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Sunday, November 30, 2025
Comics Review: "SUPERNATURAL #1" Wants to Burn Your Ass
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from November 23rd to 30th, 2025 - UPDATE #11
by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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NEWS:
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro: The winner of the 11/28 to 11/30/2025 weekend box office is Disney's "Zootopia 2" with an estimated gross of 96.8 million dollars.
MOVIES - From THR: Scarlett Johansson will star in director Mike Flanagan's reboot or re-imagining of the 1973 film "The Exorcist" for Universal and Blumhouse. This new film is an attempt to reviver "The Exorcist" franchise in the wake of Universal/Blumhouse's ill-fated film, "The Exorcist: Believer" (2023).
MOVIES - From Deadline: Apparently with a push from President Trump, "Rush Hour 4" is happening. Brett Ratner is returning to direct Jackie Chan (as Inspector Lee) and Chris Tucker (as Detective Carter) in the film. Paramount Pictures will distribute with Warner Bros.
NETFLIX - From Deadline: It’s been nearly two years since Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson announced he would be executive producing a documentary about imprisoned music impresario, Sean "Diddy" Combs. The project finally has a release date. The four-episode project titled "Sean Combs: The Reckoning" will drop globally on Netflix on December 2, 2025.
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro: The winner of the 11/21 to 11/23/2025 weekend box office is Universal Pictures' "Wicked: For Good" with an estimated total of $150 million dollars.
MOVIES - From Variety: Grammy-winning rapper, Kendrick Lamar, and "South Park" creators, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, are working on a live-action comedy. The movie will not meet its March 20, 2026 and is on indefinite delay. Lamar says they are working hard on the film.
OBITS:
From Variety: The Czech-born, English playwright and screenwriter, Tom Stoppard, has died at the age of 88, November 2025. Stoppard was nominated eight times for the "Best Play" Tony Award, and he won five times, including for "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" (1968). He was twice nominated for the "Best Original Screenplay" Oscar. He won for "Shakespeare in Love" (1998) and was nominated for "Brazil" (1985). He also received an Emmy nomination for his work on the BBC miniseries, "Parade's End" (2012-13).
From Deadline: Former American child actor, John Eimen, has died at the age of 76, Friday, November 21, 2025. Eimen's career ran from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s during a time fans consider the "classic TV era." Eimen is best known for the role of "Cadet Monk Roberts" in the former NBC children's sitcom, "McKeever and Company," appearing in 11 episodes. Eimen appearances in such classic 50s and 60s television series as "Have Gun - Will Travel," "Leave It to Beaver," "Petticoat Junction," "The Twilight Zone," and "Wagon Train," to name a few.
From Reuters: Jamaican multi-instrumentalist, musician, singers, songwriter, and actor, Jimmy Cliff, has died at the age of 81, Monday, November 24, 2025. Cliff was a legendary Jamaican singer who, along with Bob Marley, popularized the Jamaican music genres: reggae, ska and rocksteady music, doing so over a six decade career. Cliff's best known songs include "You Can Get It If You Really Want" (1970), "The Harder They Come" (1972), and also for two covers songs he did: Cat Stevens' "Wild World" (1970) and Johnny Nash's "I Can See Clearly Now" (1993). Cliff starred in the 1972 Jamaican crime film, "The Harder They Come," which helped popularize reggae worldwide through its soundtrack. He was inducted into the "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" in 2010. He was a a seven-time Grammy Awards nominee and won twice. Cliff's wife, Latifa Chambers, announced his death on Facebook on Monday.
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MOVIE AWARDS 2025-26:
From AwardsWatch: Twenty films have made crossed the first hurdle in the race for the "Best Visual Effects" Oscar. Those films include "Avatar: Fire and Ash," "Captain America: Brave New World," "Frankenstein," and "Sinners." In a little under two weeks, those 20 will be cut down to 10.
From AwardsWatch: The site has a list of all 322 films eligible for Oscar consideration in the animated, documentary, and international film categories.
From THR: The nominations for the 2026 / 38th European Film Awards have been announced. the winners will be announced at the 38th European Film Awards ceremony, which takes place January 17, 2026.
From Deadline: Last week (Oct. 14th), the European Film Academy shortlisted the 67 films were available to receive nominations for the 38th European Film Awards, taking place on January 17, 2026. The shortlist included 44 feature films, 15 documentary films, and eight animated feature films. Among the list of feature films were "Bugonia" and "Sound of Falling." The nominations are scheduled to be announced today (Oct. 18th).
