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A woman flew with United Airlines, only to hear what she described as the most perilous song while landing. “Hallelujah,” a classic written by Leonard Cohen and covered by thousands of artists across multiple genres, blasted through the speakers after the plane’s wheels touched the ground.
That moment struck a nerve, according to TikTok user Paige Ruder (@paigegettingpaid), who said flying already feels frightening amid recent plane crashes in the United States. She posted her experience with United Airlines in a video with over 4,000 views. That anxiety, combined with the plane playing a praise-filled song like “Hallelujah,” which is traditionally folk but sometimes bluesy, pushed Ruder toward unease rather than calm.
A woman flew with United Airlines, only to hear what she described as the most perilous song while landing. “Hallelujah,” a classic written by Leonard Cohen and covered by thousands of artists across multiple genres, blasted through the speakers after the plane’s wheels touched the ground.
That moment struck a nerve, according to TikTok user Paige Ruder (@paigegettingpaid), who said flying already feels frightening amid recent plane crashes in the United States. She posted her experience with United Airlines in a video with over 4,000 views. That anxiety, combined with the plane playing a praise-filled song like “Hallelujah,” which is traditionally folk but sometimes bluesy, pushed Ruder toward unease rather than calm.
Last year, Black Nerd Problems had the opportunity to speak with Rodney Barnes about his work on CROWNSVILLE, and today we get to start 2026 with an announcement of new work for him!
In his own words: “I’m incredibly excited to be joining the world of weird tales. The opportunity to tell an incredibly terrifying tale in an iconic title is something I live for. I can’t wait for readers to check it out!”
JANUARY 19, 2025 – First published in 1923, the iconic pulp magazine Weird Tales defined the horror and fantasy genres and helped give rise to icons such as H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Ray Bradbury, and C.L. Moore. A century later, Monstrous is teaming up with Weird Tales Magazine to publish the first-ever official Weird Tales graphic novel. — an ambitious adaptation and expansion of the legendary magazine — featuring covers by legendary artists Kelley Jones (Dracula, Sandman) and Eric Powell (The Goon, Dr. Werthless). Fans can follow the pre-launch page now to get an email when the campaign launches, to make sure that they don’t miss early bird specials and limited edition tiers.
The Weird Tales Graphic Novel features adaptations of seminal stories, including:
- An original Lovecraft Mythos Story by Peabody Award-winning screenwriter and producer Rodney Barnes (Killadelphia) with art by Lukas Ketner (Count Crowley)
“For the first time, the weird, the dark, and the wondrous stories that launched the careers of genre legends leap from the pages of the magazine into a stunning graphic novel experience,” said Aquilone. “Editor Jonathan Maberry and President John Harlacher have been doing exciting things since they resurrected Weird Tales in 2019. When it came time to assemble the contributors for the historic first graphic novel, we went big and bold. These stories are worthy of the great, pulp legacy of Weird Tales.”
The graphic novel will be 8.5 by 11-inch prestige hardcover and the campaign will include multiple limited-edition tiers with multiple collectible covers and exclusive rewards, including a Weird Tales challenge coin, T-shirts, and more.
Monstrous has raised more than $500,000 on Kickstarter over the last four years with such projects as Kolchak Meets the Classic Monsters, The Omega Eleven, and Classic Monsters Unleashed. Monstrous and its founder, James Aquilone, have won multiple accolades, including the Bram Stoker Award, Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award, and the Scribe Award from the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers.
Fans can sign up on the Kickstarter prelaunch page to receive an email when the campaign launches.
For updates, follow Monstrous on X, Facebook and MonstrousVerse.com.
ABOUT WEIRD TALES
Weird Tales began in 1923, when most pulp fiction featured gangsters, pirates, soldiers, and other such adventurers. They were the first publication to specialize in weird stories of supernatural horror, fantasy, and bizarre science smashing into each other.
Today, Weird Tales is still a magazine of illustrated short fiction, but is also a novel imprint with Blackstone Publishing, and a book-to-film company, whose members have produced projects like The Equalizer films, Shogun, and Raised by Wolves
For updates, follow Weird Tales on X/Twitter, Facebook and WeirdTales.com.
ABOUT MONSTROUS
Monstrous is an independent publisher focused on dark fiction and action-packed stories. Owned and operated by Bram Stoker Award-winning editor and writer James Aquilone, Monstrous is dedicated to creating high-quality print and digital comics, graphic novels, and prose books that aim to entertain with its stories and delight with its aesthetics. Monstrous is the new home of Kolchak: The Night Stalker. Its other titles include Monstrous magazine, Dead Detectives Society, Shakespeare Unleashed, and The Omega Eleven. For updates, follow Monstrous on X/Twitter, Facebook and MonstrousVerse.com.
