Saturday, July 21, 2018

Negromancer News Bits and Bites from July 15th to 21st, 2018 - Update #26

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COMIC-CON - TELEVISION - From Deadline:  Joss Whedon and Monica Owusu-Breen to shepherd a reboot of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," but with a Black female lead.

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COMIC-CON - TELEVISION - From Deadline:  Andrew Lincoln, who plays "Rick Grimes," the lead character on AMC's hit, "The Walking Dead," confirms that he is leaving the series during the upcoming season.

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SCANDAL - From CBR:  Old social media posts get James Gunn ("Guardians of the Galaxy" franchise) fired by Disney.

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SCANDAL - From TheWrap: Lionsgate's legal affairs department is hit with sexual misconduct accusations.

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MOVIES - From TheWrap:  Their will be a movie musical based on the legendary musical, "Cats."  Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellan, James Corden, and Taylor Swift will be among the cast.

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COMICS-FILM - From ShadowandAct:  Zazie Beetz (FX's "Atlanta") in talks to star opposite Joaquin Phoenix in Warner/DC Comics' standalone film, "The Joker."

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COMIC-CON - From BleedingCool:  New Line announces a third film in its "Annabelle" horror movie franchise.

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MOVIES - From Deadline:  Sony Pictures moves Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" to August 9, 2019.

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COMICS-FILM - From YahooTheTelegraph:  Once upon a time, online morons/trolls were totally against Chris Nolan casting the late Heath Ledger as "The Joker" in "The Dark Knight."

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STREAMING - From YahooEntertainment:  Chris Rock joins Eddie Murphy in Murphy's Rudy Ray Moore biopic, "Dolemite is My Name," which will be exclusive to Netflix in 2019.

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CELEBRITY - From YahooSports:  An article about former NBA legend Kobe Bryant's upcoming projects.

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COMICS-FILM - From DenofGeek:  Everything you need to know about Warner Bros./DC Comics' "Shazam" movie, which is due April 5, 2019.

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COMICS-FILM - From TheWrap:  Black Canary, Huntress, Cassandra Cain, and Renee Montoya will join Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn in the "Birds of Prey" film.

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TELEVISION - From CBR:  Their may be a TV series based on the "Aliens" film franchise.

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MOVIES - From Variety:  Harrison Ford is considering starring in a big-budget adaptation of the Jack London's 1903 novel, "Call of the Wild."  Previous film versions of the classic novel about the Klondike gold rush have starred Clark Gable and Charlton Heston.

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MOVIES - From IndieWire:  Keanu Reeves cast doubt on "Bill & Ted 3" because the project is still facing challenges.

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CULTURE - From NYTimes: "When Black actors use their "White voice."

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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo:  The winner of the 7/13 to 7/15/2018 weekend box office is "Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation" with an estimated take of $44.1 million.

From Variety:  "Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation" also passes new release "Skyscraper" at the international box office.

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EMMYS- From Variety:  Here is a complete list of the 70th/ 2018 Emmy Award nominations.

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MOVIES - From TheGuardian:  A lost screenplay, "entitled Burning Secret," written by the late Stanley Kubrick ("Full Metal Jacket") has been found.

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MOVIES - From RollingStone:   The original director, writers, and actors will return for a sequel to the hit 2009 film, "Zombieland."

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MOVIES - From PopSugar:  Dwayne Johnson is not sure if he is going to be in "Fast & Furious 9"

OBIT:

From PittPostGazette:  Former NFL player, Gabe Rivera, has died at the age of 57, Monday, July 16, 2018.  Rivera was the Steelers first round pick in 1983 out of Texas Tech.  Six games into his rookie season, his career ended when he was injured in a car accident and paralyzed from the waist down.  Rivera was notoriously chosen ahead of hometown boy Dan Marino who was picked later in the first round by the Miami Dolphins where he went on to have a legendary and record-setting, NFL Hall of Fame career.

VIDEOS:

From YouTube:  The first official trailer for "Glass," the sequel to M. Night Shyamalan's "Unbreakable" and "Split."

From YouTube:  Second official trailer for "The Predator."

From YouTube:  First trailer for Warner Bros./New Line/DC Comics' "Shazam" (due Spring 2019).

From YouTube:  First full(?) "Aquaman" trailer.


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