By boldly confronting tough subjects, The Amber Rose Foundation seeks to illuminate audiences on major issues women face that often go unaddressed while simultaneously empowering women of all walks of life.
In collaboration with The University of Southern California’s Center for Feminist Research, this year’s Amber Rose Weekend will be kicked off by an educational component — The OPENed Women’s Conference — which will be taking place on Saturday, September 30th, at the university’s Ronald Tutor Conference Center.
The Amber Rose Weekend will deliver a series of events geared toward education and raising awareness about social injustice issues, gender inequality and arts empowerment through its marquee Third Annual Amber Rose SlutWalk as well as the addition of an inspiring OPENed Women’s Conference. By boldly confronting tough subjects, The Amber Rose Foundation seeks to illuminate audiences on major issues women face that often go unaddressed while simultaneously empowering women of all walks of life.
In collaboration with The University of Southern California’s Center for Feminist Research, this year’s Amber Rose Weekend will be kicked off by an educational component — The OPENed Women’s Conference — which will be taking place on Saturday, September 30th, at the university’s Ronald Tutor Conference Center.
- 9/29/2017
- Look to the Stars
Happy birthday, Tarek El Moussa!
The Flip or Flop star celebrated his 36th birthday with his children on Monday, taking to Instagram to share photos of the celebration.
“Daddy’s b-day!! Wow I can’t believe I turned 36 today!!” El Moussa wrote in the caption of a photo gallery. “Brayden was born 4 hours before my birthday!”
“My kids are just full of joy and happiness and I’m the luckiest father alive!!!! … Oh And Me And My Dad Finally Took A Pic!!! He’s in the slideshow!”
The day before his birthday, El Moussa celebrated his son Brayden’s second birthday,...
The Flip or Flop star celebrated his 36th birthday with his children on Monday, taking to Instagram to share photos of the celebration.
“Daddy’s b-day!! Wow I can’t believe I turned 36 today!!” El Moussa wrote in the caption of a photo gallery. “Brayden was born 4 hours before my birthday!”
“My kids are just full of joy and happiness and I’m the luckiest father alive!!!! … Oh And Me And My Dad Finally Took A Pic!!! He’s in the slideshow!”
The day before his birthday, El Moussa celebrated his son Brayden’s second birthday,...
- 8/21/2017
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
Fritz Lang continues his take-no-prisoners indictment of America’s curious relationship with crime; this time he presents the thesis that an innocent man can be a pawn in cosmic game of injustice. Three-time loser Henry Fonda, the glummest actor in ’30s films, doesn’t mean to rob or kill, but gosh darn it, They Made Him a Criminal. Those considerations aside, it’s a wonderful cinematic achievement, made all the better by a decent digital restoration.
You Only Live Once
Blu-ray
ClassicFlix
1937 / B&W / 1:37 Academy / 86 min. / Street Date July 25, 2017 / 29.98
Starring: Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda, Barton MacLane, Jean Dixon,
William Gargan, Jerome Cowan, Charles ‘Chic’ Sale, Margaret Hamilton, Warren Hymer,
Guinn ‘Big Boy’ Williams, Ward Bond, Jack Carson, Jonathan Hale
Cinematography: Leon Shamroy
Art Direction: Alexander Toluboff
Film Editor: Daniel Mandell
Original Music: Hugo Friedhofer
Written by Graham Baker and Gene Towne
Produced by Walter Wanger
Directed by Fritz Lang...
You Only Live Once
Blu-ray
ClassicFlix
1937 / B&W / 1:37 Academy / 86 min. / Street Date July 25, 2017 / 29.98
Starring: Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda, Barton MacLane, Jean Dixon,
William Gargan, Jerome Cowan, Charles ‘Chic’ Sale, Margaret Hamilton, Warren Hymer,
Guinn ‘Big Boy’ Williams, Ward Bond, Jack Carson, Jonathan Hale
Cinematography: Leon Shamroy
Art Direction: Alexander Toluboff
Film Editor: Daniel Mandell
Original Music: Hugo Friedhofer
Written by Graham Baker and Gene Towne
Produced by Walter Wanger
Directed by Fritz Lang...
- 7/31/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
A post shared by Liev Schreiber (@lievschreiber) on Jul 25, 2017 at 8:04pm Pdt Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber might be the friendliest exes of all time. The estranged couple, who separated after 11 years together in September 2016, recently reunited for a great reason: to celebrate the 10th birthday of their son, Alexander. Liev documented the special occasion on Instagram writing, "Happy Birthday Big Boy! Finally hit the double digits!" alongside a photo of them cutting his birthday cake. Awww! We certainly love seeing their sweet family moments together.
- 7/27/2017
- by Kelsie Gibson
- Popsugar.com
Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber reunited Tuesday to celebrate the 10th birthday of their son, Alexander “Sasha” Pete.
The former couple, who announced their split 10 months ago after 11 years together, appeared to be all smiles as they helped Sasha cut his birthday cake in a photo shared to Schreiber’s Instagram account.
“Happy Birthday Big Boy!,” the 49-year-old Ray Donovan captioned the family shot. “Finally hit the double digits!”
Watts, 48, also wished Sasha a happy birthday on Instagram — sharing a shot of the blonde-haired boy while on their recent trip to Africa.
“Happy Birthday to this beautiful boy,” she wrote in the picture’s caption.
The former couple, who announced their split 10 months ago after 11 years together, appeared to be all smiles as they helped Sasha cut his birthday cake in a photo shared to Schreiber’s Instagram account.
“Happy Birthday Big Boy!,” the 49-year-old Ray Donovan captioned the family shot. “Finally hit the double digits!”
Watts, 48, also wished Sasha a happy birthday on Instagram — sharing a shot of the blonde-haired boy while on their recent trip to Africa.
“Happy Birthday to this beautiful boy,” she wrote in the picture’s caption.
- 7/27/2017
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
It's been 10 months (to the day) since Liev Schreiber and Naomi Watts announced their split after 11 years of partnership. Both stars appear to have moved on romantically, but the former flames came together for their son Alexander "Sash" Schreiber's 10th birthday yesterday. The doting dad, who was spotted with Gerard Butler's ex Morgan Brown earlier this year, took to Instagram to post the birthday reunion, showing the parents helping cut their son's birthday cake. In addition to the sweet photo showing the parental units teaming together for their son's big day, the Ray Donovan star wrote, "Happy Birthday Big Boy! Finally hit the double digits! On Sept. 26, 2016, the couple released...
- 7/26/2017
- E! Online
Kendrick Lamar ranks his discography and reveals Damn.'s original title in a new interview with Real 92.3's Big Boy.
- 6/29/2017
- by Madeline Roth
- MTV Music News
Kendrick Lamar ranks his discography and reveals Damn.'s original title in a new interview with Real 92.3's Big Boy.
- 6/29/2017
- by Madeline Roth
- MTV Newsroom
We’ve already had Play Expo Leeds and Play Expo Glasgow so far this year but, as always, The big gaming expo of the year is Play Expo Blackpool. We missed out on last years event due to other commitments but rest assured we’ll be making the [short] trip to Blackpool for this years event – which looks to be the biggest and best Play Expo event yet! For tickets and more info, visit www.playexpoblackpool.com
Organisers Replay Events had just released details of what will be taking place at Play Expo Blackpool – which takes place on 15-16 July 2017, at Norcalympia Exhibition Centre in Blackpool. Check out this stonking line-up:
System 3 Software Panel The legendary publisher System 3 will be taking part in a panel at Play Expo Blackpool this July. System 3 founder Mark Cale will be joining the show with several other System 3 developers to talk about their time in the industry.
