A film based on the cult-classic TV series “Knight Rider” is in the works, according to Deadline Hollywood.
Spyglass Media is working with James Wan and Michael Clear from the film and television production company, Atomic Monsters, to develop the filem according to Deadline Hollywood.
Knight Rider is coming back. Deadline is reporting that the much-loved 1980s TV series – featuring everyone’s favourite talking car – is being revitalised for the big screen.
Rap-loving Twins React to Phil Collins’ “In The Air Tonight” 1981 Hit
August 8, 2020 – I am Gen X – currently over the age of 40 as I blog this – and the older I get, the more strange I find it that people younger than myself are not familiar with any of the songs, bands, singers, or gadgets that I grew up with.
It’s strange to me to think that the two twin brothers mentioned in these articles, Fred and Ted Williams, didn’t hear the Phil Collins song “In The Air Tonight” until July of 2020 (or some time recently, I’m not sure exactly when they first reviewed it).
A photo of singer Phil Collins
I was in grade school when that Phil Collins song was first released, and I remember at the time, it was on TV everywhere back then – I think the song may have been used in an episode of NBC’s show “Miami Vice”.
I seem to remember hearing this Phil Collins song not just on the radio but in commercials in the early to mid 1980s, and in movies. That song was huge – it was every where for a few years after its initial release.
I do appreciate the fact that the teen brothers are taking the time to listen to older songs.
When I was a teen in the 1980s, I loved music – but of course back in the 1980s, when I grew up, we did not have You Tube, Spotify, iTunes, and so on.
So if you wanted to hear music back then, you either had to listen to the radio all day, spend a small fortune on buying new albums or tapes (which meant getting someone to drive you to a store to buy the music), or borrow music off older siblings or friends.
I would’ve given my right arm back in the 1980s when I was a music- loving teen to be able to listen to any and all types of music and bands FOR FREE via You Tube, Spotify, or similar services, including songs that were decades older than me…
I do not understand why so many people currently under the age of 35 do not avail themselves of this tech to listen to and research older music.
Phil Collins had many other good songs, not just “In The Air Tonight.” After his stint with the band Genesis, he went on to release some really good pop songs as a solo artist in the 1980s, including “Don’t Lose My Number,” “Two Hearts,” “Sussudio,” a remake of “You Can’t Hurry Love,” and several other songs.
But again, I am glad to see that Ted and Fred Williams are willing to listen to older music of all genres and give it a try. I wish more young people did so.
When I was a teen in the 1980s, I used to listen to music from the 1950s, and I enjoyed Swing music, which was from the 1930s – 1940s. Good music has no expiration date.
“In the Air Tonight” currently sits at No. 3 on the iTunes song sales chart, trailing only the brand new releases “WAP” by Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion and “Beers and Sunshine” by Darius Rucker.
It’s not just a passing single-day phenomenon, either. Numbers provided by Alpha Data show that “In the Air Tonight” was the fourth biggest selling song of the week ending Aug. 8, up from No. 185 the week before.
…“TwinsthenewTrend” now have 350,000 subscribers for their YouTube channel, which is about a year old. They told CNN they initially stuck with hip-hop reaction videos, then took a suggestion to try out Frank Sinatra, and have delved into multiple genres since then. They’ve reacted to everything from Kansas’ “Dust in the Wind” to Pantera, Lauryn Hill, Rage Against the Machine, the Carpenters, A-ha, the Allman Brothers Band, Marvin Gaye and Queens of the Stone Age.
“Because we’re Black,” Fred Williams told CNN about the popularity of their videos, “and they don’t expect us to listen to that type of music.” Added Tim, “It’s just rare to see people open these days. People don’t open to step outside their comfort zone and just react to music they don’t know.”
There’s nothing quite like the feeling of discovering an amazing new song — just ask twin brothers Tim and Fred Williams, who have been documenting their first-time reactions while listening to classic hits on YouTube.
The 21-year-old siblings, who post under TwinsthenewTrend, have gone viral in recent months for their “First Time Hearing” video series, where they have recorded their priceless reactions and commentary while discovering music by icons such as Dolly Parton, Stevie Wonder, and Queen.
In late July, the Williams brothers — who grew up mostly listening to rap — posted a particularly memorable clip of themselves listening to Phil Collins’ 1981 debut single “In the Air Tonight” for the first time.
Get ready to have the time of your life — again. Lionsgate announced Thursday that a sequel to the hit 1987 film “Dirty Dancing” with original star Jennifer Grey is officially in the works.
Lionsgate revealed in July that “Dirty Dancing” star Jennifer Grey was
Dirty Dancing 1980s Movie Poster
collaborating with the studio on an untitled dance movie in which she will star and executive produce. But it refused to say if the project was tied to the 1987 hit “Dirty Dancing.”
Feltheimer said during Thursday’s call that it was indeed a “Dirty Dancing” movie.
“And to reveal one of the worst kept secrets in Hollywood, we’re pleased to confirm that Jennifer Grey will both executive produce and star in a new ‘Dirty Dancing’ movie for Lionsgate from ‘Warm Bodies’ director Jonathan Levine,” he said.
“It will be exactly the kind of romantic, nostalgic movie that the franchise’s fans have been waiting for and that have made it the biggest-selling library title in the Company’s history.”
Some 33 years after mastering that gravity-defying lift, Baby Houseman is back to help a new version of the beloved classic find footing in the 21st century.
Police: Man Strikes ‘Karate Kid’ (1984 Movie) Pose Before Stealing Purse (in 2019)
I would think that using the Crane Kick from Karate Kid should be like using the Force in Star Wars: for good purposes only, not to rob people. What a weird story.
SWANSEA, S.C. (AP) — Police say a man launched into Mr. Miyagi’s famous crane kick pose before stealing a purse at a gas station in South Carolina.
Swansea police posted photos from surveillance video on Facebook showing the man striking the pose from the 1984 film “The Karate Kid.” Police say the man took the purse from a vehicle at a gas station on Saturday.
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