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— Warner Bros released the trailer for The Kitchen. The movie, based on the DC Vertigo comic written by Ollie Masters and illustrated by Ming Doyle, stars Melissa McCarthy, Elisabeth Moss, and Tiffany Haddish as the wives of New York City gangsters in the 1970s who continue to operate their husbands’ rackets after they’re sent to prison. The movie will be released in theaters August 7.
— SYFY has a sneak peek of season 2 of their Superman prequel show, Krypton, which stars Cameron Cuffe as the Man of Steel’s grandfather. This isn’t your typical preview, though — SYFY and DC Comics teamed up with artist Jason Badower, writer Bryan Edward Hill, and colorist Annette Kwok on a 3-page comic, “Krypton: Tales From The Phantom Zone,” that gives fans an idea of what they can expect when the show returns June 12.
— Marvel and Dreamscape Media will distribute “a few dozen” audiobook versions of some of Marvel’s iconic comic books, including titles like “Ultimate Spider-Man,” “Ultimate X-Men,” “X-Men: Codename Wolverine,” and “Daredevil: The Man Without Fear.” The audiobooks will be available for sale, as well as for free on the lending app Hoopla, beginning in September.
— A third season of the Emmy-nominated animated series Marvel’s Spider-Man has been ordered by Disney XD. Premiering in Spring 2020, it will be titled Marvel’s Spider-Man: Maximum Venom, and will focus on a global threat from the alien homeworld of (you guessed it) Venom. In the meantime, season 2 of the hit show kicks off this September.
— WarnerMedia issued a statement that it will reconsider new productions in Georgia should the state’s “Fetal Heartbeat” bill, which bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, go into effect on January 1, 2020. Warner has a strong foothold in Georgia with several Atlanta-based assets and current productions filming there, including CW’s Black Lightning and DC Universe’s Doom Patrol. AMC also spoke out about the proposed law, saying it would reevaluate its activities in Georgia — including the very lucrative Walking Dead series, which films in the Atlanta area — should it pass. The two companies join NBCUniversal, Netflix, and Disney, which have already issued statements in response to the highly controversial legislation.
— Cartoon Network announced that it’s in production on We Bare Bears The Movie, based on the hit television show. The movie has a planned 2020 premiere and will be executive produced by series creator Daniel Chong. A spinoff series is also in the works.
— The Boondocks are coming back to Adult Swim, or at least that’s according to John Witherspoon, who voiced the character of “Granddad” on the popular animated show. Witherspoon revealed that a new season of the show is in pre-production during an interview on The Joe Rogan Experience.
— Finally, musician Adam Green (perhaps best known as one half of the duo The Moldy Peaches) is releasing a new album this year; concurrently, he will release a full graphic novel, titled “War And Paradise,” which, according to Green, is a “satirical war epic is about the clash of humans with machines, the meeting of spirituality with singularity, and the bidirectional relationship between life and the afterlife.”
