Fandom Friday 5/20/16

TV News

• How are your favorite shows doing?  Take a look at all the renewed and cancelled shows so far
• Sherlock Season 4 casts Toby Jones as the villain 
• The BBC is working on Britflix, a new streaming service 
• The X-Files will not be returning next season, but could still come back the following year 
• Take a look at the trailer for the Prison Break reboot
• Laverne Cox is Frank-N-Furter in the first trailer for FOX’s Rocky Horror Picture Show 
• Scandal Season 6 has been pushed to midseason due to Kerry Washington’s second pregnancy 
• CBS confirms that it is moving forward with a spinoff of The Good Wife 
• Petitions to save Marvel’s Agent Carter amass 88,000+ signatures 
• The Discovery Channel has announced its lineup for Shark Week 
• Sara Ramirez leaves Grey’s Anatomy after 10 years on the show 
• The Netflix Gilmore Girls revival gets a title and a poster
• The CW shuffles up their lineup for next fall 

Movie News

• Warner Brothers is planning an all-female superhero movie starring Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn 
• Iron Man 3’s villain was genderswapped due to concerns with toy sales 
• Vin Diesel welcomes Nathalie Emmanuel to Fast & Furious 8 by lip-syncing Sade 
• Could Star Wars breakout star John Boyega be joining Marvel’s Black Panther? 

Music News

• Jimmy Fallon, The Roots, and The Lonely Island take on “I’m On A Boat” with classroom instruments 
• Check out James Corden’s latest Carpool Karaoke with Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas 
• Take a look at the official music video for the wildly popular Justin Timberlake comeback song “Can’t Stop The Feeling” 
• Due to controversy with Dr. Luke court case, Kesha will not be performing at this weekend’s Billboard Music Awards 
• Rage Against the Machine has just launched a mysterious countdown website 
• Michael Buble has cancelled two upcoming performances due to vocal surgery 
• Hamilton’s Leslie Odom Jr. will release his own solo jazz album  
• RIP John Berry: one of the founding members of The Beastie Boys has passed away at age 52 

Theatre News

• Jane the Virgin’s Jaime Camil is joining Chicago on Broadway 
• Lin-Manuel Miranda totally killed it with his commencement speech at University of Pennsylvania 
• Arielle Jacobs (whose famous brother Adam currently plays Aladdin on Broadway) will take over the role of Princess Jasmine in Australia’s Aladdin musical 
• Frasier’s David Hyde Pierce will co-star with Bette Midler in Broadway’s revival of Hello Dolly! 
• Younger star Sutton Foster joins the revival of Sweet Charity 
• Broadway sensation Wicked names its next Elphaba 

Misc News

• Disnerds!  Sink your teeth into this POV video of the new TRON Lightcycle Power Run roller coaster at Disneyland Shanghai 
• Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin come together to celebrate their daughter Apple’s 12th birthday at Disneyland 
• Maybelline has just signed their first Asian Global Ambassador 
  
• With the new attraction opening July 4th, here’s a first look at Universal Studios’ Walking Dead attraction 
  
• Mexico’s president is proposing legalizing same-sex marriage