If you’ve been following me on twitter and Instagram, then you know I’m really excited about the upcoming series out of Australia and New Zealand called Cleverman. Premiering to critical acclaim at the Berlin International Film Festival earlier this year, Cleverman, produced by the Australian Broadcasting corporation and distributed in the US by SundanceTV, is a story basically asks, “What if only Indigenous people had superpowers?” It’s a very interesting concept, with shades of the X-Men, District 9, Heroes and even the real life Tuskeegee Experiment. With a reported 80% aboringinal cast and a storyline rooted in indigenous mythology, I am definitely looking forward to this show’s debut.

The two Turkish Airline spots (see below) that premiered after the SuperBowl last weekend actually impressed me. Not just because they cleverly advertised the upcoming DC Comics-based Batman vs Superman movie, but because by day, I’m a freelance commercial and promo editor . Needless to say, I was pretty stoked. The spots, directed and edited by Zack Snyder, the movie’s director and supported by ad agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky London advertise both Gotham City and Metropolis as tourist spots that have been recently added to the roster of Turkish Airlines flight destinations.

That ADHD Show actually isn’t about the medical condition, rather it’s about the geek with varying interests including comics, gaming, tv, movies etc. (I actually met the host Jeff J at the Black Comic Book Festival where I did an interview with him for his other job as a correspondent for NBCBLK a division of NBC News.) Jeff invited me on to talk about the premiere of Legends of Tomorrow, White Canary’s transformation and how Heatwave actually is one of the most entertaining secondary characters we’ve seen in awhile.  Check it out below:

Aldis Hodge stars as “Noah” in the upcoming WGN show Underground

“Underground” a new show whose storyline takes place during the antebellum south is set to premiere on WGN March 9. It stars Aldis Hodge (Leverage, Straight Outta Compton) and Jurnee Smollet-Bell (Friday Night Lights, The Great Debaters) as a field slave and a house slave respectively, who plan and execute a daring escape from the plantation where they’re being held captive. Underground is is being produced byJohn Legend’s production company Get Lifted and also stars Jussie Smolett (Empire) and Christopher Meloni (Law and Order SVU) .  The actors as well as the show’s writers Misha Green (Spartacus, Sons of Anarchy, Heroes) and Joe Pokaski (Daredevil, Heroes, CSI) were on hand during New York Comic Con last year and were all very vocal in pointing out that the show is not “another slave narrative”, but instead should be seen as an adventure about a daring escape. I was lucky enough to interview Hodge to get his take on things and ask him some questions about what made him decide to play a slave on network television.