WiC Weekly: May 11-17, 2025

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms delayed, Murderbot arrived, Buffy reboot cast, and Brandon Sanderson interviewed. It's all happened this week at WiC!
Noma Dumezweni in "Murderbot," premiering May 16, 2025 on Apple TV+.
Noma Dumezweni in "Murderbot," premiering May 16, 2025 on Apple TV+. | Murderbot

A lot happened over the past seven days in the worlds of sci-fi, fantasy, movies, TV and books. If only there was a weekly post where we went over it all. Wait a minute...there is, it's called WiC Weekly, and you're reading it right now!

Let's start with books. We talked to fantasy author Brandon Sanderson about all sorts of things, starting with his plans for the next leg of his Mistborn series:

No, we still don't know whether Amazon and Sony will renew The Wheel of Time TV show. Yes, it sucks. At least the actors are trying to raise awareness:

We don't know who will play Harry, Ron and Hermione in HBO's new Harry Potter show, but we're getting closer:

Look at the screen! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a man named David Corenswet playing Superman!

Ugh. We have bad news about A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms:

Hulu is rebooting Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The new lead actor hails from the galaxy far, far away:

The final-ever episodes of Star Wars: Andor aired this week. As usual, they hit it out of the park. One last time, let's celebrate what may be the best Star Wars show yet produced:

We still don't know whether Amazon and Sony will do the right thing and renew The Wheel of Time for a fourth (and maybe a fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth while they're at it) season, but we're holding onto every scrap of hope we can get our hands on:

A brand-new sci-fi series debuted on Apple TV+ this week, and it's up to their typically high standards. Here's why you should watch Murderbot:

Finally, we bring you our super-sized interview with author Brandon Sanderson, his first major interview since he published the fifth book in his Stormlight Archive series, Wind and Truth, last year:

What's happening next in the worlds of sci-fi, fantasy, movies, books and TV? Stick around WiC to find out.

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