Author: Mary Anne Butler

It is always difficult to see someone you admire do something disappointing. This morning it was Tracy Hickman, co-author of the “Dungeons & Dragons” Dragonlance series of books, sharing a fairly controversial meme. Sure, if you look at it on the surface, maybe you won’t see the issue, but it speaks volumes. You can see the post here (unless it gets deleted by Hickman or the original meme poster). UPDATE: Hickman removed the post about five minutes after we published our article. But, you can see the screenshot below: The ‘modernity’ image features redesigns of characters to give more diverse…

Get ready to see the one and only Dracula as a rootin’ tootin’ cowboy? It would appear that Universal Studios, who holds the rights to the ultimate vampire character, has greenlit a new project that will mix science fiction and western genres to tell a whole new story.The project will be written, directed, and produced by Chloe Zhao. “I’ve always been fascinated by vampires and the concept of the Other they embody. I’m very excited to work with Donna, Peter and the team at Universal to reimagine such a beloved character,” Zhao said in a statement. Zhao recently helmed the…

Earlier this week, IMAX announced that the newly remastered “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy will be getting a big giant theatrical release. The only problem? We’re still in the middle of a raging worldwide pandemic, with no sign of returning to normalcy anytime soon. Yes, the vaccine is in circulation, and hopefully will become more widely available to everyone in the coming months, but what about this “Lord of the Rings” release?! The majority of US theaters are still closed, because, you know, the pandemic. How tone def is IMAX? Are they unable to read the room? Who exactly…

It seems like Awards Season is in full swing, with several of the big shows announcing their nominees for the 2021 crop. While yesterday’s Golden Globes list was disappointing, we are very pleased to see that SAG-AFTRA seems to have picked up what the Hollywood Foreign Press dropped.Lily Collins and Daveed Diggs handled the nomination announcement over on SAG-AFTRA’s Instagram account. You can see the list of nominees below: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture “Da 5 Bloods” (Netflix) “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix) “Minari” (A24) “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios) “The Trial of the Chicago…

We’ve sorta been wondering when Disney+ might add the fabulous 1997 version of Rodger and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” to the library. This is the one that features the late great Whitney Houston as the Fairy Godmother, and Brandy Norwood in the title role.Talk about a blast from the past that we absolutely cannot wait to see on the House of Mouse streaming service. This will be the first time the musical will be available on any streaming service. When the adaptation released during the Wonderful World of Disney in 1997, it garnered a whopping 7 Emmy nominations, and took home the…

The CW is keeping their long-standing promise to continue to build the already impressive Greg Berlanti ‘Arrowverse’ of DC Comics characters with 4 series pick ups! Sure, 3 of the 4 were already established on the network, but it’s still nice to be able to report renewals rather than cancellations.In this crop- “The Flash” “The Flash” will be back for an 8th season! We also have a synopsis for the upcoming season: Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) lived a normal life as a perpetually tardy C.S.I. in the Central City Police Department. Barry’s life changed forever when the S.T.A.R. Labs Particle…

Amazon Prime Video just released the full-length trailer for the upcoming film “Coming 2 America.” The much-anticipated sequel stars Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall as their characters Prince (now King!) Akeem and Semmi from the 1988 John Landis-directed comedy. “Set in the lush and royal country of Zamunda, newly-crowned King Akeem (Eddie Murphy) and his trusted confidante Semmi (Arsenio Hall) embark on an all-new hilarious adventure that has them traversing the globe from their great African nation to the borough of Queens, New York – where it all began.” Jermaine Fowler, Leslie Jones, Tracy Morgan, KiKi Layne, Shari Headley, Wesley…

We are so excited to share the news that Don Cheadle will be returning to the MCU as James “Rhodey” Rhodes, aka War Machine, in the upcoming Disney+ series, “The Falcon and the Winter Solider.” During an interview on BroBible’s Post-Credit Podcast, Cheadle shared the previously unknown news: It’s really a fun and interesting and, by all imagination, completely open-ended — this can go anywhere. It’s great, I can’t wait to get in the room with the writers and figure out how all those things happen. You know, Rhodey shows up in Winter Soldier and Falcon’s show. So, it can be a lot.” Obviously,…

We’ll be the first to admit that a second “Suicide Squad” film was not something we were actively looking forward to. BUT THEN, someone at Warner Bros. Pictures had the brilliant idea to bring one filmmaker James Gunn, who had recently managed to push a fairly obscure superhero team into the stratosphere with his “Guardians of the Galaxy” films for Marvel Studios. How could we NOT be interested in his take? That’s not to say director David Ayers’ film is inherently bad, as it does get a lot of hate for not being perfect. Ayers has been nothing but supportive…

Awards shows are still gonna look a little different this year, but we’re happy to report that Amy Poehler and Tina Fey will be back to host The Golden Globes! Activist actress Jane Fonda will receive the Cecil B. deMille award, Norman Lear will be taking home the Carol Burnett Award, and Spike Lee’s children Satchel and Jackson Lee have been named 2021 Golden Globe Ambassadors.The nominees were revealed this morning on “Good Morning America” by Sarah Jessica Parker and Taraji P. Henson. So, with absolutely no further adieu, here are the nominees for the 2021 Golden Globe Awards: Best…