Negromancer News Bits and Bites from January 1st to 10th, 2026 - UPDATE #7

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NEWS:

AWARDS - From Deadline:  The Producers Guild of America revealed its nominations for the 2026 / 37th PGA Awards.  The winners in six categories will be announced February 28, 2026  In the primary category of the "Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures," the nominees are as follows:

"Bugonia" – Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone and Lars Knudsen

"F1" – nominees to be determined (TBA)

"Frankenstein" – Guillermo Del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Scott Stuber

"Hamnet" – Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Sam Mendes, Steven Spielberg and Nicolas Gonda

"Marty Supreme" – nominees to be determined (TBA)

"One Battle After Another" – Adam Somner, Sara Murphy and Paul Thomas Anderson

"Sentimental Value" – Maria Ekerhovd and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar

"Sinners" – Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian

"Train Dreams" – Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, William Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer and Michael Heimler

"Weapons" – Zach Cregger and Miri Yoon

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From Deadline:  The Directors Guild of America revealed its nominations for the 2026 / 78th DGA Awards.  The winners in 12 categories will be announced February 7, 2026  In the primary category of "Theatrical Feature Film," the nominees are as follows:

PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros

Directorial Team:

Unit Production Manager: Will Weiske

First Assistant Director: Adam Somner

Second Assistant Director: Trevor Tavares, Ian Stone

Second Second Assistant Director: Dominic Pacitti, Rafael Sanz-Jimenez

Additional Second Assistant Director: Nuekellar Hardy, Chunning Chang, Kit Conners, Kasia Trojak, Tyler Young

RYAN COOGLER

Sinners

Warner Bros

Directorial Team:

Unit Production Manager: Will Greenfield, Kenneth Yu

First Assistant Director: Marvin Williams

Second Assistant Director: Amir R. Khan

Additional Second Assistant Director: Gregg Carr, Desiree Stevenson

GUILLERMO DEL TORO

Frankenstein

Netflix

Directorial Team:

Unit Production Manager: J. Miles Dale

First Assistant Director: Walter Gasparovic

Second Assistant Director: Chad Belair

JOSH SAFDIE

Marty Supreme

A24

Directorial Team:

Unit Production Manager: Anthony Katagas, Joe Guest

First Assistant Director: Jeremy Marks

Second Assistant Director: Zach Citarella

Second Second Assistant Director: Kailyn Dabkowski

Assistant Unit Production Manager: Max Samu, Suk Yi Mar, Samson Jacobson

Location Manager: Matthew Kania, Ross Brodar

CHLOÉ ZHAO

Hamnet

Focus Features

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DISNEY - From EW:  Teagan Croft will play "Rapunzel" and Milo Manheim will play "Flynn Rider" in Disney's live-action version of its 2010 animated hit, "Tangled."

MOVIES - From Variety:  In one of those filmmaker to filmmaker interviews that "Variety" does, Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro tells Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper that he has written 42 screenplays and 13 of them have been produced.

BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro:  The winner of the 1/2 to 1/4/2026 weekend box office is 20th Century Studio's "Avatar: Fire and Ash" with a estimated total of 40 million dollars.

NETFLIX - From IGN:  Sources say that Netflix will allow a 17-day window for Warner Bros. theatrical releases after it obtains the studio.

SCANDAL - From Deadline:  After toppling its leader, Nicolas Maduro, President Trump says that the U.S. (meaning himself) will run Venezuela until...

MUSIC - From Forbes:  Beyonce is now a billionaire, the fifth musician to reach that financial milestone.