Author: Maurice Mitchell

Here’s everything you may have missed this morning Tuesday, July 24, 2018. In Case You Missed It (ICYMI). Warning: POSSIBLE SPOILERS 1. Robert De Niro Might Join Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker Movie in a Key Role for Some Reason via io9 “According to the Hollywood Reporter, Robert De Niro is in talks with the studio to join Joaquin Phoenix in the Joker film, playing the host of a late-night talk show who comes to play an instrumental part in the Joker’s origins. While that doesn’t quite map on to the character’s comic book origins, it makes sense that the film, set…

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Zazie Beetz Zazie Beetz is in talks to play a single mom in Joaquin Phoenix’ “The Joker” solo movie. The actress, who co-starred in Deadpool 2, is in talks to join Joaquin Phoenix in Joker, the stand-alone origin project from Warner Bros. and The Hangover helmer Todd Phillips. Phoenix is playing Batman’s long-time villain in a lower-budget dark character study. Details of the project are under wraps but Beetz would play “a single mother who catches the interest of the man who will become the “clown prince of crime.” Joker is due to begin shooting in September in New York. The…

“Doctor Who” (2018) – Graham O’Brien (Bradley Walsh), Yasmin Khan (Mandip Gill), Ryan Sinclair (Tosin Cole), The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) A new trailer for series 11 of “Doctor Who” shares some “new faces, new worlds, and new times”. BBC’s Doctor Who panel, which featured the first female lead Jodie Whittaker and showrunner Chris Chiball, began at 2:45 p.m. Eastern and included the debut of a new trailer. It’s a short trailer but shows some new shots of the 13th Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) along with her new “companions” Graham O’Brien (Bradley Walsh), Yasmin Khan (Mandip Gill) and Ryan Sinclair (Tosin Cole). “All of…

New photos of “Sideshow Collectibles” and “Iron Studios” statues provide the best look yet at the costumes of James Wan’ Aquaman movie. San Diego Comic-Con International 2018 officially starts today and some new high-end statues have been revealed by two collectible companies that show the costumes of Arthur Curry / Aquaman (Jason Momoa), Mera (Amber Heard) and Black Manta (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II). It’s great to see Aquaman wearing the traditional gold and green costume and Black Manta looks amazing in his costume considering he has a giant fishbowl on his head. DC Collectibles Aquaman DC Collectibles Mera DC Collectibles Black Manta…

Here’s everything you may have missed this morning Thursday, July 19, 2018. In Case You Missed It (ICYMI). 1. Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker Origin Movie Has a Predictable Title and a Surprising Release Date via io9 “Joker” is scheduled to be released on October 4, 2019 2. RUMOR: The Main Villains For Both THE BATMAN And SUICIDE SQUAD 2 May Have Been Revealed via Comic Book Movie 3. If infinity war was released in the 90s via Redditt – /MarvelStudios 4. Kevin Feige Reveals Why Captain Marvel is Set in the 90s via Cinemablend “The answer is, you’ll see in the storytelling of…

The Dark Knight (2008) Joker (Heath Ledger), Gambol (Michael Jai White) On the tenth anniversary of “The Dark Knight”, actor Michael Jai White told The Hollywood Reporter he didn’t know Gambol was killed until he watched the movie. Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight” is the darkest and most brilliant Batman movie ever made. It came out on July 18, 2008, in the US and, ten years later, is still the gold standard. The most horrifying scene in the movie is when the Joker played by Heath Ledger tells the story of his facial scars and Gambol (Michael Jai White) ends up dying. The Dark Knight (2008)…

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“Black Panther” (2018) – Letitia Wright Marvel has announced a new comic series following the adventures of Black Panther’s genius little sister Shuri. Marvel Entertainment and IDW Publishing announced this week that the companies will develop middle-grade comic books designed for younger readers. The monthly issues and trade paperback collections, published by IDW, will be available for sale at local comic book shops and book retailers across the country. Among the announced titles is “Shuri” focusing on the sister of the African superhero Black Panther. Created by writer Reginald Hudlin and artist John Romita, Jr. Shuri has been in the…

