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Friday, July 26, 2024
Review: "DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE" Brings the Friends and Family Vibe Back to Marvel
Marvel Studios Negromancer Link-o-Rama 2024 - Update #45
by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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NEWS:
DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE - From Deadline: "Deadpool & Wolverine" grossed 38.5 million dollars in Thursday preview showings, a record for R-rated films and the eighth biggest day ever for previews showings.
From Deadline: The site has a list of all the songs that you'll hear on the "Deadpool & Wolverine" soundtrack.
KEVIN FEIGE - From Deadline: Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige answers five questions for "Deadline."
From THR: Could Robert Downey, Jr. return as Tony Stark/Iron Man return to a Marvel Studios film the way Hugh Jackman has returned as Logan/Wolverine in "Deadpool vs. Wolverine?" Marvel boss Kevin Feige says it could happen.
DAREDEVIL & WOLVERINE - From THR: Ryan Reynolds watched "Deadpool & Wolverine" with his nine-year-old daughter and his late 70-ish mother. And they loved it.
From THR: Actress Emma Corrin says she took inspiration from "Willy Wonka" in order to play villain "Cassandra Nova" in "Deadpool & Wolverine."
FRANCHISE - From Deadline: Marvel Studios Head of TV and Streaming Brad Winderbaum gave updates on several projects: the "Eyes of Wakanda" TV series, "Daredevil: Born Again," "Agatha All Along," and the animated "Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man."
FANTASTIC FOUR - From Deadline: Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige says that the "Fantastic Four" movie will be a period piece "set in a version of the 1960s."
COMIC-CON - From Deadline: Marvel Studios is returning to "Hall H" at San Diego Comic-Con 2024. The convention runs July 25th to 28th.
SHE-HULK - From Deadline: Tatiana Maslany, the star of the Disney+/Marvel Studios series, "She-Hulk," says twerking with twerking with series guest-star, Grammy-winning recording artist, Megan Thee Stallion, was "the greatest moment in my life."
BLADE - From Deadline: Mia Goth apparently has been cast in Marvel Studios' "Blade" film (due Nov. 2025). She addressed the films many delays by saying that they want to make a great movie.
From Deadline: On social media, Wesley Snipes, the original big screen "Blade," is having a laugh at the troubles of Marvel Studios' "Blade" reboot, which is to star Mahershala Ali in the title role. The project has now lost two directors and is on its sixth writer.
From Variety: Yenn Demange has stepped down as director of Marvel Studios' long-in-development "Blade" reboot film. This is the second time a director has departed the project, with Bassam Tariq being the first. Eric Pearson ("Black Widow," "The Fantastic Four") is now also the sixth writer to take a crack at the film's script.
AVENGERS - From Deadline: As Disney/Marvel's "Deadpool & Wolverine" prepares to overwhelm the box office in late July, the film's director, Shawn Levy, is apparently at the top of the list to direct the next "Avengers" movie.
X-MEN - From Deadline: The latest news on Marvel Studios' "X-Men" film is that Michael Lesslie, the writer of "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes" is in negotiations to write the "X-Men" movie.
DEADPOOL/WOLVERINE - From CBR: According to information on the AMC Theaters website, the running time on Marvel's "Deadpool & Wolverine" is 127 minutes (2 hours, 7 minutes). The film is due July 26th.
DAREDEVIL - From Deadline: Actors Charlie Cox (Matt Murdoch/Daredevil) and Vincent D'Onofrio (Wilson Fisk/Kingpin) say that they are very much involved in the creative process of the Disney+ Marvel Studios series, "Daredevil: Born Again." The series now has a target release date of March 2025.
FANTASTIC FOUR - THR: "The Hollywood Reporter" is reporting that actor Ralph Ineson ("Game of Thrones," "The Witch") is in talks to play the character, "Galactus," in Marvel's "Fantastic Four" film.
From Deadline: The site is reporting the Oscar-nominated actor, John Malkovich, has signed onto Marvel's "Fantastic Four" in role that is being kept under wraps.
CAPTAIN AMERICA - From GamesRadar: There is a photographic image of actor Danny Ramirez as the character "Joaquin Torres," making its way around the interwebs. Torres appeared in the Disney+ Marvel Studios series, "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier," and Torres will apparently replace Sam Wilson as "The Falcon," because Wilson takes on the identity of Captain America and will star in "Captain America: Brave New World."
DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE - From Deadline: Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige apparently advised Hugh Jackman against coming back as Wolverine for "Deadpool & Wolverine."
OBITUARY - From Deadline: British art director and production designer, Ray Chan, has died at the age of 56, Tuesday, April 23, 2024. Chan was best known for his work in art direction, production design, and additional photography for Marvel Studios, beginning with "Thor: The Dark World" (2013) to the upcoming "Deadpool & Wolverine" (2024). He was nominated for five Art Directors Guild Awards and won twice.
ANT-MAN - From Variety: Michael Douglas, who plays "Hank Pym" in Marvel Studios' "Ant-Man" movies asked Marvel to kill off his character in "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania." He says he pitched a "fantastic death."
DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE - From Deadline: Director Shawn Levy explains that the next Marvel Studios' film, "Deadpool and Wolverine" is not "Deadpool 3." "This is a two-hander character adventure," he says.
