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24 Nov

Examining the Disney+ ‘Leak’ Revealing a Black Widow Streaming Announcement and MCU Series Release Dates

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Ahead of Disney’s planned investors call on December 10, an apparently ‘leaked’ video doing the rounds online purports to reveal some big 2021 announcements for the company’s streaming service. The video, the authenticity of which has not been substantiated, arrived after it was noted that streaming content would become Disney’s primary focus. It’s packed with future Disney+ release dates, including that of MCU spinoff series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier apparently set for a weekly rollout from August 13, and a “premier access” streaming date for Marvel’s delayed standalone Black Widow movie on April 16. Crucially, it also unveils…

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24 Nov

The Other History of the DC Universe Tells a Different Black Lightning Story Than You’d Expect

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The Other History of the DC Universe, John Ridley and Giuseppe Cammuncoli’s new prestige miniseries from DC’s Black Label, has a particularly evocative title. When you hear that name, you think Howard Zinn, something like A People’s Crisis on Infinite Earths. It implies a grand, broad look at the sweep of DC Universe history from the perspective of marginalized people, voices who were not the ones telling the story (in and outside of it). But the book that is out this week is…not quite that. Ridley was “less interested in putting obelisks on the timeline,” he said at a roundtable…

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23 Nov

Black Beauty

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This modern day reimagining of Anna Sewell’s timeless classic, follows Black Beauty (voiced by Kate Winslet), a wild horse born free in the American West. Rounded up and taken away from her family, Beauty is brought to Birtwick Stables where she meets a spirited teenage girl, Jo Green (Mackenzie Foy). Beauty and Jo forge an unbreakable bond that carries Beauty through the different chapters, challenges, and adventures of her life.Release Date: Nov 27, 2020

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21 Nov

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

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Tensions and temperatures rise over the course of an afternoon recording session in 1920s Chicago as a band of musicians await trailblazing performer, the legendary “Mother of the Blues,” Ma Rainey (Viola Davis). Late to the session, the fearless, fiery Ma engages in a battle of wills with her white manager and producer over control of her music. As the band waits in the studio’s claustrophobic rehearsal room, ambitious trumpeter Levee (Chadwick Boseman) — who has an eye for Ma’s girlfriend and is determined to stake his own claim on the music industry — spurs his fellow musicians into an…

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19 Nov

As Wonder Woman Heads To HBO Max, Will Black Widow Make A Move To Streaming Next?

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Following Wednesday’s late-breaking news that Wonder Woman 1984 will open in theaters and premiere on HBO Max simultaneously on Christmas Day, speculation must now turn toward Disney’s next big Marvel Studios offering, Black Widow, and whether it could shift to the Disney+ service, as rumored in the past. Just to recap, the Wonder Woman sequel had already moved its release date three times, from June to August to October, before finally settling on the Christmas Day berth. But with the coronavirus raging again through the U.S. on its third and potentially deadliest surge yet, it has become apparent in recent…

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17 Nov

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Review

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It’s hard to get excited about a new Call of Duty game after 16 years of consecutive releases, but a bigger emphasis on stealth in Black Ops Cold War’s campaign and a couple of enjoyable new multiplayer modes prove that this annual franchise can still hang with the best. While part of the Black Ops subseries, you don’t need to be familiar with the previous games to enjoy Cold War’s single-player campaign. Alex Mason, the protagonist from the first two Black Ops’ games returns for a few missions, but you’ll be playing as your own created character for most of…

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14 Nov

The Mandalorian: Titus Welliver Cameo Reminds Us of Lost’s Man in Black

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This Star Wars: The Mandalorian article contains spoilers. The Mandalorian season 2 continues its streak of entertaining episodes with “The Heiress,” which brings in elements from The Clone Wars as well as gives us a clear sign of where the show is headed. Along the way, we’re treated to even more guest appearances, including Battlestar Galactica legend Katee Sackhoff, who brings Mandalorian warrior Bo-Katan Kryze to live-action for the first time, as well as Mercedes Varnado (better known as the WWE wrestler Sasha Banks), who portrays the gun-toting Nite Owl soldier Koska Reeves. Two major cameos in one episode is…

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12 Nov

Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War Launch Time – When Does It Release on Xbox Series X, PS5, PC, PS4, and Xbox One?

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Call of Duty fans are only hours away from getting their hands on the latest installment of the franchise, the spy-themed Black Ops: Cold War, which sees the heroes from the original Black Ops game on the tail of a Russian spy known as Perseus. Series “heroes” Frank Woods, Jason Hudson, and Alex Mason will be dabbling in a bit of espionage (but really, it seems like they’ll mostly be blowing stuff up) on the orders of President Ronald Reagan. It’s clear Treyarch and Raven Software are aiming for a pure ’80s action flick feel with their latest. Players anxious…

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21 Oct

How Black Mirror Embraced Its Horror Potential with Playtest

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Monster specialist Grant Walker of award-winning VFX studio Framestore was excited when he received an offer to work on an episode of sci-fi anthology Black Mirror’s third season. But the nature of the job, for an episode called “Playtest”, proved to be an unexpected one. “I thought: ‘they want to make monsters for Black Mirror? I don’t get it,’” Walker says. Through two seasons and six episodes on Channel 4, the monsters of Black Mirror were largely metaphorical and unseen, signals and dispatches from mobile devices in a dubiously fictional world. Then the show was picked up by Netflix, which…

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20 Oct

Chadwick Boseman’s Final Film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Gets Trailer

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The Blues is one of the earliest and most enduring musical traditions in Black American culture. Rooted in African musical traditions, spirituals, and African American work songs, the blues sprang forth from the American South in the 1860s and by the early 20th century would begin a cultural revolution, paving the way for jazz and modern popular music. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, a film which stars Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman in his final performance, seeks to unpack that with fire. The first trailer lays out the age-old American battle between artist and and capitalist, and Black talent and white…

