#balboa productions

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TMS Entertainment and actor Michael B. Jordan have announced that the Japanese theatrical release of the Creed III will feature a special anime by the director and writers of Megalobox at TMS Animation. The anime will play after the end of the film, which opens in Japan as Creed Kako no Gyakushū (Creed: Revenge from the Past) on May 26, 2023.

Yo Moriyama is directing the anime at TMS Entertainment. Katsuhiko Manabe and Kensaku Kojima are writing the script. The director and writers worked on both Megalobox and its sequel Megalobox 2: Nomad.

Hi Japan! We made a special anime as a surprise for Japanese fans that will play at the end of the film. Creed 3 opens in theaters in Japan next weekend - get your tickets now to see what it’s all about!

-  Michael B. Jordan

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Tulsa King

Season 1, “Adobe Walls”

Director: Lodge Kerrigan

DoP: Glenn Brown

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Let us share some leech facts to prepare you for ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES (1959) from director Bernard L. Kowalski and starring Ken Clark, Yvette Vickers and Bruno VeSota!

Everyone is a terrible person in this barely horror creature feature.

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 18:53; Discussion 24:34; Ranking 38:32

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Jason Statham protagonizará el guión de Sylvester Stallone dirigido por David Ayer 'Levon's Trade'...

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Balboa Park in A Blink - San Diego, CA Time-lapse

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Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton photographed together:

Top photo: Buster Keaton Alfred Reeves, Charlie Chaplin, H.O. Stechan, Herbert M. Horkheimer, Al Gilmore, Lou Anger at the Balboa Studios, 1918.

Fifth photo: Inaugural meeting of the Independent Screen Artists’ Guild, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, December, 1921. Front row from left to right: William Selig, Buster Keaton, Thomas Ince (holding Jackie Coogan) and Charlie Chaplin.

The rest of photos are Charlie and Buster during production of "Limelight" and in the film.

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Проблемный супергеройский фильм с Сильвестром Сталлоне получит сиквел - «Самаритянин 2» подтвержден

Amazon и MGM Studios возвращаются к супергеройским историям. В разработке официально запустили продолжение боевика «Самаритянин» (Samaritan) с Сильвестром Сталлоне.

Согласно THR, Сталлоне возвращается в качестве продюсера, как и его партнер по Balboa Productions Брэйден Афтергуд. Он также вновь сыграет главную роль, согласившись на сделку, заключенную до забастовки актеров. Сценаристом назначен Брэги Шут, который работал над оригиналом.

«Самаритянин» режиссера Джулиуса Эйвери рассказывает о мальчике, которого спас от избиения работник санитарной службы. Парень приходит к выводу, что пожилой мужчина – супергерой, исчезнувший 20 лет назад после эпической битвы со своими заклятыми врагами.

По данным Amazon, проект, премьера которого состоялась эксклюзивно на Prime Video 26 августа 2022 года, показал рекордные результаты для компании и был самым просматриваемым фильмом на сервисе в течение трех недель подряд. Судя по всему, руководство осталось довольно результатами. При этом боевик не особо понравился критикам, зато зрители остались в основном довольны.

Стоит заметить, что «Самаритянин» должен был выйти в кинотеатрах в 2020 году, но столкнулся с проблемами. Из-за пандемии картину несколько раз переносили, но в конечном итог�� ее приобрели Amazon.

Так как разработка только началась, премьеру сиквела не стоит ожидать раньше 2025 года. Съемки могут начаться в 2024 году, если забастовка актеров будет завершена вскоре.

