Author: Maurice Mitchell

Warner Bros is feeling a lot like a one-legged man in a butt-kicking contest. Variety is reporting that the studio is sick of Justice League tanking and is making major changes…again. Warner Bros.’ corporate leaders at Time Warner support the moves and are said to be unhappy with the financial performance of “Justice League.” The film was intended to be DC’s answer to Marvel’s “Avengers,” uniting the likes of Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman under the banner of a team of world-saving superheroes. With a budget reported to be as high as $300 million, it represents an expensive bet. After…

Top 10 new comics for Dec 05, 2017 featuring black characters or talent. This week we’ve got the most diverse group of Avengers ever, Miles Morales facing the new Iron Spider, a rare black fantasy comic and two appearances of Storm! Note: If you purchase one of the awesome comics featured below, we may earn a small commission from the retailer. Thank you for your support! Astonishing X-Men #6 Publisher: Marvel Comics Writer: Charles Soule Artist: Michael del Mundo Cover Artist: Michael del Mundo Summary: ACT I: LIFE OF X, Part Six – LIFE OF X CONCLUSION! We are trapped…

Justice League and Thor: Ragnarok are among several superhero and science fiction movies under consideration for an Oscar. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the 20 films selected to move forward in the visual effects category for the 90th Academy Awards. The genre films are listed in alphabetical order below: Alien: Covenant Blade Runner 2049 Ghost in the Shell Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Justice League Kong: Skull Island Life Logan Okja Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales The Shape of Water Spider-Man Homecoming Star Wars: The Last…

We’re down to the wire for Star Wars: The Last Jedi and the excitement is rising. But there’s a new trailer out for the film and it’s amazing. It opens with a brief montage of scenes and quotes from The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi that trace the history of Rey before exploding into all-out battle scenes. in among the clips are some new scenes of the battle on the planet Cantonic and he city Canto Bight and someone leadingCanto Bight Racehorses called Fathiers through a window into Casino City. It sure looks like Finn riding a Crystal Fox…

The Totally Awesome Hulk #15 (2015) by Stonehouse – Shang Chi, Amadeus Cho, Silk, Ms. Marvel Here are the ten greatest Asian Marvel superheroes of all-time. Marvel comics has a ton of great Asian characters and they need to use them now. Marvel is having a hard time portraying Asian characters. There’s the debacle of Iron Fist which pushed yet another white-person-saves-the-Asians trope known as “White Savior”. Then, there’s the controversial decision to change the “Ancient One” in Doctor Strange from an old Asian man to a Celtic white woman. Both could have worked out, but Marvel dropped the ball. They’ve had…

Suicide Squad (2016) – Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) Margot Robbie says there’s a completely separate solo Harley Quinn movie coming. They’re so sure that people love the Joker sidekick and sometimes girlfriend that they’ve made the decision to produce not one. Not two. Not even three. But four separate movies featuring Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn. She told MTV that she’s been working on a separate spin-off of Harley Quinn for two years. She says it’s “totally separate” from the Harley Joker and Gotham City Sirens movies. “I’m not sure what’s going to happen,” Robbie told MTV “But everyone’s keen…

A new International poster for the Black Panther movie is out. It shows the iconic scene from the film where Black Panther, played by Chadwick Boseman is on the roof of a car in South Korea. It’s for the Japanese release of Black Panther scheduled March 1, 2018. The car chase takes place in Busan’s scenic Gwangalli Beach area. ABOUT BLACK PANTHER (2018) Official Synopsis: “After the events of Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War, King T’Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country’s new leader. However, T’Challa soon finds that he is challenged…

Here are the top 10 new comics on November 29, 2017, featuring black characters or talent. This week we’ve got black Jedi, a self-published black comic and the first comic book based on the popular CBS Star Trek show with a black first officer. America #9 America #9 cover by Joe Quinones Publisher: Marvel Comics Writer: Gabby Rivera Artist: Flaviano Armentaro Cover Artist: Joe Quinones Summary: EXTERMINATRIX, Part 2 – Sotomayor University falls to Exterminatrix! Just what does the domineering dean have planned for America’s home base? With America in lockup, it’s up to Prodigy to find out! But only if…

The new trailer for Avengers: Infinity War is here and it’s glorious. Here are the greatest moments Thanos is Having Fun Thanos shows up and says, “Fun isn’t really something one considers when balancing the universe. But this does put a smile on my face.” Hulk-Buster Will the Hulk-Buster armor used in Captain America: Civil War be Thanos-Buster armor now? The Beard Since we last saw Steve Rogers he’s grown an epic beard. Just look at it! It’s a thing of beauty Get That Man a Sheild Captain America gave up his shield in Civil War and looks like Shuri is…

See the cast of Avengers: Infinity War on these hi-res Vanity Fair magazine covers. As part of their article “Secrets of the Marvel Universe” covering Kevin Feige and the rise of Marvel Studios, Vanity Fair released a series of covers that celebrate the upcoming Marvel team-up movie Avengers: Infinity War. The looks are familiar with a few differences. Vanity Fair 2017 Marvel Cover 1 – Falcon (Anthony Mackie), Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Thor (Chris Hemsworth) Scarlett Johannson sports her new blond look for Scarlet Widow instead of red hair. Chris Hemsworth shows off a Thor…