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14 Oct

Black Adam Casts Sarah Shahi Opposite Dwayne Johnson in DC Movie

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Dwayne Johnson’s developing DCEU movie, Black Adam, may have recently seen its December 22, 2021 premiere slip away in a recent reshuffle from Warner, but the film is nevertheless progressing, as evidenced by the latest news, the addition of Sarah Shahi to its main cast. The casting, which validates recent rumors, will see Sarah Shahi join Black Adam, as trades such as Deadline and Variety now report. Her character is being described as a university professor and freedom fighter leading the resistance in Kahndaq, an Egypt-like fictional nation in DC Comics lore. Shahi joins headliner Johnson in a cast that,…

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06 Oct

Black Box

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After losing his wife and his memory in a car accident, a single father undergoes an agonizing experimental treatment that causes him to question who he really is.Release Date: Oct 06, 2020

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06 Oct

Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War Open Beta Modes Revealed

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The Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War beta begins with the PlayStation 4 early access on Oct. 8-9. That means that if you’ve pre-ordered the PlayStation version of the highly-anticipated first-person shooter, you’ll be able to finally get your hands on some of the game’s multiplayer modes as soon as this weekend. The PS4 open beta will follow on Oct. 10-12 before the beta hits Xbox One and PC starting on Oct. 15. You can check out a full breakdown of the beta dates below: Ahead of the beta, Activision has confirmed the multiplayer modes fans will be able…

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06 Oct

The Batman, Shazam 2, Black Adam, Matrix 4 Release Date Shake-Up

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Following the news on Monday that Warner Bros. Pictures was shifting the release of its sci-fi epic Dune from December 18 of this year to October 1, 2021, Deadline reports that the studio has now massively reshuffled even more of its planned tentpole films for the next two years. Not surprisingly, Matt Reeves’ The Batman is moving off that October 1, 2021 date in the wake of Dune’s shift and will now open on March 4, 2022. That spot was originally held by Warner Bros. for a proposed film based on the venerable video game Minecraft, which no longer has…

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01 Oct

Chadwick Boseman’s Final Film, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Reveals First Look

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Chadwick Boseman may have left the realm of the living far too early at the age of 43, but the Black Panther star’s legacy will be further cemented with the release of his starring role in Netflix film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, which will stand as his final onscreen performance. Netflix has released the first images previewing Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, a historical drama set in 1927 Chicago, in which Viola Davis co-stars as the eponymous Ma Rainey, a popular Southern singer dubbed the “Mother of Blues,” who’s come to the Second City for a crucial recording session; an endeavor…

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01 Oct

Black: Superhero Movie Where Only Black People Have Super Powers in Development

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Black, the comic sensation that depicts a world where only Black people have superpowers, that started as a thoroughly supported Kickstarter and grew into a franchise, just took another step closer to jumping mediums. Studio 8, the entertainment company developing the film version of the comic, announced that Black has been picked up by Warner Bros. The critically acclaimed comic was created by Kwanza Osajyefo and Tim Smith 3, with interior art from Jamal Igle, and striking, iconic covers from Khary Randolph, and edited by Sarah Litt. And in a fun surprise, the movie script was written by Bryan Edward…

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25 Sep

Black Adam Casts Aldis Hodge as Hawkman

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The DC Extended Universe just got a little more extended with the casting of actor Aldis Hodge as Hawkman. A major talent already having a big couple of years between several film and television projects, Hodge is now set to next star opposite Dwayne Johnson in Black Adam, a superhero film connected to 2019’s Shazam. The news, which was announced late Friday evening, further underlines that the Johnson-led Black Adam will be reaching back into the annals of early comic book lore, with Hawkman, alias Carter Hall, being a character who first appeared in 1940 via Flash Comics #1. Additionally,…

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23 Sep

Marvel’s Black Widow Release Date Delayed to 2021

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Disney has moved its next big Marvel Studios theatrical release, Black Widow, from November 6, 2020 to May 7, 2021. The move was widely rumored and expected as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continues to play havoc with the theatrical exhibition business. There was even speculation that the Mouse House could premiere Black Widow on its Disney+ streaming platform, as it did this month with Mulan. Black Widow’s shift also comes as part of a larger, major shake-up in Disney’s overall release schedule, with the company also moving other Marvel titles like Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and…

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21 Sep

Black Narcissus Trailer and Release Date for FX Miniseries Remake

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Black Narcissus, the 1947 film based on author Rumer Godden’s 1939 novel, is getting a substantially stylized update (of the already-stylized film classic,) in the realm of peak television by way of FX’s November-scheduled miniseries. With Gemma Arterton as its headliner, the miniseries will showcase a surreal tale of eroticism, darkness and futility centered on a group of nuns in a Himalayan palace. Amanda Coe (The Trial of Christine Keeler) wrote the adaptation script for the three-part miniseries, which was directed by Charlotte Bruus Christensen (Between Us). Interestingly, the element of stunning Himalayan cinematography will be prominent in the FX…

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15 Sep

Black Widow Release Date Delay Imminent?

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Is 2020 at all salvageable for major studio blockbusters? It’s appearing less likely after the recent disappointments surrounding Warner Brothers’ Tenet and Disney’s Mulan. And according to at least several anonymous sources talking to Deadline, it’s about to result in Marvel Studios’ hotly anticipated Black Widow being delayed yet again. The report, which was filed Tuesday afternoon, states Disney executives are currently pondering a move of Black Widow off its current Nov. 6 release date, even though the studio has yet to settle on a new date. According to the trade, Black Widow could theoretically be moved to as soon…

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