As the third season of Twitch’s Artificial has been released, we have been bringing you guys our exclusive chats with the cast and the crew. We’ve shared conversations with creator Bernie Su (Emma Approved), Miss Asian America 2006 Jennifer Field (House of Lies), voice actress Alejandra Reynoso (Castlevania), the one and only Rufio, Dante Basco (Hook, Avatar: The Last Airbender), and at least a half a dozen other stars.

With Season 3 having ended last week, we are now wrapping up our interviews with the cast, and today we’re bringing you our final piece promoting the Emmy award-winning series. This chat is with The Last of Us Part II’s Jesse voice and mo-cap actor, Stephen Chang (Captain Marvel, Emma Approved).

Stephen spoke with us about why people see his character as a villain, what it’s like to act opposite Rufio himself, and we even learned a bit about his very own children’s book, which was inspired by his college basketball career.

To listen to our exclusive interview with Stephen Chang, click the podcast player below. Otherwise, scroll down for this portion of the transcript.

4m 5s Literary Joe: You worked with Bernie on Emma Approved first?

4m 12s Stephen Chang: Yeah, that was Bernie’s second Emmy award-winning show. (laughs) He’s collecting all the Emmys. He’s been sweeping them up.

4m 49s Literary Joe: Do you feel like the character Churchill that you played in Emma Approved influenced Sebastian at all?

5m 47s Stephen Chang: I feel like they’re cut from the same cloth. I think when Bernie saw that I could do Churchill, what I did for that show. I like it because most things I go out for are police officers or a military guy. He allows me to be crazy. He allows me to go big with it. He allows me to be wild and flamboyant. And I’m honored because he’s the only director that’s ever cast me that way. And he’s like yeah, Stephen can do that.

5m 53s Literary Joe: How do you feel about this rivalry you have with Dante Basco’s Zander?

6m 33s Stephen Chang: I’m more honored that I get to act with Rufio. The writers are telling me that this Dante is making me look really bad in this show. He’s exposing my secrets. They said, don’t worry, Stephen, you have to fall before you can get back up. OK. I like where this is going. So I’m not the total a*****e in this show. They’re going to bring me back in all of my glory, hopefully.

6m 40s Literary Joe: If there’s a season four, what kind of future do you see happening for Sebastian?

6m 44s Stephen Chang: I’m trying to get through season three right now. I don’t know where it’s going now. I don’t know where they are going to end the season. I’m finding out like everyone else, but I’m very excited about it. I think it’d be interesting to get it out into the world again after remote location filming. In my ego, Sebastian is the hero. He has to save the day somehow. But everyone else says he’s a villain.

12m 36s Darth Lexii: Where do you film in your house for Artificial? It looks like a soundproof room.

12m 36s Stephen Chang: Well, it was a big brouhaha because I’m supposed to be a multimillionaire, and they said, what do you have in your house? I show them, and they say it doesn’t look like a multimillionaire house. And I was like, I ain’t a multimillionaire. So, they played with the idea of he’s in the soundproof room, that’s mysterious. You don’t know where he is, but it’s been convenient because I’ve been able to film at different locations using that same background. I’m not limited to my one room, but no, sorry to spoil it for you, but I don’t have a soundproof room. It’s just a couple of panels too.

14m 53s Literary Joe: What do you think of Life Score?

17m 6s Stephen Chang: When I’m on the live-stream, I guess its probably a good thing, but I don’t hear the score behind it. I don’t know how they’re doing half the stuff they’re doing. It’s so creative and out of the box thinking. Things that I would never even imagine. Talking to Bernie, I fell like this is where entertainment might be heading—giving audiences a lot more control over the story and even the sound. I prefer to watch a movie, and I can fall asleep during the movie if I need to. But this, you have to be paying attention. We are doing this s**t live. Okay. And that’s why I have a lot of gray hairs. This is what the audience wants you to do, and you have to go with it.

20m 49s Literary Joe: Is there anything you need to plug or mention before we let you go?

