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SHŌGUN Cleans Up at the 2024 Emmys, FALLOUT Gets Shutout

The 76th Primetime Emmy Awards turned out to be a big night for some shows, just not for one of our personal favorites. Shōgun had a record-setting evening at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. As did The Bear, even though it didn’t take home the top prize for a Comedy. Unfortunately, Fallout got completely shut out by the Television Academy at the Emmys and did not take home a single prize during the 2024 ceremony.

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Shōgun took home a whole lot more than just the Emmys’ most prestigious award at the 2024 awards show. The Best Drama Series winner racked up three more of the event’s biggest awards. That included Anna Sawai for Best Actress in a Drama Series. Her co-star, the great Hiroyuki Sanada, also nabbed Best Actor. And Frederick E.O. Toye went home with the win for Best Directing in a Drama Series. That gave the show’s first season 18 total Emmys, as it had previously won 14 during the Creative Arts Primetime Emmys. That is the new record for a single season of a show. Shōgun shatters the previous record of 13 Emmys held by Game of Thrones and HBO’s John Adams miniseries. All that said, we were rooting for Shōgun‘s Tadanobu Asano to take home “Best Supporting Actor in a Drama,” but Asano lost out the 2024 Emmy to Billy Crudup in The Morning Show.

The Bear, that very funny show everyone is always laughing at, had another successful Emmy Awards, competing in the Comedy categories, although many out there aren’t quite sure it counts as a comedy. It broke its own Primetime Emmys record for a single season by taking home 11 total 2024 Emmys for the show’s sophomore outing after adding four at the Peacock Theater. Jeremy Allen White (Best Lead Actor), Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Best Supporting Actor), and Christopher Storer (Best Directing) all won their Comedy categories. As did Liza Colón-Zayas, who took home a historic Best Supporting Actress win. She is the first Latina winner in the category’s history.

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Despite The Bear‘s continued stranglehold on the Television Academy, it was Hacks that earned Best Comedy Series and Best Lead Actress (Jean Smart) at the 2024 Emmys. That surprise win also meant Curb Your Enthusiasm finished its run setting the wrong kind of record. The iconic series was nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series 11 times. That’s the most ever without actually winning. (A travesty!)

While the show featured some other wins that made us very happy (The Crown‘s Elizabeth Debicki, Fargo‘s Lamorne Morris, True Detective: Night Country‘s Jodie Foster), it was disappointing to see Fallout never get called to the stage at the Emmys. Despite the fantastic first season’s 16 Emmy nominations, it ultimately only took home one for Outstanding Music Supervision at the Creative Arts Primetime Emmys.

You can find the full list of winners below.

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While you won’t find anyone from Fallout down there, it’s okay. If season two is anywhere as good as season one it will have many opportunities to win more Emmys long after 2024. It’ll just be easier as long as Shōgun season two doesn’t air that same year. And also if no one forces The Bear to admit it is not a comedy.

2024 Emmy Awards Winners

Drama Series
Shogun

Comedy Series
Hacks

Limited, Anthology Series, or Movie
Baby Reindeer

Actor in a Drama Series
Hiroyuki Sanada, Shogun

Actress in a Drama Series
Anna Sawai, Shogun

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Billy Crudup, The Morning Show

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Elizabeth Debicki, The Crown

Actor in a Comedy Series
Jeremy Allen White, The Bear

Actress in a Comedy Series
Jean Smart, Hacks

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Liza Colón-Zayas, The Bear

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear

Actor in a Limited, Anthology Series or Movie
Richard Gadd, Baby Reindeer

Actress in a Limited, Anthology Series or Movie
Jodie Foster, True Detective: Night Country

Supporting Actress Limited, Anthology series or Movie
Jessica Gunning, Baby Reindeer

Supporting Actor in a Limited, Anthology Series or Movie
Lamorne Morris, Fargo

Scripted Variety Series
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Talk Series
The Daily Show

Writing for a Variety Special
Alex Edelman, Just for Us

Reality Competition Program
The Traitors, Peacock

Writing for a Comedy Series
Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs and Jen Statsky, Hacks

Writing for a Drama Series
Will Smith, Slow Horses

Writing for a Limited Series, Anthology or Movie
Richard Gadd, Baby Reindeer

Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series
Steven Zaillian, Ripley

Directing for a Comedy Series
Christopher Storer, The Bear

Directing for a Drama Series
Frederick E.O. Toye, Shogun

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Ralph Macchio Was ‘Nervous’ About Fighting Jackie Chan in New KARATE KID Movie

Cobra Kai‘s final season is not the end for The Karate Kid franchise. A new featured film starring familiar faces will soon continue the martial arts story on the big screen. Who else will join Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan in this latest chapter? How will it connect different eras? And who will bring it to the screen and when?

One thing is for sure: Ralph Macchio is a little nervous about being opposite of Jackie Chan. Cobra Kai actor Jacob Bertrand told GamesRadar+ that Macchio said it was intimidating to fight against the martial arts legend.

“[Macchio] said that Jackie Chan still moves like he’s a 20-year-old, and it’s really scary to fight with him,” Bertrand said. “But you know, he’s obviously a master and is so cool to work with. He was just talking about being nervous to fight Jackie Chan, ’cause Jackie Chan is freaking Jackie muh-fricking Chan. But he said the fights went super well and that all his stuff was great, and I’m stoked for the movie.”

