Saturday, April 6, 2019

Negromancer News Bits and Bites from April 1st to 6th, 2019 - Update #24

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REVIEW - From Patreon:  Need a review of "Shazam!"?  I wrote one.

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MOVIES - From THR:  Longtime producing partners Will Ferrell and Adam McKay are going their separate ways.

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STREAMING - From Variety:  Dave Bautista is joinging Zack Snyder's "Army of the Dead" for Netflix.

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SPORTS-FILM - From YahooSports:  NBA star and Los Angeles Laker, LeBron James, is rumored to be having trouble recruiting top NBA players to appear with him in the film, "Space Jam 2," in which he'll be the star.

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COMICS-FILM - From Variety:  Idris Elba will apparently NOT replace Will Smith as the character "Deadshot" in the new "Suicide Squad" film, "The Suicide Squad."  He will play a new character, which Internet rumor says is DC Comics' character, "Bronze Tiger."

From TheMarySue:  Viola Davis is reportedly set to return as "Amanda Waller" in "The Suicide Squad" reboot film.

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CELEBRITY - From Variety:  In this wide ranging interview, the great Bette Midler says that she does not like Marvel Studios film, but would appear in a comic book movie if the role was right for her.

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COMICS-FILM - From Newsarama:  Warner Bros.' new superhero movie, "Shazam" has two post-credit scenes, so don't leave your seats when the movie ends.

From Newsarama:  The top ten Shazam slash Captain Marvel (the character's original name) comic book stories you should read.

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STREAMING - From Variety:  Andre Holland ("Moonlight") will be the lead actor in "The Eddy," a Netflix musical drama series from Oscar-winning director, Damien Chazelle.

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TERMINATOR - From IndieWire:  First footage from "Terminator: Dark Fate" debuts at CinemaCon.  Apparently, "Dark Fate" erases everything that happened after 1991s' "Terminator: Judgment Day."

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STREAMING - From TVLine:  John Cho will lead the cast in Netflix's live-action adaptation of the Japanese animated series (anime), "Cowboy Bebop."

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DISNEY - From MovieWeb:  New footage from Disney's live-action remake of "The Lion King" show at CinemaCon is apparently wowing audiences.

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SCANDAL - From Deadline:  Experts think that actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin will likely see prison time for their part in the college admissions scandal that broke open a few weeks ago.

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STREAMING - From TheWrap:  Amazon responds to Woody Allen's $68 million dollar breach of contract lawsuit.  Amazon terminated Woody Allen's 4-picture deal with the company in 2017 because of comments he made about the #MeToo movement and about his own allegations of sexual abuse.

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CRIME-MUSIC - From TMZ:  The site has new surveillance video footage showing the shooter in the act of shooing rapper Nispey Hussle who died of his injuries March 31,2019.

From CNN:  Nipsey Hussle was a movement as well as a musician.

From AllHipHop:  The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) name a suspect in the March 31st killing of Grammy-nominated rapper, Nipsey Hussle.  It is Eric Holder, a reputed gang member and snitch.

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HISTORY - From TheAtlantic:  A movie like "The Matrix" might never happen again.

From LATimes:  The original ‘Dumbo’ arguably was Disney’s most important blockbuster

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MOVIE - From Deadline:  The Jim Jarmusch zombie film, "The Dead Don't Die," has a trailer.  The film, which stars Bill Murray and Adam Driver, is due June 14th.

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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo:  The winner of the 3/29 to 3/31/2019 weekend box office is Walt Disney's live-action remake, "Dumbo" with an estimated take of 45 million dollars.

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INDUSTRY - From Variety:  Writers Guild of America votes to tighten talent agency rules.

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TRAILERS:

From HuffPost:  Warner Bros. releases the first teaser trailer for Todd Phillip's "Joker" starring Joaquin Phoenix.

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OBITS:

From Deadline:  The model and actress Tania Mallet has died at the age of 77.  Her only film role was a "Tilly Masterson" opposite Sean Connery in the third James Bond film, "Goldfinger."

From RollingStone:  The rapper Nipsey Hussle was shot dead, Sunday, March 31st, 2019 at the age of 33.  Born Ermias Asghedom, Hustle received a Grammy nomination this past year for his 2018 debut studio album, "Victory Lap."


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