Negromancer News Bits and Bites for the Week of April 19th to 25th, 2015 - Update #20

NEWS:

From TheVulture:  There will be an eighth film in the "Fast & Furious" franchise.

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From SlashFilm:  Denzel Washington's The Equalizer is getting a sequel.

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From YahooMovies:  First photos from Point Break remake.

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From io9:  New "Star Trek" movie may be titled, "Star Trek Beyond."

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From TheWrap:  Emma Stone and Steve Carell will play Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs in a movie about their (in)famous tennis match.

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From Variety:  Meryl Streep has funded a screenwriting lab for women writers over 40.

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From Variety:  For the third weekend in a row, Furious 7, wins the weekend box office.  The seventh entry in the "Fast & Furious" franchise earned an estimated $29.1 million to top the April 17th to 19th, 2015 weekend.

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From TheWrap:  John Ridley won an Oscar for writing 12 Years a Slave and is the creator of the acclaimed ABC series, "American Crime."  Now, he's developing an unnamed Marvel Comics series for ABC.

From TVGuide:  So what is John Ridley working on for Marvel?  Here's some speculation.
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COMICS:

From THR:  Jared Leto's Joker revealed - with tattoos and metal.

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From CinemaBlend:  Phil Lord and Chris Miller, the hot dudes behind the 21 Jump Street movies and The LEGO Movie, are working on an animated Spider-Man film - reported CinemaCon.

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From CinemaBlend:  The search for the next Spider-Man is reportedly down to 5 actors.

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From YahooMovies:  Joss Whedon praises Edgar Wright's "Ant-Man" screenplay.

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From BleedingCool:   Sony email links may have spurred on Spider-Man's inclusion in "Captain America 3."


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From NerdReactor:  New Fantastic Four trailer, now with more Doctor Doom.

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From NerdReactor:  No post-credits seen in Avengers: Age of Ultron... hmm.

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From YahooTV:  Stan Lee throws some shade at DC Comics movies.

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From YouTube:  "Batman v. Superman" trailer.


STAR WARS:

From CheatSheet:  How to get your Star Wars fix before "The Force Awakens."

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From Variety:  The plot of "Star Wars: Rogue One" will apparently focus on a plot to steal the secrets of the Death Star.


TRAILERS:

From YouTube:  20th Century Fox debuts in the new Fantastic Four trailer.


OBITS:

From YahooTV:  The actor Sawyer Sweeten has died.  Sawyer and his twin brother, Sullivan, starred on "Everybody Loves Raymond."  Sawyer played one of the twin brothers, Geoffrey Barone.  Sullivan played Michael.  They were Ray Barone's twin boys.  Sullivan died of a suspected suicide on Thursday, April 23, 2015.

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From the HollywoodReporter:  The actor Ben Powers died April 6, 2015.  Powers, who was 64, played Keith Anderson, the husband of Thelma, on "Good Times," during the show's final season.

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From Variety:  The actor,  Jonathan Crombie, died at the age of 48 on Wednesday, April 15, 2015.  He was known for his role on the Canadian "Anne of Green Gables" miniseries, which was first broadcast in the United States in 1986.