COMIC TALK HEADLINES FOR JULY 7TH, 2020 | SQUASHING RUMORS ~OR~ HOW THE MOVIES WENT BACK TO WORK

Jul 08, 2020    01:09:47

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 Time for the Comic Talk Headlines with Generally Nerdy! Microsoft might be purchasing WB Games. The truth about Justice League Reboot, and Birds of Prey 2. MORE BATMAN RUMORS!  All that AND MORE!! Catch up on all the nerdy headlines in TV and Movies, Tuesdays and Fridays. Plus, don't forget to subscribe for more fresh content.  

TV/Streaming

Follow-ups
Unsolved Mysteries - no host, and now word is there will be less supernatural content on the show because the internet. https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/unsolved-mysteries-reboot-ufo-alien-episodes-ghosts-netflix/ 

Peripheral
The series adaptation of the newest William Gibson book got its first trailer. Being developed for Amazon ALSO by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy.

Groundhog Day
Sony is developing a series based on the 93 movie set 30 years later.

Stargirl
Renewed for a season 2. But will ONLY be on the CW…

Metal Gear
Jordan Vogt-Roberts told Gary Whitta on his Animal Talking podcast, that he is trying to get an animated series going in tandem with the live-action movie. Saying he wants to bring back the original voice cast, including David Hayter as Snake.

Production Return
Lord of the Rings, Power Rangers, and Cowboy Bebop are set to return to production in New Zealand in the near future. The production staff, and actors, will be on a very short list of people allowed entrance into the country, alongside other productions including the Avatar sequels.


Movies


Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Scheduled to resume filming in Australia at the end of the month.

Production Return
Uk productions will be allowed to resume in the near future, as the UK Culture Secretary, Oliver Dowden, made some updates to the country’s COVID guidelines. Productions like The Batman, M:I 7, Fantastic Beasts 3, and The Little Mermaid, will have to work in a bubble, but they will be allowed to return to work.

Rumor Mill


Zatanna
WB is developing a stand alone movie. They are saying this is separate from the Justice League Dark movie that Abrams is working on. But separate how?

Constantine
Also, rumored to be also in development. Likely the Keanu Reeves revival we heard rumored before.

Batgirl
Terry McGinnis eat your heart out, Barbra Gordon will be the trainee under retired Bruce Wayne?? If this is true, the new DCEU might just be DOA…

Green Lantern
Ryan Reynolds is now being rumored to be in FURTHER negotiations to play Hal Jordan in more than just the Snyder Cut. To Flashpoint, and BEYOND!

Justice League: Rebirth
NOT HAPPENING!

Birds of Prey 2
No longer happening.

Alien and Predator
Following the Marvel announcement, now there are rumors of the comics being a testing ground for new movies…

Silent Hill
Rumor has it that the official reveal of the game will be this year in either august or september. And it will tell us that the game will be for PS5.

Half Baked 2
Said to have received a California state tax credit within the last week. Rumored to be about Thurgood’s son.

TMNT
Krang the villain in the live-action reboot.

WB Gaming
Microsoft rumored to be throwing their hat in the ring for the acquisition of WB Games.

Batman Forever
There is a 170 minute long cut? Supposedly much darker than the original Joel Schumacker version, that goes deeper into Bruce’s childhood.

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