Fandom Friday 12/18/15

THE FORCE AWAKENS TODAY!
 The highly-anticipated seventh installment in the Star Wars Saga opens in theatres today!  Go see it!! 

TV News

• Take a look at the original pitch to the network for a little show called Supernatural 
• Lifetime’s breakout hit UnREAL casts an African-American bachelor for Season 2
• NBC cancels Neil Patrick Harris’ variety show Best Time Ever 
• Check out the trailer for House of Cards Season 4 
• MTV greenlights three new female-driven comedies 
• Take a look at the trailer for the Sherlock Christmas Special 
• The reboot for Xena: Warrior Princess hires Lost writer Javier Grillo-Marxauch 
• Richard Rankin announces on his Twitter that he will be joining the cast of Outlander Season 2 as Roger McKenzie 
• Check out the trailer for the new season of The 100 
• The first teaser for the Netflix series Fuller House is here!  Get ready for the premiere on February 26th! 
• Check out the amazing character posters for Legends of Tomorrow starring Brandon Routh as Ray Palmer/Atom , Caity Lotz as Sara Lance/White Canary, Wentworth Miller as Leonard Snart/Captain Cold, Dominic Purcell as Mick Rory/Heatwave, Ciara Renee as Kendra Saunders/ Hawkgirl, Falk Hentschel as Carter Hall/Hawkman , Arthur Darvill as Rip Hunter, and Franz Drameh as Jax Jackson/Firestorm and Victor Garber as Dr. Martin Stein/Firestorm 
  

Movie News

• Take a look at all the new trailers that hit the web this week: Independence Day: Resurgence, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and Star Trek: Beyond 
• Jennifer Lawrence confirms that she will not be a part of the Hunger Games prequels stating that it’s “too soon” 
  
• Take a look at the bad-ass character posters for Batman v. Superman featuring Wonder Woman and Batman 
  
• Check out the first official photo from the Ghostbusters reboot 
  
• Marvel eyes Kurt Russell to play Star Lord’s dad in Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 
  
• Check out the international trailer for Captain America: Civil War 
  
• Star Wars - Episode VII: The Force Awakens dethrones Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 as the record-holder for biggest Thursday night opening 
  
• Future star of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Katherine Waterston lands a role in Alien: Covenant 
  
• Take a look at the character posters for Ghostbusters: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, and Kate McKinnon
  

Misc News

• RIP Rose Siggins.  The American Horror Story: Freak Show actress has passed away at age 43 
  
• Jimmy Fallon and the Roots perform an a cappella Star Wars medley with the help of some intergalactic friends 
  
• Lin-Manuel Miranda and Stephen Colbert present a new American musical called Button 
  
• James Dashner announces the official release date for the Maze Runner prequel entitled The Fever Code 
  
• Hypable allows you to watch the Adele: Live in New York City special in its entirety 
  
• Speaking of Adele, the powerhouse singer has announced her tour dates for 2016 
  
• James Corden and the boys of One Direction collaborate for another Carpool Karaoke and act like the rest of us do when 1D comes on the radio 
  
• The new cast of Star Wars - Episode VII: The Force Awakens stopped by Ellen this week and it was adorable, as usual 
  
• Jimmy Kimmel makes us all laugh with another great installment of Mean Tweets