Laugh It Up Fuzzball #130 – Sportsball!!! Disney’s rich!!! Woo?

Welcome to the place where I get to let my geek flag fly and talk about all things geek. Basically a fuzzy guide to life, the universe, and everything but mostly geek stuff. This is where I look into the world of geekdom and some geek news, comics, The Simpsons, Star Wars, and whatever randomness finds its way onto the recording. This level of the podcast includes thoughts on the Sportsball commercials: Avengers Endgame / Toy Story 4 / Captain Marvel, we got a sponsor! Sort of, most hated Star Wars characters list on Dork Side the Force, Vader film copyright controversy, EA cancelled their open world Star Wars game, Anthony Daniels hints at possible Episode IX title reveal, Star Wars Episode IX: Knights of Ren rumor, Ewan McGregor is happy Star Wars prequel trilogy has found new love, Taika Waititi says his Star Wars TV Series has the original trilogy feel, Galaxy’s Edge comic book and books, Simpsons getting two more seasons, Captain Marvel screenwriter to write Scarlet Witch/Vision series, Congresswoman references Watchmen in a tweet, Sterling K Brown originally auditioned for M’Baku in Black Panther, Fandango’s first-day pre-sales charts: Captain Marvel is #3 of the MCU films, J.R.R. Tolkien bio pic from Fox Searchlight May 10, Black Panther and Into the Spider-Verse winning all the awards… Oscars next, Shazam Mini-Trailer, Director David Sandberg compares Shazam to ’80s movies, New Mutants may arrive on Hulu, Rumor that Channing Tatum might direct Gambit, Deadpool 2 released in China, Toby Emmerich confident on direction of DC films, Aquaman becomes highest grossing DC movie ever, Vin Diesel starts hyping up Bloodshot movie from Valiant, Patty Jenkins knows how to end the Wonder Woman trilogy, Matt Smith joining Jared Leto on Morbius the Living Vampire movie, Bumblebee sequel in development at Paramount, Millarworld’s Reborn to become a Netflix movie, Birds of Prey teaser video reveals cast of characters, Leigh Whannell to direct Invisible Man for Universal, Toy Story 4 poster and synopsis reveal a whole new Bo Peep, Oscar Isaac & Zendaya to join Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, Bill & Ted 3 might release this Christmas, Matt Reeves says The Batman to be noir detective story with multiple villains, James Wan just waiting on the right script for Aquaman 2, Black Widow rumored to be Marvel’s first R-rated film, Deadpool 2 passes X-Men: Days of Future Past with its Chinese debut, Amazon released a trailer for The Boys, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. teaser trailer, New images from X-Men: Dark Phoenix online, James Gunn officially signs on to direct Suicide Squad 2, Chris Pratt confirms Guardians 3 is using James Gunn’s script, Ben Affleck officially done as Batman, WB sets early release for Doctor Sleep, Avengers: Endgame runtime still at 3 hours, Disney is staying in the Deadpool business, A tale of two X-updates, all CW superhero shows renewed including addition of Batwoman, Y: The Last Man adaptation gets a full season order at FX, Legion’s Season 3 is the end for the series, Animated DC Super-Pets movie gets a release date of April 2021, Batman Beyond animated feature rumor shot down, Henry Cavill not demanding script & director approval for Man of Steel 2, and Paramount scraps Fincher’s World War Z 2 over budget concerns. Enjoy!