Nerdism Notifier | May 11, 2025 - May 17, 2025
Castings
Krysten Ritter will officially return as Jessica Jones in “Daredevil: Born Again” Season 2.
Source: Deadline
Multiple casting announcements were made this week for “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping,” which include:
Maya Hawke as Wiress (1)
Lili Taylor as Mags Flanagan (2)
Ben Wang as Wyatt Callow (3)
Ralph Fiennes as President Snow (4)
Source: Deadline (1), Deadline (2), Variety (3), The Hollywood Reporter (4)
Cinema
“The Super Mario Bros. Movie” sequel is reportedly titled “Super Mario World.”
Source: IMDb
David Leitch is in talks to direct the “Gears of War” movie with Jon Spaihts writing the script.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
“The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender” has been delayed to October 9, 2026 and the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” sequel has been delayed to September 17, 2027.
Source: Variety
The official trailer for “Nobody 2” released this week.
“Nobody 2” will release in theaters August 15.
The official trailer for “Superman” released this week.
“Superman” will release in theaters May 14.
Television
The first look at the “The Paper” released this week, which will follow the Dunder Mifflin documentary crew focusing on a dying Midwestern newspaper and its reporters.
“The Paper” releases in September on Peacock.
Source: Variety
“Alien: Earth” will premiere August 12 on Hulu and will follow a group exploring a crashed space vessel two years before the events of “Alien.”
Source: FX
The United States Department of Homeland Security is considering a reality TV show pitch that would see immigrants competing in various challenges to gain U.S. citizenship.
Source: The New York Times
“Fallout” Season 2 premieres this December on Amazon Prime and has been renewed for Season 3.
Two teasers for Season 2 were also released this week.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
The first teaser for “Spider-Noir” released this week.
“Spider-Noir” will premiere on Amazon Prime next year.
The official trailer for “Ironheart” released this week.
“Ironheart” will have a 3-episode premiere June 24 on Disney+.
Video Games
“Doom: The Dark Ages” released this week.
Skydance Games has delayed “Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra” to early 2026.
Source: Game Informer
“Marathon” has faced backlash recently after the latest build of the game featured art that was directly stolen from another artist, which makes this the fourth time in recent years Bungie has been accused of plagiarism.
Source: GameSpot
Comic Books
“The Spectacular Spider-Men” has been canceled after 15 issues.
The final issue released earlier this week including a message from Editor Nick Lowe to fans of the series at the end of the issue thanking them for reading.
Industry
AMC Stubs members can buy tickets for 50% off starting July 9 as the existing Tuesday deal has now been extended to also include Wednesday.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Max is rebranding itself once again by returning to the HBO Max name.
Source: NPR
That’s all for this week, folks! Tune back in next week for another edition of Nerdism Notifier filled with more entertainment news.