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."

Dolly Parton also received the "Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award," but was unable to attend the ceremony.

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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.

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TELEVISION - From Deadline:  Fox's "Star" and CBS' "Murphy Brown" revival among cancelled TV series.

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MOVIES - From ScreenDaily:  Once upon a time, from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, John McTiernan was one of the hottest directors of big, event films ("Die Hard," "Last Action Hero").  Now, he is teaming with another formerly hot property, Uma Thurman ("Pulp Fiction," "Kill Bill Vols. 1 and 2") for film "Tau Ceti 4."

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TELEVISION - From TheWrap:  The Starz TV series, "Power," which is executive produced by rapper 50 Cent, will end after Season 6, which will be 15-episodes long.

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MOVIES - From TheWrap:  Roland Emmerich, director of "Independence Day" and "2012" is prepping a new sci-fi, disaster movie epic, "Moonfall."

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DISNEY - From Deadline:  The Disney-Fox schedule includes three new "Star Wars" films, four "Avatar" sequels, and more.

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BLM-CULTURE - From YahooLifestyle:  Once again, some Americans prove that they only care about how the Bill of Rights benefits them.   Fuck everybody else's rights, for instance the high school student who produced this painting.

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MOVIES - From Deadline:  David Goyer will write and produce a reboot of the "Hellraiser" movie franchise for Spyglass Media Group.  "Hellraiser" began with Clive Barker's 1988 film of the same name, and Barker based the movie on his own novella, "The Hellbound Heart," which was first published in 1986.

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CELEBRITY - From YahooLifestyle:  In a bit of weirdness, the late Luke Perry ("Beverly Hill, 90210") was buried in a biodegradable mushroom suit, according to his daughter, Sophie Perry.  Perry died after suffering a fatal stroke in March 2019.

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BLM-HISTORY - From YahooGMA:  Herstory Lessons: The inspiring story Dorothy Butler Gilliam of the 1st black female reporter for The Washington Post

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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo:  The winner of the 5/3 to 5/5/2019 weekend box office is "Avengers: Endgame" with an estimated take of $145.8 million.

From Patreon:  My "Avengers: Endgame" review.

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MUSIC - From RollingStone:  On how weed may have saved the life of Grammy-winning recording artist, Willie Nelson, an American musical legend.

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MOVIES - From Variety:  Woody Allen's "A Rainy Day in New York" has found a distributor to release the film in Italy in the fall.  Amazon dumped the film and the rest of its deal with Allen last June (2018).

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LGBTQ - From Variety:  Madonna, Andy Cohen, Don Lemon among honorees at the GLAAD Media Awards.

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FOOD RECALL - From YahooLifestyle:  Tyson is recalling its pre-cooked chicken strips.  Look for the number "P-7221."

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CELEBRITY - From Deadline:  Vince Vaughn escapes jail time in his DUI case stemming from a June 10, 2018 incident.  At a Manhatten Beach police checkpoint, Vaughn refused a sobriety test.

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MOVIES - From Deadline:  There will be a private funeral for Oscar-nominated writer-director John Singleton ("Boyz n the Hood") on Monday, May 6th, 2019.  Singleton died Monday, April 29th after suffering a stroke April 17th.  A statement from his family said that a larger public memorial is being planned.

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MOVIES - From IndieWire:  Fan backlash over the recent trailer for the "Sonic the Hedgehog" film leads the director to promise changes in the film before its November 2019 release.

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MOVIES - From YahooEntertainment:  Starring in "John Wick Chapter 3," Oscar-winning actress, Anjelica Huston ("Prizzi's Honor") gives a killer interview covering topics including her feuds with Oprah and Bill Murray.

From YahooEntertainment:  Another "John Wick Chapter 3" star, Halle Berry, explains what she won't share on Instagram.

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MOVIES - From Deadline:  Quentin Tarantino will screen his upcoming film, "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, which begins May 14th in France.

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STREAMING - From Deadline:  Ron Howard says that Jon Kasdan, one of the writers on "Solo: A Star Wars Story" (which Howard directed), wants to reboot Howard's 1988 film, "Willow" (MGM/Lucasfilm) as a streaming series for Disney+.

