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March 1, 2018

Teaser For Freeform’s Cloak And Dagger TV Series

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It’s been known for a while that a TV show based on the Marvel comic Cloak And Dagger has been in the works, but this is the first time we’ve gotten to see any of it. The official teaser was released this morning. As in the comics, Cloak and Dagger are the superhero names of Tyrone and Tandy, two youngsters from opposite worlds (speaking in terms of class) who develop opposite powers (light and dark-based) yet find themselves fighting together (because opposites attract and all that). What’s different this time is that Tyrone (Cloak) comes from a privileged background while Tandy (Dagger) has to steal to survive — that’s a switcheroo from how their lives were in the comics. As for their powers….Tyrone can use his cloak to teleport through space via a power called the Darkforce, and Tandy can generate daggers made of pure light and sling them at foes before they know what’s going on (after all, nothing’s faster). One other thing: Cloak and Dagger had a minor

November 1, 2017

Squirrel Girl Homeless: Marvel’s New Warriors Dropped by Freeform

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As we’ve reported here previously, Marvel is working on a comedic take on their superhero universe with New Warriors, a half-hour series starring some of the stranger folks in the Marvel Universe. The show was to appear on Freeform in 2018, but unfortunately THR broke the news today that the cable channel has passed on the series. This doesn’t mean New Warriors is bad, nor does it mean it’s dead. Freeform did this because, despite expanding to four nights of original content per week, they say they couldn’t find a slot to run New Warriors in. They could use some Tetris scheduling lessons from The CW, if you ask us. Disney still wants New Warriors to premiere in 2018…so they’ll just have to find a new home for it. “We are extremely excited about Marvel’s New Warriors and look forward to finding the perfect partner to launch the series with in 2018,” said Dan Buckley, president of Marvel Entertainment. One unfortunate possibility is that it could wind up on Disney’s new, unproven streaming

July 10, 2017

Milana Vayntrub Is Squirrel Girl

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Have you ever watched those AT&T commercials with the winsome “Lily” and thought that if a squirrel turned into a human being, it would have the same mannerisms? Marvel and Freeform thought the same, and they’ve announced Milana Vayntrub as the Marvel Live-Action Universe’s official Squirrel Girl. SG is one of two central characters in Freeform’s upcoming superhero comedy The New Warriors, and Vayntrub will star alongside Derek Theler (from that “Baby Daddy” show) as Mr. Immortal. The other members of the team include Jeremy Tardy as Night Thrasher, Calum Worthy as Speedball, Matthew Moy as Microbe, and Kate Comer as Debrii. Vayntrub is known for more than just ads — she starred in Other Space, an excellent streaming sci-fi comedy that you can watch for free on its own Tumblr. She’s currently in a recurring role on NBC’s This Is Us, and she has a slobbering online fanbase that grew from her ads and followed her into her larger career. Vayntrub is, basically, the new “adorkable” now that everyone’s

April 19, 2017

Here Are The Other New Warriors Besides Squirrel Girl

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Marvel Studios is wading into television comedy with New Warriors, a 30-minute superhero series to debut on Freeform. They announced the first new cast member separately — Squirrel Girl, because she needed her own announcement. Now they’re revealed the other members of the team. What you get in a TV or movie adaption isn’t always what has been established in the comics, and that’s especially true here: don’t look for Firestar or Nova to show up. But we will be getting the following: Speedball is a guy who can run fast and shoot energy balls from his hands. He’s also described as “immature and impulsive,” but he’s generally a good egg, unlike the following dude…. Mister Immortal‘s superpower is the inability to die. Because of this he’s developed a cocky “who cares” attitude to everything and spends much of his time chasing after girls. Microbe has a strange power: control over germs, which by proxy gives him telepathic abilities. It’s more useful than you might think. It’s not nearly as

April 5, 2017

So It’s Come To This: Squirrel Girl In A TV Show

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In this day and age, it might be more difficult to name established superheroes who DON’T have their own TV shows or movies, either existing or in production. ABC has an Agents of SHIELD spinoff on the way called Inhumans, Hulu is putting together an adaption of Runaways and Fox has something called The Gifted. Freeform is working on a TV version of Cloak and Dagger, and today they announced another show based around Marvel’s New Warriors (who are a superhero gang of teenagers; think Teen Titans Ripoff). The channel wouldn’t confirm who was going to be on the team, save one member: Doreen Green, AKA Squirrel Girl. I’m sure the show will have some other characters on it, but Freeform was right to get Squirrel Girl out of the way as quickly as possible, because that’s going to dominate conversation until the show comes out. Doreen was introduced to the Marvel Universe as a joke, but it was a joke that grew in popularity as the industry drifted further