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Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Jun 21, 2019
June 21, 2019
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Check, please: "Toy Story 4" is set to possibly make over $175-180 million dollars over the three day weekend. Hollywood experts say the pre-sale figures, which Fandango.com reported, could outperform last year's "Incredibles 2," which delivered a record $182.6 million. That's because it's opening at 4,575 locations, the second widest opening ever behind only "Avengers: Endgame."
There's a new play for the "#Me Too" movement getting underway in England. The BBC reports "Bitter Wheat" stars JOHN MALKOVICH as an overweight movie mogul who preys on women... and specifically a rising young movie actress. His name in the play is Barney Fein ...an obvious take on Harvey Weinstein. The play is directed by DAVID MAMET but has gotten somewhat lackluster reviews in the British press.
For you junk-food junkies: Eater reports Kentucky Fried Chicken will be launching a Cheetos Chicken Sandwich for just four weeks starting July first. The sandwich is a crispy fried-chicken filet that's placed atop a layer of regular Cheetos and smothered in in Cheetos sauce before they put it into the bun.