Negromancer News Bits and Bites for May 1st to 9th, 2015 - Update #16

NEWS:

From TheWrap:  First look at three characters from Quentin Tarantino's "Hateful Eight."

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From RollingStone:  Lucasfilm talking about a new Indiana Jones movie.

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From TheWrap:  The winner of the 5/1 to 5/3/2015 box office is Avengers: Age of Ultron with an estimated haul of $187.7 million.  The speculation is that the sequel did not surpass the 2012 film because of the Mayweather-Pacquiao boxing match.

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From YahooTV:  Deadline says big sports weekend could slow down Age of Ultron numbers.

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From Newsweek:  Morgan Freeman on "the terrorism we suffer from the police."


STAR WARS:

From YahooMovies:  A few more details about the un-produced versions of George Lucas' ideas for Star Wars 7, 8, and 9.

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From TheWrap:  Article claims that second Star Wars anthology film will focus on Boba Fett.  The first is "Rogue One," which is due in Dec. 2016.

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From YahooMovies:  The Hollywood Reporter gives details about Josh Trank's departure from Star Wars Anthology film.

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From TheHollywoodReporter:  Josh Tranks will not direct the second Star Wars standalone film.


COMICS - Books and Movies:

From FlickeringMyth:  First promo art from "Captain America: Civil War."

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From YahooMovies:  Photo of the cast of "Suicide Squad" in costume.

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From CinemaBlend:  "Saturday Night Live" offers a fake "Black Widow" romantic-comedy trailer.

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From ScreenRant:  Rumors say that it is down to Asa Butterfield and Tom Holland to be the new Peter Parker/Spider-Man.

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From Variety:  Avengers: Age of Ultron has massive opening Friday.

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From Instagram:  A look at the young actresses who will play Jubilee and Jean Gray in X-Men Apocalypse, via Bryan Singer's Instagram account.

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From YahooGames:  New Fantastic Four character posters.

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From TheVillageVoice:  Amy Nicholson reviews Avengers: Age of Ultron.


TRAILERS:

From YouTube:  From 20th Century Fox, a Mother's Day-theme trailer for the upcoming Peanuts movie.


OBITS:

From TheWrap: The singer and songwriter, Ben E. King, is dead at the age 76.  King is known as the singer and co-writer of one of the most popular songs of all time, "Stand By Me," which was originally recorded in 1960 and first released in 1961.

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From TheWrap:  The actress, Suzanne Crough, has died.  She played "Tracy Partridge" on the 1970s sitcom, "The Partridge Family.  Crough was 52.

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From Vulture:  The author and screenwriter, Michael Blake, has died.  Black wrote the novel, Dances with Wolves, and the screenplay adaptation of Kevin Costner's film adaptation.  Blake won an Oscarn for his screenplay.  Blake was 69.