Entertainment News #15: Henry Cavill, Cancelled Show and a Play

- I guess there's some continuation to the Henry Cavill news from yesterday (Entertainment News #14), he is planning to star in and produce the Warhammer 40,000 TV series that will air on Amazon. I guess as the old saying goes "every cloud has a silver lining" because he may have lost out on continuing to play Superman but now he will be creating his own project. I don't know anything about Warhammer 40,000, so I did a little research and found out it's a rather popular tabletop miniature wargame. It will be interesting to see how this will be turned into, I'm assuming, a live action TV series.

In a message he posted on Instagram, he wrote:

For 30 years I have dreamt of seeing a Warhammer universe in live action. Now, after 22 years of experience in this industry, I finally feel that I have the skill set and experience to guide a Warhammer Cinematic Universe into life. Partnering with Natalie Viscuso at Vertigo has been a blessing beyond words, without her we might not have found the perfect home at Amazon. And having a home like Amazon will give us the freedom to be true to the massive scope of Warhammer. To all of you Warhammer fans out there, I promise to respect this IP that we love. I promise to bring you something familiar. And I endeavour to bring you something fantastic that is, as of yet, unseen.

Our first steps are to find our Filmmaker/Creator/Writer. Watch this space, my friends.

For The Emperor!

New Book Purchase: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Yes, I finally got Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. I was going to pre-order it but figured I would just go into the store and buy it. I bought it Target because you can get a free poster.

Well, I'm not going to read it just yet. I have some other books I need to finish before I start on this one. Hopefully, I can avoid any spoilers until then.

365 Days of Books of Interest: Day #172: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Like many Harry Potter fans, I'm very interested in reading this. I want to see how Harry, Ron and Hermione have grown and what has happened in their lives. Even though it's been a while since I've read the Harry Potter books, they are still some of my favorite stories. I'm hoping The Cursed Child will be too.

Book: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts I and II (Special Rehearsal Edition): The Official Script Book (Harry Potter book #8) by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany

Publication: July 31, 2016

Description:

The Eighth Story. Nineteen Years Later.

Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, a new play by Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story to be presented on stage. The play will receive its world premiere in London’s West End on 30th July 2016.

It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn’t much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband and father of three school-age children.

While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places.

Book Review: A Raisin in the Sun

Book: A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

Source: Library

Rating: 4 1/2 stars

Review:

A Raisin in the Sun is a play that tells the every day life story of the Younger family living in Chicago (the south side) who despite working hard never seem to get a break. Following the death (of some years) Lena or Mama has received a check of $10,000 and has no idea what to do with it but her son Walter Lee has a dream of owning a business instead of driving around being the chauffeur to the rich and would like to use some of the money to join up with some friends to start a business.

Meanwhile, his wife Ruth works long and hard hours as a maid and housekeeper with dreams of her own to get the family out of the cramped apartment they all live in. They both want the best for their son Travis. Last is Beneatha, Walter Lee's sister who attends college and have a dream to become a doctor despite her family wanting her to give up on the idea.

This story details the ups and downs as this family tries to keep themselves together while not trying to give up on their dreams which can be hard when they are living in a world that is dealing with racism and sexism and with an underlining threat of the war.

There is a lot of dynamics within this story and you can feel the pains and struggles this family goes through. The characters are believable and interesting. This was a quick read yet a very good read, I can see why this is considered a classic.

Currently Reading: A Raisin in the Sun, The Iron Trial and Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor

I went to the library earlier today and ended up picking three very different books. I can't believe I have never read A Raisin in the Sun until now. I got it from the classics section and found the other two books in the children/middle grade room.

I love going to the library because you never know what books you might find that will interest you.

Book: A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

Source: Library

Description:

"Never before, the entire history of the American theater, has so much of the truth of black people's lives been seen on the stage," observed James Baldwin shortly before A Raisin in the Sun opened on Broadway in 1959.

Indeed Lorraine Hansberry's award-winning drama about the hopes and aspirations of a struggling, working-class family living on the South Side of Chicago connected profoundly with the psyche of black America--and changed American theater forever.  The play's title comes from a line in Langston Hughes's poem "Harlem," which warns that a dream deferred might "dry up/like a raisin in the sun."

"The events of every passing year add resonance to A Raisin in the Sun," said The New York Times.  "It is as if history is conspiring to make the play a classic."  This Modern Library edition presents the fully restored, uncut version of Hansberry's landmark work with an introduction by Robert Nemiroff.

Book: The Iron Trial (Magisterium book #1) by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare with illustrations by Scott Fischer

Source: Library

Description:

Most kids would do anything to pass the Iron Trial.

Not Callum Hunt. He wants to fail.

All his life, Call has been warned by his father to stay away from magic. If he succeeds at the Iron Trial and is admitted into the Magisterium, he is sure it can only mean bad things for him.

So he tries his best to do his worst - and fails at failing.

Now the Magisterium awaits him. It's a place that's both sensational and sinister, with dark ties to his past and a twisty path to his future.

The Iron Trial is just the beginning, for the biggest test is still to come . . .  

Book: Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor (Book #1) by Jon Scieszka with illustrations by Brian Biggs

Source: Library

Description:

Frank Einstein loves figuring out how the world works by creating household contraptions that are part science, part imagination, and definitely unusual. After an uneventful experiment in his garage-lab, a lightning storm and flash of electricity bring Frank’s inventions—the robots Klink and Klank—to life! Not exactly the ideal lab partners, the wisecracking Klink and the overly expressive Klank nonetheless help Frank attempt to perfect his Antimatter Motor . . . until Frank’s archnemesis, T. Edison, steals Klink and Klank for his evil doomsday plan! Using real science, Jon Scieszka has created a unique world of adventure and science fiction—an irresistible chemical reaction for middle-grade readers.