Black Panther #167 variant cover Here are the top 8 new comics for November 22, 2017 featuring characters or talent of color. This week’s comics features Black Panther fighting against his greatest enemy Klaw, Luke Cage is in prison, Riri Williams continues her search for Tony Stark and Lunella Lafayette brings together the Fantastic…Three? Note: If you purchase one of the amazing comics featured below, we may earn a small commission from the retailer. Thank you for your support! Black Panther #167 Black Panther #167 cover by Brian Stelfreeze Writer: Ta-Nehisi Coates Artist: Leonard Kirk Cover Artist: Brian Stelfreeze Summary: “KLAW STANDS…

I’ve written before about how ridiculous it is to omit Lando Calrissian, played to perfection by Billy Dee Williams, but the shame continues. Writer-director Rian Johnson confirmed that Star Wars still can’t find a place in the new movies. He didn’t want “fans to get their hopes up” that Williams would have a cameo. “He’s not in the film and it was never really something that came up, Johnson told Entertainment Weekly. “I mean, I loved that character. It would have been fun to see him, but it’s just not something that ever really had a place in the story.”…

Idris Elba as Batman Read on to find out why casting a black man as Batman makes perfect sense. After months of speculation, it’s confirmed that Ben Affleck is planning to leave Batman. He told USA Today “You don’t do it forever, so I want to find a graceful and cool way to segue out of it.” Matt Reeves has reportedly already started lining up actors to play Batman in his solo movie The Batman including Jake Gyllenhaal. While Gyllenhaal is a fine actor this is a chance to do something big. Something that could redefine the entire DC movie…

A Wrinkle In Time (2018) – Mrs. Which (Oprah Winfrey) Watch the mind-blowing new trailer for A Wrinkle in Time (2018). Yesterday, during the American Music Awards, Disney released the trailer for Ava Duvernay’s A Wrinkle in Time. Based on the classic book by Madeleine L’Engle it follows three children through space and time as they search for Meg’s (Storm Reid) long lost father (Chris Pine). The trailer shows just how gorgeous the movie is with sweeping scenes and sprawling worlds. This was one of my favorite books as a kid, so I’ll really excited for this movie. About A…

Black Panther (2017) A new International Black Panther trailer made its way onto the internet and it seems to show where Erik Killmonger gets his amazing suit. The trailer is mostly made up of clips we’ve seen before with a few clips from other movies like Avengers. It also has a new scene with Black Panther, played by Chadwick Boseman, fighting some soldiers in the jungle. The villainous Erik Killmonger, played by Michael B. Jordan, also cryptically says he wants “the phone throne”. But one part stands out. The trailer also gives us a longer view of the scene where Shuri, played…

Black Panther (2017) – Okeyo (Danai Gurira), Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o) and Ayo (Florence Kasumba) Why does Okoye wear a sleeveless dress? Ruth E. Carter tells a wonderful story that shows how quickly things can and need to change in the costume department. She tells about when they were getting ready to film one of the final scenes in the movie at the United Nations. It was shot nearly on the first day. Gurira plays Okoye, the head of the Dora Milaje. She says that arrived on-set that morning and was called to Danai Gurira’s trailer.When I arrived. Danai is surrounded…

Is Justice League (2017) good? Don’t ask Rotten Tomatoes. Love it or hate it Rotten Tomatoes has been a dominant force in the movie industry. Think how many times you’ve seen movie posters or commercials touting it’s highest rating of “Certified Fresh”. But for all the love it’s spelled doom for some movies as a bad rating will be yelled by every movie review or entertainment news site. Recently the company has been trying to aggressively position itself as an entertainment site and not just a place to see a rotten tomato. One of the ways they’re doing this is…

Here are the new comics coming tomorrow you may want to pick up! Every week I try and highlight comic books you may not know about that feature characters of color or are produced by writers or artists of color. Alien Bounty Hunter #2 Writer: Adrian Wassel Artist: Nick Robles Cover Artist: Summary: “Out of options, Madsen descends into the city of Lustrum, deep beneath the Alaskan tundra. First up: Find his contact, Chris Cancel. Or make enough noise that Cancel finds him. Next: Find his perp. Cancel has a plan. All they have to do is free a friend…

Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) IMAX Poster We are now one month away from the domestic theatrical release of Walt Disney’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi. The marketing team is in full gear and IMAX has released a new movie poster. It doesn’t feature any new images of the characters. It features a large view of Mark Hamill, 65, Luke Skywalker in his “Old Man” robe. Adam Driver, 33, shows off his wicked scar while holding his Kylo Ren helmet. Carrie Fisher is looking regal as General Organa in her robe. Poe Domeran is looking pensive and downcast. John…

Disney chairman-CEO Bob Iger Disney is starting a new Star Wars trilogy, letting Netflix keep the Marvel shows, and producing one of their own. On Thursday, during Disney’s quarterly earnings call they made several interesting announcements. While it’s been hinted at for a while, Disney has confirmed that after Star Wars: Episode IX in 2019 there will be a new trilogy. It will be led by the writer/director of The Last Jedi Rian Johnson. Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm, said that the movies will be a “blank canvas” and will not require him to continue an existing storyline. No release dates have…