20m 59s Stephen Chang: I write children’s books. Speaking of basketball, it’s a basketball children’s book that I even have a website. It’s called the Bballbook.com; it’s about things I learned playing basketball told from the perspective of a basketball. I’m very proud of it. And I’ve been working on some other children’s books. You know when I’m not getting killed by infected or being an evil villain, I like to write children’s books.

*This interview has been edited for clarity. Audio is co-hosted by fellow writer Comic Brooks and cosplay actress Darth Lexii.*

The AI has escaped! Where is she? Who took her? What will she do now that she’s free…?

Artificial Season 3 recently came to a close, and you can catch up on the interactive sci-fi series here.

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Film Stories is reporting that Christopher Nolan’s Tenet is set to arrive on DVD and Blu-ray in the U.S. on December 15th. There’s no word on special features, but it has been confirmed that the movie will have subtitles (which are bound to come in handy for what many critics described as indecipherable scenes thanks to muffled dialogue). 

Nolan’s movie failed to reignite the box office as both he and Warner Bros. had hoped, underperforming in a major way thanks to ongoing concerns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Simply put, moviegoers don’t feel safe returning to theaters, and Tenet alone was not enough to help multiplexes stay afloat amidst a series of high profile blockbusters being delayed. It needed to make $500 million to break even, and with that looking more and more unlikely, it makes sense for Warner Bros. to capitalise on a quiet holiday season by putting Tenet on Blu-ray in time for Christmas.

Chances are a Digital release is also planned, and getting to watch the movie in a safe setting from the comfort of home should be welcomed. Whether it will help take Tenet out of the red is unclear.

As for The New Mutants, there’s still no official word on what Disney has planned for Fox’s final Marvel movie.

Will you be picking up Tenet on Blu-ray this December? Let us know your thoughts below.

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Could we see Wonder Woman show up in The Flash movie?

A new rumor doing the rounds online (via The Illuminerdi) claims that Warner Bros. is currently courting Gal Gadot to return as Diana Prince for the long-gestating DC Comics film, which recently moved (again) from June 3, 2022 to November 4, 2022.

The Justice League actress is reportedly wanted for a “small, supporting role.”

It’s been confirmed that this first solo outing for the Scarlet Speedster will either adapt or take inspiration from the Flashpoint comic book arc, so an appearance from Princess Diana would certainly make sense. The character played an integral part in the original story, and even if this movie only turns out to be very loosely based on Flashpoint, there are multiple ways she could factor into the plot.

We know Ben Affleck will once again don the cape and cowl as Batman, and the presence of Michael Keaton’s original big-screen Dark Knight confirms that the movie wil explore DC’s Multiverse to at least some extent.

Take this with a pinch of salt for now, but do you think adding Wonder Woman to the mix would be a good idea? How about the other members of the Justice League? Be sure to share your thoughts in the usual place.

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Poor Henry Cavill found himself the subject of many a meme thanks to the visual effects which were used to remove his Mission: Impossible – Fallout moustache in Justice League, and chances are that’s a moment in his career he would like to forget. He’ll return for reshoots for “The Snyder Cut,” but there won’t be any need to change his appearance…at least, we hope not! 

During a recent interview, Cavill reflected on his Justice League experience, surprisingly pointing to the press tour being more awkward than what he went through with “moustache-gate.”

“It was one of those weird situations where I guess no one really knew what they wanted,” he reflected, “and it was like ‘hey, we need Henry on the press tour, but let’s not tell anyone he’s in the movie.’ I was like: ‘Okay, well, it’s going to be super awkward for me, guys. Thank you for giving me an impossible scenario.”I’m just going to say to people [on the press tour]: Well, yeah, I was here for moral support. I made the tea.'”

Cavill did indeed make those jokes during the press tour, and it must have been a very uncomfortable time for him, especially when he was forced to try and pretend not to be in the movie (it was one of Justice League‘s worst kept secrets, especially when the actor was on that first Comic-Con poster). 

