Dorkside News

#DitchTheSwitch becomes trending, 36 states put in legislation trying to stop changing the timezone!

JJ Abrams and his son tease the new villain for their 5 part Spiderman series

Six DC heroes have been infected by the Batman Who Laughs.

Shazam! & Blue Beetle

Hawkman

Supergirl

Who else?

History of the Marvel Universe #2 reveals Mystic/Destiny's kiss is now definite where its only been hinted in the past.

The official James review of his anime list...what's he watching?

The D&D movie we talked about might actually happen, Jonathan GoldStein & John Francis Daley are in talks to direct the movie, same ones who co-directed Game Night.

Ewan McGregor is BACK BOYS! Obi-Wan is back! With his own show!

A little catch up for Mindhunter Season 2 that just came out on Netflix, 5 things to remember.

The Magicians gets a 5 series comic book, but does that mean it's cancelled? The Magicians

Netfix put in an order for Agent King, an adult animated comedy series about the King Himself!

The world's dumbest, funniest prank call show is returning. Crank Yankers is back.

The cast is building for "The Wheel of Time" series on Amazon! We now currently have Rosamund Pike, Madeleine Madden, Barney Harris, Zoe Robbins, Marcus Rutherford, and Josha Strawdowski. Meet the Cast of the Wheel of Time

Would you play a game via phone if bluetooth controllers could be connected?

Would a digital subscription service work for digital games? How would we do it, and what would it cost?

Any interest in Baldur's Gate 3 from Larian Studios? Have you played Larian Studios' Divinity: Original Sin (1/2)?

 

Timothy's questions:

Do you prefer DM or player?

What's your funniest DM story?

What's the most annoying thing players do?

Favorite race and class?

Favorite system (Pathfinder, 3.5, 5?)

What's your opinion on alignments in characters, particularly ones who like to be evil?

What's your opinion on players who absolutely have to have a purpose?

 If you'd like to hear more or even game with Timothy Connoly, check out his campaign in Las Vegas here

It wouldn’t be Dorkside without Disney news… Disney announced a 13 dollar subscription plan for Hulu. You get Hulu Premium, Disney + and ESPN. Disney + Hulu

Looks like Netflix wants to do a Babysitter’s Club series, with Alicia Silverstone! Babysitter’s Club

Andy Serkis says he has “very clear ideas” for what he wants to do for Venom 2. Venom 2

CORRECTION! Queen Latifa IS playing Ursula in Little Mermaid…but not the one we thought. Auli’i Cravalho from Moana will be Ariel, Queen Latifa will be Ursula, and Shaggy will be Sebastian in an ABC version of The Wonderful World of Disney: The Little Mermaid LIVE, a live version “stage performance”.

Claustrophobia + Sharks + Sequel…what could go wrong? 47 Meters Down: Uncaged trailer

Another Life – Hints of Battlestar Galactica, can it be as big?

The ACTUAL dynamic duo is BACK! Simon Pegg and Nick Frost return, and to Amazon, in a comedy horror ghost hunting series called Truth Seekers

Lilly Wachowski talks about her and her sister Lana’s involvement in the WB Matrix reboot…which, they’re not involved, but EXTREMELY excited and hope it does well. Matrix Reboot

Garfield Cart Racer is apparently not the only Garfield we’re getting in the near future, ACTUAL Garfield is returning, and on Nickelodeon! Garfield’s Back

More Sword and Shield! Meet Team Yell, and Marnie, who’s becoming a fan favorite very very quickly… plus, a bong pokemon? Galarian Pokemon Trailer

Those Who Remain could be the psychological horror game we’ve been waiting for.

The Death of the Speed Force!  VERY Spoiler-Lite review, this is another Year of the Villain tie in, any guesses as to what old Flash villain will return?