The Last Jedi is coming soon and fans managed to find the ship hidden on a golf course. It looks like the force is strong at Barrow Hills Golf Club in Surrey. Fans looking next to Longcross Studios, where parts of the latest movie were filmed found the iconic ship partially covered with a tarp. Here’s how to find it Go to Google Maps and search for Barrow Hills Golf Club Zoom in on the upper left side by the M3 Keep zooming till you see the shape by the road. The heap of space junk is hard to miss once you…

Five Six new character posters have been released and they look wonderful! Each one gives a phrase that shows their role in the film and relationship to Black Panther. There aren’t too many surprises although there’s a good view of Klaue’s prosthetic arm. All are gorgeous though. “His Father’s Legacy” Chadwick Boseman as T’Challa / Black Panther “Her King’s Love” Lupita Nyong’o as Nakia “Her Brother’s Keeper” Letitia Wright as Shuri “Her Nation’s Honor” Danai Gurira as Okoye “Her Son’s Survival” Angela Bassett as Ramonda “His King’s Commands” Forest Whitaker as Zuri “His Nation’s Security” Daniel Kaluuya as W’Kabi “His Country’s Orders” Martin Freeman as Everett K.…

Black Panther (2018) – Shuri (Letitia Wright) Chadwick Boseman says his sister Shuri is the “most important character” in Black Panther (2018). Boseman sat down with CNET to talk about his role in the upcoming superhero movie as T’Chaka aka Black Panther. There are a number of strong women in the movie including Shuri portrayed by Letitia Wright. “Her role is the most important.” Boseman told CNET. “In the comic book, T’Challa is a scientist and a king, but my sister is the whiz kid. She is the one with that gift. She’s the Tony Stark of Wakanda. She’s witty,…

The blockbuster news this morning is that 21st Century Fox is in talks to sell their movie rights to Disney. CNBC reports that Fox has been holding talks to sell the movie studio to Disney which owns Marvel. Currently, Marvel Studios owns the rights to the largest number of Marvel comic book characters. But the company sold the live-action movie rights to several other studios. So, for example, they can have a movie with Captain America and Thor, but not Wolverine or the X-Men. This sale could change all that. The talks have taken place over the last few weeks…

Justice League (2017) A brand new Justice League movie clip has made it’s way online. The clip features Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne / Batman, Gal Gadot as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman, Ezra Miller as Barry Allen / Flash, Jason Momoa as Arthur Curry / Aquaman, Ray Fisher as Victor Stone / Cyborg, and Jeremy Irons as Alfred Pennyworth. The team fights Steppenwolf played by Ciarán Hinds and it’s the clearest view so far. While most people have never heard of Steppenwolf outside of the comics, it looks like this movie is really highlighting how dangerous he is. The CGI looks…

Why do they wear jewelry in The Last Jedi? Thank Carrie Fisher. Fans have noticed that the costumes in the latest Star Wars film include jewelry. None of the women wore earrings. No one wore necklaces or rings, but that’s changed in this movie. Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) wears a necklace with a ring and Rose (Kelly Marie Tran) wears a crescent-shaped necklace that she says is important to her back story. “That is definitely something that is significant to Rose’s backstory,” Tran told Entertainment Weekly. “It is an object that she kind of has throughout the film and it…

MiLK Magazine #164 (2017) cover – Aquaman (Jason Momoa), The Flash (Ezra Miller), Batman (Ben Affleck), Cyborg (Ray Fisher), Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) The Justice League is on the cover of the November 2, 2017 issue of the Japanese Taiwanese magazine “MiLK”. We get a new look at Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), who is front and center, along with Cyborg (Ray Fisher), Batman (Ben Affleck), The Flash (Ezra Miller), Aquaman (Jason Momoa) in their civilian identities. MiLK Magazine #164 (2017) Victor Stone, aka Cyborg, is wearing his old quarterback jacket. Bruce Wayne, aka Batman, is wearing a tailored suit. Diana Prince,…

Captain America: Civil War – Falcon (Anthony Mackie) Anthony Mackie is not a fan of the new Spider-Man. Tom Holland plays Peter Parker / Spider-Man in the MCU and he’s done some scenes with Anthony Mackie who plays Falcon in Captain America: Civil War, Avengers Infinity War and Avengers 4. Mackie makes outlandish comments, but this one is so consistent it makes you wonder how much of an act it is. Mackie was at a panel at MCM Comic Con in London last weekend and had some choice words for his co-star. “He’s an a******.” Mackie said, “I mean, this…

Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) – Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) A new TV spot for Star Wars: The Last Jedi aired during last night’s final game of the World Series called “Awake” and the hype train is still rolling. It features Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) in his cloak and hood walking onto the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon for, what looks like, the first time. This may be the first time he’s been in the ship since Return of the Jedi and we can only imagine the memories he has of his old friend Han Solo (Harrison Ford). You…