Saturday, April 22, 2017

Negromancer News Bits and Bites from April 16th to 22nd, 2017 - Update #27

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TELEVISION - From RSN:  Fox New replaces one old decrepit racist with two younger racists.

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MOVIES - From Variety:  Margot Robbie to play Queen Elizabeth I in the historical drama, "Mary Queen of Scots."

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SCIENCE - From RSN:  Neil deGrasse Tyson on "Science in America."

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POLITICS - From MiamiHerald:  A Florida State Senator resigns after a rant filled with racial slurs and profanity.

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CELEBRITY - From YahooMovies:  It is actor Jack Nicholson's 80th birthday, and "Superfan" lists his three most underrated Nicholson films.

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COMICS - From SideshowCollectibles:  Did you know that actor Titus Welliver (Amazon's "Bosch") is a comic book fan and toy collector?  I didn't.  Here is a video interview with the details.

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FILM FESTIVALS - From TheWrap:  Uma Thurman (Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction) will be the "Un Certain Regard" jury president at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

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TELEVISION - From IndieWire:  "The X-Files" returns for a second 10-episode season during the 2017-18 season.

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MOVIES - From ScreenDaily:  "Insidious 4" has moved from October 2017 to January 2018.

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MOVIES - From Deadline:  Clint Eastwood's next film at Warner Bros. will be based on the true story of three American friends who stopped a terrorist attack on a train to Paris.

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OBIT - From YahooMusic:  Cuba Gooding Sr., lead singer for 1970s soul group, "The Main Ingredient, died Thursday, April 20, 2017 at the age of 72.  Gooding, Sr. was also the father of Oscar-winning actor, Cuba Gooding, Jr.

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MOVIES - From THR:  Guillermo del Toro's film, "The Shape of Water," will be released December 8th, 2017 by Fox Searchlight.

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MOVIES - From Variety:  Many classic Walt Disney feature animated films are getting live-action reboots, and "Aladdin" is one of them, with Guy Ritchie as director.  Will Smith is considering giving voice to the famous character "Genie," voiced by Robin Williams in the 1992 original film.

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COMICS-FILM - From Variety:  The team of Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck will direct Marvel Studio's "Captain Marvel" with Brie Larson playing the title role.

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TELEVISION - From Variety:  21st Century Fox has fired Fox News host Bill O'Reilly from his long-running and popular cable news TV series, "The O'Reilly Factor."  "On the Record" with host Tucker Carlson will replace "The O'Reilly Factor."

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OBIT - From YahooSports:  Former NFL player, Aaron Hernandez, reportedly committed suicide inside his prison cell.  Hernandez was serving a life sentence for the 2013 murder of his friend, Odin Lloyd, at the Souza Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley, Massachusetts.  Hernandez played tight end for the New England Patriots from 2010 to 2012.  Hernandez was 27 years old.

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COMICS-FILM - From Variety:  Depending on the source, "Guardians of the Galaxy 2" will have four or five post-credit scenes.

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TELEVISION - From IndieWire:  Some entity is developing a King Kong TV series with a female lead.

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TELEVISION - From YahooTV:  The banned-in-the-UK mockumentary "Ghost Watch" makes it to the U.S.

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MOVIES - From YahooMovies:  Meet "Carlos," the scene-stealing baby from "The Fate of the Furious."

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COMICS-FILM - From TheWrap:  James Gun will return to write and direct "Guardians of the Galaxy 3."

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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo:  The winner of the Easter 2017 weekend box office (4/14 to 4/16/2017) is "The Fate of the Furious" with an estimated take of $100.2 million.

From THR:  With its $190 million dollar debut, "The Fate of the Furious" has the biggest opening weekend for an American film at the Chinese box office.  That total is the second highest overall (behind the film "The Mermaid");

From Deadline:  The specialty ("art house") weekend box office goes to "The Lost City of Z" and "Norman."

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COMICS-FILM - From FlickeringMyth:  "X-Men: New Mutants" may start shooting in June 2017.

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MOVIES - From THR:  "The Hollywood Reporter" offers a trailer and a premiere date for every sequel, reboot, and remake Hollywood is offering Summer 2017.

From THR:  The week in trailers, including new Star Wars, Transformers, Kathryn Bigelow.

TRAILERS:

From Vulture:  Here is the first trailer for Marvel's "Cloak and Dagger" which will appear on Freeform (formerly Disney Family)


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