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MOVIES - From Deadline:  Amy Pascal, who has been with Sony for 30 years (including a 20-year run as chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment), signs a first-look deal with Universal.

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MOVIES - From TheWrap:  Shailene Woodley to star in the thriller, "Misanthrope."

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MOVIES - From YahooEntertainment:  During the press junket for "John Wick Chapter 3," Halle Berry mentions that she was offered the 1990s action film, "Speed," before the role went to Sandra Bullock.

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STREAMING - From Netflix:  Barack and Michelle Obama’s Initial Netflix Slate Includes Nonfiction Series From "The Big Short" Author

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MOVIES - From NYTimes:  'Avengers: Endgame' Shows Movie Theaters Can Still Be on Top of the World

TRAILERS:

From YouTube:  This is a trailer for "Swamp Thing," for the DC Universe Online streaming service.

From YouTube:  This is the trailer for "Crawl," the Paramount Pictures hurricane/giant alligator action-horror flick due July 2, 2019

OBITS:

From THR:   Oscar-winning screenwriter, Alvin Sargent, has died at the age of 92, Thursday, May 9, 2019.  Sargent won the best adapted screenplay Oscar in 1978 for "Julia" (1977) and in 1981 for "Ordinary People" (1980).  He also worked on several of Sony's "Spider-Man" films.

From ComicBook:  The Samoan-born New Zealand actor Pau Magasiva has died at the age of 38, Saturday, May 11, 2019.  Magasiva was best known to many fans for playing Red Wind Ranger Shane Clarke on the series, "Power Rangers Ninja Storm."  In New Zealand, he was known for appearing on the soap opera, "Shortland Street."

From Variety:  The actor, Peter Mayhew, died at the age of 74, Tuesday, April 30, 2019.  Mayhew is best known for portraying "Chewbacca" in five "Star Wars" films, beginning with the 1977 original film.  Born in England, Mayhew was a naturalized U.S. citizen.

From NFL:  Former NFL player, Gino Marchetti, died Monday, April 29, 2019 at the age of 93.  He spent 13 of his 14 years in the NFL as a defensive end for the Baltimore Colts, where he was a member of two NFL championships (1958, 1959).  He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1972.  Marchetti also served in the U.S. Army during World War II and fought in the "Battle of the Bulge."

2016 Catalina Film Festival Ends with Award Ceremony

2016 Catalina Film Fest Wraps with Honor for Jaime King, Appearances by Roland Emmerich, Patrick Fischler, Catalina Sandino Moreno

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Catalina Film Festival (CFF) wrapped this weekend with a presentation of the Avalon Award to Jaime King, followed by the West Coast premiere of Custody, starring Catalina Sandino Moreno (Maria Full of Grace, American Gothic) in attendance.

    The @CatalinaFilm Fest wrapped with Avalon Award for actress @Jaime_King #CatalinaFilm
   
2016 Catalina Film Festival honorees included:

•     Avalon Award: Jaime King (Sin City, Pearl Harbor, The Pardon)
•     Zorro Del Oro “Golden Fox” Award: Anthony DiBlasi (Director, Beneficiary)
•     Deb Bauer Unsung Hero Award: Pet Fooled accepted by Director/Writer Kohl Harrington and Producer Michael Fossat
•     Legacy Award: Ann Muscat (Catalina Island Conservancy)

Attendees included famed director, Roland Emmerich (The Day After Tomorrow, Independence Day); Patrick Fischler (Beneficiary, Mulholland Drive, Mad Men); Michael Graziadei (Beneficiary, Young and the Restless); Anne Dudek (Beneficiary, Mad Men, House) Patrick Sane (Breaking Bad), Jake Busey (Swing State), and model Matthew Noszka.

Past honorees include Nicolas Cage, Sharon Stone, William H. Macy, Andy Garcia, Mena Suvari, Kate Bosworth, Jon Favreau, Patricia Arquette, F. Gary Gray, Stan Lee, and more.

