Nerds, we have your weekly nerdy news bites for you, let’s get this going.
10 Suicide Squad
Suicide Squad character posters and magazine covers have been released and they are quite gorgeous! See them all here.
9 Agent Carter
After Agent Carter’s cancellation and a fan petition to save it, Hayley Atwell while at MegaCon this past weekend stated she was willing to do “whatever it takes” to make a third season! Let’s hope this comes to pass! See more here.
8 Captain Marvel
Oscar winner, Brie Larson is in early talks to play Captain Marvel. Other actresses like Charlize Theron and Emily Blunt were rumored to be amongst those being considered for the role. Fans had their favorites as well including Katee Sackhoff and Yvonne Strahovski. This is highly anticipated news and we can’t wait to find out who our Carol Danvers is. See more information here.
7 Mary Poppins
(Jason Merritt/Getty Images; Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images) via EW
It’s official, a Mary Poppins sequel, starring Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda will be released December 25th 2018! The story takes place 5 years after Julie Andrews’ incarnation. See more information on the project here.
6 Star Trek
New Kirk and Krall posters were released for Star Trek Beyond. See them in all their glory here.
5 Anastasia
Early photos of the Anastasia stage production were released and they are enchanting. See all 13 here. Can’t you just hear it? “Figures dancing gracefully, across my memory!” I could go on…cough cough.
Joan Marcus via Playbill
4 Cursed Child
Speaking of stage productions…Pottermore released photos of the Weasley-Granger family! All the excitement!
3 Potter-Weasley
This week we also met the Potter-Weasley family on Pottermore.
2 NYC TMNT Style
The Turtle Lair is available to rent for $10 a night in NYC! Sadly, it’s totally booked, but how awesome is it!!! See more photos here.
GETTY IMAGES FOR NICKELODEON via Thrillist
1 BEAM
Watch the first inflatable habitat for Astronauts expand! The second attempt on May 28th, succeeded. Congrats to NASA and Bigelow Aerospace. See more information and a full video here.
#BEAM out: First human-rated expandable habitat inflated on @Space_Station: https://t.co/nD0UwbFB48 @BigelowSpace pic.twitter.com/DlJg2O8Bq6
— collectSPACE (@collectSPACE) May 28, 2016
What other nerdy news did you enjoy this week that we didn’t list? What bites do you want to know more about?
Until next week.
Nerd On!
~R