We love when friends give us some secondhand inside scoops.

Here’s everything we know about the next Karate Kid movie so far.

Title

The original film was titled The Karate Kid but we are not 100% certain what this new film’s official title will be. With our luck, it will have the same title but perhaps they will just go with Karate Kid.

Karate Kid‘s Plot

Sony Picture’s still-untitled Karate Kid featured film will see Ralph Macchio (Daniel LaRusso) and Jackie Chan (Mr. Han) return to the franchise, in a story that combines their different eras of The Karate Kid movies. The studio has not yet released an official synopsis for the film. Sony has only said it will “continue the mythology of the original franchise.”

Early reports indicate it will take place on the East Coast rather than in California, and that it will center on on a teenage from China “who finds strength and direction via martial arts and a tough but wise mentor.”

Behind-the-ScenesThe Karate Kid, Columbia

Jonathan Entwistle (I’m Not Okay with This) will direct. The screenplay comes from Rob Lieber (Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day).

Cobra Kai co-creator Jon Hurwitz is not involved with the film. He also confirmed the movie is not connected to his TV series.

Karate Kid‘s CastLucasfilm

In addition to Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan, the film will also feature the great Ming-Na Wen. And after announcing the movie with a global talent search for its young star, Sony picked American Born Chinese‘s Ben Wang as its new martial arts student.

DisneyKarate Kid‘s Release Date

The newest Karate Kid won’t take long to reach theaters. It will premiere on May 30, 2025.

Originally published March 8, 2024.

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LEGO STAR WARS: REBUILD THE GALAXY’s Writers On Its Ending and Beautiful Message

LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy is here. And we could not more highly recommend that you watch it. In addition to being a perfect love letter to Star Wars and LEGO, the series brings hilarious inversions of our favorite Star Wars characters, gorgeous animation, and a rich poignancy. In celebration of the miniseries’ release, Nerdist spoke to writers Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit about the true meaning of the series. Hernandez and Samit broke down how they chose which Star Wars bits to include and gave a truly beautiful breakdown of LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy‘s ending. Truly, this series encapsulates some themes that will resonate with kids and adults.

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You can check out our full LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy interview below.

Nerdist: This show is a true love letter to the Star Wars fandom. How did you decide what facets of lore to bring into the more official series like Jedi Bob and Darth Jar Jar, and how fun and or nerve-wracking was it to bring them to life?

Benji Samit: I mean, it was exceptionally fun and exciting to bring some of these things to life, and those two that you mentioned were right at the top of our list of things. From almost day one, we knew that we wanted to get in there. But we wanted to pick everything. It was not easy because we essentially took the bin of every Star Wars LEGO piece ever, dumped it on the ground, and got to build our own thing. I think the initial drafts were just way too long. We tried to get every character we love in, every creature, every ship, every planet. And eventually, they said, you got to stop.

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This couldn’t be a 20-piece special. It had to be four pieces. So the way we really, at the end of the day, started winnowing things down and figuring out what we wanted to focus on was the stuff that really served the story we were trying to tell. It would’ve been very easy to start to turn this into something that was almost just like a series of sketches, just silly gags in the Star Wars world. And it would’ve been funny, but it would’ve probably gotten old pretty quickly. So it was important to us that at the core of this was a real Star Wars story. And so everything else that came around that was to serve that greater story.

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Dan Hernandez: Yeah, I mean for me it really was about telling a story that is foundationally Star Wars. How can we do that while using all of the unique and incredible things about LEGO and LEGO Star Wars and the tone and the comedy of that. But also, I did ask myself, what aspects of Star Wars would I personally like to explore a little bit more? Who are the characters I’d like to spend a little bit more time with or explore if they had gone a different way?

Darth Rey is something that we see for a minute in the sequel trilogy, but we don’t spend a ton of time on that; that felt like something that was really provocative and really something I wanted to see more of, and who that evil version of Rey was. And it’s one thing to be nobody and decide to go on the right side of things, but it’s very different to see a world in which she didn’t do that. So that was something that I was excited to see.

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It’s the same thing with Rose Tico, a character that I love, and a performance I love by Kelly Marie Tran, who is one of the most brilliant performers we’ve ever worked with. And to let her cut loose, to let her see her anger… In the Star Wars movies she leads with compassion, but she lost her sister. What if the bitterness of that infected her entire being? Her everything. And so it was things like that that were really fun for us. And that really informed a lot of the storytelling because once you sort of identified, okay, here’s a plausible reason that this character might have gone a different way, then you started to see where do they fit in a greater context of this mixed up galaxy.

We played with things like expectations, where Sig, who thinks he knows everything about “our galaxy,” sees Darth Maul in the new galaxy and immediately assumes, based on the way he looks and the way that he has acted, that he’s a bad guy and guess what? He’s the nicest guy in the world. So that was also interesting for us. There is a poignancy to say sort of letting go of what your expectations are of people, but also of what a Star Wars story might be or could be or who a character is or how they behave. And those were all of the things that excited us when we talked about how to recombine all of these different aspects of Star Wars.

