Saturday, August 3, 2019

VIZ Media Announces New Manga and Book Releases for August 2019

VIZ MEDIA ANNOUNCES A PAIR OF NEW PUBLISHING RELEASES FOR AUGUST

MY HERO ACADEMIA: SMASH!! Spin-off Expands The Hit Series, While AUTOMATIC EVE Novel Delivers Steampunk Action

Explore a hilarious take on your favorite heroes and villains from MY HERO ACADEMIA in the comedy spoof MY HERO ACADEMIA: SMASH!! Then, the novel AUTOMATIC EVE joins the Haikasoru imprint’s literary roster and dives into the world of steampunk with an action-driven tale of political intrigue. Both titles will be available to readers next month in print and digital editions.

New Publishing Releases for August:

MY HERO ACADEMIA: SMASH!! By Hirofumi Neda; Original Concept by Kohei Horikoshi MSRP: $9.99 U.S. / $12.99 CAN · Rated ‘T’ for Teens Available August 6th    

The superpowered society of MY HERO ACADEMIA takes a hilarious turn in this reimagining of the best-selling series! Join Midoriya, All Might and all the aspiring heroes of U.A. High, plus memorable villains, in an irreverent take on the main events of the series, complete with funny gags, ridiculous jokes and superpowered humor! Includes bonus illustrations and a message from MY HERO ACADEMIA creator Kohei Horikoshi.

AUTOMATIC EVE By Rokuro Inui MSRP: $16.99 U.S. / $22.99 CAN Available August 20th    

A mighty shogunate ruling the land from Tempu Castle. An imperial line with strict female succession. Caught between these two immense powers, the sprawling city of Tempu is home to many wonders—not least a superhuman technological achievement in the form of a beautiful automaton known as Eve. When a secret that threatens to shake the imperial line intersects with the mystery of Eve’s creation, events are set in motion that soon race toward a shocking conclusion. A new, astonishingly inventive science fantasy masterpiece of historic proportions.

For additional information on anime and manga titles distributed and published by VIZ Media, please visit viz.com.

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Thursday, August 1, 2019

A Negromancer August 2019

Hi, it's August 2019.  Welcome to Negromancer 2.0.  This is the rebirth of Negromancer, the former movie review website as a new movie review and movie news site.

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Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Negromancer News Bits and Bites from July 21st to 31st, 2019 - Update #31

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STAR TREK - From BleedingCool:  Nickelodeon's untitled "Star Trek" CGI-animated series announces its writers' room.

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MOVIES - From YahooEntertainment:  Samantha Morton says that she does not regret working with director Woody Allen.  She received her first Oscar nomination for her role in Allen's 1999 film, "Sweet and Lowdown."

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MOVIES - From Variety:   The screenwriting duo of Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley are in negotiations to direct the “Dungeons & Dragons” movie for Paramount Pictures.

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DISNEY - From YahooNews:  The late actor and Disney Channel child star, Cameron Boyce, died July 6th, 2019.  Today (July 30th), the Los Angeles County coroner's office says Disney actor Cameron Boyce died unexpectedly from epilepsy.

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TELEVISION - From Newsarama:  There is a first teaser for the third "Walking Dead" series that is currently known as "The Walking Dead: New Series."

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DISNEY - From THR:  Thus far, The Walt Disney Company has collected $7.67 billion in global box office in the year 2019.  That is a record, and we aren't even in August 2019.  Disney has collected over $5 billion at the 2019 international box office - a first for a Hollywood studio.  Disney held the previous record, $7.61 billion in global box office in 2016.

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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo:  The winner of the 7/26 to 7/28/2019 weekend box office is "The Lion King" with an estimated 75.5 million dollars.

From Patreon:  Leroy a.k.a. "I Read You's" review of "The Lion King."

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MOVIES - From YahooMovies:  The real and the fake in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood."

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COMICS-FILM - From THR:  Sony is in talks with actor-director Andy Serkis to direct "Venom 2," the sequel to its hit 2018 film, "Venom."

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MOVIES - From Deadline:  Two celebrity couples, actress Gabrielle Union and her husband, NBA superstar and champion, Dwyane Wade and recording artist Ciara and her husband, NFL and Super Bowl champion quarterback, Russell Wilson, are joining to produce a film about the inspiration true story of former NFL player, Vernon Turner.

