Fandom Friday 2/5/16

TV News

• Netflix is reviving Gilmore Girls 
  
• The CW orders six new pilots for the upcoming fall season 
  
• CBS orders a Training Day pilot 
  
• Here’s your first look at the all-star tribute to director James Burrows reuniting the casts of Friends, Taxi, Cheers, Frasier, Mike & Molly, The Big Bang Theory, and more! 
  
• Friends star Matt LeBlanc is the new host of Top Gear 
  
• Take a look at the first photo of Greg Germann as Hades in Once Upon A Time 
  
• SyFy orders the Matt Damon-Ben Affleck pilot Incorporated to series 
  
• Batman himself, Adam West, joins the cast of The Big Bang Theory’s 200th episode 
  
• Orange is the New Black has been renewed for three more seasons! 
  
• Wayward Pines casts The Lost Boys alum Jason Patric as their new lead for season 2 
  
• FX casts Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey), Aubrey Plaza (Parks and Recreation), and Jean Smart (Fargo) in the new X-Men spinoff series, Legion 
  

Movie News

• Gwendoline Christie (AKA the chrome stormtrooper Captain Phasma) confirms she will be returning for the next Star Wars film 
  
• A new featurette shows more about the American Wizarding World in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 
  
• Noomi Rapace will not be a part of Alien: Covenant  
  
• Colin Trevorrow wants to shoot Star Wars - Episode IX on location…..in space. 
  
• Paramount is developing a Nickelodeon supermovie with all your favorite characters in one story 
  
• The late Alan Rickman narrates the Alice Through the Looking Glass Super Bowl TV spot 
  
• Take a look at Chris Hemsworth’s nerdtastic makeover in the first look at his character in Ghostbusters 
  
• Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke and Hunger Games’ Sam Claflin shine in the trailer for their new movie Me Before You
  
• Star Wars - Episode VII: The Force Awakens’ breakout star John Boyega teases training for Episode VIII on his Instagram account
  

Theatre News

• The show must go on for Vanessa Hudgens who gave an incredible performance as Betty Rizzo in Grease! Live only hours after the tragic death of her father
  
• Grease! Live was a major hit beating Peter Pan and The Wiz in ratings! 
  
• Tony Award winner Annaleigh Ashford and pop singer Christina Milian join the cast of FOX’s Rocky Horror Show
  
• Jane Krakowski and Gavin Creel put their spin on their characters in the upcoming revival of She Loves Me
  
• Late night host James Corden will be the host for the 2016 Tony Awards 
  
• The cast of Hamilton will perform the opening number at this year’s Grammy Awards
  

Misc News

• It’s a Ryan Reynolds world in this new Super Bowl commercial 
  
• Anna Kendrick live-tweeting Grease! Live was all of us watching the show 
  
• Harry Potter star Rupert Grint thinks that Ron and Hermione separated after Deathly Hallows 
  
• The second wave of Harry Potter Pop! Figures just added four more 
  
• Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner is all of us during her fangirl moment over Ryan Gosling at last weekend’s Screen Actors Guild Awards 
  
• JK Rowling reveals four Wizarding schools, including Ilvermorny in the United States 
  
• Rupert Grint takes Pottermore’s Sorting Hat quiz and is a Hufflepuff! 
  
• Following in Barbie’s steps, a company has made Ken dolls with realistic body types 
  
• James Corden takes Chris Martin of Coldplay on a Carpool Karaoke road trip to the Super Bowl 
  
• Instagram quietly rolls out their new multi-account feature and we here at A Little Nerd Music couldn’t be more excited about it!