Episode 118 - Cry Little Sister

Chris and Casey are going to give you the choice that they never had, and that's to fully indulge your podcasting fantasies and give into the latest episode of Towelite Talk. They'll be chatting it up about Netflix's continuation of ruling the world, Musicals, Star Wars Legos, and just what The Lost Boys will look like as a TV show. Oh the Horror!

Marvel

• • Matt Smith joins Morbius. Hits theaters 7/31/20
  • Test Screening reactions of Dark Phoenix - “Underwhelming and not good”
  • Black Panther returns to theaters 2/1 (AMC only?) in honor of Black History month for FREE . Wins SAG Outstanding Performance by a Cast
  • AOS trailer

DC

• • Birds of Prey cast teaser
  • Aquaman highest grossing DC film of all time
  • Joker film rewritten while shooting said Zazie Beetz
  • Titans S2 casting calls look like  Deathstroke and Ravager. Jericho already set to appear.
  • DCU “doubles” digital comic library
  • Reign of the Supermen

Everything Else

Comics

• Scott Summers is back in Uncanny X-Men Annual #1
• Bendis teases Leviathan as “monumental” event.
• DC MOTU omnibus (hardcover 1500 pgs) FEB $150

Commercial

TV

• Netflix: Resident Evil series in the works
• She-ra and the princesses of power returns 4/26
• Umbrella Academy trailer
• Amazon - The Boys trailer
• Child’s Play on SYFY
• Riverdale Spin-off Katy Keene gets pilot at CW
• CW orders Lost Boys pilot

Movies

• WB - Funko movie w/ toys as the characters, writer David Richtman tweeted some characters
• Rosario Dawson to kill zombies in Zombieland 2 and poster! Movie is titled “Double-tap”. Releases 10/11
• Michael Gandolfini to play Tony in Sopranos prequel
• Blumhouse to take over Universal Monsters
  • Leigh Whannel to direct Invisible Man
• F&F9 starts filming in Feb
• Super Bowl trailers - Hobbs and Shaw,
• Oscar Isaac Joins Legendary’s ‘Dune’ Reboot as Duke Leto Atreides

Gaming

• Metroid Prime production restarted. Retro Studios returns to take on project
• Spider-Man: Baghead and Future Foundation suits added

SW

• Celebration key art and guests announced
• r5-D4 in The mandalorian

POP

• Official look at NECA Laurie Strode, Assassin Predator (12”) figure & price revealed
• DST Psylocke
• Lego 20 of star wars doing special sets: https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/lego-celebrates-20-years-of-star-wars-with-five-new-anniversary-sets
• Talk up DFAT unboxings and Toy Fair coverage

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