Negromancer Bits and Bites for the Week of October 12th to 18th, 2014 - Update #17

NEWS:

From CBS:  Maggie Smith received a rare honor from Queen Elizabeth II.  The Oscar-winning actress was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honor, Friday, October 17, 2014.

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From YahooMovies:  Warner Bros. announces DC Comics related movies from 2016 to 2020.

Those 10 DC movies named are:

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice directed by Zack Snyder (2016)
Suicide Squad directed by David Ayer (2016)
Wonder Woman starring Gal Gadot (2017)
Justice League Part One directed by Snyder, with Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill and Amy Adams reprising their roles (2017)
The Flash starring Ezra Miller (2018)
Aquaman starring Jason Momoa (2018)
Shazam (2019)
Justice League Part Two directed by Zack Snyder (2019)
Cyborg starring Ray Fisher (2020)
Green Lantern (2020)

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From Deadline:  Record ratings for debut episode of "The Walking Dead" Season 5.

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From Hitfix:  Dave Bautista, a breakout star in Guardians of the Galaxy, is reportedly set to join the new James Bond film (working under the title "Bond 24"), which is set to start filming in this December.

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From Salon:  A nice interview with one of my favorite actors/comics, Bob Odenkirk.

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From YahooCelebrity:  Larry David responds to Jennifer Lawrence's crush on him.

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From TheWrap:  David Fincher's Gone Girl holds onto the #1 spot for the second week in a row at the weekend box office.  For the weekend of October 10th to 12, 2014, Gone Girl is the top grossing film with an estimated $26 million in sales.

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From YahooMovies:  For its 20th Anniversary, 12 things you didn't know about Kevin Smith's Clerks.


COMIC BOOKS: Comics and Movies:

From The Wrap YahooMovies:  An extra on the set of "Batman Vs. Superman" could be fined $5 million dollars for breaching his confidentiality agreement to reveal that Batman's sidekick, Robin, will be female.

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From TheVerge:  Iron Man is forever, but is Robert Downey, Jr.

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From THR:  a "Batman Lego" movies is in the works.

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From ScreenRant:  Lots of news surrounding "Captain America 3."

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From YahooNews (UK and Ireland):  An article about Jade Pinkett Smith and her role as "Fish Mooney" on the FOX series, "Gotham."

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From YahooGames:  Wonder Woman is a demi-god in "Batman Vs. Superman."

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From Deadline:  From a few weeks back, the heirs of Jack Kirby, the guy who created much of the Marvel Universe of characters, settled their lawsuit against Disney/Marvel

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From CinemaBlend:  More evidence that Spider-Man will join the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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From Deadline and Examiner:  Marvel Comics cancels the Fantastic Four comic book series. Why?

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From Mashable:  A Guardians of the Galaxy cartoon will debut on Disney XD in 2015.


STAR WARS:

From YahooMovies:  The latest Star Wars document dump that MAY reveal possible story points... Or it could be cointelpro shiznit.

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From WebProNews and Mashable:  James Earl Jones will reprise the role of Darth Vader for TV.  On October 26th, ABC will rebroadcast Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion, the hour-long introduction to the Disney XD animated series, "Star Wars Rebels."  There will be a new extra scene for the ABC showing that includes Darth Vader


OBITS:

From InsideMovies:  The body of the actress, Missy Upham, who had been missing for several days, was found by family and friends on Thursday, October 16, 2014.  Upham had recently appeared in the film August: Osage County.


MISC:

From YahooSports:  Blake Griffin's strange tale of his former Los Angeles Clippers' boss, Donald Sterling.

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From YahooHealth:  5 alternatives to Viagra... if you need that.

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From GrindTV:  Photo of the moment a jet breaks the sound carrier.

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From Salon via RSN:  NFL covered up "hundreds and hundreds" of domestic violence cases.