Author: Maurice Mitchell

The Avengers (2012) – Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) Black Widow is the most popular female character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The highly-trained Russian super-spy first appeared in Iron Man 2 (2010). There have been seven movies with Black Widow Avengers (2012), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), the upcoming Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and the untitled Avengers movie in 2019. But it’s been recently announced that she’s getting her own solo movie. Scarlett Johansson is going to reprise her role as Natalia Romanoff aka Black Widow. But, despite her popularity, there a lot of things even her die-hard…

Here are the top 10 new comic books on January 17, 2018, featuring characters or talent of color. Champions #16 Publisher: Marvel Comics Writer: Mark Waid Artist: Humberto Ramos Cover Artist: Humberto Ramos and Edgar Delgado Summary: CHAMPION FOR A DAY, PART 1 – Following their staggering loss in their adventure with the Avengers, the Champions decide to double down on their mission to make the world a better place – but they know now they can’t do it alone! That’s right – it’s time for a membership drive! On Sale: January 17, 2018 Price: $3.99 Buy Champions 16 on…

Enter for a chance to win an awesome Black Panther movie prize pack! This month, my brother and I are excited to announce our latest contest! Black Panther is one of the hottest movies of the year and tickets are selling out everywhere. You know the Geek Twins love Black Panther! You know the Geek Twins love the Black Panther movie! We’re sharing the love with you! Get a free movie ticket on us! Catch up on the adventures of the Black Panther with a free comic book on us! Film Jackets wants you to head to the movie in…

A Wrinkle in Time (2018) – Director Ava DuVernay, Charles Wallace Murry (Deric McCabe), Meg Murry (Storm Reid) A new behind-the-scenes featurette has been released for Disney’s”A Wrinkle in Time” movie. It features interviews with director Ava DuVernay, Oprah Winfrey, and Mindy Kaling. “It’s a story about a girl they make she’s imperfect she’s all of us she’s in a package that’s much different than most cinematic heroes,” Director Ava DuVernay says about the adaptation of the classic novel. “A black girl with curly hair and glasses. It’s the idea that any of us can be a hero” “I’ve never been part of…

Supergirl (2017) – Supergirl (Melissa Benoist), Martian Manhunter (David Harewood) “Supergirl’s” David Harewood says Martian Manhunter chooses to be Black he because he understands injustice. During the “The Many Shades of Heroism: DC Heroes Through the African American Lens” panel this weekend at DC in D.C. 2018, Supergirl actor David Harewood talked about the importance of black heroes. Harewood, a black actor who plays the shape-shifting alien Martian Manhunter said there’s a powerful reason that he chooses to be a black man. The character of Martian Manhunter, named J’onn J’onzz, first appeared in the story “The Manhunter from Mars” in Detective Comics #225…

Edge of Tomorrow (2014) – Major William Cage (Tom Cruise), Sergeant Rita Vrataski (Emily Blunt) The movie Edge of Tomorrow may be getting a sequel soon. Edge of Tomorrow (also known as “Live. Die. Repeat”) is a movie starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt about a guy getting caught fighting in an alien war over and over again. The story is set in the future when aliens, known as “Mimics”, invade the planet and are decimating the Earth’s defenses. A low-level pencil pusher, played by Cruise, gets killed on an alien battlefield and wakes up every morning to fight and die…

There’s a new featurette focusing on the women of Wakanda. Specifically, it focuses on the warrior women Okoye and Nakia and the fighting group the Dora Milaje. In the Marvel comic books, the Dora Milaje are an all-female group of highly trained bodyguards. You can read all about the Dora Milaje in our post. The clip opens with Chadwick Boseman, who plays Black Panther, saying that as “he is a world leader. That’s a responsibility that other superheroes don’t commonly have. That he has to look out for an entire nation.” Danai Gurira explains who the Dora Milaje are. “The…

