Batman’s next cinematic adventure, simply titled The Batman, has been slowly filling out it’s cast. Robert Pattinson (Twilight) will play Bruce Wayne/Batman, Jeffery Wright (The Hunger Games) will play Alfred, and Jonah Hill (The Wolf of Wall Street) will play Oswald Cobblepot/Penguin. Now, another classic Batman character has been cast. Warner Bros. confirmed that Zoe Kravitz will play Selina Kyle/Catwoman. Image Via The Hollywood Reporter The character of Catwoman has had several live-action adaptations over the years. This includes Julie Newmar in the 1960s Batman television series, Michelle Pfeiffer’s portrayal in Batman Returns, Halle Berry’s ill-received standalone …
Another musician is stepping into the literature world. Entertainment Weekly reported K-pop star Jessica Jung will be publishing her own book next year: Shine. Image Via Billboard Inspired by most of her own life, the book follows Korean-American Rachel Kim as she is recruited by a K-pop label and follows her training into becoming a successful artist, and her relationship with a K-pop legend. Jung is a former member of the South Korean girl group, Girls’ Generation, before branching into other businesses like fashion and acting and eventually going into a solo music career. Her discography includes nine …
Today is the 62 year anniversary publication of Ayn Rand’s seminal work, Atlas Shrugged. An epic tale spanning over 1,000 pages, it tells the story of railroad executive Dagny Taggart and steel magnate Hank Rearden as they search for the mysterious John Galt, a man persuading the most powerful businessmen in the world to “strike” against the dystopian government that is imposing burdensome regulations on their private businesses in the hopes of creating a true capitalist society. Atlas Shrugged serves as Rand’s most explicit advertisement of her philosophy of Objectivism, a movement she founded based around the concepts …
Written in 1010 by Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji is believed by many to be the very first novel ever written. It follows the life of Hikaru Genji, the son of an emperor in ancient Kyoto. Though the original full manuscript has never been found, translations of the first four chapters are sold today. Image Via Amazon Now, a fifth chapter has been discovered. Depicting Genji’s relationship with a woman that would eventually become his wife, the fifth chapter was found among the heirlooms of the home of Motofuyu Okochi, a descendant of a formal feudal lord. …
Marvel’s The Runaways is the first MCU series streaming on Hulu, but the streaming service will soon debut another series: Hellstrom. Image Via The Verge Hellstrom is a comic book series that follows siblings Daimon and Satana Helstrom. The original series has the siblings be the children of Satan and battling supernatural beings. The upcoming Hulu series will follow the same characters, but they will be portrayed as siblings whose father was a notorious serial killer and the duo spend their time tracking down the worst of humanity. Image Via Bleeding Cool Marvel announced today that …