Glass (2019) – Elijah Price / Mr. Glass (Samuel L. Jackson) A new trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s “Glass” is coming Friday and Universal has released new photos, poster and a short teaser trailer focusing on Kevin Wendell Crumb (James McAvoy) AKA “The Horde”. “Glass” is a sequel to both the psychological dramas “Unbreakable” and “Split”. The original films followed David Dunn (Bruce Willis), who discovers he has amazing superpowers and Crumb, who suffers from Dissociative identity disorder (DID) aka “Split Personality” that manifests as multiple people living inside him including a superpowered villain known as “The Beast”. The teaser shows various…

Kendrick Lamar in still from “All the Stars” music video MTV released their list of nominations for the upcoming Video Music Awards (VMAs). Here are the most notable entries for this year. The blockbuster single from the “Black Panther” soundtrack “All the Stars” has been nominated for “Best Visual Effects”. SZA, who worked with Kendrick Lamar on “All the Stars” has been nominated for “Push Artist of the Year” and “Best Art Direction” awards. Donald Glover AKA Childish Gambino, who starred in “Solo: A Star Wars Story” as Lando and “Spider-Man: Homecoming” as Aaron Davis is nominated for seven awards for…

Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich), Chewbacca (Joonas Suotamo) Here are the early genre box office results of this past weekend Jul 09, 2018 – Jul 15, 2018 Week 28 Box Office Winner: Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation Walt Disney’s “Solo: A Star Wars Story” dropped seven positions to the number 20 spot. It lost about 64% over last week for a domestic box office gross of $212 million and a worldwide total of $385 million. There’s no way this movie is going to crack $500 million and is now the first live-action Star Wars movie…

Danai Gurira at “Avengers: Infinity War” premiere Danai Gurira, who plays Okoye in “Black Panther”, is early talks to star in “Godzilla vs. King Kong” and the next “Star Trek” film. When Danai Gurira scored her breakout role on “The Walking Dead” as Michone it was obvious she was special. Now, after her success in “Black Panther”, Hollywood is finally taking notice. Deadline reports that the actor and award-winning playwright’s in negotiations to star in an unnamed role in the fourth Godzilla movie by Legendary/Warner Bros out May 31, 2019. She would be joining Millie Bobby Brown and Julian Dennison. Meanwhile Paramount is also…

Here’s everything you may have missed today Friday, July 13, 2018. In Case You Missed It (ICYMI). 1. Marvel’s Black Widow standalone movie has its director: Cate Shortland, best known for the Nazi drama ‘Lore’ via The Hollywood Reporter Cate Shortland, the Australian filmmaker perhaps best known for the Nazi drama Lore, has signed on to helm Black Widow, Marvel’s action-adventure project that will star Scarlett Johansson. The search took Marvel to dozens of female directors and some male ones. The move caps off a search that lasted over half a year as the studio met with over 70 directors in order…

Westworld – Bernard Lowe / Arnold (Jeffrey Wright) Nominations for the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced on Thursday at 11:30 a.m. ET/8:30 a.m. PT. Here’s everything you need to know. Here are some key takeaways HBO’s “Westworld” now has 21 Emmy nominations Netflix’ “The Handmaid Tale” now has 20 nominations “Stranger Things” now has 12 nominations Jeffrey Wright has been nominated for two Emmys and won one for “Angels in America” in 2004. Sandra Oh is the first Asian woman to be nominated for an Emmy in its 70-year history. Netflix has surpassed HBO in Emmy nominations Lead Actor in a Drama Series:…

