Episode 121 - The Towelite Academy

We don't like to talk about it all that much, but Chris and Casey are actually adopted brothers. Their billionaire father was quite an eccentric and as they were born on the same day at the same time, their dad was led to assume they'd have mutant powers. Of course, he couldn't have been more correct. Hear their harrowing tales of adventure in the latest episode!

Marvel Movies & TV

• Black Widow working title “Blue Bayou”, Ned Benson hired for rewrite
• Brie Larson wants Ms. Marvel in sequel. Trolls attack movie on RT.
• • Reviews are in saying its epic
  • My personal favorite “oh, Thanos is f*cked.
• Gwyneth Paltrow officially done with MCU
• Punisher and JJ officially cancelled
• Lea Thompson joins Howard the Duck
• Spider-Verse digital next Tuesday

DC Movies & TV

• Jared Leto Joker & Joker/Harley movie both off the slate
• Affleck confirms he’s out as Batman
• Armie Hammer says I am not Batman
• Nutter departs from Batwoman pilot
• • Dougray Scott cast as her father
• Thoughts on Doom Patrol

Comics

• Valiant
• • Psi-Lords by Fred Van Lente (W) & Renato Guedes (A)
• DC
• • Tom Taylor DCeased 5/1
  • ‘Year of the Villain’ year long event starts May
  • Jimmy Olson: Matt Fraction and Steve Lieber
  • Detective Comics 1000 Alex Ross issue 27 tribute. PO starts 2/26
• Marvel
• • Star Wars #108 5/29
  • Savage Avengers
  • Soska Sisters take on Black Widow hunting down Child Killers
• Dark Horse
• • Aliens: Rescue with more Amanda Ripley stories

Commercial

TV

• Netflix animated Transformers War For Cybertron
• Star Trek animated on Nickelodeon
• 2 live-action Aliens series in the works? TNT & HULU,  Ridley Scott is involved
• Neil Gaiman revives Jim Henson’s Storyteller
• Dee Johnson to showrun the Vampire Chronicles
• Umbrella Academy thoughts

Movies

• Breaking Bad to start on Netflix then AMC
• Batman/TMNT animated
• Frozen 2 trailer
• Dune: Josh Brolin cast as Gurney Halleck. Jason Mamoa as Duncan Idaho. David Dastmalchian as Piter De Vries. Movie hits theaters on 11/20/20
• Blumhouse considering new Scream and Hellraiser films

SW

• Ep 9 wraps. Trailer in April and attached to Avengers
• Rumor: MULTIPLE shows all being considered for Disney+. Rumblings: Poe, Finn, Lando, Qi’ra, Captain Phasma, Rose, Knights of Ren & (of course) Obi Wan.  
• Project Porg AR sim is coming

POP

• Triple Force Friday 10/4
• DC Collectibles head to Walmart
• Mezco Gomez preorder

Closing

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