DEI Dirty Word, Trek Sets Auctioned, BAFTA Awards Gender Parity - Fandom Pulse Daily Briefing
It’s quite a wild day out there after CinemaCon ends. Most are saying DC are really the big losers of the week. Meanwhile, Tom Cruise announced both Top Gun movies are getting a theatrical rerelease special weekend much like Lord of the Rings did earlier this year. I think Hollywood might realize there’s money in older, non-DEI infused movies being in theaters…
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Issa Rae: DEI Is “A Bad Word” in Hollywood and Execs of Color Won’t Co-Sign Anymore
At TheWrap’s Creators x Hollywood Summit on April 13, Insecure creator Issa Rae said what most of Hollywood’s progressive class is only willing to say quietly.
Paramount Is Liquidating NuTrek: Discovery Costumes and Starfleet Academy Props Now at Auction
The current era of Star Trek television is ending with a fire sale.
BAFTA CEO Jane Millichip Expresses Openness To Changing BAFTA Games Awards To Create Gender Parity
BAFTA CEO Jane Millichip indicated she’s open to changing the BAFTA Games Awards to create gender parity similarly to how she made changes the company’s film and TV awards.
Cyberpunk 2077 TCG Breaks Crowdfunding Records Raising Nearly $27 Million
The official Cyberpunk Trading Card Game Kickstarter closed April 17 at $26,953,978 from 47,676 backers. That makes it the most-funded tabletop campaign in Kickstarter history and the third highest-funded project in any category the platform has ever seen. The two campaigns above it are a UV printer ($46.7 million) and Brandon Sanderson’s four secret pandemic novels, which raised $41.7 million in 2022 and still hold the all-time Kickstarter record. In the tabletop world specifically, nothing has come close. The Cosmere RPG, also based on Sanderson’s work, held the prior tabletop record at $15.15 million. The Cyberpunk TCG passed it on April 1 and nearly doubled it by the close.
ElfQuest: The Original Quest Is a Conservative Masterpiece
Wendy and Richard Pini launched ElfQuest in 1978, at the height of the cultural revolution’s long tail, when free love and the rejection of tradition were still the dominant artistic modes. The comic they produced contains both artifacts of that era and, more powerfully, something that cuts against it, even if the results were unintentional on their par…
Reclaiming The Shire: The Right Wing And Christian Soul Of The Lord Of The Rings (Part 5)
We started a retrospective on Tolkien’s rise to superstardom, which began with a left-wing movement in the 1970s appropriating his work, and has slowly migrated over time to people realizing how right-wing and Christian Lord of the Rings is. Now, we continue.
Legendary Comic Creator Howard Chaykin On His Career, New Zorro Project, And More!
Howard Chaykin stands as one of the most audacious visionaries in comics history, a trailblazing writer-artist whose razor-sharp storytelling and provocative visuals have redefined the medium for decades. From his early mentorship under legends like Gil Kane to igniting the creator-owned revolution with the politically charged
Epic Lays Off 23 Percent of Its Workforce, Permanently Kills Three Fortnite Modes
In late March, Epic Games cut more than 1,000 employees, roughly 23 percent of the company, and announced the permanent shutdown of three Fortnite game modes: Rocket Racing, Ballistic, and Festival Battle Stage. CEO Tim Sweeney told staff the company had spent more than it earned for too long. He also announced $500 million in cuts to contracts, marketing, and open roles. Laid-off employees received four months base pay plus severance tied to tenure.
'The Sun Eater' Novelist Christopher Ruocchio Explains How Sci-Fi Ignoring Religion Does Religion A Disservice
The Sun Eater novelist Christopher Ruocchio has explained why he believes that science fiction authors ignoring religion does the genre a disservice.