Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Negromancer News Bits and Bites from September 21st to 30th, 2025 - UPDATE #9

by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

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NEWS:

MOVIES - From DeadlineParamount has signed Oscar-winning filmmaker, James Mangold, to an exclusive deal in which he write and produce films for the Skydance-owned studio.

SPORTS/MUSIC - From CNN:  Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, the Puerta Rican rapper known as "Bad Bunny," will headline the halftime show at Super Bowl LX (NBC, Feb. 8th, 2026 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, CA). Bad Bunny has won three Grammy Awards and 12 Latin Grammy Awards. He received 12 nominations at the upcoming 2025 Latin Grammy Awards.

BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro:  The winner of the 9/26 to 9/28/2025 weekend box office is Warner Bros Pictures' "One Battle After Another" with an estimated take of 22.4 million dollars.

TELEVISION - From DeadlineLucy Liu will star in and executive produce the new Peacock series, "Superfakes," from creator, writer, showrunner, and executive producer Alice Ju ("Poker Face," "Beef"). The crime-drama follows a small-time Chinatown luxury counterfeit dealer who enters a dangerous black-market underworld in order to fund a life of suburban respectability for her family.

JAMES BOND/AMAZON - From Deadline:  In an exclusive story, "Deadline" reported that director Denis Villeneuve will embark on the search for an unknown male British actor to play James Bond in the 26th James Bond film ("Bond 26").  He will begin the process after he completes production on "Dune: Part Three."

MOVIES - From Deadline:  According to Deadline: "After earning strong reviews for their Lionsgate thriller The Long Walk, David Jonsson and Cooper Hoffman already have found the project they want to reteam on as the two are in talks to star in A24’s The Chaperones. A24 is partnering with Plan B and Icki Eneo Arlo on the project, with India Donaldson directing. The film is written by Sebastian Black in his feature debut."

TELEVISION - From DeadlineABC announced that Jimmy Kimmel will return to host his late night talk show, "Jimmy Kimmel Live!." The network suspended him "indefinitely" over some triflin' nonsense related to the murder of anti-African American podcaster, Charlie Kirk.

BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro:  The winner of the 9/19 to 9/21/2025 weekend box office is Sony and Crunchyroll's "Demon Slayer - Kimetsu no Yaiba The Movie: Infinity Castle" with an estimated take of 17.3 million dollars.

From Variety:  Sony and Crunchyroll's "Demon Slayer - Kimetsu no Yaiba The Movie: Infinity Castle" is now the highest grossing anime film with 555 million dollars in global box office.

MOVIES - From Variety:  Oscar-winning director-producer Christopher Nolan has been elected the president of the Directors Guild of America.  It's just in time as the next round of film and television union negotiations loom.


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