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15 Aug

Project Power Ending Explained

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This article contains Project Power spoilers. You can read our spoiler-free review here. Netflix’s new superhero movie, Project Power, merges historical abuses of power in science and medicine, and melds them with an action-packed crime movie centered around a new street drug that gives its users powers. Robin (Dominique Fishback) is our hero, a young girl forced to sell Power to pay for her mother’s medical care; through her career she befriends a cop, Frank, (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) who takes the drug to “even the playing field.” Before long they’re both caught up in a nationwide conspiracy that can only be…

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14 Aug

Project Power

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On the streets of New Orleans, word begins to spread about a mysterious new pill that unlocks superpowers unique to each user. The catch: You don’t know what will happen until you take it. While some develop bulletproof skin, invisibility, and super strength, others exhibit a deadlier reaction. But when the pill escalates crime within the city to dangerous levels, a local cop (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) teams with a teenage dealer (Dominique Fishback) and a former soldier fueled by a secret vendetta (Jamie Foxx) to fight power with power and risk taking the pill in order to track down and stop…

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11 Aug

Project Power: The Five-Minute Superhero Explained

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When Project Power premieres on Netflix on Friday, August 14, it will showcase not only the acting prowess of star actors Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in its story about a city uprooted by a new drug that gives anyone superpowers. It will also introduce viewers to the storytelling of Mattson Tomlin, who is poised to become the next big sci-fi action screenwriter with three upcoming comic book adaptations, including co-writing credit on 2021’s The Batman with director Matt Reeves. Tomlin spoke to us about this first film, which sprung from his own ideas about powers. The most unique aspect…

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05 Aug

The Secret Garden: How to Lose the Power of a Classic

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Children’s fantasy media has long been one of Britain’s chief exports. From Peter Pan to The Chronicles of Narnia, to Harry Potter, the UK has been entertaining audiences around the world with stories of magic. But though Frances Hodgson Burnett’s 1911 novel, The Secret Garden, is a classic of British children’s literature, it is not an example of children’s fantasy. Nor did it ever pretend to be. Rather Burnett’s prose led its readers through a tale of catharsis and wonder that takes place completely in a setting that obeys recognizable laws of horticulture. We need both kinds of stories. One…

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23 Jul

Caitlin Moran: “I was the only teenager in the country who had that kind of power”

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In the middle of our conversation with journalist and author Caitlin Moran, she turns around to reveal a storyboard for her next project – a utopian sci-fi described as a cross between Weird Science and The Handmaid’s Tale. Whether that sounds appealing will depend largely on whether you’ve found yourself enraptured by Moran’s unique blend of whimsy and wit before. “All sci-fi films are dystopian. It’s always about the future and how technology has bombed us and we’re all fucked. I think that’s because generally, men make them, but technology is amazing, particularly for women,” she says. “Every time we…

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15 Jul

Project Power Trailer Has Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon-Levitt for a Netflix Sci-Fi Movie

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Project Power has all the makings of a big screen blockbuster, bringing bankable stars in Jamie Foxx and a back-from-hiatus Joseph Gordon-Levitt, along with an insane array of onscreen action effects. Yet, in a narrative that’s becoming increasingly familiar, this seemingly theatrical formula is actually scheduled for streaming, specifically as a Netflix exclusive. Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman of the Paranormal Activity sequels serve as directors here, working off a script by rising screenwriter Mattson Tomlin. The premise of said script provides an intriguing twist on cinematic super-power tropes with the premise of a raucous rescue operation centered on an…

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15 Jul

Lord Drakkon Joins The Omega Rangers For a New Power Rangers Series

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Hot on the heels of the announcement of the Mighty Morphin comic, BOOM! Studios throws another new title into the ring with the simply titled, Power Rangers. Launching in September, the new Power Rangers comic will follow Jason, Trini, and Zack… and Lord Drakkon! For those who aren’t caught up on Power Rangers comics, here’s a very quick rundown. While in the TV series Jason, Trini, and Zack all left to go to a “peace conference” they instead went into space to become the Omega Rangers. Lord Drakkon, an evil Tommy from another dimension, has just reappeared on Earth and…

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01 Jul

New Power Rangers Showrunner Reveals Dino Fury Plans

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Back in January fans of Power Rangers learned through an IMDB post that Simon Bennett, director of many Ninja Steel and Beast Morphers episodes and producer of several well-known New Zealand dramas, had “taken over the reins as EP (executive producer) of Hasbro’s famed Power Rangers TV series.” He later stated that he was also the showrunner as well.  At the time this left fans a bit confused since Chip Lynn, who’d worked on the show back in the 90’s and returned in 2015 for Dino Charge, was the executive producer. While TV shows having two executive producers isn’t uncommon the…

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16 Sep

Why The Power Rangers Took So Long To Morph, According To The Director

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The Power Rangers movie took a long time to get the protagonists to morph into the Ranger forms. Director Dean Israelite has explained why this was the case. The Power Rangers movie took a long time to get the protagonists to morph into the Ranger forms. Director Dean Israelite has explained why this was the case. Source from..

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