CAPTAIN AMERICA - From EW: The site has the first official photos from "Captain America: Brave New World." There is a first-look of Anthony Mackie as "Sam Wilson/Captain America." There is also a first look at Harrison as "Thaddeus 'Thunderbolt' Ross," the general who is now President of the United States. The film is due Feb. 14, 2025.
IRON MAN - From ComicBook: Recent Oscar-winner Robert Downey, Jr. ("Oppenheimer") says that he is willing to return to his role as "Tony Stark"/"Iron Man." He hints that Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige could have a plan could have a plan and that he says, "Never, ever bet against Kevin Feige."
FANTASTIC FOUR - From Deadline: Sources have told "Deadline" that Emmy-winning actress, Julia Garner (Netflix's "Ozark") has been cast to play the Shalla-Bal version of the "Silver Surfer" in Marvel's upcoming "Fantastic Four" movie.
DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN - From Variety: New set photos have emerged from the Disney+ Marvel Studios series, "Daredevil: Born Again," reveals actor Jon Bernthal as "The Punisher," looking bloodied up.
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY - From Variety: Although she is done (for now) playing "Gamora," actress Zoe Saldana thinks it would be a "huge loss" for Marvel Studios if they didn't bring back the "Guardians of the Galaxy."
BLADE - From ClutchPoints: The latest news on Marvel's "Blade" film is that it starts film this Fall, according to info found on the website, "Production Weekly."
From Variety: Aaron Pierre becomes the latest person to exit Marvel Studios' troubled "Blade" film.
From Vulture: Alejandra Gularte offers, "Everything We Know About Marvel's Long-Delayed 'Blade'"
X-MEN '97 - From THR: Beau DeMayo, the writer-producer who created "X-Men '97," for Disney+/Marvel, has been fired. The series is a continuation of Fox's beloved Saturday morning animated series, "X-Men" (1992-97) and is set for a March 20th debut.
FRANCHISE - From THR: Marvel Studios is "retooling," according to "The Hollywood Reporter." For instance, the fifth Avengers film is no longer entitled, "Avengers: The Kang Chronicles."
IRON MAN - From USAToday: Actor Robert Downy, Jr., who played Tony Stark/Iron Man in several films for Marvel Studios, has won the "Best Supporting Actor" award at the 2024 / 96th Academy Awards. He won for portraying "Lewis Strauss" in director Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer." Fellow Marvel star, Mark Ruffalo, who plays Bruce Banner/The Hulk, was also nominated in the same category for playing "Duncan Wedderburn" in the film, "Poor Things."
From Variety: Actor Robert Downy, Jr., who played Tony Stark/Iron Man in several films for Marvel Studios, has won the "Best Supporting Actor" award at the 2024 BAFTA Film Awards. He won for portraying "Lewis Strauss" in director Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer."
FANTASTIC FOUR - From Deadline: Marvel Studios has announced the cast of its reboot of the "Fantastic Four" franchise. The planned 2025 will star Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards (aka Mr. Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm (aka the Invisible Woman), Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm (aka the Human Torch), and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm (aka the Thing).
DEADPOOL 3 - From YouTube: "Deadpool 3" is now officially "Deadpool & Wolverine," and it has a trailer. The film is due July 26th, 2024.
From Polygon: There are cameos a-plenty in the first "Deadpool & Wolverine" trailer.
THUNDERBOLTS - From THR: According to "The Hollywood Reporter," actor Lewis Pullman (Apple TV+'s "Lessons in Chemistry," Top Gun: Maverick) will play whatever role actor Steven Yeun was supposed to play in the upcoming Marvel film, "Thunderbolts." Yuen exited the film in early January (2024).
DEADPOOL 3 - From Variety: Ryan Reynolds announced via Instagram today (Wed., Jan. 24th) that "Deadpool 3" has wrapped up filming.
GUARDIANS - From ComicBook: "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" earned a "Best Visual Effects" Oscar nomination at the 2024 / 96th Academy Awards. The winners will be announced Sunday, March 10th, 2024.
DEADPOOL 3 - From Deadline: Hugh Jackman has shared a video on Instagram of the workout he is using to get his "Wolverine body" back for his role in "Deadpool 3."
ECHO - From Time: What to know before watching the Disney+ Marvel Studios series, "Echo."
THUNDERBOLTS - From Variety: "Variety.com" says that it can confirm that actor Steven Yeun is no longer involved in Marvel Studios' "Thunderbolts" film. Marvel never officially confirmed that Yeun was in the film, so it is unknown if Yeun's character was dropped or is being rethought.
DEADPOOL 3 - From Deadline: Actor Ryan Reynolds finished 2023 by posting of photo of himself wearing the "Deadpool" costume on Instagram.
AWARDS - From AwardsWatch: The Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild (MUAHS, IATSE Local 706) has announced nominations for the 11th MUAHS Guild Awards. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 received four nominations. The winners will be announced Sunday, February 18, 2024.
KANG - From THR: Marvel Studios has dropped actor Jonathan Majors from its roster of stars after the actor was convicted by a New York City jury of reckless assault in the third degree and also of harassment. Majors had played "Kang the Conqueror" in two seasons of the Disney+ series, "Loki," and in the movie, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
BLACK PANTHER - From ComicBook: Disney+ has announced a new animated series, "Eyes of Wakanda," set in the world of his film, Black Panther. It is scheduled to debut sometime in 2024.
