BlackGeekdom Science-Fiction from a Different Perspective

Source: Variety

Harry Lennix (Five Heartbeats, Matrix Reloaded, Matrix Revolutions, Dollhouse) has signed on the the cast of director Zach Snyder’s Man of Steel.  He joins fellow Henry Cavill, Russell Crowe, Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Julia Ormond, and Christopher Meloni in an absolutely star studded cast.  He’s cast as a high ranking military officer name d General Swanwick.

I like d him in both Matrix movies as Commander Lock (AKA Deadbolt) and he was a bright spot in the much maligned Dollhouse.

Man of Steel is produced by Christopher Nolan (Memento, Batman Returns, Dark Knight, Inception) and is scheduled for a December 2012 release date.

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DC  Comics caused quite a uproar with its new line wide  reboot this September.   The entire universe is being rebooted and restarted with issue  # 1.   I’m going to ignore the stuff that usually gets talked about the most like Batman and Superman  etc,  you can get that stuff other places.   Here’s some of the books that have me interested.  

Batwing  #1, starring the first ever black character to don the mantle as the Batman of Africa

Static Shock # 1

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During the G4 coverage of E3, G4 has been touting that Marvel anime is coming to G4 this fall.  One of the titles is Blade. 

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He must really want the role if he is going to shoot mock trailers.

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The theatrical trailer is now available on Yahoo.  The movie stars Jason Momoa, Ron Perlman, Rose McGowan, Rachel Nichols, and Stephen Lang. The movie’s release date is set for August 19, 2011.

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It’s been 3 1/2 years since this cover.  I thought it appropriate to revisit this solicitation since Black Panther has lost it’s way and we need to be reminded of how powerful the iconic character is.  This art features his wife Ororo Monroe, Storm.

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Source: SuperHero Hype

On the hills of the premiere of Marvel Entertainment’s Thor, starring Chris Helmsworth, Idris Elba was asked at a press conference if there were any other Marvel characters he was interested in playing.  He said that he would be interested in Luke Cage.  Currently, he’s playing Heimdall in Thor.  This puts him in direct competition with Isaiah Mustafa who also expressed interest in playing Power Man.  Previous rumors had Tyrese Gibson in the role if the movie was to be directed by John Singleton.

I like Elba and think he’s a brilliant actor.  He was great as Stringer Bell in The Wire, and even better as DCI John Luther.  He was also going to takeover for Morgan Freeman as Alex Cross, but that role is now being played by Tyler Perry.  I’m not going to get my hopes up for Idris as Luke Cage.  I think he might be a little old, and though he has the acting ability, I don’t think he could physically handle the role.

I’ve always thought Tyrese Gibson would be a good choice.  We’ve posted a bunch of stuff about a Luke Cage movie and potential actors for the role over the last few years.  For example, John Singleton talked about casting Tyrese Gibson or Chiwetel Ejiofor.  I’ve even posted a list of possibles here, including Michael Jai White, Morris Chestnut, and Taye Diggs.  Personally, I would like to see what Isaiah Mustafa could do.  I know his acting is unproven, but I think it would be good to see someone new who doesn’t have any history of portraying an iconic hero already.

Idris Elba can be seen in Thor starting May 6.  Isaiah Mustafa can sometimes be seen on Chuck, Mondays at 8:00 on NBC.

Posted under Comics, Movies, Rumors

Source: Comic Alliance

What’s wrong with this image?

In some self-important or self-aggrandizing move, Marvel has decided to create some story line involving Black Panther and immigration.  First off, it is 2011 and why is Marvel doing a story line about immigration?  I suspect this is some justification for trying to finish cutting T’Challa off from Wakanda.  First, they replace him with his sister and put him in the Fantastic Four, only to have him return to Wakanda and destroy it’s most valuable resource and source of Wakanda’s independence, strength, technology, and wealth by rendering Vibranium useless.  Now, he has taking over guardianship of Hell’s Kitchen from Daredevil.  I don’t read Daredevil, but isn’t it odd that the Black Panther, T’challa the King of Wakanda, and a religious figure in an independent country would become the guardian of a relatively small neighborhood in New York City?  The math doesn’t add up.

I read something somewhere that was really good, and I can’t take credit for it that sums it all up.

“The Black Panther habit is a religious/cultural symbol of Wakanda and as such, should not have emblems associated with another nation’s identity emblazoned all over it.  I doubt fans of Captain America would be too pleased if the same was done to the good Captain’s outfit; so why do Marvel seem to think it acceptable to frak with T’Challa’s garb in this manner?” (Majestik, CBRS Forums)

‘Nuff said.

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Source: Superhero Hype

Check out Superhero Hype for an Exclusive interview with the Old Spice dude, Isaiah Mustafa.  He talks about Marvel and the possibility of him being cast as Luke Cage, Power Man.

Click HERE for the entire interview.

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A set image and brief promo of Alphas, a new show from Syfy about a group of people with extraordinary powers who fight crime….Malik Yoba headlines the cast.  Hopefully this will turn out better than his previous series on ABC, Defying Gravity.

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