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I think that’s really beautiful and I think it really did come through one part of this series. I also thought that the ending of LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy was incredibly lovely and really well done, and it was kind of bittersweet in this way that few series are brave enough to attempt. You all said, here’s this ending where it’s not going to go back to the way it was, and maybe it never will. Did you know all along that was how it would play out?

Hernandez: I’m so glad that you pointed that out and asked that because it was one of the things that we both felt very passionately about. And the reason is that I think that’s how life is. I think that’s how life functions, which is you can be an expert on something, you can think that you’ve prepared for a situation, and then life throws something at you that you never could have anticipated, and you kind of have to deal with it. And so resetting the galaxy back to the way that it used to be felt a little bit like it would have been cheap, not how life is.

Things happen and the only thing that you can truly control is your response to it, whether you choose to move forward and try to find your own way in whatever the new circumstances are or if you find yourself held back by the way things used to be. And then you end up in a paralysis, you get bitter, you get angry. You’re stuck thinking, I wish things could have been the way that they used to be. And to us, we felt like it was a message for kids, of course, but also for adults to say there are things in this life that you can’t get back. You can’t make it go back to the way it used to be.

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And specifically, in the case of Dev and Sig and that bittersweet ending that you were talking about, Sig never gives up hope. Not really. He believes that there is a piece of that brother that he used to know inside of this version of his brother. And I hope that the way that people feel at the end of the special is, “I’m not sure. I think maybe Sig is right, but we don’t know for sure.” But the reason that Sig is ultimately a hero is that he believes it and he’s willing to fight for that.

And ultimately, I think that the reason that Dev doesn’t strike him down is that on some deep level, that Dev maybe would never admit to, he hopes that too. And that also felt like a really powerful message that is very much in keeping with the spirit of redemption and keeping with the spirit of that people can fall into darkness, but they’re not beyond hope. That hope informs everything in the Star Wars galaxy.

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Samit: And we also want it to be true to the spirit of LEGO itself, which is: you build something, sometimes you break it. But if your brother smashes your LEGO set, you can rebuild it. If it’s an original creation of yours and it gets smashed, you can rebuild it. But it’s probably going to be different. It’s never going to be exactly the same, but nothing is ever broken for good in the world of LEGO.

Other toys, model kits, this, that you break it and it’s broken. But the beautiful thing about LEGO is nothing is ever truly broken. It’s just broken down to its component parts and you put ’em back together however you want. And we wanted the series to feel like that.

All four parts of LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy are streaming now on Disney+.

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Bobby Moynihan Talks Giving Jedi Bob Life, STAR WARS WWE, and Clothes-Hound Darth Maul in Celebration of LEGO STAR WARS: REBUILD THE GALAXY

Jedi Bob is an iconic Star Wars figure. After all, he started life as just an anonymous Minifigure and then fans gave him a name and a legacy. Now, Jedi Bob will finally get a real story of his own in LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy. Bobby Moynihan, who voices Jedi Bob, sat down with Nerdist to dive deep into the beloved character. Among other things, Moynihan spoke of the adventure of fleshing out Jedi Bob, Jedi Bob’s relationship with Sig Greebling, and the character’s ambitions to start Star Wars‘ version of WWE.

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You can check out our full LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy conversation below.

Nerdist: You’ve voiced several animated Star Wars roles before, but your LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy role feels like the biggest one yet. What was it like returning to the galaxy far, far away as a main character? And what’s your favorite part about dipping your toes in the Star Wars world?

Bobby Moynihan: That’s it. I think that’s so funny you say that. I just saw the trailer again this week because it’s coming up, and I watched the trailer again, and there’s a line where I say “Punch it!” And I really went like, man, I’m in fully in Star Wars. I’ve been in them before, but this one’s nuts. It’s the best. It’s not lost on me. It’s super fun. And to get to create a character that’s already beloved in both universes is such an insane gift that I will cherish forever.

My next thought was actually about Jedi Bob, who found life because Star Wars fans rallied around him and gave this LEGO minifigure a name and a life, and he’s a legend now. How much lore did you know about Jedi Bob before you got started?

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Moynihan: I was pretty familiar with Jedi Bob. I knew the story, I am a collector of things, and I enjoyed that story about how he was just a generic Jedi. And then I had a Jedi Bob Minifigure before I got cast. Yeah, I knew all about it. Then, I met Dan [Hernandez] and Benji [Samit] through writing something else for Star Wars, some jokes for a different Star Wars project. And they thought of me for this, and I have thanked them… I’ve sent them praises every day. I sent them LEGO lightsabers recently. I am very thankful to them for this.

Nerdist

And what do you think the best thing is that LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy adds to Jedi Bob to build his lore?

Moynihan: Oh gosh. I mean everything. He was just this nameless figure with a smile. Now we know all about him, and hopefully, we’ll know more. Yeah, that was kind of the funnest part, was taking this thing that just had a face and giving it a whole backstory and an attitude and a reason to be around now. Although, his original reason was pretty great, it was just to be a Jedi. That’s it. He never wanted to be famous; he just wanted to be part of it.

I think you can kind of feel that energy in LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy as well. So I think it’s a beautiful honoring of that character and his legacy. The relationship between Jedi Bob and Sig Greebling is really beautiful in this series. Can you talk about its importance to Jedi Bob and what it means for the character?

