The Nacelle Company — the studio behind Netflix’s The Toys That Made Us and Disney+’s Behind The Attraction — has announced Icons Unearthed, a new documentary series that will focus on some of the biggest pop culture franchises in history. The first topic of the series will be none other than the Star Wars Universe.
Continue reading “Nacelle Company Launches Vice TV Doc Series with ‘Icons Unearthed: Star Wars’”
Fresh on the heels of the finale of We Own This City, HBO is commemorating David Simon’s original and uncompromising look into corruption and policing in Baltimore, The Wire, two decades after it transformed the television landscape forever.
Continue reading “HBO Max Celebrates the 20th Anniversary of ‘The Wire’”
Somos Arte just announced the third printing of La Borinqueña #2 will feature a variant cover illustrated by Carlos Pacheco — with colors by Emilio Lopez — that will be an homage to his iconic Superman #654 (2006) cover.
Continue reading “Carlos Pacheco Homages Superman in ‘La Borinqueña’ Variant Cover”
Pixar’s success is built on its original storytelling. From their Toy Story flagship franchise all the way to Turning Red, audiences around the globe have seen the human experience through fantastical stories of the life of toys, monsters, and emotions. But the studio’s latest reveal teases they are going Elemental.
Continue reading “Pixar Releasing ‘Elemental’ in Summer 2023”
Gold House — the leading Asian and Pacific Islander changemaker community that unites, invests in, and promotes API creative and companies — has announced its annual A100 List. The list recognizes the 100 APIs that have impacted American culture and society during the last year. Gold House has also revealed that for the first time ever, these honorees will be honored and celebrated in person!
Continue reading “Gold House Has Shared the 2022 A100 List and will Launch the First-Ever Gold Gala”
Asian Pacific American (APA)/Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month is approaching and that means we’re about to get more AAPI spotlights and movements coming out way.
Continue reading “HBO Max Highlights AAPI Content and Announces Short Film Competition For May”
As we speak, Warner Bros. is currently flying through their slate of films at CinemaCon in Las Vegas. And right from the opening, they showed they weren’t playing around! Matt Reeves came out on stage, and together with the studio announced that they are moving forward with the next installment of The Batman.
Continue reading “‘The Batman’ is Returning in Sequel Announced at CinemaCon”
Have you been looking for ways to help people in Ukraine? Do you also like playing interesting and unique games from indie developers? Then Necrosoft Games have the perfect bundle for you. The Bundle for Ukraine is a itch.io bundle hosted by Necrosoft Games with content from 732 creators containing over 1,000 games, tabletop RPGs, books, and soundtracks aimed at helping the people in Ukraine through this tumultuous time of Russian forces invading their country: all at the starting price of $10 with the option to give more for the goal of raising $2 million.
Continue reading “‘Bundle for Ukraine’ is a Stellar Deal to Support a Great Cause”
Spotify has launched the most recent edition of its “Sound Up” program. Much like The Nerds of Color, Spotify created the program as a way to give a voice to the underrepresented communities in society. Thus far the program has launched in 12 markets — including Japan, Italy, the U.S., U.S. Latinx, India, Mexico, Australia, Sweden, the U.K., Germany, Brazil, and Argentina. And paved the way for creators across all communities, including the Latino, African American, Asian, and LGBTQ communities, to create content on their platform.
Continue reading “Spotify Launches Latest Edition of ‘Sound Up’”
In news we would normally have covered coming out of Toy Fair (which was canceled this year), Boss Fight Studio just announced a line of La Borinqueña action figures. This is just part of the first launch of action figures inspired by the team of superheroes created by Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez, the Nitainos.
Continue reading “Boss Fight Announces ‘La Borinqueña’ Action Figures”
Paramount+, MTV Entertainment Studios, and MGM’s Orion Television have just announced which of the original Teen Wolf cast members will be returning in the upcoming film. Teen Wolf The Movie, which is set to premiere later this year, will also set up a new Paramount+ Original series called Wolf Pack, based on the books by Edo van Belkom.
Continue reading “Find Out Which of the Original Cast is Reuniting for ‘Teen Wolf The Movie’”
In 2016, Eisner Award-winning graphic novelist and philanthropist Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez created La Borinqueña to drive conversations around the social, economic, and environmental crises affecting Puerto Rico. As a direct response to Hurricane Maria, he created our La Borinqueña Grants Program which has awarded $165,000 in grants to non-profit organizations across Puerto Rico.
Continue reading “‘La Borinqueña’ Tackles Climate Change”
Directed by Alex Hardcastle, Senior Year stars Rebel Wilson, Alicia Silverstone, Justin Hartley, Angourie Rice, Sam Richardson, Zoë Chao, Mary Holland, and Chris Parnell. Wilson also serves as producer alongside Todd Garner, Timothy M. Bourne, and Chris Bender. The film will be released May 13 on Netflix.
