November 18, 2024 • 25 mins
Ready to geek out? Discover the secrets behind some of the most exciting developments in entertainment on this episode of Multiverse Tonight! Unearth the treasures of Star Trek memorabilia that have hardcore Trekkies buzzing, and learn about the beloved Jerry Goldsmith score that’s making a comeback in its 45th anniversary edition. Get the scoop on Denzel Washington’s thrilling new role in Black Panther 3, alongside Ryan Coogler, which promises to be a cinematic masterpiece. Plus, I’ll share a bit of my personal life—like the chaos of reorganizing my office and the sweet relief of upgrading to a blazing-fast Wi-Fi 7 router.
But that's not all! We’ve got juicy entertainment gossip, including Amazon's strategic move to bring Freebie content under Prime Video, and Kevin Smith's tantalizing hints at a "Dogma" sequel starring Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. Intrigued by Lady Gaga's brief but exciting role in the new "Wednesday" season on Netflix? We've got that covered too. You’ll also hear about Sophie Turner's potential leap into the role of Lara Croft and the exciting news for Ghostbusters aficionados with films and a series in the pipeline. Lastly, join us in a heartfelt tribute to Tony Todd, celebrating the legacy he leaves behind in the "Candyman" franchise.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Tonight, kirk's seat sold, denzel is Wakandan forever
, Simon Kinberg's new trilogy,kevin Smith makes more dogma,
and remember Tony Todd.
All then more on this editionof Multiverse Tonight Comic
books, sci-fi, fantasy and more.
(00:22):
If you're looking for a roundupof geeky news, you're in the
right place.
This is Multiverse Tonight, andhere's your host, thomas
(00:53):
Townley.
Well, hello everyone andwelcome to episode 227 of
Multiverse Tonight.
I'm, of course, your host,thomas Townley, and it's been a
rainy past week.
Today we got another inch ofrain.
It's basically been November,has been kind of the monsoon
season this month.
So anyway, you know, not a lothas gone on.
(01:17):
If you look behind me in thevideo, you'll see there's a new
bookcase for my books becauseI'm trying to get the floor of
this office cleaned up.
It's getting to be a hassle,and other than that, you know,
not too much going on at themoment.
Of course, we're headed towardsThanksgiving, christmas time.
(01:41):
Oh, one thing I did I went outand had to buy a brand new
top-of-the-line router for myinternet today.
It's always the way when youmove, everything breaks down
(02:01):
before you get there or when youget there.
So let's turn.
It was time for the router, soI went ahead and uh,
future-proofed myself, getting awi-fi 7 uh router, so it should
be ready for anything comesdown the pike.
Plus, given you know who wonthe election uh, you know it
(02:21):
it's it's a good idea to buystuff ahead as much as you can
right now, folks, because whoknows what the prices will be
this time next year?
Anyway, let's get on with theStar Trek news.
Four and a half decades ago,the Star Trek franchise explored
(02:43):
a new frontier motion pictures.
The soundtrack to that journeyis now beaming its way back into
the hearts and minds of itsfans.
On November 15th, enjoy theRide Records, in conjunction
with Paramount Music, willrelease the 45th anniversary
deluxe edition of composer JerryGoldsmith's score for Star Trek
the Motion Picture thedirector's edition, restored,
remixed and mastered fromfirst-generation multi-track
(03:06):
masters by Bruce Botnick,goldsmith's longtime engineer
and the original album executiveproducer.
80 minutes of music from RobertWise's inaugural big-screen
update of the Iconic Televisionseries will be pressed into
double 140-gram vinyl, a reissuelabel.
La La Land restoration expertMike Metzano co-produced the
album with Botnik, coordinatingthe new releases, editing and
(03:29):
track assembly.
The pressing, which is limitedto 1,000 copies across five
color vinyl variants to bedistributed across different
online retailers, is housed in arainbow foil laminated gatefold
cut jacket with a double-sidedfull-color insert.
A gatefold cut jacket with adouble-sided full-color insert.
Enjoy the ride and light in theattic.
Records will have exclusivecolor vinyl variants in the US
while and at the movies willissue additional variants in
(03:53):
Europe.
So it does not sound peachy.
Star Trek memorabilia sold atwarp speed over the weekend,
raking in 33.6 million as buyersblasted past anticipated prices
.
The bid where no man has gonebefore.
Julian's Auctions, bidlong andProsper set records for numerous
(04:13):
prop sales, with the long-lostphaser of William Shatner's
Captain, james T Kirk, fetchinga record $910,000, which is nine
times more than expected,making it the highest-selling
Star Trek prop ever, the auctionhouse said this past Sunday the
second-highest prize went tothe Kirk's Communicare which
took in $780,000, or about eighttimes the projected asking
(04:36):
price.
Kirk's bridge chair went for$44,450.
$34,450.
The tunic worn by James Doohanas Montgomery Scott, the USS
Enterprise engineer,affectionately known as Scotty,
went for $50,800, along with aDVD the auction house said had
been projected to sell between$25,000 and $30,000.
A generic female engineeringduty uniform, expected to sell
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for $3,000, $5,000, sold for$114,300.
Now the Airprys' original helmand navigation console went for
$260,000, five times more thanthe $50,000 to $70,000 it was
supposed to bring in.
Other treasures include posters, signed cast photos, sketches
of the sets and components andthe miniature of the Galileo
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shuttle used for filming.
The original series wasn't theonly draw.