Filmmaker awards included:

    Best U.S. Narrative Feature: Custody
    Wes Craven Best Horror/Thriller: Burned
    Best U.S. Short: The Operator
    Best Documentary: Between Two Harbors
    Best Animation Short: Hanging
    Best Conservation Film: Joshua Tree: Threatened Wonderland
    Best High School Student Film: Love Unexpected
    Best Advanced Student Film: Front man
    Best International Short: Zaar
    Best International Feature: Interior Night
    Best Screenplay: Stealing Christmas

The competitive fest and film market also featured the Catalina TV and New Media Summit and officially wraps with the annual Catalina Treasure Hunt in L.A., November 5, with $15,000 in prizes including a Simon and Son replica Marilyn Monroe necklace, and Turks & Caicos resort vacation: www.bit.ly/2dnl0yb


About Catalina Film Festival
Catalina Film Festival is an annual celebration of film on the only West Coast resort island. For decades celebrities and filmmakers have flocked to Catalina for inspiration. Clear blue water and coastal breezes provide the perfect backdrop for discovering everything the island has to offer, 26 miles off the coast of Los Angeles. Supported by Catalina Island Chamber of Commerce, CFF benefits the Catalina Island Conservatory. Sponsors include Mercedes Benz, Island Express Helicopters, ALS Limo and Car Service, Catalina Express, Fill R Up Gastro Garage, and The Cafaro Group. www.CatalinaFilm.org Facebook.com/CatalinaFilm.

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Titan Comics Announces "Independence Day" Comic Books

ALL-NEW INDEPENDENCE DAY COMIC BOOK ADVENTURES FROM TITAN AND TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX CONSUMER PRODUCTS
London, UK - Titan Comics is thrilled to announce it has secured the license to publish all-new Independence Day comics from Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products.

In 1996, Independence Day wowed audiences across the world, winning numerous awards, including an Academy Award® for Best Visual Effects and Grammy AwardT® for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television.

Directed by Roland Emmerich, Independence Day Resurgence takes place 20 years after the events of the original film and stars Liam Hemsworth (The Hunger Games) and Jessie Usher (When the Game Stands Tall), along with Independence Day returnees Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Judd Hirsch, and Vivica A. Fox.

Independence Day Resurgence is set to launch in theatres everywhere June 24, 2016.

Titan Comics Independence Day comic series will be a rich psychological prison drama set after the events of the first film.

Steve White, the Titan Comics editor of the forthcoming series described it as "a golden opportunity to segue nicely into next year's blockbuster sequel by taking the mythos of the original and maybe adding a little darkness to it."

To keep up-to-date with news on the Independence Day comics, join Titan Comics on Facebook or follow @ComicsTitan on Twitter. For more information about Titan Comics, visit Titan-Comics.com


About Titan Comics:
Titan Comics offers astounding creator-owned comics and graphic novels from new and world-renowned talent, alongside the world's greatest licensed properties and classic graphic novels remastered from brand-new audiences.

Titan is one of the most successful independent publishing operations in the US, with a recent six-week run at #1 in the New York Times bestseller list.

For more information, visit: www.titan-comics.com

About Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products:
A division of 21st Century Fox and recognized industry leader, Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products licenses and markets properties worldwide on behalf of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Twentieth Century Fox Television and Fox Broadcasting Company, as well as third party lines. The division is aligned with Twentieth Century Fox Television, the flagship studio leading the industry in supplying award-winning and blockbuster primetime television programming and entertainment content.

Connect with Titan Comics:
https://twitter.com/ComicsTitan
https://facebook.com/ComicsTitan
http://titancomics.tumblr.com/
https://www.youtube.com/user/ComicsTitan

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Negromancer News Bits and Bites for the Week of September 20th to 26th, 2015 - Updated #21

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NEWS:

From Hitfix:  Apparently, someone is plotting to remake "The Exorcist."

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From SlashFilm:  Matt Damon reveals more info on his fourth Jason Bourne film (the fifth overall).

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From YahooMovies:  Aaron Sorkin rips into Apple's Tim Cook over the movie, "Steve Jobs."

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From TheWrap:  There is a huge controversy about the "white boy hero" of "Stonewall."  I have mixed feelings about this.  I understand why the filmmakers would feel the need for this character, but I understand why some are angry that the real-life leaders of that event, people of color, are secondary characters.  I guess we need to keep in mind that his is a fictional account of a real-life event.

