Tim Miller & Brian Bendis Developing KITTY PRYDE X-Men Spinoff Movie

It sounds like X-Men's Kitty Pryde has a demon she's going to face.

The Hollywood Reporter has word that Deadpool director Tim Miller and comic book writer Brian Michael Bendis are developing an X-Men spinoff film focusing on the popular mutant superhero Kitty Pryde.

The project, which is being called 143, which is presumably a reference to the Marvel comic Uncanny X-Men (vol.1) #143, which featured a Kitty Pryde spotlight story called "Demon", written by Chris Claremont and drawn by John Byrne.

In the story, a variation on the 1979 science fiction horror film Alien, a lone otherdimensional demon from a race known as the N'Garai escaped the destruction of an obelisk which was the nexus of the gateway between their world and ours, following a battle between the N'Garai and the mutant superhero team known as the X-Men.  Meanwhile, Kitty was learning how the X-Men's Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird aircraft was operated, until it was time for the other X-Men to go out and celebrate Christmas, leaving Kitty alone in their mansion headquarters.

Left with nothing to do, Kitty decided to work out, using a Danger Room exercise program. However, her work-out was interrupted by the intruder alarm activating in Ororo's room.  Not wanting to disturb the police over what may be something as simple as a fallen branch, Kitty decided to investigate, only to discover the deadly N'Garai demon.  Kitty led the demon on a merry chase throughout the mansion, phasing through walls with it fast on her heels. She eventually took a rail car to the mansion's aircraft hangar, but halfway to the hangar, the demon ruptured the rail, forcing Kitty to travel the rest of the distance on foot.  Weary from exhaustion, Kitty got into the Blackbird, with its turbine engines pointed down the tunnel, the only realistic path for the demon to follow her into the hangar.  At the last second, she ignited the engines, setting the demon on fire but wrecking the Blackbird in the process.  She exited the aircraft, confident that nothing could've survived, when suddenly, a burned claw reached towards her.

The X-Men returned home to a darkened and severely damaged mansion, having encountered police earlier warning them of gruesome murders that had occurred in the area.  They entered cautiously, only to find Kitty curled up watching TV with a fire, safe and sound.  It turned out that last swipe was the creature's dying attempt to kill Kitty.  It made the supreme effort and it failed.

Created in 1980 by Claremont and Byrne, Kitty Pryde first appeared in X-Men (vol.1) #129 as Katherine "Kitty" Pryde, a teenage girl born in Deerfield, Illinois, to Carmen and Theresa Pryde.  Kitty started to have headaches at age thirteen, signaling the emergence of her mutant powers.  She was approached by both the X-Men's Charles Xavier and the Hellfire Club's White Queen, Emma Frost, both of whom hoped to recruit her for their respective causes.  Kitty was unnerved by Frost, observing that the White Queen looked at her as if she were "something good to eat."  She got along better with Xavier and the three X-Men who escorted him, quickly becoming friends with Storm (Ororo Munroe).  Ororo told Kitty who she really was and about the X-Men, which made the teenager even more enthusiastic about attending Xavier's school.

They, along with Wolverine and Colossus, were attacked by armored mercenaries in the employ of Frost and the Hellfire Club.  The X-Men defeated their assailants, but were subdued by the White Queen's telepathic powers immediately after.  In the confusion, Kitty was separated from the X-Men, but not captured along with them.  She managed to contact Cyclops, Phoenix, and Nightcrawler, and with the help of Dazzler and Kitty, the X-Men rescued their teammates from the Hellfire Club.  Kitty's parents had not heard from her in more than a day, and were angry at Xavier when he finally returned with Kitty in tow.  At first, it seemed like there was no chance of Kitty being allowed to attend the school and join the X-Men, but Phoenix used her considerable telepathic power to erase the memories of Kitty's parents and plant false ones, resulting in a complete shift in their attitude towards Xavier. Kitty was then allowed to enroll at Xavier's school with her parents' blessing, becoming the youngest member of the team.