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The Peaks and Valleys of Milo Ventimiglia's Career: A Summary

1995-2001: Fresh faced new actor. Lands a couple of quick guest spots on popular shows of the time (Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Sabrina The Teenage Witch, CSI) and a bunch of things nobody remembers. 2001-2003: Gilmore Girls. Apparently Milo was the one to choose to leave, even though Amy Sherman Palladino wanted to give Jess a much longer arc, possibly even a run through the rest of the series. Milo tells Amy he wants Jess gets to get hit by a bus and die. 2003-A possible Jess Mariano spinoff does not go into production due to budget constraints. 2004-Brief return to Gilmore Girls.A bunch of movies and shows nobody remembers. 2005-A bunch of movies and shows nobody remembers except, arguably, the Rocky Balboa sequels (he would have a larger role in the 2006 sequel and then a much smaller role in another sequel in 2015). 2006-Brief return to Gilmore Girls. Lands the role of Peter Petrelli on Heroes. 2006-2010- Plays Peter Petrelli, admits later that only the first season was any good and by season 4 he was unhappy and was only there to fulfill his obligation to work and collect a paycheck. 2010-2011: Unable to find work for a full year after Heroes (he has always been vague on the "why") he contemplates quitting acting, and leaving the country to work on an Italian farm. Instead he will spend the next 6 years clawing his way up. 2011-Low budget movies nobody remembers. 2012-Low budget movies nobody remembers. 2013-Low budget movies nobody remembers. 2014-Low budget movies nobody remembers. 2015-Low budget movies nobody remembers. 2016-Returns to play Jess, the only ray of light in the much reviled Gilmore Girls reboot. For the next 2-3 years fends off "Who's Rory's babydaddy" questions with ever decreasing patience. 2016 (aged 39): Lands the role of Jack Pearson on This is Us.

2020-Milo dyes his hair blond in anticipation of playing Evel Knevel in a biopic. The pandemic scraps the project.

2022-Receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Edelstein has also transformed how the Globe presents Shakespeare’s works on its own stages.

First he oversaw the installation of a $250,000 sound system at the festival theater that made the actors’ words crystal-clear for audiences.

He replaced the repertory company approach of two plays alternating each night from June through September to presenting two independent productions in shorter, 10-week runs. This made it easier for him to attract big-name actors — like Blair Underwood to play Othello and Grantham Coleman to play Hamlet — who are too busy to commit to a five-month rep season.

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CREED III | Final Trailer

Poster

Synopsis

After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed has been thriving in his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian, resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is eager to prove that he deserves his shot in the ring. But the face-off between former friends is more than just a fight, and to settle the score, Adonis must put his future on the line.

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Tulsa King

Season 1, “Warr Acres”

Director: Guy Ferland

DoP: Jalaludin Trautmann

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Convair YF-2Y-1 Sea Dart ‘135763’ by Alan Wilson Via Flickr: The Sea Dart was intended as a jet-powered seaplane fighter and was built by Convair at their San Diego factory. The type first flew in January 1953 and is the only seaplane ever to have exceeded the speed of sound, but it never entered production and only five were built. The first prototype was lost when it broke up during a demonstration in November 1954, killing Convair test pilot Charles E. Richbourg. Only two of the other Sea Darts were ever flown, including this one, but all four airframes still survive. San Diego Air & Space Museum Balboa Park, San Diego, California 18th March 2018

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'Samaritan 2' en Proceso En Amazon MGM Studios.

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Fans Fete 'Baby Jane's Buono, Then Get Shock of Their Lives by Joe Thesken

"The premiere of "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" at the Orpheum Theater last night startled, thrilled and chilled those In the audience. To many it bordered on a traumatic experience.

Most of the opening-night crowd, in gay spirits, came to see San Diego's blossoming actor, Victor Buono, in his first film role. Some 300 of them crowded into the reception hall of the Fine Arts Gallery in Balboa Park to toast the talented actor before the premiere. They apparently were not prepared for the stark horror, almost nightmarish episodes in "Baby Jane." There was a visible shuddering and apprehension which swept the audience, especially the fairer sex. Expressions of "No, no!" and "I can't bear It" escaped from the lips of some.

The acting is superb. Robert Aldrich, producer and director, has woven a masterpiece of suspense, building up an eerie quality which literally explodes at high points in the picture. Alfred Hitchcock would have been proud to be associated with such a production.

Bette Davis, in possibly the strongest role of her long acting career is ghostly, ghastly and grisly as Baby Jane, a faded, frightened former child-actress who failed to mature emotionally. (...)

