Around the Web

March 23, 2018 at 12:01 am | Posted in Around the Web, Conventions, Events, Movies, News, Regular Feature, Star Wars, Star Wars News, trailers | Leave a comment

Here is this week’s Around the Web roundup of Star Wars news and beyond.

Convention & Event News

• Sci-Fi Weekender Convention is March 22 to 25 in Wales, UK. Star Wars guests include Kevin J. Anderson, Alistair Petrie, and Hugh Quarshie.
• Indiana Comic Con is March 30 to April 1 in Indianapolis, IN. Star Wars guests include Timothy Zahn.
• Author Kevin Hearne will be in Scottsdale, AZ for a Scourged signing at The Poisoned Pen on April 3 at 7:00 PM.
• Author Kevin Hearne will be in Boulder, CO for a Scourged signing at Barnes & Noble on April 4 at 7:00 PM.
• Author Kevin Hearne will be in Houston, TX for a Scourged signing at Murder By the Book on April 5 at 6:30 PM.
• Author Kevin Hearne will be in Huntsville, AL for a Scourged signing at Barnes & Noble on April 6 at 7:00 PM.
• Author Kevin Hearne will be in Doylestown, PA for a Scourged signing at Doylestown Bookship on April 7 at 4:00 PM.
• East Coast Comicon is April 27 to 29 in Meadowlands, NJ. Star Wars guests include Howard Chaykin, Jan Duursema, and Timothy Zahn.
• Comic Con Revolution is May 19 to 20 in Ontario, CA. Star Wars guests include Jason Aaron, Howard Chaykin, Tom Hodges, Mike Mayhew, Cat Staggs, Greg Weisman, and Timothy Zahn.
• Phoenix Comicon is May 24 to 27 in Phoenix, AZ. Star Wars guests include Steve Blum, Katie Cook, Joe Corroney, Tim Curry, Delilah S. Dawson, Jason Fry, Adi Granov, Tom Hodges, R. A. Salvatore, Charles Soule, Chuck Wendig, and Wil Wheaton.
• MantiCon is May 25 to 27 in Minneapolis, MN. Star Wars guests include Timothy Zahn.
• Star Wars: Galactic Nights is May 27 in Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
• Lilac City Comicon is June 2 to 3 in Spokane, WA. Star Wars guests include Daniel Logan, and Timothy Zahn.
• Origins is June 13 to 17 in Columbus, OH. Star Wars guests include Timothy Zahn.
• All*Star Comic Con is June 15 to 17 in Tysons Corner, VA. Star Wars guests include Jason Aaron, John Jackson Miller, and Brian Muir.
• Westercon is July 4 in Denver, CO. Star Wars guests include Kevin J. Anderson.
• Bell County Comic Con is August 3 to 5 in Belton, TX. Star Wars guests include Timothy Zahn.
• Tampa Bay Comic Con is August 3 to 6 in Tampa Bay, FL. Star Wars guests include Kevin J. Anderson.
• Dragon Con is August 30 to September 3 in Atlanta, GA. Star Wars guests include Kevin J. Anderson.
• FanX is September 6 to 8 in Salt Lake City, UT. Star Wars guests include Tim Curry, Delilah S. Dawson, Kevin Hearne, Paul Reubens, and Brent Spiner.

Fandom News

• BBC has an audio interview with Mark Hamill on The Last Jedi.
• StarWars.com has an interview with Joonas Suotamo, the new Chewbacca.
• io9 has some concept art images for The Last Jedi. Make sure to click on the sideshow after following the link to see them all.
• Animation Magazine has an interview with Dave Filoni on Star Wars Rebels.

Movie & Television News

• Star Wars Forces of Destiny Season 2 is now available online if you haven’t watched them already.
• Beyond Star Wars, there’s a trailer out for a new Johnny Knoxville movie that might be pretty funny. It’s called Action Point. Looks like this is combining the elements of the Jackass movies, but this time there’s a narrative. It’ll be out in June.

• Andrew Garfield is starring in a conspiracy theory comedy called Under the Silver Lake. It will also be out in June.

If you like political thrillers, there’s Backstabbing For Beginners, though I’m not sure if this one is going to be good or not. It does have Ben Kingsley. It will be out next month.

• Sicario: Day of the Soldado has a new trailer.

• There’s a star studded comedy called Tag which actually looks like it might be good. It’ll be out in June.

• An Ordinary Man looks kind of interesting. This looks like a much better Ben Kingsley film. It will be out next month.

• Melissa McCarthy is upping her game with something more serious in Can You Ever Forgive Me? This one will be out in October.

• If you like Aussie horror movies, there’s Boar. It’ll be out in Australia in October, no US release date yet.

• For some good old American horror, there’s the Wildling. It will also be out next month.

• Last but not least, the new Infinity War trailer.

Toy & Collectible News

• With the deadline for Hasbro’s sail barge drawing nearer, they’ve started upping their promotion for the possible project with a Q&A, an assembly video, and an image gallery. Jedi News has even more images which you can check out here.

Posted By: Skuldren for Roqoo Depot.