Pieces from the Next GenerationVoyager and other franchise
series offered up.
Props Catherine Janeway'scommand chair from Voyager sold
for $41,257, seven times itsestimate.
Star Trek ran for just threeseasons, initially from 1966 to
1969, but took a life of its ownwith several movies, spinoffs,
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series and reboots.
And with that let's head onover to the Marvel News.
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I love that piece of music, bythe way.
By the way, if you're onYouTube, you can use that piece
of music for free.
A copyright thing, a thing thatsays they'll find copyright
music will come up, but you canuse it absolutely free.
The copyright holder does notcare.
True Honest engine DenzelWashington revealed in August
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that there are very few filmsleft for him to make at this
stage in his career, but we nowknow that Black Panther 3 is one
of them.
Speaking to Australia's Todaywhile on the press tour for
Gladiator 2, washington saidthat director Ryan Coogler is
writing him a role in the thirdBlack Panther film.
It will be one of Washington'sfinal movies, along with a new
Steve McQueen project and a filmadaptation of Shakespeare's
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Othello Quote.
For me, it's about thefilmmakers.
Especially at this point in mycareer, I'm only interested in
working with the best.
He said.
I don't know how many morefilms I'm going to make.
It's probably not that many.
I want to do things I haven'tdone.
I played Othello at 22.
I'm about to play Othello at 70, he continued.
After that I am playingHannibal.
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After that I've been talking toSteve McQueen about a film.
After that, ryan Coogler'sriding apart from me in the next
Black Panther.
After that I'm going to do thefilm Othello.
After that I'm going to do KingLear.
After that I'm going to retire.
While the Steve McQueen projectremains under wraps, netflix has
already announced it's backingAntoine Fuquas' four-movie that
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will star Washington as theancient Corinthian General,
hannibal.
As for Black Panther 3, marvelhas yet to officially announce
the sequel, but fans have beenexpecting a third tentpole from
Coogler, given the success ofthe franchise.
Hey, denzel, you want to dosomething you've never done
before?
Star Trek, come on.
(08:02):
Anyway, let's go on to the StarWars news.
Roger roger, star Wars newsbegins with Star Wars fans,
having been getting some bignews recently, with a new
trilogy in the works and now aheavily anticipated Star Wars TV
series has just received anofficial release date.
That series would be Andor, thecritically acclaimed series
that some thought might not geta second season, but thankfully
it's not the case.
Now it's been very quiet on theAndor front for a while, but
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the Disney Plus mobile apprecently updated with Andor
advertising and at the bottom ofthe poster it now reads Season
2 coming April 22.
Tying into one of Star Wars'biggest celebrations, simon
Kinberg has signed an expansivedeal to write and produce a new
Star Wars feature trilogy.
Kinberg would spearhead thelaunching of a new saga in the
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beloved galaxy far, far away andwill write the scripts for what
Lucasfilm hopes could chart abrand new path forward for the
sci-fi space opera universe.
Lucasfilm topper, kathleenKennedy, will also produce the
new trilogy.
The story is not meant to be acontinuation of the Skywalker
saga, the name of the overallarc of the popular and pop
(09:07):
culture dominating series, starWars movies known as Episodes 1
through 9.
The intent here is to havebrand new characters and a new
story and not have it be acontinuation.
According to sources to theHollywood Reporter, although
that, of course, doesn't meanthat some characters would or
would not pop up.
Kinberg already has strong StarWars ties.
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He co-created the animatedseries Star Wars Rebels as well
as, which ran for four seasonsfrom 2014 to 2018.
He also helped out on therelaunch of Star Wars after
Disney bought Lucasfilm, actingas consultant on the Force
Awakens.
Kinberg is an establishedpresence in the genre space,
having a hand in the Fox X-Menmovies, being one of the
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producers of Logan and the firsttwo Deadpool movies.
Among many other creativeduties, he is also about to go
into production on EdgarWright's take on the Stephen
King tale, the Running man, forParamount.
The writer-producer is one ofthe busiest creatives in town
and he's helping to develop therival Star Trek franchise for
Paramount, a deal he steppedinto this past spring.
(10:10):
He was due to take an activeproducing role on the
franchise's film side.
Sources say he will maintainthose duties, keeping one hand
on a lightsaber and the other ona phaser.
Lucasfilm has tried to chartdifferent paths forward before
Kennedy previously signedfilmmaker Rian Johnson to
develop a trilogy, as well asGame of Thrones creators David
Benioff and DB Weiss.
None of those actually came tofruition, with the company
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facing occasional scrutiny overthe years.
Lucasfilm will next launch a TVseries, skelton Crew, which
debuts on Disney Plus onDecember 3rd.
However, disney has pulled anew Star Wars movie, dated for
December 18th 2026, off thecalendar.
Now we hear it wasn't certainthat pertained to the continuing
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adventures of Daisy Ridley'sRey Skywalker, so your mileage
may vary.
Now let's have a little DCComics News.
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Dc Comics News begins withPorina Jaganathan from I Never
have I Ever having been tappedfor a heavily recurring role in
Lanterns, the HBO drama seriesbased on the Green Lantern comic
.
She joins series regulars KyleChandler, aaron Pierre and Kelly
McDonald, as well as her fellowrecruit Garrett Dillahunt.
The series from Chris Mundy,david Lindelof and Tom King
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follows new recruit Jon Stewartand lantern legend Hal Jordan,
two air galactic cops drawn intoa dark Earth-based mystery as
they investigate a murder in theAmerican heartland.