Assuming the identity of Sprite, Kitty developed a number of close relationships with others at the school and in the X-Men.  She developed a crush on Colossus and became close friends with his little sister Illyana Rasputin.  Initially uneasy around Nightcrawler and other mutants with physical deformities, Kitty finally overcame her fears and became close friends with him.  Kitty also befriended Lockheed, a highly intelligent alien resembling a dragon, who followed her home after a mission in outer space.  During the 1984 Kitty Pryde and Wolverine miniseries, Kitty was possessed by the demon ninja Ogun.  Ogun psychically gave Kitty a virtual lifetime of martial arts training, brainwashing her into becoming a ninja assassin sent to attack Wolverine.  Kitty was able to resist Ogun's influence with Wolverine's help, and the two formed a strong teacher/student bond, which helped them in vanquishing Ogun.  Kitty returned to the X-Men, no longer the innocent girl they once knew, and officially adopted the codename Shadowcat.

Recently, Kitty returned to Earth and rejoined the X-Men, after serving as a member of the Guardians of the Galaxy and being involved in a romantic relationship with Peter Quill, also know as Star-Lord.  Storm announced to Kitty that she was stepping down as leader of the X-Men, due to the guilt she felt for leading the X-Men to war with the Inhumans, and offered Kitty her position.  After touring X-Haven and seeing how much things have changed and how much things need to change for the better, Kitty agreed to lead the X-Men as long as Storm remained on the team.  She relocated the mansion from Limbo to Central Park in New York, so the X-Men could refocus on being part of the world as heroes instead of constantly worrying about their own survival.  Under Kitty's new leadership, she also renamed the mansion as The Xavier Institute for Mutant Education and Outreach.

PREACHER Casts Betty Buckley as Gran'ma, Others for Season 3

Angelville just got a lot more crowded.

Deadline is reporting that the AMC series Preacher, based on the DC Comics/VERTIGO series by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon, has cast four new additions for the show's upcoming third season.

According to the article, Betty Buckley (pictured at the top above) will play Gran'ma, who is described as "a spiritist with true powers, who can cast spells and even bring back the dead (for a price)."  

First appearing in Preacher #4, Gran'ma, whose real name is Marie L'Angelle, was the wheelchair-using grandmother of Jesse Custer.  She was a cold-blooded and wretched woman, a Christian fanatic who would do anything to make sure she got what she wanted, such as threatening the death of John Custer should he ever try to leave Angelville.  She punished family members by sealing them inside a weighted down coffin with an air tube put in the bottom of the swamp, without food or water, to stir and crawl within their own urine and feces for up to a month.  She wanted Jesse to become a minister, and often punished him with the coffin.  She later sent Jody and T.C. to find Jesse after he escaped, and later made a pact with God to kill Tulip O'Hare to assert control over Jesse, though God brought Tulip back from the dead, which led to her killing T.C. and setting the house on fire.  Marie was finally killed when the flames hit her oxygen tank and her corpse was blown out of the house, sending her straight to Hell for her sins against Jesse.

Colin Cunningham will play T.C., who is described as "a man born of the bayou and the loyal caretaker and soldier for Gran’ma."  First appearing in Preacher #8, T.C. was one of Ms. L'Angelle's "law" enforcers.  His primary interest was having sex with practically any creature or inanimate object (including the cake presented to Jesse for his tenth birthday) he could find.  Even going as far as necrophelia, as he did with Tulip after she was killed.  T.C. was very violent, willing to kill anyone he was ordered to or anyone who got in his way or annoyed him.  Though he was nowhere near as skilled as Jody in combat, he was still extremely dangerous, especially when paired with Jody.  When Jesse exacted his revenge at Angelville on all of its inhabitants, T.C., much to his horror, was killed by a newly resurrected Tulip, realizing in his final moments that, despite his belief that he would be saved, he was going to Hell instead.

Jeremy Childs is Jody, described as "the enforcer for Gran’ma and the only man Jesse’s never beaten in a fight."  First appearing in Preacher #8, Jody was Marie L'Angelle's most trusted enforcer, often paired with T.C. for missions.  Jesse called him "the leading expert on fucking people over before they can fuck him".  Massively muscled, he could send a man flying with one punch, and he had an incredible tolerance for pain and injury, being able to take a nailed plank of wood to the face without wincing, and able to remain foul-mouthed while on fire. Jody believed that he did Jesse the favor of toughening Jesse up with his pattern of abuse, calling him a crybaby directly after shooting Jesse's father, nailing Jesse's beloved dog to the farmyard fence, and weighting down Jesse's "coffin" with his best friend. Jesse finally killed Jody during a fistfight on the L'Angelle ranch, in which it appeared that Jesse broke his spine.  Jody appeared to care for Jesse, fixing the bones which he broke while toughening Jesse up, although he seemed to resent the fact that Marie cared more for Jesse than she did for him.