Buono enters the scene as hack planist who answers Baby Jane's advertisement for an accompanist. He's introduced into the eerie life of the former actress.

Many of the little touches so familiar to those who watched Buono perform at the Old Globe Theater's productions are evident in the picture. His boyish charms, his facial expressions, his manner of walking are trademarks on the screen.

It is left to Buono to precipitate the exciting climax of the picture. His breaking into Miss Crawford's room and seeing her condition forces Baby Jane's hand.

There Is a Hitchcock type twist at the end which gives the audience one final jolt.

Buono arranged with Seven Arts for the premiere of the motion picture here as a benefit for the Old Globe building fund. He lauded the Old Globe as a showcase for young actors and paid tribute to director Craig Noel, under whose tutelage Buono developed his dramatic artistry."

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Rocky III (1982)

Rocky III is not on the same level as the first, nor the second. It’s a bi-product of being the third chapter in the series. Based on what you’ve seen before, you can basically figure out how the story will end. This also makes it a tremendously entertaining and satisfying second sequel. In many ways, it wraps up all of the character arcs just about perfectly. If you ignore all of the other follow-ups, this would be one of the great trilogies.

Three years after defeating Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) and becoming the heavyweight champion of the world, Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) is living the dream. However, his manager, Mickey (Burgess Meredith), worries a hot-headed new contender, Clubber Lang (Mr. T), may pose more than a passing threat to Rocky’s title. The Italian Stallion dismisses his warnings until the two meet face-to-face.

The biggest difference between Rocky III and the rest is the villain. Clubber Lang receives little screen time. Mr. T has plenty of presence and you "get" his character immediately. He’s rude, he’s strong, he wants to get to the top and doesn't care how. Anything else? No. This isn’t a flaw once we learn what this film is really about. At this point in his career, Rocky is the champion. He won Adrian’s heart (she’s played once more by Talia Shire). He went the distance and lasted 15 rounds with Apollo. In a rematch, he beat him and proved he wasn’t just lucky. He’s become comfortable in front of the camera, he’s managed his money well and built a beautiful life for his wife, son, and friends. Clubber Lang is a version of his past self. As Apollo reminds him, Rocky has become comfortable at the top. He no longer has the hunger, that “eye of the tiger” which allowed him to become a champion. He’s lost a piece of himself. Clubber Lang has that hunger. He’s got nothing to lose and everything to gain. To be a true champion, Rocky must preserve the fire that brought him to the top and use the lessons he’s learned to stay there. The film’s antagonist is not Clubber Lang. It's Rocky. Do we dig deeply into the Italian Stallion’s psyche? You bet we do.

The payoffs are what make this film so good. Once, Adrian was so timid she was afraid to even ask for the things she wanted. Now, she’s strong enough to meet Rocky head-on. Through their mutual dislike of Clubber Lang, Rocky and Apollo become more than rivals who respect each other, they become friends. The relationship between Rocky and his trainer, Mickey (Bergess Meredith) reaches its bittersweet, logical conclusion. By now, you know the characters so well that even when they don’t radically change, like Paulie (Burt Young), it’s ok. That’s just the kind of person he is and for better or worse, you love him for it.

You can’t talk about this film without discussing the incredible use of music. Eye of the Tiger is such a strong and memorable tune those who haven’t seen the Rocky franchise probably assumed it came from the first movie. Actually, Survivor wrote is specifically for this film and it shows. The lyrics fit the story so perfectly and that final moment before the end credits hit when the tune plays once again? It’s one of the greatest endings ever.

As before, the fight scenes will have you on the edge of your seat. They’re well shot and choreographed. More than the physical strength of the characters, it’s the drama that surrounds them that makes the blows impactful. The performances are strong, even from Mr. T (unjustly nominated for a Razzie that year). You want a bad guy you instantly hate? You got one right there.

It may take more than one viewing for you to truly appreciate Rocky III. Take a good look at the way it handles its characters and how it brings everything full circle. It’s a great sequel and contains so many memorable, iconic moments. If you’ve seen the first two, you can’t afford to miss it. (On Blu-ray, June 19, 2020)