Organisers Replay Events had just released details of what will be taking place at Play Expo Blackpool – which takes place on 15-16 July 2017, at Norcalympia Exhibition Centre in Blackpool. Check out this stonking line-up:
System 3 Software Panel The legendary publisher System 3 will be taking part in a panel at Play Expo Blackpool this July. System 3 founder Mark Cale will be joining the show with several other System 3 developers to talk about their time in the industry.
- 6/26/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
“Am I decent?” They said that Ginger Rogers gave Fred Astaire sex appeal, but the teaming of Astaire and Rita Hayworth is something else. Columbia’s 1941 release is a weak service comedy until the dancing starts, at which point it becomes one of the better musicals of the year – and the breakout vehicle for Ms. Hayworth.
You’ll Never Get Rich
Blu-ray
Twilight Time
1941 / B&W/ 1:37 flat full frame / 89 min. / Street Date April 18, 2017 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store 29.95
Starring: Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Robert Benchley, John Hubbard,
Osa Massen, Frieda Inescort, Guinn ‘Big Boy’ Williams, Cliff Nazarro.
Cinematography: Philip Tannura
Art Direction: Lionel Banks
Film Editor: Otto Meyer
Original Music: Cole Porter
Written by Michael Fessier, Ernest Pagano
Produced by Samuel Bischoff
Produced and Directed by Sidney Lanfield
Freed from his Rko contract in 1939, Fred Astaire never signed another long-term deal. He instead jumped from studio to...
You’ll Never Get Rich
Blu-ray
Twilight Time
1941 / B&W/ 1:37 flat full frame / 89 min. / Street Date April 18, 2017 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store 29.95
Starring: Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Robert Benchley, John Hubbard,
Osa Massen, Frieda Inescort, Guinn ‘Big Boy’ Williams, Cliff Nazarro.
Cinematography: Philip Tannura
Art Direction: Lionel Banks
Film Editor: Otto Meyer
Original Music: Cole Porter
Written by Michael Fessier, Ernest Pagano
Produced by Samuel Bischoff
Produced and Directed by Sidney Lanfield
Freed from his Rko contract in 1939, Fred Astaire never signed another long-term deal. He instead jumped from studio to...
- 4/29/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
A version of this article originally appeared on EW.com.
Spoiler Warning: Details about Friday’s episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race are revealed below.
I wasn’t on set to see Valentina win her challenge last week, but I can assure you I was cheering for her from the bed of my mansion in Bel Air (oh wait, that was Joan Crawford during the ’38 Oscars!). But nonetheless, I was thrilled for her big win. I’ve become a fan of Valentina and I think I speak for all the judges when I say we look forward to what she...
Spoiler Warning: Details about Friday’s episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race are revealed below.
I wasn’t on set to see Valentina win her challenge last week, but I can assure you I was cheering for her from the bed of my mansion in Bel Air (oh wait, that was Joan Crawford during the ’38 Oscars!). But nonetheless, I was thrilled for her big win. I’ve become a fan of Valentina and I think I speak for all the judges when I say we look forward to what she...
- 4/8/2017
- by Carson Kressley
- PEOPLE.com
Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, Warner Archive has released a gorgeous Blu-ray of Francis Coppola’s Finian’s Rainbow, a flawed but fascinating musical that marked a key moment in the director’s development. At the time, Coppola was a young filmmaker of promise who had worked in erotica (Tonight For Sure) and for Roger Corman (Dementia 13) before scoring a theatrical release for his UCLA thesis film You’re a Big Boy Now (1966). Coppola’s goal was to use that movie as a launching pad for a career writing and directing small personal films, but Jack Warner made him, to reference […]...
- 3/17/2017
- by Jim Hemphill
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Swamp People has a new legend to crow about: Big Boy McCoy, the primary reptilian trophy of this week’s spiritual and solemn episode that saw Chase and cousin Holden Landry follow up a hot lead of reported bubble trails, Robert “Frenchy” Crochet and Gerard “Gee” Singleton turn the other cheek and the Edgar clan further descend into an existential crisis. We open though with Kristi Broussard, who in her voiceover shares her plans to clear her homestead of alligators. The mother of two says: “One of the biggest things my husband and I will ever do is build a home…when you see...read more...
- 3/17/2017
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
Get ready for this week’s Swamp People on History with our exclusive clip — which shows captain Chase Landry and his young cousin Holden stalking a bonafide monster on the bayou. A few days before the footage is shot, Holden’s friend spotted a massive bubble trail and filmed it on his smartphone. These bubbles are a clear indicator that a huge gator lies beneath the murky swamp water, and the Landrys are pumped! Chase has nicknamed this behemoth “Big Boy McCoy” as he and Holden plan an attack. Will Chase show the King of the Swamp, aka his dad Troy Landry,...read more...
- 3/15/2017
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
“Before I said I was going to do Finian’s Rainbow I should have read the book.”Finian’s Rainbow (1968)
Commentator: Francis Ford Coppola (director)
1. Regarding the film’s opening frame featuring the word “overture” onscreen, he says it’s because this was what was referred to as a roadshow production. “They were like a night at the theater. You were given a program, it was an event, and as you came to your seat there was an overture playing.” It’s a long absent format, but Quentin Tarantino recently revived it for some screenings of The Hateful Eight.
2. He says a benefit of 70mm productions was that “the soundtrack would be in six-track magnetic stereophonic sound and was very high quality.”
3. The Warner Bros/Seven Arts logo reminds him of his time spent at the latter company working as a staff writer when they bought WB. “It was quite a coincidence related to my directing this...
Commentator: Francis Ford Coppola (director)
1. Regarding the film’s opening frame featuring the word “overture” onscreen, he says it’s because this was what was referred to as a roadshow production. “They were like a night at the theater. You were given a program, it was an event, and as you came to your seat there was an overture playing.” It’s a long absent format, but Quentin Tarantino recently revived it for some screenings of The Hateful Eight.
2. He says a benefit of 70mm productions was that “the soundtrack would be in six-track magnetic stereophonic sound and was very high quality.”
3. The Warner Bros/Seven Arts logo reminds him of his time spent at the latter company working as a staff writer when they bought WB. “It was quite a coincidence related to my directing this...
- 3/15/2017
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
As a musical it’s excellent — fine tunes and lyrics, great singing and dancing by the ever-youthful Fred Astaire, the glorious songbird Petula Clark, and the impishly weird Tommy Steele cast appropriately as a grimacing Leprechaun. The update of what was a politically acute Broadway hit in 1947 is awkward but the show is a melodious pleasure — great color, fine voices and peppy direction by Francis Ford Coppola on his first big studio feature.
Finian’s Rainbow
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1968 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 145 141 min. / Street Date March 7, 2017 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Fred Astaire, Petula Clark, Tommy Steele, Don Francks, Keenan Wynn, Barbara Hancock, Al Freeman Jr., Ronald Colby, Dolph Sweet, Wright King, Louis Silas.
Cinematography: Philip Lathrop
Film Editor: Melvin Shapiro
Original Music: Ray Heindorf
Written by E.Y. Harburg, Fred Saidy
Produced by Joseph Landon
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Finian’s Rainbow is a unique musical with a strange history.
Finian’s Rainbow
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1968 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 145 141 min. / Street Date March 7, 2017 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Fred Astaire, Petula Clark, Tommy Steele, Don Francks, Keenan Wynn, Barbara Hancock, Al Freeman Jr., Ronald Colby, Dolph Sweet, Wright King, Louis Silas.
Cinematography: Philip Lathrop
Film Editor: Melvin Shapiro
Original Music: Ray Heindorf
Written by E.Y. Harburg, Fred Saidy
Produced by Joseph Landon
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Finian’s Rainbow is a unique musical with a strange history.
- 3/4/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Donald Glover Opens Up About Playing Lando Calrissian in Upcoming 'Star Wars': 'You Couldn't Say No'
Donald Glover knows the importance of looking the part.
