Saturday, July 14, 2018

Negromancer News Bits and Bites from July 8th to 14th, 2018 - Update #18

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MOVIES - From THR: Scarlet Johansson drops out of playing trans character after backlash.

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EMMYS - From YahooET:  Sandra Oh becomes the first woman of Asian descent to be nominated in a lead actress category, either comedy or drama, at the Emmys.  She has been nominated for her role in the series, "Killing Eve."  The 70th / 2018 Emmy Award winners will be announced, Monday, Sept. 17th.

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MOVIES - From Variety:  Chadwick Boseman will produce and star in STXfilms  "17 Bridges."

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MOVIES - From DreadCentral:  The bloom has steadily degraded on Neill Blomkamp's rose with each film succeeding his stunning debut, "District 9."  After the cancellation of his "Aliens" revival, Blomkamp is now attached to MGM's "Robocop" revival.

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TELEVISION - From YahooTheWrap:  Angela Kang, the new showrunner for "The Walking Dead" talks about Season 9.

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SCANDAL - From ThePlaylist:  New sexual assault allegations have been levied against French director and filmmaker, Luc Besson.

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CELEBRITY - From TIME:  Sarah Palin apparently got punked by Sacha Baron Cohen in an interview.

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STREAMING - From ShadowandAct:  Ava DuVernay's Netflix 'Central Park Five' Limited Series Casts Michael K. Williams, Vera Farmiga And John Leguizamo

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COMICS-FILM - From SlashFilm:  Joaquin Phoenix apparently has really agreed to play "The Joker" in a film based on the antics of Batman's arch-villain.

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CELEBRITY - From TheWrap:  Shine with Reese Witherspoon.

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DISNEY - From JoBlo:   "Indiana Jones 5" has been moved to 2021.

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COMICS-FILM - From TheWrap:  A source says that Jeremy Renner has joined Blumhouse's film, "Spawn," which will star Jamie Foxx and is being directed by Spawn's creator, Todd McFarlane.

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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo:  The winner of the 7/6 to 7/8/2018 weekend box office was Disney/Marvel Studios' "Ant-Man and the Wasp" with an estimated take of $76 million.

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CELEBRITY - From Variety:  "Wonder Woman" star Gal Gadot visits a children's hospital dressed as Wonder Woman."

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COMICS-FILM - From BleedingCool:  Margot Robbie confirms that the Warner Bros./DC Comics film, "Birds of Prey," starts shooting in January 2018.

OBITS:

From YahooEntertainment:  Nancy Sinatra Sr. has died at the age of 101, Friday, July 13, 2018.  Sinatra was the first of legendary singer/actor, the late Frank Sinatra's four wives.  Nancy gave birth to Frank's three children, Nancy Jr., Frank Jr. (who died in 2016), and Tina.

From THR:  The actor Roger Perry has died at the age of 85, Thursday, July 12, 2018.  Perry was a guest star in the first season episode, "Tomorrow is Yesterday" in the original "Star Trek."  Perry played a 1960s Air Force pilot who finds himself aboard the USS Enterprise.  Discovered by Lucille Ball, Perry appeared as an actor and guest in numerous television series.

From Variety:  Actor, singer, and gay icon, Tab Hunter, has died at the age of 86, Sunday, July 8, 2018.  One of Hollywood's leading men in the 1950s, Hunter appeared in "Damn Yankees" and "Battle Cry."  He had a #1 pop single, "Young Love," in 1957.  In the 1980s, he experienced a career revival after appearing in John Water's film, "Polyester" (1981).  He came out as gay in the biography, "Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star" (2005).

From SeattleTimes:   Former NBA player, Lonnie Shelton, has died at the age of 62, Sunday, July 8, 2018.  Shelton was drafted by the New York Knicks in 1976 out of Oregon State University.  In his first season with the Seattle SuperSonics, Shelton was the starting power forward and enforcer on the Sonics 1978-79 NBA World Championship team.

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