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From TheWrap:  Sigourney Weaver will be in the "Ghostbusters" reboot.

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From YahooMovies:  As preparations move forward for a second "Men in Black" trilogy, news breaks that Will Smith is unlikely to return.

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From ThePlaylist:  Steven Soderbergh has an intriguing new project, entitled "Mosaic," with Garrett Hedlund and Sharon Stone.

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From YahooNews:  Robert Englund, famous for playing movie monster, Freddie Krueger," believes that a remake of "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3" is being planned.

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From TheWrap:  "Empire" has a second season debut with 16 million viewers.

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From YahooNews:  The title of "Prometheus 1" is Alien: Paradise Lost?

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From TheGuardian:  Leo DiCaprio joins $2.6 trillion fossil fuel divestment movement.

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From THR:  You'd think that after a $1.5 billion grossing seventh installment, Furious 8 would be easy sailing.  But no...

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From BleedingCool:  Clive Barker's "Weaveworld" headed to The CW.

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From ThePlaylist:  Ridley Scott says that it might not be until Prometheus 3 or 4 that the franchise will formally connect to Scott's 1979 film, "Alien."

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From Variety:  Jack Reacher 2's villain might be played by Patrick Heusinger.

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From Deadline:  When Viola Davis won "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama" for "How to Get Away with Murder," she made history by becoming the first African-American woman to win that award.  Two others Black women also won at the 67th Primetime Emmys:  Regina King ("American Crime") and Uzo Aduba ("Orange is the New Black").

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From Deadline:  With its four wins at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards and eight wins at last week's Creative Arts Emmy, "Game of Thrones" set a record with 12 Emmy Award wins in a single year.

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From Deadline:  "Modern Family" had won the "Outstanding Comedy Series" Emmy five years in a row, a feat also achieved by NBC series, "Frasier" in the 1990s.  In fact, no series has won "Outstanding Comedy Series" more than five times.  At the 67th Primetime Emmys, "Veep" won the "Outstanding Comedy Series" Emmy and kept Modern Family from winning a record sixth in that category.

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From BoxOfficeMojo:  "Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials" won the 9/18 to 9/20/2015 weekend box office with an estimated haul of $30.3 million.


COMICS - Books and Films:

From THR:  Ta-Nehisi Coates will apparently write the first 12 issues of Marvel Comics' upcoming "Black Panther" comic book series.  I am not as excited by this news as I thought I'd be. - Leroy


TRAILERS:

From YouTube:  New "Peanuts" trailer (9/21) from 20th Century Fox and Blue Skys.


OBITS:

From Deadline:  Jimmy Olsen has died.  The actor, Jack Larson, who played Olsen in the "The Adventures of Superman" 1950s TV series, died Sunday, September 20, 2015.  Larson was 87.

Negromancer News Bits and Bites from June 21st to 30th, 2015 - Update #20

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NEWS:

From YahooMovies:  Whatever for the first victim in the movie Jaws?

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From BoxOfficeMojo:  The winner of the 6/26 to 6/28/2015 weekend box office is Jurassic World.  With an estimated take of $54.2 million, this is the film's third week at #1.  Inside Out repeats as the #2 film with an estimated haul of $52.1 million.

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From FlickeringMyth:  Yep, "Top Gun 2."

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From CheatSheet:  What is known and unknown about "Star Trek 3."

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From YahooAutos:  Warner Bros. stops licensing the "General Lee" from "The Dukes of Hazzard."

From YahooAutos:  Cooter won't let it go, though.

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From THR:  "Independence Day 2" has an official title - Independence Day Resurgence.

From CinemaBlend:  Why isn't Will Smith in Resurgence.

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From YahooTech:  A William Shatner interview.

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From BoxOfficeMojo:  The winner of the 6/19 to 6/21/2015 weekend box office is Jurassic World with an estimated take of $102 million take.  It's still setting records.  Meanwhile, debuting at number two if Pixar's Inside Out with an estimated take of $91 million.

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From SlashFilm:  New news on various sequels.


COMICS - Films and Books:

From YahooNews:   There is supposedly an on-set therapist for Suicide Squad.

