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      Jim Henson Biopic Developed by Disney, KISS Movie Picked Up by Netflix

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      The Mouse House is developing a movie about the life and career of ‘The Muppets’ creator while Netflix secures a true-story film about Gene Simmons and his bandmates.

      Apr 23, 2021

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      A biopic based on the life of “The Muppets” creator Jim Henson is in the works.

      Writer Michael Mitnik has been tapped by Disney and The Henson company to pen a movie about the star which, according to Deadline, will focus “Henson’s journey to convince broadcasters that The Muppets was a great idea.”

      Henson began creating Muppets in the 1950’s and, after launching them as characters in commercials, they eventually appeared their own specials and a syndicated variety show.

      The concept later evolved to the puppets teaching children on “Sesame Street”, and the characters even briefly appeared in their own sketch series on “Saturday Night Live”.

      After success with “The Muppet Show”, Henson moved on to various TV and movie efforts. He died in 1990 at the age of 53.

      The new movie, which is as yet untitled, will be produced by Henson’s daughter Lisa.

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      Meanwhile, Netflix bosses have all but signed a deal for the upcoming KISS biopic “Shout It Out Loud”.

      According to Deadline, the movie will focus on the story of Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley meeting in Queens in New York and forming the iconic “Rock and Roll All Nite” band with Ace Frehley and Peter Criss.

      Joachim Ronning is on to direct and the script comes from Ole Sanders, who is working from an earlier draft penned by William Blake Herron.

      Mark Canton’s Atmosphere Entertainment and Universal Music Group will co-produce the flick.

      KISS still have the rest of their farewell run, the End of the Road World Tour to complete, which was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

      Since forming in 1973, the “I Was Made for Lovin’ You” rockers have sold more than 75 million records worldwide.

      The four original members were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014.

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      ‘Mortal Kombat’ Review: Battered and Bloody

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      The latest screen adaptation of the video game shows again that trying to construct a coherent plot around these characters is a fatal trap.The appeal of the video game Mortal Kombat (and its Coke-Pepsi rival Street Fighter) was combining the characters in different smackdowns. But trying to construct a plot that links them is a fatal trap. The cheesy “Mortal Kombat” (1995), from the future “Resident Evil” director Paul W.S. Anderson, proved as much, and now there is “Mortal Kombat” (2021), directed by Simon McQuoid, a snazzier, marginally more coherent movie that features a less catchy version of the techno theme song. (The backbeat, like the screenplay, is peppered with catchphrases from the game: “Test … your might.”)The 21st-century “Mortal Kombat” begins in 17th-century Japan, where a great warrior, Hanzo Hasashi (Hiroyuki Sanada), is vanquished and his wife and son killed. Less comes of this than you might expect. Flash forward to the present and Cole Young (Lewis Tan), a cage fighter whose telltale birthmark destines him to compete in a tournament called Mortal Kombat. (“They spelled it wrong,” he observes.) Before representing “Earthrealm” against Outworld, “the most brutal and murderous of all the realms,” he and similarly branded comrades must uncover their inner superpowers.But with so many characters, the movie spends too much time on discovery and not enough on showing those powers in action. Personally, I wanted more payoff from Sonya Blade (Jessica McNamee) dodging Kano (Josh Lawson) and his laser eye, but you can choose your fighters and feel shortchanged accordingly. While the carnage demonstrates some imagination (can ice cauterize wounds? Did a hat just turn into a table saw?), the rules, extending even to whether death is permanent, are so arbitrary that nothing matters. Test … your patience.Mortal KombatRated R. See title. Running time: 1 hour 50 minutes. In theaters and on HBO Max. Please consult the guidelines outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention before watching movies inside theaters. More

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      Whoopi Goldberg Writing Superhero Movie About 'Old Black Woman'

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      The ‘Sister Act’ actress reveals she is working on a new project, a superhero movie that focuses on a woman who wields her superhero powers later in life.

      Apr 23, 2021

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      Whoopi Goldberg is writing a new female-led superhero movie.

      The “Sister Act” legend has revealed she has been “obsessed” with superheroes since she was a child and is planning to give Marvel and DC Comics bosses a run for their money.

      Whoopi told the latest issue of Variety magazine – of which she is the cover star – that, “since I was a little kid, I’ve been obsessed with superheroes.”