New Batman/Superman series launches this fall! A group of villains has been infected by the Batman Who Laughs and Superman and Batman team up to hunt them down.  The Batman Who Laughs series is getting one more issue than planned as well.  For more info about The Batman who Laughs

HBO launches Recommended by Humans as a dig at Netflix

Square Enix’s lineup at Gamescom this year is crazy! Final Fantasy VII remake, Final Fantasy XIV, Kingdom Hearts III original playable demo, Life is Strange 2, Episode 4: Faith, Marvel’s Avenge

Will Disney stop with the remakes? Likely not… they’ve made over 7 billion dollars since 2010 on them. Money Money Money

D&D again? It looks like they’re trying, and even moving forward with it. D&D Homecoming

Alita Battle Angel’s Rosa Salazar said she’d play Alita till her dying breath. And we’re TOTALLY down for that. Rosa’s Dying Breath

Tom Hardy is supposedly signed for 3 Venom movies. Oy. Venom x3

It seems the Walking Dead won’t stay dead with this trailer for the third series. Walking Dead Trailer

Government shutdown! Apparently the plot for Falcon and the Winter Soldier is the government not wanting Sam Wilson to have the shield. NOT MY CAPTAIN

There’s a FIFTH TURTLE?! Jenny Number 5

Does the formula work? Gerard Butler and his White House antics are back again. Angel Has Fallen

NOS4A2 2. Second season coming! NOS4A2

Kill Bill 3 could have a minor chance of existing! Kill Bill 3

WipEout Omega Collection and Sniper Elite 4 are the PS4 free games this month. PS4 Free Games

PS4 did it! They finally broke 100 million units sold. The most of any console ever. REIGN SUPREME

Death Stranding better watch out… Garfield Kart is Coming Out The Same Day

I went one week without Borderlands 3 news, oops. Zane Trailer and His Sexy Irish Accent

The Hero is now available in Smash! Smash Bros

Speaking of new HEROES, we have a new Hero in Heroes of the Storm. Qhira: The Crazy Assassin

Anime stuff! How is Fire Force, Demon Slayer, and Dr. Stone?

Let’s all have a Ninja Mixer! Ninja HIts 1 Million in 5 Days by Switching to Mixer

When did you start cosplaying?

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In its continued stride to own the world, there are rumors that Disney is now taking investor advice and might be poised to buy out… Blizzard? Disney and Blizzard?

Just like HBO, Showtime, and Cinemax; Disney announces you will be able to add on Disney+ to an already existing Hulu subscription. Disney+ +

Nick Kroll and his Big Mouth are killing it since Netflix decided to renew Big Mouth for three more seasons!  Big Mouth

The Simpsons teased it’s THIRTIETH rendition of the Treehouse of Horror series with a poster, showing them parodying Stranger Things and Shape of Water. Stranger Simpsons

The Hypeth Train Runneth, when the second teaser to Carnival Row came out. Carnival Row Teaser 2

The Boys give their first opinions on…the Boys. The Boys

Did Disney actually do well with Lion King? Lion King

Quick Clip! (Secret Link?) The Epic Mjolnir/Cap Scene…again.

Mike Judge, a name I haven’t heard in a while, says he might be making another… BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD MOVIE?! Beavis and Butthead Return?

Do you like Darkest Dungeon? Want to be on the other side? This game is AMAZING Iratus: Lord of the Dead

James is late to the party as usual, but found a hidden gem in: Dead Cells

In what is almost unheard of, Netflix extended a show 6 more episodes: Lucifer Gets More!

Could Rachel Weisz actually be Taskmaster in Black Widow? Lady Taskmaster?

I thought this year couldn’t get any weirder, but, here we go: Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit Fame Directed a Movie Called “Fanatic” with John Travolta As Lead

If you’re interested in Pokemon Master, it’s available now for Pre-Registration. Pokemon Pre-Reg

I’ve been waiting 10 years for this: Zombieland: Double Tap trailer

Riddick isn’t done yet! Vin Diesel announced the script for Riddick 4: Furya is finished! Riddick 4

There’s a perfect role for Dave Bautista, and he’s been trying everything to get it. Will he?

In its continued stride to own the world, there are rumors that Disney is now taking investor advice and might be poised to buy out... Blizzard? Disney and Blizzard?

Just like HBO, Showtime, and Cinemax; Disney announces you will be able to add on Disney+ to an already existing Hulu subscription. Disney+ +

Nick Kroll and his Big Mouth are killing it since Netflix decided to renew Big Mouth for three more seasons!  Big Mouth

The Simpsons teased it's THIRTIETH rendition of the Treehouse of Horror series with a poster, showing them parodying Stranger Things and Shape of Water. Stranger Simpsons

The Hypeth Train Runneth, when the second teaser to Carnival Row came out. Carnival Row Teaser 2

The Boys give their first opinions on...the Boys. The Boys

Did Disney actually do well with Lion King? Lion King

Quick Clip! (Secret Link?) The Epic Mjolnir/Cap Scene...again.

