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Superman is about to take on some old foes. Adi Shankar, the nerd-icon producer behind Netflix's highly successful Castlevania (which has been renewed for a third season) is joining with PaperChase Films and Marc Rosen to bring the story of Superman Vs. the Ku Klux Klan to life.

Shankar says Superman Vs. the Ku Klux Klan has been indirectly energized by Bill Maher's put-downs of comic book culture and comments about the late Stan Lee.

"Superheroes operate outside the scope of law and offer us hope that someone will rise up and protect us when government and other institutions cannot or will not. This story shows the power of the superhero mythology and it's tangible impact on the physical world." Said Shankar.

"Adi Shankar has long been inspired to fight for just causes; he has successfully taken on the status quo and broken barriers long seen as insurmountable.

Adi Shankar, the producer of Netflix’s Castlevania, has an interesting new project that he’s developing called Superman Vs. The Ku Klux Klan.

Deadline had a chance to talk to Shankar about this project and they explain that it was “indirectly energized by Bill Maher’s put-downs of comic book culture and comments about the late Stan Lee.”

When talking about the project, Shankar explained, “The comic-book/video game industry needs our Shakespeare in Love we need our Capote and Finding Neverland,” Shankur said, referring to acclaimed dramas that turned writers into screen characters. “The founders of nerd culture must be celebrated as much as the franchises they have given birth to. It’s our history. We also need to tell stories about how these myths have had a tangible impact on our material world. That’s where Superman vs Kkk comes in.”

The project will be based on...

Adi Shankar, the producer of Netflix’s Castlevania, says his upcoming project, Superman Vs. The Ku Klux Klan, has been indirectly energized by Bill Maher’s put-downs of comic book culture and comments about the late Stan Lee.

Shankar said the firebrand comedian’s appraisal of comic book culture as an example of “using our smarts on stupid stuff” was a welcomed jolt because it underlined the importance of burnishing the legacy and celebrating the pioneers of “nerd” culture to disprove the opinion that Maher expressed.

“The comic-book/video game industry needs our Shakespeare in Love we need our Capote and Finding Neverland,” Shankar said, referring to acclaimed dramas that turned writers into screen characters. “The founders of nerd culture must be celebrated as much as the franchises they have given birth to. It’s our history. We also need to tell stories about how these myths have had a...

From director Dawn Porter (Gideon’s Army) comes yet another intriguing documentary - this one delectably-titled Spies Of Mississippi, which is scheduled to screen at the New York African Diaspora International Film Festival (Adiff), which November 29 to December 15, 2013, in a New York Premiere. The film is based on a book by author Rick Bowers, titled, Spies of Mississippi: The True Story of the Spy Network that Tried to Destroy the Civil Rights Movement. It tells the compelling story of how State spies tried to block voting rights for African Americans during the Civil Rights era. In the 1950s and 1960s, the Mississippi...