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Today it was revealed during a panel today at DC FanDome that the comic book character Static, most notably known by his name from the TV show of the same name Static Shock, maybe getting his own film.
“We’re talking with other divisions at Warner Bros, even those in animated about doing [Milestone Media] feature films, and we’re also involved in extending the Milestone characters into new media, like podcasts with a series of stories on podcast. We want to deliver Milestone Media on whatever platform you want,” said Hudlin.
Milestone comics is scheduled to return in 2021. Milestone’s return to publishing will be led by an all-new Static Shock digital comic series scheduled for February 2021 and future offerings will include a Static Shock original graphic novel written by Hudlin with art by Kyle Baker, plus the return of Milestone heroes Icon & Rocket, also written by Hudlin with art by Cowan.
Phil LaMarr, who voiced Static Shock on the animated series, and was also on the panel, “Virgil is what I always wanted as a comic book kid growing up — Black Spider-Man.
No other further details were shared by Hudlin or the other panelists about the film or a possible development of another series.
Sometimes you have to put your faith in a loud guitar … or in pictures of Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves on the set of Bill & Ted Face the Music. The iconic stars are gearing up for the long-awaited installment to the Bill & Ted trilogy and, in preparation, screenwriter Ed Solomon shared pictures of Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter taking pictures with people in the crew in front of the famous telephone booth.
In the last week of shooting @Winter and Keanu posed with people in the crew. These are some of my favs. pic.twitter.com/yfPoUQM8Gh
— Ed Solomon (@ed_solomon) August 24, 2020
But, don’t worry, there is one picture in particular that will spark such joy, you might just print it out and put it in a frame.
I feel like this one needs its own frame pic.twitter.com/s6b3NV4Psk
— Ed Solomon (@ed_solomon) August 24, 2020
Better yet, the dog’s name is Popcorn.
The dog’s name is Popcorn by the way
— Ed Solomon (@ed_solomon) August 24, 2020
To be completely transparent, I might have cried when I saw this picture because it does bring me such joy. It’s just … pure happiness in the form of a picture, something that I almost forgot about. Sometimes, a picture can bring a smile to your face and a sense of peace to your day and that’s what this did.
And right now, I feel like that’s what we need. Just a bit of happiness at seeing William “Bill” S. Preston Esquire and Theodore “Ted” Logan posing with a puppy outside of their time-traveling phonebooth. Who could ask for anything more?
(image: Orion Pictures)
Here’s what else we saw out there today:
- DC Universe’s women of color take aim at Trump (via HuffPost)
- Ahead of the RNC, the GOP is … aligning itself with white supremacists. (via The Daily Dot)
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“Breonna was everybody’s sister and daughter. As easily as this happened to Breonna, it could’ve been anybody else’s child”.
Thank you @TaNehisiCoats, Amy Sherald and @VanityFair. pic.twitter.com/RWIjBUf7SL— kerry washington (@kerrywashington) August 24, 2020
- Trump’s own sister is telling us we cannot trust him. (via CBS News)
- Over 50% of Republicans are literally that dog in the fire saying “this is fine” about EVERYTHING happening. (via NY Daily News)
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Just like James Bond's martini, this week's Afronerd Radio Grindhouse topics will be simple-"shaken, not stirred." Welcome to our umpteenth episode-airing this Sunday at 6pm eastern, courtesy of BTalk 100. Join your eveready hosts as they wax about the following topics: well the first part of DC's answer to SDCC @Home commenced with a bang at their own website-DCfandome.com and we will discuss the revelations, trailers, star power etc (a lot of Batman, eh Daryll?);
it appears that music bundling is the new payola in an ever dying music business model; German scientists conduct a concert attendance experiment under COVID-19 conditions; legendary actress and perhaps the "Goddess" of afrofuturism, Nichelle Nichols maybe a victim of elder abuse (in much the same way the late Stan Lee had pilferers); oh and DC head honcho, Jim Lee confirmed that there really will be a black Batman in '21, thanks to 12 Years a Slave scribe, John Ridley; thoughts about yet another streaming service, NBC's Peacock platform via this trailer for the BBC's Anthony (based on a real life racially motivated killing in the UK)-
Actress, Jasika Nicole (The Good Doctor) wasn't too fond of her character's name being made fun of during the entire five seasons; did friend of the show, Sergio Mims mention this? well we'll talk about it because it's necessary and noteworthy-the Philadelphia Orchestra announced Nicole Jordan as its principal librarian (another black first....but still): CBS All Rise writers allege there was a neverending battle to keep sexist and racist story lines from being explored on the show due to a clueless white Canadian showrunner; and lastly, as an aside to the DC Fandome, Shazam 2 (tentatively called Fury of the Gods) panel...I really do hope, Sinbad makes an appearance in the sequel! Call in LIVE at 508-645-0100.
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Towards the end of Lovecraft Country’s first episode, there’s a moment when the real monsters are obscured in HBO’s new horror- aria-label="As Tic (Jonathan Majors) (opens in a new tab)" href="https://www.essence.com/celebrity/5-things-jonathan-majors-lovecraft-country/" target="_blank">As traveling trio Atticus (Jonathan Majors), Uncle George (Courtney B. Vance) and Leti (Jurnee Smollett) are ambushed by gun-wielding racist cops, hellbent on making them pay for trespassing in theirsundown town.
The travelers are marched into the woods and the adrenaline of will they or won’t they make it is terrifying enough as the cops keep shotguns at their backs. But then another panic stirs in the dark night. Something equally wicked starts tearing limbs and devouring heads. New monsters—more accurately the shoggoths, nocturnal tentacled creatures dreamed up by fantasy writer H.P. Lovecraft—have arrived.
Although Lovecraft Country is set in the mid-1950s, the series’ searing depictions of Jim Crow America feel eerily and necessarily right on time. Jurnee Smollett, who plays fierce disrupter Letitia “Leti” Lewis, agrees the show’s systemic racism themes are parallel with today’s continuing racial discourse.
“We’re in midst of fighting two pandemics. What we’re seeing is people are tired of them killing us. It literally comes down to that. Emmitt Till is Trayvon Martin. George Floyd, unfortunately. Breonna Taylor, unfortunately. These situations we’ve grown up with this. Our ancestors grew up in this,” says Smollett. “This systemic racism that the nation was built up on because it hasn’t been dismantled yet, we haven’t healed from it.”
Uncle George (Courtney B. Vance), Letitia (Jurnee Smollett) and Atticus (Jonathan Majors) in Lovecraft Country | Photo credit: Eli Joshua Ade/HBOHowever, the Underground actress, knows her work—being a continued change agent in how Black female characters are portrayed on screen—on the show has just begun. “What encourages me and excites me about being in a story like Lovecraft, it goes back to the widely quoted Nina Simone [who said]: ‘It’s the duty of the artist to reflect these times,’” she says.
Smollett continues: “Not only is the story timely but it’s also personal. It’s so deeply personal for us. I know what it’s like to feel displaced. I know what it’s like to have that great shock, that James Baldwin talks about. When you discover this nation, who you owe your identity to, right, has yet to create a space for you. I know this, this is the blood memory we talk about. I’m excited because I feel like Lovecraft Country contributes to this discussion. And doesn’t negate it.”
Lovecraft Country airs on Sundays at 9 pm on HBO.
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