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Andrew Yang is calling out the New York Daily News over cartoon that many have criticized as racist. The controversy stemmed from a recent episode of Ziwe’s Showtime series in which she asked Yang to name his favorite subway station in the Big Apple. “It’s my stop, so Time Square,” said the NYC’s mayoral candidate. “It’s big. […]
Samuel E. Wright, the actor best known for voicing the crab Sebastian in The Little Mermaid, has died. He was 74. The news first broke on Facebook when it was announced by Wright’s hometown of Montgomery, New York. “Sam was an inspiration to us all and along with his family established the Hudson Valley Conservatory,” said the message. […]
Adult Swim revealed Wednesday that Rick and Morty spinoff series The Vindicators is in the works, TheWrap reports. The show will follow Supernova, Vance Maximus, Alan Rails, Crocubot, and Noob Noob, as they fight crime, avert genocides, and yuk it up without Rick and Morty. The Vindicators will be one of four mini-spinoff series based on characters from or […]
Fresh off the international box office success of Godzilla vs. Kong, director Adam Wingard has been chosen by Warner Bros. to helm and help pen the script for the film ThunderCats, based off the 1980s animated series, Deadline reports. In an interview with Deadline, Wingard called ThunderCats a “dream project,” reminiscing about how he spent a […]
In a wide-ranging interview with USA Today as the unparalleled series reaches its 700th episode on Sunday, The Simpsons creator Matt Groening touched on the character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, who became mired in controversy in wake of Hari Kondabolu’s 2017 documentary The Problem with Apu. In the doc, the comedian called out the show for exploiting racial stereotypes. The show’s initial response […]
Deadline has learned that Pepe Le Pew will not be appearing in the upcoming LeBron James-led sequel, Space Jam: A New Legacy. His removal from the film allegedly has nothing to do with a recent piece from Charles M. Blow of the New York Times, where he asserts that the character “normalized rape culture.” The scene was filmed prior […]
New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow is defending comments he made about the Looney Tunes character Pepe Le Pew in a column published this week following right-wing backlash. In his Wednesday piece, titled “Six Seuss Books Bore a Bias,” Blow references Le Pew in a series of comments about problematic cartoon characters before blasting six of […]
’90s babies, rejoice! Variety reports that a Darkwing Duck reboot is in the works over at Disney+. Details are scarce, as the project appears to be in very early development, but sources told Variety that Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen, and James Weaver are set to executive produce the reboot. Point Grey Pictures’ Alex McAtee will […]
Ludacris has joined the Netflix family. On Tuesday, the streaming giant announced it has ordered 40 11-minute episodes of Karma’s World, a CG animated series inspired by Ludacris’ oldest daughter, Karma Bridges. The show comes nearly a decade after the multi-hypehnate launched an interactive educational website of the same name. Deadline reports the series will follow a 10-year-old Black girl named […]
Thundercat has finally come full-circle, because he’s behind an original song for Cartoon Network’s new reboot of ThunderCats. The Los Angeles musician, who has worked with everyone from Kendrick Lamar to Mac Miller, has contributed a new song entitled “Grune’s Tune” to ThunderCats: Roar. Coincidentally, the villain Grune is also the character that Thundercat himself has provided […]
