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Movie Review – Origin (2023)

March 4, 2024 by Robert Kojder

Origin, 2023. Written and Directed by Ava DuVernay. Starring Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Bernthal, Niecy Nash, Emily Yancy, Finn Wittrock, Victoria Pedretti, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Isha Blaaker, Vera Farmiga, Audra McDonald, Connie Nielsen, Blair Underwood, Nick Offerman, Stephanie March, Myles Frost, Suraj Yengde Ph.D, Donna Mills, Franz Hartwig, Daniel Lommatzsch, Mieke Schymura, John Hans Tester, Leonardo […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Reviews, Robert Kojder Tagged With: Abhishek Arun Bhalerao, Akil Jackson, Allan Wilayto, Audra McDonald, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Ava DuVernay, Blair Underwood, connie nielsen, Daniel Lommatzsch, David Bredin, Dhrubo Jyoti, Donna Mills, Emily Yancy, Felix Goeser, Finn Wittrock, Franz Hartwig, Gissette E. Valentin, Hannah Pniewski, Holger Handtke, Ingo Hülsmann, Isha Blaaker, Ishaan Yadav, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Jessica Fontaine, John Hans Tester, Jon Bernthal, Konstantin Lindhorst, Lennox Simms, Leonardo Nam, Luis Lüps, Malachi Malik, Matthew Zuk, Mieke Schymura, Myles Frost, Nick Offerman, Niecy Nash, Origin, Snehalata Siddharth Tagde, Stephanie March, Suraj Yengde Ph.D, Vera Farmiga, Victoria Pedretti, Zing Ashford

Watch the powerful new trailer for Ava DuVernay’s Origin

December 16, 2023 by Matt Rodgers

Currently playing in limited release in U.S. theaters, Neon has dropped a brand new trailer for writer-director Ava DuVernay’s critically-acclaimed drama Origin.  Inspired by the New York Times Bestseller Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent, Origin stars Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga, Audra McDonald, Niecy Nash-Betts, Nick Offerman, and Blair Underwood. You can read […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Audra McDonald, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Ava DuVernay, Blair Underwood, Jon Bernthal, Nick Offerman, Niecy Nash-Betts, Origin, Vera Farmiga

First teaser for Ava DuVernay’s Origin starring Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

September 5, 2023 by Amie Cranswick

Ahead of its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival this Wednesday, Neon has debuted the first trailer for Origin, the upcoming drama from writer-director Ava DuVernay’s which is inspired by journalist Isabel Wilkerson’s New York Times bestseller Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents; watch it below… While grappling with tremendous personal tragedy, Isabel sets […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Audra McDonald, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Ava DuVernay, Blair Underwood, connie nielsen, Finn Wittrock, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Jon Bernthal, Nick Offerman, Niecy Nash-Betts, Origin, Vera Farmiga

Ava DuVernay introduces new trailer for DC series Naomi

December 24, 2021 by Amie Cranswick

With less than three weeks to go until its series premiere, a new trailer has arrived online for The CW’s new DC superhero drama Naomi featuring an introduction from writer and executive producer Ava DuVernay; watch it here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsjoSlvT090 NAOMI follows the journey of a cool, confident, comic book–loving teenager as she pursues her hidden […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, News, Television, Trailers Tagged With: Ava DuVernay, DC, naomi

Ava DuVernay’s New Gods movie seemingly axed due to Zack Snyder’s Justice League

November 3, 2021 by Amie Cranswick

Back in 2018 it was announced that Oscar-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay was set to bring Jack Kirby’s Fourth World to life with a feature film adaptation of DC Comics’ New Gods, a superhero epic pitting the noble and heroic inhabitants of New Genesis against the fearsome Darkseid and the evil forces of Apokolips. Unfortunately it […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Ava DuVernay, DC, DC Extended Universe, Justice League, new gods, Zack Snyder's Justice League

First look at Ava DuVernay-produced DC series Naomi

October 16, 2021 by Amie Cranswick

A first look clip was released at FanDome for superhero drama Naomi, the upcoming DC adaptation from Ava DuVernay and Jill Blankenship which stars Kaci Walfall in the title role as a teenager pursuing her hidden destiny; take a look here… NAOMI follows the journey of a cool, confident, comic book–loving teenager as she pursues […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, News, Television Tagged With: Ava DuVernay, DC, DC FanDome, Kaci Walfall, naomi

Ava DuVernay’s DMZ series adds Venus Ariel, Rutina Wesley, Nora Dunn and more

July 13, 2021 by Ricky Church

HBO Max and producer Ava DuVernay have revealed nine actors joining the cast of the limited event series DMZ, an adaptation of the Vertigo comic series. Joining Rosario Dawson (Zombieland: Double Tap) and Benjamin Bratt (Law & Order) in the series are Venus Ariel (NCIS: New Orleans), Rutina Wesley (Queen Sugar), Nora Dunn (The Big […]

Filed Under: News, Ricky Church, Television Tagged With: Agam Darshi, Ava DuVernay, dmz, HBO Max, Henry G. Sanders, Jade Wu, Juani Feliz, Mamie Gummer, Nora Dunn, Rey Gallegos, Rosario Dawson, Rutina Wesley, Venus Ariel

Ava DuVernay’s DC series Naomi gets a full-season order at The CW

May 25, 2021 by Matt Rodgers

Earlier in the year Ava DuVernay’s adaptation of DC’s New Gods was cruelly shelved by Warner Bros., but now she has been given the green-light to yet another of her DC adaptations with the news that The CW has granted a full-series order for superhero drama Naomi. The critically acclaimed 13th director took to Twitter […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, News, Television Tagged With: Ava DuVernay, DC, Kaci Walfall, naomi

Warner Bros. and DC Films shelve Ava DuVernay’s New Gods and James Wan’s The Trench

April 1, 2021 by EJ Moreno

With the radio silence from both production teams in recent months, this news comes as no shock yet fans of DC Films will still be upset by the news that Warner Bros. has shelved two of their upcoming projects. THR reports that Warner Bros. and DC have decided not to move forward with Ava DuVernay’s […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News Tagged With: Ava DuVernay, DC, DC Extended Universe, James Wan, new gods, The Trench

Ava DuVernay’s DC series Naomi finds its lead in Kaci Walfall, adds three more to cast

March 20, 2021 by Gary Collinson

Casting is underway on Naomi, The CW’s upcoming DC comic book adaptation from Ava DuVernay (Selma, When They See Us), with Deadline reporting that young actress Kaci Walfall (Army Wives, Power) has secured the title role of teen superhero Naomi McDuffie. The potential series “follows a teen girl’s journey from her small northwestern town to […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: Ava DuVernay, DC, Kaci Walfall, naomi

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