Acclaimed writer Ta-Nehisi Coates' Black Superman script was set during the Civil Rights era and was apparently nixed by ...

The JJ Abrams and Ta-Nehisi Coates Black Superman project was too woke for David Zaslav, so it might be done for permanently.

It has been revealed that a film that featuring a Black version of Superman was reportedly dismissed by Warner Bros CEO David Zaslav. Zaslav, 65, became the CEO of Warner Bros Discovery in April 2022 ...

His Superman would have been, per comments made at the time, his attempt at “meaningfully adding to the legacy of America’s ...

According to a new report, executive David Zaslav decided to scrap plans for a Superman movie with a Black lead after deeming ...

Warner Bros. had plans for a very different Superman movie. It was written by Ta-Nehisi Coates, the well-known writer and ...

Back in 2021, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Ta-Nehisi Nehisi-Coates would join JJ Abrams in creating a new Superman movie for Warner Bros. that would feature a Black Superman.

A Black Superman film written by Ta-Nehisi Coates and produced by J.J. Abrams was quietly shut down by Warner Bros.

And yes, I know that, in Zaslav’s case, things being “woke” is likely a euphemism for “no Black stories allowed if said stories challenge or simply state a historical fact opposed to the opinion of ...

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