Showing posts with label Comic Book Movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Comic Book Movies. Show all posts

Will Reeve in Superman 2025 cameo


Well folks it's been posted online that ‘Superman’ by 
James Gunn is set to Feature Christopher Reeve’s Son in a heartfelt Tribute touching nod to Superman’s cinematic legacy, that Christopher Reeve is a major part of as we know he played Superman in the original 4 movies starting in 1978. Now Will Reeve his son is set to make a cameo appearance in the James Gunn’s highly anticipated “Superman” film reboot. The news, reported first by Variety, has sparked excitement among fans and industry insiders alike. 

This after days following the fallout from the pictures of new Superman David Corenswet in what looked like a baggy dirty suit only to be followed by a
 bunch of set photo releases which was spoken about on video by many YouTubers myself included.







Will Reeve, currently working as a journalist and correspondent for ABC News, was spotted on the set of the upcoming superhero blockbuster. He is slated to play a television reporter, a role that not only pays homage to his father’s portrayal of the Man of Steel but also mirrors his own real-life career.

Christopher Reeve, who passed away in 2004, is universally recognized for his portrayal of Superman in Richard Donner’s 1978 classic and its sequels. His performance set the standard for superhero portrayals and remains beloved by fans worldwide. I said for a long time when looking at the life of Chris and his son Will growing up after Chris passed how much he looked not just like his dad but he has the look of Superman from the modern era down from head, face, and body structure... The Son of Superman who now is an actual 
journalist himself. This is a no brainer but we don't have him in the role sadly but since there is a "multiverse" in DCU like MARVEL. Who knows right? Maybe this cameo can set up his own Superman movies? lol There is always hope.

The new “Superman” film, set to be the first theatrical release in the James Gunn Re-imagined or Rebooted DC Universe. Or the "DCU(DC Universewhich again replaced the old "DCEU" (DC Extended Universe) which a lot of people thought Zack Snyder should have been in charge off as an alternate universe look into these characters as his movies were in place already. He's not doing anymore in that universe and that DCEU is now done.

‘Blue Beetle’ Director Deletes Tweet Wishing Assassination On President Donald Trump

‘Blue Beetle’ Director Deletes Tweet Wishing Assassination On President Donald Trump, Claims Puerto Rico Is A “Slave Colony”

BREAKING! BOB IGER REPORTED WANTS TO SELL DISNEY TO APPLE?

The word bubbling up again which has been a rumor before is that Disney is looking to either SELL most of it's company's assets or perhaps the entire shebang! Now Apple once again is said to be interested. As we know Disney has been well not doing well financially. So when Robert Alan Chapek walked and BOB IGER returned as CEO of Disney a lot of fans were very happy. But then the movies that came out didn't hit very well the whole Florida vs Disney or better yet Ron DeSantis vs Disney happened, and well the company went so WOKE it might be broke as nothing they have put out has been underwhelming both with fans and at the box office.



The biggest companies affected in the possible sell I feel would be the Marvel Universe Comics, Movies and TV + Streaming. And the Lucasfilms films in Star Wars, Indiana Jones (Which has just released a bomb in 2023) and well now that the Disney Star Wars parks are coming down the whole thing left is Willow... Oh wait. They already ruined that also. Nothing much left to put out in Lucasfilms.



With Disney also buying FOX Studios it owns ALL rights to Marvel Films, and Lucasfilms. Now would I think they should do is sell Marvel to SONY and let Sony continue putting in place the MCU under Kevin Feige continuing his work. Sony has something good with the Spiderman / Venom films and should be a big player in buying the entire Marvel studios which would include the Films, TV and Streaming rights.



Than sell Lucasfilms back to George Lucas and let him continue his movies like he wants... The first thing I would do if I was Lucas is refuse to bring in the "sequel trilogy" and "solo" in continuity. Than totally reboot Indiana Jones! OR bring it for 1 last ride with Ford ASAP with someone like Chris Pratt playing another son NOT Mutt that Indiana Had with another woman who finds his dad as he needs him for one final ride, and really gives us something like the movie Indiana Jones and the last crusade and pass the baton to the new Indiana Jones. "Indiana Jones Jr" going forward with Pratt in the lead would be big! And I would let Lucasfilms come up with new material which has nothing to do with Star Wars for a while and give Pratt his own solo trilogy.



