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Tonight.
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The MCU strikes back, star Trek makes laughs, the High Republic starts to close, more Comic-Con news plus remember Bob Newhart All that and more on this edition of Multiverse tonight Comic books, sci-fi, fantasy and more.
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If you're looking for a roundup of geeky news, you're in the right place.
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This is Multiverse Tonight.
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And here's your host, thomas Townley.
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Well, hello everyone and welcome to episode 220 of Multiverse Tonight.
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And it's been a day for me already.
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I had to go into wichita to get some salt or the water softener, and oh boy it it.
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It took me a while, but that's a personal thing, so I think I I really want to relay that story.
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That's a let's just say it was kind of scatological in nature, if you catch what that word is.
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Other than that, it's been an amazing week this past week here in America, with Kamala Harris getting the nominee, getting enough delegates to be nominated for the Democratic ticket, and, you know, hope is alive again in America.
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So other than that, we have plenty to cover today.
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So let's get on, starting with the Marvel Comics News.
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And that's an appropriate sounder to start off with, because Disney's Marvel Cinematic Universe has become the first film franchise in history to cross $30 billion at the global box office, disney's superhero sequel Deadpool and Wolverine has collected $205 million in its opening weekend, ranking as the eighth best debut of all time, ahead of 2018's Black Panther and behind 2015's Jurassic World and 2012's the Avengers.
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Only nine films in Hollywood history have crossed the $200 million milestone in their opening weekends.
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Ticket sales also easily surpassed 2016's Deadpool to set the record for the biggest R-rated opening weekend ever.
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The 2018 sequel, deadpool 2, now stands as the third biggest R-rated debut, with $125 million, and, among the installment's many benchmarks, deadpool and Wolverine landed by far for the biggest start of the year, overtaking another Disney movie, the Pixar sequel Inside Out 2, which made $155 million in its debut.
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Internationally, deadpool and Wolverine captured $233.3 million for a staggering global tally of $438 million.
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After three days of release, the film starring starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, is already sixth highest grossing of 2024.
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Now, disney spent $200 million to produce and roughly $100 million to promote the movie.
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So let's just say they more than made their money back opening weekend.
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On to other movie news, avengers the King Dynasty has been retitled with a full-titled pivot.
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The next Avengers films will now be called Avengers Doomsday and Avengers Secret Wars, and they'll both be directed by the Russo brothers Directors.
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Joe and Anthony Russo, who helmed four titles in the MCU, including Avengers Endgame, are again uniting with Marvel Studios to helm the next superhero team-up feature.
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On Saturday evening they made the return official by taking the stage at Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con.
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Joe Russo told the crowd quote when we directed Avengers Endgame, we really believed it was the end for us in the MCU.
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That four-movie run was incredible and it left us creatively spent.
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However, in the time since, the duo found a very special story that convinced them to come back.
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In fact, it's the biggest story that Marvel Comics ever told.
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It's the reason that Anthony and I are standing up here, and that film is Avengers Secret Wars.
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But to build towards the epic balance is Secret Wars.
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The story would need that kind of instrumental character that's required to do Secret Wars justice.
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So also unveiled at the panel was Dr Von Doom, dr Victor Von Doom, who was unmasked to be played by none other than a returning Robert Downey Jr, the man who helped put the MCU on the map as Iron man slash Tony Stark.
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Now the first film is Avengers Doomsday, which will premiere in May of 2026, with Avengers Secret Wars following May 2027.
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And that was big news, I tell you.
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The Russo brothers step in for Destin Daniel Creighton, who left Kang Dynasty in November of 2023 to focus on other Marvel projects on his docket, including the prospective sequel to Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
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Again, that was just jaw-dropping news to hear that not only did they change the title of the entire movie, but they're bringing in doom to, of course, replace what they lost when the King the Conqueror actor was arrested and sent to jail.
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So this might be the correct way to pivot, because they kind of killed off the King character or got rid of him a bit in Loki season 2, which if you haven't seen Loki season 2, go watch that.
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You'll get informed on what happened but they did a pretty good job of kind of softening it up, so Kang doesn't need to be there Now.
