Startfleet Academy Canceled, Project Hail Mary Soars, Harry Potter Backlash - Fandom Pulse Daily Briefing
I got really productive and wrote a LOT of articles over the weekend, so I included them here for your perusal, which I don’t usually do on Mondays, just in case you missed them. What a huge day with Starfleet Academy. It looks like my Space Fleet Academy is going to outlast the show that inspired us to build an alternative. I’m working on Year 3 right now, and Year 2 comes out this week.
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I watched Project Hail Mary over the weekend. It’s REALLY good too. I did a YouTube review but haven’t written it up yet:
Emma Mackey Confirms Meryl Streep's Involvement In Netflix And Greta Gerwig's 'Narnia' Film
Actress Emma Mackey, who is expected to play the White Witch in Netflix and Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia, confirmed Meryl Streep is part of the cast.
Brandon Sanderson Weighs In on God Emperor of Dune, and He’s Skeptical
With Dune: Part Three arriving in theaters December 18, 2026, the conversation around adapting Frank Herbert’s complete Dune saga has never been louder. Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Dune: Messiah is already generating significant anticipation, with a trailer dropping March 17th and a cast that includes Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Florence Pugh, and …
'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' Showrunners Alex Kurtzman And Noga Landau React To The Show's Cancellation
Paramount Skydance announced today that Star Trek: Starfleet Academy will not continue after its second season and showrunners Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau shared a letter in reaction to the decision.
Marina Sirtis Explains Why 'Star Trek: Legacy' Will Never Happen
Star Trek actress Marina Sirtis, who played Deanna Troi, shared why she believes Star Trek: Legacy will never happen.
Bestselling Sci-Fi Author Calls Out Amazon Algorithm For Political Bias
John Van Stry is no stranger to the Amazon algorithm; he’s been outselling most people’s favorite authors for years without much celebrity fanfare, as the readers on Kindle Unlimited eat up his quality science fiction, but he called out the Amazon algorithm on Facebook for their political bias.
Race-Swapped Snape Actor Paapa Essiedu Responds To Backlash Against His Casting
Actor Paapa Essiedu, who will play a race-swapper version of Severus Snape in HBO’s upcoming Harry Potter series, responded to the backlash he’s received since being cast in the film.
Review: “Huck: Big Bad World” Is the Superman Story Comics Fans Have Been Waiting For
Mark Millar built his reputation on deconstruction. Kick-Ass asked what would happen if a real teenager tried to be a superhero and answered with broken bones and trauma. Wanted put the reader inside a supervillain’s head and made them like it. Nemesis was Batman if Batman were a monster. Millar’s brand, for most of his career, was the antihero as prota…
“Project Hail Mary” Opens to $140.9 Million Globally, Proving Hollywood Still Knows How to Make Sci-Fi
Ryan Gosling’s “Project Hail Mary” opened to $80.5 million domestically this weekend, giving Amazon MGM its biggest opening ever and delivering the kind of crowd-pleasing theatrical win the studio has been chasing since it acquired MGM for $8 billion in 2022.
William Shatner Takes Shots at Star Trek Online on His 95th Birthday
William Shatner turned 95 today, and he is spending part of the occasion reminding people that Star Trek Online is still blocked.
The Book Every Fantasy Fan Should Read Before Anything Else
Gary Gygax built Dungeons & Dragons on a reading list. When he published the first Advanced D&D Dungeon Master’s Guide in 1979, he included Appendix N: a short bibliography of the authors and books that shaped the game. Poul Anderson. Jack Vance. Fritz Leiber. Michael Moorcock. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Roger Zelazny. A couple dozen more. These were not dec…