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Leave the World Behind: One of the Year’s Darkest Movies with One of the Year’s Funniest Jokes
Thanks to its tense moments and bold ending, the new Netflix thriller packs a punch. Leave the World Behind: One of the Year’s Darkest Movies with One of the Year’s Funniest Jokes Liz Shannon Miller
Marvel Studios Pushing Back Release Dates Of ‘Blade,’ ‘Deadpool 3,’ & Other Films
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Albert L. Ortega / Getty Once again Disney and Marvel Studios are pushing back release dates for some of their most anticipated films for reasons that they’re not explaining just yet. The Verge is reporting that highly-anticipated films like Blade, Fantastic Four, Avengers: Secret Wars and Deadpool 3 are getting new release dates and releasing up to a year later than previously announced. Though it’s been reported that Blade’s director Bassam Tariq left the film for reasons unknown, there isn’t much explanation as to why all the other films are being pushed back as of right now. Could be the scripts need improvement to Marvel’s plan on developing a new special-effects team as the CGI after Avengers: Endgame really fell off something horribly (no shots). B...
Robert Kirkman’s Invincible Is More Than Just Another Superhero Cartoon: Review
The Pitch: Robert Kirkman, the comic book creator behind the monolithic The Walking Dead, also started a long running and much beloved superhero comic books series the same year as the zombie epic. This one, instead, takes a deep dive into the nuanced life of teenager-turned-superhero Mark Grayson. Mark is the son of Nolan and Debbie Grayson, he’s in high school, and riding the waves that most teenagers must endure: relationships, his first job, friendships, and school. The big difference with Mark, however, is that his father is the most powerful superhuman on the entire planet, Omni-Man. So, when Mark begins to develop his own powers, his life suddenly becomes a crash course on balancing his day-to-day and his own superheroics. Things take an even sharper turn, though, when a horrific mu...
Marvel’s Blade Reboot Taps Watchmen Writer For Script
The coronavirus has made everything from before 2020 feel like ancient history, but back in 2019 Marvel announced that they were rebooting Blade with a new film starring Mahershala Ali. There hasn’t been any major developments since its initial announcement, but now Marvel Studios have revealed that Watchmen writer Stacy Osei-Kuffour has been tapped to pen the script. In addition to her role in the Emmy-winning HBO mini-series, Osei-Kuffour earned an Emmy nomination for her writing on Hulu’s Pen15, and she was also a story editor on Amazon Prime’s Hunters and HBO’s Run. According to The Hollywood Reporter, her prestigious position in the vampire-hunting blockbuster was solidified after six months of a “meticulous search” for suitable writers that Ali was directly involved in. Onl...
Nigerian doctor named one of TIME’s Most Influential People in the world
TIME named Nigerian physician Tunji Funsho to the 2020 TIME100, its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The full list and related tributes are available now at time.com/time100, and Mr Funsho’s TIME100 profile is available here. The list, now in its seventeenth year, recognizes the activism, innovation and achievement of the world’s most influential individuals. Mr Funsho, a cardiologist based in Lagos, Nigeria, is the first Rotary member to receive this honour for the organisation’s work to eradicate polio, having played an essential role in ensuring Africa’s certification as wild polio-free in August of 2020. “I’m honored to be recognized by TIME for my part in ensuring that no child in Africa will ever again be paralyzed by wild polio, a disease that once disabl...
Mahershala Ali Lands “Dream Role”, To Play Legendary Boxer Jack Johnson In HBO Series ‘Unruly’
Source: Chelsea Guglielmino / Getty Get the awards ready, Mahershala Ali is coming for all of them. Marvel Studio’s new Blade, Marhershala Ali, will be hopping in the boxing ring and playing the legendary boxer Jack Johnson who was the world’s first Black heavyweight champion. Vulture reports that Ali has signed on to play Johnson in an upcoming HBO limited series called Unruly. Per Vulture: “Based on the Ken Burns documentary Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson and its accompanying book by Geoffrey C. Ward, the series will be written by playwright Dominique Morisseau and produced by Tom Hanks’ production company, Playtone.” This will be the second time Ali will portray Johnson. The actor first played Johnson in the 2000 stage revival of the play The Gr...
