Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Negromancer News Bits and Bites from July 22nd to 31st, 2018 - Update #26

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MOVIES - From Variety:  Malcolm D. Lee is in talks to direct the remake of "Uptown Saturday Night" starring Kevin Hart.

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STREAMING - From ShadowandAct:  LeVar Burton, Laverne Cox, Rosario Dawson Tapped For Jordan Peele's YouTube Anthology Series "Weird City."

From ShadowandAct:  Netflix officially announces Octavia Butler's miniseries about real-life Black hair care mogul, Madame C.J. Walker.  NBA superstar LeBron James is producing the project.

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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo:  The winner of the 7/27 to 7/29/2018 weekend box office is "Mission: Impossible - Fallout" with an estimated take of $61.5 million.

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From WeGotThisCovered:  First look at Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson in the "Men in Black" reboot.

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CELEBRITY/BLM - From YahooGMA:  Ving Rhames says Santa Monica police officers pulled their guns on him in his own home.

STREAMING - From Deadline:  Netflix has obtained the worldwide rights from Warner Bros. for Andy Serkis' CGI live-action film, "Mowgli," based on "The Jungle Book."  Netflix will release the film on its streaming service worldwide in 2019.

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TELEVISION - From DeadlineTV:  AMC renews "Better Call Saul" for a fifth season.  Season 4 is set to debut August 6, 2018.

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MOVIES - From BleedingCool:  The upcoming new "Halloween" reboot film will change something that was revealed in 1981's "Halloween II" and affected all the films that came afterwards.  Laurie Strode is no long Michael Myers' sister.

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STAR WARS - From BleedingCool:  The cast for "Star Wars Episode IX" is officially announced.  Billy Dee Williams is returning at "Lando Calrissian."

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MOVIES - From ThePlaylist:  Bad boy/genius screenwriter Max Landis might be working on a remake of "Creature from the Black Lagoon," a film which has had rumored remakes for decades.

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BOX OFFICE - From Variety:  "Mission: Impossible - Fallout" opens with $6 million in Thursday night preview showsing.  "Teen Titans Go! to the Movies," the animated film spinoff of the Cartoon Network animated TV series, "Teen Titans Go!," has one million in preview shows.

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STREAMING - From Variety:  Anthony Mackie will take over as the lead in Season 2 of Netflix's "Altered Carbon" from Season 1 star Joel Kinnaman.

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BLM - From YahooLifestyle:   Anne Hathaway goes full manifesto about "White privilege" in the wake of the murder of Nia Wilson.

From YahooLifestyle:  What You Need To Know About The Murder Of Nia Wilson

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STREAMING - From YahooBGR:  Netflix will debut 47 new original movies and shows in August – here’s the full list

TELEVISION - From TheWrap:  The final season of "Game of Thrones" to debut in the first half of 2019.

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TELEVISION - From TheWrap:  Pulitzer Prize winning composer and Grammy-winning rapper, Kendrick Lamar, to guest star on Starz's hit series, "Power."

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MOVIES - From BleedingCool: Liam Neeson and Emma Thompson are among new cast for Sony's "Men in Black" reboot.

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MOVIES - From Deadline:  The lawsuit brought by the estate of the late playwright, Paul Zindel, against Guillermo del Toro's film, "The Shape of Water," was dismissed with prejudice, which apparently means that it cannot be brought back to court.

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MOVIES - From Variety:  David Leitch, the director of "Deadpool 2" is in talks to direct the remake of the classic Bruce Lee film, "Enter the Dragon."

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MOVIES - From ShadowandAct:  Ocatvia Spencer and Queen Latifah unite for a film on an infamous "passing" divorce case.

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MUSIC - From Variety:  R&B artist R. Kelly responds to the myriad allegations of sexual abuse and misconduct with "I Admit," a new 19-minute song posted to Soundcloud.

From Soundcloud:  Here is R. Kelly's new jam, "I Admit."

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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo:  The winner of the 7/20 to 7/22/2018 weekend box office is "The Equalizer 2" with an estimated take of $35.8 million.

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STREAMING - From BleedingCool:  Seth McFarlane ("Family Guy") and Brannon Braga ("Star Trek") are developing Clive Barker's "Books of Blood" series for Hulu.

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SDCC - From Deadline:  The 2018 Will Eisner Awards for Excellence in Comics

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 "Aquaman" trailer.


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