Ricky Whittle Talks American Gods Season 2 at SDCC
American Gods star Ricky Whittle dropped some interesting spoiler morsels during an interview with TVLine at San Diego Comic-Con a couple of weeks ago.
Is a feline going to be smitten with Shadow Moon? Did Shadow Moon and Bilquis almost meet in Season 1? What about Laura’s great love and physical decaying? What other new characters will we be getting to know in Season Two?
Watch the following video for all the answers to those questions:
Midnight, Texas: “Lemuel, Unchained” Sneak Peeks
Angels, vampires, psychics, witches, assassins, racist biker gangs, ghost grandmas and a talking cat! Welcome back to Midnight, Texas.
The cast of NBC’s sexy supernatural summer series attended San Diego Comic-Con a couple of weeks ago. TVLine sat down with the cast and chatted with the cast about what’s to come.
Here are two sneak peeks from episode three titled “Lemuel, Unchained”:
Midnight, Texas airs Mondays at 10pm/9c on NBC.
SDCC: Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther Thor: Ragnarok Panels and Interviews
Below is a collection of the Marvel Studios San Diego Comic-Con panels.
For the Thor: Ragnarok panel, Marvel brought director Taika Waititi, Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Mark Ruffalo (Bruce Banner/Hulk), Cate Blanchett (Hela), Jeff Goldblum (Grandmaster), Tessa Thompson (Valkyrie), Karl Urban (Skurge) and Rachel House (Topaz).
For the Black Panther panel, Marvel brought director Ryan Coogler, Chadwick Boseman (T’Challa/Black Panther), Lupita Nyong’o (Nakia), Michael B. Jordan (Erik Killmonger), Danai Gurira (Okoye), Forest Whitaker (Zuri), Daniel Kaluuya (W’Kabi), Andy Serkis (Ulysses Klaue), Winston Duke (M’Baku) and Letitia Wright (Shuri).
H/T: Comic Book Movie
DCTV Casting Scoop: Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow
There has been an incredible amount of casting news announced for our favorite DC/CW superhero shows. The following is a round up of all the important casting news that has been announced recently.
- Arrow
Manu Bennett (Slade Wilson) will recur during Season 6. “I can report that Manu Bennett is back to being a part of the show and I think we will see him multiple times this year, which is awesome,” star Stephen Amell announced during Heroes & Villains FanFest.
Michael Emerson is joining Season 6 in the recurring role of… Well that isn’t known quite yet. But Stephen Amell is totally on board with this announcement.
Arrow premieres October 12.
- The Flash
Britne Oldford will reprise her Season 1 role as villainous metahuman Peek-a-Boo in the season 4 premiere of The Flash. Details on what brings Peek-a-Boo back are being kept under wraps.
Neil Sandilands will play the villainous metahuman known as Clifford Devoe aka “The Thinker”. Devoe is “a megamind who embarks on a season-long battle” with the Scarlet Speedster, per the official description. He is “a true genius” who has “devised an intricate plan to fix all that he deems wrong with humanity.”
Kim Engelbrecht will play Devoe’s partner-in-crime, the DC Comics character The Mechanic. A true believer and a highly intelligent engineer who designs devices for The Thinker to help him implement his plan.
Danny Trejo has been cast as Earth-19 bounty hunter, Gypsy’s imposing father, Breacher.
The Flash premieres October 10.
- Supergirl
Odette Annable is joining as a series regular. She will play the new Big Bad “Worldkiller” Reign.
Supergirl premieres October 9.
- DC’s Legends of Tomorrow
Tala Ashe has joined the cast as Zari Adrianna Tomaz, a Muslim-American computer nerd with a wry, combative attitude who hails from the year 2030.
Billy Zane will play politician and showman P.T. Barnum, who founded Barnum & Bailey Circus (aka “The Greatest Show on Earth”).
Tracy Ifeachor will play Season 3 Big Bad Kuasa. Kuasa is the sister of Mari McCabe, a.k.a. Megalyn E.K.’s version of Vixen. So that means Kuasa is also the granddaughter of Maisie Richardson Sellers’ version of Vixen, Amaya.
Showrunner Marc Guggenheim announced during Comic-Con that the show has had “really good conversations” with Matt Ryan to reprise his role as Constantine on Legends, but for now, the actor is busy with other projects.
Legends of Tomorrow premieres October 10.
Posters for ‘Black Panther’ and ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Unveiled at Comic Con
Comic-Con preview night saw the unveiling of two new posters for Marvel’s Black Panther and Thor: Ragnarok.
In the Black Panther poster, we can see some kind of upgrade to T’Challa’s suit. Maybe Wakandan magic? Hm?
Whereas in the Thor: Ragnarok poster, we take a look at the magnificent Hella standing over two scared-looking Thor and Loki.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Will Not Attend San Diego Comic-Con this Year
This Friday, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. executive producer Maurissa Tancharoen announced on Twitter that they won’t be attending San Diego Comic-Con later this month.
Truly sorry we won't be at #SDCC but we hope to see you at #NYCC.Just know we're working hard to bring you an awesome S5 of #AgentsofSHIELD.
— Maurissa Tancharoen (@MoTancharoen) June 30, 2017
This is the first time in five years that the TV show will be skipping the famous event.
Tancharoen said, however, that they will be attending New York Comic-Con.
Other Marvel shows are already set to have a panel at the con, such as:
- Marvel’s Inhumans – July 20
- The Defenders – July 20
- Legion – July 20
- The Punisher- July 21
- The Gifted – July 21
Once Upon A Time Season One Opening Sequences
The creators of ABC’s Once Upon A Time treated the Comic-Con audience (and fans) over the summer to a compilation of all of the opening sequences used during the fantasy series’ first season.
Included in the compilation is a small tease of what’s to come with opening sequences featuring Mulan, Princess Aurora (aka Sleeping Beauty) and the infamous beanstalk.
Here’s the video:
Once Upon A Time premieres its second season on Sunday, September 30 @ 8pm ET on ABC.
ABC’s Once Upon A Time – Singlebrooke Dating Service
The creators of Once Upon A Time shared with fans this fantastic video at Comic-Con over the summer that showed our favorite Storybrooke residents (Mary-Margaret, David Nolan, Emma, Regina, Henry, etc.) taking part in a dating service called “Singlebrooke”.
Here’s the official synopsis:
Living in a small town like Storybrooke can make it very hard to find your happily ever after. That’s why we created Singlebrooke, for people like us to find their fairytale ending. Maybe you can find that charming someone who can bring the magic back into your life.
Here’s the video:
Once Upon A Time premieres its second season on Sunday, September 30 @ 8pm ET on ABC.