Author: Mary Anne Butler

Star Wars Celebration, the convention that literally celebrates all things from the galaxy far, far away is coming. In May 2022, the event now two years delayed, will converge on the Anaheim Convention center.This morning, the ReedPop-produced convention announced the first round of big name guests coming! Included are Ashley Eckstein, voice actor and Her Universe founder. The Emperor himself Ian McDiarmid, and the man behind the golden droid C-3PO Anthony Daniels. Again, these are just the first names announced. We expect more in the coming days. Star Wars Celebration takes place at the Anaheim Convention Center May 26th-29th, 2022.

This just in-it would appear that Marvel Studios is finally, after many years, actually working on a “Nova” project. Long rumored and hinted at (looking at you, Kevin Feige), this new chapter hails from “Moon Knight” writer Sabir Pirzada.Nova would absolutely make sense as an addition to the MCU. Especially if the rumors about where things are headed are true. You know, like Namor!Reports indicate this “Nova” project is likely to be a series for Disney+. This story is developing, stay tuned for more news.

Okay say what you will about the “Blade” trilogy…yes, they are absolutely a product of the time they were produced. Yes, maybe they’re not as awesome as we remember. But they kind of are? Starring Wesley Snipes as the black Marvel Comics day-walking vampire character, “Blade” SHOULD be the film we point to as starting the MCU. I know, I know, that’s an unpopular opinion. But, it came before “Hulk.” It came before “Fantastic Four.” Hell, it even came before Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man.” (“Blade II” actually came out before those three films, too.)All three Snipes “Blade” films are hitting Netflix…

Computer programmer Steve Wilhite, probably best known as the inventor of the GIF, has passed away. The internet staple graphics interchange format (GIF) was created in 1987 while Wilwhite worked for CompuServe. Steve’s wife Kathaleen Wilhite confirmed to NPR he had passed away due to COVID-19 complications. “It came on suddenly. He woke up one morning and he said, ‘Honey, I don’t feel good. I don’t feel good at all.’ And he was running a fever, throwing up so badly. And then the next day he started coughing badly,” Kathaleen said.Thank you for your contribution to our daily lives, Steve.…

After decades of planning, a live-action “Voltron” may finally be happening. A project from “Red Notice” helmer Rawson Marshall Thurber, word has spread of a package circulating Hollywood. According to reports, the possible “Voltron” pitch included a reel. Netflix is apparently NOT in the running for a possible home for the project. Which is strange, considering both “Voltron: Legendary Defender” and “Red Notice” are both at home on the streaming service. Thurber will direct, and will reportedly co write the script with Ellen Shanman.At present, sounds like Amazon, Universal, and Warner Bros. Pictures are the most anxious to land “Voltron.”…

This just in-it would appear that The CW’s “Gotham Knights” series has added a “Supernatural” alum. Misha Collins will be taking on the iconic DC Comics character Harvey Dent. Collins himself confirmed the news, with a tweet. The CW describes this version of the Gotham DA as “Dashing, with a swagger, Harvey Dent is Gotham’s charismatic, hard-charging District Attorney. With a rigid sense of right and wrong, Harvey’s idealism and single-minded quest for justice will ironically and tragically transform him into one of Gotham’s most feared supervillains, Two-Face.” “Gotham Knights” doesn’t currently have an expected release date, but production is…

This is one of those projects we’ve been DYING to see. Imagine a dramatic retelling of the making of Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Godfather.” That’s what Paramount+’s upcoming “The Offer” series will detail. Miles Teller stars as as producer Albert S. Ruddy, Matthew Goode as producer Robert Evans, Juno Temple as talent agent Bettye McCartt, Giovanni Ribisi as crime family boss Joe Colombo, Dan Fogler as director Francis Ford Coppola, Burn Gorman as Gulf+Western (who bought Paramount) owner Charles Bluhdorn, and Colin Hanks as film exec Barry Lapidus.”The Offer” will hit Paramount+ on April 28th, 2022.

At long last, “Stranger Things” is returning. This morning, streaming giant Netflix shared twelve images from season 4. Things have changed, and those kids we’ve watched grow up…aren’t kids anymore. “When we pitched it to Netflix all those years ago, we pitched it as the kids are…’The Goonies’ in ‘E.T.,’” Ross Duffer, one half of the creative team The Duffer Brothers, said of the show. “That’s their storyline. And the adults are in ‘Jaws’ and ‘Close Encounters’ and then the teens are in ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ or ‘Halloween.’ But, this year, we don’t have the kids. We can’t do…

This just in-it would appear Joseph Gordon-Levitt will be taking on an iconic tv personality role in an upcoming biopic. In many ways, Johnny Carson is still the ultimate in talkshow hosts, and his contribution to late night is incomparable. Gordon-Levitt will reportedly be playing Carson in “King of Late Night.” Written by “Deadwood” creator David Milch, the project will be directed by Jay Roach. “King of Late Night” is currently at the center of a bidding war from high profile studios and streamers. We’ll let you know what we hear about this and other projects.

It would appear that HBO Max has renewed “Sex and the City” continuation series “And Just Like That.” We…struggled…to get through the 10 episode first season. So much of the magic that made the original a cultural phenomenon isn’t there. This isn’t the fault of the cast or the production, really. It’s more that as an audience, we’ve evolved. I will say that many of the subjects touched on are completely relevant in today’s climate. Parents struggling to accept and support a trans child, discovering one’s own sexuality after a lifetime of repression. There’s some good and important stuff, to…