So Ohio Jug and Nathan willplay Zoe, who is effortlessly
confident and poised in asetting.
Even though it's where shestands out, she's every bit as
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composed and cunning of theinfluential men around her.
Zoe is rumored to be the loveinterest for.
John McDonald plays Hal's loveinterest.
Sheriff Kerry Dillahunt playsmodern cowboy William Macon.
The eighth episode of Lanternsis produced by HBO in
association with Warner BrosTelevision and DC Studios.
Mundy, who serves as showrunner, lindelof and King are
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co-writing and executiveproducing.
James Hawes is directing thefirst two episodes and also
executive producing.
Zoe will be a recurring role,allowing Jaganathan to do it, as
she is a series regular on OnyxCollective's upcoming Hulu
comedy series, deli Boys.
Jaganathan, known for her rolein the Netflix comedy series
Never have I Ever also was partof the main cast of the Apple
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movie Wolves.
So what do you think?
Do you think this sounds like agood?
Basically, it's Green Lanterncrime noir.
Maybe, maybe not.
Take it, leave it Anyway.
Let's go on to the geek news.
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Geek News begins with Ice Age 6officially on the way.
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Now.
Disney had the stars of the IceAge animated movies, including
Greg Romano, queen Latifah andJohn Leguizamo, cut a promo
video for Disney's D23 BrazilExpo in which they let fans know
that movie number six isofficially in the works.
Romano does a bit for the video, in which he's actually on a
soundstage made to look like awintery scene, fully committing
to acting out the frozen climate.
Latifah makes it seem like shesent the cold air and fake snow
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to Romano as part of theirannouncement plan.
John Leguizamo pops up at theend in a completely separate
location to make a joke aboutthe herd being back and nothing
to call everyone in his phoneabout.
According to the caption fromDisney's social media accounts,
quote Just announced a D23Brazil Ice Age 6 is now in
production Ray Romano, johnLeguizamo, queen Latifa, dennis
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Leary and Simon Pega returningfor an all-new brand big-screen
adventure.
Meh, anyway, rest in peaceFreebie.
Amazon is officially shuttingdown Freebie, its free,
ad-supported video streamingservice.
Originally launched under theIMDB brand label nearly five
years ago, freebie will bephased out over the course of
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the next several weeks.
Going forward, content that hadbeen on the surface will be
subsumed under Amazon's PrimeVideo brand.
In a statement, an Amazonrepresentative said we have
built Prime Video into thefirst-stop entertainment
destination where customers canpersonalize their viewing
experience by streamingexclusive Prime member
entertainment produced by AmazonMGM Studios, licensed movies
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and series, content from otherservices and has an add-on
subscription, live sports,blockbuster movies and series to
rent or buy fast, free, adsupport streaming television
channels and the complete AmazonFreeV content offering Unquote.
Well, you know, that's the waythings are.
Big fish do tend to eat littlefish.
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After 25 years, kevin Smith isreconnecting with the man
upstairs for the unholiest ofsequels.
During his Dogma Confessionalon Sunday at VulgarCon, a
Vulture Festival, the VSQUniverse creator revealed that
he's working on a sequel to the1999 film and expects Ben
Affleck and Matt Damon to returnfor cameos at least Now.
(15:39):
Quote some people will be likedon't bleep touch it, you'll
ruin it.
And I'm here to tell you I will.
I'm bleep tickled, I've found away in unquote.
He sounded confident thatAffleck and Damon would reprise
their roles as fallen angelsBarlby and Loki.
After Smith helped save thepair's 1997 Good Will Hunting
without so much of a thank youin their Golden Globes and Oscar
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speeches.
They owe him.
Quote I have been able to holdthat over both their heads for
25 bleep years, which is whythey keep showing up in all the
movies.
Expect a cameo from them morethan a bleep cameo.
The only way we get a dogmasequel made is Now.
Dogma served as the fourthinstallment in the Smith's View
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universe, which includes ClerksMallrats Chasing Amy Jane,
silent Bob Strike Back, clerksJay and Silent Bob Reboot and
Clerks 3.
Last month, smith announced thereligious satires returning to
theaters and getting a new homevideo release after another
company purchased thedistribution rights from Miramax
(16:42):
, making it potentiallyavailable to stream for the
first time ever.
So, yeah, that's interestingnews.
Of course, unless they showcaseBarlowby and Loki in like a
kind of a dream sequence or ayou know, we're seeing them in
the past or something, because,remember, they did not survive
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the movie.
If you've seen it.
If you haven't seen it, oops,sorry for spoiling.
Sorry for spoiling a really oldmovie, 25 years.
Variety reports that Lady Gagais set to make an appearance in
Wednesday season two.
The exact nature of Gaga's roleis being kept under wraps, but
sources say it will be a cameoduring the mega hit Netflix's
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second season, which iscurrently filming in Ireland.
Sources say that the productionteam had tried to get Gaga on
the show for a larger role inseason two, but that ultimately
did not work out.
Reps for Netflix did notimmediately respond to Variety's
request for comment.
Reps for Gaga also declined.
This marked the latest actingrole for Gaga, who is best known
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for her groundbreaking musiccareer.
She starred in the bomb Joker,volet Dadou opposite Joaquin
Phoenix.
Previously, she was nominatedfor the Academy Award for Best
Actress alongside Bradley Cooperin the Star Is Born.