Moynihan: I think for Jedi Bob, his relationship with Sig is something he’s not used to, which is someone looking up to him and someone counting on him and expecting him to be a good Jedi, which is a lot like being a father. And I’m going through that, that part of it was interesting. I realized that through recording; I was like, “Oh, I’m not playing the kid who looks up to somebody like I normally do. I’m playing the mentor this time.” But also getting to do it in this universe and being funny was absolutely amazing. But yeah, the relationship between him and Sig is something in Star Wars that we don’t see often, a a good relationship, a good father figure. Not many good dads in Star Wars.

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Were there any other Star Wars Jedi or characters that you looked at or thought about when you were building the sound and energy of Jedi Bob?

Moynihan: Yeah, I mean, I like to think that Jedi Bob, he wants to be like Obi-Wan Kenobi or Qui-Gon. He wants to be one of those… He just wants to be British. No, he wants to be like a Jedi. Like, you’re supposed to be a high-falutin Jedi, but he’s kind of just a mess, just like everybody else. And he’s working real hard to pretend.

It’s true. The high-falutin Jedi are kind of a mess, too, though, so it’s all good.

Moynihan: Very much so. Very much so.

LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy ends in a way that invites more adventures for Jedi Bob and Company. Where would you really like to see him go next?

Moynihan: Jedi Bob, I mean Jedi Bob Variety Show. Maybe he’s hosting a variety show. Maybe he’s like the Vince. Also, I keep pitching this to Lucasfilm. I really want to do it, so I’ll bring it up here. I think Jedi Bob is going to be like the leader of the WWE in the Star Wars universe. It’s Punta Night Slam. It’s just what they watch in the Cantina at night. It’s their version of professional wrestling. I think that’s what he does.

I think Star Wars is missing its professional wrestling arm. So Jedi Bob… call him!

Moynihan: Jedi Bob started it all.

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What was your personal favorite Star Wars inversion that popped up in the show this time around?

Moynihan: I have to see it again. There are so many good ones, and I was so blown away by listening to myself in Star Wars that I didn’t pay attention more…

Darth Nubs. I really enjoyed his little cameo in there. There are so many fun little things. I keep saying this in every interview.

Darth Maul, in this universe, who is wearing young Lando’s shirt kills me. I love that. It’s just like in this world, Darth Maul is like a clothes hound, and that just makes me laugh. It’s very funny to me, all of it. But that’s the best part is getting it all mixed up.

You know what I’ll say, since I’ve already given you five answers, I’ll say Jedi Darth Vader this time.

Nerdist

And is there any character that you like in Star Wars that didn’t appear in LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy this time around that you would be gungho to see a version of?

Moynihan: Yeah, I mean, I love all of the obscure characters. I’m like, who didn’t appear in this one though?

Who would I like to see? Man, you know what I want to see? I want to see R2-D2 in a giant mech outfit. Like the Hulk Buster, but R2-D2 in there. I always see designs of R2-2D getting some sort of insane transformer suit. Let’s see that. Let’s get that for a little while, and let’s get some of the weirder characters like Jaxxon the rabbit and stuff in there. That’s what I want to see.

All four parts of LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy are streaming now on Disney+.

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Original Cast Debunks New Reports of a GOONIES 2 Sequel Movie

With legacy sequels all the rage, rumors have been floating around for years about a sequel to The Goonies These rumors picked up steam this week when several online reports surfaced that The Goonies 2 was already greenlit. Then, original The Goonies star Sean Astin added fuel to the fire when he posted this:

It’s our time.

C’mon Steven… pic.twitter.com/kBccESSbGj

— Sean Astin (@SeanAstin) September 13, 2024

However, at least for now, we have to throw some cold water on those rumors. Via Variety, we’ve learned that two original cast members have now debunked these reports of a Goonies 2 sequel movie. And they are letting the fans know via social media. The first cast member to speak up was Martha Plimpton, who said the following on Instagram:

People, there is no ‘Goonies 2’ script, there is no one ‘attached.’ Spielberg is not directing, it’s not real. What IS real is CHECK YOUR REGISTRATION AND VOTE!!!!

Original Goonies star and the ’80s most in-demand child actor Corey Feldman also posted that he’s that he had “no information” whatsoever of a Goonies sequel movie. So that’s now two original stars that are debunking this widely circulating story about Goonies 2. Next year will be the film’s 40th anniversary, so if ever there was a time to release it, 2025 would be the year. But it would have to be filming now for such a thing to happen. And that is simply not the case.

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Rumors of a Goonies sequel picked up serious steam back in 2014. This was when Sean Astin said of a Goonies 2 movie, “I’m 1,000% certain there will be a sequel. I will bet my children on it.” But since then, original Goonies director Richard Donner has passed away. And Steven Spielberg has been focusing less on popcorn movies, and more serious fare. Also, the asking price of original actors like Ke Huy Quan and Josh Brolin has likely gone way up. With the big box office of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Top Gun: Maverick and other ’80s classics, you’d think Warner Bros. would be all over this. But alas, it seems Goonies 2 might be one that forever remains on our wish lists.

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We Hope the Creators of VENOM: THE LAST DANCE’s Villain Knull Get Paid

Venom: The Last Dance‘s last trailer was the first time we got to see the film’s main villain. It’s the biggest one in Venom comics history, Knull. As exciting as that reveal was, inexplicably, that promo was also the first time the people who actually created Knull found out that he’s in the movie. And now that Knull’s creators know the symbiote creator is making his live-action debut in Venom‘s third outing, they’re hoping to see something else soon: money.

