Negromancer News Bits and Bites for April 26th to 30th, 2015 - Update #8

NEWS:

From Variety:  Andrew Lesnie, the Oscar-winning cinematographer of the Lord of the Ring and The Hobbit films, died of a heart attack on Monday, April 27, 2015.  He was 59.

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From YahooMovies:  Avengers: Age of Ultron makes its international debut with a box office haul of $201.2 million.  Disney had projected $160 to $175 million.

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From Variety:  The winner of the April 24th to 26, 2015 weekend box office is Furious 7 with an estimated box office take of $18.3 million.  Blake Lively's fantasy romance, Age of Adaline, was thought to have a shot at being #1, especially after it won Friday night.  The film finished with an estimated take of $13.4.

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From RollingStone:  Broken Lizard created a hilarious Indiegogo campaign to fund "Super Troopers 2," which was successful.  But you can still donate or get one of the comedy troupe to donate sperm and father a child for you.


COMIC BOOKS:

From FlickeringMyth:  A new look at Ben Affleck as Batman.

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From YahooGames:  The Hollywood Reporter is about to have fun with Warner Bros. DC Comics movies.

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From YahooCelebrity:  Bruce Wayne will no longer be Batman... in the comic books, at least... and for the time being.  There has been "other" Batman at least twice before.

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From TheWrap:  First look at new "Nightcrawler" (Kodi Smit-Mcphee) from X-Men Apocalypse.


STAR WARS:

From ScreenRant:  Daisy Ridley says a few things about "The Force Awakens," plus new characters of her character, Rey.


MISC:

From YahooSports:  Check out Russell Wilson and Coach Bill Belichick checking out Chrissy Teigen.

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From GuaridanUK:  More interesting stuff from Sony hacked emails.