The Atlanta star called into the Big Boy's Neighborhood radio show on Real 92.7 recently, and spoke at length on a number of topics, including how he landed the iconic Lando Calrissian role in the upcoming yet-to-be-titled Star Wars Han Solo film.
"I just grew the mustache, man," the 33-year-old artist laughed, referring to the original Lando, Billy Dee Williams', iconic facial hair. "It just happened."
Exclusive: Donald Glover Compares Migos to the Beatles After Golden Globes Shout-Out: 'They're Awesome'
Glover went on to reveal that there were around four auditions for the film, and despite turning himself into a bonafide household name with his breakout TV show, FX's Atlanta, it was important to show what he could bring to the part.
"I wanted to show them that I know what I'm doing," Glover explained. "I definitely came in, and we had to test with people, and see...
The Atlanta star called into the Big Boy's Neighborhood radio show on Real 92.7 recently, and spoke at length on a number of topics, including how he landed the iconic Lando Calrissian role in the upcoming yet-to-be-titled Star Wars Han Solo film.
"I just grew the mustache, man," the 33-year-old artist laughed, referring to the original Lando, Billy Dee Williams', iconic facial hair. "It just happened."
Exclusive: Donald Glover Compares Migos to the Beatles After Golden Globes Shout-Out: 'They're Awesome'
Glover went on to reveal that there were around four auditions for the film, and despite turning himself into a bonafide household name with his breakout TV show, FX's Atlanta, it was important to show what he could bring to the part.
"I wanted to show them that I know what I'm doing," Glover explained. "I definitely came in, and we had to test with people, and see...
- 2/22/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
2 Chainz and Allen Iverson have lavish taste buds ... Especially when it comes to their booze. We got a hold of the rapper and the NBA legend's rider for the bash they're hosting at Republic in New Orleans for NBA All-Star weekend, and the duo is damn clear about 1 thing -- ballers only chug, mix and spray the best liquor. 2 Chainz demands 4 bottles of Ace of Spades, 3 bottles of Dom Perignon and 3 bottles of Ciroc, different flavors.
- 2/17/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Nick Cannon is reminiscing about the good ‘ole days.
On Thursday, the America’s Got Talent host shared some Instagram throwbacks from a party in 2006 – when he was dating a 26-year-old Kim Kardashian West.
In the first photo he shared, Cannon is pictured with Kardashian West, Paris Hilton and Lil’ Kim.
“#tbt Whoa!!!,” Cannon, 36, captioned the photo, in which Kardashian West is wearing a pink Missoni turtleneck.
The throwback plot thickened as Cannon shared another photo that featured Kanye West, Kardashian West’s now-husband. The reality star and rapper did not link up officially as a couple until 2012 — but Cannon had one alternate theory.
On Thursday, the America’s Got Talent host shared some Instagram throwbacks from a party in 2006 – when he was dating a 26-year-old Kim Kardashian West.
In the first photo he shared, Cannon is pictured with Kardashian West, Paris Hilton and Lil’ Kim.
“#tbt Whoa!!!,” Cannon, 36, captioned the photo, in which Kardashian West is wearing a pink Missoni turtleneck.
The throwback plot thickened as Cannon shared another photo that featured Kanye West, Kardashian West’s now-husband. The reality star and rapper did not link up officially as a couple until 2012 — but Cannon had one alternate theory.
- 1/20/2017
- by Blake Bakkila
- PEOPLE.com
President-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter to mock Georgia Rep. John Lewis, who is boycotting the inauguration and questioned the legitimacy of Trump’s election. Lewis, who worked closely with Martin Luther King, Jr., is skipping the inauguration and Business Insider reported, “It will the first time he will miss an inauguration since 1986.” However, a Washington Post article from 2001 proves that Lewis has skipped inauguration events in the past, and Trump called him out on it. Also Read: Trump Official Rips Democrats Skipping Inauguration: 'Put Your Big Boy Pants On' (Video) John Lewis said about my inauguration, "It will be the first.
- 1/17/2017
- by Brian Flood
- The Wrap
Laura Ingraham said that she is considering a run for office during a Tuesday morning appearance on “Fox & Friends.” When asked about a rumor that she might challenge Tim Kaine for a senator role in Virginia, the conservative radio host and frequent Fox News contributor admitted it’s a possibility. “I’m considering,” Ingraham said. “I think it’s always good to mix things up and I’ve been in Washington a long time. I have great respect fort he congress and institutions of government.” Also Read: Trump Official Rips Democrats Skipping Inauguration: 'Put Your Big Boy Pants On' (Video...
- 1/17/2017
- by Brian Flood
- The Wrap
Who is Warren Beatty? His Top Film Roles Who is Warren Beatty? His Top Film Roles Scott Goodyer11/23/2016 10:44:00 Am
It's been awhile since we last heard from Warren Beatty. But legends never die and this Hollywood star is back with Rules Don't Apply.
Like most of his films, Beatty co-wrote, produced and directed this romantic comedy, which tells the tale of an unconventional love story about an aspiring actress and her driver, who try to make a relationship work under the eccentric billionaire they work for - who happens to be Howard Hughes, played by Beatty himself.
The cast is quite impressive with stars like: Alec Baldwin, Ed Harris, Matthew Broderick, Martin Sheen, Oliver Pratt and Beatty's wife of 25 years Annette Bening, all making appearances.
Check out Rules Don't Apply when it hits Cineplex Theatres on November 23rd and in honour of the iconic talent who's been Oscar-nominated 14 times,...
It's been awhile since we last heard from Warren Beatty. But legends never die and this Hollywood star is back with Rules Don't Apply.
Like most of his films, Beatty co-wrote, produced and directed this romantic comedy, which tells the tale of an unconventional love story about an aspiring actress and her driver, who try to make a relationship work under the eccentric billionaire they work for - who happens to be Howard Hughes, played by Beatty himself.
The cast is quite impressive with stars like: Alec Baldwin, Ed Harris, Matthew Broderick, Martin Sheen, Oliver Pratt and Beatty's wife of 25 years Annette Bening, all making appearances.
Check out Rules Don't Apply when it hits Cineplex Theatres on November 23rd and in honour of the iconic talent who's been Oscar-nominated 14 times,...
- 11/23/2016
- by Scott Goodyer
- Cineplex
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During The Flash‘s second season, we learned that “Jay Garrick” was in fact the villainous Zoom. However, it was in the finale that we learned the real Jay (who hails from Earth-3) was the Man in the Iron Mask being held by Zoom on Earth-2, but the real twist was that he was the doppelganger of Barry’s recently murdered father Henry Allen.
John Wesley Shipp actually played The Flash in the 90s TV series, but when he was asked in a recent interview to explain the differences between his performance as Jay and Henry, the actor shed some light on both that and the sort of role we can expect the older speedster to play in The CW series.
“I’ve had a blast setting the template for Jay and making sure that his temperature is...
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During The Flash‘s second season, we learned that “Jay Garrick” was in fact the villainous Zoom. However, it was in the finale that we learned the real Jay (who hails from Earth-3) was the Man in the Iron Mask being held by Zoom on Earth-2, but the real twist was that he was the doppelganger of Barry’s recently murdered father Henry Allen.
John Wesley Shipp actually played The Flash in the 90s TV series, but when he was asked in a recent interview to explain the differences between his performance as Jay and Henry, the actor shed some light on both that and the sort of role we can expect the older speedster to play in The CW series.
“I’ve had a blast setting the template for Jay and making sure that his temperature is...