Sell off to Comcast the rest of Hulu and let Disney+ be the only streaming they have along with Fox being used for the entire film category in another Streaming platform or rent out the movie rights, and tv rights and let Netflix or others get shows and movies to stream in their platforms and pay Disney for their use thus bringing in a major payoff to Disney. Keep Disney+ for their legacy things not "Marvel/Lucasfilms" related.



See if ANYONE wants ABC? Good info in these videos below... Check these out for more info on the subject. Are we looking at the final days of the Disney company as we knew it? Looks like it. But we know one things folks this is the internet and it's only rumors, and nerd talk until these sales become reality. But hey! Where there is smoke there could be fire! So who knows.








Remembering Ray Stevenson: 1964-2023 RIP


Known to a lot of fans as a TV actor Ray also did his fair share of movies in fact he was also getting into Streaming most recently with the Star Wars upcoming series Ashoka which he plays a Sith Lord. Ray passed away at the age 58 born on May 25, 1964 in Northern Ireland, UK he passed on May 21st, 2023 just 4 days shy of his birthday when he would be 59. His passing was just announced a few hours ago and it's shocked tinsel town as he was very much active still. Also he looked badass as a Sith!



Ray played the villainous British governor in “RRR,” an Asgardian warrior in the “Thor” films, and a member of the 13th Legion in HBO’s “Rome,” has died. He was 58.



Representatives for Stevenson told The Associated Press that he died Sunday but had no other details to share on Monday.



Stevenson was born in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, in 1964. After attending the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and years of working in British television, he made his film debut in Paul Greengrass’s 1998 film “The Theory of Flight.” In 2004, he appeared in Antoine Fuqua’s “King Arthur” as a knight of the round table and several years later played the lead in the pre-Disney Marvel adaptation “Punisher: War Zone.”



Though “Punisher” was not the best-reviewed film, he’d get another taste of Marvel in the first three “Thor” films, in which he played Volstagg. Other prominent film roles included the “Divergent” trilogy, “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” and “The Transporter: Refueled.”



A looming presence at 6-foot-4, Stevenson, who played his share of soldiers past and present, once said in an interview, “I guess I’m an old warrior at heart.”
On the small screen, he was the roguish Titus Pullo in “Rome,” a role that really got his career going in the United States and got him a SAG card, at the age of 44. The popular series ran from 2005 to 2007.



“That was one of the major years of my life,” Stevenson said in an interview. “It made me sit down in my own skin and say, just do the job. The job’s enough.”



In the Variety review of “Rome,” Brian Lowery wrote that “the imposing Stevenson certainly stands out as a brawling, whoring and none-too-bright warrior — a force of nature who, despite his excesses, somehow keeps landing on his feet.”



He was Blackbeard in the Starz series “Black Sails,” Commander Jack Swinburne in the German television series “Das Boot,” and Othere on “Vikings.”



Stevenson also did voice work in “Star Wars Rebels” and “The Clone Wars,” as Gar Saxon, and has a role in the upcoming Star Wars live-action series “Ahsoka,” in which he plays a bad guy, Baylan Skoll. The eight-episode season is expected on Disney+ in August.



In an interview with Backstage in 2020, Stevenson said his acting idols were, “The likes of Lee Marvin (and) Gene Hackman.”



“Never a bad performance, and brave and fearless within that caliber,” Stevenson said. “It was never the young, hot leading man; it was men who I could identify with.”



Stevenson has three sons with Italian anthropologist Elisabetta Caraccia, who he met while working on “Rome.”




Beetlejuice 2 was in development hell for decades! Finally it's in production!