Mike Judge, a name I haven't heard in a while, says he might be making another... BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD MOVIE?! Beavis and Butthead Return?

Do you like Darkest Dungeon? Want to be on the other side? This game is AMAZING Iratus: Lord of the Dead

James is late to the party as usual, but found a hidden gem in: Dead Cells

In what is almost unheard of, Netflix extended a show 6 more episodes: Lucifer Gets More!

Could Rachel Weisz actually be Taskmaster in Black Widow? Lady Taskmaster?

I thought this year couldn't get any weirder, but, here we go: Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit Fame Directed a Movie Called "Fanatic" with John Travolta As Lead

If you're interested in Pokemon Master, it's available now for Pre-Registration. Pokemon Pre-Reg

I've been waiting 10 years for this: Zombieland: Double Tap trailer

Riddick isn't done yet! Vin Diesel announced the script for Riddick 4: Furya is finished! Riddick 4

There's a perfect role for Dave Bautista, and he's been trying everything to get it. Will he? Bautista Wants to be in Gears of War Movie

kNOW! Is a board game that's boasts it will ALWAYS stay up to date. kNOW! the Game

Pandemic is coming to Switch and Xbox One. If you don't know Pandemic, you should... Pandemic

Qurator could be the new Rotten Tomatoes, what is it? Qurator

WEATHERING WITH YOU, is a must see if you liked movies similar to A Silent Voice. Weathering With You

Is Taika Waititi the new America's favorite Everyman? He's in a new movie called: Jojo Rabbit in which he plays an imaginary Adolf Hitler

Season 2 is a go by the way. Season 2 of the Boys Greenlit

How did HBO change the way we do sex scenes? HBO's Intimacy Coordinator

Cthulu Saves Christmas could be one of the better old school RPG's coming soon. Cthulu Saves Christmas

The Phase 4 schedule dropped, I don’t even know where to start. (Phase 4 Schedule)

Black Widow, May 1 2020

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (Disney+) Fall 2020

Eternals, November 6, 2020

Shang-Chi – Legend of the Ten Rings, February 12, 2021

WandaVision (Disney+) Spring 2021

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, May 7 2021

Loki (Disney+) Spring 2021

What If…? (Disney+) Summer 2021

Hawkeye (Disney+) Fall 2021

Thor Love and Thunder, November 5 2021

It’s said that Natalie Portman will be Thor. Not a female Thor, but Thor themselves. (Natalie Portman as Thor)

Mahershala Ali is our new Blade. It’s not Byron, but we’re still happy. (Blade)

The Picard trailer dropped and it seems many are excited that their favorite Captain is back! (Picard Trailer)

The Watchmen trailer dropped. (Watchmen Trailer)

HBO is trying to fix the bad Golden Compass movie with “His Dark Materials” (His Dark Materials trailer)

Top Gun: Maverick, THEY’RE BAAAAAACK. (Top Gun: Maverick trailer)

DC Animation announced Superman Red Son and Superman Man of Tomorrow movies on the way. (Supermen news)

New season of Doom Patrol and Young Justice are on the way. (Doom Patrol and Young Justice)

R-rated animated Harley Quinn show is coming. It looks entertaining! (R-Rated Harley)

Brandon Routh, one of the few acceptable Supermen, is coming back to the role for the CW “Crisis on Infinite Earths” crossover event. (Superman Returns…Returns?)

The Russos are working on something related to the Battle of the Planets AKA G-Force and Grimjack. (Grimjack and Battle of the Planets)

Snyder is trying to get fans to demand the Snyder Cut of Justice League. Will WB give? (Snyder Cut)

The cast of Game of Thrones AND Marvel’s Agents of Shield said goodbye. Game of Thrones is over and Agents of Shield is filming its last season. (Final Appearances)

Mark Hamill received the Icon Award (Icon Award)

An extremely touching tribute played for Peter Mayhew (

Disney is releasing its first R-Rated movie in 6 years! What is it?

 

Power Rangers, 3rd time’s the charm?

 

Joji’s “Slow Dancing in the Dark” hits Platinum

 

Tom Holland is being eyed for the Live Action Atlantis: The Lost Empire

 

4K drop coming! Iron Man 1, 2 and 3, Thor, and Thor: The Dark World are all dropping August 13th in 4K delciousness.

