Nerdism Notifier | July 6, 2025 - July 12, 2025
Castings
Cosmo Jarvis will no longer star in Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” due to scheduling conflicts and Logan Marshall-Green will be taking over his role.
Source: Deadline
Simone Ashley (1), Lucy Liu, Justin Theroux, B.J. Novak and Pauline Chalamet (2) have been cast in “The Devil Wears Prada” sequel.
Source: Deadline (1), Variety (2)
Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett, Lukita Maxwell and Avan Jogia have been cast in A24’s Backrooms film.
Source: Variety
Cinema
“Superman” released this week.
The live-action Hot Wheels movie is moving forward at Warner Bros. with Jon M. Chu set to direct.
Source: Deadline
A sequel to “The Garfield Movie” is in the works with Chris Pratt set to return.
Source: Deadline
Denis Villeneuve’s next Dune film will officially be titled “Dune: Part Three” as opposed to the rumored name of “Dune Messiah.”
Source: IMDb
“Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery” will premiere at the BFI London Film Festival in October.
Source: Variety
A new installment in the Night at the Museum franchise is in the works.
Source: Deadline
Guy Ritchie is no longer set to direct the “Road House” sequel for Amazon MGM, which is still intent on starting production this fall.
Source: Deadline
Television
“Queer Eye” will end with Season 10 at Netflix.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
“The Paper” premieres September 4 on Peacock with four episodes followed by two episodes every Thursday until the season ends on September 25.
Source: NBC
The “Scrubs” reboot is moving forward at ABC with Donald Faison, Sarah Chalke and Zach Braff reprising their roles.
Source: Nerdist
The official trailer for “King of the Hill” Season 14 released this week and the series will premiere on Hulu August 4.
Video Games
Marvel Rivals: Season 3 - The Abyss Awakens released this week alongside the new Power of the Phoenix battle pass.
Superman is now playable in Fortnite Battle Royale: Chapter 6, Season 3 - Super.
Comics
Jack Kirby’s birthplace at the corner of the Lower East Side in New York City has been officially renamed to Jack Kirby Way and Yancy Street.
Source: Screen Rant
Marvel Comics has announced “Age of Revelation,” which is a new comic event that will jump a decade into the future and follow the X-Men living in a world molded by Apocalypse’s successor.
The event will also feature a slate of new tie-in titles featuring various groups and characters like The Avengers and Spider-Man.
Source: Marvel
Industry
Michael Douglas says he has “no real intentions” of returning to acting and says he isn’t officially retired.
Source: Rolling Stone
Scarlett Johansson has become the highest grossing actor of all time worldwide.
Source: NBC
Federal appeals court has struck down the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) “click-to-cancel” rule that would’ve required companies like Netflix to make it easier for customers to cancel subscriptions.
Source: AP News
Craig Robinson has revealed that his retirement from comedy was a prank to promote a new AT&T ad about small business owners where Robinson starts an AI alarm clock business.
Source: Newsweek
Disney CEO Bob Iger has met with White House officials to discuss concerns regarding AI models infringing on Disney’s IPs and using their characters in inappropriate ways.
Source: IMDb
YouTube is removing their Trending page.
Source: The Verge
An article from The Wall Street Journal released this week detailing new information regarding DC Studios’ inner workings and future plans including:
James Gunn reportedly considering spinoff shows for Mr. Terrific and Jimmy Olsen.
David Zaslav reportedly dismissing the development of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ black Superman movie in 2022 describing it as “too woke.”
David Zaslav having talks with The Rock on how to fix DC that quickly ended following “Black Adam” flopping.
DC aiming to re-establish its best known characters and unite them in a new Justice League movie.
DC aiming to output two live-action films, multiple live-action shows and one animated show each year.
Warner Bros. executives once considering developing a Robin series set in Christopher Nolan’s Batman universe, but Nolan vetoed the project effectively putting an end to the idea.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Legendary is considering a deal to acquire Lionsgate.
Source: Variety
Sean Astin will be running for President of the Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA).
Source: Deadline
That’s all for this week, folks! Tune back in next week for another edition of Nerdism Notifier filled with more entertainment news.