She has also been nominatedthree times for Best Original
Song, including one for A Star,is Born, winning that word for
her work on the song Hold myHand from Top Gun.
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Maverick Gaga has also starredin films such as the House of
Gucci and multiple seasons ofAmerican Horror Story.
Sophie Turner is innegotiations to star as Laura
Croft in Tomb Raider, primeVideo's high-profile series
adaptation of the video gamefranchise from Emmy
Award-winning Fleabag creatorPhoebe Waller-Bridge.
According to Deadlinecom, a repfor Amazon MGM Studios declined
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comment.
According to what Deadlinereported last month, the Game of
Thrones alumna was among theactresses who tested very high
for the high-profile rolepreviously played by Angelina
Jolie and Alicia Vikander.
The Tome Raider, which AmazonMGM studio head Jennifer Salk
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called epic and globetrottingwhile announcing the series'
order in May, has been a passionproject for Phoebe
Waller-Bridge, who spoke fondlyof the title character at the
time of pickup.
More Ghostbusters films are onthe way.
In an exclusive interview withthe direct's, russ Millheim,
while promoting his new movieSaturday Night Ghostbusters
(19:16):
Frozen Empire, director JillKeenan confirmed that there will
be more films in the iconicfranchise Quote.
We definitely are continuingthe conversation of telling big
Ghostbusters stories on the bigscreen.
The answer is yes, jasonReitman.
We take the responsibility andthe joy of being the keepers of
the flame of Ghostbusters veryseriously.
We definitely are continuingthe conversation of telling big
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Ghostbusters stories on the bigscreen, and stay tuned, there'll
be more.
There'll be more about thatlater.
Now the director and writeralso made sure to plug the
recently announced and madeGhostbusters series on Netflix,
which he is actively working onwith Jason Reitman.
So more Ghostbusters.
Now I have heard that the that,like the older Ghostbusters,
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like Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd, are not going to be in future
films, and that's quite allright.
We know they're there.
They can cameo in futurestories if they want, but the
series has to stand on its ownwithout using too much old stuff
(20:26):
.
Which brings us to our finalstory tonight, of course, a sad
story.
Tony Todd, an American actorknown for leading the Candyman
horror franchise as itseponymous hook-wielding ghost,
died Wednesday at his home inMarina del Rey, california, at
the age of 69.
Todd's death was confirmed by arepresentative for the actor.
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A cause of death was confirmedby a representative for the
actor.
A cause of death was notdisclosed.
A reliable presence in genrefare across four decades.
Todd's series of creditsinclude iconic titles such as
Alex Proye's comic bookadaptation the Crow, michael
Bay's Alcatraz, auctioneer theRock and the elaborate killing
set piece series FinalDestination.
One of his earliest filmperformances came in his 30s and
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offers Stone's Oscar-winningwar epic Platoon On Star Trek
the Next Generation.
Todd donned alien makeup toplay Kern, a commander in the
Klingon Defense Force andbrother of Worf.
But Todd secured his name in thegenre pantheon with his
performance in Bernard Rose'sCandyman, an early 90s
Americanized spin on a CliveBarker short story that brought
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a memorable supernatural spinand themes of gentrification and
racism.
At towering 6'5", todd playedDaniel Robitaille, aka Candyman,
the tortured, bee-covered ghostof an African-American artist
and son of a slave who wasmurdered for his relationship
with a white woman.
The film starred VirginiaMadison as a Chicago graduate
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student preparing her thesis onthe legend of Candyman by
investigating inner-city Chicago.
Madison wrote in a post onInstagram after learning of her
co-star's death.
Quote my beloved, may you restin power.
The great actor Tony Todd hasleft us and now is an angel as
he was in life more later, but Ican't right now.
I love you".
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Now Candyman positioned itselfas a somewhat arty genre play,
debuting at the TorontoInternational Film Festival at
the Midnight Madness section.
Its handling of serious themesdid not go in question at the
time, with some levyingaccusations that it trafficked
in racist stereotypes, but thefilm has endured in critical and
genre circles for itsunblinking approach to serious
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matters, connecting America'shistory of racism to the woes of
contemporary urban life.
Dodd reprised his role as asympathetic slasher several
times.
He returned for the 1995 sequelCandyman Farewell to the Flesh,
as well as the Terry Murray'sCandyman Day of the Dead in 1999
.
After decades of development,the property was revived at
(22:54):
Universal by director NiaDaCosta in 2021 with the simply
titled Candyman, whichfunctioned as a direct sequel to
the 1992 original and wasco-written by DaCosta, jordan
Peele and Wynne Rosenfield.
Todd reprised his role in thenew entry, which starred Yahya
Abdul-Mateen II, as an artistwho becomes drawn into the
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Candyman urban myth.
Born December 4, 1954, inWashington DC, todd studied at
the University of Connecticutfor two years before shifting to
the Eugene O'Neill NationalTheater Institute.
Trained for the stage, toddwould practice playwriting
himself and teach it to highschool students in Hartford.
He'd also gone on to originatethe title role in August
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Wilson's King Hedley II.
For his productions inPittsburgh, seattle and Boston,
his performance was a memorabletour de force.
Among Todd's credits totalingover 200, the actor had a
recurring role in Boston Publicand made guest appearances on
Law Order, homicide, life on theStreet, the X-Files, smallville
, psych and 24.
He also voice acted too,playing the Fallen in
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Transformers, revenge of theFallen, zoom in the CW's the
Flash and, most recently, venomin Insomniac's PlayStation Smash
Spider-Man 2.