 

SDCC is attempting to do the world record attempt for the Largest Kamehameha

 

Let’s talk about Area 51 and its wealth of memes.

 

Zachary Levi says Shazam and Black Adam will crossover in Shazam 3!

 

The Kingsman universe expands again with the new trailer for The King’s Man

 

Nintendo Switch dropped a few more classic games from the NES-era, but these ones are different. Donkey Kong 3 and Wrecking Crew come with a rewind feature.

 

Stranger Things 3, could there be another season?

 

The new Mortal Kombat movie will be rated R (no surprise there) but it will also have fatalities!

 

The Lion King is already getting high praise, will it be as good as it appears?

 

Don Cheadle just joined LeBron James in Space Jam 2

 

Rumor has it that a trailer for Black Widow will be at SDCC!

 

In what I could only WISH was a joke… Kanye West is building low-income housing… themed after Star Wars “Tatooine” domes. 

 

Millie Bobby Brown cannot be stopped and has reportedly joined the cast for “The Eternals”. I was already in, but now I’m MORE in.

 

Batman Beyond MIGHT be released this October, on Blu-Ray!

 

Krypto officially joins Titans Season 2 as shown in the season finale of season 1

 

FOOD FOR THOUGHT, literally. They should start putting fries in popcorn buckets at movie theaters instead of popcorn.

 

 

Comic book corner

Spoilers for Wolverine & Captain America: Weapon Plus #1

Deadpool is Weapon IX, the super soldier that made Wolverine possible.  Obviously doesn’t work for the movie version, since this is the 1940s.

Tales from the Dark Multiverse – This October starts with The Death of Superman and Batman: Knightfall, other storylines include Infinite Crisis and Blackest Night

 

Meeple Mania

Three new villains teased for Villainous, the EPIC Disney board game. They were just silhouettes, but I’m almost positive that’s it’s Scar, Yzma, and Professor Ratigan 

Gloomhaven ‘Digital’ released it’s trailer, you can see it here! https://geektyrant.com/news/the-digital-version-of-gloomhaven-drops-a-gameplay-trailer

 

Conan: Savage Legends kickstarter out when the podcast launches. 

 

Burning Cat convention announced for next May from the creators of Exploding Kittens.  There will be an arena with life sized games that players have to physically interactwith and a giant burning cat statue.  Would you play a version of dodge ball with giant hairballs being thrown at you?

 

Help make the biggest transformer toy ever happen, 27″ unicron, there must be 8000 backers before August 31st, 2019.  https://hasbropulse.com/collections/haslab/products/transformers-war-for-cybertron-unicron

 

 

Anime Acute Angle

Zack Snyder is creating a Norse Mythology anime for Netflix. There’s literally nothing that could be better in that sentence.

 

According to Frankie, episode 1 of Fire Force is REALLY hard to find

 

Lupin the 3rd trailer hit and it̵

Sad news. Pa Kent from Lois and Clark passes away at age 92. Eddie Jones

 

Disney to make a live-action follow-up to A Nightmare Before Christmas

 

J.K. Rowling announced she’s releasing 4 new “Harry Potter” stories

 

Walking Dead came to a surprise end in issue #193, ending the whole series.

 

Disney’s live-action Little Mermaid to star Halle Bailey. The internet went into a storm, or… did it?

 

A 15-year old girl defeated a pro Smash player, and was then bullied out of the scene.

 

Netflix adopts an EXTREMELY strict “No Smoking” policy after backlash from Stranger Things season 3

 

Also, Stranger Things season 3 is amazing.

 

Final Fantasy XIV now lets you run the newest dungeons…alone.

 

Pacific Rim anime is coming in 2020 and two season have already been ordered.

 

The Power Rangers are getting a panel at SDCC!

 

River City Girls is coming September 5th and it looks rad!

 

Spiderman: Far From Home PLOT TWIST

 

Also, Marvel, STOP KILLING YOUR VILLAINS!

 

Samuel L Jackson and Chris Rock are going to be in the next Saw movie

 

DRAGON SPRING PHOENIX RISE is a martial arts/supernatural…stage play?

 

Scary Stories to Tell In the Dark lands a PG-13 rating.

 

Things Marvel shouldn’t do: say Iron Man was a Skrull.

 

Could Shantae be the next Smash character?

