Fandom Friday 8/14/15

Happy 60th Birthday to Kelly's mom! 

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TV News

• Arrow casts Elysia Rotaru, Parker Young, and True Blood’s Rutina Wesley for Season 4
• FOX moves forward with an X-Men TV series
• Harry Potter alum Matthew Lewis (AKA Neville Longbottom) has joined the Amazon series Ripper Street for Season 4
• A new villain will join the cast for Season 2 of Agent Carter
• Matt Ryan to return as John Constantine on Season 4 of Arrow to help resurrect Sara Lance, who was killed by Thea Queen at the beginning of Season 3
• Britney Spears to guest star on Jane the Virgin
• More details emerge about the Sleepy Hollow/Bones crossover...and it sounds amazing
• Annabeth Gish officially confirmed for X-Files miniseries
• The CW is developing Friday the 13th and The Notebook into series
• Bachelorette cast-off Joe Bailey proves that he’s the biggest jerk on the island when he bullies fellow contestant Jonathan Holloway to tears in Monday night’s episode of Bachelor in Paradise
• Lily Rabe will channel Charlize Theron’s Monster in her role on American Horror Story: Hotel
• A has finally been revealed on Pretty Little Liars as the show ends the first half of its final season
• Disney is reviving its beloved classic The Lion King with a new spinoff series, The Lion Guard starring Simba’s son, Kion
• The Doctor Who Series 9 trailer shows Maisie Williams and other hints to the new season
• Supernatural’s Matt Cohen joins How To Get Away With Murder
• Brit Morgan (True Blood, Graceland) joins the cast of Supergirl as DC villain LiveWire
• The cast of Downton Abbey share emotional photos from their final days on set
• NBC confirms a reboot of Xena: Warrior Princess is in the works without Lucy Lawless
• The president of The CW confirms that Season 3 of The 100 will have 16 episodes
• Jimmy Fallon will host The Tonight Show through 2021 (or longer!)
• Childhood classic Sesame Street will premiere its next 5 seasons exclusively on HBO
• Will Smith is producing a reboot of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air!  Dear Will, please don’t cast Jaden Smith.  Sincerely, ALNM 

Movie News 

• Calling all Jedi!  The first Star Wars TV spot is here!
• Steven Spielberg looking to cast Gene Wilder in Ready Player One or The BFG
• Zac Efron joins The Rock in an R-rated movie adaptation of Baywatch
• New details reveal a flop was inevitable for Fantastic Four
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them adds Irish actress Jenn Murray and American actor Ezra Miller
• Director Josh Trank disowns the Fantastic Four film and fans push for the rights to be returned to Marvel
• Winona Ryder confirms her involvement in a Beetlejuice sequel
• Check out the trailer for Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight
• The first photos surface of Chadwick Boseman as The Black Panther on the set of Captain America: Civil War
• Directors Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee confirm that Frozen 2 will tackle important issues that kids are dealing with today 
• Michael Cera and Zach Galifianakis will voice Robin and the Joker respectively in the LEGO Batman movie   
• Posters for Toy Story 4, Incredibles 2, and Cars 3 are unveiled at the D23 Expo in Anaheim, California
• A reboot of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is happening and it’s going to be female-centric!
• Check out the newest posters for Pan
• Inside Out will release a short film this fall where the Emotions deal with Riley dating 
  

 Misc News

• Arrow star Stephen Amell will make his professional wrestling debut this summer in the WWE SummerSlam
• A new J.R.R. Tolkien novel, The Story of Kullervo, will be released later this year
• William Shatner tweets out a stunning tribute to his friend Leonard Nimoy
• Sherlock and Friends get the Funko Pop! treatment 
• Spice up your life!  The Spice Girls are hinting at a 20th anniversary reunion tour!
• RIP Uggie the dog, star of The Artist
• Remember that Frozen theory we talked about in our Disney episode “The Happiest Podcast on Earth”?  Seems like Frozen director Chris Buck really does believe that Tarzan is Anna and Elsa’s long-lost little brother
• Zombie Deadpool kicks butt in this Walking Deadpool mash-up trailer