March 11, 2024 • 26 mins
Unravel the enigma of James Gunn's creative choices for the new 'Superman' film, with no 'Legacy' in sight—just pure, unadulterated Man of Steel. Get ready for a Fortress of Solitude scene scoop, as Thomas Townley dives into the DC Universe's latest cinematic endeavors. Alongside, I'll tackle the debate over the Oscars' genre recognition and share a laugh over my secret ambition to become Lex Luthor's trusty sidekick. Wendell Pierce's casting as Perry White and the celebration of Gal Gadot's growing family also get their moments in the spotlight, so prepare to join the ranks of the well-informed on all things superhero.
Set your phasers to stun because Patrick Stewart is receiving well-deserved accolades, and 'Star Trek Adventures' promises to beam us up with new content. As for the gamers and Trekkies, get the lowdown on upcoming 'Super Mario Bros.' film and 'Karate Kid' casting news that's sure to karate chop your expectations. The podcast isn't just about the caped crusaders; we're also tracking the potential reboots of 'The X-Files' and 'Harry Potter' TV series, alongside the new season of 'Ghosts' that's haunting CBS with fresh, spectral hilarity. Don't miss out as I navigate you through the cosmic expanse of entertainment news, where no fan has gone before.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Tonight.
Superman loses the legacy,apocalypse looks for an heir,
patrick Stewart gets honored andthe naked gun reboots.
Plus, we remember Star Trekactor Kenneth Mitchell.
All that more in this editionof Multiverse tonight.
The book's sci-fi fantasy andmore.
(00:24):
If you're looking for a roundupof geeky news, you're in the
right place.
This is Multiverse Tonight, andhere's our host, thomas Townley.
(00:55):
Well, hello everyone, andwelcome to episode 210 of
Multiverse Tonight, recorded onMarch 11th 2024.
I'm, of course, your host,thomas Townley, and well, not
really much to report right now.
Spring is springing upon us.
(01:20):
We got through daylight savingstime which, by the way, let's
all beat down on our members ofCongress to finally get rid of
this annual pain in the butt.
So please do that if you would,but I will.
(01:44):
Since this just happened lastnight, let's cover the Oscars
briefly Now.
Oppenheimer was the big winnerlast night, winning Best Picture
, director and five other awardsfor seven total, I mean and
broke a 20-year streak of ablockbuster not winning and not
(02:07):
winning the top prize.
Also, emma Stone and SillyMurphy took home the lead acting
prizes.
Christopher Nolan took awayBest Director.
Robert Downley Jr finally wonan Oscar for Best Supporting
Actor.
Now, oppenheimer isn't sciencefiction, of course, but again
(02:34):
didn't mention Emma Stonewinning Best Actress for Poor
Things.
It's kind of in the genre realm.
The big loser, of course, isBarbie, which apparently was
shut out.
Now let me get that little listof awards here.
Barbie won Best Original Songfor what Was I Made For from
(02:59):
Billie Eilish.
Billie Eilish and Fania SokanolOppenheimer won Best Music.
The Zone of Interest won forBest Sound.
Godzilla minus one did win forvisual effects, so it's a win
for the genre film, and PoorThings won Costume Design and
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Production Design.
Now, my thing about the Oscarsis there really should be a Best
Drama and Best Comedy award,not just Best Picture.
Best Picture is always going tobe a drama, you know.
Unless it's a movie that causespeople to die laughing, it's
always going to be a drama.
(03:42):
So why not have an award forBest Comedy?
You know, it just seems to makemore sense to me.
But what can we do about it?
Caller Congressman?
The bath, I guess.
(04:03):
Anyway, let's go on with the DCComics News and DC Comics News
and that's an adequate, you know, a right musical piece that
(04:26):
starts this with, because wewill be talking about Superman.
James Gunn revealed that hisnew Superman movie will simply
be called Superman.
Well, you know it'll be.
It'll be, you know, superman2025.
It'll be how it's going to betalked about, because we already
(04:47):
have Superman, even though it'scalled Superman the movie.
But I digress.
Anyway, mr Gunn wrote in a postcelebrating the first day of
filming, quote when I finishedthe first draft of the script, I
called the film Superman Legacy.
By the time I locked the finaldraft, it was clear.
The title was Superman makingour way to you, july 2025.
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Now, along with that post, heshared an image of the Superman
logo from the film, which waspreviously called Superman
Legacy.
Right and the snowdusting onthe logo suggests the scene set
in the fortress of Solitude, youknow, which should be in the
film.
I mean, that's someplace theSuperman, you know, has to go.
That's his headquarters.
He was not just a metropolisall the time, you know, he's a
(05:35):
worldwide phenomenon.
Speaking of the new Supermanmovie, they found their Perry
White actor.
Wendell Pierce, best known forhis work as a detective on the
wire, has been cast as theiconic editor-in-chief of the
Dale Planet.
The new feature based on the DCComics character began rolling
this past Thursday in Atlanta.
(05:56):
He joins David Cornswet asClark Kent Superman.
