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The Joker, the new movie from Warner Bros, is gaining far more controversy than anyone expected Gun violence Violence in media Whether or not the Aurora shooter at the 2012 Dark Knight Rises movie, that saw twelve dead and seventy injured, was meant to be dressed as the JokerFamily members whose children were killed[...]
Now I know you're probably thinking two things: (1) feels like Bleeding Cool's been covering this series' premiere since 1993; (b) the last update on it was that the series was being shopped around after Paramount Network passed on it (and you'd be right, so catch up on how we got here); (3) how much […]
With the third season of Lethal Weapon set to premiere on Tuesday, September 25, Fox is hoping for a fresh start for the series as new lead Seann William Scott's Wesley Cole replaces Clayne Crawford's Martin Riggs when the series returns. The series adaptation of the successful film franchise has spent most of its pre-season dealing […]
But nobody has to watch it.” Now comes word that there's one reason why fans of the popular drama series might not get "to watch it" - and it has nothing to do with controversy.With the first season 3 table read scheduled for Thursday and the start of production set for Monday, contract renegotiations between[...]
HBO programming president Casey Bloys updated the media on two very different, polarizing projects during their Television Critics Association's (TCA) executive session on Wednesday: Damon Lindelof's authorized adaptation "remix" of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' 1986 limited comic book series Watchmen; and alternate history fiction series Confederate, from Game Of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, Nichelle Tramble Spellman and Malcolm […]
[caption id="attachment_813109" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Credit (left): By Gage Skidmore (Dan Harmon) [CC BY-SA 2.0], Wikimedia Commons[/caption]Fans of Adult Swim's Rick and Morty felt some James Gunn/Disney controversy deja vu when video of an off-color 2009 sketch from R&M co-creator Dan Harmon (with Justin Roiland) surfaced on conservative and right-wing blogs[...]
Scarlett Johansson has reportedly left the film Rub and Tug after yet another casting controversy, this time regarding her being cast in the role of a trans man.[caption id="attachment_883167" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Scarlett Johansson at the premiere of 'Avengers: Infinity War' on April 23, 2018 Credit: Tinseltown / Shutterstock.com[/caption]Perhaps you'll recall the accusations of whitewashing surrounding the[...]
On the surface, Kenya Barris and ABC-Disney appear to be a match made in heaven, with the Black-ish creator currently shepherding three series on air. His aforementioned series is readying for its fifth season on ABC, with spinoff Grown-ish and newly picked-up Besties finding homes at Freeform (and Barris still has the pilot Bright Futures […]
While Star Wars fans might still be scratching their heads over whether or not to be excited over news that Game Of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have been tapped to write and produce a new series of Star Wars films, two people who are definitely excited? Benioff and Weiss – but maybe […]
One of the many announcements that came from Microsoft's massive Xbox Briefing at E3 yesterday was about a little game called The Last Night. While the game's trailer may have had you enthralled, there was a problem going on behind the scenes in the gamer circles. While you may have missed it, the game is considered […]