Negromancer News Bits and Bites from March 9th to 15th, 2025 - UPDATE #8

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

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NEWS:

AWARDS - From Deadline:  The American Cinema Editors announced the winners at the 2025 ACE Eddie Awards.  "Emilia Perez," "Wicked," and "The Wild Robot" won the top awards.

MOVIES - From Deadline:  The Mayor of Miami Beach wants to cancel a theater for showing the Oscar-winning documentary, "No Other Land." The arthouse theater, "O Cinema," is located at Old City Hall, a property owned by Miami Beach. Mayor Steven Meiner wants the city commission to terminate the theater's lease agreement, as well as cancel $40,000 in grants provided to the nonprofit that operates the theater.

DISNEY - From THR:  When it comes to Disney's "Snow White" and its rollout of the film, Disney is just ready to get this over with.

From Variety:  Disney is scaling back the red carpet at the March 15th premiere of its film, "Snow White," due to controversies involving its stars, Rachel Zegler ("Snow White") and Gal Gadot ("Evil Queen").

AMAZON - From Variety:  Barack and Michelle Obama's Higher Ground production company is in talks to produce a biopic about champion professional golfer, Tiger Woods, for Amazon MGM Studios.

NETFLIX - From Deadline:  Netflix is producing a new adaptation of Stephen King's 1981 horror novel, "Cujo," about a rabid (and possible possessed) dog.  The book was first adapted into film in 1983.

BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro:  The winner of the 3/7 to 3/9/2025 Louisiana Comic Con weekend box office is Warner Bros' "Mickey 17" with an estimated take of 19.1 million dollars.

MOVIES - From Deadline:  Actor John Goodman was injured on the UK set of Alejandro Alejandro Inarritu's new film. Goodman received medical treatment and filming will resume next week following Goodman's full recovery.

From Variety:  The next movie in the "Resident Evil" film franchise will be entitled, "Resident Evil."  It will be written and directed by Zach Cregger ("Barbarian").  Sony Pictures will release the film under the "Columbia Pictures" banner on September 18, 2026.