Category: News

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

‘The Karate Kid’ Helmer Harald Zwart On Board To Direct Keanu Reeves In ‘Rally Car’

Read at Deadline.com.

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The CW is Officially in the Archie TV Show Business

Read about it at The AV Club.

Glee writer and Archie Comics chief creative officer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is writing the script.

Cover for comic Archie Marries Veronica, #600, 2009

Cover for comic “Archie Marries Veronica” #600, 2009

Jada Pinkett Smith Sets ‘Gotham’ Return

Read at TV Line.

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Hanna Barbera Cartoons Being Reimagined By DC Comics

The Flintstones, Scooby Doo, and Space Ghost are among the cartoons to get new life. Jim Lee and Dan DiDio talk about the project. Click here to read at Geektyrant.com.

Neil Gaiman’s American Gods TV Series Has Cast Its Shadow Moon

Read about it at io9.com.

Actor Ricky Whittle in 2014

Actor Ricky Whittle in 2014

20th Century Fox Inks Exclusive Output Deal With China’s iQIYI

Read at Variety.com.

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NBC Orders Pilot for Show It Hopes Will Be Its ‘True Blood’

Read all about it at io9.com.

Ghanian-American TV producer and writer Monica Owusu-Breen (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Charmed, Lost, Fringe) is set for the project.

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Mike Tyson Returns to Video Games With EA Sports UFC 2

Read at Gametyrant.com.

World heavyweight champion boxer Mike Tyson

Former pro boxer and world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson

Netflix Picks Up Sundance Shocker ‘Under the Shadow’

Check it out at Shock Till You Drop.

The Martian’s Benedict Wong Joins Doctor Strange to Play Wong, Doctor Strange’s Sidekick

Read at Vulture.com.

Actor Benedict Wong

Actor Benedict Wong