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MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE (MCU):Review: Iron Man (2008)
Review: The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Review: Iron Man 2 (2010)
Review: Thor (2011)
Review: Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
Review: Marvel's The Avengers (2012)
Review: Iron Man 3 (2013)
Review: Thor: The Dark World (2013)
Review: Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
Review: Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Review: Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Review: Ant-Man (2015)
Review: Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Review: Doctor Strange (2016)
Review: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
Review: Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
Review: Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Review: Black Panther (2018)
Review: Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Review: Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
Review: Captain Marvel (2019)
Review: Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Review: Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
Review: Black Widow (2021)
Review: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
Review: Eternals (2021)
Review: Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Review: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
Review: Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
Review: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
Review: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
Review: Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3 (2023)
Review: The Marvels (2023)
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Sunday, July 21, 2024
Review: "LOGAN" is Mournful, Violent, and Hopeful
Monday, December 18, 2023
Marvel Studios Negromancer Link-o-Rama 2023 - Update #60
by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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NEWS:
KANG - From THR: Marvel Studios has dropped actor Jonathan Majors from its roster of stars after the actor was convicted by a New York City jury of reckless assault in the third degree and also of harassment. Majors had played "Kang the Conqueror" in two seasons of the Disney+ series, "Loki," and in the movie, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
BLACK PANTHER - From ComicBook: Disney+ has announced a new animated series, "Eyes of Wakanda," set in the world of his film, Black Panther. It is scheduled to debut sometime in 2024.
THOR - From Variety: Oscar-winner Taika Waititi said that he had not interest in directing "Thor: Ragnarok," but did so because he was poor and had a second child to feed.
AVENGERS - From Deadline: According to the site, Michael Waldron, who created the Disney+ "Loki" series and served as its showrunner for Season 1, has been tapped to write the upcoming film, "Avengers: The Kang Dynasty." Waldron is already penning the sequel, '"Avengers: Secret Wars."
FANTASTIC FOUR - From Deadline: Word is that actor Pedro Pascal will portray Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic in Marvel Studios' planned "Fantastic Four" film.
AVENGERS - From Deadline: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director, Destin Daniel Cretton, is stepping away from the directors chair of "Avengers: The Kang Chronicles." He will continue to oversee the Disney+/Marvel Studios series, "Wonder Man," and will also continue to develop a "Shang-Chi" sequel.
THOR 5 - From Variety: If there is really going to be a "Thor 5," Taika Waititi, who directed the previous two "Thor" films (Thor: Ragnarok and Thor: Love and Thunder), says that he won't be the film's director. He says he is working on other non-Marvel films and is still developing his "Star Wars" films.
THE MARVELS - From BoxOfficePro: "The Marvels" tops the 11/10 to 11/12/2023 weekend box office.
From Here: A review of "The Marvels" by Leroy Douresseaux.
RELEASE DATES - From Deadline: Disney is changing the release dates for Marvel Studios films again. "Deadpool 3" moves to July 26, 2024. "Captain America: Brave New World" moves to February 14, 2025. "Blade" is not scheduled for November 7, 2025.
BLADE - From Deadline: In an interview about his short film, "Dammi," director Yann Demange says that his Marvel Studios' film, "Blade" (starring Mahershala Ali) will be rated "R."
OBIT - From Variety: Movie stuntman, Taraja Ramsess, has died at the age of 41, Tuesday, October 31, 2023. Ramsess and two of his daughters were killed in a car crash on Halloween night. Among his 94 screen credits was stunt work on Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, and Black Panther.
FRANCHISE - From Variety: Crisis at Marvel Studios? Inside the Jonathan Majors/"Kang" scandal and other things exciting the gossipy press.
DAREDEVIL BORN AGAIN - From THR: Screenwriter Dario Scardapane will be the showrunner for Disney+.Marvel Studios' "Daredevil: Born Again." Scardapane will write the remainder of the episodes that will comprise Season One of the series, as well as commit any other writing. "Loki" Season 2 helmers, Justin Benson and Aaron Moorehead, will direct the remaining episodes.
From THR: Marvel Studios is "retooling" its Disney+ series, "Daredevil: Born Again." It is looking for new directors and writers after firing the current staff.
X-MEN - From Deadline: In an exclusive story, "Deadline" is reporting that Marvel Studios will start meeting with writers later this Fall 2023 to hear pitches for the X-Men movie.
DAREDEVIL BORN AGAIN - From Variety: Steven DeKnight, the showrunner for the first season of Netflix/Marvel's "Daredevil" says that Disney is running a scam by renaming the series "Daredevil: Born Again." The scam is that Disney is slightly renaming the series to set contract terms back to the first season." Read to hear his explanation and complaints.
DISNEY+ - From Variety: Disney+ has shifted the release dates of some of its upcoming series due to the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Season 2 of "What If?..." has been delayed. "Echo" and the animated "X-Men '97" have been moved from Nov. 29th to Jan. 2024. The "WandaVision" spinoff, "Agatha," has been moved over year away to Fall 2024.
LABOR - From Variety: A super-majority of Marvel Studios' more than 50-worker visual effects (VFX) crew has voted to unionize, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) announced on Mon., Aug. 7th.
IRON MAN - From CBR: In an interview, "Oppenheimer" director Christopher Nolan calls the casting of Robert Downey, Jr. (who stars in "Oppenheimer") one of the greatest casting decisions ever made.
