“Disney and Lucasfilm have the most of the Star Wars franchise by bringing new stories to Disney+. While fans of The Mandalorian are waiting on Season 3, the folks over at Lucasfilm are also busy developing the Rogue One: A Star Wars Story prequel series about Cassian Andor. Diego Luna is set to reprise his role as the Rebel spy. It’s been confirmed that the Disney+ show will bring back a host of memorable Rogue One characters alongside new faces.” Read more at Inverse Did the success of Hawkeye, in turn, make the Black Widow movie a bit of a letdown? Read more at The Mary Sue January is usually not a huge month for movies, but here are some titles to look forward to in the first month of 2022. “Even by the standards of Hollywood’s dumpiest dump month, this January is quiet. Things could get even quieter, if the studios get cold feet about releasing any movies during another COVID surge. As of now, the beginning of 2022 belongs to a new Scream, a long-delayed superhero movie, and some straight-to-streaming animated sequels. What, no Liam Neeson? He’s taking this January off, and leaving the ass-kicking to Adrien Brody.” Read more at The A.V. Club Pokémon Snap and more of the most comforting games that helped us get through the tough times in 2021. Read more at Kotaku A new trailer for The Batman reveals that Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle will share a special connection. “A synopsis for The Batman from the German movie theater chain, CinemaxX, allegedly reveals that its version of Selina Kyle is Bruce Wayne’s ‘childhood friend’.” Read more at Gizmodo Did you know James Bond himself, Sean Connery, was the original first choice to play Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings films? Read more at Mental Floss
