Tag: Rob Liefeld
Margot Robbie Expected to Star in Rob Liefeld’s ‘Avengelyne’ for Olivia Wilde
Huge breaking news in Hollywood today folks! Warner Bros. is looking to move forward with an adaptation of Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld’s comic book series Avengelyne. But that’s not all, they’re teaming up with Margot Robbie’s Lucky Chap Productions to potentially produce the film with Robbie herself to star as the titular character for director Olivia Wilde!
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#AAIronFist and The Law of Liefeld
So in desperate need of attention and relevance, Rob Liefeld has decided to weigh in on the #AAIronFist controversy.
For those of you just joining us, this summary here breaks it down.
Created at the height of the 1970s kung-fu movie craze, Iron Fist is an American who learns martial arts from masters at the hidden city of K’un-Lun. He becomes their best student and earns the power of Iron Fist, the ability to channel superhuman energy into his fists. Basically it’s a story about a white guy being better at martial arts than everyone else, steeped in tropes that critics regard as examples of cultural appropriation.
According to Liefeld, Iron Fist “has never ever been considered racist,” (never ever never ever) and casting an Asian American actor would be “reverse white-washing.”