THE MARVELS - From EW: Marvel Studios' upcoming film, "The Marvels," is the "cover feature" at EW ("Entertainment Weekly), feature an exclusive behind-the-scenes look and new images from the film.
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY - From Deadline: "Guardians of the Galaxy 3" will make its Disney+ debut on August 2nd, 2023.
MS MARVEL - From CBR: The Disney+/Marvel Studios series, "Ms. Marvel," will be the first Marvel Studios series to make it to broadcast television. The series will debut on ABC, Saturday, August 5th, 2023 with three episodes, and the remaining three will debut the following week, Sat. August 12th.
DEADPOOL - From THR: The site is reporting that Jennifer Garner will once again play the role of anti-hero and Marvel Comics assassin, "Elektra," in the upcoming Marvel Studios' film, "Deadpool 3." Garner originally played the role in 20th Century Fox's "Daredevil" (2003) and "Elektra" (2005).
SECRET INVASION - From Polygon: The opening credits scenes for the new Marvel Studios' Disney+ series, "Secret Invasion," used art generated by an artificial intelligence. Yes, AI art is here to stay, but Marvel's move has generated some ill will.
HULK - From Deadline: The rights issues have cleared. The second film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), 2008's "The Incredible Hulk," is now streaming on Disney+.
CAPTAIN AMERICA 4 - From Variety: "Captain America: New World Order" is now "Captain America: Brave New World." Plus, the film has dropped a first-look photo of Harrison Ford and Anthony Mackie ("Captain America") sharing a laugh on the set of the film.
THOR - From Deadline: Irish actor Ray Stevenson, has died at the age of 58, May 22, 2023. He played the character "Volstagg," in Marvel Studios' "Thor" (2011), "Thor: The Dark World" (2013), and "Thor: Ragnarok" (2017). He also played "Frank Castle/The Punisher" in Lionsgate's 2008 Marvel Comics' film, "Punisher: War Zone."
DEADPOOL 3 - From Deadline: Actresses Brianna Hildebrand will return as the character "Negasonic Teenage Warhead" and Shioli Kutsuna will return as Negasonic's girlfriend, Yukio, in Marvel Studios' "Deadpool 3."
LOKI - From Deadline: Marvel Studios' Disney+ series, Loki Season 2, will arrive October 6th. New episodes will arrive weekly.
ECHO - From Deadline: Every episode of Marvel Studios' Disney+ series, "Echo," will drop on November 29th. The series focuses on "Maya Lopez," a deaf Native American superhero.
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY - From Variety: "Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3" opens with a domestic box office gross estimated at 114 million dollars. It added 168 million dollars in 52 international markets for an estimated worldwide total of 282 million dollars.
From GamesRadar: Vin Diesel breaks his silence on his character, Groot's final line in the film. The reason why we (the audience) and new Gamorra could understand that line is that after spending so much time alongside Groot, we can understand him.
From THR: This is an article about, among other things, how Chris Pratt and his "Guardians of the Galaxy" rescued their director James Gunn after his (unjust) firing by Disney.
From Deadline: "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" does 14 million dollars in Thursday night's preview shows.
From The AVClub: What does "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" mean for the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
DAREDEVIL - From CBR: Actor Vincent D'Onofrio says that the Disney+/Marvel Studios series, "Daredevil: Born Again," will not be like Netflix's "Daredevil" series. He says that all he can say is "we are not bored."
VICTORIA ALONSO - From Deadline: Disney has settled with former Marvel Studios VFX chief Victoria Alonso after abruptly firing her in March. The terms are confidential, but the settlement is said to be a multimillion dollar compensation package.
JEREMY RENNER - From People: Actor Jeremy Renner said that during his recovery from serious injuries he sustained due to a Jan 1st snowplow accident, fellow actor Anthony Mackie was at his bedside. Renner and Mackie both starred in the Oscar-winning "The Hurt Locker" (2009) and both are among the Marvel Cinematic Universes biggest stars.
ANT-MAN - From Forbes: Disney reveals that its spent 193.2 million dollars on pre-production and filming of "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania."
CAPTAIN AMERICA - From THR: Liv Tyler, who played "Betty Ross" in Universal Pictures and Marvel Studios' "The Incredible Hulk" (2008), will return as the character in "Captain America: New World Order." Anthony Mackie will headline the film as Sam Wilson/Captain America.
From TheAVClub: Actor Carl Lumbly, who played the super-soldier, "Isaiah Bradley" in the Disney+ series "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" will reprise the role in "Captain America 4," which is currently titled "Captain America: New World Order."
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY - From Deadline: Director James Gunn talks about the runtime of "Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3" (about two and a half hours) and says that not a second of the film is wasted.
EXECUTIVE SUITE - From THR: Victoria Alonso, the president of physical and postproduction, visual effects and animation production at Marvel Studios, has reportedly left the company.
IRONHEART - From GameRant: Iconic voice performer, Cree Summer, who has performed voice roles in numerous animated films and television series, has joined the Disney+/Marvel Studios' series, "Ironheart," in an undisclosed role.
WOLVERINE - From Variety: Hugh Jackman is bulking up to play "Wolverine" again, this time, in the upcoming "Deadpool 3." He is eating 8000 calories a day.
DAREDEVIL - From THR: Actor John Bernthal will return to play Frank Castle/The Punisher in Disney+/Marvel Studios' "Daredevil: Born Again." Bernthal played the character in Season 2 of Marvel/Netflix's "Daredevil" and in his own series, "The Punisher," for two seasons (2017-19).