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He's just more of an element in the background rather than being the main baddie.
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Anyway, post-production on Daredevil Born Again is still underway and it's found its composers in a surprising fashion.
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Andy Grush and Taylor Newton Stewart, best known as the Newton Brothers, are actively scoring this series, according to a new report from Film Music Reporter.
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Now the duo reportedly handled X-Men 97 for Marvel Studios, but before that the pair scored virtually only horror projects.
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The horror projects the Newton brothers scored include Doctor Sleep, the Haunting of Hill House, five Nights at Freddy's and the Fall of the House of Usher, among others.
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Now the series wrapped production on its first nine episodes earlier this year.
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After a major creative overhaul saw the series turn into a spiritual season four rather than a soft reboot, marvel's first family assembled at San Diego Comic-Con.
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Saturday evening, a concept reel for the inaugural Fantastic Four installment in the MCU was unveiled at Hall H, with an introduction by director Matt Shaikman, given fans a taste of the space-age aesthetic that will be incorporated into the superhero feature.
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An expanded title was also revealed the Fantastic Four First Steps.
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Shakman told the audience, expanding on the film's period setting while referencing the influential designer.
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We're doing a retro-future 60s.
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Cy Mead was an inspiration.
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The 60s, to me, is all about optimism.
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I love the Fantastic Four, I love their power set.
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We want to be true to the comics but we want to be true to life, unquote.
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Shackman then stepped aside to show a video meant to give fans a taste of the flavor of the superhero film.
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The footage had a tone of a newsreel, featuring moments such as Mr Fantastic speaking to a very bored classroom under a banner for Fantastic Science, the superhero team's flying Fantasticar spacesuits, a rocket launch and the Thing being featured on a dating show as a mystery contestant.
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The sequence was capped off with a shot of Galactus, the villain of the film.
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Also announced at the panel, michael Giacchino, who had scored up and lost, will be scoring the music for First Steps.
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The panel of actors are flying back to the UK today, on Monday, with production starting soon after.
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Despite several voyages into the Marvel cosmos and the introduction of the Nova Corps, the MCU has yet to bring in one of Marvel's biggest cosmic characters from the comics, richard Rider, aka Nova.
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Now, that's not to say there haven't been attempts to bring him into the universe and there have been plenty of rumors in the past that he was on the way.
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Comicbookcom's Brandon Davis recently received some clarity on Nova's MCU future in an interview with Kevin Feige.
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Feige confirmed that not only is the Nova project featuring Richard Rider in development, but it will be a TV series and will be happening in the next three to four years.
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In development, but it will be a TV series and will be happening in the next three to four years, so perhaps we'll finally see Ryder make his MCU debut.
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In the interview, davis asked what was happening with Nova.
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Feige said it's happening, it's coming together.
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Richard Ryder yep.
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Then he was asked where it will be a movie or a show format?
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He said a show, yeah, yeah.
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And then of course, he said you know, it's three or four years out now.
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It was previously learned that a Nova project was in development, thanks to an interview with Marvel's head of streaming animation and television, brad Wunderbaum, quote we love Nova.
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We are in really early development on Nova.
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We have a new system behind the scenes.
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As Marvel Studios, we're more like a traditional studio now.
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We're developing more than we actually will produce.
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There are plans to develop Nova.
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I love Nova too.
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I love Rich Rider too.
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I hope it gets to the screen.
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The world is always chaos.
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There's always things.
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You've got to conjure these things to make them happen.
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But I would love to see a Nova show one day.
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And speaking of Kevin Feige, marvel Studio president Kevin Feige has received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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In attendance were numerous actors from the course of the MCU, including Chris Evans, ryan Reynolds, hugh Jackman, catherine Han, simu Liu, hugh Jackman, sebastian Stan, david Harbour, chris Pratt, keihe Wan, brie Larson and more, introduced by his longtime creative partner Luis De Cepesito, feige stepped up to the microphone to deliver some remarks of his own.
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He had some kind words for his mentor, laura Schuller Donner, and celebrated the presence and passion of nerds from every fandom.
