WiC Weekly: June 15-21, 2025

This week at WiC, we are full of book recommendations, questions about the future of big franchises like Dune, admiration for The Wheel of Time fans, and more.
JAVIER BARDEM as Stilgar in Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures’ action adventure “DUNE: PART TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures © 2023 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
JAVIER BARDEM as Stilgar in Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures’ action adventure “DUNE: PART TWO,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures © 2023 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Dune: Part Two

It's time to recap what happened in the worlds of sci-fi, fantasy movies, TV boks over the past seven days. It's time...for WiC Weekly.

First up, we have reading recommendations for any one of the many many people who have seen and enjoyed the How To Train Your Dragon remake in theaters. Why not take the party from the movie theater to the bookstore?

We're checking in on the effort to save The Wheel of Time from cancellation because we're obsessed. On the plus side, the campaign is kicking into overdrive, and the right people are noticing:

On the downside, Amazon seems to kick fans while they're down by messing up the show's chances of winning at the Emmys later this year:

We got some very interesting casting news about the next Dune movie which could hint at where the franchise is going over the long term:

Ever reliable, fantasy author Brandon Sanderson has a new book coming out soon:

The fourth season of The Witcher is on the way, the first where Liam Hemsworth will step in for Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia. How is that going to work, exactly?

Let's take a moment to explore some alternate reality theater. What if Game of Thrones were made 10 years earlier than it was? It might look a little something...like THIS:

Twenty-three years after the original movie, Danny Boyle and Alex Garland follow up their zombie classic 28 Days Later with 28 Years Later:

Let's wrap up with some recommendations. The How To Train Your Dragon remake is currently storming theaters. What other sci-fi and fantasy movies should be remade?

If you'd rather read a good book, we have some ones on the cutting edge of the genre for you:

The news never sleeps and neither do we...well, not much. Check back on WiC all week for more where this came from.

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