From THR: The nominations for the 2025 / 35th Annual Gotham Films Awards have been announced. Director Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another" tops the list of nominees with a record six nominations, including "Best Feature" and "Best Director" for Anderson. The winners will be announced December 1, 2025.
Monday, November 24, 2025
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Sunday, November 23, 2025
Review: "JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH" Hugs Up on "Jurassic Park"
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Saturday, November 22, 2025
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from November 16th to 22nd, 2025 - UPDATE #8
by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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NEWS:
MOVIES - From Variety: Over the course of about two hours, Michael B. Jordan relived his 25 years as an actor while accepting the 39th American Cinematheque Award, presented to him by his longtime collaborator, Ryan Coogler, on Thursday night (Nov. 20th). “Nobody warns you how crazy this is to see your whole career flash before your eyes,” Jordan said, wiping tears away. It had been an emotional day for Jordan, who spent the morning (Nov. 20th) saluting his friend, the late Chadwick Boseman. The “Black Panther” star, who died in 2020, received a posthumous star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame. Jordan's own "Walk of Fame" star was unveiled in 2023.
TELEVISION - From Deadline: Director and Oscar-winning screenwriter, Taika Waititi, has signed a first-look deal with 20th TV, FX, and Hulu.
AMAZON - From Variety: Amazon is officially moving forward with a new “Stargate” TV series. The new project hails from Martin Gero, who began his career in the original “Stargate” TV franchise. Now, Gero will act as writer, executive producer, and showrunner. The series will be produced by Amazon MGM Studios and air on Prime Video. Among the new series' executive producers are Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich, who co-wrote the original film which Emmerich directed. Brad Wright and Joe Mallozzi, longtime creative leaders within the “Stargate” universe, will serve as consulting producers.
MOVIES - From MSN: According to reports, Saudi Arabia's Sovereign Wealth Fund may be pursuing a bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery.
From MSN: How Warner Bros. Pictures lost the rights to the "The Matrix" and "Ocean's 11" sequels to Alcon Entertainment.
OSCARS - From Variety: The Academy held its 16th Annual Governors Awards ceremony on Sunday, November 16, 2025. The recipients had been announced on June 17, 2025. Receiving the "Academy Honorary Award" (recipient receives an Oscar statuette) were Debbie Allen, Tom Cruise, and Wynn Thomas.
Debbie Allen: Actress, dancer, and choreographer (among many things), Allen has also won five Emmy Awards and two Tony Awards. A film director and producer, Allen has provided choreography for numerous films and television programs.
Tom Cruise: Cruise, an actor and film producer, has previously been nominated three times for an acting Oscar and once as a film producer ("Top Gun: Maverick). Cruise gave an emotional speech, saying, "Making films is who I am."
Wynn Thomas: An American film production designer (scenographer), Thomas began his career on Spike Lee's "She's Gotta Have It" (1986) and collaborated with Lee on other films such as "Do The Right Thing" (1989), "Malcolm X" (1992), and "Inside Man" (2006). Thomas has also worked on such films as "The Five Heartbeats" (1991), "Cinderella Man" (2005), and "Hidden Figures" (2016). Thomas has to date not received a nomination for a competitive Academy Award, although he is a two-time winner of "Art Directors Guild Awards."
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro: The winner of the 11/14 to 11/16/2025 weekend box office is Lionsgate's "Now You See Me: Now You Don't" with an estimated take of 21.3 million dollars.
TELEVISION/POLITICS - From EW: There is a new front in the President Trump's demands that NBC/Universal fire/cancel Seth Meyers, host of NBC's "Late Night" talk show.
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MOVIE AWARDS 2025-26:
From Deadline: Last week (Oct. 14th), the European Film Academy shortlisted the 67 films were available to receive nominations for the 38th European Film Awards, taking place on January 17, 2026. The shortlist included 44 feature films, 15 documentary films, and eight animated feature films. Among the list of feature films were "Bugonia" and "Sound of Falling." The nominations are scheduled to be announced today (Oct. 18th).
From THR: The nominations for the 2025 / 35th Annual Gotham Films Awards have been announced. Director Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another" tops the list of nominees with a record six nominations, including "Best Feature" and "Best Director" for Anderson. The winners will be announced December 1, 2025.
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Comics Review: "NEMESIS FOREVER #3" Meets Hubris
Monday, November 17, 2025
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