News Bites

• James Gunn teases the script on Twitter, and Chris Pratt made this statement about Guardians of the Galaxy 2 - and we couldn't be more excited!!

“I know some of the songs that are going to be on Awesome Mix 2,” he said. “All I can tell you, because I obviously, I’m not allowed to tell anybody anything, nor would I want to, because it would be a little bit like telling a kid what’s under the tree before Christmas morning. I would encourage people not to poke holes in the paper and peek. Allow yourself the Christmas morning. Don’t ruin it. I will say that his pitch and his idea legitimately put tears in my eyes. It is so good, it’s so good. And I cannot wait to get started on it and I cannot wait for people to see what he’s going to pull off with the second movie. It’s so, so big and so good. From what I understand, they were like, heard it at Marvel and they said nothing. They’re like, ‘perfect.’ There was no micromanaging of the idea, they just love it so much they didn’t even have a note for it. It’s going to be remarkable.” - Chris Pratt

• Action/Horror director James Wan, fresh off his big box-office success for Furious 7, will helm both DC's Aquaman feature, starring Jason Momoa, and the upcoming live-action Robotech.


• Disney Channel announced a new animated TV Series based on Tangled, which will feature the original voice leads, Zach Levi and Mandy Moore. Set for release in 2017.
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• The always awesome, John Noble (Lord of the Rings, Fringe, Sleepy Hollow) has been cast to play Sherlock's father on the next season of Elementary.
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• Community and Talk Soup star, Joel McHale, will be joining the cast of the X-Files. According to Variety, "McHale will play Tad O’Malley, a conservative news anchor who becomes an unlikely ally for Fox Mulder (David Duchovny)."

• One epic segment of the Disney classic, Fantasia, is being given a live action treatment. "Night on Bald Mountain" featured a winged creature that raised the dead. How they will expand this short into a feature remains to be seen - but you have my interest...