Liz McGeever is playing Christina, described as "Capable and efficient, Christina has a face that lures customers in for her family business.  Christina hides it well, but she hates her job and has dreams and aspirations outside of her current life – but suffers to protect her child."  First appearing in Preacher #8, Christina Custer was Jesse Custer's mother.  She met John Custer, a Marine recently returned from Vietnam, as an anti-war protester.  She spat in his face, but later apologized, leading to a relationship.  They were forced to marry by Christina's mother, Marie L'Angelle, and told never to leave under the threat of death.  During an attempt to escape, John was shot to death by Jody.  She later protested the punishment of Jesse, which led to Marie ordering Jody to shoot her.  She managed to escape, though her skull was cracked open by a reflexive shot and she loset her left arm to an alligator.  She was rescued by hunters, though she was brain damaged, which left her in a persistent vegetative state for many years.  She later recovered, though she had amnesia and believed her name was "Jodie".  She made her way back to Salvation, recovered her memories slowly, and eventually remembered everything after Jesse said the word "Mom".

Preacher is expected to return to AMC for Season 3 sometime around June 2018.

THE FANDOM ZONE 128: "Past Life" is Up!

"But we know the solution works!  We can stop this today!"
"No, it’s not about today.  It’s about tomorrow.  Even if we solve this problem, the world is never safe, the job goes on, we go on."
-- Daisy "Quake" Johnson and Phil Coulson, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: "Past Life" 

Back in The Fandom Zone once again, Karen and I have returned with another HUGE new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  So huge, in fact, we're splitting it up in two parts!  This week's reviews of comics on television include:

Lucifer 3x13: "Til Death Do Us Part"

Supergirl 3x12: "For Good"

The Flash 4x12: "Honey, I Shrunk Team Flash"

Black Lightning 1x03: "Lawanda: The Book of Burial"

Arrow 6x12: "All for Nothing"

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 5x10: "Past Life"  (Midseason Finale)

In this episode, Karen and I talk about things like grumbling about our sound quality, talking like we're hosts on NPR, explaining what MFF and MMF means, Charlotte asking Dan out on a date only to be interrupted by Mazikeen, the awkwardness of Lucifer and Pierce posing as a gay couple in the suburbs, explaining what machinima means, a hedge trimmer standoff, McDreamy on Grey's Anatomy, Morgan Edge's car being hacked, Lillian Luthor in the LexSuit, Sam freaking out that the MRI turned up nothing, the weird coincidence of the Ant-Man and the Wasp trailer and The Flash both featuring shrinking office buildings on the same day, Joe West's worst nightmare, how to breathe oxygen after being shrunken down, me being freaked out as a kid by Dr. Shrinker, Cecile violating everyone's privacy with her new telepathic power, Barry not making tally marks correctly, some Twitter feedback from Ken from Chicago, the awkwardness of Khalil becoming paralyzed after Jefferson lays into him about getting athlete's foot in his daughter during sex, some background on Lady Eve and her ties to Kobra, the cool easter egg with a copy of Outsiders (vol.2) #16, Annisa figuring out how her Thunder powers work, the Vigilante flipping on Cayden James, Black Siren killing the Vigilante, Thea getting a paper cut from her scrapbooking, Kasius going completely over the edge after Sinara is killed, Jemma getting her revenge on Kasius, Karen not living a linear existence, our theories about Coulson's icky black chest scar, why I would love to write for Arrow, some new Justina feedback, our editor Rob holding my TitanTalk podcast hostage, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week as Karen and I review new episodes of Fox's Lucifer, and The CW's Supergirl, The Flash, Black Lightning and Arrow, right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 105: "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship" is Up!

"Right, Phase Two sorted.  Now for Phase One."
"Oh, no, no.  Phase Two comes after Phase One."
"Humans, you are so linear."
-- The Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond, Doctor Who: "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship"

You guessed it, my partner in time Jesse Jackson and I are back with a new episode of Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast!  This time, we continue our Chris Chibnall retrospective and review the mini-serial "Pond Life" along with "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship", the 2012 episode from Series Seven of Doctor Who, featuring Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, Karen Gillan as Amy Pond, Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams!

