John Ridley

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass had two obvious reasons to attend Tuesday night’s Netflix premiere of John Ridley‘s Shirley starring Regina King as trailblazing politico Shirley Chisolm. “Shirley Chisholm is a woman who impacted me and influenced me when I was a child. She gave me the courage and the stamina and the fortitude,” Bass explained to The Hollywood Reporter on the red carpet outside the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. “But I’m also here because my friend, representative Barbara Lee, is a…

Oscar winner Regina King transforms into the “unbought and unbossed” politician Shirley Chisholm in Netflix‘s Shirley trailer, released Monday. The trailer follows Chisholm along her 1972 presidential campaign, marking the first Black candidate to seek a major party’s nomination for president, and the overt discrimination she faced along her campaign trail. John Ridley, who took home an Oscar for his 12 Years a Slave screenplay, pens and directs the film with a cast including the likes of Lance Reddick, Lucas…

There are almost as many Marvel what ifs (not that one) as there are Marvel projects out there these days, but one of the most fascinating could’ve-beens is one of the MCU’s oldest: a planned TV show from 12 Years a Slave’s John Ridley. It never materialized after its announcement, but now the scribe has lift the lid on what was planned, and... hm.Spoilers of the Week: August 5th“It was a television version of The Eternals… but good,” Ridley recently told the Comic Book Club podcast of his planned ABC series. “My version…

“My version or the good version was so fucking weird,” the Oscar winner said on a recent podcast In another (Marvel) universe, the hot gods of The Eternals could have been your favorite television show. In a recent interview on the Comic Book Club podcast, John Ridley revealed that his shelved Marvel TV series he was developing at ABC was based on the 2021 MCU film. While the project from nearly a decade ago was no longer in the works, the famed screenwriter and director mentioned that it was a…

HBO has always made amazing documentaries, whether for broadcast TV or its streaming service, Max. So there’s every reason to be excited about Superpowered: The DC Story even before I tell you that Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Leslie Iwerks and Emmy-nominated filmmaker Mark Catalena co-directed the three-part series, which will explore the comics publisher through its 85+ years of history with a truly stunning array of comics writers, artists, and luminaries, as well as its live-action stars, directors, and producers…

Image: Taurin Clarke/Marvel ComicsBefore and especially after he showed up in the movies, Marvel’s comics gave Black Panther grand stories about his efforts to protect Wakanda and the larger universe from big threats. Being Wakanda’s king has meant he’s constantly had to shoulder the nation’s burdens on his back, but his upcoming solo series strips that away to turn him into a street-level hero for his nation.Revealed earlier in the week, the new Black Panther run from Eve L. Ewing (Ironheart, Spectrum) and Chris Allen…