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Ike Amadi
Ikechukwu Prince Amadi (born 26 November 1979) is a Nigerian voice actor. He is known for voicing Javik in ''Mass Effect 3'', Jameson Locke in '' Halo 5: Guardians'', Atriox in ''Halo Infinite'', Shao Kahn in ''Mortal Kombat 11'' and ''Mortal Kombat 1'', Atrocitus in '' Injustice 2'', and the Democracy Officer in '' Helldivers 2''. Early life Amadi was born in Nigeria, on 26 November 1979. He and his family moved to the United States, where he attended and graduated from the University of Missouri–Kansas City. Career Amadi has provided the voice of Jax Briggs Jackson Briggs, known mononymously as Jax, is a character in the ''Mortal Kombat'' fighting game franchise by Midway Games and NetherRealm Studios. Introduced in '' Mortal Kombat II'' (1993) as the leader of a Special Forces unit, he became a m ... in the direct-to-video animated films '' Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge'' (2020) and '' Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms'' (2021), respectively. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. They come in four main pairs of shapes, as given in the box to the right, which also gives their names, that vary between British English, British and American English. "Brackets", without further qualification, are in British English the ... marks and in American English the ... marks. Other symbols are repurposed as brackets in specialist contexts, such as International Phonetic Alphabet#Brackets and transcription delimiters, those used by linguists. Brackets are typically deployed in symmetric pairs, and an individual bracket may be identified as a "left" or "right" bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. In casual writing and in technical fields such as computing or linguistic analysis of grammar, brackets ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jax (Mortal Kombat)
Jackson Briggs, known mononymously as Jax, is a character in the ''Mortal Kombat'' fighting game franchise by Midway Games and NetherRealm Studios. Introduced in ''Mortal Kombat II'' (1993) as the leader of a Special Forces unit, he became a mainstay of the series, including as the protagonist of the action-adventure spin-off '' Mortal Kombat: Special Forces'' (2000). The character is distinguished by his metal bionic arms, which he first received in '' Mortal Kombat 3'' (1995), and his abilities are based around his upper-body strength. In the games, Jax is first depicted as the commanding officer of Special Forces operative Sonya Blade and subsequently becomes one of the warriors defending Earthrealm from various threats. He is also depicted as a primary hero in various related media, including the 1996 animated series '' Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm'', the 1997 film '' Mortal Kombat Annihilation'', and the 2011 web series '' Mortal Kombat: Legacy''. Reception to the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roots (2016 Miniseries)
''Roots'' is a 2016 American miniseries and a remake of the 1977 miniseries with the same name, based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel, '' Roots: The Saga of an American Family'', which follows an 18th-century Mandinka man who is enslaved and shipped from The Gambia to the Colony of Virginia and his descendants. It first aired on May 30, 2016, and stars Malachi Kirby, Forest Whitaker, Anna Paquin, Laurence Fishburne, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anika Noni Rose, T.I. and South African actress Nokuthula Ledwaba. It was produced on a budget of $50 million. Plot Part 1 In 1767, Kunta Kinte ( Malachi Kirby) is a young Mandinka man from Jufureh in The Gambia, a country in West Africa. One day, Kunta is taken into the jungle with other Mandinka youth as part of their training to become warriors. During a test where Kunta is made to run through the jungle in a certain period of time, he sees a man's dead body lying in a canoe. Kunta then sees the rival Koro family in another group of canoes, hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electric City (web Series)
''Electric City'' is an American animated post-apocalyptic science fiction web series created by Tom Hanks for Yahoo! Screen. It was released July 17, 2012 and for now contains 20 short episodes totaling 90 minutes in length. The series stars the voices of Hanks, Holland Taylor, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Antoon, Chris Parnell, Joey Kern, Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael, and Georg Stanford Brown. The series begins after the world has ended. Electric City represents peace and security in the midst of rubble. Even though it seems to be an orderly utopia, there are still secrets, back-alley dealings, daring chases and murder. Production Tom Hanks, Josh Feldman, and Bo Stevenson, all of whom voice characters, began writing ''Electric City'' in 2003 without necessarily intending it as a web series. Tom Hanks wrote the first story on an Olivetti Lettera 22 typewriter. Tom Hanks said that during development the idea was worked and reworked at Playtone, Hanks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professor Ivo