In this episode, Jesse and I discuss things like Super Bowl Sunday, the "Pond Life" mini-episodes, the Doctor weaning Amy & Rory off traveling in the TARDIS, wanting more Farscape actors to appear on Doctor Who, dads getting along better with their companion progenies than moms, Rory's relationship with his dad Brian, Tricey the triceratops playing fetch with Brian, Amy getting her own companions, the Doctor as judge and executioner, Jesse being smitten with Queen Nefertiti, Solomon being creepy possessive about Nefertiti, my Reverse the Polarity segment, new feedback from Holly from Wisconsin and Paul from Australia, Brian's amazing lunch sitting and watching Earth from orbit, our editor Rob holding our TitanTalk podcast hostage, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks as Jesse and I finish our Chris Chibnall Doctor Who retrospective and review "The Power of Three", the 2012 episode from Series Seven of Doctor Who, featuring Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, Karen Gillan as Amy Pond, Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams!  Look for more of Next Stop Everywhere on iTunes, Google Play Music, YouTube, Libsyn, Soundcloud, Stitcher, and the official Southgate Media Group website!

First VENOM Trailer Teases the Alien Symbiote

Tom Hardy is about to become a lethal protector.

Sony Pictures has released the first teaser trailer for Venom, based on the Marvel Comics antihero and starring Tom Hardy as Venom/Eddie Brock and Michelle Williams as Ann Weying.

The 90-second trailer opens with a scenic lake that's revealed to be a large television screen hanging next to an MRI machine.  Eddie is inside the machine, being examined by a pair of scientists.

We see a shot of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, and hear a voiceover from Eddie and see a glimpse of Ann inside a hospital.  "Everyone's got their thing.  Maybe it's a breakup, a death, an accident..."

At that moment, we glimpse what appears to be a downed alien spacecraft, presumably what brings the alien symbiote to Earth.  "Whatever it is," continues Eddie, "you used to be one thing and now, you're something else."

Next, we see Carlton Drake (Riz Ahmed), the founder and CEO of a powerful company known as the Life Foundation.  He admires the alien symbiote, which is housed in a clear container, as a group of research scientists looks on.

"We all have our own problems," continues Eddie as we see him on a motorcycle with cars crashing behind him and then running through a forest, "our own issues, our own...demons."

Inside the MRI machine, Eddie begins screaming and convulsing in agony.  

If you'd like to check out the teaser trailer, you can view it below thanks to the official Sony Pictures Entertainment account on YouTube...



Venom is currently expected to arrive in theaters on October 5th, 2018.

JESSICA JONES Season 2 Trailer Teases the Purple Man's Return

Everyone, please give a slow clap for the return of the Purple Man.

Netflix has released a new trailer for the second season of Jessica Jones, the Marvel Cinematic Universe TV series based on the Marvel Comics character and starring Krysten Ritter.

The two-minute, five-second trailer opens with a flashback to the auto accident that killed Jessica's parents and brother while she was a teenager.  We see the modern-day Jessica drinking in Josie's Bar, the dive bar featured in the series Daredevil, and smashing another glass on the bar after emptying it.

"Third glass tonight," remarks Josie.

"Put it on my tab," replies Jessica.

"You drinking to remember or forget?" asks Josie as she pours Jessica another glass.

"Giving a shit won't get you a better tip."

We start to hear the song "Runaway" by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs as Jessica begins speaking to her foster sister Trish Walker (Rachael Taylor).  "My whole family was killed in a car acccident, someone did horrific experiments on me, and now this super vigilante shit keeps coming at me."

A kid asks Jessica, "Do you know Captain America?", then we see an Asian man with arm tattoos telling Jessica and her assistant Malcolm Ducasse (Eka Darville), "I wanna absorb Alias Investigations."

"You don't want me," Jessica says to the man.  "You just want to eliminate the competition."

"I never take 'No' for an answer."

"How rapey of you," replies Jessica.

The scene cuts to Jessica researching a personal case, tacking up photos and death certificates on a wall to study them.  "Something happened behind these doors," Jessica remarks in a voiceover.  "I have seventeen years of questions and they are deep."

"Just knowing what was done to you might help you," says Trish.

We see Jessica pushing open a set of chained cell doors, with Trish by her side.  "We were made here," Jessica says in a voiceover.  "Me...and something else.  The only way to find it is to open the door wider."

An unknown older woman tells Jessica, "You were brought back from the dead.  The powers were a side-effect."

"How many others are there?" asks Jessica.  "Like me?"

"There is a killer you can't control," remarks Jeri Hogarth (Carrie-Anne Moss) in a separate scene.

"I didn't ask for any of this," says Jessica in a voiceover.

