{"id":15130,"date":"2017-08-04T13:56:49","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T20:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/?p=15130"},"modified":"2017-08-04T22:48:18","modified_gmt":"2017-08-05T05:48:18","slug":"studio-8-options-african-americans-superpowers-comic-black-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/studio-8-options-african-americans-superpowers-comic-black-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"Studio 8 Options African-Americans Superpowers Comic \u2018Black\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>HBO and Amazon are developing their respective controversial alt-history series Confederate\u00a0and Black America for the small screen,\u00a0but Studio 8 is aiming bigger with Black. With its premise of a nation where only African-Americans possess superpowers, the comic series from Black Mask Studios has been optioned for a feature by the Jeff Robinov-founded company.<\/p>\n

Studio 8 EVP Creative Jon Silk brought the project into the fold and will oversee its development with executive Rishi Rajani. Representing Black Mask as well as the Black creators, the deal was with Studio 8 negotiated by Matthew Sugarman at the L.A. office of Weintraub Tobin.<\/p>\n

Having just wrapped its initial six-issue run, the series created by Kwanza Osajyefo and Tim Smith 3\u00a0starts with a police shooting in Brooklyn that sees teen Kareem Jenkins survive a hail of bullets and discover that he is a lot more powerful than he ever knew. As Jenkins connects with others who share similar powers, a widespread oppressive global conspiracy to keep the knowledge of such superpowers from the world \u2014 and especially the black community \u2014 themselves is unveiled to all.<\/p>\n

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\u201d Jenkins says in the latest issue with its references to the Black Live Matters movement, the \u201cunjustly incarcerated\u201d and explosive racial tensions. \u201cNot because I got up, but because of all the people who can\u2019t,\u201d the character adds in the Jamal Igle illustrated comic with cover art by Khary Randolph. Starting off that idea that black superpowers have been hidden from the world,\u00a0Black\u00a0itself came to life early last year from a quickly funded Kickstarter campaign.<\/p>\n

Ex-Marvel and DC digital editor Osajyefo and Smith are attached as co-producers to the Black pic, with Black Mask Studios\u2019 Matteo Pizzolo producing. Founded in 2013, Black Mask\u2019s pretty full slate has been attracting a lot of attention of late for its publication of modern day secession and civil war series Calexit, which Pizzolo co-authors with Amancay Nahuelpan.<\/p>\n

Studio 8 was founded by the ex-Warner Bros exec back in late 2014. The company has a distribution deal with Sony. The Black deal is not the first time Studio 8 has reached into the comic world.<\/p>\n

Source: Studio 8 Options African-Americans Superpowers Comic \u2018Black\u2019 | Deadline<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HBO and Amazon are developing their respective controversial alt-history series Confederate\u00a0and Black America for the small screen,\u00a0but Studio 8 is aiming bigger with Black. With its premise of a nation where only African-Americans possess superpowers, the comic series from Black Mask Studios has been optioned for a feature by the Jeff Robinov-founded company. 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