Blog Wars Episode VIII: Some New Links
Monday, February 15, 2016 at 12:22PM
NATHANIEL R in Ben Stiller, Bette Davis, Bunheads, Cynthia Nixon, Daredevil, Jamie Dornan, Laura Dern, Oscars (15), Oscars (17), Salt, Star Wars, nudity

• AV Club loves on the dearly departed Bunheads
Guardian Cynthia Nixon, who plays Emily Dickinson in a new film, thinks she'd have loved social media
• E! Online Dakota Johnson wants Jamie Dornan to bare all in Fifty Shades sequel. (I mean, why not? It's not like he's NSFW shy about it.)
EW looks at a handful of AMPAS ballots Supporting Actress and Picture votes are all over the place

Awards Daily on two previous shakeups in Hollywood (the late 1920s) & Academy (the late 1960s) business
Towleroad Gay Iconography: All About Bette Davis 
Film School Rejects Ben Stiller's most iconic characters from best to worst 
Coming Soon Ghostbusters gets a teaser poster. Don't get excited. It's basically just the old logo. Trailer coming on March 3rd
Coming Soon Salt, Angelina Jolie's would be franchise that never became one headed to TV in series form - without Angie of course
/Film Alexander Payne lines up his next next film. It's called My Saga, a road trip movie. He still hasn't shot Downsizing with Reese Witherspoon though.

Today's Watch
Daredevil Season 2 Trailer - Pt 1

 

Elektra and The Punisher get their own trailers, looks like. I'll be disappointed if we don't get a follow up on Madame Gao though, since she was fierce/mysterious. 

• And finally, Star Wars Episode VIII: As Yet Untitled began filming this morning at Pinewood Studios in the UK aiming for the Christmas friendly release date of December 15th, 2017. All the major players, sans Harrison Ford of course, will return. The film is written and directed by Rian Johnson (Brick, Looper) and all the major cast members return (sans Harrison Ford *sniffle*). New cast members will include Benicio Del Toro, newcomer Kelly Marie Tran and 'The Face,' herself Laura Dern! No, wait, that deserves more exclamation points. Laura Dern !!!!!!!!


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