"Jessica might not want a sidekick," remarks Trish in a voiceover, "but she needs one."

"You're not super," says the Asian man from earlier to Jessica.  "You're a ticking time bomb."

Jessica steps forward to confront him.  "Keep telling me who I am, how dare you?"

We see Jessica trying to punch a door to a police holding room as she says in a voiceover, "What if facing it makes me worse?"

In a different scene, Malcolm watches Jessica leave her apartment building.  "What are you gonna do?" he asks.

"I don't know," replies Jessica.  "Depends if I can get through the night without losing my shit."

We see fleeting images of Jessica kicking open a door, looking a small fragments of rubble covering her arms, and being arrested by the police.  As Jessica finds a decaying human skull while Trish looks on in horror, Jessica remarks in a voiceover, "It takes a monster to stop a monster."

"What did they do to us?" asks Jessica in a voiceover as we see purple lighting fall over her.

A familiar slow clap follows, presumably from Kilgrave the Purple Man (David Tennant) who is somehow alive after being killed off toward the end of Season 1.

If you'd like to view the trailer, you can check it out below thanks to the official Netflix account on YouTube...




Jessica Jones returns to Netflix for Season 2 on March 8, 2018.

First DEADPOOL 2 Trailer Teases Josh Brolin as Cable

Cable and Deadpool, together at last.

20th Century Fox has released the first teaser trailer for the still-untitled Deadpool sequel, starring Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool/Wade Wilson and Josh Brolin as Cable/Nathan Summers.

The two-minute trailer opens in dramatic fashion with Cable's left cybernetic eye opening and glowing.  "I was born into war," Cable says in a voiceover as we see him gearing up for battle, possibly in the future.  "Bred into it.  People think they understand pain, but they have no concept of it.  What's the most pain you've ever felt?  Maybe the kind that leaves you more machine than man."

Suddenly, Deadpool interrupts the trailer after noticing that Cable's left cybernetic arm is unfinished.  "Wait!  No, stop!" he interjects, pressing pause on the trailer and showing a close-up of Josh Brolin's green sleeve to be replaced with CGI.  "What in the actual ass?!  Dale!  Why, why, why are the visual effects not done?  It's a metal arm!  It's not like we're trying to remove a mustache!  Ah, fuck it -- I'll do it myself..."

We cut to a homemade city replica comprised of colorful construction paper houses, miniature Hot Wheels cars, and plastic green army men.  Deadpool brings Cable's action figure down into the city street and pretends to be Cable, saying gruffly "I'm Cable, and I'm from the future, and I like blowin' shit up."

Deadpool then brings in a Deadpool action figure, dressed as Sheriff Woody from the Toy Story movies.  "Reach for the sky!" exclaims the Deadpool figure, quoting Woody's catch phrase.

"Oh, no!  Sheriff Deadpool!" exclaims the Cable figure.

"You know, you're a lot taller in--"

"Shut up, you little asshole!  Take this!"  The Cable figure abruptly attacks the Deadpool figure, knocking him over.

"Regeneration powers, activate!" exclaims the Deadpool figure.

"That's not something you say!" replies the Cable figure.

"Zip it, Cable!  I got the stones to help you."

"NOOOOOO!" replies the Cable figure as Deadpool places the Deadpool figure's crotch against the Cable figure's mouth, teabagging him.

"No biting," says the Deadpool figure.

The trailer resumes with completed CGI effects, with Cable facing off against a squad of men in riot gear with shields emblazoned with the letters "DMC" (Department of Mutant Correction, perhaps?)

Various fleeting images follow, including Domino (Zazie Beetz), Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Brianna Hildebrand), Cable leaping over a DMC transport truck, Deadpool and Domino exiting the rear of a military aircraft with what appears to be Bishop and Shatterstar, Deadpool and the cabbie Dopinder, Vanessa Carlysle (Morena Baccarin), and Weasel (T.J. Miller).

In the trailer's final scene, Deadpool and Blind Al (Leslie Uggams) are shown aiming their weapons at Cable, although Deadpool needs to adjust Blind Al's arm so that she's pointing at their target.  "Your time's up, you dumb fuck," remarks Cable.

"Well," sighs Deadpool, turning to the camera.  "That's just lazy writing."

If you'd like to check out the trailer, you can view it below thanks to the official 20th Century Fox account on YouTube...




Deadpool 2 is scheduled to arrive in theaters on May 18, 2018.