The Gifted – Lorna Dane / Polaris (Emma Dumont) One “The Gifted” cast member says Magneto is the “entire reason” for the season finale. In the comics, Lorna is the biological daughter of infamous X-Men villain Magneto the master of magnetism. Although he’s been played by Michael Fassbender and Ian McKellen in the movies, he hasn’t appeared on the show. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Emma Dumont who plays Lorna, aka Polaris, said he’s still impacting the show. “Magneto is the entire reason for the last two episodes. He is it even though he’s never mentioned by name and we never…

Marvel has put out a number of movie posters for the Black Panther movie and they’ve ranged from good to terrible. But one fan managed to capture everything we love about the movie in six posters. Dettrick Maddox aka Mr. Design Junkie created a series of posters featuring the main characters and they’re everything. Not only do they feature the cast looking fierce, they’re all set against the backdrop of the shape of Africa. Hopefully, they can hire this guy to make posters for the inevitable Black Panther 2. For more Black Panther movie news and hype check back with The Geek Twins!…

Here’s a dream crossover: The Punisher and Agent May. Ming-Na Wen posted a photo on her personal Instagram account from “Heroes and Villains Fan Fest” in Portland. She snapped a pic of her meeting Jon Bernthal who plays Frank Castle aka The Punisher in the Netflix series Daredevil and Punisher. Also in the shot is Steven Yeun, who’s best known for playing Glenn on The Walking Dead. She captioned it “Bada** boys and Panda Ming”. While there’s no talk about having the Netflix series crossover with the ABC series everyone can agree it would be awesome. Considering it’s rumored ABC is considered canceling Agents of…

The CW has released promo photos for an upcoming episode of Supergirl that includes our first look at actress Sarah Douglas. Sarah Douglas, 65, played General Zod’s evil Kryptonian companion Ursa in Superman II. It’s great to see her and this makes one more reason to watch this episode! What do you think of the episode? Are you looking forward to seeing Sarah Douglas back with the world of Superman? If you enjoyed this, then please use the buttons below to tell your friends about this post! Follow us! Email | RSS | Twitter | Facebook

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) If Marvel had owned X-Men, then Guardians of the Galaxy might never have happened. Marvel is known for taking calculated risks. One of those is the mostly black cast and crew of Black Panther. Another big gamble was on Guardians of the Galaxy a movie about a talking raccoon and a giant talking tree. It spawned two wildly popular movies but there was a time it was a huge gamble. Director James Gunn responded to a question on Twitter that shows the history of the film. “[Marvel president] Kevin Feige was into the idea of Guardians…

As part of its 10th-anniversary issue on Marvel Studios, Vanity Fair magazine released a set of four covers featuring the cast of Avengers: Infinity War. Now the original photos used for the covers have been uncovered and they’re gorgeous. They feature Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Anthony Mackie as Falcon and more. But in high-res without all that annoying text. Check them out. Pictures like these would make a great wallpaper so you’re welcome. [Via ComicBookMovie.com] What do you think of the covers?

Terminator: Salvation (2009) – John Connor (Christian Bale) With the news of the upcoming Terminator reboot, it’s easy to forget there was supposed to be another reboot. In 2009 Terminator: Salvation was supposed to lay the groundwork for a new trilogy of films set after the nuclear apocalypse known as “Judgement Day”. Christian Bale starred as John Connor who becomes the leader of the resistance against the evil machines of SkyNet. It landed in the box office like a hot brick and the sequel plans died. Recently, Bale was on Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast and admitted he actually turned…

It sounds like Marvel is finally going ahead with a Black Widow solo movie and they may have found a writer! Fans have been clamoring for a Black Widow solo movie since Avengers and they may be getting their wish. Variety is reporting that Marvel is close to hiring Jac Schaeffer to write the script for a movie starring Natasha Romanov aka Black Widow starring Scarlett Johansson. Johansson told Variety in 2016 she’d love to star in a solo movie and even had ideas about how it would work saying she talks about it “with them often”. “I would like for it to happen…

