Blogging Roundup: 2 December 2020 to 1 February 2021

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News

Netflix's SANDMAN TV series announces cast

OBLIVION remaster inching towards completion

A semi-HD version of BABYLON 5 has been released to streaming services

Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman confirm a new DRAGONLANCE trilogy

Ron Howard returns to direct WILLOW

GAME OF THRONES prequel series based on Dunk & Egg in development at HBO

HBO Max reportedly planning a continuation of BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES

Valve Corporation considering a move to New Zealand

Guy Gavriel Kay completes latest novel

Sam Esmail adds to BATTLESTAR GALACTICA 3.0 confusion

JOHN WICK writer tapped to develop DUNGEONS & DRAGONS TV series

Amazon Prime releases concept art for the WHEEL OF TIME TV series

Brian McClellan's POWER MAGE TRILOGY optioned for television

Lucasfilm ends EA-exclusive deal for STAR WARS games, announces new title from the makers of THE DIVISION

Official summary for Amazon Prime's LORD OF THE RINGS show leaks

WOLFENSTEIN developers creating an INDIANA JONES video game for Bethesda

Lucasfilm Games returns from the dead

SFF author David Weber recovering from COVID

New STAR WARS official timeline seems to formally confirm that the OLD REPUBLIC era is no longer canon

Bethesda tease new ELDER SCROLLS video game project

Modiphius reveal FALLOUT tabletop RPG cover art and release window

Ty Franck rules out a James S.A. Corey-penned continuation of A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE

BABYLON 5 joins HBO Max in the US on 26 January

DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS movie to start shooting in old GAME OF THRONES studios in the New Year

HIS DARK MATERIALS renewed for a third and final season

Neil Gaiman to write a story for THE LAST DANGEROUS VISIONS

Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman end legal case against Wizards of the Coast, promising "exciting news"

AVENGERS: ENDGAME writers and directors teaming with STRANGER THINGS star for THE ELECTRIC STATE

STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS to arrive in the UK on 22 January

Lucasfilm and Disney confirm a further STAR WARS spin-off TV series to debut in December 2021

RUMOUR: FIREFLY reboot under consideration for Disney+

Peadar Ó Guilín's superb BONE WORLD TRILOGY back in print

Chris Pine in talks to join DUNGEONS & DRAGONS movie

GAME OF THRONES prequel series HOUSE OF THE DRAGON gets three new castmembers, including a former DOCTOR WHO

BioWare release teaser trailer for DRAGON AGE IV and a return to the Milky Way for MASS EFFECT 5

ALIEN to get its first TV series from the showrunner of FARGO and LEGION

Lucasfilm confirm a large number of new STAR WARS projects

Disney and Marvel announce a slew of new projects

Marvel's third SPIDER-MAN film will be a live-action SPIDER-VERSE movie

R.F. Kuang's POPPY WAR series optioned for television

Legendary Entertainment considering legal over move of DUNE & GODZILLA VS. KONG TO HBO Max

Oscar Isaac to star in METAL GEAR SOLID movie

Cast for HAWKEYE TV series leaked

HBO unveils concept art for HOUSE OF THE DRAGON

Warners to simultaneously release 2021 films on HBO Max

Heads of the MASS EFFECT and DRAGON AGE franchises quit BioWare

WorldCon 2021 considering move to December

LORD OF THE RINGS: THE SECOND AGE adds nineteen new castmembers

WHEEL OF TIME TV series airs brief sword teaser

Middle-earth fans raising funds to buy and protect Tolkien's house for posterity

Reviews

The Lady of the Lake by Andrzej Sapkowski

Star Trek: Lower Decks - Season 1

Seinfeld: The Complete Series

Metro: Redux

Transformers: War for Cybertron - Earthrise

Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 6

Star Trek: Discovery - Season 3

Cyberpunk 2077

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 5

His Dark Materials: Season 2

Star Wars: The Mandalorian - Season 2

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 4

Halo 3

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 3

Articles

Gratuitous Hugo Self-Promotion Post 2021

A Potted History of Cyberpunk: Part 1

RIP Mira Furlan

RIP Storm Constantine

SF&F Questions: Do the new STAR TREK shows really take place in the Prime Timeline?

RIP Jeremy Bulloch

RIP Phyllis Eisenstein

Franchise Familiariser: Cyberpunk 2077

RIP Hugh Keays-Byrne

Atlas of Ice and Fire

Stellar Cartography: A BABYLON 5 Jump Route Map

Stellar Cartography: A BABYLON 5 Starmap

A Map of Guy Gavriel Kay's FIONAVAR TAPESTRY

Patreon

A Potted History of Cyberpunk: Part 1

SF&F Questions: Do the new STAR TREK shows really take place in the Prime timeline?

Dragonmount

Adam's Wheel of Television: Winds of Change

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