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Now that Ben Affleck has officially stepped away from the DCEU and hung up his cowl, all eyes are on the next brooding young actor who will step into batsuit and portray the iconic character. Everyone has their favorite picks of course, and their very own bat-casting methodology. In a recent Twitter thread, comics author G. Willow Wilson laid out her criteria for bat-worthiness, and it’s all in the eyebrows.

During our highly scientific discussion of possible future Batmen last night, I came to a realization: eyebrows.

All successful Batmen have had profound eyebrow game. The unsuccessful ones? Mediocre eyebrows.

— G. Willow Wilson (@GWillowWilson) January 31, 2019

Christian Bale? Broody Welshman eyebrows. pic.twitter.com/xihahzSD4y

— G. Willow Wilson (@GWillowWilson) January 31, 2019

Ben Affleck? Now I love Ben Affleck, don’t get me wrong. But the man’s eyebrows are practically an afterthought. pic.twitter.com/xqwKr04YsL

— G. Willow Wilson (@GWillowWilson) January 31, 2019

Wilson then applied the Eyebrow Rule to potential castings, favoring Lee Pace, John Cho, and Idris Elba. But who is legitimately in the running to take on the role? Here are our top five best bets. CAVEAT: this is NOT a list of who we think would best play the role or who we want to see as Bruce Wayne. This is who we think the legit front-runners might be:

Kit Harington

Harington is easily the front runner for the role, with rumors that Warner Bros. has already ordered digital mock-ups of the actor in the Batsuit. The casting makes sense: Harington has the brooding good looks and the talent for the role, and he’s just wrapped Game of Thrones, one of the most globally successful television series ever. He’s the right age and he’s in the perfect position to lead the pack on this one.

Richard Madden

Speaking of Game of Thrones alum, Richard Madden is another possible choice to play the Dark Knight. Madden not only has his GOT cred but has also recently flexed his action muscles in the BBC miniseries Bodyguard. Madden definitely has the skill to pull of both Bruce Wayne and Batman. The only thing standing in his way are rumors that he may already be taking on another iconic role: James Bond.

Oscar Isaac

Oscar Isaac’s brooding intensity has already garnered him a leading role in the new Star Wars trilogy as pilot Poe Dameron. He saw less success under a mountain of make-up as the titular baddie in X-Men: Apocalypse, which was hardly his fault. Isaac is primed for a showy superhero role and has the gravitas needed for suitably dark Batman. He would be a solid and refreshingly diverse entry into the canon.

Lee Pace

Lee Pace has the looks, charisma, and talent to be a major star. So why isn’t he? Sure, he’s developed a cult following thanks to roles on Pushing Daisies and Halt and Catch Fire. And while he’s already made his MCU debut as Ronan the Accuser, he’s wasted under layers of blue make-up and a cloak. Pace has proved he can play Bruce Wayne with his tech bro character Joe MacMillan on HACF, and he has the action chops for Batman. Let the Lee Pace renaissance begin!

Armie Hammer

Armie Hammer was thisclose to playing Batman in George Miller’s failed attempt at a Justice League movie. Since then, he’s had some big scale flops (The Lone Ranger, The Man From U.N.C.L.E.) but has had a quiet resurgence with strong performances in Call Me by Your Name and Sorry to Bother You. If anyone deserves another stab at a superhero, it’s him.

Who do you think should take up the cape? Let us know in the comments,

(image: Warner Bros.)

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New Grindhouse airs 11.11.18


We're BLACK from a brief hiatus! For Sunday's Grindhouse, let's just delve into the topics, shall we?  Your favorite "probably ready for prime-time podcasters" discuss the following issues: friend of the show, graphic novelist/animator, Mr. Dedren Snead, stops by to discuss his highly anticipated Kickstarter campaign for Sorghum and Spear; HBO's Penny Dreadful returns with a different story textured with Mexican-American folklore; As CBS All-Access Trekkers await the '19 premiere of Star Trek: Discovery S2, a new Discovery short, "Calypso" debuts; Idris Elba's Luther reemerges for S5 with a new trailer;  ABC News gets dragged by the net for incorrectly reporting that French DJ, David Guetta is the "grandfather of electronic music"; and speaking of "fake news," Dburt has some thoughts about Black folk perhaps co-opting that term for their own purposes; and so folks globally are still not getting the "email" that blackface is racist-as a South Korean cosplayer portraying an African Overwatch character on Blizzard stream gets slammed; the Daily Beast highlights low pay for Marvel creators; Lastly, in the wake of the Wu Tang Clan's 25th anniversary release of 36 Chambers, did nerd culture save them from obsolescence? Call LIVE at 646-915-9620. 


