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RUMOR: April O’Neil Toy Race-Swapped Back?

AlexGherzo | Aug 7, 2023 | 0

Hollywood may be playing fast and loose with its “values” again. In the new animated film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, the Turtles’ ally April O’Neil – who is traditionally a white woman, outside of one of the more recent cartoon series – is depicted as a black teenager. ...

Barbie’s Success Means More Mattel Movies

AlexGherzo | Jul 27, 2023 | 0

A host of other Mattel properties are getting ready to go party with Barbie. Variety exclusively reports that, upon Barbie’s massive success, Mattel is preparing fourteen of their IPs for the movie treatment. CEO Ynon Kreiz, who took over Mattel in 2018, has had a vision for a “Mattel Cinematic ...

REVIEW: Barbie (2023)

virginiakublawi | Jul 22, 2023 | 1

This week saw the release of the highly-anticipated Barbie. The world’s most famous and iconic fashion doll hit the market in 1959 and changed the toy industry forever. I loved Barbies as a kid, and I still do. I collect dolls, and when this movie was announced, I was initially very skeptical....

Netflix’s Live-Action Masters of the Universe Movie Canceled

AlexGherzo | Jul 19, 2023 | 0

The Power of Grayskull is no longer with Netflix. Variety exclusively reports that a live-action Masters of the Universe movie the streamer had been developing is no longer happening. The film was to be directed by Adam and Aaron Nee, the brothers who helmed last year’s The Lost City, and star Kyl...

Is Barbie a Feminist Manifesto?

virginiakublawi | Jul 12, 2023 | 0

Simu Liu recently sat down with ScreenRant’s Joe Deckelmeier and the subject of Barbie came up. When asked about his relationship with Barbie prior to working on the film, Liu had this to say: “I didn’t really have a relationship with Barbie in the past. I don’t know about you, but I gre...

Diablo Cody Talks Scrapped Barbie Script

virginiakublawi | Jul 7, 2023 | 0

In an interview with GQ Magazine, Diablo Cody reveals the fate of her Barbie script (the one which would have starred Amy Schumer.) Check out an excerpt here: “I think I know why I shit the bed,” she said. “When I was first hired for this, I don’t think the culture had not embraced the &hell...