Meet Blind Al in new Deadpool TV Spot

Check out this new TV spot focusing on DEADPOOL’s roommate BLIND AL (played by Leslie Uggams). 

In the comics, Deadpool was hired to kill Blind Al. Instead he killed everyone except for her, allowing Al to escape. Years later, Deadpool would meet up with her again.

 Deadpool hits theaters February 12.

Doing the Undoable: The Return of Dirk Gently

The world's only holistic detective is poised to return to the small screen.

BBC America has picked up Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency for a straight to series, eight-episode order. Based on Adams' 1987 novel of the same name, the series will center around 'holistic detective' Gently who utilizes the 'the fundamental interconnectedness of all things' to solve cases. Max Landis (Chronicle, Victor Frankenstein) has been tapped to write the series. Landis, a fan of Adams, read both Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and its follow up, 1988's The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul as a teenager. He credits Adams’ work as 'one of the things that inspired me to be a writer.'

source: Variety

Boldly Stamping

Later this year, the US Postal Service is releasing four stamps to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Star Trek. These forever stamps showcase designs inspired by elements of the scifi show:

• the Starship Enterprise inside the outline of a Starfleet insignia against a gold background;
• the silhouette of a crewman in a transporter against a red background;
• the silhouette of the Enterprise from above against a green background; and,
• the Enterprise inside the outline of the Vulcan salute (Spock’s iconic hand gesture) against a blue background

The words SPACE… THE FINAL FRONTIER appear beneath the stamps against a background of stars. The stamps were designed by Heads of State under the art direction of Antonio Alcalá.

source: US Postal Service

 

Star Wars Movies Release Dates

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (December 16, 2016) will take us to a time before Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi first met on Tattoine, giving a behind-the-scenes look at how Princess Leia, R2-D2 and company came to possess the Death Star plans. Described as a "heist" movie, it will be directed by Godzilla's Gareth Edwards and star Felicity Jones, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, Forest Whitaker and more. 

Star Wars Episode VIII (May 26, 2017) will continue the story of Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Rey, Finn and company as they battle the First Order, comprised of the remnants of the shattered Empire and led by Supreme Leader Snoke with a little help from Kylo Ren. The film is as-yet-untitled, although that may change soon as Rian Johnson is expected to begin principal photography this month. 

Star Wars Anthology: Han Solo (May 25, 2018) is the as-yet-untitled solo film set to explore the backstory of everyone's favorite scoundrel and smuggler. Since the Star Wars Expanded Universe has been rendered non-canonical with the Disney acquisition of Lucasfilm, this will be the first "official" glimpse into the character's backstory in the newly-reworked timeline. Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, Han Solo will reportedly be the final Star Wars movie written by The Empire Strikes Back and The Force Awakens' Lawrence Kasdan. 

Star Wars Episode IX (2019) will be directed by Colin Trevorrow from a script by Rian Johnson. The film will likely close out the story of the battle with Kylo Ren and Snoke, as the earliest comments from Disney were that they were planning a new Star Wars trilogy. Whichever members of the The Force Awakens cast are still alive (their characters, not the actors, although presumably that too) will return for the film. 

Star Wars Anthology: Boba Fett (2020) is still not officially confirmed, and no creatives are officially on board, although there have been rumors for a while that the bounty hunter would have his own film. This one would also, plausibly, allow them to tie into Han Solo and/or Rogue One, creating a second, distinct timeline of Star Wars movies being released at the same time as the Episode films -- although that's pure speculation and has not been confirmed or even rumored up to now. 

via comicbook.com