Beetlejuice 2 is for real this time! Not just gossip or fans dreaming on a star on a sequel which never was... Well folks yes it's in development now! No longer in Development hell for which it was for decades. Production on Director Tim Burton‘s long-awaited sequel to his 1988 classic Beetlejuice just had some spy pics snapped on the Beetlejuice 2 set and it's given us our first look at Winona Ryder, reprising the role of the “strange and unusual” Lydia Deetz!

No joke other than STAR WARS this is the movie I've seen the most in my life... Saw it a total of 18 times in theaters alone! My dad LOVES this movie and he went with me as a kid every single time. During it's run he would buy tickets to see it and pick me up from school and we would go see it or when it was in Dollar theaters and we was bored he would wanna see it. So for like a year or so this movie was something he never got tired off. He owns it on DVD also so he's all super happy about this.

Can't wait to see the sequel with him after all this time of waiting for one. It's good Michael Keaton is making all these movies while he still can. Maybe he can make me super happy and make more BATMAN movies and throw in a "Multiplicity 2" in there. LOL I love the first one. Michael Keaton is one of my all time favorite actors so I cannot wait for this movie and whatever else he's got coming out.


In 1990, Jonathan Gems was hired to write a sequel that was going to be titled Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian. Burton considered having Daniel Waters rewrite that script, Pamela Norris did rewrite it, and Warner Bros. offered Kevin Smith the chance to do another rewrite. He turned it down. Seth Grahame-Smith was hired to write and produce a new version of a sequel in 2011. Mike Vukadinovich was brought on to rewrite his script in 2017.



Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, co-creators and co-showrunners and creator of the 10 season long hit show SMALLVILLE on the CW, have written the screenplay for Beetlejuice 2 and rumor about the plot? Well those details are being kept under wraps. Brad Pitt’s Plan B is producing the sequel, which is filming in London. In addition to Ryder returning to the role of Lydia, Beetlejuice 2 also stars Catherine O’Hara, back as Lydia’s stepmother Delia; Jenna Ortega as Lydia’s daughter, Monica Bellucci as Beetlejuice’s wife, Willem Dafoe as a law enforcement officer in the afterlife, and Justin Theroux in an unspecified role. And yes, of course, Michael Keaton is reprising the role of the titular ghoul.



Also rumor has it that Jean-Claude Van Damme might show up in the movie as a ghost, but that has not yet been confirmed.



Written by Michael McDowell and Warren Skaaren from a story McDowell crafted with Larry Wilson, the original Beetlejuice has the following synopsis: What’s a yuppie ghost couple to do when their quaint New England home is overrun by trendy New Yorkers? They hire a freelance ‘bio-exorcist’ to spook the intruders. And everyone gets more than he, she or it bargained for! Director Tim Burton teams with Michael Keaton. The result? ‘Keaton’s Beetlejuice is one of the biggest, baddest wolves a ghost movie has ever unleashed, a polter-gas’ (The Village Voice). He’s a juggernaut of jokes, jolts and jive who hurls one-liners, spins into grotesque forms, gobbles insects and can’t leave ladies (living or dead) alone. So exorcise your right to fun. Say the ‘B’ word three times and have a wonderful Day-O!



Beetlejuice 2 is heading toward a September 6, 2024 theatrical release.









OMG Michael Keaton as BATMAN just broke the internet!


OK So this trailer looks incredible! With as much trouble as young Mr Ezra Miller here has been it's no wonder that Michael Keaton has returned to play Batman again and my god does he look fantastic... I literally almost peed myself when he said the line "I'm BATMAN" I think even if they ditch Miller here for sequels this movie is going to be big because Keaton looks better than he ever had before! This is beyond epic looking in trailer alone so I do hope that the hype is worth it. Oh I posted the video and some of the stuff posted about it here but check out their main link below so you can view all the details about this film.



 For the Fastest Man Alive, The Flash has taken an awful long time getting to theaters.