Captain Marvel (2019) Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) The filming of the MCU movie “Captain Marvel” ended June 6, 2018, and two of the stars took to Twitter to celebrate. Brie Larson who plays Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel posted a picture of a calendar along with a clapperboard signed by the crew. It also has a cute little drawing of her in her Kree outfit riding a spaceship. Lashana Lynch, who plays an unnamed character in the film, shared a picture of herself reading a comic book of Captain Marvel while drinking a glass of the French Champagne Veuve…

Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) Scott Lang / Ant-Man (Paul Rudd), Hope van Dyne / The Wasp (Evangeline Lilly) Here are the early box office results of this past weekend Jul 02, 2018 – Jul 08, 2018 Week 27 Box Office Winner: Ant-Man and the Wasp Walt Disney’s “Ant-Man and the Wasp” opened in the number one spot this weekend. It made $76 million for a domestic box office gross of $76 million and a worldwide total of $161 million. This is the ninth time a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie has hit the number one spot. The “Ant-Man 2” sequel beat…

Find out all the awards won by the movie “Black Panther” (2018). The film directed by Ryan Coogler and starring Chadwick Boseman has won 14 awards so far. Here’s the list: 25th Billboard Music Award The Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs) are described as honoring “the hottest names in music today and honorees are selected by performance on the Billboard Charts. “Black Panther” was nominated for “Top Soundtrack” by Billboard. The album was released as “Black Panther: The Album” on February 9, 2018. It’s made up of original songs produced by Kendrick Lamar in collaboration with singers like The Weeknd, Khalid, and SZA.…

Here’s everything you may have missed today Monday, July 02, 2018. In Case You Missed It (ICYMI). 1. The Avengers 4 Title Has Been Leaked via Yahoo The title is apparently “Avengers: End Game” thanks to Trent Opalach’s now updated resume. . A number of fans have pointed out that this is a reference to a scene in Avengers: Infinity War, when Doctor Strange is searching through every possible outcome in the battle with Thanos to see if there’s any possible ending in which the Avengers can win. Out of 14 million possible outcomes only one has the Avengers winning.…

“Wonder Woman” (2011) – Wonder Woman (Adrianne Palicki) Read on to find out which actress wore the best Wonder Woman costume. Next year a brand new Wonder Woman movie is being released and it features yet another new costume. Since her first appearance in 1941 Diana Prince, aka Wonder Woman, has appeared in dozens of live-action movies and TV shows. Some costumes have been great. Some have been awful. Read on to find out the best and worst live-action Wonder Woman costumes of all time. 13. Ellie Wood Walker in “Wonder Woman” (1967) Actor: Ellie Wood Walker Costume Designer: In…

A new rumor is pointing to a huge twist in the movie “Ant-Man and the Wasp” and it could be related to Laurence Fishburn and the new villain Ghost. WARNING: POSSIBLE SPOILERS! In “Ant-Man 2” Laurence Fishburne plays Bill Foster an old colleague of Hank Pym who worked on the “Goliath Project”. Hannah John-Kamen plays Ava, aka Ghost, a villain who has the ability to pass through objects by using the Quantum Realm. The rumor is that Ghost is actually the daughter of Foster and Hank’s wife Janet Van Dyne played by Michelle Pfeiffer. At first, it seems silly but once you break down…

Jackie Robinson For baseball fans, Jackie Robinson is a legend. He became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB). When the Brooklyn Dodgers started him in 1947 he broke the baseball color line. His signing marked the end of racial segregation in professional baseball that started in the 1880s and had forced black players to the “Negro” leagues. He Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. In 1997 his number “42” is the first number to be retired in any sport in any pro league. That started a tradition followed by the…

Here’s a list of movies you should watch to prepare for “Ant-Man and the Wasp”. The latest Marvel movie Ant-Man and the Wasp had it’s world premiere a few days ago and hits the United States in a few weeks on July 6, 2018. It’s already getting rave reviews and has a Rotten Tomato score of 89% as of today. So what should you watch if you haven’t seen that many MCU movies or aren’t familiar with the actors? Here’s a handy guide to the movies you should watch before heading out to watch “Ant-Man 2”. You can find them on…