Rachel Brosnahan as Los Laneand Nicholas Holt as classic
villain Lex Luthor.
Yeah, but Lex Luthor needs asidekick, otherwise we can't get
G Mr Luthor.
I volunteered to be thesidekick just to say that G Mr
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Luthor, and then you can kill meright off.
Calgadot, best known for playingWonder Woman in various DC
films good or bad, you decidewill soon be seen as the evil
queen in Disney's live-actionadaptation of Snow White and the
Seven Dwarves, announced onInstagram that she recently gave
birth to her fourth daughter,her daughter named Ori.
(06:40):
She had with her husband, geronVersano.
The couple's other children areAlma, born 2011, maya, born
2017, and Daniela, born 2021.
She wrote quote my sweet girl,welcome.
The pregnancy was not easy andwe made it through.
You have brought so much lightinto our lives, living up to
your name, ori, which means mylight in Hebrew.
(07:02):
Our hearts are full ofgratitude.
Welcome to the house of girls.
Daddy is pretty cool too,unquote.
Now let's go on to the MarvelNews, and we begin Marvel News
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with Apocalypse.
No, not the apocalypse inAmerica, but the apocalypse in
the comics.
Apocalypse is looking for anheir and he has some mutants in
mind.
Apocalypse aka in Sabaneur.
The first one the ancient evilwas destined to become
Apocalypse, a mutant supremacistwho was instilled with the
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belief that the strong willsurvive.
Now, thousands of years later,apocalypse sought to enslave or
exterminate all but thestrongest mutants and rule over
a world where ideology, thesurvival of the fittest, with
his forehorsemen of theapocalypse, famine, pestilence,
death and war, apocalypseconquered civilizations
throughout the centuries andbecame an arch enemy of the
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X-Men.
But then the Cracowen Age ofthe X-Men ushered in a new era
for mutankind and Apocalypsejoined the island nation in
peace and sat on the quietcouncil of Cracowa alongside
mutant leers like Professor Xand Magneto.
But with the Cracowen Age at theend of Marvel's X-Men relaunch
this summer, apocalypse willseek a successor in X-Men, heir
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of Apocalypse.
In the Forer issue series fromwriters Steve Fox and artist
Nethodeaz, apocalypse willgather 12 mutants Armageddon
Girl, cable, cypher, emma Frost,exodus Forge, gorgon Mirage, mr
Sinister, penance Richter andWolverine's daughter, laura
Kinney for an epic turn oftrials to discover who is fit
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enough to take its place.
You know, kind of like a mutantversion of the Hunger Games or
the Bachelor, I guess.
Steve Fox in a press releasequote the shadow of Apocalypse
has loomed large over not justthe Cracowen era, but a
substantial percentage ofmutant-focused storytelling
since its debut in 1986.
These past few years have shownso much new facets of En
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Sabanur, and my Cracowen peersaren't done with him quite yet.
So it's both an immense honorand a ton of pressure to step up
to the slab for the air ofApocalypse, which charts a new
path for its legacy in the yearsto come.
I've been lucky to bend the earof past and future stewards of
this character to make surethese four issues are a
meaningful entry into theApocalypse canon, and I had
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every ex-fans dream task ofselecting 12 mutants from across
the history of the franchisewho might be up for the titular
role.
Some are characters I'vealready had the privilege to
write, some are characters I'veenviously and some won't survive
the series.
But one will become the air ofApocalypse X-Men.
Air of Apocalypse number onewill be on sale June 5th from
Marvel Comics and will relaunchthe X-Men with new ongoing X
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titles in July 2024.
On the more news, several DisneyPlus shows are making their way
to physical media steelbookssoon the Falcon and the Winner's
Soldier Blu-ray.
The first season of the Falconand the Winner's Soldier will be
available on 4K Ultra HDsteelbook and Blu-ray steelbook
pre-orders are expected tolaunch on March 12th, but with
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bonus features like Cap's shieldtalking about, of course, the
iconic shield of Captain Americaa gag reel with Lair's outtakes
from the casting crew anddelayed scenes called Flight
Lesson, and Still Not Funny anda documentary Called assembled,
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the making of the Falcon and theWinter Soldier, which will, of
course, show off the making ofthe Falcon and the Winter
Soldier Not rocket science,folks also coming to a steel
book and on For 4k ultra HD andblu-ray is marvel nut is moon
night on the 12.
Now there's Egypt olgy, inwhich you will join an
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Egyptologist, rami Ramani, andOscar Isaac as they explore the
ancient Egyptian mythology thatinspired the series a gag reel,
of course, and the assemblemaking of moon night documentary
, as well as deleted scenesCalled don't go there and
breaking the cycle.
There will also be some StarWars blu-rays coming out Obi-Wan
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Kenobi the first and Definitelyprobably only season of Obi-Wan
Kenobi will be available on the12th.
There you'll get the seriesplus duel of the fates, obi-wan
versus Vader, break explanatory,the Dark Times villains, which
covers the lore of theinquisitors and Darth Vader's
look and and designing thegalaxy.