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COMICS-TELEVISION - From Deadline:  AMC to develop Rob Guillory's acclaimed comic book, "Farmhand" (Image Comics) for television.

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TELEVISION - From TheWrap:  HBO reportedly still considering one or two more "Game of Thrones" spinoff scripts.

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STREAMING - From Deadline:  Showrunner Carlton Cuse and movie writer Jason Fuchs are developing classic science fiction humor novel, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," for the streaming service Hulu.

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MOVIES - From ThePlaylist:  Oscar-winning filmmaker George Miller says he has multiple "Mad Max: Fury Road" sequels in the works.  He is also "cautiously optimistic" that his Tilda Swinton/Idris Elba romance epic, "Three Thousand Years of Longing," will happen.

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FILM FESTIVAL - From Deadline:  The Toronto International Film Festival 2019 will showcase star power with Tom Hanks, Eddie Murphy, and Matt Damon films making their premieres.  Todd Phillips and Joaquin Phoenix's "Joker" film is also set to premiere.

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STREAMING - From Variety:  Markella Kavenagh is in talks to be the first actor cast for Amazon's still-developing "Lord of the Rings" TV series.

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MOVIES - From IndieWire:  Quentin Tarantino says that he is still in talks with Uma Thurman for a "Kill Bill, Vol. 3."  The original films debuted in 2003 and 2004.

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MOVIES-CULTURE - From Medium:  Former police officer, Larry Smith, writes for "Medium" that Clint Eastwood's "Dirty" Harry Callahan was a bad cop and bad at his job - like many movie cops.

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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo:   The winner of the 7/19 to 7/21/2019 weekend box office is "The Lion King" with an estimated take of 185 million dollars - a record opening for the month of July.

From Deadline:  The final gross for the opening weekend of "The Lion King" is 191.8 million dollars.

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SDCC-TELEVISION - From Deadline:  At Comic-Con, The CW's long-running series talks about the upcoming final season, teasing details.

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SDCC-STREAMING - From Deadline:  At Comic-Con 2019, Seth MacFarlane announced that his TV series, "The Orville" is moving from Fox to Hulu for its Season 3 debut, which occur late in 2020.

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SDCC-MOVIES - From THR:  At Comic-Con 2019, Guillermo del Toro talks about trying to keep some of the old way of creating movie visual special effects alive in the film, "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark."  The film arrives in theaters in August 2019.

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SDCC-COMICS - From Polygon:  The winners at the 2019 Will Eisner Awards were announced Friday night (July 19th).  The Eisner Awards are the self-proclaimed most important comic book awards in the U.S.

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STREAMING - From YahooEntertainment:  The story of "Stranger Things," the #NeverEndingChallenge, "A NeverEnding Story," and singer Limahl.

OBITS:

From Variety:  Legendary Broadway director and producer, Harold "Hal" Prince, has died at the age of 91, Wednesday, July 31, 2019.  Prince won 21 Tony Awards (the most for an individual), including eight for directing a musical and 8 for producing a musical.  His Tony Award directing wins including "Cabaret," "Sweeney Todd," and and "Evita."  His producing wins include "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" and "Fiddler on the Roof."

From TheWrap:  Voice actress and Disney Legend, Russi Taylor, has died at the age of 75, Friday, July 26, 2019.  She was the voice of Minnie Mouse for 30 years, beginning in 1986 when she beat out 200 others hoping to land the role.  Taylor also voice several characters on the long-running series, "The Simpsons."  She received the "Disney Legend Award" in 2008.  Alos, Russi's late husband, Wayne Allwine, was the third voice of Mickey Mouse from 1991 until his death in 2009.

From Variety:  The Dutch actor Rutger Hauer died at the age of 75, Friday, July 19, 2019.  Hauer was best known for the role of Roy Batty, the leader of an outlaw band of replicants in "Blade Runner," starring opposite Harrison Ford.  Other memorable films include two 1985 films, "Ladyhawke" and "The Hitcher" and 1986's "The Hitcher."

From BoingBoing:  Writer, journalist, activist, and counterculture figure, Paul Krassner, has died at the age of 87, Sunday, July 21, 2019.  He was one of the founding members of the Yippies.  In the early 1960s, he founded an abortion referral service when abortions were illegal.  He started the satire zine, "The Realist," for which he commissioned cartoonist Wally Wood to draw the "Disneyland Memorial Orgy."