In Insomniac's PlayStationSmash Spider-Man 2.
He starred in the Night of theLiving Dead and was one of the
few actors to recur in the FinalDestination franchise, which
would often kill off all its newcharacters by the end of each
new entry.
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Todd never stopped working,often lending his gravitas and
genre reputation todirect-to-video thrillers over
the recent years.
His profile on IMDb currentlylists more than nine titles that
have entered post-production.
Tony Todd is survived by twochildren, alex and Ariana.
Again, tony Todd was 69 yearsold, and that brings us to the
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Tonight, kirk's seat sold, denzel is Wakandan forever
, Simon Kinberg's new trilogy,kevin Smith makes more dogma,
and remember Tony Todd.
All then more on this editionof Multiverse Tonight Comic
books, sci-fi, fantasy and more.
(00:22):
If you're looking for a roundupof geeky news, you're in the
right place.
This is Multiverse Tonight, andhere's your host, thomas
(00:53):
Townley.
Well, hello everyone andwelcome to episode 227 of
Multiverse Tonight.
I'm, of course, your host,thomas Townley, and it's been a
rainy past week.
Today we got another inch ofrain.
It's basically been November,has been kind of the monsoon
season this month.
So anyway, you know, not a lothas gone on.
(01:17):
If you look behind me in thevideo, you'll see there's a new
bookcase for my books becauseI'm trying to get the floor of
this office cleaned up.
It's getting to be a hassle,and other than that, you know,
not too much going on at themoment.
Of course, we're headed towardsThanksgiving, christmas time.
(01:41):
Oh, one thing I did I went outand had to buy a brand new
top-of-the-line router for myinternet today.
It's always the way when youmove, everything breaks down
(02:01):
before you get there or when youget there.
So let's turn.
It was time for the router, soI went ahead and uh,
future-proofed myself, getting awi-fi 7 uh router, so it should
be ready for anything comesdown the pike.
Plus, given you know who wonthe election uh, you know it
(02:21):
it's it's a good idea to buystuff ahead as much as you can
right now, folks, because whoknows what the prices will be
this time next year?
Anyway, let's get on with theStar Trek news.
Four and a half decades ago,the Star Trek franchise explored
(02:43):
a new frontier motion pictures.
The soundtrack to that journeyis now beaming its way back into
the hearts and minds of itsfans.
On November 15th, enjoy theRide Records, in conjunction
with Paramount Music, willrelease the 45th anniversary
deluxe edition of composer JerryGoldsmith's score for Star Trek
the Motion Picture thedirector's edition, restored,
remixed and mastered fromfirst-generation multi-track
(03:06):
masters by Bruce Botnick,goldsmith's longtime engineer
and the original album executiveproducer.
80 minutes of music from RobertWise's inaugural big-screen
update of the Iconic Televisionseries will be pressed into
double 140-gram vinyl, a reissuelabel.
La La Land restoration expertMike Metzano co-produced the
album with Botnik, coordinatingthe new releases, editing and
(03:29):
track assembly.
The pressing, which is limitedto 1,000 copies across five
color vinyl variants to bedistributed across different
online retailers, is housed in arainbow foil laminated gatefold
cut jacket with a double-sidedfull-color insert.
A gatefold cut jacket with adouble-sided full-color insert.
Enjoy the ride and light in theattic.
Records will have exclusivecolor vinyl variants in the US
while and at the movies willissue additional variants in
(03:53):
Europe.
So it does not sound peachy.
Star Trek memorabilia sold atwarp speed over the weekend,
raking in 33.6 million as buyersblasted past anticipated prices
.
The bid where no man has gonebefore.
Julian's Auctions, bidlong andProsper set records for numerous
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prop sales, with the long-lostphaser of William Shatner's
Captain, james T Kirk, fetchinga record $910,000, which is nine
times more than expected,making it the highest-selling
Star Trek prop ever, the auctionhouse said this past Sunday the
second-highest prize went tothe Kirk's Communicare which
took in $780,000, or about eighttimes the projected asking
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price.
Kirk's bridge chair went for$44,450.
$34,450.
The tunic worn by James Doohanas Montgomery Scott, the USS
Enterprise engineer,affectionately known as Scotty,
went for $50,800, along with aDVD the auction house said had
been projected to sell between$25,000 and $30,000.
A generic female engineeringduty uniform, expected to sell
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for $3,000, $5,000, sold for$114,300.
Now the Airprys' original helmand navigation console went for
$260,000, five times more thanthe $50,000 to $70,000 it was
supposed to bring in.
Other treasures include posters, signed cast photos, sketches
of the sets and components andthe miniature of the Galileo
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shuttle used for filming.
The original series wasn't theonly draw.
Pieces from the Next GenerationVoyager and other franchise
series offered up.
Props Catherine Janeway'scommand chair from Voyager sold
for $41,257, seven times itsestimate.
Star Trek ran for just threeseasons, initially from 1966 to
1969, but took a life of its ownwith several movies, spinoffs,
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series and reboots.
And with that let's head onover to the Marvel News.
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I love that piece of music, bythe way.
By the way, if you're onYouTube, you can use that piece
of music for free.
A copyright thing, a thing thatsays they'll find copyright
music will come up, but you canuse it absolutely free.
The copyright holder does notcare.
True Honest engine DenzelWashington revealed in August
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that there are very few filmsleft for him to make at this
stage in his career, but we nowknow that Black Panther 3 is one
of them.