Following the release of Venom: The Last Dance‘s latest and final trailer, two of the creators behind Knull took to social media. They revealed something genuinely shocking. Sony never informed them of their character’s inclusion in the film. The first of the posts (which we first saw at IGN) came from Ryan Stegman. He penciled the issue of Marvel Comics where Knull made his debut. On Twitter, he wrote that since Knull is the movie’s big bad, he expects a big payment.

Yes, I did co-create knull. No, I didn’t know until today that he was gonna be in Venom: The Last Dance. Yes, I do expect to finally be able to afford that lazy river moat around my house

— Ryan "x-men man" $tegman (@RyanStegman) September 12, 2024

A lazy river moat at home does sound nice.

Meanwhile the writer of the comic, Donny Cates, was far more direct with his thoughts. He posted a photo of the word “MONEY” alongside “lol.”

lol pic.twitter.com/VLKtdhmG9N

— DONNY CATES (@Doncates) September 12, 2024

Not a whole lot of mystery around how either of them feel. These creators gave life to Knull on the Marvel Comics page. Now that he’s appearing in a live-action film, they want to be paid accordingly.

Without question or reservation, they should be.

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Hollywood has not exactly treated comic book creators fairly. (Which is truly an understatement.) By going public with this blatant absurdity, Stegman and Cates are drawing attention to the latest example of money-printing companies taking advantage of people they owe everything to. There would literally not be a Knull to put into Venom: The Last Dance if not for comic book writers, artists, and other creators.

The fact Sony didn’t even tell them Knull is in the movie is not a great sign for future payment. But public outcry can change that. Hopefully, it will. Hopefully, this will stop happening to comic book creators entirely. We want to root against Knull when we see him in Venom: The Last Dance. But not for this reason.

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Would STRANGER THINGS’ Dustin and SPIDER-MAN’s Flash Enjoy LEGO STAR WARS: REBUILD THE GALAXY? Gaten Matarazzo & Tony Revolori Chime In

Nerdist recently sat down with the stars of LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy to chat about the fun and fan-forward new entry in Star Wars‘ world. Gaten Matarazzo and Tony Revolori voice the main characters, Dev and Sig Greebling, in this fantastical new tale. But the duo is also well known for playing two other beloved figures in nerd-favorite properties. Matarazzo brings Stranger Things‘ Dustin Henderson to life, while Revolori is MCU Spider-Man‘s Flash Thompson. Dustin, of course, is a nerd genius himself, while Flash pretends to be cool, but we know he has a nerdy heart. But what would these two characters think about LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy? Matarazzo and Revolori gave us a little insight into that question, and their thoughtful answers also shed some fun new light on their Stranger Things and Spider-Man characters.

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Here’s what they had to say:

Matarazzo: I think Dustin is very critical of the stuff that he watches and is a big Star Wars fan himself. But I have a hard time believing that Dustin wouldn’t have secret YouTube accounts where he comments the same mean comment on trailers. But this is when he’s 40, and his kids catch him. His kids are like, “Dad, why do you need nine YouTube accounts all devoted to how bad you think this trailer is? I think that’s what his vibe might be.

Revolori: I think Flash would secretly absolutely love this. He would have a secret tattoo of the brothers, and if anyone asked him about it, he’d be like, “No, no, no. That’s a kid show. No. Yeah, no, it’s stupid.” He’d completely deny it. But he would love secretly it so much.

We’re obsessed with the headcanon of Stranger Things‘ Dustin Henderson being a secret hater of fun. But we bet Steve Harrington would absolutely love LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy, much to Dustin’s total dismay. Perhaps you doth protest too much, Dustin. But we love even more Revolori’s vision of Flash being absolutely invested in LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy. This endearing fact makes us like Flash so much more.

All four parts of LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy are streaming now on Disney+.

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The Stars of LEGO STAR WARS: REBUILD THE GALAXY Dive Into Their Love Letter to STAR WARS

LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy is the latest entry into the incredible LEGO Star Wars world. At the heart of the miniseries are siblings Sig and Dev Greebling and their fabulous friend Yesi Scala. In celebration of this new entry into the Star Wars universe and its release, Nerdist sat down with Gaten Matarazzo, Tony Revolori, and Marsai Martin, who voice Sig, Dev, and Yesi, respectively. We chatted with the stars of this new Star Wars entry about their excitement for the series, what’s at the heart of their characters, and how fun it was to create a true love letter to Star Wars that’s by fans for fans.

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You can check out our full LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy conversation below.

Nerdist: Were you all Star Wars fans before the opportunity to be a part of LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy? And what was your favorite thing about jumping into the galaxy, far, far away?

Tony Revolori: Yeah, I was a big fan. I’ve been a fan since I was a kid, so this was a great huge honor. I am so excited for people to see it. And then my favorite part of the series so far probably has to be Darth Jar Jar, just because I think he’s so funny. And I love the wish fulfillment of it because it’s something that I would do.

Marsai Martin: I have only been a Star Wars fan for so little time. I only know a few little things. But to be able to jump into the franchise and to talk to Dan [Hernandez] and Benji [Samit], who are our amazing writers, that was incredible. They really talked to me about their passion and their love for this project, and that really made me say an absolute yes to it.

