Negromancer New Bits and Bites for the Week of November 9th to 15th, 2014 - Update #20

NEWS:

From YahooCelebrity:  Kirk Cameron says, Cook and sing for Christmas, bitches!  Well, not quite, but here comes more advice from the guy who said that homosexuals are the main problem in the world.

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From Deadline:  Armie Hammer joins actor/director Nate Parker's "The Birth of A Nation," a biopic of Nat Turner, the slave turned rebel in 1831 Virginia.

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From Vulture:  Jennifer Lawrence filmed a cameo for Dumb and Dumber To, this vetoed its inclusion in the film.

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From Eonline:  There will apparently be a sequel to the 1993 cult hit, Hocus Pocus.

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From CBS:  Jennifer Lawrence says she will never sign up for Twitter.

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From Variety:  Starz has ordered a sequel TV series to the original Evil Dead film franchise, entitled "Ash vs. Evil Dead," which will debut with 10 episodes in 2015.

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From THR:  Thank god.  Matt Damon will be back as Jason Bourne in 2016 with Paul Greengrass directing.

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From THR:  Disney's new animated film, Big Hero 6, wins the 11/7  to 11/9/2014 weekend box office with an estimated take of $56.2 million.  Chris Nolan's new film, Interstellar, finishes second with an estimated $50 million gross.

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From TheWrap:  A wrap up of the 2014 Academy's Governors Award, including Harry Belafonte's fiery speech.


COMIC BOOKS:  Movies and Books:

From the Examiner:  "Doctor Strange, say what!" Benedict Cumberbatch knows nothing about it.

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From YahooMovies:  Deadline has an exclusive story that Daniel Bruhl will be the villain in the next "Captain America" movie, which is set for May 2016.

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From THR:  "Game of Thrones" and "Breaking Bad" director, Michelle MacLaren, is top choice to direct Wonder Woman film.

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From YahooMovies:  Spider-Man merchandise is far ahead of other toy franchises, including Batman, in terms of annual gross - $1.3 billion.

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From TheVox:  There is a new (second) "extended" Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer.

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From TotalFilm:  Chris Nolan found Ben Affleck's casting as Batman "thrilling."

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From TheVerge:  More awful Spider-Man movie news - rumors of an Aunt May movie.

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From TheMovieBit:  I found this article from about a month ago that states that Will Smith and Tom Hardy are among the A-listers that Warner Bros. is pursuing for its "Suicide Squad" film.


STAR WARS:

From FlickeringMyth:  See Alex Ross' art for the variant cover of Marvel Comics' Star Wars: Darth Vader #1.

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From IBTimes:  A rumored scene involving Darth Vader...


MOVIE TRAILERS:

From FOX:  New Exodus: Gods & Kings trailer.


OBITS:

From HuffingtonPost:  Big Bank Hank (Henry Jackson), a member of one of the early rap groups, Sugar Hill, gang, died Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at the age of 57 of cancer.

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From Variety:  Carol Ann Susi, the actress who provided the voice of "Mrs. Wolowitz" on CBS' "The Big Bang Theory," died Tuesday, November 11, 2013, in Los Angeles.



MISC:

From Outsports:  The snubbing by the NFL or openly gay football player, Michael Sam.