The Flash’s solo film, starring Ezra Miller as DC’s speedy superhero, was initially announced with a release date of March 23, 2018. But its ultimate director, Andy Muschietti, wasn’t even hired until the summer of 2019; at that point the movie was given a release date of July 1, 2022.

Spoiler alert: That didn’t happen. July eventually became November and then November became June of 2023.

Perhaps that was for the best, though, as Miller spent much of 2022 generating headlines due to numerous run-ins with police. (Miller recently pled guilty in a burglary case in Vermont; they announced last August that they had begun treatment for “mental health issues.”) Plus, DC Studios had undergone a complete makeover in the last year, with the company bringing in James Gunn and Peter Safran to work as co-CEOs of the company and to launch a whole new universe of interconnected movies and shows.

That’s left it a little unclear just how The Flash fits in to all of this. Is it the farewell to the old universe, the introduction of the new one, or both? We still don’t really know, but the brand new Super Bowl trailer for the film does show Michael Keaton back as Batman he even says his iconic line. 

The trailer also reveals a good deal of the plot; Barry Allen travels through time and alters reality so that General Zod (Michael Shannon, back from Man of Steel) is still alive, and there are no metahumans to stop him. So he has to team up with Keaton’s Batman and a new Supergirl (to fix things.)

Read More: Michael Keaton’s Batman Returns in ‘The Flash’ Trailer | 

WAKANDA FOREVER OPENS BIG! But was it worth the hype?


Ok so we're all caught up here friends! 

Wakanda is a fictional country appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Wakanda has been depicted as being in East Africa. It is located in sub-Saharan Africa, and is home to the superhero "Black Panther". Wakanda first appeared in Fantastic Four #52, and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.

Now with that said the first movie was ok but nothing special, and this was my feeling pre the passing of it's star actor "Chadwick Boseman" who played the role of T'Challa aka the "Black Panther" himselff.

The overall box office last weekend was $209 million, with 87% of that coming from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’s $181 million opening. This weekend will be dominated once again by the MCU film, which has a good shot of topping the charts until Avatar: The Way of Water opens on December 16. The main question is how well it will hold and how much it can prop up an otherwise weak box office, which saw no other film even make it to the double digits last weekend, an unfortunate stat that is likely to be repeated this weekend (in better times, the second weekend on the first Black Panther had three other films above $10 million). This weekend’s overall box office has a chance of staying above $100 million, but that would require a “better than the usual blockbuster” hold from Wakanda Forever. A 60% drop for the sequel would put it at $72.5 million this weekend, which is reasonable to expect, and in that scenario the rest of the box office would have a hard time lifting the overall numbers up into the nine digits, barring any surprises from the newcomers.

The hope is that Wakanda Forever holds much better than this year’s previous MCU films Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Thor: Love and Thunder (which both dropped 67-68% in their second weekends), even if it doesn’t prove as durable as the first Black Panther (down just 45% in its second weekend, which is good for any film and especially great for such a huge opener, ranking as the second best weekend two hold ever for a film to open above $150 million and the fourth best grossing second weekend). A drop of 53% would be enough to give Wakanda Forever the tenth best second weekend gross ever with roughly $85.2 million, but as great as that would be, it seems like a long shot.

If it drops akin to recent MCU offerings, that would be a roughly $60 million second weekend which feels like a worst case scenario, but that would still give it a 10 day cume in the high $200s which is a great spread, even if it’s not enough to save the overall box office. As of Tuesday Wakanda Forever has a gross of $205 million, and there’s a small chance that by Sunday it will become the year’s sixth film to cross $300 million, which would make it the fastest to do so of any film this year (so far Top Gun: Maverick holds that claim with 11 days) and tie it for 12th on the all time fastest list (the first Black Panther is tied for fifth, getting there in just eight days). It’s more likely that it will get there during the week, but it could tie Maverick for the year’s fastest or tie for second along with Multiverse of Madness if it gets there in 12 days.

