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and wondrous. I'm Mama Ogre and I have no idea what I'm doing.
Today's
Nerd News is on Movies: DOROTHY & ALICE and THE TURNING, TV
Shows: PICARD and Books: High Fire by Eoin Colfer and When we were
Vikings by Andrew David MacDonald.
Today
we're going to start in the realm of BOOKS:
High
fire
by Eoin
Colfer
Fans of
the “Artemis Fowl” Series when they were younger have a new,
adult novel to read by Eoin Colfer. This wild book follows a dragon
called Vern whose glory days are over. Now, he spends his time
“Lighting Marlboros with nose sparks, swilling Absolut in a
Flashdance T-shirt and binging Netflix in a fishing shack.” That
is, until a 15-year0old on the run from a crooked sheriff stumbles
into his life. Read more about it on Goodreads, and grab a copy on
Amazon. Expected release date: Jan. 28th.
I never
really had time to read or understand the Artemis Fowl books when I
was younger but I do respect Eoin Colfer's genius for writing books.
Plus this book does sound rather exciting. I will definitely be
buying this book and reading it when I have the time.
When we
were Vikings
By
Andrew David MacDonald.
Zelda
is a 21-year-old with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and is a Viking
Enthusiast. When she discovers her brother, Gert, has resorted to
some shady dealings to keep them both afloat, Zelda launches her own
quest that will require all her Viking strength and test her heroism
and love for her brother. Read more about it on Goodreads, and grab a
copy on Amazon. Expected Release date: Jan. 28th.
When it
comes to the world of books, It's rare I fall out of the Fantasy tree
into another Genre and actually want the book I land on but When we
were Vikings came across my screen I was interested once I'd read the
synopsis. I will be buying this book when I have the money to buy it.
Now
its time to swing by the MOVIES:
DOROTHY and ALICE:
ALICE
IN WONDERLAND and THE WIZARD OF OZ are both public domain
properties and Netflix are bringing together the two main characters
from those separate worlds to create a new and unique story.
The
film project is called DOROTHY & ALICE, and the crossover will
see the two characters team up for a “fantasy adventure epic.”
the story follows Dorothy who is sent to a home for girls after
experiencing terrible nightmares, and it's at this home she meets
Alice.
According
to Collider, Netflix has hired Anna Klassen to write the
script, which was previously worked on by Justin Merz (Disney's Rose
Red). She confirmed that news on twitter saying, “The Cheshire cat
is out of the bag. I'm writing DOROTHY AND ALICE for Netflix, a
fantasy adventure epic. I grew up reading these books and this
project has been endlessly fun to craft- to reinvent treasured
characters and explore the worlds I wanted to inhabit as a kid. ”
-GeekTyrant.com
Hearing
about this being in Netflix's pipeline really got my fantasy nodes
tingling. I love the fact that both The Wizard of OZ and Alice In
Wonderland would be in the same screen time. It could be fantastic.
Dorothy and Alice is still in its pre-production stages and is yet to
have release dates.
THE
TURNING
“I
don't go in that part of the house.....” universal has debuted an
official trailer for a horror movie titled THE TURNING, the latest
from Italian director Floria Sigismondi (The Runaways). This creepy
new the-kids-are-not-alright thriller is a modern take on henry
James' novella “The turn of the Screw”. A young Governess, Kate,
is hired by a man who has become responsible for his young nephew and
niece after the deaths of their parents. But not everything is as it
seems. Starring Mackenzie Davis, with Finn Wolfhard, Brooklynn
Prince, Mark Huberman, Barbera Martin, Nail Greig Fulton, Kim Adis,
Denna Thomsen and Karen Egan. This is a seriously unsettling trailer,
with some wickedly disturbing shots- mainly involving spiders. Which
freaks me the hell out and makes this a very scary trailer to watch
at night. Tread carefully.
-firstshowing.net
Both the
synopsis and trailer of this movie are thoroughly thrilling and
properly spooky. The movie will be released worldwide on January
24th 2020.
It's
now time for the TV SHOWS:
PICARD:
The
Series is set 18 years after Jean-Luc Picard's last appearance in
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002), and finds him deeply affected by the death
of Data as depicted in Nemesis, as well as the destruction of Romulus
as referenced in the film Star Trek (2009).
The Picard series was released earlier this week on Thursday 23rd
of January on Amazon Prime.
I have to admit that like Everyone and their mother, I have been
waiting for a series like this since forever. The show has taken
nearly two years to come to our screens since being announced in June
2018 as part of the expansion fronted by Star Trek Discovery Show
runner Alex Kurtzman. I am watching the show and WILL be releasing a
episode by episode review after the series concludes.
THE LAST LEG:
The
last Leg is a comedy talk show hosted by comedians Adam Hills Josh
Widdicombe and Alex Brooker. The show is currently in its 19th
season as of this blogs posting (26/01/2020) and has already had two
episodes shown the past two Fridays (17/01/2020 and 24/01/2020) on
Chanel 4 at 10pm. The show originally started as an after show to the
2012 Paralympics and has since become its own stand alone show with a
hilarious return to the 2016 Paralympics.
The Last Leg has become a regular staple in our house and is
regularly watched either on a Friday night as the show is airing or
Saturday afternoon as a recording with everyone together. I find the
humour of Hills, Widdicombe and Brooker to be refreshing and
hilarious. I Highley recommend watching the show every Friday.
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