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Of course you know, say helloto Lola and the planets and
everything also be a director'scommentary and also coming to
blu-ray is and or the Very good.
You know I look forward to thesecond, second Reinteration of
that.
You know that's a very goodseries.
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We'll get the pharx part one,imperial occupation, which
discusses the series origins,aldani rebel heist, which joins
them in spot in Scotland,training for stunts and vfx
breakdown, coruscant whispers ofthe rebel it was spurs of
rebellion which we'll get youknow a little more in the
stories of ISB agent Diedra,sensor Mon Motha and spy master
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Luthon Raul and our kind of fiveone way out, which of course
explores the penal colony.
And Pharx part two, which iscalled fight the Empire, which
is about the season finale.
So you know, if you want, youknow, let's face it folks If you
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don't get the physical media,you know Disney can take this
off, you know, anytime they wantand just put the vaults forever
.
But if you have the physicalmedia you can watch this
whenever you want.
So don't plan on on thingsbeing there forever.
They won't, you know.
(13:34):
They only have so much space ontheir servers for this and if
it's not being watched they're alittle quietly.
Put it back into the you knowether, from whence it came, and
wait for you know the interestto be there again.
So Do us a favor Go to thestore, actually buy the physical
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discs, take those home, putthose on your shelf, trust me.
Trust me, you'll thank yourself.
Anyway, let's go on to the StarTrek news I'm going to have so
much fun editing tonight.
Patrick Stewart will be honoredfor his work Intelligent which
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spans so for many decades by theICG Publicist Guild with the
2024 Television Showperson ofthe Year Award.
This award chairs Tim Mink andCheryl Main said in a joint
statement.
Quote we are honored tocelebrate Stewart's venerable
career, including the recentlycomplete final season of CBS
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Studios' Paramount Plus' StarTrek Picard, in which he
reprised his signature role,first appearing in 1987 in the
Next Generation.
Stewart will receive the awardat the 61st annual ICG Publicist
Awards Luncheon on March 8th.
Congratulations to Mr Stewart.
Previous winners of the awardinclude Norman Lear, ava
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DeVernay, greg Berlanti, quintaBronson, ryan Murphy, shonda
Rhimes, chuck Lorre, stephenBocco and Bob Hope, among others
.
A little gaming news for youStar Trek Adventures' second
season is on its way, set tolaunch with a new Star Trek
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Strange, new World-themed corerulebook at GenCon 2024.
On Monday, modiphiusEntertainment announced it will
be publishing the second edition, beginning with a new core
rulebook and followed by aseries of new game expansions.
The biggest sub-announcementfrom Modiphius is that Star Trek
Adventure Season 2nd Editionwill include content from
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Strange New World and Prodigywhich have not been in the Star
Trek Adventures books,adventures or character packs.
With their inclusion, star TrekAdventures will have fans the
opportunity to build a story inthe style of whatever Star Trek
series they want, from Star Trekto Lordex and beyond.
The new Star Trek 2nd Editioncore rulebook will come out at
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GenCon and the starter set willcome out in this fall.
The core rulebook includesrules for players to create
original characters andstarships.
It will be compatible withsupplements and expansions
previously released for StarTrek Adventures' first edition
and will feature artworkinspired by Strange New Worlds.
And with that, let's get onwith the geek news.
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Strange New begins with thesequel to the Super Mario Bros
movie officially being announced.
It will arrive in theaters onApril 3, 2026.
Now, the announcement was madein a special video starring
Mario creator Shiguro Miyamoto,in celebration of Mario Day,
march 10.
Miyamoto confirmed that themovie will be produced alongside
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Illumination.
At this time, very few detailshave been announced about the
sequel.
However, illumination's ChrisMelondry also on hand to confirm
that directors Aaron Horvathand Michael Jelenik will be
returning and the movie willonce again be animated by
Illumination Studios Paris.
Storyboards and set designs arecurrently in production.
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Ming Na Wen has joined the castof Sony's new Karate Kid film.
She joins previously announcedcast members Arab-American-born
Chinese star Ben Wang andIndititial Role, and Jackie Chan
and Ralph Maccio, who willreprise their characters from
the previous entries in thefranchise.
Joshua Jackson and C Stanleywill also star, much like the
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film's plot.
Details of Wen's role arecurrently in the wraps.
The movie will be directed byJonathan N Twistle, with the
creator and director ofNetflix's I Am Not OK With this.
And the end of the deep-deepworld Peter Rabbit writer Rob
Liber with pinning thescreenplay and Karen Rosenfeld
producing.
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Sony Pictures will release thefilm in theaters on December 13,
2024.
The X-File's real series creator, chris Carter period on CBC's
On the Coast radio show revealedthat he'd spoken with Ryan
Coogler about the plans toreboot or has, carter said,
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remount the X-Files with adiverse cast.
Now he didn't get into anyspecifics, but Carter also
shared that Coogler had hisblessing to reboot the series.