Joining the fray this weekend are some smaller titles, though don’t expect much from the counter-programming. Searchlight has the most potential with their fine dining genre film The Menu, which marks the widest release ever for the label with 3,100 theaters. The film stars Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult as diners at a high end restaurant where the chef (Ralph Fiennes) has something more sinister in mind than simply feeding his customers. A comp here is Searchlight’s 2019 release Ready or Not, which opened to $8 million and stretched out to $28.7 million.

Critics love The Menu (91% on Rotten Tomatoes) and the other genre fare in theaters has largely run its course, so it could have a solid run. Less is expected from She Said, which Universal is bringing to 2000 theaters. The film stars Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan as New York Times journalists Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor who reported on Harvey Weinstein’s history of sexual misconduct. An optimistic comp here would be Bombshell, which grossed $5.1 million in its first wide weekend (from 1,480 theaters) and went on to gross $31.8 million, but that had more star power and perhaps a wider appeal in its content and lighter tone. Reviews are great (86% on Rotten Tomatoes) and there is some awards buzz particularly for its leads, so hopefully this $32 million budgeted drama can find its audience.

Also in the mix is the five theater New York and Los Angeles launch of Luca Guadagnino’s romantic cannibal thriller Bones and All. The United Artists Releasing film stars Taylor RussellTimothée Chalamet, and Mark Rylance and expands next Wednesday ahead of Thanksgiving.

The Crow Returns!

I Remember my friend Veronica and I being dropped off by my dad to go see “The Crow” when it first came out.. I was in love with 2 things back then! Martial Arts and Veronica… Neither knew about how passionate I cared heh.

All that said the first hero as a kid I had was “Bruce Lee” aside from my dad and mom of course. They will always be my first real life heroes! But in ciema or Martial Arts there nobody cooler or more badass than Bruce Lee.

Devastating as it was growing up now being able to watch him in anything new cause he had passed. When I heard he had a son I quickly became curious about his life, and he would be an actor also. Soon he started to appear in low budget kung fu movies and straight to video films such as the classics “Laser Mission, Showdown in Little Tokyo, Rapid Fire” not to mention the “Kung Fu: The Movie (TV Movie).”

Which ironically enough was an idea initially for a TV show Bruce wanted to make but according to legend it was stolen from him. But that’s another story. 

he moment I read Brandon was up for the part of “The Crow” via a fans entertainment movie mag I used to read as a kid which spoke about upcoming movies. I flipped out loving his acting, his dad and being already a fan of the comic as I had been reading it from the year it came out in 1989.

Then the news of the onset accident happened and my entire perceptive of life changed. Brandon Lee, was accidentally killed on set. On March 31, 1993, during what was to be one of the final days of filming, Lee was fatally wounded after a gun that was to contain blank rounds was actually loaded with dummy cartridges. When the weapon was fired, the impact tragically killed the young star. Because production was only days away from wrapping, the decision was made to use Lee’s body double to complete the remainder of his scenes. After dropping in theaters, the film would go on to grow a cult following.

His passing changed how I saw films and people so you can say it was world changing for me… So there I was with the girl of my dreams watching an unfinished instant classic with an actor taken from us too soon much like his who both were my first favorite martial arts star actor. At that that time the only other actor I cared about was Sylvester Stallone (I’m a big RAMBO/ROCKY fanatic) sure loved The Karate Kid movies (Still do, and Love Cobra Kai the show!) but come on “Bruce & Brandon Lee!)

So After almost a 30-years it would earn three sequels and a television spinoff, the only real sequel was “The Crow City of Angels” which I liked but it failed at both the box office and with fans and critics, and 2 or 3 reboots which includes a tv show the series is being rebooted again in film fashion and well I can’t wait to see a revamped version of the classic tale of one man’s dance with vengeance when The Crow flies into theaters.

Well word is that With filming now complete a new movie almost done and it’s a reboot! Yep they’re rebooting. Not remaking or continuing. Which will shock most as not many even knew it was being filmed! But we’re one step closer to receiving an idea of when the movie’s release date will be. As always, stay tuned to Collider for more information.

You can check out the trailer for the 1994 film below.

