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The Rift, Part 2

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David A. Goodman, Executive Producer on The Orville and author of the comics, sits down to chat with Rob and Katie about the show, his involvement in creating the Krill, and writing the comics (as well as several Easter eggs included within).

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The Rift, Part 1

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Story gaps are filled in and an ancient alien fleet is discovered in the graphic novel Digressions.

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The Search, Part 3

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The Search, Part 2

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Host: Rob Logan

326 – The Batman

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Rob is joined by Trey and Jude from MCU Need to Know to discuss The Batman.

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The Search, Part 1

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Host: Rob Logan [Twitter] [Twitch]

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Paul Wesley cast as James T. Kirk for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Paul Wesley has been cast in the iconic role of James T. Kirk for the second season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. The announcement comes ahead of the season one premiere this May.

Strange New Worlds follows Captain Christopher Pike, Science Officer Spock, and Number One as they explore new worlds around the galaxy. Their adventures predate Captain Kirk’s ever stepping foot aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise.

Doctor Who’s TARDIS added to Fortnite’s creative mode

BBC Studios has announced that Doctor Who’s TARDIS has landed in Fortnite. However, the crossover is not an official collaboration with the game. Instead, the playable space can be accessed in the game’s Creative mode.

When the mysterious Reality Virus causes the TARDIS to appear on the island, players must help repair it by finding the parts to fix the Dynamorphic generators.

The game starts on the TARDIS Landing Site where players will find the TARDIS and start their quest to gather the Dynamorphic Generator Crystals from around the hub island in order to repair it. Special rewards and surprises will keep players on their toes along the way.

Players interested in learning more about the Doctor’s world can head to the Doctor Who Museum. Here, there’s more info about the famous friends and foes of the Doctor, including the Cybermen, Daleks, Weeping Angels, K-9, and the TARDIS.

To visit the Doctor Who island in Fortnite, use the Island Code 3610-1396-4646.

Netflix’s Resident Evil series arriving in July

Netflix has announced that their upcoming live-action Resident Evil series will debut on July 14th.

Set in the year 2036, the series takes place 14 years after a deadly virus caused a global apocalypse. Jade Wesker fights for survival in a world overrun by the blood-thirsty infected and insane creatures. In this absolute carnage, Jade is haunted by her past in Raccoon City, by her father’s chilling connections to the Umbrella Corporation but mostly by what happened to her sister, Billie.

Ms. Marvel premieres on Disney+ on June 8th

Ms. Marvel, one of several MCU shows coming to Disney+ this year, will premiere on June 8th. The series centers around Kamala Khan, a Pakistani-American from New Jersey who idolizes her world’s superheroes, especially Captain Marvel.

A new trailer arrived along with the release date announcement, which shows more of Kamala’s altered cosmic powerset for the series. This has been a point of debate since it was first revealed, as Ms. Marvel’s polymorphic abilities in the comics are closer to the Fantastic Four’s Reed Richards than the cosmic abilities shown in the trailer.

The source of her powers also appears to be tied to mystical bracelets instead of her comic book power origin of being an Inhuman. However, making her powers cosmic and making this bracelet potentially of alien origin ties the character even closer to Captain Marvel, whose sequel movie will also bring Ms. Marvel to the big screen.

Harley Quinn spin-off series for Kite Man in the works

A spin-off series of HBO Max’s Harley Quinn, titled Noonan’s, is currently in the works.

At SXSW, Warner Bros. executive and Harley Quinn series co-creator Patrick Schumacker teased the new show. Since Schumacker specifically said it was in development, things are still subject to change.

Noonan’s would follow Kite Man as he buys Noonan’s Bar, an infamous hangout spot for hitman and henchman of Gotham.

Schumacker added that, “He tries to run the bar by himself but it doesn’t turn out so easy. We have Harley and Ivy appear in the first episode, but after that we have different goons and villains appearing every episode like Lex Luthor and Bane. It will be kind of like ‘Cheers’ for supervillains.”