Continue reading “Rebel Wilson Announces Release Date for Her New Film, ‘Senior Year’”
It’s Black History Month!
You know what that means, many studios and advertisements will be elevating Black voices for the entire month. But, what about the rest of the year? Rather than only uplifting voices for 28 days, it seems like many companies are listening and starting to do something about it.
Continue reading “HBO Max Celebrates Black History with ‘More Than a Month’ Campaign”
The Adam Project stars Ryan Reynolds, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Garner, Walker Scobell, Catherine Keener, and Zoe Saldaña. Reynolds and Shawn Levy, the movie’s director, also serve as producers alongside David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Don Granger. Executive Producers include Mary McLaglen, Josh McLaglen, Dan Levine, Dan Cohen, George Dewey, Patrick Gooing, Jennifer Flackett, and Mark Levin. The Adam Project was written by Jonathan Tropper, T.S. Nowlin, Jennifer Flackett, as well as Mark Levin.
Continue reading “Here’s Your First Look at Netflix’s ‘The Adam Project’”
Netflix’s Fund for Creative Equity Initiative have announced their inaugural cohort of the Future Gold Film Fellowship. Netflix Golden, the company’s newest social media channel for the pan-Asian diaspora, shared the news earlier today.
Working with Gold House and Tribeca, Netflix created a program designed to elevate three Asian and Pacific Islander directors. This year, Lloyd Lee Choi, Erin Lau, and Derek Nguyen were selected for the fellowship.
Continue reading “Netflix Announces Inaugural Cohort of the Future Gold Film Fellowship”
Today, SYFY is officially launching its first-ever, members-only club for sci-fi superfans: SYFY Insider. The network, known for some of the most quirky, and fan-loved genre shows, like Resident Alien, Chucky, and Wynonna Earp has decided to reward its most loyal fans with an all-new destination that offers exclusive, premium content to all Insiders.
Continue reading “SYFY Launches Insider Program”
It’s officially Awards Season in Hollywood, and Gold House and CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment) are launching the 2022 Gold List to highlight outstanding work by Asian filmmakers and talent. Think of the Gold List as an elaborate “For Your Consideration” campaign to get the Academy to recognize some of the amazing work by Asian and Asian American directors, writers, and actors in 2021.
Continue reading “Gold House and CAPE Unveil the 2022 Gold List in Time for Awards Season”
There was plenty of excitement surrounding Domee Shi‘s Turning Red as it would have marked the turn of a Pixar film to be released in a theater. It was also the studio’s first film to be directed by a woman. However, because of the recent surge in COVID-19 cases, Turning Red will make its debut on Disney+ on March 11, 2021, instead of the traditional theatrical release like initially planned.
Continue reading “Pixar’s ‘Turning Red’ to Debut Exclusively on Disney+”
Part of the reason why the original Matrix movies hacked their way into our hearts has to do with the killer soundtrack featured in all three films. After all, it’s difficult to picture the iconic lobby shootout scene without the Propellerheads’ “Spybreak!” playing in the background. Or the thought of Neo flying into the sky without Rage Against the Machine accompanying the image. And in the grand tradition of those classic films, The Matrix Resurrections has tapped emerging artist, Quantrelle, to do a song for the film, that everyone can see next week, on December 22!
Continue reading “New Song for ‘The Matrix Resurrections’ from Emerging Artist Quantrelle Released”
Ahead of its highly anticipated premiere on January 3, FOX’s upcoming drama, The Cleaning Lady, starring multi-talented Elodie Yung (Daredevil, The Hitman’s Bodyguard) has announced two new series regulars for the show!
Continue reading “FOX’s ‘The Cleaning Lady’ Promotes Sean Lew and Faith Bryant to Series Regulars”
The Nerds of Color has steadily followed the hype and news around Peacock’s upcoming series Bel-Air, a reimagined take on the classic ’90s sitcom that starred Will Smith, James Avery, and Janet Hubert, and today they dropped an official teaser for the show.
Continue reading “Peacock Drops Official Teaser for ‘Bel-Air’ Coming 2022”
How is a legend created? What separates an individual from the rest of life and history to become something truly greater than flesh and bone? Ten years ago, Warner Bros. released the animated adaptation of Frank Miller’s Batman: Year One, and in that film, all of those answers were discovered. And to this day, the story and legend of the Batman has gripped audiences by their collective cores and continues to take them on the greatest ride imaginable.
Continue reading “‘Batman: Year One’ Celebrates 10th Anniversary with Special Commemorative Edition”