Top Gun is back! Plus new Cowboy Bebop, Mary Poppins, and DuckTales are all on the way!
So many great films and television shows are getting the reboot! Top Gun, back from the 1980s! Cowboy Bebop flying back to the small screen! Everyone’s favorite nanny returns, plus in a duck-blur the new DuckTales will be here! Check it out below!
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Top Gun: Maverick
“I feel the need, the need for speed.” That’s right, Top Gun is coming back for a sequel! Last week Tom Cruise confirmed the follow-up film and it’s title, Top Gun: Maverick. Cruise gave even more info on the project, stating that Harold Faltermeyer will return to score the film and that shooting might begin early next year. The movie is set to explore drone technology and have a competition-style plot much like the first one. Val Kilmer has expressed interest in returning to reprise the role of Iceman as well. Only time will tell if Kilmer will return to the Danger Zone opposite Cruise in the upcoming film.
Cowboy Bebop
Bounty hunters in space! The popular anime Cowboy Bebop is set for a live action adaptation for American audiences. Sunrise, the studio that produced the original series, has given Marty Adelstein’s Tomorrow studio (in partnership with Midnight radio) to produce the show. No casting has yet been announced. The original series had 26 episodes, the final one ending in 1999. The show follows a ship (Bebop) piloted by bounty hunters–Spike Spiegel (con artist), Jet Black (former police officer), Ed Wong (hacker), Faye Valentine (a con artist, but with amnesia), and their super intelligent dog Ein, a corgi.
Mary Poppins Returns
The first set photos for the anticipated Mary Poppins Returns have appeared this week! Emily Blunt is playing the titular character, with Lin-Manuel Miranda as her pal Jack. The film takes place in the 1930s, and the famous nanny is taking care of Michael Banks’ (Ben Whishaw) three children. Check out the photos and prepare for magic! Mary Poppins Returns will hit theaters December 25, 2018.
DuckTales
DUCKTALES – Disney’s “DuckTales,” an all-new animated comedy series based on the Emmy Award-winning series, will again star Disney’s enduringly popular characters: Scrooge McDuck, his grandnephews Huey, Dewey and Louie, and Donald Duck. Produced by Disney Television Animation, the series is set to debut in 2017 on Disney XD. (Disney XD)
New details of the animated DuckTales reboot are here! Woo-oo! The familiar characters from the original series are all returning, and now there will be even more characters, some old and some new. Both Gyro Gearloose and Flintheart Glomgold will featured. And watch out! Danger lurks behind you! The the famous villains, the Beagle Boys and Ma Beagle are back! From the original cartoon will also be Scrooge’s romantic interest, Goldie O’Gilt (voiced by Allison Janney), and Gladstone Gander (voiced by comedian Paul F. Tompkins) who is Donald’s rival. A new character is joining, Mark Beaks (played by Josh Brener), who is a tech industry billionaire. The highly anticipated new DuckTales premieres on Disney XD in August.
Courtney Martin is a graduate of Indiana University and works in publishing. She’s an avid Star Wars fan and wrote the recipe blog Courtney Cooks Star Wars on suvudu.com. When not enveloped a science fiction or fantasy novel, she is watching television with her husband and son, doing crossword puzzles, or playing with her Shih Tzu, Burt.