WAKANDA FOREVER - From Deadline: "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" topped the U.S. streaming charts the week of its debut, 1/30 to 2/5/2023, with 2.3 billion viewing minutes. That is also the third highest debut ever, behind Netflix "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery" and Disney+'s "Hocus Pocus 2."
ANT-MAN/WASP - From Variety: Actor Jonathan Majors, who played "Kang," and screenwriter Jeff Loveness confront the bad reviews that "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" in different ways.
From Deadline: "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" star Evangeline Lilly says she once turned down Hugh Jackman's request that she appear in an "X-Men" film."
THE MARVELS - From THR: "The Marvels" release date has been moved July 28th to Nov. 10th. Disney's "Haunted Mansion" will take the July 28th release date.
KEVIN FEIGE - From EW: Marvel Studios boss, Kevin Feige, gives a wide-ranging interview to "Entertainment Weekly" about Marvel's movies, including discussions on Phase 5, "Kang," and the future of the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe).
OSCARS - From Marvel: "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" has received 5 nominations at the 2023 / 95th Academy Awards. The nominations came in the following categories: "Best Supporting Actress," "Best Costume Design," "Best Original Song," "Best Visual Effects," and "Best Makeup and Hairstyling." The winners will be announced Sunday, March 12, 2023.
DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN - From Deadline: Nikki M. James has joined the cast of the Disney+/Marvel Studios series, "Daredevil: Born Again." Her role is unknown.
ANGELA BASSETT - From Variety: “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” star Angela Bassett made superhero cinema history on Tuesday as the first woman, the first person of color, and the first Marvel Studios actor to be nominated for an Academy Award for their performance in a comic book adaptation.
From Variety: With her "Best Supporting Actress" win for her performance in "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" (as "Queen Ramonda") at the 80th Golden Globes, Angela Bassett becomes the first actor in a Marvel Studios film to win a major acting award. She was part of the cast that won "Best Ensemble" for "Black Panther" at the 2019 SAG Awards.
AGATHA - From Deadline: Kathryn Hahn, the star of the Disney+ "WandaVision" spinoff, "Agatha: Coven of Chaos," hints that there may a song or two in the new series. The series is apparently due this year.
BLACK PANTHER - From Deadline: "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" is among the ten nominees in the category of "Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures" at the 2023 / 34th Annual Producers Guild of America Awards. Winners will be announced Sat., Feb. 25th, 2023.
DON CHEADLE - From Variety: Oscar-nominated actor, Don Cheadle, says in an interview that Marvel Studios gave him two hours to decide if he wanted to join "Iron Man 2" and sign a six-movie contract with them. Cheadle would go on to play James "Rhodey" Rhodes/War Machine in six films.
WAKANDA FOREVER - From THR: "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" cinematographer, Durald Arkapaw, reflects on “one of the most beautiful endings”
TEASERS & TRAILERS:
From Deadline: This is second trailer for "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3," which made it debut during Super Bowl LVII (Feb. 12th). The film debuts May 5th, 2023.
From YouTube: This is the second trailer for "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania," which was released Jan. 9th. The film is due in theaters February 17, 2023.
From YouTube: This is the first trailer for "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania," which is due in theaters February 17, 2023.
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MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE (MCU):
Review: Iron Man (2008)
Review: The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Review: Iron Man 2 (2010)
Review: Thor (2011)
Review: Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
Review: Marvel's The Avengers (2012)
Review: Iron Man 3 (2013)
Review: Thor: The Dark World (2013)
Review: Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
Review: Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Review: Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Review: Ant-Man (2015)
Review: Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Review: Doctor Strange (2016)
Review: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
Review: Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
Review: Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Review: Black Panther (2018)
Review: Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Review: Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
Review: Captain Marvel (2019)
Review: Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Review: Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
Review: Black Widow (2021)
Review: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
Review: Eternals (2021)
Review: Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Review: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
Review: Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
Review: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
Review: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
Review: Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3 (2023)
Review: The Marvels (2023)
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Saturday, December 16, 2017
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from December 10th to 16th, 2017- Update #22
SCANDAL - From RSN: Salma Hayek talks about how both Harvey Weinstein and Donald Trump retaliated against her.
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TELEVISION - From TheWrap: ABC's "Roseanne" revival/reboot to debut March 2018 with an hour-long episode.
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BUSINESS - From Variety: Disney to buy 21st Century Fox in a $52.4 all-stock merger.
From BleedingCool: More on the Disney-Fox deal.
From TheWrap: Hollywood celebrities have fun with Marvel-Fox merger.
From BleedingCool: Disney CEO Bob Iger is not against an R-rated Marvel movie, as Fox has done.
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MOVIES - From YahooHuffPost: Even Will Smith is commenting on dopey Roy Moore's election loss in Alabama on Tuesday, Dec. 12th.
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MUSIC - From YahooMusic: Supremely rare vinyl copies of Prince's "Black Album" have been find.
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MOVIES - From THR: Hotter-than-hot Tiffany Haddish and John Cho join Ike Barinholtz in the satirical thriller, "The Oath."
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MOVIE-TV-AWARDS - From Variety: A full list of 2018 Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations.
