Fandom Friday 9/18/15

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TV News

• Check out the Doctor Who Series 9 prologue ahead of its season premiere this Saturday!
• The new How to Get Away With Murder promo will make us all say, “OMG”
• Can’t wait for Season 3 of The Originals?  Check out the new trailer!
• Scream Queens adds Patrick Schwarzenegger to the cast
• Get ready for Outlander Season 2 coming in Spring 2016
• Arnold Schwarzenegger has been appointed the new host of The Apprentice.  Hey Donald Trump, you’re fired!
• ALNM Fandom Emmy Winner, Grant Gustin tweets out a first look at the newest poster for The Flash Season 2 and check out the stills from the premiere celebrating "Flash Day"
• Stark Sands (who played Charlie in Kinky Boots on Broadway) stars in the new show Minority Report starting this Monday
• The newest trailers for American Horror Story: Hotel sheds light on Sarah Paulson’s Hypodermic Sally and checks in Lady Gaga  
• Camelot welcomes the residents of Storybrooke in new stills for the Once Upon A Time Season 5 premiere 
• Nickelodeon to introduce a new programming block called “The Splat” which will air shows from the network’s heyday, the 1990s.  Which shows would you like to have back on your screens?
• Take a first look at the final season of Downton Abbey from PBS
• The Team is ready for new characters and powers in the first stills and poster for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 3 premiere 
• Jenna Coleman will be leaving Doctor Who before the annual Christmas special 
• Mulan (Jamie Chung) will be returning to Once Upon A Time Season 5

• New horrors arise for the Winchester brothers in the first photos from the Season 11 Supernatural premiere 

• Team Arrow returns in the first photos from the Season 4 Arrow premiere 
• Scott Glenn will reprise his role as Stick in Daredevil Season 2
• Check out the first photos from Marvel’s Jessica Jones
  
• NBC orders a Taken prequel series, but unfortunately, Liam Neeson will not be involved
  
• A new featurette for Star Wars: Clone Wars brings back the Clones
  
• Megan Fox joins the cast of New Girl Season 5 as Reagan, who rents out Jess' bedroom while she's sequestered for jury duty 
  
• What’s the hospital like without McDreamy? Take a look at the first trailer for Grey’s Anatomy Season 12
  

 
Movie News 

•  The long-awaited trailer for Disney’s live action version of The Jungle Book is finally here and it’s stunning!
• The movie adaptation of Jerry Spinelli’s Stargirl casts two young actors as its leads: Charlie Plummer and Joey King
• Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One casts Bates Motel actress Olivia Cooke as Art3mis
• Zoe Saldana is cast in the movie adaptation of the graphic novel I Kill Giants
• Director Brad Bird confirms that The Incredibles 2 is coming sooner than originally scheduled
• The first trailer for Allegiant takes a look beyond the wall  
• Thomas and the others are debriefed in this new clip of The Scorch Trials which hits theatres today!
• Producer Simon Kinberg says that Sony is moving forward with Fantastic Four 2
• Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd will reprise their beloved roles as Marty McFly and Doc from Back to the Future in LEGO Dimensions
• A Mary Poppins sequel is in the works at Disney with Into the Woods and Chicago director Rob Marshall eyeing Golden Globe nominee Emily Blunt for the lead
• Rachel McAdams (Wedding Crashers, Mean Girls) is officially cast in Doctor Strange
• Elizabeth Banks is in talks to direct the Charlie’s Angels reboot from Sony
• We’re reminded that Prim is the driving force behind Katniss’ actions in the new trailer for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
• The Maze Runner’s Kaya Scodelario promises that her upcoming film, Pirates of the Caribbean 5, will be much more like the original 
• The sequel to Pacific Rim has been delayed indefinitely
• Star Trek: Beyond has been pushed back to July 22, 2016 in order to compete with Guy Ritchie's King Arthur
  
• The Channing Tatum-led Gambit movie loses its director, Rupert Wyatt
• X-Men director Bryan Singer gears up for his next film: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 
  

Theatre News

• Darren Criss, Neil Patrick Harris, and Lena Hall join Taye Diggs onstage to bid farewell to Hedwig and the Angry Inch on Broadway
• The School of Rock Original Broadway Cast Recording will be released ahead of the musical’s premiere onstage
• After 5,773 performances and nearly 14 years on Broadway, the ABBA jukebox musical Mamma Mia says “bye-bye, I could never let you go!”
• Tony Award winner Lena Hall will join Josh Groban on his national tour
• Rumer Willis postpones her Broadway debut in Chicago
• Head to the Broadway Flea Market with the casts of Fiddler on the Roof, Hamilton, Finding Neverland, and many more!
  
  

Misc News

• Monty Python actor Terry Gilliam becomes the latest celebrity victim of an internet death hoax
• Pottermore reveals its plans for a site reboot, new logo, and new content
• Nicole Arbour reportedly loses a movie deal over her “Dear Fat People” video that went viral
• Twilight will release a 10th anniversary publication with special bonus material because that’s what we need -- more Twilight
• Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirms that the highly-requested “Dislike” button is in development.  Click here to like this story.
• Juniper Books causes Potterheads everywhere to rebuy their collections: now there are Hogwarts House themed covers! 
• Hocus Pocus’ Sanderson Sisters (originally played by Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, and Sarah Jessica Parker in the 1995 cult classic) have returned!  Check them out as a part of Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party at the Magic Kingdom in Orlando, Florida!
• The cast of Agent Carter bring the Marvel cameo everyone loves in their latest round for Dubsmash War II
• Netflix may be acquiring the rights to the Star Wars Saga
• Pick up a bag of Doritos Rainbows to help fight homophobia!
• Lady Gaga's newest song "Til It Happens To You" raises awareness about sexual assault on campuses
  
• The Harry Potter Illustrated Edition finally gives us a look at how creepy Voldemort can really be