Fandom Friday 9/11/15

It’s Patriot’s Day here in America, and we’d like to take a moment to remember those who lost their lives 14 years ago in the 9/11 attacks.  We will never forget.

TV News

• Bachelor in Paradise has ended!  Congratulations to Tanner Tolbert and Jade Roper on their engagement!
• Get ready for Bachelorette castoff and fan-favorite Ben Higgins to take over as the new Bachelor in January!
• Take a look at Chloe Bennett as Daisy Johnson in the newest promo for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 3
• Oliver returns to Star City in the newest promo for Arrow Season 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPXHDB6-QMk 
• Executive Producer Jeremy Carver teases some returning characters for Season 11 of Supernatural
• A new sneak peek is revealed for Gotham Season 2
• Richard E. Grant (Downton Abbey, Doctor Who) joins the cast of Game of Thrones Season 6
• Meghan Ory will return as Red in Season 5A of Once Upon A Time
• In the Season 6B time-jump, Pretty Little Liars will get a whole new opening title sequence
• Take a look at Jay Garrick in the new Season 2 promo for The Flash
• AMC has released a pair of new The Walking Dead stills that pits Rick against Morgan in the upcoming Season 6
• The Darkness is coming in the new poster for Supernatural Season 11
• New problems befall Texas in the trailer for The Leftovers Season 2
• Check out the teaser trailer Marvel’s Jessica Jones
• The whole cast checks in to the hotel in this new trailer for American Horror Story: Hotel
• Check out the first trailer for the Elena-less Season 7 of The Vampire Diaries
• Fitz wants a divorce in the first trailer for Scandal Season 5 
• Penny and Leonard finally tie the knot in the season premiere of The Big Bang Theory
  

Movie News 

• Sam Smith wrote and will perform the song for the newest James Bond adventure, Spectre
• Director James Gunn says there will be no Avengers crossovers with Guardians of the Galaxy yet, but there could be more female characters in Volume 2
• RealD will allow viewers to become Kylo Ren, Captain Phasma, BB8, or a stormtrooper for certain screenings of Star Wars - Episode VII: The Force Awakens this Christmas
• Check out the trailer for Our Brand is Crisis with Sandra Bullock in a role originally written for George Clooney
• Tyra Banks confirms Life Size 2 is in the works
• Here’s another clip from The Scorch Trials before its release next week!
• This isn’t a joke: M. Night Shyamalan is planning for The Last Airbender 2
• Patrick Dempsey joins Renee Zellweger in Bridget Jones 3
• Marvel will explain The Infinity Stones in a special feature on the Avengers: Age of Ultron Blu-ray
• Lionsgate changes the name of the final Divergent movie to Ascendant.  What could this mean for changes from the book, Allegiant? 
• King Kong and Godzilla will battle it out in a new movie from Legendary and Warner Brothers
• Merlin’s Bradley James joins Kate Beckinsale in Underworld 5
  

Misc News

• Video game company Ubisoft announces a new Universal theme park with Assassin's Creed and Rayman attractions
• A Frozen musical will replace Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular at the Hyperion Theatre in Disney’s California Adventure Park in 2016
• In case he needed more of an ego boost, James Franco is now teaching a high school film class at his alma mater, Palo Alto High School
• Ellen DeGeneres speaks out: Caitlyn Jenner’s views on gay marriage are….really confusing
• This video of Jason Derulo singing “Want To Want Me” with an adorable 5-year-old is so impressive that you’ll want to jam to it all the time
• Tina Fey and Maya Rudolph step up their Dubsmash game
• The cast of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. brings it in the first round of the Marvel Dubsmash War against the cast of Agent Carter
• Apple announces a new iPhone with 3D touch, new emojis, and Harry-Potter-esque moving pictures (….so, gifs, right?) 
• Check out Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake debut “A History of Rap: Part 6” 
• The Lockhart, a Harry Potter themed bar, opens in Toronto
• Pokemon Go, a new app for iPhone and Android, allows you to battle and catch Pokemon in the real world
• Wait, what?!  JK Rowling announces that the T in “Voldemort” is actually silent and we’ve all been saying it wrong for years!
• Neil Patrick Harris proves he can do just about anything in Seth Meyers’ acting challenge
• Nashville’s Connie Britton and Broadway star Laura Benanti teach us a little bit about feminism in this new PSA