Comic Cover of Secret Warriors #12 by Javier Garron, Israel Silva Here are the top 10 new comics for Jan 08, 2018 featuring characters or talent of color. The Avengers #675 Publisher: Marvel Comics Writer: Mark Waid, Al Ewing, and Jim Zub Artist: Pepe Larraz Summary: “NO SURRENDER Part 1 – AVENGERS goes WEEKLY for the stunning sixteen-part saga that will write the end of an era! The Earth has been STOLEN! The sky burns while mysterious cosmic objects crash down from above, wreaking havoc across the world! The Avengers are the last line of defense between Earth and the…

Warning: Spoilers Ahead One of the most common complaints about “The Last Jedi” is the movie doesn’t give any history of Supreme Leader Snoke, voiced by Andy Serkis. Fans had explored theories that he’s everyone from Darth Plagueis to Mace Windu. But in the movie we learned nothing about him before being cut in half by Kylo Ren. At a Q&A for the BAFTA awards, writer/director Rian Johnson explained why he didn’t explore the character’s backstory. “In this particular story, it’s much more like the original trilogy, where with Snoke if you think about the actual scenes, if suddenly I…

Black Panther (2017) – T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman), Erik Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan) The Black Panther movie is off to a huge start with advanced tickets selling more than other anticipated movies like “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” and “Captain America: Civil War”. While there are no final tracking numbers, Deadline reports that after advanced ticket sales started on Monday it’s already pulling in huge numbers. Fandango reports that the Black Panther movie is sold more presale tickets in its first 24 hours than “Captain America: Civil War” which opened to a huge $176 million in its first weekend in the…

New print shows Rose Tico in classic image.Fans are divided if Rose Tico, played by Kelly Marie Tran, is the best or worst thing to happen to Star Wars. On the one hand she’s the first Asian character to have a starring role. On the other hand people think she’s the most annoying thing since Jar Jar Binks had to smell animal farts.Artist Ines Brandt created a print of Rose in the classic WWII cultural icon “Rosie the Riveter”. Love her or hate her she looks amazing. Head to TicTail and check her prints out.[/Film] What do you think of…

Black Panther (2017) – T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) The latest Black Panther TV Spot has everyone shook. Yesterday, during the CFP National Championship game, Marvel aired the latest TV spot for Black Panther. It also officially started the sale of Black Panther movie tickets. Marvel’s latest film follows King T’Challa aka Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) as he returns to the fictional country of Wakanda to fight a growing threat to his rule. Here’s how people reacted. Anticipation Was High How I’m watching the new Black Panther trailer that will be released during the national title game pic.twitter.com/obY45nEsXG — Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) January…

Star Trek: The Motion Picture – Spock (Leonard Nimoy) Fandoms reaction to the Star Trek: The Motion Picture teaches us a lot about the best and worst of fandom. Fans love extended cuts of movies. Fans love directors cuts to movies. In some cases, it’s because the final product doesn’t meet expectations. In other times fans just like to see what could have been. One recent example is Justice League which is a critical and box office disaster. Fans of director Zack Snyder have been campaigning for the Snyder directors cut to be released by Warner Bros. They even staged…

An Ant-Man actor has seemingly confirmed a sequel to Ant-Man & The Wasp is coming. Ant-Man (2015) wasn’t a huge box office hit. It currently ranks near the bottom of the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) right above The Incredible Hulk (2008). It’s kind of the winner of the losers at Marvel Studios. But, considering it stars a C-rated superhero with a traditionally lame superpower, it did pretty well. But the incredible shrinking superhero Scott Lang aka Ant-Man, played by Paul Rudd, was popular enough that Marvel included him in Captain America: Civil War and the upcoming Avengers: Infinity War, and gave him a…

Krypton (2018) – Dev-Em (Aaron Paul) Syfy has released some photos and a new trailer for the SyFy show “Krypton” ahead of the series premiere in March. Syfy and Warner Horizon Television are producing Krypton, a one-hour drama about Superman’s grandfather set on the fictional planet. David Goyer, who wrote Man of Steel, developed the show and co-writes the first episode. Damian Kindler (Sleepy Hollow) will serve as executive producer and showrunner. The series takes place 200 years before the destruction of the planet and shows Among the new images is the first look at Aaron Pierre as Dev-Em and Rasmus Hardiker…

