| Big on the Internet, 21st Century Fox/Disney Merger, things we saw today, X-Men By Chelsea Steiner on Fri,6:10 After months of speculation and false starts, Disney and 21st Century Fox’s shareholders agreed to the $71.3 billion merger that will return the movie rights for both the X-Men and the Fantastic Four to Marvel Studios. This merger opens up a dizzying array of possibilities: will the X-Men join the Avengers? Will we finally get a decent Fantastic Four film? And where the hell is Deadpool gonna figure into all of this? Read More > Big on the Internet, millennials By Vivian Kane on Fri,5:59 In terms of irritating, pointless, overtrodden article subjects, the issue of why millennials can't afford to buy a house may be second only to major outlets trying to get inside the minds of Trump voters. Read More > Movies, Star Wars (franchise), Star Wars: Episode IX, Star Wars: The Last Jedi By Kate Gardner on Fri,5:38 It's official folks: with the casting announcement for Star Wars: Episode IX, Lucasfilm has officially termed the film the final installment of the Skywalker Saga. What began with Anakin and continued with Luke will now end with Rey, Kylo, Finn, and Poe. With anthologies and other trilogies on the horizon, as well as burgeoning animated and literary canons, they don't need to rely on the concept of the Skywalker family saga any longer. Read More > Big on the Internet, TV, Altered Carbon, Anthony Mackie, Netflix By Princess Weekes on Fri,5:22 Actor Anthony Mackie has been cast in the upcoming season of Altered Carbon as the newest incarnation of the character Takeshi Kovacs, taking over from Joel Kinnaman. Read More > TV, April O'Neil, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, women in journalism By Chelsea Steiner on Fri,5:03 I spent my childhood desperately wanting to be a ninja turtle, eventually earning a black belt in Judo. Imagine my surprise when, as a full-fledged adult, I realized I've turned into a version of April O'Neil. Read More > AMP Featured, Movies, Carrie Fisher, Star Wars (franchise), Star Wars: Episode IX By Kate Gardner on Fri,4:35 It's here folks. The cast is announced for upcoming trilogy closer Star Wars: Episode IX and all of us at The Mary Sue are absolutely going wild over it. Read More > Big on the Internet, Bloomberg.com, wealth, WTF By Chelsea Steiner on Fri,2:45 Every once in a while, I like to check in with the good folks at Bloomberg.com and see how the other half lives. I came across this article by Ben Steverman titled, "Why It’s Time to Quit Your Job, Travel the World." Leave my mundane day to day existence and explore the world, you say? Sounds peachy. Shine up your monocle and dust off your top hat, because you're about to get the hottest of takes. Read More > News, abuse, Chloe Dykstra, Chris Hardwick By Vivian Kane on Fri,2:36 It was announced this week that following an investigation by AMC, Chris Hardwick would be reinstated as the host of The Talking Dead. Now Chloe Dykstra, who wrote the essay about a toxic, abusive relationship with a man believed to be Hardwick (she never named him in the piece) that spurred his removal in the first place, has taken to Twitter explain why she chose not to be a part of that investigation. Read More > Movies, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, J.K. Rowling By Princess Weekes on Fri,2:23 Hermione Granger in Harry Potter fandom, well the sexy part of fandom, is pretty much shipped with every male in the series and while some pairings are more crack ship than others, the men she most often gets shipped with are Harry, Ron, and Draco. However .. there is another. Read More > AMP Featured, Movies, Disney, Disney princesses, media representation By Kate Gardner on Fri,1:04 Deadline is reporting that Disney Animation Studios has acquired the pitch for Sadé, a fairytale centered on an African princess. The idea was created by writers Ola Shokunbi and Lindsay Reed Palmer, who will co-write the screenplay; Dope director Rick Famuyiwa is attached as producer. Deadline reports that Scott Falconer will serve as an executive producer, with Tendo Nagenda and Zoe Kent overseeing the project for Disney. Read More > Big on the Internet, Mary Sues By Rachel Leishman on Fri,12:38 Celebrity crushes are some of the purest form of internet love there is. Fans like to just watch their work, embark on the journey of their fave's career, and cry over their abilities. Granted, there are limits to this love, but the love a fangirl has for their fave is cherished among us all. Read More > Big on the Internet, Broadway, New York Times, transphobia By Chelsea Steiner on Fri,12:26 Is there anything more self-defeating than members of marginalized communities attacking their most vulnerable members? This was the question I asked myself when I read Ben Brantley's New York Times theater review of the Broadway show Head Over Heels. The show is a jukebox musical mash-up that blends Philip Sidney’s 16th-century drama The Arcadia with the 80's pop tunes of The Go-Gos. Read More > |
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