Blogging Roundup: 1 February to 31 March 2021

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News

Modiphius unveil the FALLOUT tabletop roleplaying game

GAME OF THRONES stage play will tell the true story of the Great Tourney of Harrenhal

AMERICAN GODS cancelled at Starz

HBO renews George R.R. Martin development deal

STAR WARS: OBI-WAN KENOBI announces main cast

Chris Wooding's EMBER BLADE sequel on temporary hold

TOTAL WAR: ROME REMASTERED announced for release next month

Peter S. Beagle regains control of THE LAST UNICORN and other works

Marvel announces simultaneous cinema-streaming release for BLACK WIDOW

HBO developing numerous additional GAME OF THRONES TV projects

First glimpse of Rosamund Pike as Moiraine in WHEEL OF TIME TV series

Shooting wraps on first season of live-action COWBOY BEBOP series

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: DARK ALLIANCE gets release date

Wales' biggest superhero being developed for a reboot

AVATAR reclaims box-office crown from AVENGERS: ENDGAME

REM's Out of Time turns 30

STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS starts shooting

RESIDENT EVIL reboot movie confirms release date

Production begins on RUSSIAN DOLL Season 2

Microsoft completes Zenimax/Bethesda acquisition

GRAND THEFT AUTO and RED DEAD REDEMPTION publisher planning a major release in late 2023

Paramount puts yet another STAR TREK movie into development

Cover art revealed for new Steven Erikson's new MALAZAN novel

Large-scale, open-world DUNGEONS & DRAGONS video game in development

AMC's THE TERROR arrives in the UK

Hugh Grant to play the villain in DUNGEONS & DRAGONS movie

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN director to helm George R.R. Martin's SANDKINGS for Netflix

Netflix drops trailer for SHADOW & BONE, based on Leigh Bardugo's GRISHAVERSE novels

A slew of well-known SF and fantasy projects are in development through Startling Inc.,

ncluding THE BELGARIAD, THE DYING EARTH and RED MARS

George R.R. Martin's WILD CARDS TV series moves from Hulu to Peacock

J.J. Abrams developing a new stand-alone SUPERMAN movie

George R.R. Martin's IN THE LOST LANDS in development as a movie starring Milla Jovovich

FINAL FANTASY VII gets yet another remake before the main remake is even finished

DRAGON AGE IV pivots to being a single-player focused game

Tessa Thompson to produce Nnedi Okorafor/George R.R. Martin project WHO FEARS DEATH at HBO

In-production HALO TV series flips from Showtime to Paramount+

Paramount reveals more information on STAR TREK's future on TV

New AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER animated projects in development with original creators

Henry Cavill teases involvement in new MASS EFFECT project

Electronic Arts shuts down further development on ANTHEM

Third MCU SPIDER-MAN film gets a name and new release date

James S.A. Corey joins THE LAST DANGEROUS VISIONS

Sony confirm more previously PlayStation-exclusive games are headed to PC

COMMAND & CONQUER 2 is surprisingly a thing happening soon

Rumour: Netflix closing on deal for new AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER showrunner

HBO developing Roger Zelazny's ROADMARKS as a TV series

Adrian Tchaikovsky's SHADOWS OF THE APT series available in audiobook for the first time

Marvel regains TV rights to the Netflix Marvel characters

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS movie finds its star

Happy 30th Anniversary to LEMMINGS

GAME OF THRONES prequel HOUSE OF THE DRAGON starts shooting in April, adds new castmembers

Pedro Pascal joins HBO's LAST OF US TV series as Joel

Lucasfilm drops actress Gina Carano from THE MANDALORIAN

Bella Ramsey cast as Ellie in HBO's LAST OF US TV series

Multiple BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER stars speak out against Joss Whedon

Netflix greenlights REDWALL TV and film adaptation

The BBC acquires AMC's THE TERROR

Michelle Rodriguez and Justice Smith join the DUNGEONS & DRAGONS movie

New Tad Williams novel gets cover blurb

Rumour: KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC project underway at Aspyr Media

AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER tabletop roleplaying game to be released in 2022

Creative Assembly and Sega confirm TOTAL WAR: WARHAMMER III for 2021 release

BioWare release trailer for MASS EFFECT: LEGENDARY EDITION

HBO airs first trailer for THE NEVERS

Ryan Coogler developing a Wakanda-set TV show for Marvel and Disney+

THE MATRIX 4 gets its final name: THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS

Ramin Djawadi returning to score GAME OF THRONES spin-off HOUSE OF THE DRAGON

Reviews

Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett

The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett

The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett

Unconquerable Sun by Kate Elliott

Of Honey and Wildfires by Sarah Chorn

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

WandaVision

The Punisher: Season 2

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Age of Empires: Definitive Edition

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

Offworld Trading Company

Grand Theft Auto III

Command & Conquer: Remastered Collection

The Expanse: Season 5

Disenchantment: Season 2.0

Articles

A Potted History of Cyberpunk, Part 2

RIP Christopher Plummer

RIP Patrick Tilley

Patreon

A Potted History of Cyberpunk: Part 2

Sequence Complete: The Long Price Quartet by Daniel Abraham

Dragonmount

Adam's Wheel of Television: Marketing the Wheel of Time