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Friday, July 11, 2025
Review: James Gunn's "SUPERMAN" Starts a New Era
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from July 6th to 12th, 2025 - UPDATE #10
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NEWS:
STREAMING - From Variety: HBO Max has greenlit "Stuart Fails to Save the Universe," a spinoff of CBS's former hit sitcom, "The Big Bang Theory." The series was first announced as being in development in 2023. The new series will focus on comic book store owner, Stuart Bloom (Kevin Sussman).
MOVIES - From Variety: The third film in director Denis Villeneuve's "Dune" series will not be entitled "Dune: Messiah." The title is "Dune: Part Three."
STREAMING - From THR: HBO Max has decided to cancel the retro-action comedy series, "Duster," from showrunners J.J. Abrams and LaToya Morgan and starring Josh Holloway. The new series had excellent critics and audience reviews, but it apparently did not make the Nielsen streaming Top 10.
MOVIES - From TheGuardian: Discussing the difference in how male directors are treated after they direct a hit and female directors after they direct a hit film, Catherine Hardwicke says that she got a mini-cupcake after her 2008 film, "Twilight," became a blockbuster hit.
DC STUDIOS - From Variety: James Gunn's "Superman" premiere just happened. The early reactions to the film are very good.
AMAZON - From THR: Danai Gurira ("Black Panther," "The Walking Dead") is joining director-star Michael B. Jordan in Amazon MGM Studios' re-imagining of "The Thomas Crown Affair."
From Deadline: Oscar-nominee Lily Gladstone ("Killers of the Flower Moon") will join Michael B. Jordan in Amazon MGM Studios' re-imagining of "The Thomas Crown Affair." Jordan will star in and direct the film.
MOVIES - From Deadline: John M. Chu will direct a movie based on the "Hot Wheels" toy line for Mattel, Bad Robot, and Warner Bros. Pictures.
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro: The winner of the 7/4 to 7/6/2025 weekend box office is Universal Studios' "Jurassic World Rebirth" with an estimated take of 91.5 million dollars.
From Variety: "Jurassic World Rebirth" has won the five-day Fourth of July holiday weekend with an estimated take of 147.3 million dollars.
Thursday, July 10, 2025
WaterTower Music Announces the Release of the Soundtrack from James Gunn's "SUPERMAN"
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Review: "SUPERMAN III" is Good, Bad and Ugly
Monday, July 7, 2025
Advanced Comics Review: "THE MAGIC ORDER 5 #6" - Death Becomes Her
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Sunday, July 6, 2025
Review: Tyler Perry's "STRAW" Gets the Best of Taraji P. Henson
Saturday, July 5, 2025
Review: Ken Colley's "GREETINGS" is Small, But Big on Chills (R.I.P. Ken Colley)
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from July 1st to 5th, 2025 - UPDATE #7
by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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NEWS:
BOX OFFICE - From THR: Why did Blumhouse's horror film sequel, "M3GAN 2.0" bomb? The answer is likely that fewer people who saw the original film in theaters wanted to go to a theater to see a sequel. I'm sure it will do well on streaming.
CELEBRITY - From YahooCanada: Veteran film and television actor and Emmy-winning voice performer, Keith David ("The Thing," Disney's "The Princess and the Frog"), will receive a star on the "Hollywood Walk of Fame." The actor, who has over 300 credits on his resume, will receive the star in 2026.
SCANDAL - From Deadline: Grammy-winning recording artist and music business mogul, Sean "Diddy" Combs, was found guilty of two of the five sex-trafficking counts. Combs was acquitted of racketeering and sex trafficking charges. He was found guilty on two lesser charges of transportation of former girlfriends for prostitution. The verdict is seen as a victory for Combs, who was cleared of the most serious charges against him. The prostitution charges carry a maximum sentence of 10 years each.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Oscar-winner Viola Davis and Emmy-winner Yahya Abdul-Mateen II will star in and produce a re-imagining of David Mamet's 1987 film, "House of Games." MGM released the original, which was Mamet's directorial debut, and Amazon MGM Studios is developing the new version.
