Turning a Blind Eye – Physical Disabilities in Sci-Fi & Fantasy Entertainment
The following contains mild spoilers for Logan and several others screen productions. While watching the intensely affecting Logan over the weekend, one thing that kept running through my mind was that physical disability is rarely addressed...March 6, 2017 3457 2
Working Stiffs, Unions, and Class Struggle In Science Fiction Television
Several years ago, I had developed a course at Rutgers University called “Labor in Popular Culture,” where we would watch a different labor-oriented movie or TV show each class, and delve into the history and issues...February 24, 2017 4270 3
MARVEL ROUNDUP – CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR, AGENT CARTER TRAILERS, & MORE
Captain America: Civil War The first trailer for ‘Captain America: Civil War’ was officially released this evening. Is it May 6, 2016 yet? Doctor Strange Marvel Studios announced that production has begun on ‘Doctor Strange,’ starring...November 25, 2015 1243 0MARVEL ROUNDUP: PICS, NEWS FROM DOCTOR STRANGE, CIVIL WAR, AND MORE
Marvel movies and TV shows are taking over the universe, with lots of photos and videos from film shoots, a new trailer for Jessica Jones, casting news, and interviews. Doctor Strange Filming has begun on Marvel’s...November 10, 2015 1607 0MARVEL ROUNDUP: FROM CHAOS TO COLOSSUS, AND MORE
Lots of casting tidbits, photos, trailers and sneak peaks Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter, Deadpool, Jessica Jones, and Guardians of the Galaxy 2 ahead. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Mark Dacascos (‘Hawaii Five-O’) has has been cast in...November 9, 2015 1183 0
MARVEL ROUNDUP: AGENT CARTER, ANT-MAN AND THE WASP, THOR DOWN UNDER
Agent Carter Kurtwood Smith (‘Resurrection,’ ‘That ‘70s Show’) will join the cast of ‘Agent Carter’ when it returns in 2016. Smith will play Vernon Masters, a veteran of the War Department with a keen understanding of...October 23, 2015 1185 0
‘Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Adds Powers Boothe
Powers Boothe (‘Sin City,’ ‘Deadwood’) has joined ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ in a recurring role as Gideon Malick, a notorious man whose loyalties remain a mystery. Boothe previously appeared in “Marvel’s The Avengers” as a member of...October 16, 2015 1233 0
HAS MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE WON BACK RIGHTS TO FANTASTIC FOUR?
Seems like the Marvel Cinematic Universe may have won back the ‘Fantastic Four.’ According to rumors, in exchange for Fox being allowed to develop the ‘Legion’ and ‘Hellfire’ TV shows, Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, The Thing,...October 15, 2015 1397 0MARVEL ROUNDUP: ‘HELLFIRE,’ ‘LEGION’ IN DEVELOPMENT, AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. CLIP
Fox in Development on ‘Hellfire’ (Working Title) FOX is in development on an action-adventure series ‘HELLFIRE’ (working title), it was announced today by David Madden, President, Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company. Set in the late 1960s, the...October 15, 2015 1129 0MARVEL ROUNDUP: HULK JOINS THOR, JESSICA JONES GETS NUKED
Mark Ruffalo will reprise his role of Bruce Banner/Hulk in ‘Thor: Ragnarok,’ according to rumors coming from the New York Comic Con. He will join Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Tom Hiddleston as Loki, and Jaimie Alexander...October 14, 2015 1166 0MARVEL ROUNDUP: THE AGENT CARTER EDITION
Lots of Marvel news coming from the New York Comic Con. Marvel Television announced that Dominic Cooper (‘Captain America: The First Avenger,’) and Bridget Regan (‘John Wick,’ ‘Jane the Virgin’) will return for season two of...October 10, 2015 1385 0
Marvel Roundup: New York Comic Con Phase 3 Update
Scott Lang, AKA ‘Ant-Man,’ will return alongside Hope Van Dyne on July 6, 2018 with Marvel’s ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp.’ The sequel will mark the first Marvel Studios film named after its heroine. Ant-Man’s second adventure...October 8, 2015 1286 0
