Tag: Watchmen
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‘Blade’: Marvel Studios Hires ‘Watchmen’ & ‘Hunters’ Writer Stacy Osei-Kuffour To Pen Their Vampire Hunter Movie
Marvel‘s “Blade” reboot finally has a screenwriter after their six-month search has concluded. Today, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Marvel has chosen Stacy Osei-Kuffour to write the script for their upcoming feature film that will have two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali in the role of Eric Brooks, aka Blade. Stacy was an editor and…
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‘Being black in America requires emotional aerobics’: Regina King on ‘powder keg’ movie One Night in Miami
The Oscar-winning Beale Street actor on success and her sharply topical feature debut, a civil rights-era film that coincided with the explosive rise of Black Lives MatterTo say Regina King is “having a moment” feels a little inappropriate, considering that she is 35 years into her career. But it also feels like an understatement. In…
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‘Watchmen’ Emmy Nominee Jovan Adepo Joins Shailene Woodley Serial Killer Thriller ‘Misanthrope’
Exclusive: Jovan Adepo is boarding FilmNation’s serial killer thriller Misanthrope opposite Shailene Woodley and Ben Mendelsohn.The movie follows a talented, but troubled cop, who is recruited by the FBI to help profile and track down a mass murderer. Adepo will play MacKenzie a young FBI agent, who is deeply involved in hunting down the murderer.…
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‘Army Of The Dead’: Zack Snyder Says WB Wasn’t Interested In His Zombie Film & Reveals New Image
Lord knows filmmaker Zack Snyder has a) been working on the zombie movie “Army Of The Dead” for what feels like an exorbitantly long time and b) has a checkered history with working with Warner Bros. — though to be fair, they were extremely on #TeamSnyder for several years, giving him “Man Of Steel,” and…
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Paul Greengrass Says His ‘Watchmen’ Version Was About The “Delusions” of Superhero Identities & Likens It To ‘Joker’
Given what has happened over the last year or so with the “Watchmen” franchise and its Emmy-winning success as an HBO miniseries, it’s interesting to look back at what might have happened decades earlier. Yes, before Damon Lindelof created his sequel story for HBO, and before Zack Snyder attempted to adapt the original comic book…
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Barack Obama Helped Unwind From Writing His Memoir With The Help Of ‘The Boys,’ ‘Watchmen’ & More
What more needs to be said about the legend that remains former United States President Barack Obama? In addition to still-hilarious interactions with Zack Galifianakis on Between Two Ferns, meetings with Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl over the history of American rock music or a sincere discussion with Leonardo DiCaprio regarding our planet’s decaying environment,…
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‘The Boys’ Cast Reacts to Barack Obama Praising Show
Superhero shows such as “The Boys” and “Watchmen” have received acclaim for subverting the superhero genre, and former President Barack Obama is among their most famous fans.Obama discussed a handful of his favorite television shows during a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly. The former president, who published his “A Promised Land” memoir in November, noted…
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Jeremy Irons to Headline Netflix Adaptation of Robert Harris Bestseller ‘Munich’
“Watchmen” actor Jeremy Irons is headlining Netflix original film Munich, an adaptation of the bestselling 2017 novel by Robert Harris (“Fatherland”).The film is set in the fall of 1938 when Europe stands on the brink of war. Adolf Hitler is preparing to invade Czechoslovakia and Neville Chamberlain’s government desperately seeks a peaceful solution. With the…
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‘Veep’ Creator Armando Iannucci Takes Donald Trump to Task, Compares Him to Doctor Manhattan
Donald Trump isn’t an omnipotent being with superpowers, and he definitely wasn’t portrayed by Emmy winner Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in a critically acclaimed HBO series, but there are still similarities to be found between the current president and “Watchmen’s” Doctor Manhattan — if your mind is as creative and clever as “Veep” creator Armando Iannucci’s.In…
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You Could Do a Bunch of Drugs or You Could Just Watch the Trailer for Alan Moore’s ‘The Show’
After a few decades worth of comic book stories like Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell that casually changed the medium forever, Alan Moore is giving feature film writing a go. The result is The Show, a trippy thriller that, according to today’s new trailer, looks like the most Alan Moore-ass thing you’ve ever…