SUPERGIRL: WOMAN OF TOMORROW Casts Milly Alcock as Supergirl

 
The Girl of Steel is now a Woman of Tomorrow.

Deadline is reporting that Milly Alcock has been cast as Kara Zor-El, also known to DC Comics fans as Supergirl, in the upcoming film version of Tom King and Bilquis Evely's 2021 limited series Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow.

According to the article, Alcock beat out CODA actress Emilia Jones and Meg Donnelly, who voiced Supergirl in the DC animated movies Legion of Super-Heroes and Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part One.

Alcock's Supergirl is expected by many to debut in James Gunn’s upcoming film Superman: Legacy, which is about to go before the cameras in Georgia, but Deadline claims that's not a certainty. At the very least, she'll appear in some DC-based project before starring in her solo feature, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow. 

Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow is an eight-issue miniseries that focuses on Kara Zor-El's quest through space, aided by Krypto, and is told from the perspective of Ruthye, a new character. Ruthye, an alien girl Kara meets along her journey, is looking for justice for her father's death.

Alcock, 23, is an Australian actress best known as the young Rhaenyra Targaryen in the HBO fantasy series House of the Dragon. In addition, she's appeared in episodes of the TV series Upright, The Gloaming, and Reckoning.

Created in 1959 by Otto Binder, Al Plastino and Curt Swan, Supergirl first appeared in Action Comics (vol.1) #252 as Kara Zor-El, the daughter of Jor-El's brother Zor-El and cousin to Superman. She was the last survivor of Argo City, which had survived the destruction of the planet Krypton until meteorites of Green Kryptonite penetrated Argo City's protective barrier. Sent to Earth by Zor-El to be raised by her cousin, Kara acquired powers similar to Superman and adopted the secret identity of Linda Lee, a young girl at Midvale Orphanage. 

In the New 52 continuity, Kara's ship lands as part of a meteor shower in Smallville, Kansas, but burrows through the Earth and emerges in Siberia. Kara has no memory of the destruction of Krypton and believes herself to be dreaming. The military tracks her arrival, and a group of American soldiers in mechanized suits immediately attack her. Her powers start emerging as the fight goes on and terrify the surprised Kara. Superman arrives after she defeats the soldiers and tries to convince Kara that he is her cousin, but Kara, still believing that only three days have passed since she last saw baby Kal, accuses him of being an imposter and attacks him. Eventually, Kara accepts that Krypton has been destroyed and that Superman is indeed her grown-up cousin.

Alcock will be the fifth actress to portray the character in live action, after Sasha Calle in the 2023 film The Flash, Melissa Benoist on the CBS/CW TV series Supergirl, Laura Vandervoort on WB/CW series Smallville, and Helen Slater in the 1984 film Supergirl that was a spinoff from the Superman films starring Christopher Reeve.  The character has also appeared a number of times in animation, including Superman: The Animated Series and Justice League Unlimited (voiced by Nicholle Tom), and the Super Best Friends Forever DC Nation animated shorts (voiced by Nicole Sullivan).

Superman: Legacy is currently scheduled to arrive in theaters on July 11, 2025.

THE FANDOM ZONE 285: "Lowak" Is Up!

 
"Buythedamnthing, buythedamnthing, buythedamnthing...HO! All my relations!"
-- Skully, Echo -- "Lowak"

Hello again, everyone! DJ Nik and I are back for another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This time, we discuss "Lowak", the second episode of the Marvel series Echo, featuring Alaqua Cox as Echo/Maya Lopez, Cody Lightning as Biscuits, and Graham Greene as Skully!