And, of course, I know LEGO, and I have everything LEGO, and so does my sister. So, to be able to have those two worlds collide is such a dream and something to constantly keep learning about. And I feel like in the Star Wars franchise, there is so much to learn, so many layers, and it’s a constant thing that I’m very excited to jump to.

Gaten Matarazzo: I’ve been a massive Star Wars fan since I was seven years old. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. It’s the reason that I love cinema as much as I do. It’s what’s propelled my love for movie making and sci-fi as a whole, and it’s a primary cornerstone reason as to why I do what I do. So, I’m forever grateful for the franchise, and to actively be a part of something that is so fresh and fun for the world of Star Wars is just such an honor, and to do it with such an amazing group of people. Then to also be part of something that’s so low-stakes and fun and made for fans by fans is more than I could have ever asked for. It’s an absolute dream project.

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Gaten and Tony, the relationship between Sig and Dev Greebling on LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy is one of the most beautiful sibling relationships I’ve seen portrayed on screen. How did you work together to create that dynamic?

Revolori: I want to say that we did so much together: that we watched movies, we had FaceTimes that lasted till three in the morning, and we were just in bed talking like, Hey, bro. But unfortunately, this is the first time I’m really getting to talk and hang out with Gaten. So, we never really got to work together on this. But I will say both he and I have siblings and brothers, so I think it wasn’t a far cry for us to have imagined each other’s characters as our brother, which helped us create that. And then I’ll give the credit to the editors for picking the right takes to make everyone well up in tears.

Beautiful! And Marsai, I love Yesi so much. She’s so naturally cool, brave, and driven, and when the Galaxy rebuilds, she really has to pay a big price for it. What are your favorite parts of Yesi, and what do you think of each of the two versions of her reveal about the character?

Martin: Ooh! My favorite parts of Yesi are how energetic she is and how excited she is to just go for anything that comes her way, no matter how much of a challenge. She’s just ready to fight; she’s ready to do whatever, and I’m down for that. Yesi is the best friend that I really would want. We’d be besties. I know she’s got my back. I also think that I feel like regardless, in both worlds, I think she’s very empathetic and very open, and you see a bunch of different emotions from Yesi overall. And that lets her formulate who she is and who she wants to become.

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It just makes sense for the franchise and for them to be rebuilding the galaxy and her being a homegirl, being like, I got your back. So, it’s literally the perfect character for me, and I couldn’t be more grateful. Hopefully, we will be able to see where she goes from here.

Yes, we all hope for more from LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy!

Gaten, if Sig Greebling hadn’t been in the temple when the Galaxy changed, what do you imagine he would’ve become in an alternate galaxy?

Gaten Matarazzo: I think playing to the opposites has always been really fun. So, I think that he would be… I have this idea, it may be too along the line of what Dev is like, but I think he’d be like an Evel Knievel daredevil bounty hunter. I think he would have a really cool speeder and he’d be like a Western gunslinger type. That could be really, really fun. Or, I think he might be a right-hand man to an Imperial officer or something like that. The one who goes out and does the dirty work, who, you know, what I mean? But also he talks like this. [the last part said in a slimy, unctuous kind of tone] Like a little henchman.

A little Hux, maybe?

Matarazzo: Yeah. Yeah, exactly. I love that. That would be really fun.

Tony and Gaten, you’ve both been in some big nerdy properties before. What do you think Stranger Things’ Dustin and Spider-Man‘s Flash would think of LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy?

Matarazzo: I think Dustin is very critical of the stuff that he watches and is a big Star Wars fan himself. But I have a hard time believing that Dustin wouldn’t have secret YouTube accounts where he comments the same mean comment on trailers. But this is when he’s 40, and his kids catch him. His kids are like, “Dad, why do you need nine YouTube accounts all devoted to how bad you think this trailer is? I think that’s what his vibe might be.

Revolori: I think Flash would secretly absolutely love this. He would have a secret tattoo of the brothers, and if anyone asked him about it, he’d be like, “No, no, no. That’s a kid show. No. Yeah, no, it’s stupid.” He’d completely deny it. But he would love secretly it so much.

And Marsai, do you think you have a character who I absolutely love or hate this show in your repertoire?

Martin: I know Diane (from Black-ish) would hate this. Only because she don’t like nobody, she don’t like nothing. That’s the very first thing I thought when you asked that, I’m like, Diane ain’t going to like this. So I don’t want this question to go to me, but it don’t matter because Marsai is in love with it, and we don’t care what Diane thinks.

And we at Nerdist love it, too! And hope to see more from the series sometime soon.

All four parts of LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy are streaming now on Disney+.

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THE WALKING DEAD: DARYL DIXON Season Two Clip Shows Carol Fighting to Find Her Friend

The Walking Dead is over but, as we know, the end of the flagship series that’s been in fans’ hearts for over a decade doesn’t mean this world is done. The show already has six spinoff series: Fear the Walking Dead, Tales of the Walking Dead, The Walking Dead: World Beyond, The Walking Dead: Dead City, The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, and The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon. Most of them are completed; however, there’s a couple that are continuing this franchise with more seasons.

