WiC Weekly: October 13-19, 2024
By Dan Selcke
Welcome to WiC Weekly, where we go over the biggest and brightest stories run round these parts over the past seven days. Let's start with some great news for fans of Prime Video's hyper-violent superhero show Invincible:
Release date for Invincible season 3 revealed, and it's soon! https://t.co/D5L4PXKv26 https://t.co/D5L4PXKv26
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) October 20, 2024
The Penguin may be the best show running right now. And it could be setting up even more interesting things to come:
How The Penguin easter eggs set up more villains to come in The Batman Part II: https://t.co/IweAN8IYTW https://t.co/IweAN8IYTW
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) October 20, 2024
Outlander is returning soon for the back half of its seventh season. Before we get to that, let's look back on the seasons that were:
Every season of Outlander ranked from Jesus H. Roosevelt Christ to Aye, Sassenach: https://t.co/PBwUCvFovk https://t.co/PBwUCvFovk
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) October 20, 2024
What if Daenerys Targaryen never left Meereen for Westeros? Welcome to parallel universe theater:
Game of Thrones theory: What if Daenerys Targaryen stayed in Meereen instead of conquering the Seven Kingdoms? https://t.co/eq8dcU4P9h https://t.co/eq8dcU4P9h
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) October 20, 2024
The third season of The Legend of Vox Machina is rocking onwards and upwards over on Amazon Prime Video, and we're covering the lot of it:
Reviews: The Legend of Vox Machina brings heartbreak and death in Episodes 7-9 of season 3: https://t.co/p3h1eUveUk https://t.co/p3h1eUveUk
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) October 20, 2024
No one will ever forget Jack Gleeson's performance as Joffrey Baratheon on Game of Thrones. After some time off, he's returning to TV in another period drama:
Game of Thrones vet Jack Gleeson (Joffrey) looks unrecognizable in new period drama: https://t.co/2jUJCuMJeh https://t.co/2jUJCuMJeh
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) October 20, 2024
HBO has pulled the curtain back on its next big spinoff series: Dune: Prophecy, which is airing next month!
The Bene Gesserit wage a "war hidden in plain sight" in epic new Dune: Prophecy trailer: https://t.co/0tJ07W3z85 https://t.co/0tJ07W3z85
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) October 20, 2024
We're between seasons of The Witcher at the moment. While we wait, let's look back on the seasons and spinoffs that were, and judge them according to how faithful they were to the source material:
The Witcher: Which season or spinoff is most faithful to the books? https://t.co/SpbyywH1Tj https://t.co/SpbyywH1Tj
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) October 20, 2024
We got to talk to Kickstarter Head of Games Midge Clayton about how author Brandon Sanderson's record-breaking campaigns have changed what's popular on the crowd-funding platform:
Interview: How Brandon Sanderson is reshaping the Kickstarter Landscape (Exclusive): https://t.co/s7WQTIhl18 https://t.co/s7WQTIhl18
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) October 20, 2024
Sticking with interviews, we also talked to The Penguin showrunner Lauren LeFranc about how she's managed to make the best show on TV at the moment!
The Penguin showrunner tells us how she chose which comic book characters to include (and exclude): https://t.co/SuP3MvMJGk https://t.co/SuP3MvMJGk
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) October 20, 2024
What's up next? Stick around WiC all week to find out!
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