Speaking to Australia's Todaywhile on the press tour for
Gladiator 2, washington saidthat director Ryan Coogler is
writing him a role in the thirdBlack Panther film.
It will be one of Washington'sfinal movies, along with a new
Steve McQueen project and a filmadaptation of Shakespeare's
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Othello Quote.
For me, it's about thefilmmakers.
Especially at this point in mycareer, I'm only interested in
working with the best.
He said.
I don't know how many morefilms I'm going to make.
It's probably not that many.
I want to do things I haven'tdone.
I played Othello at 22.
I'm about to play Othello at 70, he continued.
After that I am playingHannibal.
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After that I've been talking toSteve McQueen about a film.
After that, ryan Coogler'sriding apart from me in the next
Black Panther.
After that I'm going to do thefilm Othello.
After that I'm going to do KingLear.
After that I'm going to retire.
While the Steve McQueen projectremains under wraps, netflix has
already announced it's backingAntoine Fuquas' four-movie that
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will star Washington as theancient Corinthian General,
hannibal.
As for Black Panther 3, marvelhas yet to officially announce
the sequel, but fans have beenexpecting a third tentpole from
Coogler, given the success ofthe franchise.
Hey, denzel, you want to dosomething you've never done
before?
Star Trek, come on.
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Anyway, let's go on to the StarWars news.
Roger roger, star Wars newsbegins with Star Wars fans,
having been getting some bignews recently, with a new
trilogy in the works and now aheavily anticipated Star Wars TV
series has just received anofficial release date.
That series would be Andor, thecritically acclaimed series
that some thought might not geta second season, but thankfully
it's not the case.
Now it's been very quiet on theAndor front for a while, but
(08:23):
the Disney Plus mobile apprecently updated with Andor
advertising and at the bottom ofthe poster it now reads Season
2 coming April 22.
Tying into one of Star Wars'biggest celebrations, simon
Kinberg has signed an expansivedeal to write and produce a new
Star Wars feature trilogy.
Kinberg would spearhead thelaunching of a new saga in the
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beloved galaxy far, far away andwill write the scripts for what
Lucasfilm hopes could chart abrand new path forward for the
sci-fi space opera universe.
Lucasfilm topper, kathleenKennedy, will also produce the
new trilogy.
The story is not meant to be acontinuation of the Skywalker
saga, the name of the overallarc of the popular and pop
(09:07):
culture dominating series, starWars movies known as Episodes 1
through 9.
The intent here is to havebrand new characters and a new
story and not have it be acontinuation.
According to sources to theHollywood Reporter, although
that, of course, doesn't meanthat some characters would or
would not pop up.
Kinberg already has strong StarWars ties.
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He co-created the animatedseries Star Wars Rebels as well
as, which ran for four seasonsfrom 2014 to 2018.
He also helped out on therelaunch of Star Wars after
Disney bought Lucasfilm, actingas consultant on the Force
Awakens.
Kinberg is an establishedpresence in the genre space,
having a hand in the Fox X-Menmovies, being one of the
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producers of Logan and the firsttwo Deadpool movies.
Among many other creativeduties, he is also about to go
into production on EdgarWright's take on the Stephen
King tale, the Running man, forParamount.
The writer-producer is one ofthe busiest creatives in town
and he's helping to develop therival Star Trek franchise for
Paramount, a deal he steppedinto this past spring.
(10:10):
He was due to take an activeproducing role on the
franchise's film side.
Sources say he will maintainthose duties, keeping one hand
on a lightsaber and the other ona phaser.
Lucasfilm has tried to chartdifferent paths forward before
Kennedy previously signedfilmmaker Rian Johnson to
develop a trilogy, as well asGame of Thrones creators David
Benioff and DB Weiss.
None of those actually came tofruition, with the company
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facing occasional scrutiny overthe years.
Lucasfilm will next launch a TVseries, skelton Crew, which
debuts on Disney Plus onDecember 3rd.
However, disney has pulled anew Star Wars movie, dated for
December 18th 2026, off thecalendar.
Now we hear it wasn't certainthat pertained to the continuing
(10:53):
adventures of Daisy Ridley'sRey Skywalker, so your mileage
may vary.
Now let's have a little DCComics News.
(11:18):
Dc Comics News begins withPorina Jaganathan from I Never
have I Ever having been tappedfor a heavily recurring role in
Lanterns, the HBO drama seriesbased on the Green Lantern comic
.
She joins series regulars KyleChandler, aaron Pierre and Kelly
McDonald, as well as her fellowrecruit Garrett Dillahunt.
The series from Chris Mundy,david Lindelof and Tom King
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follows new recruit Jon Stewartand lantern legend Hal Jordan,
two air galactic cops drawn intoa dark Earth-based mystery as
they investigate a murder in theAmerican heartland.
So Ohio Jug and Nathan willplay Zoe, who is effortlessly
confident and poised in asetting.
Even though it's where shestands out, she's every bit as
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composed and cunning of theinfluential men around her.
Zoe is rumored to be the loveinterest for.
John McDonald plays Hal's loveinterest.
Sheriff Kerry Dillahunt playsmodern cowboy William Macon.
The eighth episode of Lanternsis produced by HBO in
association with Warner BrosTelevision and DC Studios.
Mundy, who serves as showrunner, lindelof and King are
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co-writing and executiveproducing.
James Hawes is directing thefirst two episodes and also
executive producing.