David Benioff & D.B. Weiss to Write & Produce New STAR WARS Trilogy

The Force is coming.  May Winter be with you.

The official Star Wars site has announced that Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss will write and produce a new trilogy of Star Wars films.  They will begin working on the new trilogy following the completion of Game of Thrones' eighth and final season.

According to the announcement, these new films will be separate from both the 9-film Skywalker saga and the new Star Wars trilogy announced last November, which will by Rian Johnson, writer-director of Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

"David and Dan are some of the best storytellers working today," said Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm.  "Their command of complex characters, depth of story and richness of mythology will break new ground and boldly push Star Wars in ways I find incredibly exciting."

"In the summer of 1977, we traveled to a galaxy far, far away, and we’ve been dreaming of it ever since," remarked Benioff and Weiss in a joint statement.  "We are honored by the opportunity, a little terrified by the responsibility, and so excited to get started as soon as the final season of Game of Thrones is complete."

No release dates have been given for Benioff and Weiss' trilogy.  The next Star Wars film will be Ron Howard's Solo: A Star Wars Story, to be released on May 25, 2018, followed by J.J. Abrams' Star Wars Episode IX on December 20, 2019.

WESTWORLD Season 2 Trailer Debuts During Super Bowl LII

HBO debuted the first trailer for the second season of the hit series Westworld last night during Super Bowl LII, which featured the Philadelphia Eagles defeating the New England Patriots 41-33.

The one-minute, 30-second trailer opens with a piano version of Kanye West's "Runaway" and features Evan Rachel Wood's android host character Dolores Abernathy speaking in a voiceover as we see beautiful Utah scenery that houses the Wild West-themed amusement park known as Westworld.

Dolores begins, "Look at this world...this beautiful world.  We built this world together.  The world where dreams come true.  A world where you can be free..."

Things turn dark as we see a herd of cattle transition us to the inside of the Delos offices, as men with guns take out the herd of synthetic creatures before being trampled themselves.  

"...But this world is a lie," continues Dolores as we see a fleeting image of Bernard Lowe (Jeffrey Wright), The Man in Black (Ed Harris), and Clementine Pennyfeather (Angela Sarafyan).  "This world deserves to die, because this is your world.  We've lived by your rules long enough..."

Another rebellious host, Maeve Millay (Thandie Newton), slow-mo walks through the Delos offices as the carnage keeps happening around her.  "...We can save this world," continues Dolores.  "We can burn it to the ground, and from the ashes, build a new world -- Our world.”

If you'd like to check out the trailer, you can view it below thanks to Movieclips Trailers on YouTube...




Westworld returns to HBO for Season 2 on April 22, 2018.

First SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY Trailer Debuts Young Han Solo

Han Solo is gonna be a pilot, the best in the galaxy.

The first official teaser trailer for Solo: A Star Wars Story debuted last night during Super Bowl LII, which featured the Philadelphia Eagles defeating the New England Patriots 41-33.  The full one-minute, 30-second trailer, meanwhile, was released this morning on ABC's Good Morning America.

The trailer opens with the young Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich) flipping some switches in the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon, accompanied with a voiceover from Han saying "I've been running scams on the streets since I was ten..."

We see Han and Qi'ra (Emilia Clarke) in a type of landspeeder, fleeing from someone as Han continues, "...I was kicked out of the Flight Academy for having a mind of my own.  I'm gonna be a pilot, the best in the galaxy."

We then see the shiny, white interior of the Falcon and glimpse Han admiring the ship's exterior.

"Hey, kid," begins Beckett (Woody Harrelson), Han's criminal mentor, "I'm putting together a crew."

Fleeting images of Qi'ra exiting the Falcon, a young Lando Calrissian (Donald Glover) follow, and Thandie Newton's unnamed character follow.  "You in?" asks Beckett.

Chewbacca (Joonas Suotamo) growls a response, which Han translates for Beckett.  "That's yes."

We see Lando and his co-pilot droid launching the Falcon into hyperspace, along with some fleeting action images.

"I might be the only person who knows what you really are," remarks Qi'ra to Han.  

Han grins in response, saying "What's that?"

The Falcon is shown being pursued by a squadron of TIE fighters, with Han and Chewie at the controls and Lando and Qi'ra seated behind them.  "Get ready!" remarks Han as he spins the Falcon around to knock one of the TIE fighters into an asteroid.  

"Thought we were in trouble there for a second, but it's fine," he tells everyone with a cocky grin.  "We're fine."