In this episode, DJ Nik and I talk about things like Inter Milan winning the Supercoppa Italiana, Biscuits being very easily manipulated, wondering why the Echo episodes have so many writers, some background on Indigenous North American stickball, Lowak seeing a vision of her ancestor Chafa, the Lowak flashback establishing that Maya's family line has passed on exceptional abilities throughout the generations, Maya turning Biscuits into her henchman, Biscuits' comic relief balancing Maya's silent seriousness, wanting to see Biscuits with Scott Lang's crew, Echo turning into Popeye the Sailor Man, Biscuits being petrified of the wrath of Chula, Skully building a temporary replacement leg WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS, Chula transferring her hatred of Maya's father onto Maya, Skully dealing with white tourists, that awkward moment when Biscuits looks on in horror as Chula watches him drive by in her truck that he and Maya trashed, Biscuits selling his Playstation 4 for $125 or best offer, Biscuits accidentally telling Bonnie that Maya is in town, Chula going to Henry about Maya being in town, Henry trying to warn Maya about the people she cares about getting hurt in her war with the Kingpin's organization, the swingset asking to be shot, our favorite quotes of the episode, not getting Fandom Zone Fan Mail from Jesse Jackson, and more! 

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Be sure to come back next week  when DJ Nik and I discuss "Tuklo", the third episode of the Marvel Cinematic Universe TV series Echo, featuring Alaqua Cox as Echo/Maya Lopez, Devery Jacobs as Bonnie, and Chaske Spencer as Henry Lopez!

Millie Gibson to Leave DOCTOR WHO in 2025, Varada Sethu Becomes New Companion

 
Goodbye, Ruby Sunday.

Variety has confirmed an earlier report from British tabloid The Mirror that Doctor Who star Millie Gibson, who plays the Doctor's new companion Ruby Sunday, will be leaving the series after just one full season. Gibson reportedly will be replaced by actress Varada Sethu during the fifteenth season of the series that returned in 2005. Ncuti Gatwa, who plays the Fifteenth Doctor, will remain with the series.

According to the original Mirror article, the decision to write out Ruby Sunday was made last year by showrunner Russell T Davies after filming on Gibson's first run ended. Reportedly, Gibson will not appear in the 2024 Christmas special later this year and will make only a handful of appearances across Gatwa’s second series as the Doctor during 2025. In next year’s series, her character is expected to appear in just three of the eight episodes, with one of them a standalone story wrapping up Ruby Sunday’s journey with the Doctor. After that, Sethu will take over, who has already started filming at the studios in Cardiff.

One of The Mirror's sources reportedly stated, "Varada is a real gem, Russell was just blown away by her talent. The cast and crew have really warmed to her and he’s sure the fans will too."

Sethu, 32, is probably best known as Cinta Kaz from the Star Wars TV drama series Andor. She's also appeared as Shira in the movie Jurassic World Dominion and in the TV series Doctors, Hard Sun, and Hanna.

Doctor Who returns for the show's fourteenth season in May 2024 on Disney+.

THE FANDOM ZONE 284: "Chafa" Is Up!

 
"Kingpin had his run. It's time for a queen."
-- Maya Lopez, Echo -- "Chafa"

Hello again, everyone! We're back for another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This time, DJ Nik and I discuss "Chafa", the first episode of the new Marvel series Echo, featuring Alaqua Cox as Echo/Maya Lopez, Vincent D'Onofrio as Kingpin/Wilson Fisk, and Charlie Cox as Daredevil!

In this episode, DJ Nik and I talk about things like Inter Milan's 5-1 victory over Monza, the opening theme song "Burning" by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the creative decision to show events from what happened before in Hawkeye interspersed with new scenes, hints that the Marvel Netflix TV shows are now MCU canon, some comics background on Echo, Chafa's connections to Choctaw lore, Maya developing supernatural abilities, Maya's guilt that she was partially responsible for the car accident that cost her mother and her leg, Kingpin grooming Maya for the criminal underworld, finally getting to see Echo fight Daredevil, Charlie Cox's latest appearance as Daredevil feeling more like his Netflix series, waiting for Maya to seek vengeance on Wilson Fisk again, Maya's father being like Michael Corleone from The Godfather, Uncle Henry wanting to Make America Skate Again, Henry trying to warn Maya about going after the Kingpin's operation, wanting to know how Biscuits got his nickname, Echo bridging the events between Hawkeye and the upcoming Daredevil: Born Again series, Maya using a hair tie to launch a motorcycle through a store window at police, our favorite quotes of the episode, new Fandom Zone Fan Mail from Jesse Jackson, my being grateful for the podcast distraction from the beatdown the Cleveland Browns received in the NFL Wild Card game against the Houston Texas, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week  when DJ Nik and I discuss "Lowak", the second episode of the Marvel Cinematic Universe TV series Echo, featuring Alaqua Cox as Echo/Maya Lopez, Chaske Spencer as Henry Lopez, and Cody Lightning as Biscuits!

