A fully digital James Dean will star in a Vietnam war drama, sparking new concern of the ethics around postmortem casting; new casting for The Batman make the team wonder how packed the movie will be; and Critical Role continues its nerdy ascent and the team hopes for continued diversity. That and more, This Week on Nerd News. 

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Comic legend John Witherspoon died this week; Eve L. Ewing's book Electric Arches signs a distribution deal with AMC; plus gaming news for XBox, Playstation, and Nintendo. Also, returns of My Chemical Romance, Rage Against the Machine, and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. 

Ewan McGregor returns as a young-ish Obi-Wan, Valiant Comics introduces to Bloodshot to the big screen, and HBO makes moves by bringing back Adventure Time. All that and more, This Week In Nerd News. 

John Cho suffered a tragic accident during filming for Cowboy Bebop. Also, new Batman casting gives us a new Riddler, and Robert Downey Jr. takes us back to a new Doolittle -- one few ever knew existed. Plus, Disney+ flexes its roster, but HBO counters with Studio Ghibli. 

The new live-action Cowboy Bebop is almost fully cast, but what about Ed? John Wick is coming back with a woman-centric spinoff. Plus, was the theme song to one of your favorite childhood cartoons plagiarized? Creators of X-Men: The Animated Series are being sued, and the evidence is... well, listen for yourself.