OBITS:
From Variety: American film and television composer, Mark Snow, has died at the age of 78, Friday, July 4, 2025. A prolific composer, Snow is best known for composing the theme for Fox's former science fiction detective series, "The X-Files," and for composing the music for over 200 episodes of the series. He also composed almost 300 episodes of the former CBS police drama, "Blue Bloods." Snow also composed the film score for both entries in "The X-Files" films series, "The X-Files" (1998) and "The X-Files: I Want to Believe" (2008). For his work in TV, Snow received 15 Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
From Variety: Film and television actor, Michael Madsen, has died at the age of 67, Thursday, July 3, 2025. Madsen is best known for his roles in several Quentin Tarantino films, "Reservoir Dogs" (1992), "Pulp Fiction" (1994), "Kill Bill, Vol. 1" (2003), "Kill Bill, Vol. 2" (2004), "The Hateful Eight" (2015), and "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" (2019). He also appeared in such films as "Thelma & Louise" (1991), "Species" (1995), and "Sin City." Madsen was a series regular or recurring actor in such TV series as, "St. Elsewhere," "Crime Story," "Tilt," "24," and "Powers," to name a few.
From Deadline: Australian film and television actor, Julian McMahon, has died at the age of 56, Wednesday, July 2, 2025 of cancer. He had roles in prominent films based on comic books. He was "Victor Von Doom/Dr. Doom" in director Tim Story's "Fantastic Four" duology, "Fantastic Four" (2005) and "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" (2007). He appeared in the 2010 comic book-based film, "RED" and in both a recurring and regular character in Hulu/Marvel Television series, Runaways (2017-18). McMahon's most prominent work came via TV. He was "Christian Troy" in the FX medical drama, "Nip/Tuck" (2003-10). He had a lead role in CBS's "FBI: Most Wanted" from 2020 to 2022, and he appeared in a few episodes of "FBI" and "FBI: International." McMahon was also the only son of Sir William McMahon, the 20th prime minister of Australia (1971-72).
From Deadline: Character actor, Peter-Henry Schroeder, has died at the age of 90, Monday, June 7, 2025. He appeared in such films as "The Seduction of Joe Tynan" (1979) and the Oscar-winning, "Argo" (2012), as a film producer. He appeared in two episodes of "Star Trek: Enterprise" in 2001 as the "Klingon Chancellor."
Friday, July 4, 2025
A "Star Wars" Link-O-Rama 2025 by Negromancer - UPDATE #21
by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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NEWS AND RUMORS:
OBIT - From TheWrap: English film and television actor, Kenneth Colley, has died at the age of 87, Monday, June 30, 2025. Colley may be best known to fans for playing the role of Admiral Piett in "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980) and in "Return of the Jedi" (1983). He also played "Jesus" in "Monty Python's Life of Bryan" (1979). He belonged to director Ken Russell's repertory of actors from the 1970s to the 1990s, appearing in such Russell's films as "The Music Lovers" (1971), "The Devils" (1971), and "The Rainbow" (1989), to name a few. He also appeared in Russell's TV films, "Prisoner of Honor" (1991) and "The Secret Life of Arnold Bax" (1992).
A NEW HOPE - From Variety: Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy made a surprise appearance on opening night (Thursday, June 12, 2025) of the BFI Film on Film Festival in London, where the ultra-rare, original first print of George Lucas' “Star Wars” was being screened. The BFI’s shocking discovery of the print and the announcement that it would be screened publicly caused a stir among “Star Wars” fans earlier this year, as Lucas has always been vocal about his dislike of the print and famously went on to tinker with the movie.
COMICS - From Here: Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You" reviews the new "Star Wars #2."
ANDOR - From ComicBookMovie: "Andor" showrunner Tony Gilroy talks about struggling to get the budgets he needed to produce Andor, which apparently cost 650 million dollars over two seasons. Also, he said Disney execs told him "streaming is dead."
OBITUARY - From Deadline: Welsh art director and production designer for films, Leslie "Les" Dilley, has died at the age of 84, Monday, May 20th, 2025. Dilley won the Oscar for "Best Art Direction" for "Star Wars" (1977) and "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981), sharing both honors with the late Norman Reynolds. He also received "Best Art Direction" Oscar nominations for his work on "Alien" (1979). "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980), and "The Abyss" (1989).
DARTH VADER - From THR: SAG-AFTRA files unfair labor practice charge over "Darth Vader" AI voice in the game, "Fortnite." The union claims that Llama Productions failed to notify the labor group and negotiate when it began employing a "James Earl Jones" voice that replaced the work of members. Jones, who died last year, granted Disney rights to use his voice posthumously.