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His speech was something was quote.
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Until this day I thought the most nerve-wracking thing was public speaking.
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Now I know the most nerve-wracking thing is just standing up there while other people speak about you.
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Thank you everybody.
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Thank you to the City of Hollywood, to the Chamber of Commerce.
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Obviously this is a dream come true.
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My parents I'm so thankful they're here today.
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They would bring me out here and my sister when I was a kid, from New York.
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And if you'd like to read the rest of his speech, you can find it on the web.
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Now let's go on to a little more Marvel news.
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There's a ton today, folks.
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Captain America Brave New World came to Comic-Con Saturday with cast members Anthony Mackie, tim Blake-Nelson, danny Ramirez and Giancarlo Esposito all hitting the San Diego fan event to tease the superhero sequel.
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But it was the late panel surprise arrival of Harrison Ford that left the biggest impact as he took the stage to massive applause.
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Footage from the movie was screened during Marvel's presentation and confirmed that Ford's Thunderbolt Ross will indeed be transforming into the Red Hulk in the film.
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Ford gave the crowd exactly what they wanted, mimicking the Hulk's mighty roar.
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Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige called Brave New World a return to the gritty action of Captain America the Winter Soldier, which put a spandex spin on the kind of paranoid thrillers that were so commonplace in 70s cinema.
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While Mackie teased that Marvel fans will be seeing a version of Captain America that is more cerebral, mackie noted that Sam Wilson is not much of a muscle bound guy like Steve Rogers, the original Captain America.
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Esposito also arrived with a bit of news revealing for the first time that he's playing Sidewinder the king of the Serpent Society.
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See, that's three times fast.
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The new footage from Captain America Brave New World at Play in the Hall H began with Force Thunderbolt Ross, who is now President of the United States, addressing the ending events of Eternals and meeting with world leaders at what's called the Celestial Island Summit.
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It turns out Adamantium has been discovered in the ruins where the dead celestial appeared in the ocean and is now the most valuable element on the planet.
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Ross recruits Sam Wilson to build a new Avengers team.
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But things don't go according to plan, and by far the biggest reveal of the footage was confirmation that Ford's President Ross will be ditching the Resolute Desk to become the Red Hulk.
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The previous trailer confirmed the Red Hulk's presence in the movie, but now Marvel fans are sure that Ross is the man behind the muzzle.
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And with that, let's go on to the Star Trek news.
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And now let's go on to the Star Trek news.
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Star Trek news starts off with Star Trek Starfleet Academy, and its cast is really shaping up.
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On Thursday, paramount Plus revealed that it had cast Kareem Dayan and Zoe Steiner and the upcoming exploits of a new class of Starfleet cadets coming to age in one of the galaxy's most storied institutions.
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Now they just began production on it this summer, as cadets Diane and Steiner join previously announced castmates Carice Brooks, bella Shepard and George Hawkins.
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Star Trek Starfleet Academy also stars Holly Hunter as the Starfleet captain serving as Chancellor of the Academy, and Paul Giamatti as the first season's villain.
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According to the series' official synopsis quote, star Trek Starfleet Academy introduces viewers to a young group of cadets who come together to pursue a common dream of hope and optimism Under the watchful and demanding eyes of their instructors, they discover what it takes to become Starfleet officers as they navigate blossoming friendships, explosive rivalries, first loves and a new enemy that threatens both the Academy and the Federation itself.
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Star Trek Starfleet Academy has also added some alumni to its facility.
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Tig Notaro from Star Trek Discovery and Robert Picardo from Star Trek Voyager will be reprising the respective roles of Jet Reno and the Doctor as series regulars in the newest iteration of the venerable sci-fi franchise.
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They join Mary Wiseman and Odette Fier, who will return as guest stars, playing Sylvia Tilly and Admiral Vance, and Gina Yashiri is also recurring as another member of the facility.
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I might give that a watch.
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I might give that a watch Again.
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The Discovery stuff was never my cup of tea, but I'm willing to give the new show a shot At bringing me in.
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But there's more news.
