Comic Talk Headlines For June 18, 2019

It's Wednesday and time for the Comic Talk Headlines with Dustin, aka, Generally Nerdy! Catch up on everything that's happening in the world of comic books, movies and TV on Tuesdays and Fridays and be sure to subscribe to get fresh daily content. Here I am... Rock you like a news-a-cane...below are your notes for today's episode of the headlines! TV Titans: Drew Van Acker has been cast as Aqualad. https://twitter.com/DCUTitans The Tick: Ben Edlund breaks the news to fans. No new takers. https://deadline.com/2019/06/the-tick-creator-confirms-canceled-series-fails-to-find-new-home-1202633297/ Umbrella Academy: Season 2 is in production. https://twitter.com/UmbrellaAcad Pennyworth: KSiteTV has the synopses for the first 5 episodes of the pre-Batman show. It seems like the show is taking us even further back than anticipated as Thomas and Martha are not yet married. Will we see more of Martha’s family? Will it maybe allude to the first Batwoman? http://www.ksitetv.com/pennyworth/pennyworth-spoilers-descriptions-for-the-first-5-episodes/195003/ Movies Hunger Games: Lions Gate is going to be making a movie based on the forthcoming novel from Suzanne Collins. It is going to be a prequel to the Hunger Games series. https://variety.com/2019/film/news/lionsgate-hunger-games-prequel-movie-1203245355/ Justice League: We Got This Covered is reporting that they have a source that is claiming WB is looking to bring James Gunn into the director’s chair, and possibly writer’s desk, for a NEW Justice League movie. https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/james-gunn-considered-direct-justice-league-reboot-wb/ Gears of War: Rod Fergusson, the big guy in the world of Gears, told IGN that the movie that is in production is set in a different reality than the game. “In order for the movie to be successful, it has to be a great movie first and a Gears movie second,” said Fergusson. “Basically the way that we sort of reconciled that was, we said, ‘oh the movie should be an alternate reality. It should not be dependent on the game story, nor should it influence the game story.’” Cue internet backlash…https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/06/17/the-gears-of-war-movie-is-set-in-an-alternate-reality-ign-first You can support this show by visiting our merch store, or by leaving us an Apple Podcasts review.