While The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live gave Rick and Michonne Grimes a happy reunion with their kids, other major characters’ new adventures are just beginning. Daryl Dixon is coming back for a second and third season of his spinoff series. He will reunite with his best friend Carol, who miraculously seems to make it to France to look for her friend. Good luck girl!

The second season of Daryl’s show is nearly here but there’s already news about the next season. We know that production will take place in Madrid, which means our crossbow carrying hero and his brave bestie Carol are heading to Spain. Production is underway and there are several new cast members joining The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon in season three in 2025. Eduardo Noriega, Óscar Jaenada, and Alexandra Masangkay will join the cast as series regulars. Candela Saitta and Hugo Arbués will appear in recurring roles.

Additionally, the synopsis reveals that Carol and Daryl will indeed find each other in season two.

Season three follows Daryl Dixon and Carol Peletier as they continue their journey to somehow return home and to the ones they love.  As they struggle to find their way back, the path takes them farther astray, leading them through distant lands with ever-changing and unfamiliar conditions as they witness the various effects of the Walker apocalypse.

Jump To: The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – The Book of Carol // The Walking Dead: Dead City S2 // TWD Crossover Event

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Season Two – “The Book of Carol” Is Coming in September

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon is gearing up for season two and confirmed season three. But it seems the series might get a fourth round, according to Norman Reedus during a RadioTimes interview. “We’re about to start seasons 3 and possibly 4 in Spain,” he said. “I think I’m allowed to say that. I don’t know. I just said it. But I think we’re going to Spain, to Madrid, for that.”

Season two will release on September 29 with the first of six episodes. It is time to see what Carol will do and we get a taste of it in the official trailer:

Here are some images to get you ready for Caryl action:

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You can check out The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon‘s season two teaser below.

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, showrunner David Zabel gave fans more insight into season two. He reveals that the Nest is a prominent location in season two and Carol’s previous comment about some mystery person coming back will come into play. “There’s also another clue… this moment in the radio call in episode 5 where she talks about something or someone having come back,” said Zabel. “And the impression we get, and Daryl also gets, is that something’s a little off for her, something’s wrong. And so that’s going to also function into the story for Carol in season 2.”

The Walking Dead: Dead City Season Two Will Arrive in 2025

While this universe is trucking along with Daryl’s adventures, things are slower for Dead City. We’ve known that a second season was coming for a while but didn’t know the release window until now. We will get season two in 2025. Season 1 ended with Maggie trading Negan to get her son Herschel back. Now, Negan is working for The Dama, a dangerous leader in NYC. This next chapter will presumably focus on her organization and Negan’s attempts to escape… if he even wants to do that. Negan no longer has his family and really has no friends either, so he might as well crank up the evil again, right? Well that’s exactly what seems to be the case in the above Dead City season two trailer.

These first-look season two photos bring us right back into the grittiness of this series:

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Here’s a synopsis for Dead City‘s second season:

In season two, in the growing war for control of Manhattan, Maggie and Negan find themselves trapped on opposite sides. As their paths intertwine, they come to see that the way out for both is more complicated and harrowing than they ever imagined.

Anywho, season two will bring new faces into the mix. Deadline reports that Sons of Anarchy alum Kim Coates will join Dead City‘s cast as Bruegel, the leader of a fierce NYC gang.There are also a few other new cast members joining The Walking Dead: Dead City in season two. I particularly love Dascha Polanco.

Keir Gilchrist (Atypical, It Follows), in the role of “Benjamin Pierce”Dascha Polanco (Orange Is the New Black, Poker Face), in the role of “Major Lucia Narvaez”Jake Weary (Oh, Canada, How to Blow Up a Pipeline), in the role of “Christos”Pooya Mohseni (Law & Order: SVU, See You Then), in the role of “Roksana”

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The Walking Dead‘s Potential Spinoff Crossover Event and The Ones Who Live‘s Future

As fans know, Rick Grimes was supposed to get three movies, but now it is the limited series alongside Michonne. The Ones Who Live is meant to wrap up their storylines; however, Gimple says there might be more story to tell. “Anything is possible…,” he said to Deadline. “We’re focused on this one right now. But this one came together in a really amazing way, where there were all sorts of plans. And then the world changed and we altered those plans.”

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We obviously know now (and honestly always knew) that Rick did not die in his spinoff. He got to reunite with Judith and meet Rick, Jr., but there are so many reunions that need to happen. Morgan is out there looking for Rick, Daryl will eventually return to the US, and there’s the rest of his found family back home. All signs seem to be pointing to a crossover event, which Gimple wants to happen.

“I do have dreams of merging this all together, and I have laid little breadcrumbs toward that, but you never know exactly when and how [it will come together], because of a variety of reasons,” he told TVLine. As long as The Walking Dead franchise is getting money and attention from fans, it will surely keep making more spinoff content. That’s fine with us but please, please don’t follow the comics and kill Rick Grimes if you bring him back in the future.

With Norman Reedus wanting to play Daryl Dixon for several more years, it wouldn’t be shocking if he crossed into some future spinoff series. I wouldn’t mind a Daryl and Connie miniseries. Perhaps he will somehow come across Maggie and/or Negan in their show. Or, maybe he will be the gateway to introduce us to a new character to follow. A crossover event would likely put him front and center as one of this universe’s leading men.

