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There have been a lot of “live action” remakes of popular Disney titles lately… and there are plenty scheduled to come out soon.  The connotation of live action makes you believe all the roles are played by real, live, human actors.

Most people will even accept it as live action when at least some of the characters are portrayed by living people with some CGI characters sprinkled in.

The uproar/pushback from the audience in response the the Lion King “live action” adaption has been pretty strong.

The new Lion King movie is billing itself as “live action”.  Everything that has been seen in the trailer(s) appears to have been rendered CGI.  Even the backgrounds/sets look to be CGI.  If the entire movie is created using computer graphics, can you really say it is live action?

Don’t get me wrong, the graphics in the trailer look amazing, but I think it is disingenuous to label it as live action.

All the hub-bub over the “live action” label is taking away from the movie as a whole.  As I mentioned, the graphics look top notch.  The voice cast is truly star-studded.  We only really get to see Simba’s birth scene.  I only hope it is not a scene for scene recreation of the Lion King animated movie.  I’ve already seen that movie.  I like the small changes they made to Jungle Book’s “live action” movie.  I am hoping they do the same for this movie.

I am really looking forward to seeing Timon & Pumba.  What scene from the animated movie do you want to see in the “live action” remake? Let us know in the comments.

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There has been a flurry of activity surrounding the Star Wars Universe ever since Disney purchased them.

They have been putting out about one movie per year since they have taken the helm. The Clone Wars, Rebels, and Resistance have been really solid animated series for Star Wars. They are working on a few original series for the Disney streaming service. There will be a Star Wars Land at Disney Land.

There has been a small hiccup in the domination of all media by Star Wars. It has been announced that Boba Fett and all the other filler movies that were scheduled to air between the major Star Wars releases are put on hold indefinitely.

Other than that, things are looking pretty good for Star Wars in the near future. We can’t wait to see the newest movie and we are already booking our trip to visit Star Wars Land when it opens in Fall 2019.

Are you a Star Wars fan? What are you looking forward to from the Star Wars Universe? Let us know in the comments below.

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This week in Nerd is a look back at the Pop Culture events and Nerdy News from the previous week.  This Week in Nerd is hosted by Troy Stegner of Zia Comics/Talk Nerdy to Me.

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Disney is starting their own streaming service. They will be pulling all their old titles under the streaming service eventually when broadcast contracts expire.

Disney will also be developing original content for their streaming service. One of those shows will be “The Mandalorian” directed by Jon Favreau. Disney is throwing a lot of money at this project and Favreau is a proven director, so we have high hopes for this series.

For those not steeped in all things Star Wars, Mandalorians are what Jango & Boba Fett are. They are a legendary race of warriors originating from the planet Mandalore and it’s moon, Concordia.

Jon Favreau’s Mandalorian will be Lucasfilm’s first live-action Star Wars television show. It is set during the years between the fall of the Empire and the rise of the First Order. The Mandalorian should be a good gap filler between the major Star Wars movie releases.

The only negative is it will only be available on the Disney Play streaming service. That will require the purchase of another streaming service membership.

Are you looking forward to the Mandalorian? Let us know in the comments.

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All the Nerdy News that is fit to know for Thursday!

COMICS

Boom Studios publishing Klaus and the Crying Snowman
Archie Comics will publish 2 new horror comics
DC Comics Freedom Fighters will have Hitler
Death of Inhumans reveals they may not be dead after all
Apocalypse losing his powers in X-men Black series
Nightwing has a personality change after being shot in head

TV

New Star Wars series will be called The Mandalorian
Netflix adapting C.S. Lewis’s Narnia books
Kaley Cuoco is new voice of Harley Quinn
Krypton season 2 will have Lobo

MOVIES

Rosie Perez cast as Rene Montoya in Birds of Prey
Disney is developing live action Lilo and Stitch

COLLECTIBLES

New Lego set is Darth Vader’s Castle

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