Pop Culture Roundup: New Black Panther film starts production; Ancient One; Simpsons go Marvel on Disney


All Marvel stuff today!

ITEM! Marvel Studios has started production on "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever." 

ITEM! Tilda Swinton reflects on the controversy surrounding her casting as the Ancient One in the first "Doctor Strange" film.

ITEM! A Marvel-themed "Simpsons" short will air on Disney+ this month.

Pop Pic: Operation Petticoat


 

Pop Culture Roundup: Denny O'Neill, Ultraman and "Good Omens"

ITEM! Neil Gaiman's "Good Omens" was renewed for a second season on Amazon. 

ITEM! DC Comics has posted a tribute to the late, great scribe Denny O'Neill. The piece also appears in an 80th anniversary Green Arrow comic that's out this week.

ITEM! Shout! Factor is airing a 55th anniversary marathon dedicated to Japanese sci-fi series "Ultraman" in July.

Pop Pic: Cary Grant

 


Watch: First trailer for the Sorpranos prequel film "The Many Saints of Newark"

Tony Soprano was such a cute kid.

Details:

The Many Saints Of Newark is the feature film prequel to David Chase's groundbreaking award-winning HBO drama series "The Sopranos." Follow young Anthony "Tony" Soprano as he grows up in one of the most tumultuous eras in Newark’s history, becoming a man just as rival gangsters begin to rise up and challenge the all-powerful DiMeo crime family’s hold over the increasingly race-torn city.

Directed by Alan Taylor, “The Many Saints of Newark” stars Alessandro Nivola, Tony winner Leslie Odom Jr., Jon Bernthal, Corey Stoll, Michael Gandolfini, Billy Magnussen, Michela De Rossi, John Magaro, with Emmy winner Ray Liotta and Oscar nominee Vera Farmiga. #TheManySaintsOfNewark

Available from Oct. 1 in theaters and on HBO Max, streaming only on the Ad-Free plan in the US for 31 days from its theatrical release.

Watch: New "Black Widow" movie teaser - "Launch"

Video find: The Creation performs "I'm a Man," 1966

Comic Art: Zorro by Michael Kaluta for the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide #49

Hot Trax '71: Cat Stevens, Neil Diamond, The Undisputed Truth and more!

The singles on the charts 50 years ago this week.

Listen to the updated Hot Trax '71 on Spotify.

Cat Stevens - Moon Shadow

The Bee Gees - How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

Jody Miller - He's So Fine

The Bells - I Love You Lady Dawn

Bob Dylan - Watching the River Flow

The Undisputed Truth - Smiling Faces Sometimes

Lobo - She Didn't Do Magic

Chicago - Beginnings

Steve Alaimo - When My Girl is Smiling

Ocean - Deep Enough for Me

Glen Campbell - The Last Time I Saw Her

Dee Dee Warwick - Suspicious Minds

Sugarloaf - Mother Nature's Wine

Kenny Rogers and the First Edition - Take My Hand

Bobby Bloom - We're All Goin' Home

Roy Head - Puff of Smoke

Neil Diamond - I'm a Believer

The Rascals - Love Me

Peaches and Herb - The Sound of Silence