News Shotgun 2/13/21
Joel and Ellie are cast for HBO’s The Last of Us series, Jamie Lee Curtis and Jack Black join the Borderlands movie, Disney shuts down Blue Sky Studios, The CW orders a pilot for the live-action Powerpuff Girls series, New Line is rebooting The Wizard of Oz, Adam Wingard is directing a Face/Off sequel and much more in this week’s News Shotgun.
Admit One 7/19
No one apparently wanted to take on the might of Simba and Disney as Jon Favreau’s remake of The Lion King is the only new wide release this weekend.
Review: Solo: A Star Wars Story
The next chapter in the new Star Wars run at Disney goes back to tell the tale of the early days of Han Solo’s criminal career, as he teams up with a veteran thief, his former love interest and future allies Chewbacca and Lando Calrissian to pull a seemingly impossible heist for a major crime syndicate.
Admit One 5/25
The first full month of Summer 2018 closes out with the next spin-off side story of the Star Wars saga in Solo, as a young Han Solo joins a criminal crew working a job for a major underworld boss.
Han Solo Has A Good Feeling About This in the New Solo Trailer
Han Solo and his partner Chewbacca join a criminal crew being assembled by a dangerous underworld figure in the upcoming Star Wars Story prequel, Solo, arriving in May.
News Shotgun 3/31
More Stephen King adaptations on the way, FXX cancels their planned Deadpool animated series, ROM the Spaceknight movie gets a script writer, The Incredibles are getting a LEGO game and more in this week’s News Shotgun.
Everything Actioncast Ep 388 “Tommyknocking Kaiju”
This week on the podcast, Zach, Chris and Joe discuss Pacific Rim Uprising, Tommyknockers, Archer, some recent TV show premieres, animated Deadpool, Carmen Sandiego and more.
The First Trailer for Solo is Here
After lots of messy and public behind the scenes drama, our first look at Solo, the next “Star Wars Story”, is here as Alden Ehrenreich takes on the iconic role in a prequel that finds the young smuggler joining a crew for a job that includes Chewbacca and Lando Calrissian.