Category: News

News about current and upcoming genre media projects that include people of color. Info about historical projects, as well.

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Ava Duvernay Will Be First African American Woman to Helm $100 Million Film

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Read about it at Women and Hollywood blog.

Director Ava Duvernay

Director Ava Duvernay

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Sony, Fox Already Want to Remake Korean zombie flick “Train to Busan”

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LINK: Yeon Sang-ho’s horror blockbuster has made $716,000 since opening 7.20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32SSPPPp3IM

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Oprah Is the First Big Name to Join the Cast of Ava DuVernay’s ‘A Wrinkle In Time’

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Check it out at io9.

Oprah in 2009

Oprah in 2009

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Criterion to Release ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ and a Guillermo Del Toro Trilogy Pack this October

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Horror-movies.ca has the story here.

Pan'sLabyrinthPoster

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HBO Asia in the Spirit With ‘The Psychic’ Original Series Production

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Variety has the story.

Actress/singer Yao Yao to star. Here she is performing at a 2011 New Year's Eve party, and not looking very psychic.

Actress/singer Yao Yao to star. Here she is performing at a 2011 New Year’s Eve party, not looking particularly psychic.

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‘Flatliners’ Remake is Heading to Theaters Next Summer

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Check it out at horror-movies.ca.

The new Flatliners will star Diego Luna, Ellen Page, James Norton, Nina Dobrev, and Kiersey Clemons.

Here’s the trailer for the 1990 original!

https://youtu.be/RMjjuRwXOxo

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Senate Just Approved the New Librarian of Congress: She’s Black

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Read about Carla Hayden at Mentalfloss.com.

Hayden is the both the first woman and the first African American to assume the title.

Carla Hayden, first woman and African American to be named U.S. Librarian of Congress

Carla Hayden 

From the article:

“Part of what qualified her for the role in the eyes of the president, he said in a statement earlier this year, was her devotion “to modernizing libraries so that everyone can participate in today’s digital culture.”

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Korea’s Lezhin Brings Digital Comic Service Stateside

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LINK: A major player in Korea’s comics e-publishing industry

lezin

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Says The AV Club: Syfy lets its “dopey and dour” Hunters go

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Read the news at The AV Club.

Actress Britne Oldford as Allison Regan in Australian sci fi drama Hunters

Actress Britne Oldford as Allison Regan in Australian sci fi drama Hunters

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‘Dope’ Actress Kiersey Clemons Top Choice for ‘The Flash’ Female Lead

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Read all about it at Variety.com.

Kiersey Clemons (middle) in Dope

Kiersey Clemons (middle) in Dope