OTF's Blue Publication January 2015
It’s been another busy December for the Blue Report on Facebook. News of a trailer released for Terminator: Genisys hit the web on the 4th. Then it was announced that J.K. Rowling would be releasing a dozen new short stories based on her wildly popular Harry Potter series. Benedict Cumberbatch was reported to be branching out into the Marvel universe, having been cast as Doctor Strange.
The website theverge.com posted an article about a British miniseries that the author compared to The Twilight Zone, called Black Mirror. Anyone who wants to check out that series can go to Netflix to do so. The next article was on Roberto Orci backing out as director of the next Star Trek movie. And in more news about television shows you really should be watching, go read up on The Librarians, especially if you’re still mourning the loss of Warehouse 13. It airs Sunday nights on TNT.
It was reported that Mark Hamill will be in an episode of The Flash, as the villain The Trickster. Bebop and Rocksteady will be introduced in the next Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. Christopher Lee, of Lord Of The Rings and Star Wars has released new music – something that prior to the article, I was unaware was on his resume. News hit the web about a new UK theme park, pulling in inspiration from Sherlock, Doctor Who and Top Gear.
Speaking of Doctor Who, Colin Baker, the man who portrayed the 6th incarnation of the Time Lord in the mid-80s, is set to appear in the Star Trek continues web series. And a new series called Trek: Isolation has hit the web.
The characters seen in the “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” trailer got names (and trading card images) in mid-December. And have you all seen those side-by-side images of Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher as Luke and Leia, then and now? Well, that’s how Mark Hamill actually looks. He was contractually obligated to look older and wiser, with a beard, for the next movie or three. Personally, I think he’s a scruffy-looking nerfherder. A video hit the web featuring the voice of Frank Oz as Yoda for the cartoon Star Wars Rebels, as well as news of a new web series ahead of “The Force Awakens”.
William Shatter is set to guest star on the SyFy Channel’s series “Haven”. Planning a trip to Thailand? Rent a Hobbit Hole-inspired home. A trailer for Season Three of Orphan Black hit the web this month. Following the news that Roberto Orci was out as the next Star Trek director came news that he was no longer writing the next movie either. The only positive thing that came out of December regarding the next movie was a release date of July 8th. And lastly came news of the Smithsonian’s Enterprise conservation project.
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