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Saturday, August 31, 2024
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from August 25th to 31st, 2024 - UPDATE #12
by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURE NEWS:
MOVIES/BOOKS - From TheNewYorker and RSN: "Remembering a Childhood in the South Bronx" by Al Pacino, an excerpt from his memoir, "Sonny Boy."
MOVIES - From Deadline: The next "Jurassic World" film has a title and some first-look photos. "Jurassic World: Rebirth" is due July 2, 2025.
TELEVISION - From Deadline: "John Wick" franchise director, Chad Stahelski, is developing author Jonathan Maberry's "Joe Ledger" novel series for television.
VENCIE FILM FESTIVAL - From Deadline: In Venice to receive the Venice Film Festival's "Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement Award," Sigourney Weaver talks about her work in the "Alien" and "Avatar" franchises. She looks back at her career and talks about upcoming films.
From Deadline: At the Venice Film Festival 2024, director Tim Burton talks about his new film, "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice," which makes its premiere.
From Deadline: The critics are talking about Beetlejuice Beetlejuice after its Venice Film Festival premiere.
NETFLIX - From Variety: What's coming to Netflix in September 2024? How about "Uglies," which is based on Scott Westerfeld's dystopian novel series, on Sept. 13th.
TELEVISION - From Deadline: Actress Erika Alexander, who starred as "Maxine Shaw" in in the former Fox sitcom, "Living Single," is partnering with "WeScreenplay" to bolster opportunities for underrepresented voices and marginalized people. Alexander and her production partner, Ben Arnon, are working with "WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Labs" to offer a series of workshops, mentorship programs, and writing labs designed to empower writers from diverse backgrounds.
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro: The winner of the 8/23 to 8/25/2024 weekend box office is Disney/Marvel's "Deadpool & Wolverine" with an estimated take of 18.3 million dollars.
From Deadline: "Inside Out 2" becomes the first animated film to cross the one-billion dollar mark in overseas box office. It is currently at 1.003 billion dollars.
From Deadline: The 15th anniversary release of the 2009 animated film, Coraline, is among the top performers at the indie box office.
TELEVISION - From THR: Angela Bassett speaks on why she initially declined the offer to narrate National Geographic's Emmy-nominated documentary miniseries, "Queens." The series examines animal matriarchies from Costa Rica to the Congo.
STREAMING - From Deadline: Chick-Fil-A is developing its on streaming service. It will apparently focus on "family-friendly" unscripted series.
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from July 21st to 31st, 2024 - UPDATE #19
by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURE NEWS:
DISNEY - From Deadline: Layoffs at Disney Entertainment Television have begun with 140 people let go. National Geographic lost 60 employees - 13 percent of its staff.
TELEVISION - From Variety: NBC expects to surpass 1.25 billion dollars in advertising sales from its broadcast of the Paris Olympics. It previously reached 1.25 billion in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
MOVIES - From BBC: The site looks at the "10 best films to watch in August," from Alien Romulus to "The Crow."
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro: The winner of the 7/26 to 7/28/2024 weekend box office is Disney/Marvel Studios' Deadpool & Wolverine with an estimated take of 205 million dollars.
From Variety: Deadpool vs. Wolverine had a 96 million dollar opening day (Fri., July 26th). It's the largest for an R-rated film and the sixth largest of all time.
From THR: Disney/Pixar's "Inside Out 2" has now surpassed Disney's "Frozen II" as the all-time highest grossing animated film at the global box office. It's 1.462 billion dollars passed the "Frozen" sequel's 1.451 billion dollars.
STAR TREK - From Deadline: Akiva Goldsman says that "Star Trek" might be staged as a musical.
AMAZON - From Deadline: Amazon MGM Studios has confirmed that it has hired former Netflix Chairman of Film and former Vice Chairman of Universal, Scott Stuber, to revive the "United Artists" label for them. Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner also tried to revive United Artists about 16 years ago.
STREAMING - From Deadline: Apple Original Films has won the auction for the rights to adapt author Jonathan Tropper's short story, "The Corsair Code." Tropper will adapt the story, which is attached to actor Chris Hemsworth.
TELEVISION - From Variety: AMC and AMC+'s "The Terror" Season 3 rounds out its cast with CCH Pounder, Judith Light, and Stephen Root.