Here’s everything you may have missed today. In Case You Missed It (ICYMI). 1. SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY Director Ron Howard Comments On Reports That Disney Has Shelved Spin-Offs via Comic Book Movie TMZ caught up with Ron Howard to ask him about these reports, and the Solo director was quick to point out that they weren’t “entirely accurate,” which does suggest that there may have been at least some truth to them. He then goes on to defend his film, pointing out that Solo did very well [for him], and that “exit polls were great, reaction was terrific among…

Jared Leto, who played Joker in “Suicide Squad” has been cast as the supervillain Morbius in an upcoming standalone movie. Variety reports that Jared Leto has been cast in Sony’s upcoming Spider-Man spinoff “Morbius”. Sources tell them that “Safe House” director Daniel Espinosa will direct the movie. Morbius, the Living Vampire, was created in 1971 by writer Roy Thomas and artist Gil Kane for “The Amazing Spider-Man #101”. Dr. Michael Morbius PhD was a scientist who tried to cure himself of a blood disease and accidentally acquired vampire-like traits like fangs, white skin, and a thirst for blood. He’s been seen off…

Segun Akinola BBC announced that the new composer for the next series of “Doctor Who” is Segun Akinola. Akinola is replacing Murray Gold who’s been the show’s musical director and composer since 2005. “Welcome to the Doctor Who family, Segun Akinola!” showrunner Chris Chibnall said in a statement. “We’re over the moon Segun’s agreed to join us, to provide the score for the next phase of the Doctor Who adventure. From our very first conversations, it was obvious Segun was a passionate, collaborative, and delightful human being as well as a fantastic and bold composer. We’re looking forward to introducing the…

Here’s everything you may have missed today. In Case You Missed It (ICYMI). 1. 20 Huge Reveals From Kevin Feige About The MCU’s Future During The ANT-MAN AND THE WASP Press Tour via Comic Book Movie 2. More Rumors About Patrick Stewart’s Potential Return to Star Trek via io9 Set your phasers to skeptical, but following on from the recent shocking rumors that one of several new Trek shows in development could see the return of Patrick Stewart as the venerable Captain Picard, British tabloid The Mirror reports the actor is “close to securing a deal.” According to the paper’s anonymous sources, a “verbal agreement” has been made…

Danai Gurira, Chin Ha, Mindy Kaling The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has issued 928 invitations to new members, including “Black Panther” actor Daniel Kaluuya and co-writer Joe Robert-Cole. The Hollywood Reporter dropped the news that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the group that Hands out the Oscars has sent 928 invitations to new members. There has been a lot of criticism recently that the Oscars have favored white, male crews and actors over the years leading to the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite. THR reports that the invitations are part of an effort to address those concerns…

Here are the early box office results of this past weekend Jun 18, 2018 – Jun 24, 2018 Week 25 Box Office Winner: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Universal’s “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” opened in the number one spot in its first week. It pulled in $150 domestically and $106,700,000 overseas for a worldwide total of $712 million. Unsurprisingly the studio had a huge weekend with the latest movie in the “Jurassic Park” franchise. This is despite a critical “rotten” rating (currently 50%). Walt Disney’s “Incredibles 2” dropped down to the number two spot in its second week. It lost 56% over last…

Black Panther (2018) T’Challa / Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) Several items from the making of the “Black Panther” movie are being acquired by the Smithsonian as part of their historical culture exhibit. The National Museum of African American has announced that several items from Marvel’s Black Panther (2018) have been acquired for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. Here are the items included The Black Panther “hero” costume worn by Chadwick Boseman A shooting script signed by Ryan Coogler (co-writer; director), Kevin Feige (producer, president of Marvel Studios), Nate Moore (executive producer) and Joe Robert Cole (co-writer; producer) Two pages…