The first song from the new movie soundtrack Black Panther is out right now and it’s amazing. The Black Panther movie coming out next month marks a number of firsts for Marvel Studios. It’s the first Marvel movie directed by a black filmmaker in Ryan Coogler. It’s the first Marvel movie with a black lead in Chadwick Boseman. It’s the first Marvel film with a primarily black cast. It’s the first time Marvel has featured multiple original recordings created specifically for a film. Now it’s the first time the studio collaborates with an internationally renowned musician to produce and curate its…

Do you remember when the dude that’s marrying Paris Hilton was Spider-Man’s greatest enemy? This week wealthy socialite Paris Hilton, 36, announced her engagement to actor and model Chris Zylka, 32..”I am so excited to be engaged to the love of my life and my best friend,” Hilton tells PEOPLE. “I have never felt so happy, safe and loved. He is perfect for me in every way and showed me that fairytales [sic] really do exist!” That name might not be familiar but his face might. Christopher Michael Settlemire, known professionally as Chris Zylka, is an American actor who’s appeared…

Here are the top 8 new comics for the first week of January 2018 featuring characters or talent of color. A coloring book featuring some of the greatest Black Panther comics of all time is on sale and a very cool independent comic called Noble by Brandon Thomas and Roger Robinson. Check them out! Note: Some links lead to an approved affiliate and small proceeds from the sale go to support the blog. Thank you! Astonishing X-Men #7 Publisher: Marvel Comics Writer: Charles Soule Artist: Phil Noto Cover Artist: Mike Deodato Summary: “ACT II: A MAN CALLED X Part 1…

While Star Wars: The Last Jedi has divided fans it’s a box office hit. This past weekend it pulled in an additional $52.4 million to reach a grand total of $533 million domestically. This beats out the $504 million “Beauty and the Beast” (2017) earned as well as “Wonder Woman’s” $412 million. By comparison, The Force Awakens (2015) made a total of $936 million in the US, so we’ll see if The Last Jedi can top that total when it ends it’s run. The movie also held onto the #1 spot for the third week in a row although the ticket sales did dip 18-21% over…

Some official character bios for the Black Panther movie have been discovered and new information about the characters. Character descriptions for some of the villains and heroes of Black Panther have been found on the official Toys ‘R’ Us website for the movie. Warning: Possible Spoilers! Here are some takeaways from the bios: Erik Killmonger, whose original name is N’Jadaka, becomes an American soldier after leaving Wakanda. He changes his name to the rather bland “Erik Stevens” but gets the nickname “Killmonger” because he likes to kill. Nakia and T’Challa used to date. This is explicitly forbidden by the code of the Dora…

Here’s how to win an official “May the Porgs be With You” T-Shirt from Film Jackets! Update: This contest ended January 5, 2018. Check here for our latest contest! We know you love those cute adorable Porgs from The Last Jedi and now we’re giving you a chance to win an official shirt! a Rafflecopter giveaway Isn’t it cute? Rules and Restrictions Contest runs from December 29, 2017, 12:00 to January 4, 2018, 11:59 P.M. Participation limited to US, UK and CA residents One winner per household One entry is chosen at random from the list of entries Multiple entries available. Enter…

Black Panther #168 cover by Brian Stelfreeze Here are the top 21 new comics released on December 27, 2017, featuring characters or talent of color. This week we’ve got three armored heroes, two Black Panthers, two Storms, and one black Hitler. Good times! Here’s the pull list. Note: Some links lead to an approved affiliate and small proceeds from the sale go to support the blog. Thank you! Agents of PACT #4 Publisher: ChapterHouse Comics Writer: Maggie Alexander and Kalman Andrasofsky Artist: Christopher Johnson, Federica Manfredi, and David Namisato Cover Artist: Bella Rachlin Summary: Kebec makes the ultimate sacrifice to…