This Week in Pop-Culture: ‘Dune’, ‘Jeopardy’, ‘Shang-Chi’, and Star Trek Wine
There have been a bunch of announcements, trailers, and news in the last week – let’s catch up, shall we?
News:
- You can now buy a bottle of Chateau Picard
- Dune will be 2 hours and 35 minutes long
- The Art & Soul of Dune book in on pre-order
- Marvel’s Armor Wars has a new writer – Yassir Lester
- Lupin the Third: Part 6 is on the way to the states
- Netflix’s MtG animated series loses the Russo Brothers
- The Disney v. Scarlet Johansson lawsuit has taken a turn
- Mike Richards has deputed from Jeopardy after controversy
- Ryan Reynolds wants LeVar Burton to host Jeopardy
- Two new Evangelion docs are on Amazon:
Trailers:
Candyman – August 27th
Oscar winner Jordan Peele unleashes a fresh take on the blood-chilling urban legend that your friend’s older sibling probably told you about at a sleepover: Candyman. Rising filmmaker Nia DaCosta (Little Woods) directs this contemporary incarnation of the cult classic.
Shang-Chi and The Ten Rings – Theaters September 3rd
Martyrs Lane – Shudder September 9th
In this unsettling ghost story, Leah, 10, lives in a large, old house with her family but can’t quite work out why her mother seems so distant. At night she is visited by a mysterious guest, who might be able to give her some answers. With a new challenge every night, Leah is rewarded with bits of knowledge that, when pieced together, threaten to shine a dangerous light on both the truth in her nightmares and of the world she lives in.
Nightbooks – Netflix September 15th
When Alex, a boy obsessed with scary stories, is trapped by an evil witch (Krysten Ritter) in her magical apartment, and must tell a scary story every night to stay alive, he teams up with another prisoner, Yasmin, to find a way to escape.
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe – Netflix September 16th
He-Man and his powerful friends learn what it means to be a hero while battling the evil forces of Skeletor and his minions.