Zoe will be a recurring role,allowing Jaganathan to do it, as
she is a series regular on OnyxCollective's upcoming Hulu
comedy series, deli Boys.
Jaganathan, known for her rolein the Netflix comedy series
Never have I Ever also was partof the main cast of the Apple
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movie Wolves.
So what do you think?
Do you think this sounds like agood?
Basically, it's Green Lanterncrime noir.
Maybe, maybe not.
Take it, leave it Anyway.
Let's go on to the geek news.
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Geek News begins with Ice Age 6officially on the way.
(13:27):
Now.
Disney had the stars of the IceAge animated movies, including
Greg Romano, queen Latifah andJohn Leguizamo, cut a promo
video for Disney's D23 BrazilExpo in which they let fans know
that movie number six isofficially in the works.
Romano does a bit for the video, in which he's actually on a
soundstage made to look like awintery scene, fully committing
to acting out the frozen climate.
Latifah makes it seem like shesent the cold air and fake snow
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to Romano as part of theirannouncement plan.
John Leguizamo pops up at theend in a completely separate
location to make a joke aboutthe herd being back and nothing
to call everyone in his phoneabout.
According to the caption fromDisney's social media accounts,
quote Just announced a D23Brazil Ice Age 6 is now in
production Ray Romano, johnLeguizamo, queen Latifa, dennis
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Leary and Simon Pega returningfor an all-new brand big-screen
adventure.
Meh, anyway, rest in peaceFreebie.
Amazon is officially shuttingdown Freebie, its free,
ad-supported video streamingservice.
Originally launched under theIMDB brand label nearly five
years ago, freebie will bephased out over the course of
(14:34):
the next several weeks.
Going forward, content that hadbeen on the surface will be
subsumed under Amazon's PrimeVideo brand.
In a statement, an Amazonrepresentative said we have
built Prime Video into thefirst-stop entertainment
destination where customers canpersonalize their viewing
experience by streamingexclusive Prime member
entertainment produced by AmazonMGM Studios, licensed movies
(14:56):
and series, content from otherservices and has an add-on
subscription, live sports,blockbuster movies and series to
rent or buy fast, free, adsupport streaming television
channels and the complete AmazonFreeV content offering Unquote.
Well, you know, that's the waythings are.
Big fish do tend to eat littlefish.
(15:18):
After 25 years, kevin Smith isreconnecting with the man
upstairs for the unholiest ofsequels.
During his Dogma Confessionalon Sunday at VulgarCon, a
Vulture Festival, the VSQUniverse creator revealed that
he's working on a sequel to the1999 film and expects Ben
Affleck and Matt Damon to returnfor cameos at least Now.
(15:39):
Quote some people will be likedon't bleep touch it, you'll
ruin it.
And I'm here to tell you I will.
I'm bleep tickled, I've found away in unquote.
He sounded confident thatAffleck and Damon would reprise
their roles as fallen angelsBarlby and Loki.
After Smith helped save thepair's 1997 Good Will Hunting
without so much of a thank youin their Golden Globes and Oscar
(16:00):
speeches.
They owe him.
Quote I have been able to holdthat over both their heads for
25 bleep years, which is whythey keep showing up in all the
movies.
Expect a cameo from them morethan a bleep cameo.
The only way we get a dogmasequel made is Now.
Dogma served as the fourthinstallment in the Smith's View
(16:20):
universe, which includes ClerksMallrats Chasing Amy Jane,
silent Bob Strike Back, clerksJay and Silent Bob Reboot and
Clerks 3.
Last month, smith announced thereligious satires returning to
theaters and getting a new homevideo release after another
company purchased thedistribution rights from Miramax
(16:42):
, making it potentiallyavailable to stream for the
first time ever.
So, yeah, that's interestingnews.
Of course, unless they showcaseBarlowby and Loki in like a
kind of a dream sequence or ayou know, we're seeing them in
the past or something, because,remember, they did not survive
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the movie.
If you've seen it.
If you haven't seen it, oops,sorry for spoiling.
Sorry for spoiling a really oldmovie, 25 years.
Variety reports that Lady Gagais set to make an appearance in
Wednesday season two.
The exact nature of Gaga's roleis being kept under wraps, but
sources say it will be a cameoduring the mega hit Netflix's
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second season, which iscurrently filming in Ireland.
Sources say that the productionteam had tried to get Gaga on
the show for a larger role inseason two, but that ultimately
did not work out.
Reps for Netflix did notimmediately respond to Variety's
request for comment.
Reps for Gaga also declined.
This marked the latest actingrole for Gaga, who is best known
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for her groundbreaking musiccareer.
She starred in the bomb Joker,volet Dadou opposite Joaquin
Phoenix.
Previously, she was nominatedfor the Academy Award for Best
Actress alongside Bradley Cooperin the Star Is Born.
She has also been nominatedthree times for Best Original
Song, including one for A Star,is Born, winning that word for
her work on the song Hold myHand from Top Gun.
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Maverick Gaga has also starredin films such as the House of
Gucci and multiple seasons ofAmerican Horror Story.
Sophie Turner is innegotiations to star as Laura
Croft in Tomb Raider, primeVideo's high-profile series
adaptation of the video gamefranchise from Emmy
Award-winning Fleabag creatorPhoebe Waller-Bridge.
According to Deadlinecom, a repfor Amazon MGM Studios declined
(18:34):
comment.
According to what Deadlinereported last month, the Game of
Thrones alumna was among theactresses who tested very high
for the high-profile rolepreviously played by Angelina
Jolie and Alicia Vikander.