ANDOR - From IGN: The website explains the ending of the Disney+/Lucasfilm series, "Andor" Season 2.
COMICS - From Here: Leroy Douresseaux has reviewed Marvel's new "Star Wars #1."
PRINCESS LEIA - From MensJournal: "Star Wars" actress, Billie Lourd, offers a touching post of her children watching Lourd's late mother, actress Carrie Fisher, in her iconic Princess Leia role in the film, "Return of the Jedi."
GEORGE LUCAS - From Variety: At a 45th anniversary event for "The Empire Strikes," George Lucas explains why "Yoda" speaks backward.
COMICS - From BleedingCool: Marvel has released solicitation information concerning the "Star Wars" titles that it will publish in July 2025.
STARFIGHTER - From StarWars: The "Star Wars" film to be directed by "Deadpool & Wolverine" director Shawn Levy and to star Ryan Gosling has a title, "Star Wars: Starfighter." The film, which is set five years after the events of "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker," the film will go into production this fall with an anticipated theatrical release date of Memorial Day 2027.
PUBLICATIONS - From StarWars: "Star Wars Celebration Japan" offered fans a look at covers for upcoming "Star Wars" comic books, manga, novels, artbooks and reference books.
RUMORS - From Variety: Oscar-winner Mikey Madison ("Anora") has reportedly past on a reported offer to appear in director Shawn Levy's rumored "Star Wars" project starring Ryan Gosling.
EPISODE III - From WorldofReel: The 20th anniversary release of "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith" is on April 25th. The opening weekend at the domestic box office looks to be around 15+ million dollars.
JOHN BOYEGA - From Variety: John Boyega addresses the Sith elephant in the "Star Wars" room. To racist white fans of "Star Wars," there is no room for a black heroes
OBIT - From Variety: New Zealand actor of the stage, musical theater, and film and television, Clive Revill, died at the age of 94, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. He provided the voice of "The Emperor" in the original theatrical release of 1980s' "The Empire Strikes Back." Revill was twice nominated for a Tony Award, "Best Featured Actor for a Musical" for his role in the original 1961 Broadway production of "Irma La Douce" and "Best Actor in a Musical" for his role in the original 1963 Broadway production of "Oliver!"
ANDOR - From THR: The acclaimed Disney+ "Star Wars" drama, "Andor," is now also available on Hulu. The first three episodes are free on the Disney+ "YouTube" channel. The 12-episode second season debuts exclusively on Disney+ April 22nd.
REY SKYWALKER - From Variety: The planned "Rey Skywalker" movie now has a writer, George Nolfi, ("The Bourne Ultimatum"). Daisey Ridley will reprise her role as Rey.
FUTURE - From THR: Ryan Gosling is reportedly in talks to be the star of director Shawn Levy's ("Deadpool & Wolverine") planned "Star Wars" movie.
MARVEL COMICS - From BleedingCool: Marvel is launching a new flagship "Star Wars" comic book series in May 2025. This new "Star Wars #1" will debut stories set after the events depicted in the 1983 film, "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi." It will be written by Alex Segura and drawn by Phil Noto. According to the press information: "It's the dawn of the New Republic, and as the dust settles after the Battle of Jakku our rebel heroes — Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia Organa, and Han Solo — find themselves forging a new order as pirates and thieves swarm to fill the power vacuum left behind by the fallen Empire." The series will reintroduce characters like Mon Mothma and Beilert Valance, among others.
MARVEL COMICS - From BleedingCool: To celebrate "Black History Month," Marvel Comics will celebrate Black "Star Wars" characters with variant covers featuring them on four "Star Wars" titles published in February 2025.
NEW TRILOGY - From Deadline: Lucasfilm has hired writer-producer-director Simon Kinberg to develop a new "Star Wars" trilogy - Episodes 10, 11, and 12.
From THR: Related to the Simon Kinberg news, the new trilogy will supposedly focus on the the sequel trilogy star, "Rey Skywalker."
MARVEL COMICS - From BleedingCool: Marvel will publish a "Star Wars" one-shot comic book, "Star Wars: A New Legacy," in 2025. It will set up the relaunch of Marvel's ongoing "Star Wars" flagship comic book and also celebrate the tenth anniversary of Marvel regaining the license to publish "Star Wars" titles from Dark Horse Comics. Since then, however, Dark Horse gained a new license to publish "Star Wars" comics for juvenile readers.
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