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Bernard Hill was a brilliant actor whose roles included unemployed Yosser Hughes in The Boys From The Black Stuff to King Theoden of Rohan in The Lord Of The Rings. Damn.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68962192?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0KkLwxel07Ap4CYiAmYEGPEQ9aK7vBbnnmDIrp5ElCOP2My4CY2GPUeoY_aem_AQTXuRmIZbuyjn6r3mRL9XJkhrl9_dJmabSyMBoYso_WLnv3QORXwtatbaW5hilFm7q6Ce8imGPkyI92q2bv1aRA
 

Bernard Hill was a brilliant actor whose roles included unemployed Yosser Hughes in The Boys From The Black Stuff to King Theodore of Rohan in The Lord Of The Rings. Damn.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68962192?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0KkLwxel07Ap4CYiAmYEGPEQ9aK7vBbnnmDIrp5ElCOP2My4CY2GPUeoY_aem_AQTXuRmIZbuyjn6r3mRL9XJkhrl9_dJmabSyMBoYso_WLnv3QORXwtatbaW5hilFm7q6Ce8imGPkyI92q2bv1aRA
 

It appears that Amazon's show The Boys, starring Dredd alumni Karl Urban, will get a fifth season on Prime.

https://himakibuzz.com/the-boys-reportedly-gets-renewed-for-season-5-ahead-of-season-4-release/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0IESDADc1R2pLH-zw7pf2ncJZ3l0HpervylYiwXNthulEwjaG7LOwAsYk_aem_ASR1EXnj4Q7mrSNvC88uOIx4t9HHAj6lnziUq7QXnk4N_xxOyyvtW_ChIM-EVM-fg9E1lTb99vx4zsQ-DET2XitB

Apple TV is about to gamble on producing a version of William Gibson's Cyberpunk landmark book Neuromancer. The blurb includes one of the confirmed actors.
https://collider.com/callum-turner-cast-neuromancer/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=Echobox-CL&utm_medium=Social-Distribution&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3FZGdUbYPZsFfxIVOd0EXkEYSU3E8f0lWA27AEAVTj1PrN2n0cVQZX1Mk_aem_AeDRr8ZYfSUkz3TU8wDbfeuYgDtDCUdIqxQLlOGt8S3RecRAYkjyE2-lwrIWTb9zxWXUlOai8094VNk_PnD1spmT#Echobox=1714033042

Yes, Paramount confirms the development of a 4th Star Trek movie.

https://trekmovie.com/2024/04/11/paramount-pictures-officially-confirms-star-trek-origin-movie-for-its-upcoming-film-slate/?fbclid=IwAR1TEJQbWwXB6GwpYcxjm_0zqd7RCtQUJEJWNaLLCZYFWMXACBRHt4lqZxg_aem_AWcID0cB5CXcoyf0cUx416k0KiR6hE8snOs4awdSOLhU3Ne8Tg6DchCTeb7YGQH-5qHFtyo1wJt_5dNqmv-DmX6j

Yes, the 1958 classic is to be remade by David [Hellraiser] Bruckner.
https://movieweb.com/the-blob-remake-hellraiser-david-bruckner/

A third movie in the Dune sequence might be in the works. Blurb here.

https://coveredgeekly.com/dune-messiah-confirmed-to-be-in-the-works-at-legendary/?fbclid=IwAR2jJ5q8yBveakoDIfVsQPH8ErFIKuy8qP8iV0bgUzvpdWng_A5l18elpQM_aem_AYgVFo0GNPLqj1dAU4kkZ0jlC1Dj86hlc3kadrU6rw7JZ4Cx_1vbokKc7a4wP32dvBeI_9jJYwy9w_4o2WZzaMQX

Brayan Talbot no less appears in this BBC tribute to his comic longevity.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wear-68712698

Barbera Rush starred in It Came From Outer Space and When Worlds Collide.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/apr/01/it-came-from-outer-space-star-barbara-rush-dies-aged-97

Alan Ritchson, best known for Amazon's TV series Reacher, will star in a Netflix film about Army Rangers encountering something very nasty.

https://deadline.com/2024/03/alan-ritchson-war-machine-reacher-netflix-acquires-lionsgate-action-sci-fi-film-patrick-hughes-directing-1235869878/

Teaser Trailer here. 
https://youtu.be/GTNMt84KT0k?si=C-3ovs7wROFSUtnA

Yep, it seems Liam Neeson has got the comedy bug.

https://screencrush.com/naked-gun-remake/

The comic book artist Enric Badia Romero, known for drawing Modesty Blaise. I always remember seeing his Modesty Blaise in the London Evening Standard when comic strips were almost integral to Newspapers.
https://downthetubes.net/in-memoriam-modesty-blaise-and-axa-artist-enric-badia-romero/

Michael Jayston is familiar to those who followed Only Fools And Horses but forever Peter Guillam in the BBC's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
https://www.itv.com/news/2024-02-05/only-fools-and-horses-actor-michael-jayston-dies-aged-88

Yes! Victory to Nordland! Any Live-Action would have busted the budget of even a large studio, so it is much wiser to go the animation route. The Unreal Engine looks realistic in its graphics, so this seems to be the right match for the subject matter.