Author: Maurice Mitchell

Black Panther (2017) – T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) The latest Black Panther TV Spot has everyone shook. Yesterday, during the CFP National Championship game, Marvel aired the latest TV spot for Black Panther. It also officially started the sale of Black Panther movie tickets. Marvel’s latest film follows King T’Challa aka Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) as he returns to the fictional country of Wakanda to fight a growing threat to his rule. Here’s how people reacted. Anticipation Was High How I’m watching the new Black Panther trailer that will be released during the national title game pic.twitter.com/obY45nEsXG — Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) January…

Star Trek: The Motion Picture – Spock (Leonard Nimoy) Fandoms reaction to the Star Trek: The Motion Picture teaches us a lot about the best and worst of fandom. Fans love extended cuts of movies. Fans love directors cuts to movies. In some cases, it’s because the final product doesn’t meet expectations. In other times fans just like to see what could have been. One recent example is Justice League which is a critical and box office disaster. Fans of director Zack Snyder have been campaigning for the Snyder directors cut to be released by Warner Bros. They even staged…

An Ant-Man actor has seemingly confirmed a sequel to Ant-Man & The Wasp is coming. Ant-Man (2015) wasn’t a huge box office hit. It currently ranks near the bottom of the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) right above The Incredible Hulk (2008). It’s kind of the winner of the losers at Marvel Studios. But, considering it stars a C-rated superhero with a traditionally lame superpower, it did pretty well. But the incredible shrinking superhero Scott Lang aka Ant-Man, played by Paul Rudd, was popular enough that Marvel included him in Captain America: Civil War and the upcoming Avengers: Infinity War, and gave him a…

Krypton (2018) – Dev-Em (Aaron Paul) Syfy has released some photos and a new trailer for the SyFy show “Krypton” ahead of the series premiere in March. Syfy and Warner Horizon Television are producing Krypton, a one-hour drama about Superman’s grandfather set on the fictional planet. David Goyer, who wrote Man of Steel, developed the show and co-writes the first episode. Damian Kindler (Sleepy Hollow) will serve as executive producer and showrunner. The series takes place 200 years before the destruction of the planet and shows Among the new images is the first look at Aaron Pierre as Dev-Em and Rasmus Hardiker…

The first song from the new movie soundtrack Black Panther is out right now and it’s amazing. The Black Panther movie coming out next month marks a number of firsts for Marvel Studios. It’s the first Marvel movie directed by a black filmmaker in Ryan Coogler. It’s the first Marvel movie with a black lead in Chadwick Boseman. It’s the first Marvel film with a primarily black cast. It’s the first time Marvel has featured multiple original recordings created specifically for a film. Now it’s the first time the studio collaborates with an internationally renowned musician to produce and curate its…

Do you remember when the dude that’s marrying Paris Hilton was Spider-Man’s greatest enemy? This week wealthy socialite Paris Hilton, 36, announced her engagement to actor and model Chris Zylka, 32..”I am so excited to be engaged to the love of my life and my best friend,” Hilton tells PEOPLE. “I have never felt so happy, safe and loved. He is perfect for me in every way and showed me that fairytales [sic] really do exist!” That name might not be familiar but his face might. Christopher Michael Settlemire, known professionally as Chris Zylka, is an American actor who’s appeared…

Here are the top 8 new comics for the first week of January 2018 featuring characters or talent of color. A coloring book featuring some of the greatest Black Panther comics of all time is on sale and a very cool independent comic called Noble by Brandon Thomas and Roger Robinson. Check them out! Note: Some links lead to an approved affiliate and small proceeds from the sale go to support the blog. Thank you! Astonishing X-Men #7 Publisher: Marvel Comics Writer: Charles Soule Artist: Phil Noto Cover Artist: Mike Deodato Summary: “ACT II: A MAN CALLED X Part 1…