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TELEVISION - From Variety: PBS suspends late-night talk show host, Tavis Smiley over sexual misconduct allegations. [Sigh. - Leroy]
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MOVIES - From Variety: Jennifer Lawrence joins the film, "Burial Rites," from director Luca Guadagnino, who is out off his film "Call Me By Your Name."
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COMICS-FILM - From THR: Woody Harrelson joins Tom Hardy in Spider-Man spinoff film, "Venom."
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TELEVISION - From ShadowandAct: Michael Che and Colin Jost have been named co-head writers for venerable variety show, "Saturday Night Live." Che is the first person of color to hold that title on the show.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Jim Broadbent to join Robert Downey, Jr. in "Voyage of Doctor Doolittle."
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COMICS-STREAMING - From TheWrap: Marvel-Netflix's "The Punisher" gets a second season.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Guillermo del Toro has set up at Fox Searchlight to write and direct a remake of 20th Century Fox's 1947 Tyrone Power flick, "Nightmare Alley."
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CULTURE - From HuffPost: " Inside The Voucher Schools That Teach L. Ron Hubbard, But Say They’re Not Scientologist"
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MOVIES - From ThePlaylist: Seth Rogen to play Walter Cronkite in David Gordon Green's film, "Newsflash."
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MOVIES - From Collider: Steven Caple, Jr. will direct "Creed 2" instead of Sylvester Stallone. Stallone will return for the sequel along with stars Michael B. Jordan and Tessa Thompson.
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MOVIE AWARDS - From TheWrap: The 2018 Golden Globe nominations are in...
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COMICS-FILM - From BleedingCool: Even if the Disney-Fox merger happens, it may be too late for us to see Hugh Jackman playing Wolverine in a Marvel Studios movie.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 12/8 to 12/10/2017 weekend box office is Pixar's "Coco" with an estimated take of $18.6 million.
From Variety: "Coco"wins weekend box office while "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" waits in the wings for next weekend.
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MOVIES AWARDS - From Variety: "God's Own Country" wins big at 2017 British Independent Film Awards.
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POLITICS - From RSN: Late night talk show host, Jimmy Kimmel, speaks on Alabama U.S. Senate candidate, Roy Moore, and his "Christian values."
TRAILERS:
From USAToday: The first trailer for the animated film, "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse," featuring the Miles Morales Spider-Man, once known as the "Ultimate Spider-Man."
OBIT:
From ESPN: Tommy Nobis, NFL and college football great, has died at the age of 74, Thursday, December 14, 2017. Playing for the University of Texas Longhorns, Nobis appeared on the covers of "Sports Illustrated" and "Life." He was the first player drafted by the then expansion NFL team, the Atlanta Falcons, in the 1966 NFL draft. After professional football, Nobis co-founded the Tommy Nobis Center to help people with disabilities gets job training.
Saturday, August 5, 2017
Review: "X-Men: Apocalypse" is Garbage
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
Running time: 144 minutes (2 hours, 24 minutes)
MPAA – PG-13 for sequences of violence, action and destruction, brief strong language and some suggestive images
DIRECTOR: Bryan Singer
WRITERS: Simon Kinberg; from a story by Simon Kinberg, Bryan Singer, Michael Dougherty, and Dan Harris
PRODUCERS: Hutch Parker, Simon Kinberg, Lauren Shuler Donner, and Bryan Singer
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Newton Thomas Sigel
EDITORS: Michael Louis Hill and John Ottman
COMPOSER: John Ottman
SUPERHERO/SCI-FI/ACTION/DRAMA
Starring: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Oscar Isaac, Rose Byrne, Evan Peters, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, Lucas Till, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ben Hardy, Alexandra Shipp, Lana Condor, Olivia Munn, Josh Helman, and Stan Lee with Hugh Jackman
X-Men: Apocalypse is a 2016 superhero movie from director Bryan Singer. It is 20th Century Fox’s eighth film based on Marvel Comics’ X-Men comic book franchise. This new movie is a sequel to X-Men: Days of Future Past. In X-Men Apocalypse, the world's first mutant, a world-destroyer, reemerges and begins a plan for human extinction that the X-Men must stop.
X-Men: Apocalypse opens in Ancient Egypt, 3600BC and introduces En Sabah Nur/Apocalypse (Oscar Isaac), the ruler of that land and a supremely powerful mutant believed to be the very first of his kind. He is betrayed by some of his worshipers and is buried alive for centuries. Apocalypse arises in 1983 and is upset to discover what he considers “false gods” to have arisen in his absence. He gathers “four horsemen” and Erik Lensherr/Magneto (Michael Fassbender) is one of the quartet. Apocalypse begins to unleash an extinction level plan to clean the Earth of everything and everyone, so that only the strong survive.
Meanwhile, Charles Xavier/Professor X (James McAvoy) continues to build his educational institute in Westchester County, New York. He is also adding new students, when a former friend, Raven/Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence), returns to warn him of Magneto's new activities. When they learn the extent of Apocalypse's threat, the X-Men are forced to come together to save the world.
Some believe that Superman: The Movie, originally released in 1978, is the beginning of the modern superhero film. Other believe that the current age of superhero movies was spearheaded by Tim Burton's 1989 film, Batman. [Those are good choices, but I believe the current superhero movie rage was born of the surprise (even shocking) success of the 1998 film, Blade. Its success spurred Fox into producing X-Men (2000), which was a hit and which really pushed superhero movie production into overdrive.]