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HBO Max orders The Batman’s Penguin spinoff to series

HBO Max has given a straight-to-series order to a spinoff series for The Penguin, which will see Colin Farrell reprising his role from The Batman as one of Gotham’s legendary mob kingpins.

Penguin picks up where the movie left off in regards to the character. Reeves said of the announcement, “Colin exploded off the screen as the Penguin in The Batman, and having the chance to thoroughly explore the inner life of that character on HBO Max is an absolute thrill. (We) are so excited to continue Oz’s story as he grabs violently for power in Gotham.”

Gotham PD spinoff of The Batman shifts into Arkham-focused series

A planned Gotham PD spinoff series of The Batman has been put on hold. The film’s director Matt Reeves had been attached to the project since July 2020.

Reeves said his drama would’ve acted as a prequel to The Batman. “The series was going to be kind of like Prince of the City, where it was going to be year one because the movie is year two, and I wanted it to be the first appearance. But it wasn’t going to be a Batman story. It was going to be about this corrupt cop, and it was going to be about how the worst gang in Gotham were the GCPD. And Bruce would have touched paths with Gordon. It would have been someone to measure him against, but it would be a battle for his soul.”

However, Reeves recently said that the show has shifted focus to Arkham Asylum, the home of many of Batman’s rogues’ gallery. “The GCDP thing, that story has kind of evolved. We’ve actually now moved more into the realm of exactly what would happen in the world of Arkham as it relates to coming off of our movie. It’s like a horror movie or a haunted house that is Arkham. The idea of, again the way that Gotham is a character in the movie, I really want Arkham to exist as a character, so that you go into this environment and encounter these characters in a way that feels really fresh. And so in our work on Gotham, that story started to evolve, and it started feeling, ‘Wait, we should really lean into this.’ And that’s kind of where that’s gone.”

Warner Bros. delays Black Adam, Flash, and Aquaman 2

Warner Bros. has shuffled the release dates for several upcoming movies, including Black Adam, The Flash, Aquaman 2, and Shazam 2.

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom and The Flash are both being pushed from 2022 to 2023 due to pandemic-related production delays with visual effects. So now, Aquaman 2 will release on March 17, 2023 while The Flash will arrive on June 23, 2023.

Black Adam is being pushed back 3 months to October 21, 2022, while DC League of Super-Pets will step into Black Adam’s original slot on July 29, 2022.

Shazam! Fury of the Gods is the only movie that will arrive earlier than planned, with the sequel moving up from June 2, 2023 to December 12, 2022.

Raymond Lee cast as lead for Quantum Leap reboot

A reboot of the 1990s sci-fi drama Quantum Leap is on the way at NBC, and Raymond Lee has been cast as the lead for the series. He will play Dr. Ben Seong, a spiritual successor to Scott Bakula’s Dr. Sam Beckett from the original series.

Ben is both a scientist and a man of faith. He’s a world-renowned physicist working on a time-travel project known as Quantum Leap. In the reboot, it’s been 30 years since Dr. Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished. Now a new team has been assembled to restart the project in hopes of understanding the mysteries behind the machine and the man who created it.

Will Forte and Lana Condor join Coyote vs. Acme

Will Forte and Lana Condor are now set to join John Cena in Warner Bros.’ upcoming animated hybrid movie Coyote vs. Acme.

The film follows Wile E. Coyote, who decides to hire a billboard lawyer to sue the ACME Corporation after their products have failed him too many times. Forte will play the billboard lawyer representing Wile E. Coyote, while Cena’s lawyer is Forte’s former boss representing ACME. It’s currently unknown what role Condor will play in the film.

Coyote vs. Acme will hit theaters on July 21, 2023.

Isle of the Dead announced as a Negan and Maggie spinoff of The Walking Dead

AMC has announced a six-episode series order for Isle of the Dead, a spinoff of The Walking Dead set to star Lauren Cohan and Jeffrey Dean Morgan reprising their respective roles as Maggie and Negan.

Isle of the Dead will be set in Manhattan and follow Negan and Maggie exploring a New York City that takes on a very different meaning when viewed through the lens of a zombie apocalypse.