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PEOPLE & ARTS Thursday 5 december 2019
Cavill: Door 'hasn't closed' on Superman, but 1st, 'Witcher'

By RYAN PEARSON this to to the screen in one while playing the game,
AP Entertainment Writer way, shape or form." which runs for dozens of
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. The show premieres on hours. "What CD Projekt
(AP) — Henry Cavill is all-in Netflix on Dec. 20, and pro- Red did with the game
on his Netflix fantasy series duction begins early next was extraordinary. And so
"The Witcher," but he says year on a second season. all the work is kind of done
the "door hasn't closed"on The series features Cav- for you. It's all visualized in
a return as Superman in the ill's Geralt engaging in in- a spectacular world," he
DC cinematic universe. tricately choreographed said. "Every time I played
Cavill last played the su- swordplay, relaxing in a the games, all I thought
perhero in 2017's "Justice bath and talking to his was how can I recreate
League" and it's unclear horse — all recognizable this in a certain way? And
whether any upcoming moments for fans of the where would it be pos-
movies will feature the acclaimed hit 2015 role- sible? How is it possible?
character. playing game "The Witch- Is there anywhere in the
Cavill dons a long white wig er 3." Cavill says his horse world that looks like this?"
to play monster hunter Ger- chats recalled his real-life There are several films
alt of Rivia in "The Witcher," dialogue with his American based on DC superheroes This cover image released by Pegasus Books shows "From Sea
an ambitious eight-epi- Akita dog Kal, who shows in the works, including se- to Stormy Sea: 17 Stories Inspired by Great American Paintings,"
sode adaptation of Polish up regularly on his Insta- quels to "Wonder Woman" edited by Lawrence Block. Associated Press
author Andrzej Kapowski's gram feed. and "Aquaman."q
books. With intense magic, "That's exactly what I was
scheming political factions channeling when I was in-
and epic battles, it's tar- teracting with Roach (the 17 stories inspired by great American
geting the audiences that horse), it was 100 percent
made "Game of Thrones" a the relationship Kal and I paintings
worldwide phenomenon. have," he said. "Geralt may
"I live in the fantasy genre be a little harder. Gener-
anyway, that's my hobby. ally, he's been living in a By ANN LEVIN
And so for me, it was al- harsher world and hated Associated Press
ways — it was always ob- by a lot of people for lon- "From Sea to Stormy Sea: 17 Stories In-
vious. It was like yes, of ger than I have." spired by Great American Paintings,"
course, these shows can be Cavill was a fan of "The Pegasus Books, edited by Lawrence
popular," Cavill said. "It was Witcher 3" before he land- Block Writers take their inspiration from
always a target. I always ed the series. He says he a variety of sources: an unforgettable
wanted to bring things like imagined himself in the role face, overheard conversation or per-
haps, a painting.
Kid Rock's Detroit eatery The well-known crime writer Lawrence
Block has parlayed that last scenario
closing after his anti-Oprah rant into two volumes of short stories, the
first inspired by works of Edward Hopper
By COREY WILLIAMS and and the second, favorite paintings of
JEFF KAROUB his authors.
Associated Press Now he has come out with a third, "From
DETROIT (AP) — A Kid Rock- Sea to Stormy Sea," an anthology of 17
owned restaurant in De- stories that riff exclusively on American
troit's Little Caesars Arena paintings, from Robert Henri's portrait of This cover image released by Pegasus Books
will close once its licens- Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney to Andy shows "From Sea to Stormy Sea: 17 Stories
ing agreement expires this Warhol's mural for the 1964 World's Fair, Inspired by Great American Paintings,"
spring, the singer and are- "Thirteen Most Wanted Men," and Mark edited by Lawrence Block.
na operator announced Rothko's shimmering "Number 14." Associated Press
separately Wednesday. Since the writers he's chosen tend to
The severing of ties be- specialize in crime and genre fiction, Other standouts include "The Man From
tween the suburban De- the stories are chock-full of loners, losers Hard Rock Mountain," a post-apoca-
troit-born musician and and cynics who get to say snappy lines lyptic fantasy by Jerome Charyn based
Ilitch Holdings came days like, "Sex. Religion. Dining out. Sooner on the eerie Rockwell Kent engraving,
after video surfaced show- In this Wednesday, Oct. 17, or later, some human being is going to "Twilight of Man," and the deliciously
2018 file photo, Kid Rock
ing Kid Rock ranting against performs in Pontiac, Mich. make you regret participating in any or noir "On Little Terry Road" by Tom Frank-
Oprah Winfrey, though nei- Associated Press all of the above." (Spoken by the enter- lin and "Get Him" by Micah Nathan, in-
ther party tied the parting prising heroine of Jan Burke's "Superfi- spired by paintings of the lesser known
to the video or the back- years, black, white, what- cial Injuries.") artists John Hull and Daniel Morper.
lash that followed. The split ever, but learned long One of the very best is "Baptism in Kan- Not all the stories work, but enough do
also points to a widening ago, go where you're cel- sas" by detective writer Sara Paretsky, to make it worth it. Admirers of Winslow
estrangement between ebrated, not tolerated," who uses the 1928 John Steuart Curry Homer's stormy seascapes will likely
Kid Rock and the city he he wrote Wednesday on painting of the same name to conjure enjoy "Adrift off the Diamond Shoals,"
calls home. Facebook. up a vivid portrait of the hardscrab- by Brendan DuBois, which pivots on a
"I appreciate all who have Kid Rock's Made in Detroit ble lives of white farmers in Kansas in writer seeking revenge on a sleazy real
patronized our place and opened in 2017 in Little the early 1900s, their religious revivals, estate developer who wants to knock
still have much love for Caesars Arena, which is as depicted in the artwork, and rac- down his family's modest house on
the city of Detroit and the home to the NHL's Red ist campaigns to get rid of the Native North Carolina's Outer Banks to put up
people/organizations that Wings and the NBA's De- American population. a "capitalist castle."q
I have helped there for troit Pistons. q