While Star Wars: The Last Jedi has divided fans it’s a box office hit. This past weekend it pulled in an additional $52.4 million to reach a grand total of $533 million domestically. This beats out the $504 million “Beauty and the Beast” (2017) earned as well as “Wonder Woman’s” $412 million. By comparison, The Force Awakens (2015) made a total of $936 million in the US, so we’ll see if The Last Jedi can top that total when it ends it’s run. The movie also held onto the #1 spot for the third week in a row although the ticket sales did dip 18-21% over…

Some official character bios for the Black Panther movie have been discovered and new information about the characters. Character descriptions for some of the villains and heroes of Black Panther have been found on the official Toys ‘R’ Us website for the movie. Warning: Possible Spoilers! Here are some takeaways from the bios: Erik Killmonger, whose original name is N’Jadaka, becomes an American soldier after leaving Wakanda. He changes his name to the rather bland “Erik Stevens” but gets the nickname “Killmonger” because he likes to kill. Nakia and T’Challa used to date. This is explicitly forbidden by the code of the Dora…

Here’s how to win an official “May the Porgs be With You” T-Shirt from Film Jackets! Update: This contest ended January 5, 2018. Check here for our latest contest! We know you love those cute adorable Porgs from The Last Jedi and now we’re giving you a chance to win an official shirt! a Rafflecopter giveaway Isn’t it cute? Rules and Restrictions Contest runs from December 29, 2017, 12:00 to January 4, 2018, 11:59 P.M. Participation limited to US, UK and CA residents One winner per household One entry is chosen at random from the list of entries Multiple entries available. Enter…

Black Panther #168 cover by Brian Stelfreeze Here are the top 21 new comics released on December 27, 2017, featuring characters or talent of color. This week we’ve got three armored heroes, two Black Panthers, two Storms, and one black Hitler. Good times! Here’s the pull list. Note: Some links lead to an approved affiliate and small proceeds from the sale go to support the blog. Thank you! Agents of PACT #4 Publisher: ChapterHouse Comics Writer: Maggie Alexander and Kalman Andrasofsky Artist: Christopher Johnson, Federica Manfredi, and David Namisato Cover Artist: Bella Rachlin Summary: Kebec makes the ultimate sacrifice to…

Creed star Michael B Jordan told Empire Magazine that playing the villain in the Black Panther movie took a lot out of him. Jordan plays Erik Killmonger who wants to usurp the throne of T’Challa, AKA Black Panther, as king of the fictional African land of Wakanda. “It took me to a dark place,” he told Empire Magazine. “Honestly, I can’t really go through all I went through to get into it because I want to keep that close to me. But it stuck with me afterward.” Michael B. Jordan is known for playing likable handsome heroes in movies like Creed…

Neil deGrasse Tyson says the supposed UFO video released by former Blink-182 guitarist Tom DeLonge is garbage. Yesterday, in an appearance on CNN’s New Day America’s favorite astrophysicist tore the video to shreds. DeLonge and former Pentagon official Luis Elizondo released the video titled “Gimbal” by “To The Stars Academy of Arts & Science”, which was founded by the guitarist. Elizondo spent years researching Unidentified Flying Objects on the Pentagon’s Advanced Aviation Threat Identification Program. That program began in 2007 and ended in 2012. The video was reportedly taken by pilots and appears to show a UFO moving mysteriously and…

Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams) Turns out the smooth-talking smuggler almost made it into The Last Jedi. Warning: Spoilers for Star Wars: The Last Jedi! The Star Wars universe has seen the return of many iconic characters and actors from Han Solo to Nien Nunb. But one actor has been absent from the movies: Lando Calrissian played by Billy Dee Williams. I’ve written again and again that he needs to be in the films. Because Lando betrayed the team to Darth Vader he’s reviled by some fans. But he fully redeemed himself by risking his life to save them and went on…

Here are the top 15 New Comics for this week featuring characters or talent of color you’ll want to pick up. Champions #15 Publisher: Marvel Comics Writer: Mark Waid Artist: Humberto Ramos Cover Artist: Humberto Ramos Summary: WORLDS COLLIDE, Part 6 – The conclusion of WORLDS COLLIDE! The Champions/Avengers team faces its first real casualty in their ongoing struggle to prevent two planets from colliding – and that fatality changes the game! On Sale: December 20, 2017 Price: $3.99 Buy Champions 15& #27 on Comixology The Defenders #8 Publisher: Marvel Comics Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Artist: David Marquez Cover Artist:…

