Jupiter s Legacy Explained: Who Are the Superheroes in the Netflix Show and What Powers Do They Have?
On 5/6/21 at 9:57 AM EDT
Invincible on Amazon and Disney+ s
The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. Like those shows, the Netflix drama is based on a comic in this case, Mark Millar s
Jupiter s Legacy series about a historic group of superheroes from the mid-20th century and the children who are trying to live up to their parents.
For those who have not read the comics, here s everything you need to know about the main characters before they arrive on Netflix on May 7.
Dirty John installment:
On the film front, Joe Wright s
Woman in the Window, starring Amy Adams as an agoraphobic child psychologist who witnesses a crime, will finally surface after first being put into production at Fox 2000 and set to open in theaters in the fall of 2019 before it was delayed by the now-defunct label s new parent company Disney and then sold to the streamer.
Other films streaming this month include Zack Snyder s zombie heist film
Army of the Dead and
Monster, based on the Walter Dean Myers novel of the same name, starring Kelvin Harrison, Jr., Jennifer Hudson and Jeffrey Wright.
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You may or may not be ready for another month of movie and TV options making their way to Netflix s streaming platform. Which is rather appropriate, considering May 2021 is rearing its head, and bringing a huge spectrum of old favorites and exciting new originals to your TV in the coming month. Itâs a natural part of life, so if youâre not ready just yet, you can breeze through and find April 2021âs full lineup and movie highlights included below. Should you be primed to take that slight step (back) into the future, then get ready to enjoy the listing of whatâs headed to Netflix in May 2021!
THUNDER FORCE Review: Melissa McCarthy & Octavia Spencer Can t Save Painfully Unfunny Superhero Comedy
Superhero comedy
Thunder Force hits Netflix today, and this latest collaboration between RL couple Ben Falcone and Melissa McCarthy is about as funny as a sack of drowned puppies. Check out our review.
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4/9/2021
Filed Under: Netflix
A few sporadic chuckles aside, it s fair to say frequent collaborators and real-life couple Ben Falcone and Melissa McCarthy don t have the best track record, but Thunder Force might be their most underwhelming effort yet.
In Netflix s superhero comedy, McCarthy plays against type as a kind-hearted slob named Lydia who reunites with estranged bestie Emily (Octavia Spencer) after several years. Ever since her parents were killed by Miscreants (naturally mutated sociopaths. it s all in the intro) Emily s been working on a formula to give normal people super-powers in order to combat the villains, and Lydia winds up becoming her un
JUPITER S LEGACY: Check Out The First Official Poster For Netflix s Image Comics Adaptation
The first trailer for Netflix s adaptation of Mark Millar s
Jupiter s Legacy will be online tomorrow, but for now we have an official poster featuring The Utopian (Josh Duhamel) and his family.
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4/6/2021
Filed Under: Netflix
Following a premiere date featurette and some promo stills, Netflix has announced that the first trailer for its upcoming adaptation of Mark Millar and Frank Quitely s
Jupiter s Legacy will be online tomorrow.
In the meantime, we have the first official poster for the series, featuring Josh Duhamel as Sheldon Sampson/The Utopian, Leslie Bibb as his wife Grace/Lady Liberty, Elena Kampouris as their daughter Chloe, and Andrew Horton as their son Brandon.