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."