- 10/5/2016
- by Josh Wilding
- We Got This Covered
In a shocking turn of events, The Flash's season two finale revealed that the man behind the iron mask throughout the entire season was Jay Garrick, aka The Flash of Earth 3, who also happens to be Henry Allen's Earth 3 counterpart. So far, John Wesley Shipp has only had to worry about being a father to Barry (Grant Gustin) for the past two seasons, but now that he's got a suit of his own, he'll be taking an entirely different approach when working with Barry as Jay Garrick. "I’ve had a blast setting the template for Jay and making sure that his temperature is almost the polar opposite of Henry," Shipp told Entertainment Weekly. "Henry’s very warm, very emotionally invested in Barry and Barry’s well being. With Jay, it’s more like, “Okay, I’m the keeper of the Speed Force, you’re a new Flash,...
- 10/4/2016
- ComicBookMovie.com
Kylie and Tyga confirmed that they're definitely back together with a night at the movies. Jenner and on-again, off-again (now on-again) boyfriend Tyga were spotted leaving a movie theater hand-in-hand in Los Angeles. Kylie went bare-faced with minimal makeup - including on her signature pout. She wore a white three-quarter zip jacket and black leggings pared with Eskiva Hi Textured sneaker booties. Tyga wore a red hoodie, a backwards cap, white shorts and a pair of red sneakers with shin-length socks. A source told People in late June that the couple had called it quits after nearly two years of dating.
- 7/2/2016
- by Blake Bakkila, @bcbakkila
- PEOPLE.com
Kylie and Tyga confirmed that they're definitely back together with a night at the movies. Jenner and on-again, off-again (now on-again) boyfriend Tyga were spotted leaving a movie theater hand-in-hand in Los Angeles. Kylie went bare-faced with minimal makeup - including on her signature pout. She wore a white three-quarter zip jacket and black leggings pared with Eskiva Hi Textured sneaker booties. Tyga wore a red hoodie, a backwards cap, white shorts and a pair of red sneakers with shin-length socks. A source told People in late June that the couple had called it quits after nearly two years of dating.
- 7/2/2016
- by Blake Bakkila, @bcbakkila
- PEOPLE.com
Kylie Jenner is letting the world know that she's back with Tyga.
If wearing your on-again boyfriend's sweatshirt or walking hand-in-hand at Kanye West's "Famous" premiere weren't signs that the pair are back together, Jenner, 18, posted multiple Pda photos of her and Tyga, 26, on Snapchat Tuesday.
The pair, who broke up in May, attended Jenner's older sister Khloé Kardashian's 32nd birthday party the night before, and got affectionate in the photo booth. The youngest KarJenner shared a trio of pictures including one of herself kissing Tyga on the cheek and another of them cuddling.
A photo posted by Kylie Jenner...
If wearing your on-again boyfriend's sweatshirt or walking hand-in-hand at Kanye West's "Famous" premiere weren't signs that the pair are back together, Jenner, 18, posted multiple Pda photos of her and Tyga, 26, on Snapchat Tuesday.
The pair, who broke up in May, attended Jenner's older sister Khloé Kardashian's 32nd birthday party the night before, and got affectionate in the photo booth. The youngest KarJenner shared a trio of pictures including one of herself kissing Tyga on the cheek and another of them cuddling.
A photo posted by Kylie Jenner...
- 6/29/2016
- by Karen Mizoguchi
- People.com - TV Watch
Kylie Jenner is letting the world know that she's back with Tyga. If wearing your on-again boyfriend's sweatshirt or walking hand-in-hand at Kanye West's "Famous" premiere weren't signs that the pair are back together, Jenner, 18, posted multiple Pda photos of her and Tyga, 26, on Snapchat Tuesday. The pair, who broke up in May, attended Jenner's older sister Khloé Kardashian's 32nd birthday party the night before, and got affectionate in the photo booth. The youngest KarJenner shared a trio of pictures including one of herself kissing Tyga on the cheek and another of them cuddling. A photo posted by...
- 6/29/2016
- by Karen Mizoguchi
- PEOPLE.com
Kylie Jenner is letting the world know that she's back with Tyga. If wearing your on-again boyfriend's sweatshirt or walking hand-in-hand at Kanye West's "Famous" premiere weren't signs that the pair are back together, Jenner, 18, posted multiple Pda photos of her and Tyga, 26, on Snapchat Tuesday. The pair, who broke up in May, attended Jenner's older sister Khloé Kardashian's 32nd birthday party the night before, and got affectionate in the photo booth. The youngest KarJenner shared a trio of pictures including one of herself kissing Tyga on the cheek and another of them cuddling. A photo posted by...
- 6/29/2016
- by Karen Mizoguchi
- PEOPLE.com
Kylie Jenner has seemingly confirmed her relationship with rapper PartyNextDoor after locking lips with him in his new music video.
The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star sparked rumours she found a new man in the Canadian hip-hop star last month, however neither have confirmed the romance.
But on Thursday (23Jun16), Kylie made an unexpected guest appearance in the promo for PartyNextDoor's (Pnd) new single Come and See Me, which premiered on Snapchat and further fuelled speculation they are more than just friends.
In the video, 18-year-old Kylie dons a black lace nightgown and silky robe as she goes through a house making tea and touching up her make-up.
When she finally meets up with Pnd, 22, towards the end of the video, Kylie smiles and wraps her arms around the rapper as they go in for a steamy kiss in the pouring rain.
This isn't the first time Kim Kardashian...
The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star sparked rumours she found a new man in the Canadian hip-hop star last month, however neither have confirmed the romance.
But on Thursday (23Jun16), Kylie made an unexpected guest appearance in the promo for PartyNextDoor's (Pnd) new single Come and See Me, which premiered on Snapchat and further fuelled speculation they are more than just friends.
In the video, 18-year-old Kylie dons a black lace nightgown and silky robe as she goes through a house making tea and touching up her make-up.
When she finally meets up with Pnd, 22, towards the end of the video, Kylie smiles and wraps her arms around the rapper as they go in for a steamy kiss in the pouring rain.
This isn't the first time Kim Kardashian...
- 6/24/2016
- GossipCenter
Kylie Jenner and Tyga are no longer together, but that doesn't mean they're entirely out of each other's lives. A source tells People of the duo, who split over a month ago, that they "may be broken up but there is still so much love there." "He was her first true love and that is something that she just can't walk away from entirely," adds the insider of Jenner, 18, who dated the rapper for well over a year.As for whether there's tension between the exes, the source says "there's not really much bad blood there anymore" - and indeed,...
- 6/21/2016
- by Melody Chiu and Aurelie Corinthios
- PEOPLE.com
Kylie Jenner and Tyga are no longer together, but that doesn't mean they're entirely out of each other's lives. A source tells People of the duo, who split over a month ago, that they "may be broken up but there is still so much love there." "He was her first true love and that is something that she just can't walk away from entirely," adds the insider of Jenner, 18, who dated the rapper for well over a year.As for whether there's tension between the exes, the source says "there's not really much bad blood there anymore" - and indeed,...
- 6/21/2016
- by Melody Chiu and Aurelie Corinthios
- PEOPLE.com
Kylie Jenner and Tyga are no longer together, but that doesn't mean they're entirely out of each other's lives.
A source tells People of the duo, who split over a month ago, that they "may be broken up but there is still so much love there."
"He was her first true love and that is something that she just can't walk away from entirely," adds the insider of Jenner, 18, who dated the rapper for well over a year.
As for whether there's tension between the exes, the source says "there's not really much bad blood there anymore" – and indeed, Tyga,...
A source tells People of the duo, who split over a month ago, that they "may be broken up but there is still so much love there."
"He was her first true love and that is something that she just can't walk away from entirely," adds the insider of Jenner, 18, who dated the rapper for well over a year.
As for whether there's tension between the exes, the source says "there's not really much bad blood there anymore" – and indeed, Tyga,...
- 6/21/2016
- by Melody Chiu and Aurelie Corinthios
- People.com - TV Watch
It's been a month since Kylie Jenner and Tyga split and the rapper is dishing on what went wrong between the pair.