He noted in a differentpublication, the wrap quote they
don't need my blessing.
20 Century Fox and Disney ownsthe show.
They're free to do with it whatthey believe.
I'm honored that they came tome and asked me for my
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permission but not for mypermission, but my blessing.
And he additionally shared.
I've had a conversation withhim.
Coogler, yes, he likes to gowith a diverse cast and he's got
some good ideas.
Last year, warner Bros Discoveryannounced a plan to reimagine
Harry Potter for a whole newgeneration, with a live-action
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reboot, tell-tale series in theworks with a 2026 premiere date.
Now we've gotten some updatesaround the Harry Potter TV
reboot, which happened few andfar between, but it sounds like
the franchise might be one stepcloser to finding the showrunner
.
According to a new report, theshortlist includes Francesca
Gardner from Succession, tomMoran of the Devil's Hour and
(19:50):
Kathleen Jordan from TeenageBallet Hunters in contention to
lead the Harry Potter reboot.
The report indicates thatGardner, moran and Jordan all
have the next couple of monthsto fine-tune their pitches, with
Warner Bros planning toannounce the showrunner some
point in June.
Martha Hiller from the LastKingdom and Michael Leslie from
the Hunger Games, balustong,birds and Snakes were reported
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to have pitched for the seriesbut are no longer in contention.
The cast of Ghost has added oneof New Girl's main stars to its
lineup for Season 3.
The new CBS comedy just gotrolling on the third season
after the success of the firsttwo seasons.
At some point later this seasonthe series will be bringing in
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sitcom veteran Lamorin Morris tojoin the cast.
Ghost's executive producers andco-showrunners, joe Port and
Joe Wiseman, revealed a TV linethat Morris has been cast in the
guest role for Season 3.
Playing with the rules of thespirits in the series, morris'
character will be able to visitthe mansion where the air
characters reside Quote Leron inthe season were going to meet a
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new type of ghost that was ableto visit Woodstone in a unique
way.
What Wiseman said about Morris'character?
It was revealed that Morris isplaying a character named Saul,
a poltergeist that spends hisafterlife tethered to a human
being that brings him to the bedand breakfast where he strikes
up a potential romance withDaniel Pinox.
Alberta Morris is best knownfor his serious, regular role as
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Winston on New Girl.
He also appeared in everyepisode, but the show's pilot,
having been brought in afterDamon Wayne's junior, left the
show to return to happy endings.
He most recently appeared inthe latest season of FX's Fargo.
The naked gun reboot is about tomake 2025 a good year.
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Paramount Pictures announcedrelease dates Wednesday for a
number of upcoming films.
Then includes director AkivaSchaefer's new untilled
installment in the naked guncomedy franchise, hitting
theaters July 28th 2025.
Now this movie will be thefirst since Leslie Nielsen,
since it was first announcedback in 2022 that Liam Neeson
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and Seth MacFarlane would be onas producer.
The studio also announced thatPAW Patrol 3 will launch July 31
, 2026, as a follow-up to PAWPatrol, the mighty movie, which
topped $200 million at the boxoffice.
The new movie hails from SpinMaster Entertainment in
association with NickelodeonMovies.
Another animation feature,director Jeff Rose, tmnt2, is
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set for October 9, 2026, thefollow-up to Teenage Mutant
Trails Meetin' Mayhem, whichmade $180 million worldwide.
And finally, tonight, actorKenneth Mitchell, the actor who
played four characters in StarTrek Discovery's first three
seasons, passed away at the ageof 49.
In 2020, Mitchell publiclyannounced that he had been
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diagnosed with ALS, anentomorphic lateral sclerosis,
or Lou Gehrig's disease, havingalready played three Klingon
characters in Star TrekDiscovery's first two seasons
Cole in season one, then Coleshaand Tavnik and Tenevick in
season two and he returned inStar Trek Discovery's third
season as Aurelio, a characterwhose use of a hover chair was
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designed to incorporateMitchell's wheelchair for his
performance.
Additionally, mitchell voicedthree characters in the lower
deck season one episode entitledVertos, the twerk captain, a
black ops operative and arock-milling guard.
Mitchell told Sci-Fi Wire in2020, working on lower decks is
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the last time I remember walkingbefore having to be in the
motorized wheelchair.
I remember walking up thestairs to go into the studio and
recording booth and I rememberhaving a great time with
showrunner Mike McMahon and theteam, and then I remember
walking down the stairs byhaving trouble getting down.
But to be honest, that's mylast memory of walking on my own
and for that to be the lastmemory, it's pretty damn special
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.
He also said of returning toStar Trek Discovery quote for
the new characters in Discoveryseason three.
I worked a lot with MarioMorore of the props department
and the special effectsdepartment, so you can
interpolate what that has asmuch as you want.
I'll just say it's pretty damncool and very unique and
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something Star Trek hasn't had alot of.
I think it was special.
They adapted this part just forme.
I think it will be meaningfulto the Trek community and beyond
.
