Zack Snyder has always been utterly dependent on his writers. There is no great shame to this. If you can accept your limits as a creative professional and admit your dependence on colaborers in other fields, it is possible to create something extraordinary. Snyder has done this on occasion. He got his start in the […]
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HOLLYWOOD EXPOSED: The Quiet Cancellation of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Star Avery Brooks
On June 2, 1999, the immensely popular sci-fi series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine signed off the air for the last time. Since then, many of the show’s stars have continued to appear in television and film, but one prominent name practically disappeared off the face of the earth—Avery Brooks, the classically-trained black actor who […]
SegaSammy Embraces The Past By Releasing Info On Five Retro Classic Games Coming in 2024
SegaSammy has released the slides for its Management Meeting 2023 Presentation, which reveal a few major details about the company’s plans to resurrect some of its classic franchises. At The Game Awards in early December, Crazy Taxi, Golden Axe, Jet Set Radio, Shinobi, and Streets of Rage were revealed as potential new entries in classic […]
The Dark Herald Recommends – Spy X Family Manga
The Spy x Family anime on Crunchyroll has been met with high praise from fans, and the manga, as usual, is even better as it demonstrates one of the Greek tenants of family love, Storge, which refers to familial love. I used to be a believer in writers setting up estates to protect their life’s […]
Zatanna Screenwriter Emerald Fennell Confirms Project Is “Not Happening” For DCEU Regime Switch
With Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom, the DCEU (DC Extended Universe) comes to an end this week. DC Studios are rebooting it as the DCEU with co-CEO filmmakers James Gunn and Peter Safran. It was previously reported that Fennell was developing a “Zatanna” film for the DCEU, a magical character who fits into what many […]
James Wan’s Aquaman 2 Fails At Box Office Opening Night With Paltry $13.7 Million As The DC Universe Ends With A Whimper
The release of “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” has been far from the triumph that its predecessor achieved. The sequel to James Wan’s 2018 hit finds itself swimming against the current at the box office, earning a meager $13.7 million on its first day, a stark contrast to the global success of the first film. […]
Was ‘Leave The World Behind’ Barack Obama’s Warning To America?
RELATED: What We Know So Far About The Rumored Warner Brothers / Paramount Merger Conspiracy theories ran rife this week on social media as people speculated that Leave The World Behind was warning to Americans that a foreign invasion was imminent. These theories were further stoked by news that Obama’s production company, Higher Ground Productions, […]
RUMOR: Disney Moving Forward With Iman Vellani Leading A Young Avengers Theatrical Film Despite Recent MCU Failures
In the aftermath of The Marvels’ disastrous box office performance, Disney appears undeterred a new industry states Young Avengers is in development as a feature film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). However, this strategic move is met with skepticism, raising questions about Disney’s recent choices in the MCU and its inclination towards introducing more […]
Treating “Official” Fan Fiction From The Comic Industry Like It’s Fan Fiction
The X-Men are being reappropriated. Miles Morales has all but replaced Spider-Man. Modern books in the comic industry are mostly glorified fan fiction. Learn how to treat them that way. No matter how much officially sanctioned garbage gets dumped on a tried-and-true franchise, some core stories are so good that no amount of corporate-approved dog-piling […]
X-Men Fans Are Livid As Marvel Comics Editor Tom Brevoort Confirms Coming Reboot Will Be Filled With Politics: “The Message Is The Premise”
Marvel Comics Editor Tom Brevoort has waded into the political debate with fans, fueling concerns that the new X-Men reboot will be another left-wing political manifesto disgusted as a comic. It began when Tom Brevoort posted a graphic with a classic X-Men logo and the text “From The Ashes” and “July 2024.” Fans replied with […]
What We Know So Far About The Rumored Warner Brothers / Paramount Merger
Last week, there was a rumor that Skydance was looking into buying Paramount, or at least buying Shari Redstone’s shares of National Amusement, which amounts to the same thing as NA owns 77% of Paramount. RedBird Capital is bankrolling Skydance’s play, so it looks like there is definitely something to this. Certainly, David Zaszlav thought […]
Star Wars Actor John Boyega Mocks Suggestion He Should Replace Jonathan Majors as Disney Marvel’s Kang Supervillain
With the cancellation of Kang actor Jonathan Majors, speculation is rife regarding what will become of his high-profile character in the Disney-owned Avengers franchise. While some fans suspect that Dr. Doom might replace Kang, others have suggested that the character could be recast, perhaps by John Boyega. When asked about it, Boyega responded with a […]
