This is a really big deal and likely shocked the attendees. Venice is the oldest of the Big Three festivals, the others being Cannes and Berlin, and American films have only won a handful of times. For an American supervillain origin story to win is extraordinary and unprecedented. But it’s also possible that winning at Venice means the film won’t be well received in the US, not least by superhero fans. I guess we’ll see.
Legit or not, it's funny how they think this is even newsworthy. This character was played by a "woman of color" 50 years ago. Then by another "woman of color" 15 years ago. She's been black in animation before and biracial in the comics. Catwoman is the last character anyone would be surprised to see being played by a "woman of color", but they need those clicks.
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She's black in the current Superhero Girls tv show
She will be black in the Harley Quinn cartoon as well. It does start to feel like a concentrated effort to consistently portray the character as black in outside media, but it's amusing to see those click baiters think it's something newsworthy, despite that it's been happening for decades.
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For the 1966 BATMAN TV show, I prefer to assume there are two Catwomen--the Julie Newmar Catwoman and the Eartha Kitt Catwoman. The characters are so different from each other that it makes more sense to differentiate them and accept that two of them were at large in Gotham City. Of course, there were other characters like Riddler and Mister Freeze that were played by different actors, so I'm not sure how far I want to carry this. And then there's the Lee Meriwether Catwoman in BATMAN: THE MOVIE (1966).
"It's too bad she won't live! But then again, who does? - Gaff Blade Runner
"In a short time, this will be a long time ago." - Werner Slow West
"One of the biggest problems in the industry is apathy right now." - Dan Didio Co-Publisher of I Wonder Why That Is Comics
Fan casting-wise, Ana de Armas is definitely my No.1 pick for "woman of color" Selina. Plus she's Cuban just like Selina is in some cases.
Ben Affleck not withstanding, there's no excuse for red-headed characters not to be red-headed when portrayed on screen. You don't have to look for a red-headed person to play them--they can just wear a wig or dye their hair. I don't think the red-headed league is going to come after actors who are not natural red-heads if they pass as red-heads in a show.
Shuri got a tv special? When? Where?
Cyborg is in Teen Titans Go! (which got a theatrical movie!), Young Justice, live action Doom Patrol, and many of the animated DTV movies - both the main PG13 line up and the Lego series. To say DC/WB isn't doing anything with Cyborg is wrong. He is well represented in animation currently, and a bit in live action recently too.