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Star Trek is preparing to beam up some laughter.
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Actor-writer Tawny Newsome and writer-director Justin Simeon are developing a new live-action comedy set in the world of Star Trek.
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The show will be set in the 25th century and according to the official logline it will follow quote Federation outsiders serving a gleaming resort planet find out that their day-to-day exploits are being broadcast to the entire quadrant resort planet find out that their day-to-day exploits are being broadcast to the entire quadrant.
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Now Newsom and Simeon announced the project, along with executive producer Alex Kurtzman, during the Star Trek Universe panel at San Diego, which Simeon moderated.
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Newsom was there with the cast of Lower Decks to discuss the fifth and final season of the animated comedy in which Newsom voices Beckett Mariner, one of the junior officers of the USS Cerritos.
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Simeon, newsome and Kurtzman also wrote, or go write for the show.
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Aaron Byers, rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth will executive produce.
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Newsome did not specify whether she would act on the series as well, but she's already worked as one of the writers of the live-action Starfleet Academy and she also played Mariner as live-action in a crossover episode of Star Trek Strange New Worlds.
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One of the beans spilled at the Paramount Plus Comic-Con panel by Akiva Goldsman was the possibility of a Star Trek stage musical.
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In regards to what part of the universe would get the showstopper, that wasn't really detailed.
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However, the stage musical will likely center around the streaming series Star Trek, strange New Worlds.
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Alex, kurtzman and Goldsman were asked by a fan if there would be more musical episodes like Subspace Rhapsody, which reaped the sci-fi franchise's first ever music-filled episode.
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Goldman answered we're in the very early stages of figuring out whether we can bring a version of that to the stage.
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So, hmm, star Trek the musical.
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Now let's go on to the DC Comics News, and we begin DC Comics News with, of course, james Gunn providing yet another update on Superman, previously known as Superman Legacy.
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The film, which stars David Cornsweet in the title role and Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, is getting close to being done with filming after wrapping its six-week Cleveland shoot this past week.
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The director and co-head of DC Studios has been sharing updates with his fans on threads, where he posted a lengthy thread on the social media platform praising the city of Cleveland for its hospitality while they were in production.
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Quote hashtag Cleveland the day we are leaving you after six amazing weeks of shooting.
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From the moment we first came on as a scout a tad less than a year ago and Terminal Tower was lit up with the colors of Superman, I knew you were a special place.
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I would walk down your streets and someone would stop me and tell me how grateful they were that we were shooting in their city, not once, not twice, but dozens of times.
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The wonderful background actors on the film were always so fun and funny and they clapped after takes something that reminded us of Hollywood cynics why we make movies in the first place.
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That reminded us of Hollywood cynics, why we make movies in the first place.
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The pride you feel in being where Jerry and Joe, siegel and Schuster first created Superman was invigorating.
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You exemplify his spirit, but just as much as the pride you have in your community, your hometown, your radio stations and restaurants and gathering places.
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That touched me Unquote.
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Now, when asked by a fan if they had finished shooting the film entirely, gunn shared that they had a couple of weeks left, adding it's a long shot but we're getting close.
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Superman began production in February and marks the first feature film under Gunn and Pierre Saffron's reign at DC Studios, which now has a new logo.
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So I guess I'll have to replace the logo in the video here.
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Good, because it goes back to the original, the old logo from the 80s.
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That says DC Comics to me.
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Yeah.
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However, there was some tragedy.
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Sources tell Deadline.
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A female member of the Teamsters Union yeah, however, there was some tragedy.
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Sources tell Deadline that a female member of the Teamsters union working on the James Gunn-directed Superman died by suicide this past Wednesday at Trillis Studios near Atlanta.
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Reports say the officers and medical personnel responded to a report of an unconscious adult contractor inside a vehicle on the studio property around 6.47 am Wednesday.
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According to the police statement, the person was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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Police say foul play is not suspected and the investigation is not connected to any ongoing studio projects.
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The vehicle was located in the crew parking lot and we hear filming was not occurring at the time of the shooting, which happened overnight.
