by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURE NEWS:
AMAZON - From Deadline: Tyler Perry has announced the second film of the four-picture deal he signed with Amazon back in November 2022. Perry will write, produce, and direct "Divorce in the Black." Among its stars are Meagon Goode, Debbie Morgan, and Perry himself, to name a few.
MARVEL STUDIOS - From Deadline: Marvel Studios' star, Anthony Mackie (Falcon, Captain America) speaks out in support of his fellow Marvel star, Jonathan Majors (Kang the Conqueror), who has recently faced multiple accusations of violence against women.
NETFLIX - From Deadline: Netflix has signed a five-year deal with Japanese screenwriter Yuki Sakamoto. He won the screenplay award at this year's Cannes Film Festival for the film, "Monster."
DISNEY - From THR: Evan Peters, hot off "Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story," will reportedly play the villain next to Jared Leto's hero in "Tron 3." Joachim Ronning is scheduled to direct the film that hopes to begin filming in August.
DC STUDIOS - From Variety: Actor David Corenswet will play Superman/Clark Kent and Rachel Brosnahan will play Lois Lane in 2025's "Superman: Legacy."
TELEVISION - From Deadline: MSNBC has renewed John Leguizamo's travelogue-style show, "Leguizamo Does America," for a second season.
ACADEMY AWARDS - From THR: Actress Angela Bassett, writer-director-actor-songwriter Mel Brooks and film editor Carol Littleton have been tapped to receive honorary Oscars, while former Sundance Institute chief Michelle Satter will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 2023 Governors Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Monday, June 26th. The 14th annual honors will be presented at a ceremony at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles on Nov. 18th.
MUSIC - From Variety: The winners at the 2023 BET Awards were announced. There was a tie for "Album of the Year," Beyonce for "Renaissance" and SZA for "SOS."
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro: The winner of the 6/23 to 6/25/2023 weekend box office is Sony Pictures' "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" with an estimated take of 19.3 million dollars.
From Variety: "The Flash" experiences a 73 percent drop from its debut weekend (when it was #1) to its second weekend (where it finished at #3).
From Here: A movie review of "The Flash" by Leroy Douresseaux.
STREAMING - From Deadline: Paramount+ has canceled a slew of its originals, including "Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies," "Star Trek: Prodigy," "Queen of the Universe," and "The Game." The streamer is taking the shows off its platform as it becomes the latest media company to take a content write-down. Some will be shopped to rival broadcasters and streamers.
OBITS:
From Variety: Film director and actor, Alan Arkin, has died at the age of 89, Thursday, June 29, 2023. Arkin won the best supporting actor Oscar for his performance in the "Little Miss Sunshine" (2006). His prolific career includes roles in such films at "Catch-22," "The In-Laws," "The Rocketeer," "Glengarry Glen Ross," and "Argo," to name a few.
From Deadline: The English film and television actor, Julian Sands, has been confirmed dead, at the age of 65. Sands had been missing since mid-January when he was believed to be hiking on Mount Baldy, northeast of Los Angeles. Hikers found human remains on Mount Baldy on June 24th, and they were confirmed as Sands Tues., June 27th, 2023. His varied film career included roles in such films as "A Room with a View" (1985), "Gothic" (1986), "Warlock" (1989), "Boxing Helena" (1993), and "Leaving Las Vegas" (1995), to name a few.
From Deadline: Television, film, and state actor, Nicolas Coster, has died at the age of 89, Monday, June 26, 2023. Among his best known works are his roles on the former NBC daytime soaps, "Another World" (1970-80) and "Santa Barbara" (1984-93). He appeared in numerous other TV series, including "Star Trek: The Next Generations," "Law & Order," and "As the World Turns," to name a few. He won a Daytime Emmy Awards in 2017 and was nominated four other times for his work on "Santa Barbara."
WRITERS STRIKE:
From Deadline: Writers Strike puts the spotlight back on the challenge from writers for animation productions to be covered by the WGA.
From THR: Studios won't give writers better pay, and now, are laying off janitors.
From Deadline: The Directors Guild of America (DGA) has reached a tentative new three-year deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). So what does the Writers Guild (WGA), currently on strike and negotiating with the AMPTP, think of that deal.
From Deadline: Netflix shareholders declined to support the 2023 pay packages of top executives during a non-binding vote at the company’s annual shareholder meeting on Thursday. The vote won't prevent these execs from getting their loot (an total of $166 million), but this is a rare public rebuke. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has urged shareholders to vote "No" because the pay was "inappropriate" at this time.
From Deadline: Warner Bros Discovery chief David Zaslav gave the commencement address at Boston University. There he was met with jeers and also chants of "pay your writers" from picketers and from some in the audience.
From Deadline: President Joe Biden speaks on the Writers Guild of America strike.
From Deadline: Retaliation! The studios have starting informing writer-producers who have "overall" and "first-look" deals that such deals are being suspended.
From Deadline: Retaliation! Prolific HBO creator, David Simon, who is best known for "The Wire," is one of the many writers who have had their overall deals suspended the studios due to the WGA strike. Simon has been with HBO for 25 years.
From Deadline: The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is on strike.
From Deadline: Disney, HBO/HBO Max, and CBS have sent letters to showrunners (the TV equivalent of film directors) instructing them to return to work, inspite of the writer's strike.
From Deadline: The WGA's chief negotiator, Ellen Stutzman, talks about the state of the writers' strike, including the lack of engagement on the part of the strike's other party, AMPTP.
From Deadline: What went wrong between the WGA and AMPTP? What could they not agree on that led to a strike?
From Deadline: The site explains the WGA strike: the issues, the stakes, movies and TV shows affected, and how long it might last.
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