Being a part of Star Trek keepsme inspired and gives me
purpose.
Hopefully that will keep going.
Mitchell also has correctoutside of the Star Trek
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franchise.
He played Carol Danvers' fatherin Captain Marvel and appeared
in the movie Miracle and thetelevision show Jericho, the
astronaut wives club, ghostWhisperer and Switch.
Dead Birth Mitchell survived byhis wife, susan Mae Pratt, and
their two children, leah andColm.
He requested that any fitanything to his memory be
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donated to further ALS researchor to support his family.
Kenneth Mitchell was 49 yearsold, and that brings us to the
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Tonight.
Superman loses the legacy,apocalypse looks for an heir,
patrick Stewart gets honored andthe naked gun reboots.
Plus, we remember Star Trekactor Kenneth Mitchell.
All that more in this editionof Multiverse tonight.
The book's sci-fi fantasy andmore.
(00:24):
If you're looking for a roundupof geeky news, you're in the
right place.
This is Multiverse Tonight, andhere's our host, thomas Townley.
(00:55):
Well, hello everyone, andwelcome to episode 210 of
Multiverse Tonight, recorded onMarch 11th 2024.
I'm, of course, your host,thomas Townley, and well, not
really much to report right now.
Spring is springing upon us.
(01:20):
We got through daylight savingstime which, by the way, let's
all beat down on our members ofCongress to finally get rid of
this annual pain in the butt.
So please do that if you would,but I will.
(01:44):
Since this just happened lastnight, let's cover the Oscars
briefly Now.
Oppenheimer was the big winnerlast night, winning Best Picture
, director and five other awardsfor seven total, I mean and
broke a 20-year streak of ablockbuster not winning and not
(02:07):
winning the top prize.
Also, emma Stone and SillyMurphy took home the lead acting
prizes.
Christopher Nolan took awayBest Director.
Robert Downley Jr finally wonan Oscar for Best Supporting
Actor.
Now, oppenheimer isn't sciencefiction, of course, but again
(02:34):
didn't mention Emma Stonewinning Best Actress for Poor
Things.
It's kind of in the genre realm.
The big loser, of course, isBarbie, which apparently was
shut out.
Now let me get that little listof awards here.
Barbie won Best Original Songfor what Was I Made For from
(02:59):
Billie Eilish.
Billie Eilish and Fania SokanolOppenheimer won Best Music.
The Zone of Interest won forBest Sound.
Godzilla minus one did win forvisual effects, so it's a win
for the genre film, and PoorThings won Costume Design and
(03:22):
Production Design.
Now, my thing about the Oscarsis there really should be a Best
Drama and Best Comedy award,not just Best Picture.
Best Picture is always going tobe a drama, you know.
Unless it's a movie that causespeople to die laughing, it's
always going to be a drama.
(03:42):
So why not have an award forBest Comedy?
You know, it just seems to makemore sense to me.
But what can we do about it?
Caller Congressman?
The bath, I guess.
(04:03):
Anyway, let's go on with the DCComics News and DC Comics News
and that's an adequate, you know, a right musical piece that
(04:26):
starts this with, because wewill be talking about Superman.
James Gunn revealed that hisnew Superman movie will simply
be called Superman.
Well, you know it'll be.
It'll be, you know, superman2025.
It'll be how it's going to betalked about, because we already
(04:47):
have Superman, even though it'scalled Superman the movie.
But I digress.
Anyway, mr Gunn wrote in a postcelebrating the first day of
filming, quote when I finishedthe first draft of the script, I
called the film Superman Legacy.
By the time I locked the finaldraft, it was clear.
The title was Superman makingour way to you, july 2025.
(05:11):
Now, along with that post, heshared an image of the Superman
logo from the film, which waspreviously called Superman
Legacy.
Right and the snowdusting onthe logo suggests the scene set
in the fortress of Solitude, youknow, which should be in the
film.
I mean, that's someplace theSuperman, you know, has to go.
That's his headquarters.
He was not just a metropolisall the time, you know, he's a
(05:35):
worldwide phenomenon.
Speaking of the new Supermanmovie, they found their Perry
White actor.
Wendell Pierce, best known forhis work as a detective on the
wire, has been cast as theiconic editor-in-chief of the
Dale Planet.
The new feature based on the DCComics character began rolling
this past Thursday in Atlanta.
(05:56):
He joins David Cornswet asClark Kent Superman.
Rachel Brosnahan as Los Laneand Nicholas Holt as classic
villain Lex Luthor.
Yeah, but Lex Luthor needs asidekick, otherwise we can't get
G Mr Luthor.
I volunteered to be thesidekick just to say that G Mr
(06:19):
Luthor, and then you can kill meright off.
Calgadot, best known for playingWonder Woman in various DC
films good or bad, you decidewill soon be seen as the evil
queen in Disney's live-actionadaptation of Snow White and the
Seven Dwarves, announced onInstagram that she recently gave
birth to her fourth daughter,her daughter named Ori.
