Jon Favreau Reveals Time Period of His Star Wars Series

Tonight at the premiere of Solo: A Star Wars Story, Jon Favreau revealed that the live-action Star Wars TV series he is creating will take place seven years after the events of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi.

Exclusive: @Jon_Favreau confirms that his live action #StarWars series takes place 7 years after Battle of Endor, between #ReturnOfTheJedi and #TheForceAwakens. Will feature all new characters, using cutting edge tech a la THE JUNGLE BOOK. Story coming to @nerdist... pic.twitter.com/iRyPS8hPDR

— Dan Casey (@DanCasey) May 11, 2018

Characters Returning in Deadpool 2

The writers of Deadpool have confirmed that Dopinder (the taxi driver), Colossus, and Negasonic Teenage Warhead will all be in the sequel.

Adam McKay to Co-Write Ant-Man and Wasp

Writer Adam McKay has confirmed to the Nerdist that he will be involved in the Ant-Man sequel. McKay, who helped write the original film, commented

We’ve been talking to Marvel actually. We just talked to them the other day, and it looks like I will be involved. I don’t know if it’s gonna be right from page one. But it looks like I will definitely be involved. There you go. There’s a little headline for the fanboys!

Doctor Who YouTube Geek Week Videos

BBC America has posted a couple of Doctor Who videos in celebration of YouTube's Geek Week. You can watch them in the players below.





UPDATE: For some reason, they thought it was a good idea to put this on a separate channel

Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman on The Nerdist

Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman will be on The Nerdist on March 30th on BBC America. Catch a sneak preview here.