Created in 1994 by Milestone Media founders Dwayne McDuffie, Denys Cowan, Derek Dingle and Michael Davis, Virgil Hawkins - while undoubtedly known to the DC faithful - has never really gotten the chance to shine outside of his comic series and TV show. Fleeting references have been made to the character in other projects, and he even had a planned appearance in Injustice 2, but talk of a live action adaptation has stalled in recent years.
It's a shame, because Virgil, like many of his other Milestone cohorts, possesses some crazy potential for a live action TV series and/or film. DC really needs a unique, socially conscious project to counteract the boom and bombast of their other series, and Virgil is just the guy for the job.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
