The Truth is Out There Once Again

Time for Week of the Geek! Nothing huge this week, but definitely a lot of little things to make note of. Read to the end for a giveaway announcement and another fun fandom playlist!

Movies

Marvel hosted an open house, allowing media to get a first look at some of the exciting upcoming things in the MCU, including the first footage from the Black Panther movie and early concept art of Captain Marvel’s costume. While the media has not been allowed to share photos, the biggest takeaways from the descriptions seem to be that Lupita Nyong’o is going to be a badass in Black Panther, and so far it looks like Brie Larson may not be sporting a mohawk in her movie.

Fox’s X-Men Universe is about to get a lot bigger. Fox announced today the release dates for three new movies in 2018: New Mutants(4/13/18), Deadpool 2 (6/1/18), and Dark Phoenix(11/2/18).

Television

In a move that surprises no one that watched the most recent season, a new season of X-Files will begin filming this summer, with ten episodes in the pipeline starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. The series’ creator, Chris Carter, is also expected to return for the new season. The announcement was accompanied by a new poster, though it doesn’t give any information beyond “coming soon”.

Cloak and Dagger, the new Freeform series based on the Marvel comic, debuted its first trailer today. Freeform is geared toward a teenage and young adult audience, but Marvel fans of all demographics seem pretty excited about the new show.

Doctor Who fans received some well-earned legitimacy this week when sonic screwdriver was added to the Oxford English Dictonary. The dictionary defines the science fiction device as a noun that is “a (hand-held) electronic device which uses sound waves to perform various mechanical and technical functions,” with the addendum that it is “Originally and chiefly in (or with reference to) the British television series Doctor Who.”

Game of Thrones continues to leak out bits of news to rabid fans — this week’s release were some photos from the upcoming season 7 that give some hints as to what sort of team-ups we might expect. See the rest of the photos here.

Other

Ready for another fandom playlist? This week’s is an homage to my love for Scarlet Witch and Vision: Scarlet Vision.

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Thanks for joining me for Week of the Geek. See you next week!