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Bryan Fuller’s Teasing Us With This Star Trek: Discovery Alien, Isn’t He?

Bryan Fuller put an image of a Star Trek: Discovery make up test online yesterday. And my is it familiar. It looks like the options are either a new species or Andorian. Without knowing the texture or, more revealingly, the color, it’s impossible to know for sure. But to wildly speculate, which I am happy … Continued

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Suicide Squad‘s Harley Quinn and Killer Croc Are Coming to Gotham, Eventually

The executive producers of Fox’s show Gotham confirmed Monday that Suicide Squad characters Harley Quinn and Killer Croc are coming to the show. When and how, however, is slightly less exciting. Apparently, Harley and Croc will show up a “proto” versions of themselves, very much like all the other villains on the show. They’ll be … Continued

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After Almost Three Decades, The Simpsons Is Finally Doing An Hour Long Episode

After 27 seasons and almost 600 episodes, you’d think The Simpsons had done everything. But in its upcoming 28th season, the iconic animated show is doing something for the first time ever: an episode that’s a full hour long. At the TCA Summer Press Tour, Fox announced that the upcoming season will include a one-hour … Continued

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Oh, Come On Fox, Do Not Defend the X-Files Revival Season

Look, the X-Files revival season was incredibly rocky. It had one high, a couple of lows, and mostly some mediocre middles. It was a cash grab based on nostalgia and, yeah, we watched it. But don’t try to defend it. Fox entertainment president David Madden said this: I actually think that the season, the six … Continued

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Stargirl Is the Latest Member of the Justice Society to Join Legends of Tomorrow

Legends of Tomorrow has added another new hero to its time-traveling team: Courtney Whitmore, a.k.a. Stargirl. She’ll be played by Sarah Gray, whose TV resume includes Wayward Pines, Lucifer, and Bates Motel. She also has a supporting role in the upcoming Power Rangers movie. Stargirl—a character who previously turned up on Smallville—isn’t the first new … Continued

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The Third Season of Star Wars Rebels Premieres September 24

The next chapter in the Star Wars universe will be here before Rogue One. It’s the return of Star Wars Rebels, and Disney XD just announced we can expect season three to finally premiere on September 24. Along with the announcement, here’s a brief teaser: For more on what to expect in season three, here’s … Continued

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The Latest Casualty of Luke Cage: This T-Shirt

Can we start taking running bets on how many T-shirts Luke Cage will go through in the first season of his self-titled Netflix show? Because I’m gonna say a lot. Poor guy must have to buy them in bulk or something. Here’s the new key art for Luke Cage, released today to announce the arrival … Continued

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American Horror Story Drops a Terrifying New Clue (?) About Its Mysterious Sixth Season

The theme of American Horror Story’s sixth season has remained a closely-guarded secret, with only a few enigmatic promos to go on. If you read certain tabloid websites, you might have a few more clues … thanks, little birds of the internet. But even so. What the hell is going on here? Most likely, that’s … Continued

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Sleepy Hollow Can’t Stop Adding New Cast Members Ahead of Its Fourth Season

Against what some would consider incredible odds, Sleepy Hollow was renewed for a fourth season in May, and the show has been retooling the hell out of itself ever since. It will be re-set in Washington, D.C.; Ichabod will have a new partner and villain to contend with; and now there are three new supporting … Continued

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The Walking Dead Promises It Will Not Re-Shit the Bed in Season Seven

Good news for fans of The Walking Dead and clean places to sleep. TWD creator Robert Kirkman has announced the seventh season of the series will not end with a cliffhanger that infuriates virtually of its viewers. Probably a good decision, guys! For those who think that the aggravation of the season six cliffhanger has … Continued

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Details on How Lionsgate Wants Divergent to Play Out on TV

It’s still incredibly weird that Divergent is suddenly going from humongous box office adaptation to TV show—but now we know a little but more about how that eventual transformation is going to be made. Not only will the final movie be re-adapted, but the series itself will continue to tell new stories in the Divergent … Continued

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ABC Explains Why Marvel’s Most Wanted Was Mostly Unwanted

The one-two hit Marvel TV fans took when both Agent Carter was canceled and Agents of SHIELD spinoff Most Wanted was dropped by ABC was a rough one. While we’ve had answers as to why Agent Carter came to a close, why Most Wanted was left behind was never discussed—but it turns out the reason … Continued

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Concert to Include News About an ‘Extension’ to the ‘Game of Thrones Universe’

The future of Game of Thrones has been a topic of much debate of late, with news of just how much of the show is actually left, and even talk ofa potential spinoff series, making the rounds. There are so many questions left unanswered, but we will apparently learn about an “extension to the Game … Continued

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Lex Luthor’s Not-Quite-as-Evil Sister, Lena, Is Coming to Supergirl

This Supergirl casting news may not be as exciting as the Superman reveal, but it’s still intriguing. British actor Katie McGrath, last seen being eaten by a dinosaur in Jurassic World, will play Lena Luthor, the new CEO of the family biz—because her brother Lex has been incarcerated in a rather interesting parallel to DC’s … Continued

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Kamala Khan Makes Her Debut on the Avengers  Cartoon This Sunday

We’ve known that Ms. Marvel was coming to the Avengers cartoon at some point, but now we actually know when: really soon! A new clip from this Sunday’s episode of Avengers: Ultron Revolution (née Assemble) has been released online, and it shows Kamala joining the fight alongside Captain American and Iron Man. Also joining Kamala … Continued

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Ash vs Evil Dead Reveals the Demonic Villain Who’ll Be Tearing Up Elk Grove in Season Two 

Ash vs Evil Dead recently bumped up its return date from Halloween to October 2, and the gifts just keep coming. Here’s first look at season two’s big bad, a powerful demon named Baal who’s played by Joel Tobeck (Sons of Anarchy, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King). At the recent … Continued

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ABC and Lucasfilm Are in Talks to Potentially Make a Live-Action Star Wars TV Show

Lucasfilm’s plans to bring the galaxy far, far away to live action TV have waxed and waned over the years—Lucas himself famously had the long-in-gestation Star Wars Underworld, but after the Disney acquisition, hopes of it coming to TV were quashed pretty rapidly. This is Star Wars, though: now there’s a new hope. Speaking at … Continued

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The Future Corporate Dystopia Is Here (Again) in the First Trailer for Incorporated

The five-minutes-into-the-future megacorp dystopia is hardly a new concept—this Matt Damon and Ben Affleck-produced take on it for Syfy is just the latest in a long line. Original or otherwise, however, the first footage from Incorporated manages to strike an effectively tense tone. Incorporated follows SPIGA Biotech employee Ben Larson (Sean Teale) as he infiltrates … Continued

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Mr. Robot Is Finally Good Again

Hot damn! After a couple of weeks of dull slogs and tedious jaunts into the waaaaacky world of Elliot and friends, Mr. Robot is back on track. This shit just got real good. The founders of modern American spycraft, the Dulles brothers, are probably going to be remembered as monsters for the way they callously … Continued

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Alan Tudyk Takes a Spacewalk of Shame in the Con Man Season Two Trailer

Con Man is the star-studded parody show created by the ubiquitous Alan Tudyk, where he and Nathan Fillion play parody versions of themselves as they traverse the world of comic book conventions. Season two is coming soon and the first trailer is finally here. (It actually debuted at San Diego Comic-Con but just now arrived … Continued