May 31st  
Brenda Starr         
(US 1987)                          
Investments Empire/Tribune Media. 93m.

Feisty 1940s reporter Brenda Starr breaks loose from her comic book creator in pursuit of a dangerous formula, with the occasional assistance of the dashing Basil St. John.
Well intentioned, but the tone of self-parody is misjudged in this comic book adventure, lost in distribution deals that cancelled any prospects of commercial success, and subsequently eclipsed by the later darker tones of Batman and others.

Written by: Noreen Stone, Jams D. Buchanan, Jenny Wolkind (Delia Ephron).
Producer: Myron A. Hyman. 
Director: Robert Ellis Miller.
Starring: Brooke Shields, Timothy Dalton, Diana Scarwid, Tony Peck, Jeffrey Tambor, Charles Durning, Eddie Albert, Henry Gibson.
Photography: Freddie Francis.
Music: Johnny Mandel

+ completed in 1987 but not released internationally until 1989, and not until 1992 in the US. Timothy Dalton was cast as James Bond after filming had begun (in 1986) but Brenda Starr never saw the light of day until after his last Bond film (Licence to Kill)