Fandom Friday 5/29/15

"In Memoriam": Those we lost due to character deaths and recasts in this past television season

TV News

• A new Teen Wolf trailer has us even more pumped for the upcoming season!
• Peter Capaldi will be coming along for Doctor Who’s return to San Diego Comic-Con
• Thanks to Miley Cyrus (wait...what?!), Netflix renews Grace & Frankie for a second season
• The pilot for USA Network’s Mr. Robot starring Rami Malek is available for free online
• Lucy Liu has been tapped to direct an episode of Season 3 of Graceland on the USA Network 

• Trevor Noah tries out the Daily Show desk for the first time
  
• Sarah Michelle Gellar enjoys mini-reunions with her Buffy the Vampire Slayer costar Alyson Hannigan and her Cruel Intentions costars Reese Witherspoon and Selma Blair
  

• Lori Loughlin (Aunt Becky) and Bob Saget (Danny Tanner) are both returning for Fuller House
• Ryan Seacrest books his first post-American Idol gig: a new show called Knock Knock Live that helps ordinary people fulfill their dreams

Movie News

• Batman chases The Joker in a new behind the scenes video from the set of Suicide Squad
• Fox is planning a reboot of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 
• Warner Bros. releases the first trailer for the remake of Point Break
  

• John Williams promises original trilogy themes in the score for Star Wars - Episode VII: The Force Awakens
• Chris Pine is in talks to star in Wonder Woman
• Tilda Swinton may be starring alongside Benedict Cumberbatch in Doctor Strange
• More characters (and maybe who will play them) are revealed for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
• The first photo of Independence Day 2 shows Jeff Goldblum on the set
• Fast & Furious 8 will be set in New York
  
• Tom Hardy has the perfect response to a sexist question posed about Mad Max: Fury Road
• Paul Rudd dodges bullets in the newest movie poster for Ant-Man
• More information is revealed about Andy Serkis' Star Wars - Episode VII: The Force Awakens character Supreme Leader Snoke
  
• No one is more excited than Josh Gad for Beauty and the Beast in 2017
  

Theatre News

• Allegiance, the musical featuring George Takei, completes its cast 

• Former Smash co-stars Andy Mientus and Krysta Rodriguez return to their beginnings in Spring Awakening in Deaf West End theatre, blending spoken English and ASL into the production
• Danielle Brooks (Orange is the New Black) will join Jennifer Hudson onstage in The Color Purple
• Darren Criss, Vanessa Hudgens, and Brandy Norwood are among the stars in this year’s Stars in the Alley concert in New York City 
• Jim Parsons returns to New York’s Broadway stage in the newest one-man show Act of God based on the tweets of the Tweet of God account on Twitter
• The Tony Awards announce Bradley Cooper, Bryan Cranston, and more as presenters
  
• The benefit performance of Bombshell (the fictional musical that won the also-fictional Best Musical Tony in the short-lived NBC show Smash) has completed its cast
  
  

 Misc News 

• The world says goodbye to comedy great and Ben Stiller’s mom, Anne Meara
• Congratulations to Keira Knightley and her husband James Righton on the birth of their first child!
  
• Congratulations to the Golden State Warriors on making it to the NBA Finals!
• Stephen Curry’s daughter Riley steals the show during post-game interviews 
• Proving to us that she really is Luna Lovegood, Evanna Lynch writes a letter to a homophobic fan
• Harry Potter inspires the naming of the Dementor wasp….and keep it the heck away from us!
• Even lion cubs can’t get enough of Kellan Lutz
• HBO Now is coming soon to Android devices
• Female comedians like Amy Schumer and Lena Dunham break down stereotypes in a round-table interview with The Hollywood Reporter
• Kanye and North West are “virtually” unrecognizable in the newest add-on to the Kim Kardshian: Hollywood game 
• Justin Bieber proves that he really can sing when he covers Boyz II Men’s “I’ll Make Love to You”
• The teacher who offered to cancel finals if Taylor Swift calls him goes viral!   
• Lily Collins confirms her relationship is back on with Mortal Instruments co-star Jamie Campbell Bower
• Rachel McAdams looks like she’s shooting a new movie, but during Memorial Day weekend, she played Maid of Honor to her little sister Kayleen McAdams
• JK Rowling shuts down the infamous Westboro Baptist Church with another hilarious tweet! But seriously, are these people at WBC even for real?
• Forbes releases its list of The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women and Beyonce and Taylor Swift make the list
• In celebration of 18 years since My Best Friend’s Wedding, Julia Roberts and Dermot Mulroney confirm that they really are still best friends
• The Kardashian sisters continue to prove their lack of social grace as Khloe Kardashian posts another insensitive photo online
• In honor of Memorial Day, Chris Pratt posts a video teaching his son Jack the Pledge of Allegiance 
• Demi Lovato is the new face of mental health campaign “Be Vocal: Speak Up for Mental Health”