All at once, everyone looks up and sees a giant tentacled alien coming at them, which the Falcon narrowly dodges.

If you'd like to check out the trailer, you can view it below thanks to the official Star Wars account on YouTube...




Solo: A Star Wars Story is scheduled to arrive in theaters on May 25, 2018.

THE FANDOM ZONE 127: "The Elongated Knight Rises" is Up!

"Oh, don't worry, you'll get your chance.  There's no way this is going to stick."
"Probably gonna stick."
"The Elongated Man?  Please, it's so literal.  You think Prince would have settled for 'Shorty Guitar Man'?" 
-- Ralph Dibny and Harry Wells, The Flash: "The Elongated Knight Rises" 

Back in The Fandom Zone once again, Karen and I have returned with another HUGE new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  So huge, in fact, we're splitting it up in two parts!  This week's reviews of comics on television include:

Lucifer 3x12: "All About Her"

Supergirl 3x11: "Fort Rozz"

The Flash 4x11: "The Elongated Knight Rises"

Black Lightning 1x02: "Lawanda: The Book of Hope"

Arrow 6x11: "We Fall"

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 5x09: "Best Laid Plans"

In this episode, Karen and I talk about things like The 27 Club, Karen's rant about Lucifer going back to being selfish and showing zero growth, wanting to see Abel with Cain, Mazikeen getting pissed at Dr. Linda, Charlotte throwing Cylon Shade on Pierce, wondering how the hell a blue star is fatal to only men, the return of Livewire and Psi, Sarah Douglas as Ursa, Brainiac 5 being shocked for some reason that 21st Century technology is primitive compared to the 31st Century, nobody leaving Supergirl alone about how she's feeling, Alex going all FBI on Ruby's bully, the Heart classic "Barracuda", the return of Corrine Bohrer as Prank (!), wondering who captured the Trickster and Prank in 1991 Central City if the Flash wasn't around, some background on Big Sir, Ralph finally becoming the Elongated Man, Black Lightning needing all the exercise he can get, the awkward moment of Black Lightning being called out for only saving his daughter from a seedy sex motel, Lynn being really unfair to Jefferson about using his powers, Tobias Whale strangling a guy using only one hand, Lawanda taking herself off the board to record evidence on Lala, the first black lesbianism on a superhero show, Jennifer getting called out by her boyfriend for boozing it up in the middle of the day, wondering how Cayden James can hack elevators and turn them into electrified weapons, wondering why Oliver's son William was on a field trip with only a bus driver and some bullies with no teacher supervision, Green Arrow's connection to the Outsiders, why nobody should ever trust Oliver, wondering why someone would go driving without removing toilet paper from their windshield wipers, Daisy and Sinara's zero-gravity fight, Fitz and Simmons' bootstrap paradox with building a time machine, some new Justina feedback, Karen's plea for people to watch Timeless, and more!

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GHOSTWOOD 027: "A Limited Event" is Up!

"Bring me a dozen eggs and some creamed corn!"
-- David Lynch, Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series

It is happening again...My co-host with the most Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast!  This time, we review the spiffy Blu-Ray set of Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series, the 2017 Showtime revival of Twin Peaks!

LET'S ROCK!

In our latest episode, Xan and I discuss things like getting a huge look at David Lynch as an auteur, Kyle MacLachlan on the SNL "Sprockets" sketch, the Season 3 promos, Xan not being a fan of Damon Lindelof, Twin Peaks getting a shoutout on The Simpsons, ABC screwing with Twin Peaks by moving it to Saturdays, the Cousin Oliver Syndrome, the Gulf War helping kill Twin Peaks, Doctor Who premiering after JFK's assassination, Windom Earle being the Moriarty to Dale Cooper's Sherlock Holmes, Xan's fear of BOB, waiting for San Diego Comic-Con panels to appear online, David Lynch calling out Jim Belushi for ad-libbing a line, having a love/hate relationship with fandom, original pop music Beatles vs. psychedelic Beatles, David Lynch smoking a lot of cigarettes and being very hands-on as a director, wanting the phone app that records your speech backwards, Harvey Weinstein being born far too late, wanting everyone to support the Southgate Media Group Patreon, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week as Xan and I review the 1991 Scott Frost novel The Autobiography of F.B.I. Special Agent Dale Cooper: My Life, My Tapes!  Look for more of Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast on iTunes, YouTube, Libsyn, and the official Southgate Media Group website!