San Diego Comic-Con International 2018 has come and gone and in it's wake it left behind a massive pile of nerdy news to discuss. Julian, Jeremy, and Daniel break down the biggest announcements, trailers and controversies from this year's SDCC. Starting with James Gunn's firing, moving on to the Aquaman and Shazam! trailers, the cringe worthy Titans teaser and DC Universe details, the surprise resurrection of Star Wars: The Clone Wars and much, much, much, more! This is a jam packed show, so sit down, strap in, and get ready for a torrential downpour of nerdy discourse.
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Show Notes
Movies
- James Gunn fired from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 following Twitter outrage.
- Trailers
- Aquaman
- Shazam!
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters
- Glass
- Wonder Woman: 1984 footage shown but not released online.
- WB Animation announces a 4th DC film for 2019: Wonder Woman: Bloodlines.
- Venom footage, also not released, revealed the villain is another symbiote, Riot, played by Riz Ahmed.
- Uncharted fan film featuring Nathan Fillion.
TV
- Deadline reports that HBO has scrapped 4 out 5 of it’s Game of Thrones spin-offs that it had in development. The surviving project, by Kick-Ass and Kingsman co-writer Jane Goldman and author George R.R. Martin, is “Set thousands of years before the events of Thrones"
- Titans teaser trailer.
- DC's streaming service, DC Universe, will cost $7.99 a month in the US.
- Former DC Entertainment President Geoff Johns announced at his San Diego Comic-Con panel today that Stargirl would be receiving her own TV series coming to DC Universe.
- Young Justice: Outsiders trailer.
- Iron Fist season 2 addressing the issues from season 1.
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars is coming back!!!!
- At The Clone Wars 10th anniversary panel, series creator and producer Dave Filoni announced that the series will return for a final season, this time on Disney’s upcoming streaming service. #CloneWarsSaved
- Buffy The Vampire Slayer Reboot.
- Star Trek: Discovery will feature Spock next season alongside Captain Pike.
- Andrew Lincoln is officially leaving The Walking Dead.
- Nearly 12 years later “Deadwood” is finally getting a movie. HBO programming president Casey Bloys confirmed that they are finally moving forward with the project.
- Batman: The Animated Series Blu-ray Collection Coming in October.
- A Batwoman series is in development at The CW, which will bring Bruce Wayne's cousin, Kate Kane, to the Arrowverse.
- The new TMNT animated series scheduled to kick off in 2018 on Nickelodeon will be called Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and is going back to 2D animation.
Comics/Misc
- Batman gets a new costume. Going back to basics, it will feature the black trunks, joining Superman who is back in his red trunks as well.
- Geoff Johns is working on a new Shazam series for DC, with art from Dale Eaglesham.
- Batman: Three Jokers Comic from Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok Revealed by DC.
- DC is relaunching Green Lantern with Grant Morrison and artist Liam Sharp at the helm, taking GL "back to his classic roots".
- Star Wars Prequel books announced:
- Queen’s Shadow; a novel by E.K. Johnston that dives into the history of Padmé Amidala.
- Master and Apprentice; by Claudia Gray, will focus on Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn's adventures prior to the events of The Phantom Menace.
