Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Negromancer News Bits and Bites from December 27th to 31st, 2015 - Update #17

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NEWS:

From VillageVoice:  Here is a piece on the late Bill Gunn, whose vampire film, "Ganja and Hess," was the subject of a Spike Lee remake, "Da Sweet Blood of Jesus."

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From YahooNews:  Leo DiCaprio said no to George Lucas when offered the role of Anakin Skywalker.

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From TheWrap:  "Making a Murder" docuseries has spawned a WhiteHouse.org petition.

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From YahooSports:  Kobe wishes he could tell his younger self to "understand compassion."

From YahooSports:  Michael Jordan records tribute to Kobe Bryant.

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From YahooNews:  No charges in the Tamir Rice killing.  Of course not... No justice, no peace.

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From TheWrap:  The "Halloween" franchise is looking for a new home after Dimension lets its rights to the property expire.

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From TheWrap:  Katherine Waterston is the female lead in Ridley Scott's "Alien: Covenant," the follow-up to "Prometheus."  Covenant is apparently the start of a new Alien trilogy and will connect Prometheus to original Alien (1979) film.

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From TheWrap:  Chris Nolan's next film is "Dunkirk," a World War II film.

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From TruthVoice:  Quentin Tarantino says that he utterly rejects that idea that only some cops are bad apples.

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From BoxOfficeMojo:  The winner of the Christmas weekend box office (12/25 to 12/27/2015) is "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" with an estimated take of $153.5 million.  That is the largest second weekend at the box office in history.  Meanwhile the film has crossed the $1 billion mark in worldwide ticket sales in just 12 days.

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From Deadline:  "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" has repeated as weekend box office champion, according to early estimates.

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From BleedingCool:  Quentin Tarantino and Paul Thomas Anderson praise 70mm in this interview.

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From CinemaBlend:  Before Andrew Lincoln became Rick Grimes on "The Walking Dead," Thomas Jane was the choice.


COMICS - Films and Books:

From BleedingCool:  Mads Mikkelsen is the main villain in Dr. Strange, apparently.

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Variety:  First look at Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Stange.


REVIEWS:

From the VillageVoice:  A review of Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson's "Anomalisa."


OBITS:

From TheWrap:  Lemmy Kilmister, the front man for the rock band, Motorhead, died at the age of 70 on Monday, December 28, 2015.  Once upon a time, I was a Motorhead fan.

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From TheWrap:  Meadowlark Lemon, the legendary member of the Harlem Globetrotters, died Sunday, December 27, 2015 at the age of 83.  Known as "the Clown Prince of Basketball," Lemon joined the team in 1954 and left in 1978 after a contract dispute.  Negromancer sends condolences to Lemon's family.  R.I.P.

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From IndieWire:  Haskell Wexler, the legendary cinematographer, died this morning, Sunday, December 27, 2015.  He was 93.  Wexler won two Oscar for his work ("Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" and "Bound for Glory").  Negromancer sends condolences to his family.  R.I.P.



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