And while you wait for the show, why not do the "Calypso"  





Oh and then there's always a new Youtube channel clip, courtesy of Afronerd Radio:

https://www.essence.com/celebrity/empire-stars-break-their-silence-jussie-smollett-attack/

Jussie Smollett’s Empire family is now speaking out about the actor’s recent attack. Earlier this week, the actor was brutally beaten by men, who also hurled racist and homophobic slurs, in what Chicago police are calling a “possible hate crime.” Taraji P. Henson, who plays his onscreen mother Cookie Lyon on the hit Fox TV show, recently […]

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https://blackgirlnerds.com/some-of-the-best-images-captured-at-sundance-2019/

During our coverage at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, our incredibly gifted photographer Corey Ransberg, captured some interesting highlights at parties, talks and in the press line at one of the most popular film festivals of the year.

Our trip to the snowy mountains of Park City was a blast and here is a collection of great photos to add to our yearbook!

Clemency

Years of carrying out death row executions have taken a toll on prison warden Bernadine Williams (Alfre Woodard). As she prepares to execute another inmate (Aldis Hodge), Bernadine must confront the psychological and emotional demons her job creates, ultimately connecting her to the man she is sanctioned to kill.

World premiere Sunday, January 27th at Sundance in Park City, Utah.

 

 

 

 

Representation in Hollywood with The Atlantic’s Jemele Hill

Despite years of effort to bolster diversity in front of and behind the camera, challenges remain in achieving real equality and inclusion in Hollywood. The Atlantic presented a discussion led by staff writer Jemele Hill about how Hollywood can get this right.

Velvet Buzzsaw

Velvet Buzzsaw is a satirical thriller set in the contemporary art world scene of Los Angeles, where big money artists and mega-collectors pay a high price when art collides with commerce.

World premiere Sunday, January 27th at Sundance in Park City, Utah.

 

 

 

The Wolf Hour

An exquisitely tense, densely layered world featuring Academy Award Nominee Naomi Watts in a tour de force performance that displays every fiber of her emotional range as an actor. June (Watts) was once a celebrated counter-culture figure, but that was a decade ago. She now lives alone in her fifth-floor South Bronx apartment, having all but cut herself off from the outside world. It’s the notorious “Summer of Sam” and June only has to look out of her window to see the violence escalating with the brutal summer heat. The city is on a knife’s edge, a pressure-cooker about to explode into the incendiary 1977 New York blackout riots.

World premiere Saturday, January 26th at Sundance in Park City, Utah.

 

 

 

The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind

Against all the odds, in The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind, a thirteen-year-old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine. Based on the true story of William Kamkwamba.

World premiere Friday, January 2th at Sundance in Salt Lake City, Utah

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Relive

Los Angeles detective Jack Radcliff fields a distressed phone call from his niece Ashley and rushes to the rescue—only to find the girl and her parents dead in an apparent murder-suicide. Then, just as the police department declares the killings an open-and-shut case, Jack gets another call from Ashley. With the cell-phone connection acting as a link between the past and the present, Jack urges Ashley to collect clues that will help him to solve her murder and change her fate.

World premiere Sunday, January 27th at Sundance in Park City, Utah.

 

Native Son

In this modern reimagining of Richard Wright’s seminal novel, a young African-American man named Bigger Thomas takes a job working for a highly influential Chicago family, a decision that will change the course of his life forever.

 

 

 

The 2nd Annual MACRO Lodge at Sundance Presented by Shea Moisture
The Black Creators Midnight Brunch Honoring ColorCreative. Sponsored by Color Of Change, The Open Society Foundations, and Firelight. Friday, January 25th in Park City, Utah.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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