With any luck, Cavill will be given the chance to return as Superman beyond “The Snyder Cut,” and Spontaneous director Brian Duffield is keen to be involved with that based on recent comments.

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It’s safe to say 2020 is now pretty much a write-off when it comes to new big-screen releases, but the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is making major studios jittery about next year, too.

Following the bad news that Matt Reeves’ The Batman has flown to 2022, Universal has announced that Jurassic World: Dominion will be joining it. The latest instalment in the mega-successful dino franchise has vacated its July 11, 2021 spot, and will now stomp into theatres almost a full year later on June 10, 2022.

On the plus side, we do have a new poster.

Production is still going smoothly and is just three weeks away from wrapping, but that’s not the studio’s primary concern. Apparently, the year-long delay is more “about safeguarding a big tentpole which has a number of lucrative ancillary attachments.”

In other words, the movie’s rollout has to go without a single hitch, and they’re taking no bloody chances.

Jurassic World: Dominion reunites director Colin Trevorrow with stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard, with original Jurassic Park trio Laura Dern, Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum joining the carnage as Dr. Ellie Sattler, Dr. Alan Grant and Dr. Ian Malcolm.

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Hours after Warner Bros. moved Denis Villeneuve’s Dune to October 1, 2021; the studio has now unsurprisingly pushed back Matt Reeves’ highly anticipated The Batman to March 4, 2022. 

They’ve also announced a number of other changes to their upcoming DC lineup as Andy Muschietti’s The Flash has moved back a few months to November 4, 2022; David F. Sandberg’s Shazam: Fury of the Gods has moved nearly an entire year to June 2, 2023 and Jaume Collet-Serra’s Black Adam has been (temporarily) removed from their release calendar entirely. 

However, it’s not all bad news as Lana Wachowski’s The Matrix 4 has been moved up to December 22, 2021. 

Story is developing…

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In “Rumor Mill,” we share the hard to buy rumours that don’t come from reliable sources like the trades, but are still more believable (just) than what you might find on Reddit. 

It was recently revealed that The Amazing Spider-Man 2 star Jamie Foxx will reprise the role of Electro in Spider-Man 3. The two franchises are obviously set in different worlds (with different versions of the web-slinger), and it’s unclear if the Oscar-winner is set to play the same Electro or a rebooted one.

Either way, fans are convinced that Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures are teaming up for some sort of “Spider-Verse” event; a move that might make sense after Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

Now, it’s being reported that Kirsten Dunst and Dane DeHaan are also being eyed to reprise the roles of MJ and Harry Osborn from their respective Spider-Man franchises! Apparently, this isn’t necessarily for Spider-Man 3, either, so it could be that the Sorcerer Supreme visits their worlds in the Doctor Strange sequel. 

Seeing more of Dunst is likely to be welcomed (especially if she’s joined by Tobey Maguire’s web-slinger), but it’s hard to imagine anyone wanting to see more of DeHaan’s dreadful interpretation of the Green Goblin.

This rumor feels like an example of an online scooper throwing some guesses at the wall to see what sticks, so don’t bank on it happening – unless the three big screen Spider-Men really are being lined up to take on a threat so big that it requires their combined radioactive powers!

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Marvel Comics has revealed plans for the “Stormbreakers” program which promises to recognize and spotlight the industry’s top rising artists from around the globe. 

Each of Marvel’s “Stormbreakers” class will run for two years, showcasing their talent, artistry, and skill to the world through new and exclusive work at Marvel Comics. Some incredible names have been selected, including Patrick Gleason (Amazing Spider-Man) and R.B. Silva (Fantastic Four, Powers of X). 

“This year’s Stormbreakers embody pure talent and creativity that, time and time again, have shown us all there are no limits to what visual storytelling can do. We are continuously blown away by their innovative styles and by the power in how they capture the heart, humor, and humanity of our characters,” says Marvel’s Editor-in-Chief C.B. Cebulski.