In an interview with Big Boy TV, Tyga, 26, revealed that he felt the his relationship with Jenner, 18, took the focus away from his career, but he isn't ruling out a future reconciliation with the reality star.
"When you're in a very public relationship like that, it's hard for other people to see you differently than that," he said. "Being in that it took a lot, career wise, everything. It overshadowed a lot of my talents and a lot...
In an interview with Big Boy TV, Tyga, 26, revealed that he felt the his relationship with Jenner, 18, took the focus away from his career, but he isn't ruling out a future reconciliation with the reality star.
"When you're in a very public relationship like that, it's hard for other people to see you differently than that," he said. "Being in that it took a lot, career wise, everything. It overshadowed a lot of my talents and a lot...
- 6/18/2016
- by Naja Rayne, @najarane
- People.com - TV Watch
[Youtube "nNGf0_c3U_s"] It's been a month since Kylie Jenner and Tyga split and the rapper is dishing on what went wrong between the pair. In an interview with Big Boy TV, Tyga, 26, revealed that he felt the his relationship with Jenner, 18, took the focus away from his career, but he isn't ruling out a future reconciliation with the reality star. "When you're in a very public relationship like that, it's hard for other people to see you differently than that," he said. "Being in that it took a lot, career wise, everything. It overshadowed a lot of my talents and a lot...
- 6/18/2016
- by Naja Rayne, @najarane
- PEOPLE.com
Tyga has remained tight-lipped about his breakup with Kylie Jenner—until now. Less than two months after the former pair called it quits for the second time, the "Rack City" rapper sat down for a radio interview with Big Boy TV to share his side of the story, particularly why he currently feels better without a leading lady. "I'm single. I'm enjoying life," he declared, simultaneously refuting rumors that he is dating lingerie model Demi Rose. The rapper, who recently appeared in his first movie Barbershop: The Next Cut and has a reality series on MTV, claims his highly public relationship with the reality star concealed his own...
- 6/17/2016
- E! Online
The first teaser trailer for the Tupac Shakur biopic, “All Eyez On Me,” has been released on what would have been the rapper’s 45th birthday. The clip that went online Thursday shows a police raid as well as Demetrius Shipp Jr. appearing as the legendary rapper in front of thousands of fans. The teaser trailer was posted to the Instagram account of radio show “Big Boy’s Neighborhood,” and features the voice of Danai Gurira (“The Walking Dead”), who plays Shakur’s mother, Afeni. Also Read: Afeni Shakur Davis, Rapper Tupac's Mother, Dies at 69 “This ain’t just about you,...
- 6/16/2016
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
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The Dick Tracy movie was a defining summer blockbuster, yet somehow never got a sequel. Here's why...
Make no mistake, the 1990 Dick Tracy movie was intended to be the next Batman. That's amusing when you consider how much of a debt Batman comics owed the grotesque rogues' gallery of Chester Gould's Dick Tracy comic strips. But from a box-office perspective, this is where things stood as we headed into the summer of 1990. And as surely as Batman launched a franchise that has continued (in some form or another) for 25-plus years, so too did Disney have ambitions for Dick Tracy 2.
Just as Bat-merchandise had begun to flood shelves in early spring of 1989, so did Dick Tracy trading cards, bubble gum, a remarkably ugly (but strangely appealing) line of action figures from Playmates (who ruled the world at that moment with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles license), making-of books, and (best of all) new reprints of the original daily and Sunday comic strips. That's a fairly optimistic program of licensing, and that doesn't even include the T-shirts, bath towels, and other novelties that followed.
The Batman similarities even extended to the minimalist movie posters, which featured an outline of Warren Beatty in primary-coloured profile, or speaking into a two-way wrist radio promising "I'm on my way." Disney's marketing department perhaps overestimated the recognisability and mass market appeal of the character, who hadn't been seen in live-action since the mid-50s, and who last actually made it to television in any form as part of a poorly-animated (and horrifically racist) Saturday morning cartoon in the '60s. Batman, on the other hand, was still an indelible pop culture icon, thanks in no small part to the inescapable presence of the Adam West TV series in syndication throughout the decade.
After Tim Burton's star-studded Batman dominated the summer of 1989 with a $250 million American haul (over $400 million worldwide), and since Dick Tracy had similar elements (top drawer celebrities in ridiculous makeup, remarkable set design, the biggest pop star of the era providing a soundtrack), studio expectations were probably stratospheric. Instead, Dick Tracy finished its theatrical run with a far more modest $162 million worldwide. While still a hefty profit over the film's $47 million budget, those certainly weren't Batman numbers, and brightly colored Dick Tracy merchandise stayed on shelves well past its Christmas 1990 sell by date.
Batmania, this wasn't. In the aftermath of the film's box office, Disney's Jeffrey Katzenberg would pen his infamous 1991 memo (which in turn inspired the film Jerry Maguire, many years later).
Dick Tracy did, however, manage to win three Oscars (two more than Batman), well-deserved ones for makeup and art direction, and a less surefire one for the Stephen Sondheim-penned and Madonna sung 'I Always Get My Man'. Even that is less puzzling than the Best Supporting Actor nomination for Al Pacino, whose slide into shouty, slouchy self-parody can perhaps be traced directly to his role as Alphonse 'Big Boy' Caprice in this film.
Dick Tracy received a somewhat less enthusiastic critical reception as well, and it's easy to see why. Despite Richard Sylbert's eye-popping and perfectly comic strip visuals, the film is remarkably thin on story, full of lifeless characters painted broadly even by blockbuster standards, and makes little use of the world's most enduring creations, the villains, virtually all of whom end up full of lead or otherwise dispatched by the film's end.
With all of the above in mind, it's almost no wonder that Dick Tracy 2 was an impossibility. Setting aside the fact that the novelty of seeing so many of the iconic villains on screen at once (William Forsythe's Flattop was a particularly memorable creation), trying to duplicate the almost absurd parade of talent on display under the makeup (including Dustin Hoffman as well as gangster movie luminaries James Caan and Paul Sorvino) for a sequel would have been a fool's errand.
But it's nothing so simple as story or economics that have kept Dick Tracy in the pen. After all, Hollywood has mounted franchise attempts no less Quixotic for lesser films, and it's surprising that there hasn't been any reboot traction for the property, either. That's because, as usual, you can blame lawyers.
Warren Beatty first acquired the rights to Dick Tracy from comic strip publishers Tribune Media in 1985. At some point, these rights were supposed to revert to Tribune if no new Tracy projects were forthcoming from Beatty, as long as they requested them via some legal gymnastics and a two-year notification process (that window would allow Warren Beatty enough time to make another Dick Tracy movie before handing the character over).
Tribune tried to make this happen in 2002, but for legal reasons that I'm not qualified to understand let alone write about, their claim was rejected after Beatty filed a suit indicating that the proper procedures weren't followed, the two-year window wasn't respected, and he still had plans to make a sequel. The case was resolved in his favour. Since then, Beatty has retained the rights, presumably with the same two-year window in place to allow him to make another movie should Tribune come knocking.
That three-year period, from when Tribune tried to exercise their claim on the Dick Tracy rights to when the suit was resolved, still doesn't account for the decade since then. At the time, Mr. Beatty claimed that Tribune's attempt to get the rights back made progress on his own Dick Tracy sequel "impossible." But considering that Beatty has never been known as the most prolific filmmaker or actor, moving at a deliberate pace with all of his projects, the fact that Dick Tracy 2 never materialised shouldn't surprise anyone.
But there always seem to be plans afoot for more...
Periodically, Warren Beatty makes some noises about his intention to make Dick Tracy 2, although I suspect this is posturing to allow him to hold on to the rights. I did reach out to representatives for Beatty to see if he'd be willing to offer some comment on this, but as of this writing, nobody has responded.
