CINEMA SQUAD 9/24/17_______________________UPDATES, CORRECTIONS, & TIDBITS-New trailers released for: Tomb Raider, Lady Bird, Mudbound, The Current War, Insidious: The Last Key, Fifty Shades Freed, Red Sparrow, All the Money in the World, The Disaster Artist, Peter Rabbit and Isle of Dogs-Gavin O’Connor to write & direct “Suicide Squad 2."-"It" co-writer Gary Dauberman hired to write the sequel for New Line.-Drew Goddard will write & direct “X-Force” for Fox.-Daniel Dae Kim will replace Ed Skrein in Lionsgate’s “Hellboy” reboot.-Taika Waititi to direct "Akira" for Warner Bros.-Jamie Lee Curtis to star in new "Halloween" film for Blumhouse -Jason Fuchs to write Sony’s adaptation of "Robotech."-Patty Jenkins closed a deal to direct "Wonder Woman 2."_______________________THE BOX OFFICE REPORT1st with $39-Million is KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE2nd with $30-Million is IT3rd with $21-Million is THE LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE4th with $6-Million is AMERICAN ASSASSIN5th with $3-Million is HOME AGAIN _______________________THEATER - NETFLIX - OR NEVER Opening next weekend: “American Made” – “Flatliners” – “Lucky” – “Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House” – “Our Souls at Night” _______________________THE HOT LIST-J.J. Abrams to direct “Star Wars: Episode IX” for Disney & Lucas Film, and will co-write with Chris Terrio.-Linda Hamilton to star in new "Terminator" film with James Cameron producing & Tim Miller directing.-Spike Lee & Jordan Peele are teaming up on “Black Klansman,” a crime thriller about the KKK._______________________TRIVIA – JASON BLUM & HIS BLUMHOUSE PRODUCTIONSJason Blum and his Blumhouse Production company have been popping up all over the news lately (as we just covered a few of their stories, and will get into more in a moment). Because of that, I thought we’d test some Cinema Squad Trivia on Producer Jason Blum and his Blumhouse Productions movies._______________________DEVELOP, DITCH, OR TURNAROUND-Casey Affleck to star in “Stoner” directed by Joe Wright & produced by Blumhouse.-Gal Gadot to join Bradley Cooper in the MGM thriller “Deeper.”-Tom Hanks to star in the remake of "A Man Called Ove."_______________________CLOSING SEGMENT – INTERVIEW W/GUEST JOHN POLLONO