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This Week in Fandom, Volume 135
Hello and welcome to This Week in Fandom, the OTW’s roundup of things that are happening. We have a varied bunch of news items for you this week but first, have you taken a look at the OTW’s International Fanworks Day activities? IFD is coming up on Saturday 15th and we have an #IFDrabble challenge running right now. We’d love for you to get involved! The big news across the entertainment industry this week was, of course, the Oscars ceremony, held in Los Angeles on February 10. Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite became the first foreign-language film to win the Best Picture award and picked up three… Read more
This Week in Fandom, Volume 117
Welcome to This Week in Fandom, the OTW’s roundup of things that are happening! It was San Diego Comic-Con last week, which brought us a lot of news about upcoming movies and TV – but before we get to that, did everybody watch the trailer for Tom Hooper’s Cats? Will you ever be the same again? Feel free to process your feelings in the comments. Okay – on to Comic-Con. Marvel Studios took advantage of their Hall H panel on 20 July to announce more details about their upcoming Disney+ streaming series, cast details for some movies that we knew were coming, and some new… Read more
This Week in Fandom, Volume 82
Welcome to This Week in Fandom, the OTW’s roundup of things which are happening! Before we start, have you checked out everyone’s old head shots? Have you shared your own? Whose is your favourite? Another quick bit of news: Avengers: Infinity War had the biggest opening weekend ever, according to Vox, pulling in over US$630 million worldwide. But don’t forget, not everyone has gotten a chance to see it yet, and spoilers make Bucky Barnes sad. There was an upset in the convention world this week, followed by an impressive recovery. Universal FanCon, which was to be held in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, from April 27-29,… Read more
This Week in Fandom, Volume 54
Welcome to This Week in Fandom, the OTW’s roundup of things which are happening! Before we start, a shoutout to Fandom‘s blog for the best headline to come out of E3: ‘Super Mario Odyssey’ Shows You Can Teach an Old Hat Magical New Tricks. You can watch the trailer for the game here on Nintendo’s YouTube channel. And while we’re talking trailers, check out new material from Spiderman: Homecoming. It’s been 20 years since Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was first published. Wow. Mashable published an article about how technology grew along with the series, allowing the fandom to grow and author JK Rowling… Read more
This Week in Fandom, Volume 53
Welcome to This Week in Fandom, the OTW’s roundup of things which are happening! Before we start, did you know that The Babadook has no Fanlore page? If only someone would tell its story. Sad news for vid lovers this week: VividCon is shutting down. According to a post on the convention’s Dreamwidth community, 2018 will be its final year. Organizers say there were multiple factors that contributed to the decision. “We could make significant structural changes to VividCon, reduce programming, make it smaller – but odds are we would run into the same problems again before long, and in any case, something that different… Read more