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 305: "The Nightmare Fair" Is Up!

 
"A being the Time Lords couldn't handle?"
"Oh, there are lots of them. Time Lords generally aren't very good at handling things, especially themselves. I just...the exception to the rule."
-- Peri Brown and the Sixth Doctor, Doctor Who: "The Nightmare Fair"

Hello again, everyone! My partner in time Jesse Jackson and I are back with a new episode of Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast! This time, we discuss "The Nightmare Fair", the first audio drama from Series One of Big Finish Productions' Doctor Who: The Lost Stories range released in 2009, featuring Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor, Nicola Bryant as Peri Brown, and David Bailie as the Toymaker!

In this episode, Jesse and I discuss things like the two of us waiting to see what happens to our teams in the NFL playoffs, Jesse rocking the brand-new Next Stop Everywhere t-shirt, our schedule for the first third of 2024, TeePublic having a terrible search field, writer Graham Williams' TV writing pseudonym "David Agnew", Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant giving credit to Big Finish for making the Sixth Doctor more popular, David Bailie as Cotton in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, "The Nightmare Fair" originally being written as the first serial of the original Season 23 that was axed by BBC Controller Michael Grade, the horrible benefit song "Doctor in Distress" to bring Doctor Who back to TV, the ending of "Revelation of the Daleks" being badly edited to remove the reference to Blackpool to set up "The Nightmare Fair", original plans for Michael Gough to reprise the Toymaker in the TV version of "The Nightmare Fair", Peri wondering why the Doctor wants to go to an amusement park, Jesse's thoughts on David Bailie's Toymaker after seeing "The Giggle", Peri finally screaming with an actual purpose, my wondering why Peri (as an American) would call cotton candy "candy floss", the Doctor feeling bad for Shardlow, my watching wrestling in the '80s, wishing SB had appeared in Part 1, Kevin annoying the Doctor by constantly talking about broccoli, the Toymaker loving humans because they love games, video arcade games being popular in the '80s, the hints of the Toymaker's secret origin, our favorite quotes of the episode, new feedback from Holly Mac and Sandi from Oregon, Xan Sprouse and I watching Scrooged weeks after Christmas, Neil Gaiman writing "Nightmare in Silver", and more!

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Be sure to come back for the next episode of Next Stop Everywhere as Jesse and I discuss "Nightmare in Silver", the twelfth episode from Doctor Who Series Seven in 2013, featuring Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald, Warwick Davis as Porridge, and the return of the Cybermen!

DRUNK CINEMA 055: "Scrooged" Is Up!

 
"The bitch hit me with a toaster!"
-- Frank Cross, Scrooged

Hello again, movie fans!  My wonderful co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Drunk Cinema! This time, we watch Scrooged, the 1988 Christmas fantasy comedy directed by Richard Donner, starring Bill Murray as Frank Cross, Karen Allen as Claire Phillips, and Carol Kane as the Ghost of Christmas Present!