“I’m gonna make another one," Mr. Beatty told a crowd at the Hero Complex Festival in 2011. “I think it’s dumb talking about movies before you make them. I just don’t do it. It gives you the perfect excuse to avoid making them.” This was probably a self-directed jab at the fact that he hasn't made a movie since 2001, but as with many things related to this project, I have to wonder if occasionally expressing a public desire to make Dick Tracy 2 is all that stands between Beatty and another battle with Tribune.
In a strange maneuvre that was simply a required flexing of creative muscle to satisfy some minimum legal requirement, Beatty even donned the yellow overcoat and fedora in 2011 for the Dick Tracy Special. Beatty appears in character as Dick Tracy to give an interview with film critic Leonard Maltin, where he, as Tracy, refers to Warren Beatty...the actor who played him. "He was no Ralph Byrd or even Morgan Conway," Beatty/Tracy cracks, referencing two classic live-action Dicks from the '30s and '40s, "but I have to admit he looked remarkably like me."
No, really. See for yourself:
More recently, Beatty still made some noises about his plans to make Dick Tracy 2. This seems as unlikely now as it did five years ago.
The lawsuit that allowed Beatty to retain control of the Dick Tracy rights may have also scuttled all plans to revive the character in other media. In 2005, Transformers producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, along with Bobby Newmyer and Scott Strauss, struck a deal with Tribune to develop a live-action Dick Tracy TV series, which would have brought the famed detective into the present day. More powerful than tommy guns, a team of lawyers put a stop to that before it got off the ground.
Reportedly, these same legal issues even put the brakes on a plan by Powers creators Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming to kick off a new Dick Tracy comic book series (it's tough to imagine a more perfect creative team for that). In other words, the same thing that kept Dick Tracy 2 from happening, has also essentially retired the detective from any and all potential new adventures. So, not only will we never see a sequel to the 1990 film (which is probably for the best), but the prospects of seeing the iconic detective again in any new adventures appear increasingly dim.
However, for those devoted fans of the movie, there are other ways to immerse yourself in the film's continuity, all of which can be considered 'official' extensions of the story...
In the lead up to the film's release, three prestige format comics were released, written by John Francis Moore with wonderful art by the always brilliant Kyle Baker. The first two of these ("Big City Blues" and "Dick Tracy vs. The Underworld") are adventures that take place before the events of the movie, while the third adapts the film. You can usually find the collected edition, Dick Tracy: The Complete True Hearts and Tommy Guns on the cheap at comic conventions.
Dick Tracy: True Hearts and Tommy Guns is absolutely worth your time if you're a fan of the movie or of the character in general. Kyle Baker's art is always a treat, but he captures the larger than life flavour of the movie on these pages as well as the horrific nature of the villains in a way that the sometimes rubbery makeup of the film simply didn't. The over-the-top cartoon violence of the films is a little bloodier and more impactful here, particularly the original tales in the first two chapters. Interestingly enough, these were the first Dick Tracy comics to feature original material to arrive in thirty years, and now, twenty-five years later, they're still the only ones since 1961 (reprints of the comic strips, however, are in good health thanks to Idw Publishing, as are the comic strips themelves...published by Tribune).
For that matter, the Dick Tracy novelisation by Max Allan Collins is also well worth seeking out. Collins, an experienced crime fiction writer who also had the distinct honour of writing Dick Tracy's comic strip adventures for 15 years after creator Chester Gould retired, brought a more authentic voice to the proceedings. Without the over the top visuals of the film, the book feels decidedly more violent (particularly the opening description of the St. Valentine's Day style massacre that begins the movie), and closer to the character's crime solving roots than what got put on screen. Warren Beatty was so impressed with Collins' flourishes that some of the dialogue from the novel was later added to the finished film.Collins also wrote two novels which can be considered 'official' sequels to the films. Dick Tracy Goes to War was published in 1990, within months of the movie's release, and was followed in 1991 by Dick Tracy Meets his Match. Another prose collection, Dick Tracy: The Secret Files was released to cash in on that year's Tracymania and was edited by Collins, but doesn't share any continuity with the film. But in short, if you want some kind of official "Dick Tracy movie universe," start with True Hearts and Tommy Guns and follow straight through with the Collins novels.
It'll have to do...because Dick Tracy is most assuredly not on his way.
This article originally ran on June 15th, 2015. It has been lightly updated with some new information. Movies Feature Mike Cecchini dick tracy 15 Jun 2016 - 16:22 Dick Tracy 2 Warren Beatty...
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The Dick Tracy movie was a defining summer blockbuster, yet somehow never got a sequel. Here's why...
Make no mistake, the 1990 Dick Tracy movie was intended to be the next Batman. That's amusing when you consider how much of a debt Batman comics owed the grotesque rogues' gallery of Chester Gould's Dick Tracy comic strips. But from a box-office perspective, this is where things stood as we headed into the summer of 1990. And as surely as Batman launched a franchise that has continued (in some form or another) for 25-plus years, so too did Disney have ambitions for Dick Tracy 2.
Just as Bat-merchandise had begun to flood shelves in early spring of 1989, so did Dick Tracy trading cards, bubble gum, a remarkably ugly (but strangely appealing) line of action figures from Playmates (who ruled the world at that moment with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles license), making-of books, and (best of all) new reprints of the original daily and Sunday comic strips. That's a fairly optimistic program of licensing, and that doesn't even include the T-shirts, bath towels, and other novelties that followed.
The Batman similarities even extended to the minimalist movie posters, which featured an outline of Warren Beatty in primary-coloured profile, or speaking into a two-way wrist radio promising "I'm on my way." Disney's marketing department perhaps overestimated the recognisability and mass market appeal of the character, who hadn't been seen in live-action since the mid-50s, and who last actually made it to television in any form as part of a poorly-animated (and horrifically racist) Saturday morning cartoon in the '60s. Batman, on the other hand, was still an indelible pop culture icon, thanks in no small part to the inescapable presence of the Adam West TV series in syndication throughout the decade.
After Tim Burton's star-studded Batman dominated the summer of 1989 with a $250 million American haul (over $400 million worldwide), and since Dick Tracy had similar elements (top drawer celebrities in ridiculous makeup, remarkable set design, the biggest pop star of the era providing a soundtrack), studio expectations were probably stratospheric. Instead, Dick Tracy finished its theatrical run with a far more modest $162 million worldwide. While still a hefty profit over the film's $47 million budget, those certainly weren't Batman numbers, and brightly colored Dick Tracy merchandise stayed on shelves well past its Christmas 1990 sell by date.
Batmania, this wasn't. In the aftermath of the film's box office, Disney's Jeffrey Katzenberg would pen his infamous 1991 memo (which in turn inspired the film Jerry Maguire, many years later).
Dick Tracy did, however, manage to win three Oscars (two more than Batman), well-deserved ones for makeup and art direction, and a less surefire one for the Stephen Sondheim-penned and Madonna sung 'I Always Get My Man'. Even that is less puzzling than the Best Supporting Actor nomination for Al Pacino, whose slide into shouty, slouchy self-parody can perhaps be traced directly to his role as Alphonse 'Big Boy' Caprice in this film.
Dick Tracy received a somewhat less enthusiastic critical reception as well, and it's easy to see why. Despite Richard Sylbert's eye-popping and perfectly comic strip visuals, the film is remarkably thin on story, full of lifeless characters painted broadly even by blockbuster standards, and makes little use of the world's most enduring creations, the villains, virtually all of whom end up full of lead or otherwise dispatched by the film's end.
