Welcome to your Monday edition of Geek News You Should Know.
1) Nobody really knows much about who will be playing what roles in Star Wars Episode VII, but it is rumored (could almost be part of Ridiculous Rumor Round-Up) that Adam Driver will be playing Han Solo and Princess Leia's son. It's hard to imagine that scruffy nerfherder from Girls fighting along side the Jedi however, as I could easily see him turning to the dark side.
2) If you haven't seen the season finale of Once Upon a Time and want to, skip this. The world of Frozen has officially invaded Once Upon a Time, as Elsa appears at the end of the season finale that aired last night. Kind of seems like Disney (which makes both and owns ABC) is trying to capitalize on it's billion dollar animated movie with the crossover, but it's a good move that I'm sure will spike interest in the show going into Season 4 next fall. However, Elsa may not be the only Frozen character coming to Once Upon a Time, I'm personally hoping they figure out a way to bring Olaf to the show!
3) It's been announced that instead of the Daredevil series coming to Netflix will be treated as one long movie instead of 13 individual episodes. Netflix figures many will binge on the show and plan on telling story elements that will resonate with audiences as they won't have to wait 2 or 3 weeks for information and can get it just a few hours later.
4) Both X-Men and Fantastic Four are Marvel movies owned by FOX and while there have been talks about the properties to crossover in the past, however at least initially the two will not take place in the same universe and will not be aware of each others existence.
5) FOX has released it's upcoming line-up for the 2014-2015 and in my opinion looks much more promsing than NBC's. The biggest news is the end of Animation Domination on Sunday Nights as animated shows Bob's Burgers, The Simpsons, and Family Guy are now joined by Brooklyn Nine-Nine and the new comedy show Mulaney (starring former SNL writer John Mulaney). Also, Glee's final season has been pushed back to midseason, probably to air as one entire Glee chunk. Bones moves back to one of it's old homes on Thursday night.
The Batman universe inspired show Gotham, focusing on Detective Jim Gordon will air on Monday nights. Red Band Society, a high school drama set in a children's hospirtal will air on Wednesday nights. Gracepoint, the US adaptation of Broadchurch, which stars David Tennant as the same role as he played on Broadchurch, is a whodunnit mystery show along the lines of The Killing and The Bridge.
I'm not one for reality TV, but I'm liking the concept behind Utopia. A group of people move out to an undeveloped piece of land for a year and have to create a civilization out of nothing. They will have to write the rulebook for their society and also be productive members or risk being voted out and replaced by others wanting to come to their land. This will be shown on Tuesday and Friday nights, but also be streaming online as cameras will be rolling 24/7. I have a feeling that much like the Dutch series it is based on, this could be a huge hit for FOX.
You can check out the trailers for all the shows premiering in Fall as well as some midseason shows here.
Here is their Fall Schedule (times listed in central):
Monday
7:00: Gotham
8:00: Sleepy Hollow
Tuesday
7:00: Utopia
8:00: New Girl
8:30: The Mindy Project
Wednesday
7:00: Hell's Kitchen
8:00: Red Band Society
Thursday
7:00: Bones
8:00: Gracepoint
Friday
7:00: MasterChef Junior
8:00: Utopia
Sunday
6:30 : Bob's Burgers
7:00: The Simpsons
7:30: Brooklyn Nine-Nine
8:00: Family Guy
8:30: Mulaney
No comments:
Post a Comment