POLITICS - Variety: Hollywood donors feel tremendous enthusiasm for Democratic Presidential candidate, Vice-President Kamala Harris.
From THR: Netflix's Reed donates $7 million dollars to VP Kamala Harris' election campaign.
FILM FESTIVALS - From Deadline: The full lineup of films for the 81st Venice Film Festival have been announced, and among the big names is "Joker: Folie a Deux." The festival runs from August 28th to September 7th, 2024.
From Deadline: The 49th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival announced its full lineup of "Galas 2024" and "Special Presentations 2024," and which amounts to 63 films from 25 countries. Many include films are from celebrated directors and star some of the biggest names in domestic and international cinema. TIFF 2024 runs September 5th to 15th, 2024.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Recent Oscar winner Brendan Fraser ("The Whale") will portray Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower in Working Title and Studiocanal‘s upcoming D-Day movie, "Pressure."
AMAZON - From Deadline: Amazon Prime Video has taken another big leap into the UK film and TV industry by acquiring Bray Film Studios, the 70-year-old studios where "Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" is filmed.
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro: The winner of the 7/19 to 7/21/2024 weekend box office is Universal's "Twisters" with an estimated take of 80.5 million dollars.
POLITICS - From Variety: President Joe Biden has ended his re-election bid.
From TheAtlantic or RSN: Just in cast you'd forgotten J.D. Vance's critique, "Opioid of the Masses," of his now running mate, Donald Trump, here are two sources where you can enjoy it.
MOVIES - From Deadline: 2024 marks the 25th anniversary of the release of "Eyes Wide Shut" (1999), director Stanley Kubrick's final film. The film starred Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, who were married at the time of the film's production and release. Recently, Kidman talked about how Kubrick found inspiration in the marriage for his film.
STREAMING - From Deadline: Paramount+ has cancelled "Halo," its video game adaptation, after two seasons.
Saturday, July 6, 2024
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from July 1st to 6th, 2024 - UPDATE #12
by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURE NEWS:
BOX OFFICE - From Variety: The winner of the July 4th box office is "Despicable Me 4" with an estimated take of 20.4 million dollars.
CELEBRITY - From EW: Famous actor Kevin Bacon disguised himself as a regular person for a day and discovered that, compared to fame, it sucks.
MOVIES - From THR: "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F" director Matt Molloy said he kept turning down offers from super-producer Jerry Bruckheimer until he said yes to the new "Beverly Hills Cop" film.
FILM FESTIVALS - From Deadline: Director Tim Burton's new film, "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice," will open the 81st Venice Film Festival on Aug. 28th. The film is the sequel to his 1988 Oscar-winning hit, "Beetlejuice."
MOVIES - From WorldofReel: Sony teases that more information will come about Quentin Tarantino's 10th and alleged final film. Earlier this year, it was announced that Tarantino had scrapped his plans to make a movie called "The Movie Critic."
NETFLIX - From THR: Netflix has won the rights to "RIP," a thriller from Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's production company. Directed by Joe Carnahan, the film also stars Damon and Affleck.
JAMES BOND - From WorldofReel: Edward Berger ("All Quiet on the Western Front") is the latest name to pop up as a potential director to helm the next James Bond film franchise reboot.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Universal moves tentpole musical, "Wicked" to November 22nd where it will open against Paramount Pictures' "Gladiator II."
BOX OFFICE - From Deadline: Disney/Pixar's "Inside Out 2" has crossed the 1 billion dollar mark (1.014 billion dollars) at the global box office, which is the fastest ever for an animated film.
MOVIES - From Deadline: We are approaching the 50th anniversary of the legendary blockbuster film, Jaws (1975). There are two documentaries about the film, dueling for attention, "Jaws: Making a Splash in Hollywood" and "Jaws @ 50."
OBITS:
From Deadline: American film producer, Jon Landau, has died at the age of 63, Friday, July 5, 2024. Landau was best known for his association with writer-director James Cameron and was the COO of Cameron's Lightstorm Entertainment. Landau shared the "Best Picture" Oscar win with Cameron for the 1997 film, "Titanic." He also received "Best Picture" Oscar nominations for "Avatar" (2009) and "Avatar: The Way of Water" (2022).
