racebending

Casting for New Star Trek Movie

hoyvinglavin64 wrote in racebending Apr 30, 2012 18:43

http://badassdigest.com/2012/04/30/reports-confirm-star-trek-2-has-the-safest-possible-villain/Read more... )

Ted Talks

calcifermagnet wrote in racebending Mar 28, 2012 15:57

"TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader ( Read more... )

Kung Fu movie: Caine has to be "Chinese-something"

imnotasquirrel wrote in racebending Mar 15, 2012 09:29

One of Bill Paxton's upcoming projects is a Kung Fu movie (based on the Carradine series), per this source.

Considering that the tv show is a notorious example of whitewashing, this is something to keep an eye on. However, Paxton's remarks in the linked article are somewhat promising:

To take that a step further, I think the character of Caine, ( Read more... )

casting, news

Korra Premieres on April 14

dkwrkm wrote in racebending Mar 14, 2012 13:36

Courtesy of Market Watch:

The Legend of Korra, in which the mythology of the beloved animated franchise from Avatar: The Last Airbender creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko continues. The series centers around a new Avatar named Korra, a 17-year-old headstrong and rebellious girl who continually challenges and bucks tradition on ( Read more... )

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Tite Kubo's BLEACH has been picked up by Warner Bros.

neurotic_rat wrote in racebending Feb 22, 2012 16:13

Worst nightmare has come true it seems ( Read more... )

info, production

Casting for The Great Wall

schweinsty wrote in racebending Feb 10, 2012 17:51

I came across an article yesterday, on comingsoon.net, about a new movie - The Great Wall, - which "looks at the mystery behind how China's Great Wall was constructed from a story conceived by Legendary Pictures chairman Thomas Tull and Max Brooks."

Exciting, yes? A great opportunity for Chinese actors?

In negotiations to star is Man of Steel ( Read more... )

Racebending Mentioned on CNN Blog

hoyvinglavin64 wrote in racebending Jan 15, 2012 00:01

http://inamerica.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/13/is-hollywood-whitewashing-asian-roles/

Good article, with quotes from the Racebending website and from spokesperson Michael Le (try to ignore the comments, though, as usual).

Racebending in 'Big Miracle'?

bosswolf wrote in racebending Jan 08, 2012 21:30

Perpetual lurker, first-time poster, delurking for hopes for more info on the new film 'Big Miracle'. Saw a commercial for it earlier today, and as 'based on a true story' always sends my alarms ringing, I wiki'd it. It appears that the cast is predominantly white, but the only individual mentioned on the page for 'Operation Breakthrough' (the ' ( Read more... )

Early Review of Gene Yang's "The Promise" Part 1

jedifreac wrote in racebending Jan 07, 2012 17:29

Hi guys. Racebending.com was sent an early review copy of "The Promise." We put up our review, which you can read here.

I also included some of the history behind how Gene Yang got the job. Did you know that he came to the attention of the publishers when they saw his comics protesting the whitewashing of "The Last Airbender" movie?

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(Untitled)

streetrat wrote in racebending Jan 05, 2012 22:32

GUYS. YOU GUYS.

'Akira' Production Offices Shut Down As Warner Bros. Scrutinizes Budget

And let's hope it STAYS DEAD.

akira, updates