With all of the above in mind, it's almost no wonder that Dick Tracy 2 was an impossibility. Setting aside the fact that the novelty of seeing so many of the iconic villains on screen at once (William Forsythe's Flattop was a particularly memorable creation), trying to duplicate the almost absurd parade of talent on display under the makeup (including Dustin Hoffman as well as gangster movie luminaries James Caan and Paul Sorvino) for a sequel would have been a fool's errand.
But it's nothing so simple as story or economics that have kept Dick Tracy in the pen. After all, Hollywood has mounted franchise attempts no less Quixotic for lesser films, and it's surprising that there hasn't been any reboot traction for the property, either. That's because, as usual, you can blame lawyers.
Warren Beatty first acquired the rights to Dick Tracy from comic strip publishers Tribune Media in 1985. At some point, these rights were supposed to revert to Tribune if no new Tracy projects were forthcoming from Beatty, as long as they requested them via some legal gymnastics and a two-year notification process (that window would allow Warren Beatty enough time to make another Dick Tracy movie before handing the character over).
Tribune tried to make this happen in 2002, but for legal reasons that I'm not qualified to understand let alone write about, their claim was rejected after Beatty filed a suit indicating that the proper procedures weren't followed, the two-year window wasn't respected, and he still had plans to make a sequel. The case was resolved in his favour. Since then, Beatty has retained the rights, presumably with the same two-year window in place to allow him to make another movie should Tribune come knocking.
That three-year period, from when Tribune tried to exercise their claim on the Dick Tracy rights to when the suit was resolved, still doesn't account for the decade since then. At the time, Mr. Beatty claimed that Tribune's attempt to get the rights back made progress on his own Dick Tracy sequel "impossible." But considering that Beatty has never been known as the most prolific filmmaker or actor, moving at a deliberate pace with all of his projects, the fact that Dick Tracy 2 never materialised shouldn't surprise anyone.
But there always seem to be plans afoot for more...
Periodically, Warren Beatty makes some noises about his intention to make Dick Tracy 2, although I suspect this is posturing to allow him to hold on to the rights. I did reach out to representatives for Beatty to see if he'd be willing to offer some comment on this, but as of this writing, nobody has responded.
“I’m gonna make another one," Mr. Beatty told a crowd at the Hero Complex Festival in 2011. “I think it’s dumb talking about movies before you make them. I just don’t do it. It gives you the perfect excuse to avoid making them.” This was probably a self-directed jab at the fact that he hasn't made a movie since 2001, but as with many things related to this project, I have to wonder if occasionally expressing a public desire to make Dick Tracy 2 is all that stands between Beatty and another battle with Tribune.
In a strange maneuvre that was simply a required flexing of creative muscle to satisfy some minimum legal requirement, Beatty even donned the yellow overcoat and fedora in 2011 for the Dick Tracy Special. Beatty appears in character as Dick Tracy to give an interview with film critic Leonard Maltin, where he, as Tracy, refers to Warren Beatty...the actor who played him. "He was no Ralph Byrd or even Morgan Conway," Beatty/Tracy cracks, referencing two classic live-action Dicks from the '30s and '40s, "but I have to admit he looked remarkably like me."
No, really. See for yourself:
More recently, Beatty still made some noises about his plans to make Dick Tracy 2. This seems as unlikely now as it did five years ago.
The lawsuit that allowed Beatty to retain control of the Dick Tracy rights may have also scuttled all plans to revive the character in other media. In 2005, Transformers producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, along with Bobby Newmyer and Scott Strauss, struck a deal with Tribune to develop a live-action Dick Tracy TV series, which would have brought the famed detective into the present day. More powerful than tommy guns, a team of lawyers put a stop to that before it got off the ground.
Reportedly, these same legal issues even put the brakes on a plan by Powers creators Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming to kick off a new Dick Tracy comic book series (it's tough to imagine a more perfect creative team for that). In other words, the same thing that kept Dick Tracy 2 from happening, has also essentially retired the detective from any and all potential new adventures. So, not only will we never see a sequel to the 1990 film (which is probably for the best), but the prospects of seeing the iconic detective again in any new adventures appear increasingly dim.
However, for those devoted fans of the movie, there are other ways to immerse yourself in the film's continuity, all of which can be considered 'official' extensions of the story...
In the lead up to the film's release, three prestige format comics were released, written by John Francis Moore with wonderful art by the always brilliant Kyle Baker. The first two of these ("Big City Blues" and "Dick Tracy vs. The Underworld") are adventures that take place before the events of the movie, while the third adapts the film. You can usually find the collected edition, Dick Tracy: The Complete True Hearts and Tommy Guns on the cheap at comic conventions.
Dick Tracy: True Hearts and Tommy Guns is absolutely worth your time if you're a fan of the movie or of the character in general. Kyle Baker's art is always a treat, but he captures the larger than life flavour of the movie on these pages as well as the horrific nature of the villains in a way that the sometimes rubbery makeup of the film simply didn't. The over-the-top cartoon violence of the films is a little bloodier and more impactful here, particularly the original tales in the first two chapters. Interestingly enough, these were the first Dick Tracy comics to feature original material to arrive in thirty years, and now, twenty-five years later, they're still the only ones since 1961 (reprints of the comic strips, however, are in good health thanks to Idw Publishing, as are the comic strips themelves...published by Tribune).
For that matter, the Dick Tracy novelisation by Max Allan Collins is also well worth seeking out. Collins, an experienced crime fiction writer who also had the distinct honour of writing Dick Tracy's comic strip adventures for 15 years after creator Chester Gould retired, brought a more authentic voice to the proceedings. Without the over the top visuals of the film, the book feels decidedly more violent (particularly the opening description of the St. Valentine's Day style massacre that begins the movie), and closer to the character's crime solving roots than what got put on screen. Warren Beatty was so impressed with Collins' flourishes that some of the dialogue from the novel was later added to the finished film.Collins also wrote two novels which can be considered 'official' sequels to the films. Dick Tracy Goes to War was published in 1990, within months of the movie's release, and was followed in 1991 by Dick Tracy Meets his Match. Another prose collection, Dick Tracy: The Secret Files was released to cash in on that year's Tracymania and was edited by Collins, but doesn't share any continuity with the film. But in short, if you want some kind of official "Dick Tracy movie universe," start with True Hearts and Tommy Guns and follow straight through with the Collins novels.
It'll have to do...because Dick Tracy is most assuredly not on his way.
This article originally ran on June 15th, 2015. It has been lightly updated with some new information. Movies Feature Mike Cecchini dick tracy 15 Jun 2016 - 16:22 Dick Tracy 2 Warren Beatty...
- 6/15/2016
- Den of Geek
Kanye West joined Big Boy’s Neighborhood radio show on Friday to premiere the first single from his new album Cruel Winter. Kanye West Drops First Single From New ‘Cruel Winter’ Album Kanye’s new album is considered to be the sequel to his 2012 compilation album from Good Music’s artists Cruel Summer. Tune into Big Boy’s […]
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- 6/4/2016
- by Shantel Whitaker
- Uinterview
He loves rolling out new material, and Kanye West showed up on Big Boy’s 92.3 radio show on Friday (June 3) with a fresh track for his fans.
The “Love Lockdown” rapper’s single is said to be from his upcoming compilation Cruel Winter, also featuring 2 Chainz, Desiigner, Big Sean, Travis Scott, Quavo, Juicy J and Gucci Mane.
Furthermore, Kanye told listeners that Cruel Winter will be coming soon and will likely be followed by a massive tour. Stay linked to the GossipCenter for the latest details.
The “Love Lockdown” rapper’s single is said to be from his upcoming compilation Cruel Winter, also featuring 2 Chainz, Desiigner, Big Sean, Travis Scott, Quavo, Juicy J and Gucci Mane.
Furthermore, Kanye told listeners that Cruel Winter will be coming soon and will likely be followed by a massive tour. Stay linked to the GossipCenter for the latest details.