(06:40):
She had with her husband, geronVersano.
The couple's other children areAlma, born 2011, maya, born
2017, and Daniela, born 2021.
She wrote quote my sweet girl,welcome.
The pregnancy was not easy andwe made it through.
You have brought so much lightinto our lives, living up to
your name, ori, which means mylight in Hebrew.
(07:02):
Our hearts are full ofgratitude.
Welcome to the house of girls.
Daddy is pretty cool too,unquote.
Now let's go on to the MarvelNews, and we begin Marvel News
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with Apocalypse.
No, not the apocalypse inAmerica, but the apocalypse in
the comics.
Apocalypse is looking for anheir and he has some mutants in
mind.
Apocalypse aka in Sabaneur.
The first one the ancient evilwas destined to become
Apocalypse, a mutant supremacistwho was instilled with the
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belief that the strong willsurvive.
Now, thousands of years later,apocalypse sought to enslave or
exterminate all but thestrongest mutants and rule over
a world where ideology, thesurvival of the fittest, with
his forehorsemen of theapocalypse, famine, pestilence,
death and war, apocalypseconquered civilizations
throughout the centuries andbecame an arch enemy of the
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X-Men.
But then the Cracowen Age ofthe X-Men ushered in a new era
for mutankind and Apocalypsejoined the island nation in
peace and sat on the quietcouncil of Cracowa alongside
mutant leers like Professor Xand Magneto.
But with the Cracowen Age at theend of Marvel's X-Men relaunch
this summer, apocalypse willseek a successor in X-Men, heir
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of Apocalypse.
In the Forer issue series fromwriters Steve Fox and artist
Nethodeaz, apocalypse willgather 12 mutants Armageddon
Girl, cable, cypher, emma Frost,exodus Forge, gorgon Mirage, mr
Sinister, penance Richter andWolverine's daughter, laura
Kinney for an epic turn oftrials to discover who is fit
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enough to take its place.
You know, kind of like a mutantversion of the Hunger Games or
the Bachelor, I guess.
Steve Fox in a press releasequote the shadow of Apocalypse
has loomed large over not justthe Cracowen era, but a
substantial percentage ofmutant-focused storytelling
since its debut in 1986.
These past few years have shownso much new facets of En
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Sabanur, and my Cracowen peersaren't done with him quite yet.
So it's both an immense honorand a ton of pressure to step up
to the slab for the air ofApocalypse, which charts a new
path for its legacy in the yearsto come.
I've been lucky to bend the earof past and future stewards of
this character to make surethese four issues are a
meaningful entry into theApocalypse canon, and I had
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every ex-fans dream task ofselecting 12 mutants from across
the history of the franchisewho might be up for the titular
role.
Some are characters I'vealready had the privilege to
write, some are characters I'veenviously and some won't survive
the series.
But one will become the air ofApocalypse X-Men.
Air of Apocalypse number onewill be on sale June 5th from
Marvel Comics and will relaunchthe X-Men with new ongoing X
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titles in July 2024.
On the more news, several DisneyPlus shows are making their way
to physical media steelbookssoon the Falcon and the Winner's
Soldier Blu-ray.
The first season of the Falconand the Winner's Soldier will be
available on 4K Ultra HDsteelbook and Blu-ray steelbook
pre-orders are expected tolaunch on March 12th, but with
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bonus features like Cap's shieldtalking about, of course, the
iconic shield of Captain Americaa gag reel with Lair's outtakes
from the casting crew anddelayed scenes called Flight
Lesson, and Still Not Funny anda documentary Called assembled,
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the making of the Falcon and theWinter Soldier, which will, of
course, show off the making ofthe Falcon and the Winter
Soldier Not rocket science,folks also coming to a steel
book and on For 4k ultra HD andblu-ray is marvel nut is moon
night on the 12.
Now there's Egypt olgy, inwhich you will join an
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Egyptologist, rami Ramani, andOscar Isaac as they explore the
ancient Egyptian mythology thatinspired the series a gag reel,
of course, and the assemblemaking of moon night documentary
, as well as deleted scenesCalled don't go there and
breaking the cycle.
There will also be some StarWars blu-rays coming out Obi-Wan
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Kenobi the first and Definitelyprobably only season of Obi-Wan
Kenobi will be available on the12th.
There you'll get the seriesplus duel of the fates, obi-wan
versus Vader, break explanatory,the Dark Times villains, which
covers the lore of theinquisitors and Darth Vader's
look and and designing thegalaxy.
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Of course you know, say helloto Lola and the planets and
everything also be a director'scommentary and also coming to
blu-ray is and or the Very good.
You know I look forward to thesecond, second Reinteration of
that.
You know that's a very goodseries.
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We'll get the pharx part one,imperial occupation, which
discusses the series origins,aldani rebel heist, which joins
them in spot in Scotland,training for stunts and vfx
breakdown, coruscant whispers ofthe rebel it was spurs of
rebellion which we'll get youknow a little more in the
stories of ISB agent Diedra,sensor Mon Motha and spy master
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Luthon Raul and our kind of fiveone way out, which of course
explores the penal colony.
