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Aug 04, 2022    02:00:43

COMIC TALK TODAY

It's time for the Comic Talk Headlines with Generally Nerdy! 
SDCC happened, which means we have a TON of new trailers that we will be touching on briefly. It's been nearly a month, and so much has happened. There is a lot to get to: Avatar Live-Action updates, The Penguin series on HBO Max, Rumors to confirm, and a bunch more...
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TV/Streaming


Follow-ups/Corrections
Shorsey, Westworld S4, Orville S3, American Horror Stories

Avatar: The Last Airbender - Free Guy actor Utkarsh Ambudkar has been cast as King Bumi. He joins Rainbow Dickerson as Kya, Katara and Sokka's mother James Sie will reprise his role from the original series as the fan-favorite Cabbage Merchant, Community and Mythic Quest star Danny Pudi as the Mechanic, Gordon Cormier as Avatar Aang, Kiawentiio Tarbell as Katara, Ian Ousley as Sokka, Dallas Liu as Zuko, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee as Uncle Iroh, and Daniel Dae Kim as series villain Fire Lord Ozai.
Rick and Morty - Season 6 in Sept
I Am Groot - will be an anthology series
Guardians Holiday Special - Epilogue for phase 4

Trailers
Locke & Key - https://youtu.be/PX-t1wYNtBs Season 3. Final season debuts Aug 10.
Interview with the Vampire - https://youtu.be/0P0loX83H6A its what we feared… Oct 2
Andor - https://youtu.be/cKOegEuCcfw I’m afraid to be hopeful anymore… Series delayed by nearly a month. Pushed back to Sept 21. BUT they will be dropping the first THREE episodes.
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners - https://youtu.be/ax5YUmkWf_Y 

Flash
The CW series will end after 9 seasons. Season 9 will only be 13 episodes and then will effectively end the Arrowverse.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/the-flash-ending-season-nine-cw-1235190162/ 

Nichelle Nicols
Passed away at 89 of natural causes.

The Penguin
The long rumored HBO Max series has been confirmed. Some things are different from the rumors though. It will be a continuation and NOT a prequel. Also, Matt Reeves will not be directing, only producing. Lauren Lefranc will serve as head writer AND showrunner.

Max Headroom
The 80s icon will be returning to series on AMC. Matt Frewer is set to return as the titular character and presumably Edison Carter.

The Boys
Season 4 promotes Cameron Crovetti, who plays Homelander's super-powered son, Ryan, to a series regular.

Suggests
Orville

Movies


Follow-ups/Corrections
Aquaman 2 (and the Lost Kingdom) - Ben Affleck returning as Batman, as revealed by JASON MOMOA??  https://nerdist.com/article/aquaman-and-the-lost-kingdom-everything-we-know/ 
Weird Al - Streaming on Roku Nov 4th. 

Trailers
Spirit Halloween - https://youtu.be/GTF9ltgkRIQ 

The Gray Man
Netflix has announced ALREADY that the Ryan Gosling movie from the Russo Bros is getting not only a sequel but ALSO a spin-off. Stephen McFeely will return to write the script, with Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese working on the spin-off script.

Paul Sorvino
Goodfellas, Rocketeer, Repo, Devil’s Carnival
Passed at 83 of natural causes.

Pat Carroll
Ursula passed at 95 from complications from pneumonia.

Road House

Nobody
Sequel announced for the Bob Odenkirk movie. Producer David Leitch told Collider.

Drago
Dolph Lungren has clarified that a Draggo movie is not imminent just yet.

Suggests
Beavis and Butthead Do The Universe


Rumor Mill


Confirmations/Refutations
Thunderbolts Movie - Marvel revealed at SDCC that the movie will be happening. Set to be the capstone movie for Phase 5.
Namor Confirmed for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Walking Dead - Rick and Michonne series HAPPENING in 2023! Though no Rick Movies.


New Sources


Solo: A Sequel Story
Lawrence Kasdan is talking sequel… could this redeem the original?

Marvel
Eternity Saga and Timeless Saga leaked copyrights.

Eragon
Disney Plus is turning the book into a series. This time we will get Christopher Paolini as co-writer on the series. There is no official word on this yet.

Godzilla VS Kong 2
Origin is said to be the working title for the movie.

Fantastic Four
Ant-Man 3 is rumored to be where we finally get our first look at the first family, before their movie at the beginning of phase 6.

Community
Movie in the works? Alison Brie thinks so.

Batgirl
the movie has been shelved due to the “Irredeemable” test screenings. Also, the reported $70M budget is rumored to have been more along the lines of $100M. 

Green Lantern
HBO Max series canceled. Rumor claims the movie was actually axed a while ago.


Boba Fett
Season 2 happening?



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