Creed director Ryan Coogler made the big leap to comic book movies with his Oscar-nominated adaptation of Marvel’s Black Panther. Coogler is set to return for the sequel, set to be released in 2022, but that isn’t the only comic book film he’s working on. Deadline reported yesterday that production company Legendary Studios has made a deal with Coogler to produce the film adaptation of Image Comics’ Bitter Root. Set in the 1920’s Harlem Renaissance, it follows the Sangerye family who used to moonlight as monster hunters, saving New York from various supernatural threats. However, years of in-fighting …
After making her debut in 2016’s Suicide Squad, Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn is set to return in the new film Birds of Prey (and the Fabulous Emancipation of One Harely Quinn). Image Via Bloody Disgusting Based on the superhero team of the same name, the film sees Quinn trying to make a new life for herself after splitting up with the Joker. She encounters a young Cassandra Cain, aka the future Batwoman, who is being hunted down by the notorious mobster known as Black Mask. Quinn teams up with vigilante heroes Black Canary and Huntress, as well as …
The Kingsman comic book series follows the adventures of Eggsy, a member of an independent secret service organization known as the Kingsman. This comic series served as the basis for two films: Kingsman: The Secret Service and Kingsman: The Golden Circle. Rocketman star Taron Egerton plays Eggsy, who is trained by Colin Firth’s Galahad in the art of becoming a Kingsman. A third film is already in development without a release date, but until then, fans do have something to look forward to in the form of a prequel film. Image Via Amazon The King’s Man takes place …
Hollywood director Quentin Tarantino has teased many different scenarios for what he plans to do when he retires from directing after his tenth film. He has teased a sequel to Kill Bill and even an R-rated Star Trek film. Now, the Once Upon A Time In Hollywood director has revealed another upcoming project outside of filmmaking: a book In a conversation published by DGA Quarterly Magazine, Tarantino sat down with director Martin Scorsese, who’s new film The Irishman will hit Netflix in November, to talk about various topics revolving movies. In the beginning of the discussion, Tarantino talked …
Banned Books Week shines a light on literature’s most challenged titles, but also on the institutions that carry out these bans. It’s not surprising to hear about the types of books that get banned, but you might be surprised to see who bans books the most. PEN America, a nonprofit organization that advocates for freedom of speech and the celebration of literature, published a paper detailing the extensive bans that state and federal prisons have imposed on various books. Image Via Wikipedia Depending on the state, some books have been banned for very surprising reasons: Prisons …
