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This Actor From The Wire Wants To Be The New Cleveland On Family Guy

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Family Guy is getting a slight cast shake-up with Mike Henry having stepped away from the role of Cleveland Brown, stating definitively that "persons of color should play characters of color." Now, as the show looks to recast the character, one experienced actor's campaign to take over the role is gaining traction.Wendell Pierce, who famously played Detective William "Bunk" Moreland on The Wire, has stated his desire to take over the role on Twitter. "I am publicly starting a campaign to voice the role myself on The Cleveland Show," Pierce

Anthony Mackie Talks About Falcon And The Winter Soldier TV Show, Says It’s Like A 6-Hour Movie

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MCU actor Anthony Mackie has shared a little more insight on the upcoming Marvel TV show The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Speaking to Variety, Mackie said the show--which reportedly carries a $150 million budget--is being filmed like a movie."We're shooting it exactly like a movie," he said. "Everybody who had worked on TV before was like, 'I've never worked on a TV show like this.' The way in which we were shooting, it feels exactly like we were shooting the movie cut up into the show. So instead of

New Trailer For Pixar Movie Soul Has Arrived

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A new trailer for Pixar's next movie, Soul, has arrived--and it's wonderful. For those just catching up, Soul follows the middle school band teacher Joe Gardner (Jamie Foxx) who lives in New York City. Something happens, and Joe--the first Black protagonist in Pixar's history--is transported to "The Great Before," a fantastical world where people are created before traveling to Earth. The first trailer for Soul focused on this other place, while this one shows us Joe in his human life.We also hear a particularly poignant line from Joe. He says,

Family Guy’s Cleveland Actor Steps Down From The Role

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The actor who plays the Black character Cleveland Brown on Family Guy, Mike Henry, has announced he's stepping down from voicing the role on Fox's long-running animated show. Writing on Twitter, Henry--who is white--said, "I love this character, but persons of color should play characters of color."Henry also voices the Latina maid Consuela on Family Guy. On the spin-off program The Cleveland Show, Henry voices Cleveland and his Black stepson Rallo Tubbs. Since this announcement was just made, there is no word on how things might move forward and if

Justice League, Other DC Movies Won’t Leave HBO Max In July After All

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Parent company WarnerMedia Entertainment has announced an extension to some of HBO Max's popular DC films, which will now stay on the streaming platform until December 2020.The list includes recent films such as Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Justice League, Suicide Squad, and Wonder Woman. It also features classics like the 1980's Superman franchise, consisting of Superman: The Movie, Superman 2, 3, and 4: The Quest for Peace. Two other films--Superman: Unbound and Watchmen--are being added to HBO Max on July 1 and will remain on the platform until

Henry Cavill Says He Hopes To Play Superman For “Years” To Come

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Actor Henry Cavill is reportedly returning to play Superman again in a new film, and if he has his way, he'll stick around for "years to come" in the role.Speaking to Variety, Cavill said he was proud to play Superman in three films--Man of Steel, Batman v Superman, and Justice League. He said playing Superman has changed how fans see him, and he recognizes the responsibility attached to that."With a character like that, you carry the mantle with you off set. And it becomes part of your public representation. When

Apple TV+ Animated Series Central Park Will Recast Black Character Voiced By Kristen Bell

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Central Park, a new animated series co-created by Bob's Burgers creator Loren Bouchard, is midway through Season 1, but a big change is coming for Season 2. One of the show's characters, Molly, is a biracial young girl who has, up to this point, been voiced by Kristen Bell (Frozen, The Good Place), who is white.Going forward, the part of Molly will be recast, and while Bell will remain on the show she will play a new character.In a statement from the show's creators Bell has shared on Twitter, it's

Deadpool 2 Director’s Next Movie Sounds Like An Action Fan’s Dream

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Deadpool 2 and Hobbs & Shaw director David Leitch has announced his next movie, and it sounds like an all-out action affair that should be familiar territory for the director.Leitch is set to direct a new movie called Bullet Train that will focus on assassins on a train. Fear Street director Zak Olkewicz is writing the script, according to The Hollywood Reporter.The movie is likened to the Keanu Reeves movie Speed, but this time with a train ... and assassins. A group of hitmen and assassins are on a speeding

Big Mouth Voice Actor Steps Away From Role: “Black Characters Should Be Played By Black Actors”

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Jenny Slate has played Missy, a young Black girl (and the love interest of protagonist Andrew) on Big Mouth since Season 1 of the hit Netflix animated show, but that's set to change. The actor has announced that after the upcoming Season 4, she will no longer voice the character, and that the part will be recast by a Black actor.In a statement on Instagram, Slate admits that while she was initially able to justify the casting to herself, she has since come to understand that she is taking a

South Park Comes To HBO Max, But 5 Episodes Are Missing

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The iconic animated TV show South Park is now available to stream on HBO Max, but there are five episodes in particular that are not on the streaming platform due to their controversial nature.The episodes "Super Best Friends," "Cartoon Wars" Parts 1 and 2, and "200" and "201" were not released on HBO Max because of their depiction of the Prophet Muhammed, according to The Hollywood Reporter.These are the same five episodes that were removed from Hulu when the show was streaming there. The episodes also got cut from rotation