From Deadline: American screenwriter and director, Robert Towne, has died at the age of 89, Monday, July 1, 2024. He was best known for his work on the 1975 film, Chinatown," for which he was the "Best Original Screenplay" Oscar. He was also nominated for Academy Awards for his work on "The Last Detail" (1974), "Shampoo" (1976), and "Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan" (1984). He wrote and directed four films, including "Personal Best" (1982) and "Tequila Sunrise" (1988).
From Deadline: American film editor, producer, and director, Bud S. Smith, has died at the age of 88, Sunday, June 23, 2024. He edited or co-edited such films as "The Karate Kid" (1984), "To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), "Darkman" (1990), and "The Replacements" (2000). He shared two Oscar nominations for his editing work on "The Exorcist" (1973) and "Flashdance" (1983).
Sunday, June 30, 2024
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from June 23rd to 30th, 2024 - UPDATE #15
by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURE NEWS:
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro: The winner of the 6/28 to 6/30/2024 weekend box office is Disney/Pixar's "Inside Out 2" with an estimated take of 57.4 million dollars.
MOVIES - From THR: Denis Villeneuve's next film from Warner Bros. will arrive in 2026. It could be the third film in the "Dune" series, "Dune: Messiah."
TELEVISION - From Variety: Actor Jared Padalecki says goodbye to his series, "Walker," on The CW. And he has harsh words for the "cheap" network.
SPORTS - From YahooSports: The Los Angeles Lakers' new coach, JJ Reddick, meets the press.
TELEVISION - From Deadline: The "Harry Potter" television reboot series is taking shape under the guidance of a duo from HBO's hit, "Succession." Francesca Gardiner will write and Mark Mylod will direct the series. The series is due in 2026.
From Deadline: The "Harry Potter" TV series and the "IT" prequel series, "Welcome to Derry," are headed to HBO as part of Warner Bros. Discovery's streaming "rethink."
ACADEMY AWARDS - From Variety: Recent Oscar-nominee, Lily Gladstone, is among 487 people invited to join the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
NETFLIX - From Deadline: Reminiscing about his past with the "Beverly Hills Cop" franchise, actor Judge Reinhold had signed onto the 1984 original film when the project was an action movie with Sylvester Stallone set to star. The film later become a comedy starring Eddie Murphy. The new film, "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F" is due on Netflix July 3rd.
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro: The winner of the 6/21 to 6/23/2024 weekend box office is Disney/Pixar's "Inside Out 2" with an estimated take of 100 million dollars.
From THR: "Inside Out 2's" 100 million dollars in box office is the all-time record for an animated feature film. That is also the seventh-biggest weekend for any film.
REMEMBRANCE - From Jacobin: Apparently, the recently deceased actor, Donald Sutherland, was a man on the political left and he never abandoned those principles.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Jonathan Majors has come in from the cold. He will star in the revenge thriller, "Merciless." The film will be directed by Martin Villeneuve, the younger brother of "Dune" director, Denis Villeneuve.
OBITS:
From Deadline: Actor, musician, and comedian, Martin Mull, has died at the age of 80, Thursday, June 27, 2024. He is best known for roles in such satirical series as "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" and "Fernwood 2 Night" and it continuation, "America 2 Night." He had recurring roles in the former ABC sitcoms, "Rosanne" and "Sabrina the Teenage Witch." He was a lead in the sadly, short-lived Fox comedy, "The Cool Kids." His best known film role may be as "Colonel Mustard" in 1985's "Clue." He as nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for his work on HBO's "Veep."
From Variety: American film and television actor, Bill Cobbs, has died at the age of 90, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. A prolific actor, Cobbs appeared in such films as "The Brother from Another Planet" (1984), "New Jack City" (1991), "The Bodyguard" (1992), "Ghosts of Mississippi" (1996), and "Night at the Museum" (2006), to name a few. A frequent presence on numerous TV series, he appeared on such series as "I'll Fly Away," "The Drew Carey Show," and "Star Trek: Enterprise." He was twice nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for his work on the Canadian children's television series, "Dino Dana," winning the award in 2020.
From Deadline: American television executive, Jamie Kellner, has died at the age of 77, Friday, June 21, 2024. Kellner helped founded two broadcasts networks, the Fox Broadcasting Company (1986), and The WB (1994). Later, he would succeed Ted Turner as head of Turner Broadcasting System (2000). Among the TV series Kellner helped develop were "The Simpsons," "Married... with Children," and "In Living Color" at Fox and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Dawson's Creek" at The WB.
