Laurence Fishburne cast as Perry White in new Superman flick

Its just like Idris Elba being cast in Thor. Or something.

OMG.

Ahem.

The Robots of Brixton by Kibwe Tavares

Brixton has degenerated into a disregarded area inhabited by London’s new robot workforce - robots built and designed to carry out all of the tasks which humans are no longer inclined to do. The mechanical population of Brixton has rocketed, resulting in unplanned, cheap and quick additions to the skyline ( Read more... )

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I happened to come across a podcast of Malcolm Harris talking about his game, Witch Girls Adventures.

He's been making comics and tabletop roleplaying games down in Texas, and now is putting together a movie for Witch Girls.

The game sounds interesting, so I'll probably pick up a copy when I get a chance.

Revolution & Kung Fu by Renée Tajima-Peña - Project Site - Where Great Art Starts - from United States ArtistsOne of the sadder parts of white focused media dialogue and history, is the way in which things like inter-POC movements and media disappear - a lot of folks look at stuff like blaxspoitation films and laugh at the heroes ( Read more... )

I just saw this last night and wanted to talk about the Jinn depicted in the movie. I could've sworn someone else had addressed this in a post recently, but I've forgotten now where I read it, so if anyone else remembers what I'm talking about just let me know. Basically i'm thinking the Jinn=new Orc Hordes?

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I just saw Alice in Wonderland today and while I enjoyed it for the most part, it got me thinking of doing a re-cast much like chromatic re-imaginings of the past in other fandoms. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be one for Alice in Wonderland ( Read more... )

I made a post about Ryan Reynolds getting cast as Green Lantern after over a year's worth of Common being touted as possibly playing John Stewart in a Justice League film. Thought it would be relevant to some people's interests.

Most of the Quileute wolves have been cast, so says this article. There's no mention of Leah at all, which seems strange. I am happy to see that the new cast additions are all people of color at least but only the new male addition are Native. I am not going to hold our for Alex Rice for Leah when I am pretty sure we're gonna get Vanessa Hudgens ( Read more... )

http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/12/10/first-look-the-cast-of-the-last-airbender/

It's actually even worse than I was expecting. I mean, even most of the commenters to that article are appalled.

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