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Heavy Metal TV/Film Development Slate Announcement

Heavy Metal announced Metalverse, a slate of live-action and animated TV shows and films at San Diego Comic-Con with a sizzle reel including live-action test footage of Taarna, plus clips promoting Cold Dead War, Dark Wing, Arena Mode, The Adventures of Adrienne James, Sun Eater, The Rise, and Savage Circus.

An animated TV series tied to Moon Lake, an anthology title by actor and writer Dan Fogler, is also in development, co-produced by Heavy Metal, Fogler, Daniel Powell, and Bardel Entertainment (Rick and Morty).


 
War of the Worlds (EPIX 2022 Series) Season 3- Official Trailer


In the first season of War of the Worlds, an alien attack all but wiped out mankind, with just a handful of humans fighting to survive.
And no one felt more rocked by the invasion than Emily (Daisy Edgar-Jones), who discovered she may have her own strange personal connection to the aliens.


 
Young Herschel said:
I didn't learn about "Tom Swift" until I saw the promo on Prime Video on the header. I watched the trailer provided and I was like . . . ok??? Then turned on the episode and . . . just as I suspected. Good that the CW wants to be uber-inclusive and all but as you asserted . . . why can we not have just ONE healthy, happy high school hetero Black male lead character on a fantasy/sci-fi show??!??

The CW continued a template and sadly . . . Netflix has carried it forward even further. Every fourth or fifth Netflix movie or series . . . the powers that be are trying to portray Black men as gay or asexual or otherwise lame and beta. It is nearly always the white guy who gets the girl and gets to lead the charge into danger to be the conquering hero right?

I found two great articles on "Stranger Things" from the New York Times and Slate.com on how poorly Lucas Sinclair is portrayed but am having some trouble relocating the NYT one: https://slate.com/culture/2022/06/stranger-things-4-netflix-most-interesting-character-lucas.html

I just don't think that Netflix wants this young, black talented and charismatic man to become the alpha teen heart throb that he should be by now at 20 years old. When was the last time you saw a Caleb McLaughlin commercial for any YA products online or TV?!? He should be omnipresent by now but just like the CW did to Tristan Wilds from 2009 to the end of "90210" . . . Netflix has deliberately debilitated him. He barely has any presence on other movies with other streaming services like Prime Video or Hulu nor other Netflix projects does he?!? I am just saying that his romance with Max has been sabotaged and it has hampered his success and market value as a leading young male actor on other projects.

There is a reason why you see The CW alumni Matt Lanter & Chace Crawford on Disney + and Prime Video via "The Mandalorian" and "The Boys" respectively . . . but Tristan Wilds?!?!? He got strategically sabotaged while on the CW network and today has effectively dissapeared. Did you ever wonder why he got no commercial offers 10 -12 years ago in the early 2010's as Caleb McLaughlin is getting none today huh?!?
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Just turned on these two Netflix series "First Kiss" and "The Sandman" and my gaydar went off within seconds of seeing the first Black man on each of them. So what do you know . . . Netflix is up to their usual propaganda again. Both series look so promising too . . . but damn what these scurvy bastards at Netflix did to Lucas & Max is just something I cannot put aside as I promise you that those gay black guys will have better romantic storyline development than Lucas Sinclair has had with Max Mayfield in over two full seasons on "Stranger Things" (SMDH).
 
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I’m putting this out there: now that Patrick Stewart is retiring from the role, Professor X should be played by an actual wheelchair bound actor. There are no other superhero characters that a wheelchair bound actor could realistically play. So, this role should go to an actor with that disability.

Black Panther was played by a black man. She-Hulk is played by a woman. Shang-Chi is played by a Chinese actor. So, there is no reason why Professor X isn’t played by a wheelchair bound actor.

Either representation matters or it doesn’t.
 
samson1701 said:
I’m putting this out there: now that Patrick Stewart is retiring from the role, Professor X should be played by an actual wheelchair bound actor. There are no other superhero characters that a wheelchair bound actor could realistically play. So, this role should go to an actor with that disability.

Black Panther was played by a black man. She-Hulk is played by a woman. Shang-Chi is played by a Chinese actor. So, there is no reason why Professor X isn’t played by a wheelchair bound actor.

Either representation matters or it doesn’t.
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That depends on which version they go with once they introduce him in the MCU proper. If they go with the classic version then "Yes" do what they did with the Echo character (deaf character/deaf actress) and cast an actual wheelchair bound actor for the role. If they decide to do the current Age of X/Krakoa version then all bets are off unless they do some sort of amalgamation of the two.
 
samson1701 said:
I’m putting this out there: now that Patrick Stewart is retiring from the role, Professor X should be played by an actual wheelchair bound actor. There are no other superhero characters that a wheelchair bound actor could realistically play. So, this role should go to an actor with that disability.

Black Panther was played by a black man. She-Hulk is played by a woman. Shang-Chi is played by a Chinese actor. So, there is no reason why Professor X isn’t played by a wheelchair bound actor.

Either representation matters or it doesn’t.
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That would be nice. Unfortunately Hollywood doesn’t really care about representation unless there’s some political agenda group pressuring them into it.
 
Crunchyroll's New Acquisitions

Crunchyroll announced a slew of new anime acquisitions with manga roots at the recent Crunchyroll Expo, including series prequel feature Jujutsu Kaisen 0; Tower of God 2nd Season, tied to the SIU webtoon, My One-Hit Kill Sister, Reborn to Master the Blade: from Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire, The Human Crazy University, The Reincarnation of The Strongest Exorcist in Another World; and Sugar Apple Fairy Tale.

Older content acquired by the streamer includes Akira; your name; director Mamoru Hosoda’s catalog The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Wolf Children, and The Boy and the Beast.

Features planned for release include Afro Samurai: Resurrection starring Samuel L. Jackson; Josee, the Tiger, and the Fish; The Stranger by the Shore; Sing a Bit of Harmony, and those from popular anime franchises Free!, Fairy Tail, PSYCHO-PASS, Code Geass, and Black Butler.



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Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power Release Schedule



Amazon’s Prime Video will debut the first two episodes of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” on the show’s Sept. 2 (Sept. 1, depending on your time zone) premiere date, switching to a one-episode-per-week release for the remaining six episodes, the streamer confirmed Tuesday.

Beginning at 6 p.m. PT and 9 p.m. ET on Sept. 1 and 2 a.m. on Sept. 2 in the UK, in addition to corresponding times for more than 200 other countries and territories, the first two episodes of “The Rings of Power” will be available for streaming on Prime Video. In the weeks that follow, episodes will launch at 9 p.m. PT on Thursdays/12 a.m. ET on Fridays, following that same timing strategy globally so the episodes release for all customers simultaneously.

In making the choice to not have a 100% weekly release plan, “The Rings of Power” will avoid a major finale showdown with HBO’s “House of the Dragon,” which will premiere its 10-episode first season Sunday.


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