      “They’re all saving the earth all the time. But do you know who’s really going to save the earth? Old Black women.”

      Goldberg said the movie will focus on a Black woman learning how to wield her superhero powers later in life.

      She kept tight-lipped about further details, including casting and filming plans.

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      The new project came after Whoopi Goldberg said she kept getting shut down amid her attempts to make a “Sister Act 3” movie happen.

      “Any time anybody brings up ‘Sister Act’ it makes me happy. Because they keep telling me that no one wants to see a (third). And I know that that’s not so,” the actress/comedienne previously said after Lizzo paid homage to the franchise at MTV Movie Awards.

      She also said, “I’m a little older than I was. But I’m not very much different than I was.”

      In a more recent interview, Whoopi assured fans, “We’re working diligently to try to figure out how to get the gang together and come back.”

      In the original 1992 movie, Goldberg played Deloris Van Cartier, a lounge singer who’s forced to join a convent and change her name into Sister Mary Clarence after being placed in a witness protection program. The film was a box office success, grossing $231.6 million worldwide.

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      Harry Styles 'Excited' for Steamy Nude Sex Scenes in Gay Movie 'My Policeman'

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      The One Direction member is reportedly set to strip off for the camera and film a number of steamy sex scenes for his next feature film ‘My Policeman’.

      Apr 23, 2021

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      Harry Styles is set to strip off for a number of steamy sex scenes in forthcoming movie “My Policeman”.

      The flick sees the singer take on the role of gay policeman Tim Burgess and, according to reports, the One Direction star will shoot intimate scenes with co-star David Dawson – who has been cast as Harry’s love interest, named Patrick, in the movie.

      A source tells The Sun newspaper the “Watermelon Sugar” star is “really excited about the challenge,” adding, “Harry will be having sex on screen and they want it to look as real as possible.”

      According to insiders, bosses plan to film two sex scenes between Harry and David and another where the hitmaker will be “naked on his own.”

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      “Not much is going to be left to the imagination,” they mused. “Harry is throwing himself into this new role and is really excited about the challenge, even though it’s a daunting task.”

      “He always wants to do things that people wouldn’t expect and challenge what people think about him – and this film will really do that.”

      “My Policeman” is the film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Bethan Roberts and also stars “The Crown” ‘s Emma Corrin. It tells the story of Tom, a closeted policeman who marries Corrin’s Marion – despite his love for Patrick – due to social constraints at the time.

      The movie is directed by Michael Grandage. Rumor has it, Linus Roache is tapped as the older Tom while Rupert Everett as Patrick and Gina McKee as Marion.

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      ‘Sisters With Transistors’ Review: How Women Pioneered Electronic Music

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      This far-reaching documentary from Lisa Rovner looks back at the female composers and artists who shaped modern music.This documentary from Lisa Rovner, about women and electronic music, is hardly as goofy as its title makes it sound. Many of the innovating individuals profiled here contend that women have an affinity for digital technology. And that technology had, and still has, the potential to “blow up the power structure.”Then again, discussing her theremin — an electronic instrument that creates sound via hand movements through what looks like empty space — the performer Clara Rockmore says: “You cannot play air with hammers. You have to play with butterfly wings.” By the same token, Daphne Oram and Delia Derbyshire, 1950s and ’60s pioneers of synthesizers and tape loops who both worked for the BBC, are conventionally proper and polite as they explain their innovations in archival interviews.Narrated by the avant-garde musician Laurie Anderson in a vocal timbre that blends her performance mode with a more conversational one, this film is informative and often fascinating. It is invigorating to hear the great performer-composer Pauline Oliveros ask, “How do you eliminate the misogyny of the classical canon?” — pointing to a tape recorder as a potential tool. (Oliveros, who died in 2016, also discusses her 1970 New York Times Op-Ed titled “And Don’t Call Them ‘Lady’ Composers.”The short shrift the movie gives to Wendy Carlos is puzzling. The very brief segment allotted to her begins with a French television clip about “Switched-On Bach” and its high sales. This segues into the composer-performer Suzanne Ciani’s dismissal of Carlos’s work: “The way it impacted the public’s consciousness of what a synthesizer was, was completely retroactive.” Rovner sees no irony in then chronicling Ciani’s work in television advertising.Sisters with TransistorsNot rated. Running time: 1 hour 26 minutes. Watch through Metrograph’s virtual cinema. More