Fandom Friday 9/4/15

Happy #ForceFriday everyone!  Check out deals on all kinds of new Star Wars toys online at DisneyStore.com, Amazon, Target, and at your local Disney Store.  If you’re in Anaheim, California or Orlando, Florida, make sure to cruise down to Downtown Disney for even more great #ForceFriday stuff!

TV News

• Take a look at the new trailer for The Shannara Chronicles that was released during the VMAs this past weekend
• Hannibal may have ended, but the Season 3 gag reel was just released!
• The UK premiere date of Downton Abbey season 6 is announced along with a new trailer
• Saturday Night Live adds Jon Rudnitsky to the cast
• Check out the adorable new promo pic for The Muppets with Miss Piggy and Liam Hemsworth
• New stills from Supergirl show our first look at Lucy Lane 
• CBS cancels Under the Dome
  

• The Flash Season 2 casts Tony Todd (24, Chuck) to voice the season’s Big Bad, Zoom
• Take a look at the Season 2 posters for The Flash
• Check out the main title sequence for the highly-anticipated horror-comedy, Scream Queens
• Supergirl casts Red Tornado and General Sam Lane
• Take a look at the poster for Season 4 of Arrow
• The first photos for Season 11 of Supernatural are here
• Alexa PenaVega, Bindi Irwin, Backstreet Boys’ Nick Carter and more are a part of the newest Dancing with the Stars cast
• River Song will return to Doctor Who for its annual Christmas Special
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert adds Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden as guests for the second week
• The CW releases the first look at Season 3 of The 100
• Danish actor Pilou Asbæk joins the cast of Game of Thrones Season 6 as Euron Greyjoy
• Diggle is suiting up in Arrow Season 4!
• Empire Season 2 releases two new songs featuring Pitbull
• Nickelodeon may be reviving some of its classic cartoons like Rugrats and Doug
• Bryan Fuller shares his vision of a Hannibal adaptation of Silence of the Lambs 

Movie News 

• Check out two new clips from The Scorch Trials that shows some book-to-film changes
• Steve Carell will replace Bruce Willis in an upcoming 2016 Woody Allen film
• Suicide Squad director David Ayer releases a photo after the film wrapped, but where is Jared Leto?
• Former Spider-Man Andrew Garfield finally speaks out on losing the part
• Bond author says Idris Elba is "too street" to play Bond and isn't "suave" enough
• Check out the first trailer for Will Smith’s newest film Concussion 
• Kenneth Branagh will direct the much-anticipated adaptation of Artemis Fowl
• French actor Vincent Cassel will play the Big Bad of Matt Damon’s Bourne 5
• Steven Spielberg eyes Lola Kirke or Elle Fanning for the role of Art3mis in Ready Player One
• Tatiana Maslany and Gina Rodriguez are among those on the short list for Star Wars: Episode VIII
• Check out the trailer for the next disaster movie headed our way, The 5th Wave
• Michael Fassbender shines in the first trailer for Macbeth
• Oscar-winning actor Eddie Redmayne plays transgender woman Lili Elbe in the first trailer for Danish Girl
• Cate Blanchett is cast as Lucille Ball in a biopic by Aaron Sorkin
• Marvel releases the a part of the Avengers: Age of Ultron blooper reel
• Check out the poster for James Bond’s newest adventure, Spectre
• Daniel Radcliffe plays the creator of Grand Theft Auto in the trailer for The Gamechangers
  

Theatre News

• Spongebob Squarepants the Musical is headed to Broadway with songs by Steven Tyler, John Legend, and more
• RIP Kyle Jean-Baptiste, the first black man to play Jean Valjean on Broadway
• The Imperial Theatre dims its lights in memory of young Les Miserables star Kyle Jean-Baptiste
• Andrew Keenan-Bolger (who played Crutchie in the original Broadway cast of Newsies) premieres a new song for the beloved character
• Alfie Boe and Montego Glover join the cast of Les Miserables on Broadway
• Tony Award-winning musical Kinky Boots celebrates its 1,000th performance on Broadway
• Excited for Elsie Fest?  So are Darren Criss and Aaron Tveit!  Check out their rendition of Take Me or Leave Me from Rent

Misc News

• The world is ending: Kanye West announced his bid for the 2020 Presidential race at the 2015 VMAs this past weekend
• Congratulations to The Vampire Diaries actress Candice Accola and her rocker husband Joe King of The Fray on the announcement of their first baby together!  Take a look at the adorable family photo on Instagram!
• RIP Wes Craven: the world remembers the horror movie director
• Nicki Minaj publicly calls out Miley Cyrus at the 2015 VMAs
• Netflix to focus more on original programming, eliminating crowd favorites like The Hunger Games and World War Z
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens LEGO trailer pits Kylo Ren against adorable new droid BB8
• Taylor Swift releases her music video for “Wildest Dreams” starring Scott Eastwood
• A new fan theory brings out the heroine in Ginny Weasley Potter
• Hayley Atwell brings it in the first round of DubSmash War II
• Hulu announces an ad-free streaming service for $11.99 per month
• The 2016 Oscars will have two hosts….because that worked out really well the last time
• After a very public breakup with Miss Piggy, Kermit’s new girlfriend has been revealed
• Pottermore hints at a major overhaul and changes in the future
• Daisy Ridley and John Boyega prove why they’re great when they kick off #ForceFriday