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Sources say when the crowd, when the crew was aware of what had happened, james Gunn gathered everyone to inform them.
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Counselors would be available if they were needed and said production would be stopping for the day and sent everyone home.
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Filming resumed later.
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Located south of Atlanta, trillis Studios is comprised of a 700-acre site with a 400-acre backlot and 32 sound stages.
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Originally known as Pinewood Atlanta, trillith has been used to produce many television series, including WandaVision and Loki and Avengers, infinity War and Avengers Endgame.
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The first production to film at the studio was Marvel Studios' Ant-Man.
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The studio was named Trillith Studios in October of 2020.
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Marvel Studios' Ant-Man the studio was named Trillis Studios in October of 2020.
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Wiz Kids has announced DC Forever, a new asymmetrical deck-building game based on the DC superhero universe.
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The new game, made for two to four players, pits rogues and heroes against each other, with rogues attempting to complete various schemes and heroes trying to rescue citizens and thwart the rogues' scheme.
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The game contains a total of 18 heroes and villains, with each side picking up to four heroes or villains to use in the game.
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Each character has a unique strategy, so players can decide which characters sync up well together and can be used in different scenarios.
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Heroes in DC Forever include Batman, wonder Woman, superman, aquaman, the Flash, blue Beetle, cyborg their side to create a starting deck of characters and other characters going into a reserve area on their player's side of the board.
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Each round consists of three phases, with the rogue and hero characters spending resources on their player's side of the board.
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Each round consists of three phases, with the rogue and hero character spending resources on their respective phase to activate trace abilities, attach cards to their characters or recruit additional characters.
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Followed by confrontation phase, where players battle for control over locations and attack opposing characters.
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During the confrontation phase, rogues can choose whether to advance their schemes by claiming citizens or attacking heroes at a location.
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If they choose to advance a scheme at a specific location, they pull citizens from that location onto the scheme with the hopes of completing the scheme at the end of the round.
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Once the rogue is gone, heroes can choose whether to rescue the remaining citizens or attack the villain and attempt to capture them.
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That sounds unusual.
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More Comic-Con news.
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Jeff Lemire has had a pretty good weekend at the con.
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Friday was revealed that the writer is returning to DC later this year on Absolute Flash, a new series he's making with artist Nick Robles.
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The series is part of DC's new Absolute Universe.
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The publisher's take on Marvel's Ultimate Universe Saturday was revealed.
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Lemire will also be writing a different series in DC's primary continuity, justice Society of America.
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In teaser art released for the series, characters from both the JSA and Infinity Incorporated can be seen teasing the title's white ensemble.
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The series is being drawn by Diego Orletogi.
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Quote In addition to Absolute Flash, I'm also drawing my all-time favorite superheroes of Justice Society of America.
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He wanted to reveal that he's drawing connecting variants for Justice Society of America number one and number two.
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At today's what's Happening in the DC panel at San Diego Comic Con, the publisher gave some welcome news on the upcoming Elseworlds version of Green Lantern titled Green Lantern Dark.
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Green Lantern Dark is a new project from the Something is Killing the Children and House of Slard team of writer Tate Brombell and Werther Del Edera that will be making their Elseworlds debut with Green Lantern Dark, and while they didn't share a ton of details, they did reveal that this version was inspired by DC's Tangent version of Green Lantern.
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As for what attracted them to the project, the duo decided the opportunity to work outside of DC's main continuity and getting a chance to be part of the newly relaunched Elseworlds line.
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Del Adira is the main artist of Boom Studios.
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Del Adira is the main artist of Boom Studios Excellent.
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Something is killing the children and is a perfect fit for the darker take on Green Lantern.
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Having the bright green light of the lantern piercing the darkness creates an unexpected visual and immediately sets this version apart from anything else.
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Dc is returning to the fourth world.
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By the end of the year, ram V, one of the hottest names in comics, is penning a fourth world.
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By the end of the year, ram V one of the hottest names in comics, is penning a fresh series featuring the new gods, with Evan Cagle making his DC debut on interior artwork, announced Saturday during San Diego Comic-Con.
