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Season 13 of Doctor Who has been substantially delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and we're unlikely to see it until late 2021 at the earliest. Perhaps recognizing that this is going to be an unusually dry year for new Doctor Who (though we still have a holiday special coming), the BBC has corralled its various licensees to create an epic cross-media storyline: Doctor Who: Time Lord Victorious.
The original Tremors was one of the best B-movies of the early 1990s. After a brief but successful run in cinemas, the action/comedy became a hit on home video (helped but some iconic and awesome VHS box art). Since the first film, we’ve had five sequels (and a TV show) of varying levels of quality, but the franchise is ready to burrow back into our hearts with Tremors 7, now officially titled Tremors: Shrieker Island.
Voters will face a truly painful decision this November when they're asked to choose between Donald Trump, Joe Biden and Kanye West. The musician threw himself into the 2020 race earlier this year, claiming he'd lost confidence in Trump after his response to COVID-19. Though West has missed filing deadlines in 21 key states, he'll still be on the ballot in Oklahoma and (pending verification) in Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Missouri, Ohio, Vermont, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
Last week, Netflix officially announced The Witcher: Blood Origin. Set 1200 years before the adventures of Geralt and friends, we've been promised a look at the origins of the first Witcher, the ancient Elven Kingdom and the cataclysmic Conjunction of the Spheres. To those who've only watched the TV show, these revelations will come as something of a surprise. To those who've read the books and played the games, however, not so much.
This week has been particularly rich in cool Star Wars videos. Yesterday, we reported on an extremely fun one from the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel listing all the ships across the franchise. Now, a perfectly edited fan supercut condenses down the essence of Star Wars into two minutes and forty-two seconds and it's going viral.
The COVID-19 pandemic has blown a Death Star-sized hole in Disney's plans for original content on Disney+. The Falcon and The Winter Soldier was supposed to premiere this month, though current rumors are that the shoot may not finish until early 2021. Other shows, meanwhile, like WandaVision and Loki are similarly delayed and their chances of releasing this side of the new year are growing increasingly slim. But there's one bright spot on the horizon: season 2 of The Mandalorian.