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Is it wise to mess with blonde perfection? Legally speaking? Well, we suppose we can make an exception if the head blonde in charge herself is involved. Reese Witherspoon and her Hello Sunshine company are teaming up with Amazon to create at least one, and maybe more, Legally Blonde spinoff series. Most recently, we learned that the first Legally Blonde Prime Video spinoff would be a prequel detailing Elle’s high school years. There’s no word about whether Witherspoon will don her signature locks and reprise her role as Elle Woods at any point in this spinoff or any other. But we do finally have a release date for Elle… And news that Elle has already been renewed for season two.
Deadline shares, “One offshoot, which is further along in the development process, is being written by Gossip Girl developers/executive producers Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage.” Additionally, it notes that Amazon’s acquisition of MGM made this further IP exploration possible. We suppose Gossip Girl‘s helmers would make good sense here, especially if we’re following Elle to high school. But the most important part will be to keep that smart edge of wit and humor alive.
The Prime Video Legally Blonde spinoff is titled Elle, and its logline shares that, “[the series] follows Elle Woods in high school as we learn about the life experiences that shaped her into the iconic young woman we came to know and love in the first ‘Legally Blonde’ film.” Additionally, Lexi Minetree has been cast as young Elle.
Reese Witherspoon, the original Elle Woods, shared of the casting, “I’m so thrilled to introduce Lexi Minetree as Elle Woods. ✨The new star of our TV show ELLE! ✨She is stepping into these pink shoes with so much grace, ambition and charm. Elle is coming to Prime Video Summer 2026!”
And now, we officially know that summer means July! Elle, the Legally Blonde spingoff series, will release on July 1. And since Legally Blonde released in July, the spinoff will officially celebrate the movie’s 25th anniversary. Incredible! Witherspoon also revealed Elle was greenlit for a second season! We love to hear it. What like it’s hard?
One thing is for sure: we have our fingers crossed that we’ll see more of Jennifer Coolidge’s Paulette Bonafonté Parcelle in some Legally Blonde spinoff series, if not in this one. Coolidge has seemingly been everywhere in recent years, but Legally Blonde was my first introduction to her. And her character was perfect. We’d also love to see some kind of updated version of the bend and snap or maybe its origin story. And, of course, the spinoff series must have more of Legally Blonde‘s famous pup, Bruiser.
In any case, Legally Blonde, the original, is pure perfection, but we trust Witherspoon knows what she’s doing. Welcome to Prime Video and the land of spinoff series, Elle Woods.
Originally published on April 5, 2024.
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There is something profoundly poetic about a filmmaker getting the last word long after he is gone. At this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Once Upon a Time in Harlem arrives as a revelation. A decade after his death, pioneering filmmaker William Greaves unveils what he considered the most important footage he ever captured: an intimate 1972 gathering of Harlem Renaissance legends, assembled not on a soundstage or in a lecture hall, but at a party inside Duke Ellington’s home.
Premiering in the World Documentary Competition, Once Upon a Time in Harlem feels like a cinematic time capsule cracked open at precisely the right moment. Greaves, already an established documentarian at the time and fresh off his radically innovative Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One, understood that history does not only live in textbooks or formal interviews. Sometimes, it lives in laughter, disagreements, half-finished thoughts, and memories exchanged over food and music. So he engineered a moment where history could breathe.
The guest list alone reads like a roll call of cultural giants. Artists, musicians, librarians, poets, journalists, actors, photographers, teachers, and critics who shaped and defined the Harlem Renaissance gathered together, many of them old friends who had not shared a room in years. What Greaves captured on film was not a tidy retrospective, but something far richer and more human: a living conversation among people who had survived a movement that changed American culture forever.
The film is co-directed by Greaves’ son, David Greaves, who was present that day as a cameraman inside Duke Ellington’s apartment. That detail adds another layer of resonance to the project. This is not only a film about artistic lineage and cultural memory, but also about familial legacy. A son helps complete his father’s vision, ensuring that what was once filmed with intention is finally shared with the world.
At Sundance, a festival long associated with discovery and cinematic risk-taking, Once Upon a Time in Harlem feels right at home. It defies easy categorization, much like William Greaves’ career itself. It is a documentary, yes, but also a historical document, a social experiment, and a meditation on the power of art to shape identity and community. It reminds us that the Harlem Renaissance was not a closed chapter, but a living force whose echoes still reverberate through contemporary culture.
As it makes its world premiere, the film invites audiences not just to witness history, but to sit with it, listen closely, and understand that the past is never truly past when it is captured with this much care. At Sundance, William Greaves’ final trick is not spectacle. It is something far more powerful: truth, memory, and the enduring force of Black artistic brilliance.
The screening is available in person only at the festival. Sundance begins and ends January 22 through February 1, 2026.
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