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The series is part of DC's newly announced all-in initiative set to debut later this year.
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And with that news, let's go on to the Star Wars news, roger roger.
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Star Wars news begins with the High Republic coming to its end with Phase 3 and the announcement of a new upcoming project, fear of the Jedi.
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The Marvel Comics series will serve as the finale to the High Republic Phase 3 Trials of the Jedi, which began late 2023.
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Star Wars, the High Republic's Phase 1 and 2 chronicled the Jedi and Republic's century-long mission to expand into a sector of the Outer Rim territories that was rife with civil conflict between plants and or different force-user religions.
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One of those religions splintered off and became the army of galactic raiders known as the Nihil, who inherited the ancient race of force-eating beasts known as the Nameless, able to kill Jedi with ease.
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Now, phase three of the High Republic has been the darkest chapter yet, as the Nihil destroyed the Jedi and Republic's grand achievement in the Outer Rim Starlight Beacon and used the Nameless to kill off some prominent and powerful Jedi of that era.
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The bright and hopeful heroes, both young and old, who began in the series the Acolytes, vanestra Roja, jedi Knights, keeve, trannis, bel Zetafir, wreath Salas, masters Avar, chris and and Elzar Mann are quickly becoming more complicated and becoming battle-scarred warriors fighting to free their allies and innocents from a sector of space that Nihil have sectioned off as their own.
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Meanwhile, the High Republic has turned non-Jedi characters like Nihil, turncoat, lorena Dee or Thief Teya Sirik have broken out into bigger roles, have broken out into bigger roles.
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All in all, the High Republic has distinguished itself as its own era of Star Wars, but could benefit from wrapping this particular saga, which began in 2021, sooner before, later.
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Now, the current timeline of Star Wars comics takes place between events of the Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, but with those stories set to conclude, marvel Comics has confirmed new titles will be taking place in the space of time between Return of the Jedi and the Force Awakens, starting with the upcoming miniseries Star Wars.
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The Battle of Jakku Insurgency Rising will focus on a pivotal battle in the wake of the fall of the Galactic Empire, a conflict which has largely been shrouded in secrecy since it was alluded to.
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In the wake of the fall of the Galactic Empire, a conflict which has largely been shrouded in secrecy since it was alluded to in the 2015 movie.
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The first issue of the four-issue series hits shelves on October, the 2nd.
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Now let's go on through some good, old-fashioned geek news.
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And Geek News begins with Sega Afritra going on strike again.
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This time, the union called for a work stoppage against major video game companies after two years of trying to renegotiate its interactive media agreement.
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The decision to hit the picket lines comes 10 months after the union's initial strike authorization vote.
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The strike went into effect July 26th at 12.01am.
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The 10 companies facing the strike are Activision Productions, blind Light LLC.
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Disney Character Voices Incorporated.
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Electric Arts Productions Incorporated.
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Epic Games Incorporated.
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Formosa Interactive LLC, insomniac Games Incorporated.
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Take-two Productions Incorporated.
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Voiceworks Productions Incorporated.
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And WB Games Incorporated.
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Sag-aftra President Fran Dresser said in a statement quote we're not going to consent to a contract that allows companies to abuse AI to the detriment of our members.
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Enough is enough.
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When these companies get serious about offering the agreement our members can live and work with, we will be here, ready to negotiate unquote.
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In a press briefing following the announcement of the strike.
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Being called, sara Elmaleh, the union's interactive committee chair and an actor in games like hi-fi rush, addressed the timing of the work stoppage during comic-con, so that after members were allowed to take part in the convention despite the strike order.
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Now, that flexible stance, she says, stems from the fact that quote this is happening very quickly and our members are going to no doubt take some time to absorb the full scope of the strike order and the rules and all of that other stuff.
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We feel very passionately that being at ComCon in order to share what it is we need and why we need it is the best way to serve this action, to be visible, to be loud and to be open to conversation".
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So this, of course, will probably cause salvages to some upcoming games, so if you have a game from any one of these companies that you're really interested in, you might have to wait just a wee bit longer.