I am starting to believe that the most influential film in the current onslaught of superhero movies is 2012's Marvel's The Avengers. Why? The Avengers' immediate and massive success at the box office was practically unprecedented. It's opening weekend dollar gross set what was at the time a record for North American box office. It's worldwide box office exceeded a billion dollars, and while that was not the first time a superhero movie crossed the billion-dollar mark (which 2008's The Dark Knight did first), I don't think anyone, not Disney, Marvel, box office watchers, or movie fans, expected The Avengers to be so successful in terms of box office – not before its release.
Such surprising success breeds copycats. Superhero movies that are big, even massive, and filled with destruction followed The Avengers. See Warner Bros. The Man of Steel (2013) and Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice (2015). In fact, the latter is Warner Bros. desperate attempt to make an Avengers-like movie featuring characters from DC Comics, which is, like Warner Bros., part of Time Warner.
To me, X-Men: Days of Future Past was trapped between being 2011's X-Men: First Class and Marvel's The Avengers. X-Men: Apocalypse reeks of the desperation to be like The Avengers. 20th Century Fox owns the film rights to Marvel Comics X-Men franchise, and as Fox makes one mediocre and/or financial failure X-Men movie after another, they cannot help but look at Marvel Studios' unprecedented success with the Marvel Comics characters to which it still has film rights. Hell, Fox isn't the only Hollywood studio that wants to be like Marvel.
But the X-Men are not the Avengers. The Avengers are a gathering of loosely connected superheroes who come together to defend Earth – or avenge it. The X-Men can be superheroes, but their story has largely been about a racial minority, known as “Mutants,” that bands together for protection. Their acts of heroism are essentially a defense of the race or species. It is as if the X-Men's heroic actions declare that they can peacefully coexist on this planet with humans, which gives them reason to want to defend it.
X-Men: Apocalypse is just a big action movie. Familiar X-Men themes: fear, racism, bigotry, tribalism, unity, extended families, familial and friendship bonds, etc. are just window dressing for big special effects driven and created set pieces. X-Men: Apocalypse does not take from the wheelhouse of the best X-Men films (such as the first two films in the franchise); instead, it steals from Marvel's The Avengers and even Michael Bay's Transformers movies.
You know what, dear reader? I've taken enough of your time. I hate this movie.
3 of 10
D+
Friday, December 16, 2016
The text is copyright © 2016 Leroy Douresseaux. All Rights Reserved. Contact this site for reprint or syndication rights and fees.
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Friday, June 30, 2017
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from June 25th to 30th, 2017 - Update #30
COMICS-FILM - From TheWrap: Rosario Dawson out and Alice Braga as "Dr. Cecilia Reyes" in Fox's "New Mutants."
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MOVIES - From ShadowandAct: Producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron are developing an HBO biopic about pioneering African-American filmmaker, Oscar Micheaux. Tyler Perry is attached to star as Micheaux.
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POLITICS - From RSN: Pediatrician Mai-Khanh Tran will attempt to unseat a 12-term, U.S. House Republican (and a powerful one at that) next year.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Michelle Rodriguez is ready to leave "The Fast and the Furious" franchise. The actress, who plays Letty Ortiz, wants more opportunities for women in the film series.
From YahooFinance: "The Fate of the Furious" director F. Gary Gray responds to Michelle Rodriguez.
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MOVIES - From YahooMovies: Halle Berry said that her 2002 best actress Oscar win (for 2001's "Monsters Ball") meant nothing for diversity.
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OBIT - From Deadline: The children's author Michael Bond has died at the age of 91, Tuesday, June 27, 2017. Bond was best known as the creator of Paddington Bear. The character first appeared in the 1958 book, "A Bear Called Paddington."
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COMICS-FILM - From ShadowandAct: The return of Marvel Comics character, Blade, to the big or small screen? Someday... says Marvel chief.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Gwendoline Christie (Star Wars' "Captain Phasma") will join Steve Carell in director Robert Zemeckis' still untitled drama.
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OBIT - From Variety: The Swedish actor Michael Nyqvist has died at the age 56, Tuesday, June 27, 2017. He played a rapist in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and the villain "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol."
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MOVIES - From ThePlaylist: Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner, her writing partner from the HBO series, "Girls," are in talks to write the American remake on the hit foreign film, "Toni Erdmann."
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MOVIES - From YahooMovies: Marvel Studios boss, Kevin Feige, empathizes with Lucasfilm over the "young Han Solo" film director shakeup.
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COMICS-FILM - From LATimes: Inside the deal the brought Spider-Man to the Marvel cinematic universe.
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TELEVISION - From ShadowandAct: HBO is developing a TV series from Ray Bradbury's seminal novel, "Fahrenheit 451," with Michael B. Jordan in the lead. Actress Laura Harrier will play the wife of Jordan's character ("Guy Montag").
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CULTURE - From BuzzFlash: How to reverse the demise of the United States.
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TELEVISION - From ScreenDaily: Kevin Bacon says that he is working on a reboot of his cult film, "Tremors," as a TV series for Syfy.
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MOVIES - From TheWrap: Sissy Spacek came to fame and earned an Oscar nomination for her starring role in the film, "Carrie" (1976), adapted from a Stephen King novel. Spacek is returning to the world of Stephen King in Hulu's upcoming series, "Castle Rock."
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MOVIES - From THR: Warner Bros. is developing a sequel to Ben Affleck's hit film, "The Accountant" (2016).
