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James Gunn Confirms Plans For Milestone Characters In The DCU

May 10, 2023

The shift in power and authority at DC Studios - which is now invested in James Gunn and Peter Safran - came with the risk of projects based on the Milestone line going the way of Batgirl, and although there ha...

‘Static Shock’ Movie Reportedly Still In Development, Comic Artist Nikolas Draper-Ivey Tells Fans To “Be Patient” and “Stop Speculating”

JB Augustine

October 1, 2022

Movies

Warner Bros. Discovery is not seeing any end to its shakeups and woes since the merger or, more recently, this past summer when they took advantage of a tax loophole to save some money. Source: Batgirl #43 ...

Underworld Creator Kevin Grevioux Calls Out DC Comics’ Tokenization For Not Promoting More “Truly ORIGINAL Black Characters”

JB Augustine

February 9, 2022

Comic Books

DC Comics is celebrating Black History Month with special variant covers for titles going on sale in February along with other big plans, but they’re not winning everyone over with their intentions. Source:...

Static: Season One Creative Team Reveals Static Shock’s Updated Origin Shaped By Tragedy And Police Brutality

JB Augustine

June 28, 2021

Comic Books

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At the end of DC's Milestone #0, a recent one-shot relaunch of the publisher's short-lived, African-American led 90s imprint of the same name, police action during a Black Lives Matter rally triggers a chemical...

DC Comics Retcon Sees Static Receive Powers During Black Lives Matter Protest

Spencer Baculi

March 2, 2021

Comic Books

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A recent retcon to the origin story of the DC Comics superhero Static, real identity Virgil Hawkins, has changed the inciting incident that grants him his superpowers from a gang war to a Black Lives Matter pro...

Rumor: An Icon Movie Will Follow Static Shock, Michael B. Jordan Could Star

JB Augustine

October 22, 2020

Movies

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The announcement Michael B. Jordan is going to produce a Static Shock movie at Warner Bros. opened the door to a whole universe of characters. It begged the question, more so, of what other Milestone characters...

Michael B. Jordan Producing Static Shock

Michael B. Jordan Boarding Live-Action Static Shock As Producer, Will Build Universe Around Black Superheroes

JB Augustine

October 17, 2020

Movies

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DC's live-action feature adaptation of Static Shock announced at FanDome picked up some all-star energy as a Marvel actor moves over to the Warner brand. The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that Black Pant...

The CW’s Black Lightning – Where the 3rd Season Went Wrong and How the 4th can Rebound

Phillip Pratt

March 30, 2020

Television

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In no way is it easy to put together a multi-million-dollar production. I respect the difficulty of making so many moving parts play nice; the crew, writers, cast, producers, studio execs and even board members...

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