A lot is happening in The Walking Dead universe and there will surely be more details about other spinoffs if they happen. There’s plenty left to explore in the land of the dead, so let’s keep walking right towards these spinoffs.

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Originally published on April 7, 2022.

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The Marvel Comics History of Knull, the Villain From VENOM: THE LAST DANCE, Explained

Thus far, the Sony Spider-Man cinematic universe has not had what we’d call a Thanos-level threat… until now. The latest trailer for Venom: The Last Dance introduces Knull, a powerful cosmic villain who has become a major threat to the Marvel Universe in just a few short years. In the film, he’s rumored to be portrayed by Norman Reedus of The Walking Dead franchise. Here’s everything you need to know about the ancient dark being known as the King in Black, the God of the Symbiotes, and Lord of the Abyss.

The First Marvel Comics Appearance of Knull, God of the SymbiotesMarvel Comics

Created by writer Donny Cates and artist Ryan Stegman, Knull’s first official appearance was in 2018’s Venom Vol. 4 #3. Technically, he first appeared as a nameless entity in Thor: God of Thunder #6 in 2013, a full five years earlier. In just a handful of years, he became one of Marvel’s most powerful villains, and became one of the arch-enemies of Venom, and to a lesser extent, Thor and the Silver Surfer. As the main antagonist of the crossover event The King in Black, he became a threat practically every hero on Earth had to face.

The Ancient Origins of Knull in the Marvel ComicsMarvel Comics

Knull is an entity older than time, created after the destruction of the sixth iteration of the cosmos. When the god-like Celestials created the 7th iteration of cosmos, what we think of as the 616 Marvel Universe, they offered Knull the title of “King in Black,” tasked with watching over their new creations. However, when the Light of Creation came through, it devoured his kingdom of Eldritch Darkness, and Knull rebelled. He created a weapon, the Necrosword, also called the All-Black, and used it to murder one of the Celestials. Outraged by this betrayal, the other Celestials banished Knull deep into the Primordial Void. The head of the Celestial he killed went with him.

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Using that head, he created the first symbiote, combining it with the remaining Celestial energies within it. The head would eventually become Knowhere, later the home base for the Guardians of the Galaxy. The first symbiotes Knull created in the earliest years were forged in heat and noise. In doing so, he unintentionally gave the symbiotes their weaknesses to high sonic frequencies and fire. These symbiotes were an extension of his own consciousness. Knull forged a symbiote armor and began using All-Black to start killing other gods. At some point, he crash-landed on an unnamed planet where the creature Gorr took the All-Black from the incapacitated Knull and became the God-Butcher. Later, Gorr the God-Butcher became a major enemy of Thor, after killing multiple gods.

Knull vs. Thor and Knull’s BanishmentMarvel Comics

Over a thousand years ago, a gigantic symbiote arrived on Earth, hoping to assimilate our world into the Symbiote Hive. This is when a younger Thor Odinson came to Earth to battle the symbiote, who was shaped like a dragon, and which local Vikings and villagers called Grendel. A lightning strike summoned by Thor’s hammer Mjölnir shattered the connection between Knull and his symbiote hive mind. Now roaming the cosmos and free from Knull’s control, they began bonding with new hosts and learning about something other than just endless darkness. The symbiotes rebelled against their god and master, containing him inside a world made of billions of symbiotes. They named this world Klyntar, which in their language translates to “cage.”

Knull in the King in Black Crossover EventMarvel Comics

After a millennia, archeologists discovered the remains of Grendel. Later, several SHIELD scientists tried to hone its power for military use, but it only served to reactivate their symbiote connection to Knull. Years later, he returned to full strength after a conflict between Eddie Brock, a.k.a. Venom, and Carnage, two symbiotes on Earth. Now at full power once more, Knull destroyed Klyntar, and created a suit of draconic armor for himself. He then created a fleet of symbiote dragons to conquer the universe, starting with Earth. When he attacked the Earth in 2020’s King in Black crossover event, it took Venom, the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, and the X-Men together to defeat Knull. But it was Venom who gave Knull the killing blow, becoming the new King of the Symbiotes as a result.

Knull’s Powers and Abilities Marvel Comics

As the God of the Abyss, the immortal Knull has superhuman strength and durability. He can fly and has regenerative powers that allow him to heal from almost any injury. Knull has the power to create and manipulate the Eldritch Darkness. He can also create weapons and living creatures out of pure darkness, creatures he can control remotely. Many of the symbiotes he creates have different powers and different shapes, like the dragon symbiotes. As a shapeshifter, Knull can transform his mouth into a set of enormous fanged jaws with an elongated tongue, a trait passed on to his symbiotes.

The Live-Action, Cinematic Future of KnullSony Pictures

So what does this mean for the future of the cinematic Knull? Is he the “big bad” of Venom: The Last Dance, or will he just be teased in a post-credits sequence? It’s been said that Venom: The Last Dance is the final film featuring Tom Hardy as the Eddie Brock persona, so could this be leading to Knull vs. Spider-Man in Spider-Man 4? Knull is too big a villain not to use in a significant way. He’s also a major enemy of Thor, but with the God of Thunder over at Marvel Studios, we don’t see that happening anytime soon. We’re very curious as to what the big screen future of the King of the Abyss will be.

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