This Week in Pop Culture: Cancellations, ‘Fantastic 4’, ‘Star Trek’, and More
There have been a bunch of pop culture announcements, trailers, and news this week – let’s catch up, shall we?
Pop Culture News
- Cancelations: Space Force, Batwoman, Legends of Tomorrow
- Director Jon Watts has exited Marvel’s Fantastic 4 movie
- Zachary Quito talks Star Trek
- Gaurdians of the Galaxy Holiday Special has wrapped
- Legendary comic book artist Neal Adams has died at 80
Movie & TV Trailers
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness – Theaters May 6th
Land Shark – DVD May 10th
A scientific group attempting to genetically modify a shark creates a destructive deadly machine, that even they can’t control. After breaking free from captivity, this new predator goes on a rampage looking for its favorite meal…humans
The Essex Serpent – AppleTv+ May 13th
The miniseries follows newly widowed Cora who, having been released from an abusive marriage, relocates from Victorian London to the small village of Aldwinter in Essex, intrigued by a local superstition that a mythical creature known as the Essex Serpent has returned to the area.
Chip n’Dale – Disney+ May 20th
Chip and Dale are living amongst cartoons and humans in modern-day Los Angeles, but their lives are quite different now. It has been decades since their successful television series was canceled, and Chip has succumbed to a life of suburban domesticity as an insurance salesman. Dale, meanwhile, has had CGI surgery and works the nostalgia convention circuit, desperate to relive his glory days. When a former castmate mysteriously disappears, Chip and Dale must repair their broken friendship and take on their Rescue Rangers detective personas once again to save their friend’s life.
Later this Summer & Fall
Watcher – Theaters June 3rd
A serial killer stalks the city in this terrifying thriller. Julia – a young actress who just moved to town with her boyfriend – notices a mysterious stranger watching her from across the street.
Drifting Home – Netflix September 16th
Sixth-graders Kosuke and Natsume grew up in the same apartment building as childhood friends. While playing in the apartment building that is set to be demolished, they find themselves caught in a strange phenomenon. All they can see around them is a vast sea. Will Kosuke and the others make it back to their world? A journey of farewells in summer has just begun.
