Fandom Friday 5/15/15

Shows are getting renewed, picked up, cancelled, and ending left and right.  Check out ALNM's Renewal Scorecard to see the fate of your favorite shows and miniseries.

TV News

• Fox releases the first promo for its DC Comics show Lucifer  
• The first behind-the-scenes video of AMC’s Fear the Walking Dead is released 
• American Idol’s season 15 will be its last 
• The X-Files reunion series begins January 24, 2016 
• Showrunner Steven Moffat announces that Sherlock season 4 filming has been delayed until 2016, probably due to the busy schedules of its lead actors: Benedict Cumberbatch (signed on for Doctor Strange) and Martin Freeman (signed on for Captain America: Civil War)  
• Fox releases the first look at Ryan Murphy’s new project Scream Queens coming this fall 
• CBS releases a first look at its fall show Supergirl starring Glee’s Melissa Benoist and Broadway stars Jeremy Jordan and Laura Benanti  
• ITV announces Peter & Wendy miniseries with Stanley Tucci playing Captain Hook 
• Fan-favorite Nastia Liukin and her partner Derek Hough are eliminated on Dancing With the Stars 
• Bradley Cooper will reprise his role in a TV adaptation of 2011’s Limitless and here’s the trailer 
• The CW releases the first trailer for the Flash/Arrow spinoff Legends of Tomorrow introducing Hawkgirl, White Canary, Captain Cold, Heatwave, Firestorm, and The Atom as a new team 
• Harry Shearer leaves The Simpsons forcing the series to say goodbye to Ned Flanders, Principal Skinner, and Mr. Burns
  
• Colton Haynes leaves Arrow but could be headed back to Teen Wolf.  Is Jackson Whittemore going to make his triumphant return to Beacon Hills?!
• Hulu picks up The Mindy Project for 26 episodes

Movie News

• A new trailer is released for the movie adaptation of John Green’s novel Paper Towns 
• The 1996 movie The Craft is getting a remake 
• Fox is gearing up an X-Men spinoff called The New Mutants directed by The Fault in Our Stars director Josh Boone 
• Diego Luna (Milk, Y Tu Mama Tambien) signs on for Star Wars: Rogue One 
• Eddie Redmayne has formally been offered the role of Newt Scamander in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 
• The next Planet of the Apes film will be called War of the Planet of the Apes 
• Mark Ruffalo tweets about Captain America: Civil War and fans freak out about The Hulk possibly being a part of the all-star cast.
• The newest trailer for the Despicable Me prequel Minions is released.

Misc News 

• The Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is sentenced to the death penalty, says the verdict of this Friday's trial.
• RIP B.B. King.  We all will mourn the loss of this legendary talent.
• JK Rowling makes a jab at a Twitter user, implying he has a small penis 
• Comedian Dane Cook is permanently banned from famous comedy club The Laugh Factory after using vulgar and offensive language towards a waitress 
• Nina Dobrev breaks her silence about Ian Somerhalder and Nikki Reed and promises fans her exit has nothing to do with their marriage 
• JK Rowling reveals Moaning Myrtle’s real name is Myrtle Elizabeth Warren 
• David Beckham meeting Stephen Hawking is the sweetest!   
• Jennifer Lopez announces that she’s heading to her own Las Vegas show 
• Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively share the first photo of baby James on Instagram….kind of. 
• Could Taye Diggs be the next Hedwig on Broadway?    
• Idina Menzel is headlining the national tour of the If/Then Musical!