Orphan Black Star Tatiana Maslany To Be She-Hulk
Reducing her workload from playing every-single-character to just two, Tatiana Maslany is the top choice for casting as Bruce Banner’s cousin, Jennifer Walters, who will inherit his Hulk powers via a blood transfusion in the upcoming Disney Plus She-Hulk series. Kat Coiro will direct.
Burbank, CA District Considering Banning Classics Including TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Mark Twain’s Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn, Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, Theodore Taylor’s The Cay, and Mildred Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry have been challenged in the Burbank Unified School District in California. Further, the district has stopped using the books while they review the challenge which is in violation of the Burbank USD policy, which says the book is to remain in use during the pending challenge. “It’s important to remember that, while parents can opt their students out of reading these books, students who are prevented from reading classic texts with the benefit of guided analysis by professional educators can never opt in.”
George Orwell Covers Revamp
In August, George Orwell’s Animal Farm turned 75. In celebration, Berkley Books and Signet Classics have given two formats (mass market and trade paperback editions) a cover makeover for Animal Farm and 1984. Check out the new and the old covers.