superheroes
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Why Do We Celebrate Spider-Man Day on (Probably) the Wrong Day?
Every August 1, social media lights up in celebration of one of comics’ greatest heroes: the amazing, spectacular, ultimate, and every so often sensational Spider-Man. It does so because August 1 is “Spider-Man Day,” a celebration of the character’s debut in August 1962’s Amazing Fantasy #15. But why do we celebrate it on August 1…
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What a Superhero Show Looks Like During Covid-19
Falcon and the Winter Soldier until next year. As the coronavirus pandemic continues onwards, studios have had to reckon with what shooting a superhero show in the age of social distancing even looks like. But we actually already have an example.
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Gina Prince-Bythewood Says Her Work on Silver & Black Helped Her Ace The Old Guard
Sony may have passed on Silver & Black, one of several planned Spider-Man spinoffs, but director and co-writer Gina Prince-Bythewood said the information she got from working on that since-cancelled project was invaluable. It helped her land Netflix’s The Old Guard, which has catapulted her career and possibly launched a new comic book movie franchise.
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In A Winter Without Blockbusters, The Bon Appétit Test Kitchen Is The Shared Universe We Need
Current events have rendered what was going to be a winter of vast franchises, teeming cinematic universes, and interconnected megablockbusters rather moot at this point. But in these trying times, we can still turn to one heroic universe that nails the shared concept unlike many of its theatrical counterparts: I am, of course, talking about…