Here are the biggest stories for Friday, June 09, 2023.
A giant Iron Man statue, Star Wars premiere date, and free Star Trek round out this week’s list.
We can’t always cover everything. So here’s everything you missed this morning. In Case You Missed It (ICYMI).
Warning: May contain spoilers!
Above image: Iron Man statue on display in Jewel, Changi Airport, Singapore | Reddit
1. Linda Hamilton at First Thought Arnold Schwarzenegger Was a ‘Poser’ on ‘The Terminator’ Set | IndieWire
“By our snotty definition, Arnold was a poser, a bodybuilder pretending to be an actor,” Hamilton said. “But because I was curious, I went and stood off the sidelines watching Arnold, and I bought it. The physicality and the stiffness, and all of the things that he was implementing. I was like, ‘OK, this might work.’”
2. Stephen Amell Gets Brutally Honest About DCU Recasting, After 11 Years Playing Green Arrow | ScreenRant
“I don’t know, man. I don’t know,” he told the site. “Those guys, the DCEU, they need to decide if they think that they’re better than television or if they want to participate. Because I get mixed messages, which to me just signals that, I don’t know. You guys do your own thing. We did our thing. I wish everyone nothing but the best. I want nothing more than amazing movies, but right now, they need us a lot more than we need them.
“I am a custodian for Oliver Queen, and [Grant Gustin] is a custodian for Barry Allen in the same way that… look, I don’t think anyone’s asking Tom Welling how he feels about who’s going to play the new Superman. Now, I get the proximity and stuff like that, but there will be another Oliver Queen. There will and it’ll be new and cool and exciting and however much the internet hates it is probably a direct indication as to how good it’s going to be.
“You’ve got to remember that these people aren’t picked at random. Very, very smart people think long and hard about how they’re going to go about this, and I’m sure that whoever they pick, if in fact they do, maybe they don’t care about the character, I don’t know, will do an amazing job.”
3. STRANGE NEW WORLDS Season 1 Free on YouTube in the USA | TrekCore
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds‘ first season is now completely free to watch on YouTube thanks to Paramount+ in advance of the show’s Season 2 debut on June 15.
Despite being region-locked to the US (making the episodes unavailable to viewers outside of the US), all 10 episodes of Strange New Worlds Season 1 are accessible on YouTube through June 30 by visiting the URLs in the playlist below.
YouTube – Paramount Plus | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | Season 1 Full Episodes
4. ‘Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse’ Has Scene Created By 14-Year-Old School Boy | Deadline
Preston Mutanga, a 14-year-old boy, enjoys posting stuff online like many young people.
But Mutanga is genuinely using that gift, unlike the majority of youngsters his age. He made a Lego recreation of the first Across the Spider-Verse trailer and then got a rather strange invitation. To contribute to the actual film, he was asked.
According to a recent article in The New York Times, the movie’s production team contacted him. Due to their prior experience as The Lego Movie’s directors, writers-producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller had already planned a Legos scenario. serendipity follows.
The project could only be started by Mutanga after completing his schoolwork on school nights, as agreed by his parents.
Gisele Mutanga, Preston’s mother, told the Times, “I know Preston has a gift that was given to him by God, and once we identified that he had that gift, all we could do as parents was to nurture it and let him fly.”
“The Lego Movie is inspired by people making films with Lego bricks at home,” According to Lord, who spoke to the Times. “That’s what made us want to make the movie. Then the idea in Spider-Verse is that a hero can come from anywhere. And here comes this heroic young person who’s inspired by the movie that was inspired by people like him.”
5. ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Is Getting Some Emmy Buzz | TrekMovie
Next Monday, on June 15, voting for the Emmy nominations will begin, and some observers of the business are speculating that Star Trek: Picard might receive some attention. While Star Trek programs frequently receive nominations in the “Creative Arts” categories (makeup, hair, visual effects, etc.), the franchise has had less success when it comes to winning major Emmy awards. Jonathan Frakes, who played Picard on Star Trek: The Next Generation, believes that this year might be different. He told ScreenRant: “TNG was the only Star Trek series to get the best drama nomination back in 1994. Maybe Picard will be considered. Maybe lightning will strike twice… It would be a great way to finish things up. Get Patrick a nomination, get the show nominated. It’d be just brilliant.”
6. Twisted Metal clip: Anthony Mackie vs. Sweet Tooth! | JoBlo
7. ‘Star Wars: Ahsoka’ Gets Premiere Date on Disney+ | Variety
The live-action series “Star Wars: Ahsoka” officially has a premiere date at Disney+.
It was previously announced that the show would debut in August, but it is now confirmed it will premiere on Aug. 23.
8. Marvel’s New Project Revealed As “Predator Vs Wolverine” | BleedingCool
9. A History of Love: Five of DC’s Best Black Romances | Verve Times
10. Superman Legacy Could Be Close to Finding Its Clark and Lois | Gizmodo
“Deadline reports that casting for the lead roles of Clark Kent and Lois Lane has narrowed down to at least 3 potential candidates for each role ahead of more screen tests this month. Nicholas Hoult, David Corenswet, and Tom Brittney are allegedly in contention for Clark/Superman, while Emma Mackey, Rachel Brosnahan, and Phoebe Dynevor are in the running to play Lois.”
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There’s always seemed to be this sneering disregard for the actors in the CW superhero shows. I mean Grant Gustin had just started as the Flash when they announced Ezra Miller would be playing the character in movies. I mean they really never gave him a chance and look how that’s turned out. There might be another Oliver Queen at some point but the character is one of those that has lasted a while despite not being super popular; his most popular comics run post-Golden Age was teaming with Green Lantern in the 70s.
The kid with the Legos is a pretty cool story. Another blogger I met was talking about wanting to do stuff like that and I commented how much work it is to do stop-motion stuff like that. To do just a few minutes takes days of preparation and work.