And Pharx part two, which iscalled fight the Empire, which
is about the season finale.
So you know, if you want, youknow, let's face it folks If you
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don't get the physical media,you know Disney can take this
off, you know, anytime they wantand just put the vaults forever
.
But if you have the physicalmedia you can watch this
whenever you want.
So don't plan on on thingsbeing there forever.
They won't, you know.
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They only have so much space ontheir servers for this and if
it's not being watched they're alittle quietly.
Put it back into the you knowether, from whence it came, and
wait for you know the interestto be there again.
So Do us a favor Go to thestore, actually buy the physical
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discs, take those home, putthose on your shelf, trust me.
Trust me, you'll thank yourself.
Anyway, let's go on to the StarTrek news I'm going to have so
much fun editing tonight.
Patrick Stewart will be honoredfor his work Intelligent which
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spans so for many decades by theICG Publicist Guild with the
2024 Television Showperson ofthe Year Award.
This award chairs Tim Mink andCheryl Main said in a joint
statement.
Quote we are honored tocelebrate Stewart's venerable
career, including the recentlycomplete final season of CBS
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Studios' Paramount Plus' StarTrek Picard, in which he
reprised his signature role,first appearing in 1987 in the
Next Generation.
Stewart will receive the awardat the 61st annual ICG Publicist
Awards Luncheon on March 8th.
Congratulations to Mr Stewart.
Previous winners of the awardinclude Norman Lear, ava
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DeVernay, greg Berlanti, quintaBronson, ryan Murphy, shonda
Rhimes, chuck Lorre, stephenBocco and Bob Hope, among others
.
A little gaming news for youStar Trek Adventures' second
season is on its way, set tolaunch with a new Star Trek
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Strange, new World-themed corerulebook at GenCon 2024.
On Monday, modiphiusEntertainment announced it will
be publishing the second edition, beginning with a new core
rulebook and followed by aseries of new game expansions.
The biggest sub-announcementfrom Modiphius is that Star Trek
Adventure Season 2nd Editionwill include content from
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Strange New World and Prodigywhich have not been in the Star
Trek Adventures books,adventures or character packs.
With their inclusion, star TrekAdventures will have fans the
opportunity to build a story inthe style of whatever Star Trek
series they want, from Star Trekto Lordex and beyond.
The new Star Trek 2nd Editioncore rulebook will come out at
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GenCon and the starter set willcome out in this fall.
The core rulebook includesrules for players to create
original characters andstarships.
It will be compatible withsupplements and expansions
previously released for StarTrek Adventures' first edition
and will feature artworkinspired by Strange New Worlds.
And with that, let's get onwith the geek news.
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Strange New begins with thesequel to the Super Mario Bros
movie officially being announced.
It will arrive in theaters onApril 3, 2026.
Now, the announcement was madein a special video starring
Mario creator Shiguro Miyamoto,in celebration of Mario Day,
march 10.
Miyamoto confirmed that themovie will be produced alongside
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Illumination.
At this time, very few detailshave been announced about the
sequel.
However, illumination's ChrisMelondry also on hand to confirm
that directors Aaron Horvathand Michael Jelenik will be
returning and the movie willonce again be animated by
Illumination Studios Paris.
Storyboards and set designs arecurrently in production.
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Ming Na Wen has joined the castof Sony's new Karate Kid film.
She joins previously announcedcast members Arab-American-born
Chinese star Ben Wang andIndititial Role, and Jackie Chan
and Ralph Maccio, who willreprise their characters from
the previous entries in thefranchise.
Joshua Jackson and C Stanleywill also star, much like the
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film's plot.
Details of Wen's role arecurrently in the wraps.
The movie will be directed byJonathan N Twistle, with the
creator and director ofNetflix's I Am Not OK With this.
And the end of the deep-deepworld Peter Rabbit writer Rob
Liber with pinning thescreenplay and Karen Rosenfeld
producing.
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Sony Pictures will release thefilm in theaters on December 13,
2024.
The X-File's real series creator, chris Carter period on CBC's
On the Coast radio show revealedthat he'd spoken with Ryan
Coogler about the plans toreboot or has, carter said,
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remount the X-Files with adiverse cast.
Now he didn't get into anyspecifics, but Carter also
shared that Coogler had hisblessing to reboot the series.
He noted in a differentpublication, the wrap quote they
don't need my blessing.
20 Century Fox and Disney ownsthe show.
They're free to do with it whatthey believe.
I'm honored that they came tome and asked me for my
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permission but not for mypermission, but my blessing.
And he additionally shared.
I've had a conversation withhim.
Coogler, yes, he likes to gowith a diverse cast and he's got
some good ideas.
Last year, warner Bros Discoveryannounced a plan to reimagine
Harry Potter for a whole newgeneration, with a live-action
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reboot, tell-tale series in theworks with a 2026 premiere date.