From RollingStone:  American singer and songwriter and New Orleans music legend, Art Neville, has died at the age of 81, Monday, July 23, 2019.  Neville co-founded the funk band, The Meters.  With his brothers, he co-founded "The Neville Brothers."  He won two Grammy Awards, one with his brothers and another as part of a Stevie Ray Vaughn tribute collaboration.

From Deadline:  The actor David Hedison died Thursday, July 18, 2019 at the age of 92.  He was best known for his role on the popular 1960s adventure TV series, "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" (ABC, 1964 to 1968).  He also played James Bond's ally,  CIA agent Felix Leiter, in two films, "Live and Let Die" (1973) and "License to Kill" (1989).


TRAILERS AND VIDEO:

From YahooEntertainment:  Here is the first teaser trailer for Netflix's Martin Scorsese film, "The Irishman," with Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci.  The film is due this fall in select theaters and on Netflix.

From THR:  Presented at Comic-Con 2019, this is a new trailer for "Terminator: Dark Fate." The film is due November 1, 2019.

From THR:  Presented at Comic-Con 2019, this is a new trailer for "Top Gun: Maverick."  The film is due June 26, 2020.

From Newsarama:  Apple TV+ releases the first trailer for its series, "Snoopy in Space."

From Variety:  Disney releases a teaser trailer for the "The King's Man," the prequel to "Kingsman: The Secret Service" (2014) and "Kingsman: The Golden Circle" (2017).  It stars Ralph Fiennes and is due Feb. 14th, 2020.

From EW:  Here is the first trailer for the "Rabid," a remake of the 1977 David Cronenberg film.  The remake, directed by Jen and Sylvia Soska, will premiere at Frightfest in August.

From YouTube:  Here is the first official trailer for director Rian Johnson's whodunit, "Knives Out."


"The Lion King" Races to a Billion at Global Box Office

"The Lion King" Crosses $1 Billion Worldwide

With an estimated $999 million worldwide through yesterday, Disney’s The Lion King will cross the $1 billion mark today in its 19th day of release. Along with Aladdin, it’s the second Disney-branded live-action release to reach the $1 billion threshold this year and the sixth ever to do so, following Alice in Wonderland, Beauty and the Beast, and the second and fourth Pirates of the Caribbean films. It is also The Walt Disney Studios’ fourth billion dollar release this year.

Preceded by a strong debut in China where it earned nearly $100 million in its first week, The Lion King debuted day-and-date globally July 19, 2019, with $446.1 million. Bolstered by an A CinemaScore, the Jon Favreau-directed film opened with $191.8 million domestically, the eighth biggest debut of all time, and continues to be No. 1 at the daily box office earning an estimated $361 million to date. Internationally, The Lion King has earned $638 million, with major markets Japan (August 9) and Italy (August 21) still to open. The film is the second highest release of 2019 in EMEA and is the highest grossing release from Disney Live Action in Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Central America, Trinidad, Uruguay, and Paraguay.

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Tuesday, July 30, 2019

"Aladdin" Crosses the One Billion Dollar Mark in Global Box Office

"Aladdin" Flies to $1 Billion Worldwide

With $999 million through yesterday, Disney’s Aladdin will cross the $1 billion mark. It’s the fifth Disney-branded live-action release to do so alongside Beauty and the Beast, Alice in Wonderland, and the second and fourth Pirates of the Caribbean films. Aladdin is also The Walt Disney Studios’ third film of the year to reach this milestone.

Earning an A CinemaScore and a 94 percent verified audience score on RottenTomatoes, Aladdin has seen robust week-to-week performance throughout its run. It debuted over the four-day Memorial Day weekend with $117 million domestically and has remained in the top 7 over the course of its nine-week run, earning a total of $343 million to date. Internationally, the film has brought in $656 million and continues to draw audiences throughout the world. In Japan, the top international market, Aladdin is about to pass the $100 million mark following on from very strong holds since its opening on June 7. It has also performed strongly in Korea, where it is the No. 4 Western film of all time with $81 million, China with $53 million, the UK with $45 million, and in the Middle East, where it is the highest grossing release of all time in the region.

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Monday, July 29, 2019

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