Inheritors

Tell us about The Inheritors. How did the idea for it come about? Author Nadeem Zaman (Courtesy the subject) In early 2021, during spring semester at the college where I teach, I’d included The Great Gatsby in the syllabus, and during class discussion one day it struck me how the issues – social, historical, political – in the book spoke to me through the lens of modern Dhaka and Bangladesh. How did I not see that before, was my thought? Inequalities of wealth, society intrigue, veneers, gossip, affairs, all of…

Image: Sony Pictures Animation/MarvelThe first two trailers for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse have put their focus on Miles Morales (Shameik Moore). With how long it’s been since we’ve seen this take on the young Spider-Man, the trailers have gone out of their way to show how much he’s come into his own since then (and remind audiences how great Into the Spider-Verse was). But after helping other Spiders like Peter B. Parker (Jake Johnson) and Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld) acclimate them to his world and get back to…

Image: Sony Pictures AnimationLast week’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse trailer gave us a whole multiversal nexus of Spider-heroes to freak out about, both new designs and familiar looks. How could there possibly be even more? Well, the movie’s gorgeous new poster managed to get some in.Sony dropped the new poster today, along with a new tagline twisting Into the Spider-Verse’s “anyone can wear the mask” mantra: anyone can wear it, yes, but it’s how you wear it that matters most.Yes yes, great power, great…