The Tome Raider, which AmazonMGM studio head Jennifer Salk
(18:55):
called epic and globetrottingwhile announcing the series'
order in May, has been a passionproject for Phoebe
Waller-Bridge, who spoke fondlyof the title character at the
time of pickup.
More Ghostbusters films are onthe way.
In an exclusive interview withthe direct's, russ Millheim,
while promoting his new movieSaturday Night Ghostbusters
(19:16):
Frozen Empire, director JillKeenan confirmed that there will
be more films in the iconicfranchise Quote.
We definitely are continuingthe conversation of telling big
Ghostbusters stories on the bigscreen.
The answer is yes, jasonReitman.
We take the responsibility andthe joy of being the keepers of
the flame of Ghostbusters veryseriously.
We definitely are continuingthe conversation of telling big
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Ghostbusters stories on the bigscreen, and stay tuned, there'll
be more.
There'll be more about thatlater.
Now the director and writeralso made sure to plug the
recently announced and madeGhostbusters series on Netflix,
which he is actively working onwith Jason Reitman.
So more Ghostbusters.
Now I have heard that the that,like the older Ghostbusters,
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like Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd, are not going to be in future
films, and that's quite allright.
We know they're there.
They can cameo in futurestories if they want, but the
series has to stand on its ownwithout using too much old stuff
(20:26):
.
Which brings us to our finalstory tonight, of course, a sad
story.
Tony Todd, an American actorknown for leading the Candyman
horror franchise as itseponymous hook-wielding ghost,
died Wednesday at his home inMarina del Rey, california, at
the age of 69.
Todd's death was confirmed by arepresentative for the actor.
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A cause of death was confirmedby a representative for the
actor.
A cause of death was notdisclosed.
A reliable presence in genrefare across four decades.
Todd's series of creditsinclude iconic titles such as
Alex Proye's comic bookadaptation the Crow, michael
Bay's Alcatraz, auctioneer theRock and the elaborate killing
set piece series FinalDestination.
One of his earliest filmperformances came in his 30s and
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offers Stone's Oscar-winningwar epic Platoon On Star Trek
the Next Generation.
Todd donned alien makeup toplay Kern, a commander in the
Klingon Defense Force andbrother of Worf.
But Todd secured his name in thegenre pantheon with his
performance in Bernard Rose'sCandyman, an early 90s
Americanized spin on a CliveBarker short story that brought
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a memorable supernatural spinand themes of gentrification and
racism.
At towering 6'5", todd playedDaniel Robitaille, aka Candyman,
the tortured, bee-covered ghostof an African-American artist
and son of a slave who wasmurdered for his relationship
with a white woman.
The film starred VirginiaMadison as a Chicago graduate
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student preparing her thesis onthe legend of Candyman by
investigating inner-city Chicago.
Madison wrote in a post onInstagram after learning of her
co-star's death.
Quote my beloved, may you restin power.
The great actor Tony Todd hasleft us and now is an angel as
he was in life more later, but Ican't right now.
I love you".
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Now Candyman positioned itselfas a somewhat arty genre play,
debuting at the TorontoInternational Film Festival at
the Midnight Madness section.
Its handling of serious themesdid not go in question at the
time, with some levyingaccusations that it trafficked
in racist stereotypes, but thefilm has endured in critical and
genre circles for itsunblinking approach to serious
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matters, connecting America'shistory of racism to the woes of
contemporary urban life.
Dodd reprised his role as asympathetic slasher several
times.
He returned for the 1995 sequelCandyman Farewell to the Flesh,
as well as the Terry Murray'sCandyman Day of the Dead in 1999
.
After decades of development,the property was revived at
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Universal by director NiaDaCosta in 2021 with the simply
titled Candyman, whichfunctioned as a direct sequel to
the 1992 original and wasco-written by DaCosta, jordan
Peele and Wynne Rosenfield.
Todd reprised his role in thenew entry, which starred Yahya
Abdul-Mateen II, as an artistwho becomes drawn into the
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Candyman urban myth.
Born December 4, 1954, inWashington DC, todd studied at
the University of Connecticutfor two years before shifting to
the Eugene O'Neill NationalTheater Institute.
Trained for the stage, toddwould practice playwriting
himself and teach it to highschool students in Hartford.
He'd also gone on to originatethe title role in August
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Wilson's King Hedley II.
For his productions inPittsburgh, seattle and Boston,
his performance was a memorabletour de force.
Among Todd's credits totalingover 200, the actor had a
recurring role in Boston Publicand made guest appearances on
Law Order, homicide, life on theStreet, the X-Files, smallville
, psych and 24.
He also voice acted too,playing the Fallen in
(23:56):
Transformers, revenge of theFallen, zoom in the CW's the
Flash and, most recently, venomin Insomniac's PlayStation Smash
Spider-Man 2.
In Insomniac's PlayStationSmash Spider-Man 2.
He starred in the Night of theLiving Dead and was one of the
few actors to recur in the FinalDestination franchise, which
would often kill off all its newcharacters by the end of each
new entry.
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Todd never stopped working,often lending his gravitas and
genre reputation todirect-to-video thrillers over
the recent years.
His profile on IMDb currentlylists more than nine titles that
have entered post-production.
Tony Todd is survived by twochildren, alex and Ariana.
Again, tony Todd was 69 yearsold, and that brings us to the
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end of this edition of the show.
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