The full press release drops more details about what this will entail and how it will affect fans, but Marvel Comics could do with highlighting more talented artists and this group definitely fits the bill.

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New York, NY — October 5, 2020 — Marvel Comics has announced the debut of MARVEL’S STORMBREAKERS, its latest preeminent talent distinction program to spotlight the next generation of elite artists in the industry. Launching today, the inaugural class selected for their groundbreaking portfolio work and achievements include Josh Cassara (X-Force), Patrick Gleason (Amazing Spider-Man), Peach Momoko (known for her best-selling covers), Natacha Bustos (Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur), Iban Coello (Venom), Carmen Carnero (Hellions), Juann Cabal (Guardians of the Galaxy), and R.B. Silva (Fantastic Four, Powers of X).

As revealed by Marvel’s Editor-in-Chief C.B. Cebulski and EVP, Creative Director Joe Quesada, the 2020 Class of MARVEL’S STORMBREAKERS feature talent from around the world, pushing artistic limits in every story they tell. As a group, they are already responsible for leading some of Marvel’s most popular titles, including Spider-Man, X-Men, Fantastic Four, Venom and many more, shaping Marvel’s vast tapestry of storytelling. Over the next two years, fans will see the prominence of these eight artists grow even higher in the world of Marvel Comics as they unleash their abilities and creative visions within the pages of Marvel’s biggest titles and storylines, along with exclusive new opportunities across Marvel’s publishing line.

“This year’s Stormbreakers embody pure talent and creativity that, time and time again, have shown us all there are no limits to what visual storytelling can do. We are continuously blown away by their innovative styles and by the power in how they capture the heart, humor, and humanity of our characters,” said Cebulski. “These eight artists have proven their unrivaled talent and passion for storytelling, and much like Beta Ray Bill, they are truly worthy of taking up the mantle as one of Marvel’s Stormbreakers, the next generation of elite artists. We can’t wait to show you all what’s next. And to all our Stormbreakers – take up your hammer!”

In Marvel’s history, the mythical Stormbreaker is an iconic symbol that debuted during one of many trailblazing eras of the Marvel Universe – bringing change within the pages of Thor, for legendary creators like Walter Simonson, and for Marvel fans everywhere. During this era, Marvel grew to embrace bold new initiatives, deeper character-driven stories, and unique new art styles. Comics began to unlock the potential of artists like never before through new prestige formats, new printing technology, and new ways for artists to tell – and share – their stories. And that electric drive forward continues with MARVEL’S STORMBREAKERS.

“There’s a special skill set you need to have in order to draw comics at the highest level,” said Quesada. “Like the finest illustrators, you must be able to draw anything and everything at any given moment, have the keen storytelling eye of a master film director, the ability to convey emotion in characters like the world’s greatest performers, and the imagination of the greatest storytellers in history. But to be a Marvel comic artist, you need all of that as well as the ability to make your characters and stories jump off the page. They need to be larger than life, yet grounded enough that we all see ourselves within them. We’re thrilled to bring together Marvel’s Stormbreakers, a team of super up-and-coming talents who will continue that legacy.”

MARVEL’S STORMBREAKERS is the next evolution of Marvel’s Young Guns program. Over the past 15 years, Marvel selected and recognized 36 up-and-coming artists who went on to draw some of Marvel’s greatest events, iconic series, and beyond, solidifying their place as luminaries in the industry including Steve McNiven, Jim Cheung, Sara Pichelli, Ryan Stegman, and more. MARVEL’S STORMBREAKERS continues the tradition Marvel’s Young Guns set forth and recognizes its alumni today as honorary Stormbreakers in addition to their work as Young Guns.

Congratulations to the 2020 Class of Marvel’s Stormbreakers! Check out Marvel.com/Stormbreakers to see all the latest exclusive interviews, articles, and artwork from these future comic book superstars. And stay tuned for more Marvel’s Stormbreakers news, special art series, and more in the coming weeks and months.
 

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