This Week in Superheroes and Science Fiction News 4-8-2021

4-8-2021 Superheroes and Science Fiction News

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Marvel News

Russel Crowe was cast to be in Thor: Love and Thunder.

In the upcoming MODOK series that will be on Hulu, Jon Hamm will voice Iron Man, Nathan Fillion will voice Wonder Man, Whoopi Goldberg will voice Poundcakes and Bill Harder will voice Angar the Screamer.

Star Wars News

Bad Batch Trailer - https://youtu.be/BsOmYpP4UDU

Obi-wan Kenobi cast revealed
Joining the cast are
Moses Ingram
Joel Edgerton - playing Owen Lars (Anakin Skywalker's stepbrother and Luke's uncle)
Bonnie Piesse (Lukes Aunt)
Kumail Nanjiani
Indira Varma
Rupert Friend
O'Shea Jackson Jr.
Sung Kang
Simone Kessell
Benny Safdie

Laura Harrier has been cast to play young Ahsoka Tano, alongside Hayden Christensen as Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker in the Ahsoka series.
Ahsoka will debut on Disney+ in late 2022

DC News

Superman & Lois Delayed 7 Weeks

Another Suicide Squad trailer was released, now there are two
Suicide Trailer 1 - https://youtu.be/CmRih_VtVAs
Suicide Trailer 2 - https://youtu.be/JuDLepNa7hw

Premier Dates
The Suicide Squad - August 6th, 2021
The Batman - March 4th, 2022
Black Adam - July 29th, 2022
The Flash - November 4th, 2022
Aquaman 2 - December 16th, 2022
Shazam! Fury of the Gods - June 2nd, 2023

Zack Snyder's Justice League: Justice is Gray is on HBO Max to watch

Sci-Fi News

Resident Alien Renewed for Season 2, Season 1 Finale Just Aired on SYFY

Rick and Morty Season 5 Trailer - https://youtu.be/F6Zy_mLgSNQ
Debuts June 20th, which is also Rick and Morty Day

Star Trek News

Star Trek had a virtual event for First Contact Day on April 5th, 2021, and announced the following.

Star Trek Discovery Season 4 Teaser Trailer - https://youtu.be/sJ4CkuDx5LE
Discovery Season 4 will debut sometime in 2021

Star Trek Picard Season 2 Teaser Trailer - https://youtu.be/xk9F90wklRQ
Picard Season 2 will debut sometime in 2022.

Star Trek Lower Decks Season 2 Trailer - https://youtu.be/TSLcErfzHuc
Lower Decks will debut on August 12th, 2021

Star Trek Prodigy will debut on Nickelodeon sometime in 2021
First look at Captain Janeway, with Kate Mulgrew voicing her. - https://bit.ly/3d0DZO8

Convention Section

San Diego Comic-con announced Comic-Con Special Edition on November 26th-28th, 2021 - https://comic-con.org/cci

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