Anthony Ivo is a supervillain in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is a mad scientist who is the creator of the android villain Amazo and, along with villainous scientist T. O. Morrow, the co-creator of the android Tomorrow Woman. As a result of his thanatophobia, Ivo has used his own scientific discoveries to make himself nearly immortal and invulnerable, causing him to become monstrous in the process. Anthony Ivo appears in the second season of the live-action Arrowverse series ''Arrow'', portrayed by Dylan Neal. Publication history Anthony Ivo first appeared in ''The Brave and the Bold'' #30 (June 1960), and was created by Gardner Fox and Mike Sekowsky. Fictional character biography Anthony Ivo grows up with thanatophobia, a fear of death so strong that he even avoids his own mother's funeral. He becomes obsessed with obtaining immortality and becomes a criminal to obtain resources for his experiments. Ivo additionally builds the android Amazo to assist him. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazing-Man (DC Comics)
Amazing-Man is the name used by four fictional characters published by DC Comics. The first three are African-American superheroes and are members of the same family. The first Amazing-Man debuted in ''All-Star Squadron'' #23 (July 1983), and was created by Roy Thomas and Jerry Ordway. The second Amazing-Man debuted in ''Justice League America'' #86 (March 1994), and was created by Dan Vado and Marc Campos. The third Amazing-Man debuted in ''Justice Society of America'' vol. 3 #12 (March 2008), and was created by Geoff Johns and Dale Eaglesham. The fourth Amazing Man debuted in '' OMAC'' vol. 3 #2 (December 2011), and was created by Dan DiDio and Keith Giffen. Publication history Although a 1980s creation of writer Roy Thomas, the Amazing-Man published by DC Comics was placed in the 1940s and made a contemporary of various Golden Age superheroes. The character was created by Roy Thomas as a tribute to Bill Everett's Amazing-Man, a character he created for Centaur Publications dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crisis On Infinite Earths
''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' is a 1985 to 1986 American comic book crossover series published by DC Comics. Written by Marv Wolfman and pencilled by George Pérez, it was first released as a 12-issue limited series from April 1985 to March 1986. As the main piece of a crossover event, some plot elements were featured in tie-in issues of other publications. Since its initial publication, the series has been reprinted in various formats and editions. The idea for the series stemmed from Wolfman's desire to abandon the DC Multiverse depicted in the company's comics—which he thought was unfriendly to readers—and create a single, unified DC Universe (DCU). The foundation of ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' developed through a character called the Monitor, introduced in Wolfman's ''The New Teen Titans'' in July 1982 before the series itself started. At the start of ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'', the Anti-Monitor (the Monitor's evil counterpart) is unleashed on the DC Multiverse and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hollywood Reporter
''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade paper, and in 2010 switched to a weekly Wide-format printer, large-format print magazine with a revamped website. As of 2020, the day-to-day operations of the company are handled by Penske Media Corporation through a joint venture with Eldridge Industries. The magazine also sponsors and hosts major industry events. History Foundation and early years ''The Hollywood Reporter'' was founded in 1930 by William R. Wilkerson, William R. "Billy" Wilkerson (1890–1962) as Hollywood's first daily entertainment trade newspaper. The first edition appeared on September 3, 1930, and featured Wilkerson's front-page "Tradeviews" column, which became influential. The newspaper appeared Monday-to-Saturday for the first 10 years, except for a brief period, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warworld
War World may refer to: * ''War World'' (series), collaborative science fiction books set in the CoDominium universe of Jerry Pournelle * ''War World'' (video game), a 2005 mech combat video game * Warworld, a fictional planet in the DC Universe * "War World", a 2002 episode of ''Justice League'' * '' Justice League: Warworld'', a 2023 U.S. animated film based on D.C. Comics See also * The War of the Worlds (other) * World at War (other) World at War could be an alternative name for World War II World(s) at War may also refer to: * Another name for the ''Darkness Series'' (2000–2005) by Harry Turtledove * ''The World at War'' (film) (1942), propaganda film produced by the Offi ... * World war (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beware My Power
''Green Lantern: The Animated Series'' is an American animated superhero television series based on the DC Comics superhero Green Lantern. The series aired on Cartoon Network, as part of their "DC Nation" television block. The series follows the adventures of Hal Jordan, the Green Lantern of Sector 2814, and his fellow warrior ally, Kilowog against the series' main antagonists, the Red Lanterns, led by the villain Atrocitus, and the Manhunters. A one-hour sneak peek aired on November 11, 2011, it ran from March 17, 2012, until March 16, 2013. A special screening of the first episode was shown at New York Comic Con 2011 on October 15. This was the first Green Lantern television series and the first CGI DC/WB series. The series was cancelled after one season due to poor toy sales after the negative reception and poor box office performance of the live-action film. Plot The series focuses on the adventures of Hal Jordan, the Green Lantern of Sector 2814, and his part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