- 6/3/2016
- GossipCenter
If there is one label Kanye West will always happily wear, it's family man.
In an interview on the Big Boy's Neighborhood radio show on the radio station Real 92.3 in Los Angeles on Friday, West admitted to being very protective of his two children and wife Kim Kardashian West.
"I'm crazy about my kids," he said. "I'm crazy about Kim."
"I'm so happy to be a father," West, 38, added. "I want to learn what my daughter has to say. What she learns. I just want to learn how she learns in this world. I'm extremely protective."
The outspoken rapper...
In an interview on the Big Boy's Neighborhood radio show on the radio station Real 92.3 in Los Angeles on Friday, West admitted to being very protective of his two children and wife Kim Kardashian West.
"I'm crazy about my kids," he said. "I'm crazy about Kim."
"I'm so happy to be a father," West, 38, added. "I want to learn what my daughter has to say. What she learns. I just want to learn how she learns in this world. I'm extremely protective."
The outspoken rapper...
- 6/3/2016
- by Brittany King, @brrriitttnnii
- People.com - TV Watch
Kanye West has no regrets when it comes to speaking out publicly on social media and even (gasp!) reads the comments. The 38-year-old outspoken rapper, fashion designer and husband of Kim Kardashian talked about his career and family in an interview on the Big Boy's Neighborhood radio show on hip-hop radio station Real 92.3 in Los Angeles Friday. Earlier this year, Kanye made headlines over a slew of tweets about himself, his outlook on life, his finances and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who he urged to invest in "Kanye West's ideas." The rapper later said his "number one enemy" has been his ego. On Big Boy's...
- 6/3/2016
- E! Online
Take a look @ new footage, plus images from "Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice", as revealed in a commercial spot for 'Turkish Airlines', during 'Super Bowl 50', February 7, 2016:
"Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" is intended to be the follow-up to 2013's "Man of Steel" and the second installment in the 'DC Extended Universe'.
Thye film is directed by Zack Snyder, with a screenplay written by Chris Terrio and David S. Goyer, starring Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams...
...Jesse Eisenberg, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Jeremy Irons, Holly Hunter and Gal Gadot.
"...following the events of 'Man of Steel', 'Gotham City'-based vigilante 'Batman' travels to 'Metropolis' to preemptively combat 'Superman', while another threat endangers the world..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice" - 'Super Bowl 50' Spot...
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"Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" is intended to be the follow-up to 2013's "Man of Steel" and the second installment in the 'DC Extended Universe'.
Thye film is directed by Zack Snyder, with a screenplay written by Chris Terrio and David S. Goyer, starring Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams...
...Jesse Eisenberg, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Jeremy Irons, Holly Hunter and Gal Gadot.
"...following the events of 'Man of Steel', 'Gotham City'-based vigilante 'Batman' travels to 'Metropolis' to preemptively combat 'Superman', while another threat endangers the world..."
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- 2/8/2016
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Army investigator John Haven is out to catch some crooks using stealth, his wits and a limitless supply of marvelous hardboiled dialogue. Dick Powell trades a trench coat for a cowboy hat, while luscious Jane Greer swaps a .38 snubnose for a dance hall dress. A great cast, a witty script and Burl Ives' singing voice make this a delightfully different noir-inflected oater. Station West DVD-r The Warner Archive Collection 1948 / B&W / 1:37 flat Academy / 80 min. / Street Date January 12, 2016 / available through the WBshop / 21.99 Starring Dick Powell, Jane Greer, Agnes Moorehead, Burl Ives,Tom Powers, Gordon Oliver, Steve Brodie, Guinn Williams, Raymond Burr, Regis Toomey, Olin Howlin, John Kellogg, Charles Middleton, John Doucette . Cinematography Harry J. Wild Film Editor Frederic Knudtson Original Music Heinz Roemheld Written by Frank Fenton, Winston Miller Produced by Robert Sparks Directed by Sidney Lanfield
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Want to discover a 'different,' fun '40s western with clever plotting?...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Want to discover a 'different,' fun '40s western with clever plotting?...
- 2/6/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Look. Hey. You know what. Who’s to say what is or isn’t possible from the nether realm, you know? Certainly not Kanye, who explained the role his late father-in-law has played in getting Waves/Swish/So Help Me God finished. "I'm only doing one percent, 2 percent of the work, and God is doing the rest of the work,” West said during his interview with Real 92.3’s Big Boy, which you can listen to below. “My mom … had Teddy Riley change his flight and come back to the studio. Robert Kardashian is making sure that all the deals is getting done. He's still doing deals for controversial black people from up in heaven." Kanye is the best. Hopefully there isn’t Twitter in the afterlife, or else he and Mr. Kardashian must have had some seriously uncomfortable conversations this week. Haha, just kidding. There is no way in God...
- 2/5/2016
- by Halle Kiefer
- Vulture
Kanye West describes his new album as a "dream that can't happen without God." "I'm only doing two percent of the work," West, 38, explained to radio host Big Boy on Real 92.3 Thursday morning. "God is doing the rest of the work." He also gave credit to his late mother Donda West and father-in-law Robert Kardashian for watching over the production of his album. Discussing his wife Kim Kardashian West's late dad - who helped defend O.J. Simpson when he was accused of murdering Nicole Brown Simpson - West said, "He's still doing deals for controversial black people from up in heaven.
- 2/5/2016
- by Nick Maslow, @nickmaslow
- PEOPLE.com
Kanye West describes his new album as a "dream that can't happen without God."
"I'm only doing two percent of the work," West, 38, explained to radio host Big Boy on Real 92.3 Thursday morning. "God is doing the rest of the work."
He also gave credit to his late mother Donda West and father-in-law Robert Kardashian for watching over the production of his album. Discussing his wife Kim Kardashian West's late dad – who helped defend O.J. Simpson when he was accused of murdering Nicole Brown Simpson – West said, "He's still doing deals for controversial black people from up in heaven.
"I'm only doing two percent of the work," West, 38, explained to radio host Big Boy on Real 92.3 Thursday morning. "God is doing the rest of the work."
He also gave credit to his late mother Donda West and father-in-law Robert Kardashian for watching over the production of his album. Discussing his wife Kim Kardashian West's late dad – who helped defend O.J. Simpson when he was accused of murdering Nicole Brown Simpson – West said, "He's still doing deals for controversial black people from up in heaven.
- 2/5/2016
- by Nick Maslow, @nickmaslow
- People.com - TV Watch
You better be knee-deep in Yeezy's life right now like the rest of us, or else nothing in this post is going to make any sense. Kanye chatted with Big Boy at L.A.'s Real 92.3 to resolve any lingering questions you might have had about his beef life, his issues with his ex, and the size and quantity of his swimming pools, which were recently challenged by Drake. (To wit, "I have three pools, that's it." Seems like the perfect number!) The highlights of the interview include a reconciliation with Wiz Khalifa ("I didn’t mean it in a harmful way"), confirmation that Amber Rose and Kim Kardashian's peace-making selfie was taken at Kris Jenner’s home, and, despite there being a clear winner in the poll he asked Kim to post on Twitter, Kanye still hasn’t definitively decided what his "gospel album with a lot of cursing on it" is titled.
- 2/4/2016
- by Halle Kiefer
- Vulture
Popular DJ Big Boy squashed the beef over "Big Boy's Neighborhood" -- the radio show that made him famous -- ending the legal war with his old station ... TMZ has learned. Big Boy abruptly jumped from the L.A. hip-hop station about a year ago to start a new job with iHeartRadio -- but Emmis Radio, owner of Power 106, sued ... claiming he didn't let them match his new offer. Emmis wanted the court to block Big Boy from leaving,...
- 1/19/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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