Negromancer News Bits and Bites for the Week of September 13th to 19th, 2015 - Update #16

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NEWS:

From YahooTV:  Kevin Spacey kills it with his Jimmy Stewart impression.

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From Vulture:  Stephen King's "The Mist," which was made into a tragi-comic film in 2007 may return as a television series.

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From DigitalSpy:  Kathryn Bigelow, Catherine Hardwicke and Mimi Leder are on a shortlist to direct a "Tomb Raider" film series reboot.

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From TheVerge:  Citizenfour's Laura Poitras moves on to Julian Assange.

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From TheWrap:  David Oyelowo prefers to work with women directors.

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From TheWrap:  FOX will give a simultaneous worldwide release to the second season opener of "Empire" and the debut of "Scream Queens."

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From DenofGeek:  I have lost track of how many times that I have published news about Warner Bros.' long-planned adaptation of the legendary manga, Akira.  The latest is that the adaptation will be a trilogy (rather than the previously announced two-film adaptation) and that Christopher Nolan will be involved... in some capacity.

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From BoxOfficeMojo:  The winner of the 9/11 to 9/13/2015 weekend box office is "The Perfect Guy" with an estimated take of $26.7 million.  Of course, "The Visit" is a close second with $25.6 million.  Things may change with the release of the final tally on Monday afternoon.

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From ShadowandAct:  An excellent article about the good and the bad of supporting films specifically because they feature Black actors and/or are made by Black filmmakers.

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From Variety:  Seth Rogen talks about his acting process for "Steve Jobs."


COMICS - Films and Titles:

From THR:  The late comic book writer, Bill Finger, contributed much to the creation of Batman (including creating Robin, The Joker, and Catwoman, and naming Gotham).  Apparently, he will receive some kind of credit for his work on the upcoming season of "Gotham" and on the "Batman Vs. Superman" movie.

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From WeGotThisCovered:  See the "Ant-Man" poster for the film's release in China.

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From DigitalSpy:  Bob Hoskins could have been Wolverine.

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From Empire:  Zoe Saldana is ready to kill giants.


REVIEWS:

From Variety:  Variety's Andrew Barker reviews "Pan."


OBITS:

From TheWrap:  Jackie Collins, the best-selling romance novelist and sister of actress Joan Collins, died today, Sat., September 19, 2015, at the age of 77.