The reboot will see Bill Skarsgård (It) take on the role of the titular character, with Danny Huston (Angel Has Fallen) and FKA Twigs (Honey Boy) also in leading parts. Academy Award-nominee Zach Baylin (King Richard) penned the screenplay for The Crow with Molly Hassell, Victor Hadida, John Jencks, and Edward R. Pressman serving as producers.

While it may have felt like it would be circling indefinitely, the reboot of The Crow has finally come in for a landing with cameras recently calling it a wrap. The news comes from The Prague Reporter, which is based in the city the production has called home for the last 10 weeks.

While shooting at many notable landmarks in the Czech Republic’s capital city, including the Rudolfinum concert hall, the feature also utilized the brand-new Penzing Studios just outside of Munich, Germany and found itself nesting in Bavaria, Germany to polish up its digital assets and VFX work.

The highly anticipated Rupert Sanders flick will be a reboot of the 1994 Alex Proyas cult classic feature, with both closely sticking to the 1989 James O’Barr comic book series of the same name. A story of rebirth and revenge, The Crow will follow its main character Eric Draven, a man whose life is unfairly and savagely taken from him by a group of attackers. A crow sees the man’s lifeless body and resurrects him, giving him the gift of a new life to use to protect the innocent and seek revenge on those that caused him harm.

Watch here! This is a fan film…


While WE here had nothing to do with this student film adaptation of James O’Barr’s graphic novel, THE CROW, created from 1994-1998. I had to post it as it’s pretty well done for it’s time by film students.

A year after his own tragic death, a young man rises from the grave to seek vengeance for the brutal murder of his fiancée. Through painful flashbacks, he relives their deaths and remembers their life together. Donning a sinister mime-like visage, he stalks the murky alleyways and rain-slicked city streets, determined to exact a terrible and bloody revenge upon the gang that killed them.

New Ghostbusters: Afterlife Trailer Released... #Tears


As a long time Ghostbusters fan I went ape shit when they released the reboot in in 2016 and well I was eventually proven right in my war with that films cast, and director on Twitter which got 2 of that films main stars, and the director to block me. So I guess life goal completed? Anyway that film failed, and where it failed it looks like the sequel to the original two which is set to be released soon called “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” so far has looked great and the latest trailer just released boy did this bring me to some very grown up man tears. This looks flipping fantastic as it’s not some wacky rip off which looks like a bunch of chicks in bad cosplay! This looks like a real movie made by someone who actually knows, and loves the source material.

Why wouldn’t he? He’s the son of the man who directed the first two blockbuster epics! Yes we all know that he’s a fine director in his own right but Director Jason Reitman did place himself in a tricky spot because his father who’s still with us is an icon, and his two films are iconic. So to follow up those two movies is a challenge but one that Jason looks like he’s totally nailed. It looks like he understands what made the original movie so special. That movie had a lot of jokes, and it was funny. But it also was a movie with real horror moments which played for actual scary scenes, and not some goofy wacky comedy like the reboot. The new trailer is out, and it’s playing below… Feast your eyes on it.

When a single mom and her two kids arrive in a small town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind.

Director: Jason Reitman

Writers: Gil KenanJason ReitmanDan Aykroyd See more »

Stars: Finn WolfhardMckenna GraceCarrie Coon  See more »

The rise, fall and rise of the Snyderverse!

So the Snyder Cut came out folks, and hate it or love it we’re gonna talk about it. The movie was long and full of different plot points from the one in theaters for sure.

But was it better? Find out my take…

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#JLA #BatmanonFilm #Aquaman
#WonderWoman #GreenLantern

Rest in Peace Actor Ned Beatty! 07-06-37 / 06-13-2021 RIP!

Highly celebrated, and loved actor Ned Beatty has passed away… He’s probably best known to comic book fans as Lex number 1 man in the Donner Directed Superman movies who went by the name of “Otis” the idiot henchman of villainous Lex Luthor starring Christopher Reeve, and Gene Hackman as Lex. He also played the racist sheriff in “White Lightning.” Other films included “All The President’s Men,” “The Front Page,” “Nashville,” and “The Big Easy.” In a 1977 interview, he had explained why he preferred being a supporting actor.