From Deadline: American film and television actor, Spencer Milligan, has died at the age of 86, Thursday, April 18, 2024. He was best known for playing, "Rick Marshall," the father of Will and Holly Marshall, during the first two seasons on the children's live-action, sci-fi TV series, "Land of the Lost" (NBC, 1974-75).
Saturday, June 22, 2024
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from June 16th to 22th, 2024 - UPDATE #15
by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURE NEWS:
STREAMING - From Deadline: Kevin Costner announces that he is not returning for the final season of "Yellowstone."
SPORTS - From TheNewYorkTimes: It's okay, fellow Lakers fans. We do have 18 titles, too.
AMAZON - From THR: Josh Gad will star in and produce with Mel Brooks a sequel to Brooks' "Star Wars" satire film, "Space Balls" (1987). Amazon MGM Studios is behind the project.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Will Smith has joined Sony Pictures and Escape Artists on the sci-fi film, "Resistor." It is based on Daniel Suarez's novel, "Influx."
MOVIES - From Variety: Lionsgate has landed the North American rights to Francis Ford Coppola's divisive new film, "Megalopolis." Lionsgate currently plans a Sept. 27th, 2024 release date.
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro: The winner of the 6/14 to 6/16/2024 weekend box office is Disney/Pixar's "Inside Out 2" with an estimated take of 155 million dollars.
TELEVISION - From Variety: As the final episodes of "Yellowstone," film without him, star Kevin Costner says he would return to the series "under the right circumstances.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Jason Patric has joined the cast of the "Terrifier 3," the sequel to the 2022 hit cult film, "Terrifier 2." Film on the third entry wrapped in NYC last week.
TONY AWARDS - From Deadline: The winners at the 2024 / 77th Annual Tony Awards were announced last night (Sun., Jun 16th). "The Outsiders" wins for "Best Musical."
NETFLIX - From Deadline: Eddie Murphy provides some updates on the fourth "Beverly Hills Cop" film, "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F." Much of it has to do with working with Taylour Paige, who plays Axel Foley's daughter. The film is due July 3rd on Netflix.
MOVIES - From TheNewYorkTimes: There is a chilling reason American audiences might not get to see "The Apprentice," the new movie about Donald Trump (played by Sebastian Stan) and his mentor, the late Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong).
OBITS:
From Deadline: Canadian film and television actor, Donald Sutherland, has died at the age of 88, Thursday, June 20, 2024. His seven-decade film career contains too many great films to name, but among them are M*A*S*H (1970), "Klute" (1971), "Don't Look Now" (1973), "Invasion of the Body Snatcher" (1978), "Ordinary People" (1980), and "The Hunger Game" franchise. He won a Primetime Emmy for his work in the HBO TV movie, "Citizen X" (1995). Some consider Sutherland to be the best actor never to be nominated for an Oscar, but he did receive an "Academy Honor Award" in 2017. Among Sutherland's five children is actor, Kiefer Sutherland.
From Deadline: Keifer Sutherland remembers his father, actor Donald Sutherland, who has died at the age of 88.
From Deadline: Remembering Donald Sutherland, a career in photos
From Deadline: Hollywood reacts to the death of Emmy-winning actor, Donald Sutherland. Among the comments are President Joe Biden, and Oscar-winners, Ron Howard and Michael Douglas.
From Deadline: Donald Sutherland's last major role was as "Judge Isaac Parker" (a.k.a. "the Hanging Judge") on the Paramount+ miniseries, "Lawmen: Bass Reeves." Series executive producer and star, David Oyelowo, talks about working with Sutherland.
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From ESPN: Professional baseball legend and Major League Baseball centerfielder, Willie Mays, has died at the age of 93, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. Known as "the Say Hey Kid," Mays is considered by some to be the greatest all-around baseball of all time. Mays is best known for his time with the New York/San Francisco Giants, with whom he won the 1954 World Series. He was the National League Rookie of the Year (1951) and was a two-time National League Most Valuable Player. Mays finished his career with the New York Meets in 1972 and 1973. Mays also played one season in the Negro Leagues.