She-Hulk by Mike Mayhew With the recent DisneyFox deal the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) is going to be full of amazing characters. For some background, during the 1990s Marvel licensed out the live-action movie and television rights to different studios like 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures and more. Starting in 2008 Marvel Studios started releasing their own movies into a single shared universe, but was limited in the number of characters they could use. Over the years, they’ve gotten rights to different characters back and the biggest deal was when they bought the rights from Fox to bring in characters…

Paramount has announced release dates for it’s Hasbro shared universe films including G.I. Joe and Micronauts. Paramount Studios has announced release dates for several upcoming films. A movie with the title G.I. Joe will drop in theaters March 27, 2020. This follows up on the studio’s previous movies based on the Hasbro toy line: G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) and G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013). G.I. Joe is toy of military action figures that spawned several TV series, comics and animated movies. The two G.I. Joe films earned a modest $678.2 million worldwide combined. The new movie is intended…

Mortal Engines (2018) – Hester Shaw (Hera Hilmar) A new trailer for Peter Jackson’s steampunk YA movie Mortal Engines is here and it’s epic. It aired with the Star Wars: The Last Jedi movie and is now online. The series is about a far distant future where humanity lives on giant rolling cities that prey on one another for resources. The trailer opens with a city rolling precariously on a barren landscape. Hera Hilmar, who plays Hester Shaw the lead female role, uses a telescope to see an even bigger city on the horizon. The city is named “London”. It opens a ramp and huge arms…

Where to buy awesome t-shirts for the Black Panther movie premiere. There are two big questions I have about the Black Panther movie. When do I buy tickets? What am I going to wear? When there’s a genre movie I’m looking forward to I usually wear a t-shirt that’s related to the property. I wore an Iron Man shirt to Captain America: Civil War. I wore a Superman shirt to Batman v Superman. I wore a Rogue One shirt to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and a Chewbacca shirt to Star Wars: The Last Jedi. But the question I’ve been…

Zack Snyder’s become known for his comic book movies. He’s also known for his mind-blowing trailers. I decided to see what it would look like if the trailer one of his early films Watchmen (2009) were cut like his latest film Justice League (2017). It actually works pretty well along with the amazing Smashing Pumpkins song “The Beginning is the End is the Beginning”. What do you think of the trailer? Note: Some links point to an approved affiliate and a portion of the sales goes to support the blog. Thank you! If you enjoyed this, then please use the buttons below…

At long last Marvel Studios has bought the live-action movie rights to the X-Men and all related characters. Despite rumors that the sale was going through it’s still insane that this is happening. Walt Disney this morning announced 21st Century Fox is spinning off Fox Broadcasting network and stations, Fox News, Fox Business, FS1, FS2 and Big Ten Network to its shareholders. The $52.4 billion stock deal includes the X-Men as well as Avatar, The Simpsons, FX Networks and National Geographic. This deal has been a long time coming and a few months back Stan Lee said the studio was “working on” getting the…

Watch a brand new trailer for Black Panther (2018)! A new Japanese trailer is online and it has a bunch of new footage! Check it out! 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 for the throne from factions within his own country. When two foes conspire to destroy Wakanda, the hero known as Black Panther must team up with C.I.A. agent Everett K. Ross and members of…

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) trailer Watch the incredible first trailer for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. The first trailer for the Jurassic World sequel is here and it’s stunning. “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” is the sequel to “Jurassic World,” Colin Trevorrow’s 2015 soft reboot of the “Jurassic Park” franchise. Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard reprise their roles as Owen and Claire. Jeff Goldblum returns as Ian Malcolm from the original film saying “These creatures were here before us. And if we’re not careful, they’re gonna be here after us.” The island of Isla Nublar is going to explode and the group is…

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…