Born July 6th 1937 in Louisville, KY he said once that “Stars never want to throw the audience a curveball, but my great joy is throwing curveballs,” he told The New York Times. “Being a star cuts down on your effectiveness as an actor because you become an identifiable part of a product and somewhat predictable. You have to mind your P’s and Q’s and nurture your fans. But I like to surprise the audience, to do the unexpected.”

But while the once Oscar-nominated actor’s credits included over 150 movies and TV shows including “Deliverance,” “Network” and again “Superman,” were his big roles, and yes while he was a booming, indelible presence in even the smallest parts. He also was a bit underrated to be honest, and to fans he was someone who always was wanted in more projects. Beatty’s manager, Deborah Miller, said Beatty died Sunday of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles surrounded by friends and loved ones.

Known for the years he spent in regional theater, Beatty was cast in 1972′s “Deliverance” as Bobby Trippe, the happy-go-lucky member of a male river-boating party terrorized by backwoods thugs in “Deliverance.” The scene in which Trippe is brutalized, raped and forced to “squeal like a pig” became the most memorable in the movie and established Beatty as an actor whose name moviegoers may not have known but whose face they always recognized.

“For people like me, there’s a lot of ‘I know you! I know you! What have I seen you in?’” Beatty remarked without rancor in 1992. Beatty received only one Oscar nomination, as supporting actor for his role as corporate executive Arthur Jensen in 1976′s “Network,” but he contributed to some of the most popular movies of his time and worked constantly.

Beatty’s appearance in “Network,” scripted by Paddy Chayefsky and directed by Sidney Lumet, was brief but titanic. His three-minute monologue ranks among the greatest in movies. Jensen summons anchorman Howard Beale (Peter Finch) to a long, dimly lit boardroom for a come-to-Jesus about the elemental powers of media. “You have meddled with the primal forces of nature, Mr. Beale, and I won’t have it!” Beatty shouts from across the boardroom before explaining that there is no America, no democracy. “There is only IBM and ITT and AT&T and DuPont, Dow, Union Carbide, and Exxon. Those are the nations of the world today.”

He landed a rare leading role in the Irish film “Hear My Song” in 1991. The true story of legendary Irish tenor Josef Locke, who disappeared at the height of a brilliant career, it was well-reviewed but largely unseen in the United States. Between movies, Beatty worked often in TV and theater. He had recurring roles in “Roseanne” as John Goodman’s father and as a detective on “Homicide: Life on the Street.”

On Broadway, he won critical praise (and a Drama Desk Award) for his portrayal of Big Daddy in a revival of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” a role he had first played as a 21-year-old in a stock company production. His more recent movies included “Toy Story 3” (as the duplicitous stuffed bear Lotso) in 2010 and the villainous tortoise mayor in “Rango.” He retired in 2013.

Ned Thomas Beatty was born in 1937 in Louisville, Ky., and raised in Lexington, where he joined the Protestant Disciples of Christ Christian Church. “It was the theater I attended as a kid,” he told The Associated Press in 1992. “It was where people got down to their truest emotions and talked about things they didn’t talk about in everyday life. … The preaching was very often theatrical.” For a time he thought of becoming a priest, but changed his mind after he was cast in a high school production of “Harvey.”

He spent 10 summers at the Barter Theater in Abingdon, Virginia, and eight years at the Arena Stage Company in Washington, D.C. At the Arena Stage, he appeared in Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya” and starred in Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman.” Then his life changed forever when he took a train to New York to audition for director John Boorman for the role of Bobby Trippe. Boorman told him the role was cast, but changed his mind after seeing Beatty audition.

Beatty, who married Sandra Johnson in 1999, had eight children from three previous marriages.

Check out the video on his passing posted by https://www.supermanhomepage.com/