Tag: Television

If you were concerned that the next Avengers movie, Avenger: Infinity War, slated for 2018, would contain 150 Marvel characters and sacrifice drama, storytelling and memory storage to too many characters running around, rest easy: there will only be 100 characters in the film. That's because the Marvel Netflix character can't really cross over into the movies. This little tiddlebit was revealed by A:IW director Anthony Russo—one half of the Directin' Russo Brothers—who was being interviewed by a Portuguese outlet, and thought, as many have before him, that just because it was in a foreign language he could be be more candid than normal. Google Translate, Anthony. It's free.

I had the chance to watch the first two episodes of Jessica Jones, the new Netflix series based on the Marvel characters and I liked it a bit more than Kyle thus far. It's...

The Supergirl pilot that debuted last night on CBS a lot of weight on its shoulders. The show tells the story of Kara Zor-El, played by Melissa Benoist, as she escapes Superman's shadow and comes into her own as National City's first superhero. It is the network's first major superhero endeavor, the first superhero show led be a solo female in more than 40 years and the pilot had a lot of ground to cover, attempting to endear characters to new viewers while also trying to re-envision elements of the mythos without alienating established comics fans. Does it succeed? The Beat is here to tell you with a hard hitting roundtable. We've always wanted to have one of those.

by Thaddeus Howze My relationship with this show is over. I wanted to love it, but it kept telling me by virtue of its depiction of Black men, I wasn’t its “target” audience. I am...

I didn't get a chance to make a screen cap, but watching last night's debut of The Late Show Starring Stephen Colbert, I was pleased to see that Captain America's Shield—presented to him by...

What is the ONE thing that is most important for cast members of a show set in the zombie apocalypse? Read on to find out!

Comics on TV! An emerging trend. While The WB and the Walking Dead-iverse seem to have been having the most success on broadcast TV, IDW is getting into the game with Brooklyn Animal Control,...

For those of you who don't know, my fellow Entertainment Editor, Hannah Lodge and I, along with Beat Contributors Harper Harris and Cal Cleary, host a mostly-weekly podcast together for our site, GeekRex (where we...

Though Hannibal has yet to find a new home for a potential fourth season, showrunner Bryan Fuller said during an SDCC panel that he was investigating the possibility of a feature film instead.

Last year it was Gotham, which was mad cool, but this year you can get free Uber rides via Colony, the new TV show starring Lost's Josh Hollway and The Waling Dead's Sarah Wayna Callies about the struggle of one family in an occupied future LA. You'll be able to hitch a ride in various vehicles including "military vehicles." Free rides and atmosphere PLUS Josh Holloway? You know what, maybe Comic-Con is cool.

Universal television announces its big Sunday panel

The City of Townsville is....getting a preview! Cartoon Network has released some info on the new Powerpuff Girls cartoon which comes out last year. The new version of the 90s classic will be...