2018-09-20 Entertainment Weekly

SPIDER-MAN

RANDOM ACTS

OF FLYNESS

Terence Nance’s new late-night

show is, in no minced words,

unlike anything else on TV. The

provocative series—a cycle

of vignettes using wildly difer-

ent storytelling styles to explore

the modern black experience

in America—covers everything

from toxic masculinity to police

brutality, forcing the audience

to confront these issues...from

the discomfort of their own

homes.(HBO)

TheRandom Actscreator broke out

in 2012 when his quasi-animated

rom-com-dram,An Oversimplification

of Her Beauty, won critical hearts at

Sundance. Six years later, that unique

filmmaking style secured his HBO

show a season 2 order just three

weeks into its run. Plus, ball up: The

director is now reportedly in talks to

helm the long-awaited Space Jam 2.

ost anticipated

of the year

inesGrand Theft

Auto-like mechanics

and a cinema-size

Spidey story, injecting

players into the wall-

crawler’s NYC world in

an engrossing experi-

ence that’ll give you

the best kind of vertigo.

(PS4, Sept. 7)

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1

Lead writer Jon
Paquette’s story mir-
rors the ebbs and
flows of a film script
(e.g., a huge opening
Fisk fight leaves you
breathless by your
first button lesson).

2

The composer

behind Netflix’sDare-

devil, John Paesano,

delivers a game score

that sounds straight

out of the nextAveng-

erssequel.

3

Comics and films

pop up here as Easter

eggs—from MJ’s

famous upside-down

kiss in Sam Raimi’s

Spider-Manto iconic

imagery from prolific

artist Steve Ditko.

4

And like any Marvel

film, spoilers arevery

real. Paquette jokes

about his voice cast,

“There’s an NDA that

says, ‘We will kill you

if you say anything.’ ”

THE EIGHTH SPIDEY MOVIE?

If you think you’re watching a Marvel film while playing the game, you’re not wrong.BY NICK ROMANO

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