SDCC teaser gives us our first good look at Blade Runner 2099

In season three, Middle-earth is at war. Five years have passed since the fall of Eregion. Sauron’s armies have marched across the whole of the world, conquering all in their path. Only a few isolated pockets stand between the Dark Lord and total victory—Khazad-dǔm, where the Dwarves are now sealed deep within their mountain halls, and the elven realms of Lindon and Rivendell, which are protected by their Three Rings.” But deep in the land of Mordor, in his newly completed tower of Barad-dûr, the Dark Lord toils day and night, obsessed with harnessing a power that will bring the last of his enemies to their knees: One ring to rule them all… Now, all the free peoples of Middle-earth—Dwarves, Elves, Men, and Wizards alike—must find a way to come together, in a race against time to prevent Sauron from achieving his goal of utter domination of all life We’re also getting some new characters this season, most notably Jamie Campbell Bower as Galadriel’s (Morfydd Clark) long-lost husband Celeborn. Zubin Varla will play Khamul the Easterling of Rhun; Eddie Marson will play Thrain, order brother to King Durin IV (Owain Arthur); Andrew Richardson will play Anarion, younger son of Elendil (Lloyd Owen) and brother to Isildur (Maxim Baldry); and Adam Young will play an Orc named Marnukh who “might not be what he seems.” Oh, and none other than Simon Pegg will voice the fiery Balrog. The third season of Rings of Power premieres on November 11, 2026, on Prime Video. Per the official logline, “The series follows new recruit John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) and Lantern legend Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler), two intergalactic cops drawn into a dark, earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland.” There will be two storylines: one set in 2016 about a murder in Nebraska, and the second set in 2026. Chandler’s Hal Jordan is a former test pilot nearing retirement from the Green Lantern Corps. He’s training Pierre’s John Stewart Jr., a new recruit, to replace him. Nathan Fillion reprises his Superman role as the obnoxious Guy Gardner; we get a brief glimpse of him in the new teaser. The cast also includes Kelly MacDonald as Kerry, a small-town family-oriented sheriff; Jason Ritter as Billy Macon, Kerry’s husband; Garret Dillahunt as William Macon, Kerry’s cowboy father-in-law; Poorna Jagannathan as a woman named Zoe; and Paul Ben-Victor as an extraterrestrial called Antaan. Sherman Augustus plays John Stewart Sr., with J. Alphonse Nicholson playing the younger version; Nicole Ari Parker plays Bernadette Stewart (mother to John Jr.), with Jasmine Cephas Jones playing the young version of the character. In addition, Chris Coy plays a suspiciously nervous truck driver, Waylon Sanders; Cary Christopher plays a gifted child named Noah; Laura Linney will play a senior Guardian; and Paula Patton will appear in an as-yet-undisclosed guest role. We also know that the show will feature the inter-dimensional prison and the Checkmate organization introduced in Peacemaker’s S2 finale. Lanterns premieres on August 18, 2026, on HBO Max. Credit: Chris Frawley / Amazon MGM Studios Credit: Chris Frawley / Amazon MGM Studios Apparently we owe this sequel to Josh Gad, who co-wrote the script and pitched Brooks on a cold call. Gad has said he showed the original movie to his daughter during the COVID-19 pandemic and she loved it so much she wanted to see the sequel. Here’s the official synopsis: Somehow, Dark Helmet has returned! Forty years after the events of the first Spaceballs, fifty years after the events of Star Wars: A New Hope, and one year after the events of The Devil Wears Prada 2, the galaxy is once again under threat. A threat so evil, so unstoppable, so completely lacking in any original ideas, that it has vowed to bring back the past… every last bit of it. With Lone Starr in hiding, Queen Vespa on the throne, and the Schwartz stretched thinner than a franchise releasing TV episodes theatrically, the only hope for the galaxy is Vespa’s undisciplined son, Prince Starburst, and a mysterious Palace advisor named Destiny. Together, they must find Lone Starr, Yogurt, and any other iconic legacy characters fans are demanding before they discover the hard way that, while some threats you can fight, the reboot is not one of them. The 100-year-old Brooks is reprising his role as Yogurt via motion capture (he filmed his lines in a studio). Also returning: Rick Moranis as Lord Dark Helmet, Bill Pullman as Lone Starr, Daphne Zuniga as Queen Vespa, and George Wyner as Colonel Sandurz. Pullman’s son, Lewis Pullman, joins the cast as Prince Starburst, son to Lone Starr and Vespa, along with Keke Palmer as a palace advisor named Destiny. Gad plays a mawg, the same species as the late John Candy’s Barf. Anthony Carrigan and Rowan Witt have also been cast in as-yet-undisclosed roles. Spaceballs: The New One hits theaters on April 23, 2027. May the Schwartz be with you! Credit: AmazonMGMStudios Credit: AmazonMGMStudios