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COMICS-FILM - From YahooMovies: Highlights from the "Spider-Man: Homecoming" press conference.
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COMICS-FILM - From YahooTV: ABC has announced Friday, September 29, 2017 as the premiere date for "Marvel's Inhumans."
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STAR TREK - From Esquire: One of the changes that "Star Trek Discovery" will make to rules established by Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry, is that Starfleet members will be in direct conflict with one another. The first episode of this new series will air in October 2017.
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BLM - From WashPost: A Black off-duty police officer tried to help stop a crime, and a White cop shot him. Once again, the controversy is in the St. Louis area.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 6/23 to 6/25/2017 weekend box office is "Transformers: The Last Knight" with an estimated take of $45.3 million.
From TheWrap: "The Big Sick" and "The Beguiled" open big at indie box office.
From GoldDerby: "Wonder Woman" is now the highest grossing live-action film by a woman director. It's global box office total is at just over $635 million dollars (and counting), which surpasses the the previous record holder, Mamma Mia! (2008), which grossed just under $610 million globally and was directed by Phyllida Lloyd.
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COMICS-FILM - From TheWrap: The upcoming "Spider-Man: Homecoming" is receiving glowing reviews. The film will open nationwide on July 7th, 2017.
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TELEVISION - From Variety: There is another project being adapted for TV from George R.R. Martin, whose fantasy novel series, "A Song of Fire and Ice," became the Emmy-winning, HBO television series, "Game of Thrones." Now, Syfy is developing Martin's novella, "Nightflyers," as a pilot for a TV series.
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POLITICS - From RSN: President Trump and the Congressional Republicans are trying to pass the American Health Care Act (AHCA) or BCRA (Better Care Restoration Act) to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) also known as "Obamacare." President Obama says the AHCA/BCRA will do us harm.
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ECO - From TheNewYorker: The race to solar-power Africa.
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CULTURE - From Newsweek: Most U.S. terrorists are of the right-wing variety, not Muslim.
TRAILERS:
From YouTube: This is the debut trailer for "The Greatest Showman," which stars Hugh Jackman as P.T. Barnum and also features Michelle Williams, Zendaya, and Zac Efron, among others.
Friday, April 7, 2017
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from April 1st to 8th, 2017 - Update #20
TELEVISION - From ScreenDaily: John Ridley gets emotional talking about his series, "Guerilla," for the British broadcaster, Sky."
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SPORTS - From YahooSports: LaVar Ball blames UCLA's NCAA men's basketball tournament loss on 3 slow of foot white guys. His son, Lonzo, plays on that team.
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MOVIE - From SlashFilm: The long talked about "The Legend of Conan" is not happening... maybe someone will consider it again in the future.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Adam McKay is developing a Dick Cheney biopic. Christian Bale, Steve Carell, and Amy Adams are in talks to appear.
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OBIT - From TMZ: Legendary stand-up comic, Don Rickles, has died at the age of 90, Thursday, April 6, 2017. Rickles, an "insult comic," was known as the "king of the zing." Rickles was also an actor with numerous film and TV appearances. R.I.P. Mr. Rickles, I'll always love your humor.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Jeremy Renner and Hannibal Buress are joining Ed Helms in the comedy, "Tag."
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MOVIES - From Variety: Eric Roth, who wrote the screenplay for "Forrest Gump," will write director Denis Villeneuve's "Dune" reboot.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Demian Bichir will headline "The Nun," a spinoff from "The Conjuring 2."
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CELEBRITY - YahooCelebrity: Heath Ledger documentary, "I Am Heath Ledger" says that Ledger wanted fame, but didn't want it when he got it.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Colin Farrell is considering joining Viola Davis in Steve McQueen's "Widows."
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DISNEY - From Variety: There is a live-action remake of Walt Disney's animated classic, "Dumbo," to be directed by Tim Burton. Michael Keaton, who has starred in three films directed by Burton, is in talks to play the villain.
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STAR TREK - From YahooNews: Sonequa Martin-Green ("Sasha" from "The Walking Dead") will play a character on CBS's upcoming "Star Trek: Discovery." The character has finally been revealed as "First Officer Michael Burnham."
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MOVIES - From JoBlo: Arnold Schwarzenegger says he is not finished with "Terminator" franchise.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Steve Carell's Amazon drama, "Beautiful Boys," casts the youngest son.
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POLITICS - From YahooTV: George Takei, LGBTQ activist and "Sulu" on the original "Star Trek," is not running for office. It was a joke.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 3/31 to 4/2/2017 weekend box office is DreamWorks Animation's "The Boss Baby" with an estimated take of $49 million.
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COMICS - From THR: Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo, who had a hit run on the comic book, "Batman," beginning in 2011, are creating a DC Comics event story line for late summer, "Dark Night: Metal." This will be "bigger than Batman."
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COMICS-FILM - From RollingStone: Joss Whedon is directing a "Batgirl" movie.
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CULTURE - From Jacobin: An alternative obituary of plutocrat, David Rockefeller (who recently died at the age of 101) by Erik Wallenberg
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LGBTQ - From Variety: Best Picture Oscar winner, "Moonlight" wins top film honor at GLAAD Media Awards.
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MOVIES - From THR: Zac Efron says that Hugh Jackman saved him from a fire on the set of the upcoming "The Greatest Showman," which is about P.T. Barnum.