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Saturday, October 19, 2024

Negromancer News Bits and Bites from Oct 13th to 19th, 2024 - UPDATE #12

by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

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ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURE NEWS:

MOVIES - From Variety:  The HBO documentary, "Money Electric," tries to answer the questions, "Who invited Bitcoin?"

AMAZON - From Deadline:  The roles of John and Jane Smith will be recast in Season 2 of Amazon Prime's "Mr. and Mrs. Smith."  Rumors have Oscar-and Grammy-winner Billie Eilish in the running to play "Jane Smith."  Donald Glover and Maya Erskine played the couple in Season 1.

MOVIES - From Variety:  In his new autobiography, "Sonny Boy," Al Pacino admits that he starred in movies he didn't relate to for the money.  The Oscar-winner apparently lost 50 million because of his corrupt accountant.

OSCARS - From Deadline:  The search for someone to hosts the 97th Academy Awards ceremony on ABC in 2025.  Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, the stars of Disney/Marvel's "Deadpool & Wolverine," are in the mix.

BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro:  The winner of the 10/11 to 10/13/2024 weekend box office is Cineverse's "Terrifier 3" with an estimated take of 18.3 million dollars.

MOVIES - From Variety:  Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson are set to star in the film, "Song Sung Blue," about a couple who form a Neil Diamond tribute band.  Craig Brewer is set to direct.

MOVIES - From Variety:  Two-time Oscar-winner, Anthony Hopkins, will next star in “Maserati: The Brothers,” an English-language biopic directed by Bobby Moresco about the family behind the "Maserati" brand of high-performance automobile.  Hopkins will play an Italian financier who bankrolls the Maserati brothers.  Italy is known for high-performance automobiles like Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Maserati.

MOVIES - From Variety:  "I, Robot" director, Alex Proyas, believes that Elon Musk copied designs from his film for an array of Tesla-brand vehicles, including the "Cybertruck" and "Robovan."

POLITICS - From RSN:  Grammy-winning recording artist, Neil Young, offers "Why I Love Kamala Harris" at the "Neil Young Archives."

DISNEY - From DeadlineDisney+ bets big on a daily drama, "Return to Las Sabinas," that it originally commissioned for Disney+ Spain.

MOVIES - From Deadline:  Coming off his Western epic, "Horizon," Kevin Costner will produce, co-write, and star in the thriller, "Headhunters."  Steven Holleran will direct.

MOVIES - From THRHenry Cavill has been cast in the live-action "Voltron" movie.  Director Rawson Marshall Thurber (Netflix's "Red Notice") will direct, and the film will begin shooting in Australia this fall.

MOVIES - From KLFY:  The third oldest movie theater in Louisiana, the "Queen Cinema" in Eunice, has new ownership.  Local siblings, the Jordans, have saved this local historic landmark.


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