The ‘Jinn’ Netflix trailer.

Trying to decide whether to watch Jinn. On the one hand, it’s a teen drama series (‘series’ is the problem, here). On the other hand, it’s a supernatural teen drama series.

On the gripping hand: the jinn are red in tooth and claw. Or at least some of them are. I’m always down for some good old-fashioned monsterism.

Eh, maybe the first episode when the kids are asleep.

The ‘The Current War’ trailer.

It’s got Benedict Cumberbatch as Thomas Edison, because… I don’t know. Because he wanted the role and who was going to tell him no? Especially since Tom Holland is there, too, thus more than doubling the chance that some of that sweet, sweet MCU fanbase would come and see a dramatization of the fight of Edison vs. Tesla over AC/DC current.

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Tweet of the Day, …Taika Waititi, you say?

Taika Waititi supposedly is working on a new Flash Gordon? That’s animated?

:pause:

I’ll allow it.

A clip from that ‘Little Monsters’ zombie comedy.

Lupita Nyong’o is kind of convincing me to maybe see this one. Originally seen via Coming Soon, but they’ve got this thing about embedding third-party videos that’s just annoying enough to make me go find it for myself. So maybe counter-productive?

Oh. Zombies, so if your boss is squeamish maybe don’t click on the link at work.

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Tweet of the Day, Flee Into The Peace And Safety Of A New Dark Age edition.

It’s always a shame when you see people open a Forbidden Book and you can’t stop them.

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Yeah, but who would you pick for the live-action Miles Morales?

In the process of saying things that we already knew would happen (Tom Hardy is going to make another Venom movie*; Sony wouldn’t mind a Venom / Spider-Man crossover, if only they can figure out how to do it), producer Amy Pascal said this:

Fans of Miles Morales will also be happy to learn that the character’s inclusion in this animated universe does not necessarily mean we can’t ever get a live-action version of him, too. “No, I don’t think you should exclude [Miles from a live-action movie],” Pascal said. “I think you should assume there is nothing to exclude.”

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