Now we've gotten some updatesaround the Harry Potter TV
reboot, which happened few andfar between, but it sounds like
the franchise might be one stepcloser to finding the showrunner
.
According to a new report, theshortlist includes Francesca
Gardner from Succession, tomMoran of the Devil's Hour and
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Kathleen Jordan from TeenageBallet Hunters in contention to
lead the Harry Potter reboot.
The report indicates thatGardner, moran and Jordan all
have the next couple of monthsto fine-tune their pitches, with
Warner Bros planning toannounce the showrunner some
point in June.
Martha Hiller from the LastKingdom and Michael Leslie from
the Hunger Games, balustong,birds and Snakes were reported
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to have pitched for the seriesbut are no longer in contention.
The cast of Ghost has added oneof New Girl's main stars to its
lineup for Season 3.
The new CBS comedy just gotrolling on the third season
after the success of the firsttwo seasons.
At some point later this seasonthe series will be bringing in
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sitcom veteran Lamorin Morris tojoin the cast.
Ghost's executive producers andco-showrunners, joe Port and
Joe Wiseman, revealed a TV linethat Morris has been cast in the
guest role for Season 3.
Playing with the rules of thespirits in the series, morris'
character will be able to visitthe mansion where the air
characters reside Quote Leron inthe season were going to meet a
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new type of ghost that was ableto visit Woodstone in a unique
way.
What Wiseman said about Morris'character?
It was revealed that Morris isplaying a character named Saul,
a poltergeist that spends hisafterlife tethered to a human
being that brings him to the bedand breakfast where he strikes
up a potential romance withDaniel Pinox.
Alberta Morris is best knownfor his serious, regular role as
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Winston on New Girl.
He also appeared in everyepisode, but the show's pilot,
having been brought in afterDamon Wayne's junior, left the
show to return to happy endings.
He most recently appeared inthe latest season of FX's Fargo.
The naked gun reboot is about tomake 2025 a good year.
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Paramount Pictures announcedrelease dates Wednesday for a
number of upcoming films.
Then includes director AkivaSchaefer's new untilled
installment in the naked guncomedy franchise, hitting
theaters July 28th 2025.
Now this movie will be thefirst since Leslie Nielsen,
since it was first announcedback in 2022 that Liam Neeson
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and Seth MacFarlane would be onas producer.
The studio also announced thatPAW Patrol 3 will launch July 31
, 2026, as a follow-up to PAWPatrol, the mighty movie, which
topped $200 million at the boxoffice.
The new movie hails from SpinMaster Entertainment in
association with NickelodeonMovies.
Another animation feature,director Jeff Rose, tmnt2, is
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set for October 9, 2026, thefollow-up to Teenage Mutant
Trails Meetin' Mayhem, whichmade $180 million worldwide.
And finally, tonight, actorKenneth Mitchell, the actor who
played four characters in StarTrek Discovery's first three
seasons, passed away at the ageof 49.
In 2020, Mitchell publiclyannounced that he had been
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diagnosed with ALS, anentomorphic lateral sclerosis,
or Lou Gehrig's disease, havingalready played three Klingon
characters in Star TrekDiscovery's first two seasons
Cole in season one, then Coleshaand Tavnik and Tenevick in
season two and he returned inStar Trek Discovery's third
season as Aurelio, a characterwhose use of a hover chair was
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designed to incorporateMitchell's wheelchair for his
performance.
Additionally, mitchell voicedthree characters in the lower
deck season one episode entitledVertos, the twerk captain, a
black ops operative and arock-milling guard.
Mitchell told Sci-Fi Wire in2020, working on lower decks is
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the last time I remember walkingbefore having to be in the
motorized wheelchair.
I remember walking up thestairs to go into the studio and
recording booth and I rememberhaving a great time with
showrunner Mike McMahon and theteam, and then I remember
walking down the stairs byhaving trouble getting down.
But to be honest, that's mylast memory of walking on my own
and for that to be the lastmemory, it's pretty damn special
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.
He also said of returning toStar Trek Discovery quote for
the new characters in Discoveryseason three.
I worked a lot with MarioMorore of the props department
and the special effectsdepartment, so you can
interpolate what that has asmuch as you want.
I'll just say it's pretty damncool and very unique and
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something Star Trek hasn't had alot of.
I think it was special.
They adapted this part just forme.
I think it will be meaningfulto the Trek community and beyond
.
Being a part of Star Trek keepsme inspired and gives me
purpose.
Hopefully that will keep going.
Mitchell also has correctoutside of the Star Trek
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franchise.
He played Carol Danvers' fatherin Captain Marvel and appeared
in the movie Miracle and thetelevision show Jericho, the
astronaut wives club, ghostWhisperer and Switch.
Dead Birth Mitchell survived byhis wife, susan Mae Pratt, and
their two children, leah andColm.
He requested that any fitanything to his memory be
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donated to further ALS researchor to support his family.
Kenneth Mitchell was 49 yearsold, and that brings us to the
end of this edition of the show.
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