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Saturday, April 30, 2016

Negromancer News Bits and Bites from April 24th to 30th, 2016 - Updated #33

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COMICS - From CBR:   See Batman's costume redesign for the comic books.

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MOVIES - From TheWrap:  Director Seth Grahame-Smith has left Warner Bros.'s film, "The Flash," over "creative differences."

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MOVIES - From DarkHorizons:  After nearly killing their lead in a stupid stunt, Fox puts the final "Maze Runner" film, "The Death Cure" on indefinite hold.

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MOVIES - From Variety:  Will Ferrell backs out of playing Reagan.

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TELEVISION - From Variety:  John Krasinski will play the lead in Amazon's "Jack Ryan" series.

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ECO - From RSN:  Bianca Jagger asks, Will the Paris Climate agreement deliver?

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ANIMATION - From Variety:  NBCUniversal to acquire DreamWorks Animation for $3.8 billion. Chris Meledandri, head of Universal’s Illumination Entertainment animation wing, will oversee operations, but the DreamWorks Animation brand will remain intact as an imprint.

From Variety:  Also, is Chris Meledandri the new John Lasseter (the co-founder of Pixar)?

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MOVIES/BOOKS - From TheTrackingBoard:  People fight over publishing and film rights for a YA book , The Final Six, that hasn't even been written.

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MOVIES - From Collider:  New images from "Alien: Covenant" (Alien 5), which has supposedly started filming.

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COMICS - From TheWrap:  Stephen Merchant joins "Wolverine 3.

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MOVIES - From YahooMovies:  Oscar winner Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl) will replace Angelina Jolie as "Lara Croft" in the Tomb Raider film series reboot.

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BLACK LIVES MATTER - From BuzzFlash:  The history of racism and slavery in Washington D.C.

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MOVIES - From Variety:  Will Ferrell to play Ronald Reagan.

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COMICS - From YahooMovies:  Marvel Studios releases a statement defending the casting of Tilda Swinton as "The Ancient One" in "Doctor Strange."  The character was originally a Tibetan-type.  The casting does not bother me.  I'm all for color-blind casting, especially when it's that fine-ass Tilda Swinton.

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MUSIC - From YahooNews:  Laolu Senbanjo, the Nigerian artist who did the body art in Beyonce's new visual album, talks.

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COMICS - From YahooMovies:  Spider-Man takes on The Winter Soldier in new "Captain America: Civil War" clip (#10).

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COMICS - From BleedingCool:  The sexual harassment spotlight on DC Comics/Entertainment continues to grow.

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MOVIES - From Variety:  Our Star wars heroine, Daisy Ridley, to star in a Holocaust drama, "The Lost Wife."

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MOVIES - From CinemaBlend:  Some concept art from "Alien: Covenant" (or Alien 5) reveal the return of a fan favorite character.

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MOVIES - From CinemaBlend:  This deleted scene from "A Nightmare on Elm Street" changes the story.

MOVIES - From CinemaBlend:  Wesley Snipes sighs a two-picture deal with WWE Studios.

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TELEVISION - From TVLine:  See the 200+ crazy cast from the "Twin Peaks" revival.

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MUSIC - From Vulture:  "Lemonade" shows Beyonce the "brilliant filmmaker."

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COMICS - From Vulture:  Nathan Fillion has been cast as "Simon Williams" (sometimes known as "
Wonder Man") in "Guardians of the Galaxy 2."

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BLACK LIVES MATTER - From YahooNews:  Cleveland settles a lawsuit brought against the city by the family of Tamir Rice, a minor killed by city police officers.

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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo:  The winner of the 4/22 to 4/24/2016 weekend box office is "Jungle Book" with an estimated take of $60.8 million.

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LGBT - From NYTimes:  Finding love again, this time with a man - Former Senator Harris Wofford.

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TELEVISION - From TheWrap:  A catch-up guide to "Game of Thrones."

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MUSIC - From ABCNews:  Beyonce has released a new album, "Lemonade," available for streaming on Tidal.

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COMICS - From BleedingCool:  Rich Johnston knew it - Marvel's proposed Inhumans movie was destined to be done away with.

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ECO - From EcoWatch:  Leonardo DiCaprio on the Paris Agreement.

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TRAILER:

From YouTube:  The final trailer for "X-Men Apocalypse."

From YouTube:  A making of featurette concerning Stephen Frears upcoming "Florence Foster Jenkins" starring Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant.



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