Episode 123 - The Towelite Phoenix Saga

 Chris and Casey are back on the mic this week to get into a GALAXY-filled episode of geekly news. From Marvel's winning at the Oscars, to the Gremlins making their way back to the mainstream, to Topher Grace's obsession with Midochlorians, and so much more!

Marvel TV & Movies

• Black Panther Oscar wins
• Spiderverse oscar win and digital release
• • Alternate Universe Mode
• Rotten Tomatoes re-considering Audience Score System thanks to Cap Marvel
• No future announcements until after Avengers and Spider-Man Movies this year.
• Eternals could span tens of thousands of years according to Feige
• Disney Fox merger near done, March 8th?
• X-Men Dark Phoenix poster and trailer

DC TV & Movies

• Will Smith departs SS2
• Ezra Miller “thinks” Flash movie is still happening. Speedster multiverse?
• Movie-verse to “concentrate on the individual character”
• Aquaman
• • digital release 3/3.
  • Aquaman 2 12/16/2022
• Titans: Joshua Orpin cast as Connor Kent
• Batwoman cannot bring Batman into Arrowverse… “as close as they can”
• Constantine reboot in the works? Rumored to include Matt Ryan

Comics

• IDW
• • Transformers Ghostbusters crossover. Ectotron. June.
  • Usagi Yojimbo. Stan Sakai brings classic character to publisher. June.
• DC
• • Walmart loses Giant size exclusivity

COMMERCIAL

TV

• His Dark Materials trailer
• Hulu lowers price
• Legendary to make Land of Oz series
• Lost Boys picks up director Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight) and Teen Wolf’s Tyler Posey and Kiele Sanchez will play Michael & Lucy Emerson
• Natalie Dormer and Nathan Lane joins Penny Dreadful
• Showtime Halo picks up director Otto Bathurst
• Gremlins animated series warnermedia streaming
• Disney +
• • “Book of Enchantment” Villains series being developed by Steve Pearlman (Once Upon A Time) and Michael Seitzman (Quantico)
• 1st look cobra kai s2

Movies

• Ray Liotta joins The Many Saints of Newark
• Luke Wilson joins Zombieland 2
• Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is Candyman
• Chris Hemsworth to play Hulk Hogan directed by Todd Philips
• Detective Pikachu trailer
• Rami Malek for Bond 25?
• Hellboy film officially Rated R for gore and bloody violence

Gaming

• WWZ coming April 16th
• Kingdom Hearts Board Game due out this year
• Open world Dune game coming 2020
• • Three total to coincide with new movie

SW

• Galaxy’s Edge costumes revealed; EW insight article.
• Boba Fett cameo in Solo?
• Topher Grace supercut Star Wars: Always

POP

• Funko to open giant toy store in LA
• Mezco Captain Marvel preorder
• Boss Fight Studio Sam and Max figures
• Incendium Online Bill & Ted toys $30 a piece
• 1/18th Extreme-Sets dioramas up for preorder

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