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TRAILER: Ready Player One

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Ready Player One

From Wikipedia: Ready Player One is an upcoming American cyberpunk science fiction action-adventure film co-produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Zak Penn and Ernest Cline, and based on Cline’s 2011 novel of the same name. The film stars Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, T. J. Miller, Simon Pegg, and Mark Rylance. The film is set in a near-future dystopian Earth, where the population spends most of its time in an interconnected virtual space called the OASIS. When the founder of OASIS dies and bequeaths ownership of OASIS to the first person to find a hidden treasure within … Read more

FOR READERS: Fave Comics

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Young Protectors

FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Kari Trenten: Do you like comics? What are some of your favorites? Favorite comic characters? For the sake of argument, we’ll include traditional comics, graphic novels, anime, and web comics in the discussion. Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Pictred: “The Young Protectors,” by Alex Woolfson and Adam DeKraker. Join the chat

TV: Colton Haynes to Return to ‘Arrow’

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Colton Haynes - Arrow

Colton Haynes will make his return to the CW series “Arrow,” according to Deadline. Haynes is confirmed to reprise his role as Roy Harper (Arsenal) after his official exit from the show in season three. He returned briefly for season four but will now come back for a larger arc. “We’re thrilled to announce that Colton Haynes will be reprising his role as Roy Harper for a short arc on Arrow this year,” executive producers Marc Guggenheim and Wendy Mericle said in a statement. “Roy is called back to Star City to help resolve an urgent matter with high stakes … Read more

FOR READERS: Buffy vs. Xena

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Buffy vs. Xena

FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Kari Trenten: Buffy vs. Xena: who would win? And why? Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat

An Openly Queer Loki in New Comic Book Series?

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Queer Loki

Loki might be getting his own queer book. Mackenzi Lee announced on Twitter she will be writing a series of historical fiction novels that will focus on ‘popular anti-heroes.’ The first will feature Loki, known for being the adopted brother of Avenger Thor. Lee was asked on Twitter if the book was going to be queer: “Loki is a canonically pansexual and gender fluid character.” By Charlie Mathers – Full Story at Gay Star News

Wonder Woman Proposes to Supergirl at Con

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Wonder Woman Proposes to Supergirl

Some couples get engaged at Disneyland. Others at a concert. This couple, however, just set a new bar — getting engaged as Wonder Woman and Supergirl. At Paris Comic Con, an annual fan convention, a pair of cosplayers had a pretty memorable weekend. During what looks like a presentation of sorts, a woman dressed as Wonder Woman starts talking to another woman dressed as Supergirl. As Star Wars cosplayers convene on stage (just go with it), Wonder Woman gets down on one knee. By Anya Crittenton – Full Story at Gay Star News

FIRST LOOK: Sense8 Finale

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Sense8

Netflix has released a first look at the two-hour “Sense8” finale special. The video shows behind-the-scenes footage, interviews with the cast and clips of the cast meeting fans all around the world. Max Riemelt, Toby Onwumere, Miguel Angel Silvestre, Jamie Clayton, Tina Desai, Tuppence Middleton, Doona Bae and Brian J. Smith all make appearances in the short video. “Sense8,” the sci-fi series from transgender sisters Lana and Lilly Wachowski, follows eight strangers from around the world who discover they are all psychically interconnected. The show was canceled in June after two seasons but after an outcry from fans on social media, … Read more

New Marvel Animated Film Stars Latina Queer Hero

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America Chavez

Marvel is bringing some of their most diverse heroes front and center with their newest movie project. Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors is an upcoming full-length feature animated film starring a new generation of superheroes. It’s part of the company’s new multi-platform animation venture, which launches next year. It consists of digital shorts and this movie. Sana Amanat, Marvel’s director of content, told BuzzFeed the project ‘came out of a desire to be able to tell stories about characters that we think are the next great heroes’. ‘I think it’s incredibly important that we tell young women and young girls that … Read more

Oscar Isaac Open to Poe-Finn Relationship

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Oscar Isaac

Oscar Isaac was asked about Star Wars fans who see the opportunity for a romance to bud between Poe and John Boyega’s character Finn in an upcoming episode, and Collider asks him what that means to him. Said Isaac: “What it means to me is that people can see themselves in a hero like this, in a movie like this, which I love. Not only LGBT, but Latinos. That there’s a representation out there for that.” As to specifics, Isaac isn’t giviing much up: “As to actually seeing how that manifests itself in Poe in this film, that isn’t necessarily … Read more

TRAILER – Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

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Trailer: Jurassic World

As already revealed in a tasty little featurette, Fallen Kingdom retains the two stars of the first Jurassic World film – Chris Pratt as dinosaur trainer Owen Grady, and Bryce Dallas Howard as former park manager Claire Dearing, who has since founded the Dinosaur Protection Group – but has a new director: JA Bayona of The Orphanage and The Impossible renown, with Colin Trevorrow, the director of Jurassic World, retaining a writing credit. According to EW magazine, Fallen Kingdom is set several years after the collapse of the dinosaur park in Jurassic World, when an erupting volcano threatens to wipe … Read more