 

Meeple Corner:

Chinese tariffs almost halted a lot of board games, 25% tariff was cancelled at the last minute

 

New big box game from Days of Wonder! Deep Blue

 

Comic Book Corner:

 

Life size Batman cowl and scowl   bust from 12pm to 3pm PT on July 18th

https://www.cbr.com/batman-life-size-bust-scowl-sideshow/

 

Image comics is releasing a new comic series called November . Written by Matt fraction ( Hawkeye and sex criminals ) and illustrated by Elsa charreter

 

New look for legion of super heroes!

https://www.cbr.com/legion-of-super-heroes-new-character-designs/

 

The origin story of Phoenix joker doesn’t take anything from the comics. This is just about how a person might become like a person like joker.

 

Feige clarifies the blip vs the snap

 

Dc’s event Leviathan has Batman and the red hood working together to find the mystery of the man trying to take Down the world’s spy organizations is a mystery that the fans are meant to be able to solve

The first screens of the Netflix “Witcher” show have come out, and people are mildly irritated by the fact Geralt only has one sword.

Ryan Reynolds is remaking “Home Alone” into a stoner comedy.

Some shots have been released of what John Cho looks like with “Spike” hair and I gotta say, he looks pretty good.

Charlie’s Angels trailer released, James seems to have some issues.

The relationship ending game “Catan” is coming to Switch. Beware.

EVERYONE DON’T FREAK OUT, PAUL RUDD HAS JOINED THE CAST OF GHOSTBUSTERS. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.

The long awaited “Destroy All Humans” remake will reportedly have all of the original voice actors.

Who’s ready for another interesting mobile Pokemon game? No really, it looks great. Pokemon Masters comes soon!

Tom Holland doesn’t appear to be going anywhere, he’s been slated for at least 7 more movies.

Nathalie Emmanuel, “Missandei” as she’s better known, is being eyed for the MCU version of Storm.

Lexi Rabe, for SOME REASON is being bullied online. She played Endgame’s “Morgan Stark”. SHE’S 7, YOU MONSTERS!

In what could be the best casting of our age, Melissa McCarthy has reportedly been yanked for the Live-Action “Little Mermaid”, as Ursula.

Sailor Moon Eternal 2-Part anime film project is starting in 2020.

Netflix is reportedly adapting Neil Gaiman’s most famous work, “Sandman”.

A special nod to Christopher C. Cowan and his take on what a live-action fight from MHA could look like. Spoilers: It’s freaking nuts.

What in the hell is “Banana Splits” and why does James want to see it?

Should you get Amazon Prime for TV? Between “Good Omens”, “The Boys” “The Expanse” and “Carnival Row”, YES. YES YOU SHOULD.

There is a hilarious trailer of “Teen Titans vs. Teen Titans Go!” that was just released. 

Codename “Project Americas”, better known as GTA6, might be set in the 70s and 80s Brazil and you work your way up the drug ring, loosely inspired by “Narcos”

Dr Disrespect, wasn’t…disrespectful? Guy Beahm, AKA Dr Disrespect broke character for the first time ever on his return to Twitch streaming, apologizing for his E3 Bathroom Stream shenanigans. It’s very unlike him and very interesting.

 

Comic Book Corner:

Joe Hill, son of Stephen King, is launching a horror-themed DC comics line.

MAJOR SPOILER ALERT: The War of the Realms has ushered in a new age for many of our heroes, most importantly the role of All-Father has been passed on by Odin himself. THOR is now our new All-Father.

Who is Aero? And why is she important?

Doctor Strange #15 by Mark Waid, has some CRAZINESS happening. Without spoiling TOO much. Galactus has effectively been permanently altered by an event. He’s now mystical on top of everything else.

 

Anime Acute Angle:

Could the sad slice of life movies be the next big thing? After “Your Name” and “A Silent Voice”, I WANT MORE

“Is It Wrong To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon” season 2 is on its way…July 13th.

The first screens of the Netflix “Witcher” show have come out, and people are mildly irritated by the fact Geralt only has one sword.

Ryan Reynolds is remaking “Home Alone” into a stoner comedy.

Some shots have been released of what John Cho looks like with “Spike” hair and I gotta say, he looks pretty good.

Charlie’s Angels trailer released, James seems to have some issues.

The relationship ending game “Catan” is coming to Switch. Beware.

EVERYONE DON’T FREAK OUT

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

1-800-273-8255

Available 24 hours a day

www.sprc.org

www.afsp.org

https://www.cdc.gov/features/preventingsuicide/index.html