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From ThePlaylist:  Marvel may want Kenneth Branagh, who directed the first Thor film to return for the third film, "Thor: Ragnarok."

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From ThePlaylist:  An interview of Marvel Studio's Kevin Feige.

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From YahooMovies:  Tom Holland is our new Spider-Man.

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From YahooPolitics:  Justice Elena Kagan drops a Spider-Man beat (references) in a Supreme Court ruling involving the web-head.

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From SlashFilm:  Ron Perlman still valiantly trying to make "Hellboy 3" happen.

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From TheVerge:  Beginning this Fall (2015), Miles Morales will be the Marvel Universe's main Spider-Man.


STAR WARS:

From YahooCelebrity:  Jake Lloyd, Anakin Skywalker, in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, was arrested after a high-speed chase.


TRAILERS:

From YouTube:  Official trailer for Hitman: Agent 47 from 20th Century Fox.


OBITS:

From Variety:  The composer James Horner was killed in the crash of a small plane on Monday morning, June 22, 2015.  He won two Oscar for his music for the 1997 best picture Oscar winner, Titanic.  He was one of my favorite composer, and I am sorry to hear of his passing.  Horner was 61.

From EntertainmentWeekly:  The actor Dick Van Patten has died at the age of 86.  His career spanned six decades.  Like many people, I remember him for playing the patriarch of the ABC television series, "Eight is Enough" (1977-81).

Review: "The Day After Tomorrow" is Still Relevant and Entertaining (Happy B'day, Dennis Quaid)

TRASH IN MY EYE No. 83 (of 2004) by Leroy Douresseaux

The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
Running time: 124 minutes (2 hours, 4 minutes)
MPAA – PG-13 for intense situations of peril
DIRECTOR: Roland Emmerich
WRITERS: Jeffrey Nachmanoff and Roland Emmerich; from a story by Roland Emmerich
PRODUCERS: Roland Emmerich and Mark Gordon
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Ueli Steiger (D.o.P.)
EDITOR: David Brenner
COMPOSERS: Harald Kloser and Thomas Wanker
BAFTA winner

ACTION/ADVENTURE/DRAMA/FANTASY/SCI-FI/THRILLER


Starring: Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum, Dash Mihok, Jay O. Sanders, Sela Ward, Austin Nichols, Arjay Smith, Tamlyn Tomita, Ian Holm, Kenneth Welsh, and Perry King

The subject of this movie review is The Day After Tomorrow, the 2004 science fiction and environmental disaster film from director Roland Emmerich (Independence Day). Released by 20th Century Fox, the film is an ensemble drama about people trying to survive a new ice age brought upon by abrupt global warming. The character that is the main focus is a climatologist who is determined to save his son who is trapped in a frozen New York City.

A crack paleoclimatologist, Professor Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid), discovers that the Ice Age is coming back with a vengeance in director Roland  Emmerich’s hip retro cool disaster film, The Day After Tomorrow. Mixing such controversial concepts as the green house effect, global warming, and modern super SFX, the film is truly the movie as roller coaster ride.

After this new Ice Age hits the northern hemisphere with almost unimaginable fury, especially New York City, Hall begins a dangerous track across the frozen face of the northeastern U.S. to reach his son Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal), who is trapped in NYC with a group of fellow students. Meanwhile, the freak weather is tearing half the planet apart.

Although many critics and detractors will cry over the film’s allegedly implausible concept, the important question is always, “Is it good.” Hell, yeah, it’s good. It’s a big, old giant tub of popcorn movie fun. The Day After Tomorrow is also a finely constructed drama and thriller with that just right touch of melodrama that stays one notch below over the top, which is just enough to pull at the old heartstrings. It’s exciting. It’s thrilling. It’s a damn good time at the movies.

Roland Emmerich reaffirms what his film Independence Day hinted – he’s a great movie director. Emmerich does the same thing Martin Scorcese and Steven Spielberg do with a “serious” drama – make the ordinary extraordinary. When it comes to a fun film, The Day After Tomorrow is a keeper.

8 of 10
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NOTES:
2005 BAFTA Awards: 1 win: “Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects” (Karen E. Goulekas, Neil Corbould, Greg Strause, and Remo Balcells)

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