Fandom Friday 1/29/16

TV News

• FOX’s 24 reboot casts Straight Outta Compton star Corey Hawkins 
• Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will present Carol Burnett with the Lifetime Achievement Award at this weekend’s Screen Actors Guild Awards 
• Take a look at the featurette with the Full House cast reuniting for the new show Fuller House 
• New Girl casts Sonequa Martin-Green (The Walking Dead, Once Upon A Time) as Winston’s new love interest 
• The Flash casts female speedster Trajectory 
• FOX orders an undercover FBI drama from the writers of The Vampire Diaries 
• House of Cards is renewed for a fifth season as its showrunner exits 
• Mr. Robot casts American Horror Story actress Grace Gummer 
• Marvel’s Most Wanted casts Blood and Oil star Delroy Lindo as Dominic Fortune 
• Homeland actress Miranda Otto has been cast in 24: Legacy 

Movie News

• Guardians of the Galaxy screenwriter is penning a Labyrinth reboot….but is it too soon? 
• Check out the first Deadpool clip that is, of course, NSFW 
• Genovians rejoice!  Chris Pine is open to doing a third Princess Diaries movie! 
• Kim Basinger has been cast in Fifty Shades Darker 
• Daisy Ridley teases the filming of Star Wars - Episode VIII 
• Star Wars - Episode IX director Colin Trevorrow says he will shoot the movie on film 

Theatre News

• The original Broadway cast of RENT reunite at BroadwayCon! 
• Winter Storm Jonas cancels Saturday, January 23rd’s Broadway shows 
• Get ready for Grease! Live and learn to Hand Jive with Aaron Tveit! 
• The cast, poster, and plot have been revealed for the all-new Spongebob SquarePants musical
• Broadway hit Hamilton announces a National Tour 
• Disney’s hit Broadway musical Aladdin announces a North American Tour 
• She Loves Me star Laura Benanti previews the song “Will He Like Me?” from the hit show
• Erich Bergen (Jersey Boys), Corey Cott (Newsies), Lilla Crawford (Annie, Into the Woods), and more join the cast of Broadway Sings Billy Joel 
• RENT announces a 20th anniversary tour! 
• Watch Grease! Live star Aaron Tveit sing “Popular” from Wicked 
• Famous for her portrayal of Peter Pan, Broadway’s Sandy Duncan will return in Finding Neverland 

Misc News

• Mattel releases a new line of Barbies fit for any girl! 
• Congratulations to John Krasinski and Emily Blunt on the announcement of their pregnancy with Baby #2!
• Congratulations to One Direction’s Louis Tomlinson and Briana Jungwirth on the birth of their son, Freddie 
• Congratulations to Tyra Banks and Swedish photographer boyfriend Erik Asla on the birth of their son York Banks Asla via surrogate 
• Here’s everything coming to Netflix in February! 
• There’s a new Star Wars fan theory that suggests that Rey is Anakin Skywalker 
• Recently engaged Pitch Perfect star Skylar Astin shows off his engagement ring that his fiance Anna Camp gave him because guys can have them too! 
• Darth Vader delivers a 3D-printed arm to a young boy in need 
• The music video for One Direction’s “History” is enough to make any Directioner nostalgic
• Chris Pine sings school closure news on Jimmy Kimmel Live 
• Lena Headey AKA Cersei Lannister on Game of Thrones delivering real insults from The Bachelor is the best diss ever 
• The Los Angeles Clippers release an official statement regarding Forward Blake Griffin 
• Han Solo himself, Harrison Ford, will reveal the new Star Wars Land plans in a TV special for Disney Parks 
• Publishers are in a bidding war for the book rights to Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 
• A family is threatening to sue Disney’s Animal Kingdom after an escaped snake falls on a little boy 
• For the first time in 30 years, the DeLorean made famous by Back to the Future will be back in production 
• Pottermore’s sorting hat quiz is finally back online!  Will you get sorted into the same house as before?