WiC Weekly: June 28-July 4
By WiC Staff
This week in the news, Star Wars is getting erased, The Wheel of Time is keeping pace, and dragons are up in our face. Here’s what happened around WiC this week:
First, there are rumors going around in the wide world of Star Wars. Is there any truth to this one?
Expect "Star Wars: Episode https://t.co/BRo5YxiMHR – Chaos in the Veil of Mirrors" to arrive sometime in 2024: https://t.co/5Js6ZkWfa1
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 5, 2020
The Witcher is well on its way to a second season on Netflix. In the meantime, dive into the world with our handy-dandy guide to the differences between the show and the books it’s based on:
Netflix's adaptation of The Witcher books is a hit, but a lot changed in the transition from page to screen. Brush up on the differences before season 2! https://t.co/ANIF2Fo6vG
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 5, 2020
Star Trek is about a utopia where many of humanity’s problems have been solved, and petty disagreements are things of the past. In this world, however…
Star Trek icon Leonard Nimoy (Spock) REALLY hated Star Trek: Generations. He and the executives involved remember what went down: https://t.co/vd3t8ALGsU
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 5, 2020
Lots of interesting Wheel of Time news bumping around this week. First up, an extra takes us behind the scenes of Amazon’s upcoming series:
How well do the actors in Amazon's Wheel of Time show match their characters? Is this series going to please fans? An extra lays it all out: https://t.co/0ZhBNwvd12
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 5, 2020
And later, we learn of a couple new casting choices:
Amazon casts two villains for its adaptation of The Wheel of Time. We didn't expect to see one of them turn up so soon... https://t.co/R8yfynZ6uj
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 5, 2020
Another week, another (small) update about The Winds of Winter:
George R.R. Martin preempts fans ready to panic over his failure to talk about The Winds of Winter often enough. The meta is very deep at this point. https://t.co/XjT4BIaXd1
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 5, 2020
Remember books? Dune fans do:
The new Dune movie from Denis Villeneuve looks freaking epic, so it's no surprise that more people are interested in the book that started it all: https://t.co/1ZV56UDS6U
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 5, 2020
We have at least one more season of Stranger Things left to go, but some of the cast members are already thinking about how it all ends:
Stranger Things frontman Finn Wolfhard (Mike Wheeler) looks forward to the end of the show, and explains what it has in common with Harry Potter: https://t.co/paIPRofEod
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 5, 2020
X-Men fans band together to do won’t Hollywood won’t:
X-Men fans have done what Hollywood couldn't and made a slick (short) film about Gambit, complete with exploding cards, Cajun accents, and...Eric Roberts? https://t.co/voycQKRwyP
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 5, 2020
Dragons, a guide:
Want to get lost in an epic story about fire-breathing flying beasts? We've got you covered: https://t.co/JRHMSgB3nI
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 5, 2020
And that is literally everything that happened this week. Or at least, if there’s more, I haven’t heard of it.
Next. All 73 episodes of Game of Thrones, ranked worst to best. dark
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