This time, Xan and I discuss things like Xan being the 6th highest-ranked woman in the state of Ohio for pinball, Xan's new intro song, why we're watching Scrooged two weeks after Christmas, Xan being a fan non-traditional Christmas movies, Danny Elfman's scores being very similar to each other, deciding our next Richard Donner film, John Glover in a remake of Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, Carol Kane being the best thing in the movie, the "Father Loves Beaver" joke, broadcast TV being appointment television, John Forsythe's makeup as Lew Hayward, David Johansen in the New York Dolls, Frank's life working out because he sat on his ass watching television, live-action kids TV shows, why Michael J. Fox chose the "J" instead of his middle initial "A", Bill Murray and Richard Donner not getting along on set, Richard Donner "firing" the entire cast and crew so they could have Christmas off from filming, The Ghost of Christmas Present being a demented version of Glinda the Good Witch and Tinkerbell, Xan's favorite line in Scrooged, the gag about Trump Tower being in the sewer, taking the word "zerbert" back, cheesy cameos from C-list TV stars, new Drunk Mail from Christine Peruski, our second attempt to watch Never Say Never Again, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks as Xan and I finally watch Never Say Never Again, the 1983 unofficial James Bond film directed by Irvin Kershner, starring Sean Connery as James Bond, Klaus Maria Brandauer as Maximillian Largo, Kim Basinger as Domino Petachi, and Bernie Casey as Felix Leiter!

NEXT STOP EVERYWHERE 304: "The Church on Ruby Road" Is Up!

 
"I'm going to have to report this."
"Name -- The Doctor. Occupation -- not a doctor. Current status -- just passing by. Employer -- myself. Address -- that blue box over there. Now, if you don't mind, I just got snowmanned, and I would like to go home."
-- Police Officer and the Fifteenth Doctor, Doctor Who: "The Church on Ruby Road"

Hello again, everyone! My partner in time Jesse Jackson and I are back with a new episode of Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast! This time, we're joined by special guest companions DJ Nik & Holly Mac as we discuss "The Church on Ruby Road", the 2023 Doctor Who Christmas Special, featuring Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor and introducing Millie Gibson as new companion Ruby Sunday!

In this episode, Jesse, Nik, Holly, and I discuss things like everything being right with the world now that Doctor Who has a Christmas Special again, my being unable to say no to Holly, Jesse's reaction to getting the first Doctor Who Christmas Special since 2017, Nik liking that the Christmas Special wasn't heavy on Christmas, Ruby probably getting a ton of Rolling Stones jokes over the years, Nik discouraging me from watching Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Davina McCall as the Davinadroid in "Bad Wolf", Anita Dobson being the wife of Queen's Brian May, this episode being the second time since the 2005 relaunch that a Doctor's first full post-regeneration story was a Christmas Special, the Easter Egg with Henrik's department store from "Rose", Angela Wynter being only 12 years older than Michelle Greenridge, our thoughts on Ncuti Gatwa's first full episode and his chemistry with Millie Gibson, my happiness at the Doctor saying he was adopted, fostering also getting great representation, the Doctor and Ruby both having a mystery of where they came from, Millie Gibson looking like the love child of Billie Piper and Jenna Coleman, George Lucas' idea of the Midichlorians to explain how Anakin Skywalker was created, our theory that Ruby was the one who left Baby Ruby at the church, our hope that Ruby won't fall in love with the Doctor, Cherry flirting with the Fifteenth Doctor, the Doctor being happy that he's not getting slapped by a companion's mother for once, my wanting Cherry to get her cup of tea already, wondering what Carla's reaction is going to be when Ruby returns to Earth in 2024, Carla becoming a cynical person without Ruby in her life, Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson both having great singing voices, Nik's definition of ELF, the homage to Gremlins, the Doctor being lucky he didn't impale Baby Ruby with the church steeple, waiting for the complaints that "The Goblin Song" is about eating babies, our theories about who Mrs. Flood could be, our favorite quotes of the episode, the passing of Doctor Who actor Richard Franklin, new feedback from Megan Stover, Ken from Chicago, and Dave Proctor, my scheduling our next episode on the fly, and more!

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Be sure to come back for the next episode of Next Stop Everywhere as Jesse and I discuss "The Nightmare Fair", the first audio drama from Series One of the Doctor Who: The Lost Stories range from Big Finish Productions, featuring Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor, Nicola Bryant as Peri Brown, and David Bailie as the Toymaker!