Chicago Cubs Joe Maddon says Cubs have more young talent on the way Returning a championship team with young talents such as Kris Bryant, Kyle Schwarber, Addison Russell and Javier Baez has allowed Cubs manager Joe Maddon to take a longer look at some prospects during spring training. And despite a lack of ballyhoo or elite rankings, more prospects are on the way,...Benjamin Bratt shows up in a small role as Jonathan Pangborn, a man who healed his own broken spine with the powers of magic. We first meet him playing basketball.This isn't the first time that Bratt has been on screen playing basketball in a superhero movie. The last was an infamous scene in the infamously awful Catwoman. Surely this can't be a coincidence.The tome which Strange, the Ancient One and Kaecilius all learn their forbidden arts from was written by the Italian wizard Cagliostro, and included passages from the notes of a 31st century sorcerer, Sise-Neg, and from the book of evil magic called the Darkhold.It included magic that allowed the user to travel through time – as Strange learned in the film.
That also explains the whole "notes from the future" thing.The one-armed Master Hamir is a character drawn from Doctor Strange history. He is actually Wong's dad – an old servant of the Ancient One who was once mind-controlled into poisoning his master. Looks like he missed his chance in the MCU...He was sometimes known as 'The Hermit', 'The Silent One' and 'The Living Shadow', presumably meaning that he was a very diligent servant indeed.The Avengers are firmly established in the MCU by the time of Doctor Strange, and their Tony Stark-owned base is clearly visible on the Manhattan skyline.You might have assumed the name of Christine Palmer (Rachel McAdams) and Strange's not-very-competent colleague Nick (aka Michael Stuhlbarg) was short for 'Nicholas'.In fact, he is Nicodemus West, who in the comics operated on Strange after his accident and was wracked with guilt over failing to save Stephen's hands. He trained for a short time with the Ancient One, but left before he mastered the mystic arts.
As Kaecilius (Mads Mikkelsen) and his followers are swept off into the Dark Dimension, you might have noticed them beginning to transform into strange, amorphous figures, each with a single glowing eye.These are the Mindless Ones, unstoppable magical beings that bring destruction wherever they go. Even powerful sorcerers like Strange and Dormammu himself have found themselves in serious trouble when the Mindless Ones run free.The (late) guardian of the New York City sanctum was Daniel Drumm (played by British actor Mark Anthony Brighton). In the comics, he is a former sorcerer and the brother of the hero Brother Voodoo.This version of Drumm is equally dead and acts as a ghostly sidekick to his bro. Incidentally, Brother Voodoo briefly succeeded Strange as Sorcerer Supreme of Earth.Just before Stephen's catastrophic car crash, the surgeon callously dismisses a series of potential patients.One of those – an air force colonel who hurt his spine in a suit of experimental armour – sounds a whole lot like War Machine/James Rhodes, fresh from his injury in Captain America: Civil War, but Derrickson assured us that this is not the case.
Could the military have been involved in covert attempts to replicate Iron Man's armour? Tony isn't going to be pleased...Written with much reference to The Mysterious World of Doctor Strange, available from DK now.CW fall schedule keeps ‘Supergirl’ on Monday nights, benches ‘The Originals’ The CW fall schedule is here! Find out when to set your DVR for Supergirl, Arrow, The Vampire Diaries, Jane the Virgin and more. The CW announced its fall lineup at the Upfronts this morning, and, perhaps most importantly, we’ve got a timeslot for Supergirl… it’s the same as it used to be! The former CBS series recently found a new home on The CW, joining its sister-DC comics series. Interestingly, The CW has clearly determined that it doesn’t need a lead-in from any of them; instead, the network has paired Supergirl with fellow female-skewered drama Jane the Virgin on Monday nights. This also leaves the DC dramas on separate nights. The Flash, Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow will air at 8 p.m. on consecutive nights, and established shows The Flash and Arrow both lead in a brand new series: No Tomorrow (not to be confused with Legends) and Frequency, respectively.
Supernatural, The Vampire Diaries and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend have all been shuffled, with one surprising omission. Check out the full fall schedule below, via USA Today: 9:00: Jane the Virgin 8:00: DC’s Legends of Tomorrow 8:00: The Vampire Diaries Significantly, the need to introduce new shows has led The CW to bench The Originals — throwing it out of sync with its parent show The Vampire Diaries for the first time ever. But don’t be too worried, The Originals fans. Via KSiteTV, Mark Pedowitz assures audiences, “We still really believe” in the series: "We still really believe in #TheOriginals" Pedowitz assures. — KSiteTV (@KSiteTV) May 19, 2016 The 100, iZombie and Reign are all on hold, presumably for spring 2017. Our final new series Archie comics series Riverdale is expected in January/February 2017. What can we expect from ‘No Tomorrow’ and ‘Frequency’? The two new CW dramas joining us this fall are No Tomorrow and Frequency.
The former is romantic drama about a girl named Evie, who meets an ‘Apocalyst’ — a man who believes the world is gonna end, so he sets out to complete the ultimate bucket list: Evie Callahan (Tori Anderson), a risk-averse quality-control assessor, appreciates order. Whenever she’s making a list, “make a list” is both the first thing on it and the first thing crossed off. Such a regimented life has its drawbacks. Her on-again/off-again romance with the sweet, but soft-spoken Timothy (Jesse Rath) has sputtered out. Her career has stalled. Her boss, Deirdre (Amy Pietz), a petty tyrant with breath that could kill a plant, laughs off her ambitions. Then Evie meets charming, free-spirited Xavier Holliday (Joshua Sasse), and the attraction is immediate and electric. He brings a jolt of joyful, rollicking romance into her life. Xavier encourages Evie to carpe that diem, because it’s more fun that way and because, well, the apocalypse is, you know, nigh. He believes humankind has a mere eight months and twelve days until a runaway asteroid smacks us all into stardust.
That’s why he made an Apocalyst – a tally of every last thing he wants to do before the world goes kaput. So with the help of her friends – Hank (Jonathan Langdon), a diehard conspiracy theorist, and Kareema (Sarayu Blue), a droll nihilist – Evie must decide whether Xavier is certifiable and whether that even matters, if being with him means living her life more fully. Based on the International Emmy-nominated Brazilian format from Grupo Globo, NO TOMORROW is a romantic comedy with the ultimate ticking clock. NO TOMORROW is from CBS Television Studios and Warner Bros. Television in association with Electus, with executive producers Corinne Brinkerhoff (“American Gothic,” “Jane The Virgin,” “The Good Wife”), Maggie Friedman (“Witches of East End”) and Ben Silverman (“Jane The Virgin,” “The Office”).” Meanwhile, Frequency is one of several time travel series coming to American TV in 2016: “Detective Raimy Sullivan (Peyton List) has always wanted to prove that she is nothing like her father.
In 1996, when Raimy was eight years old, NYPD Officer Frank Sullivan (Riley Smith) left Raimy and her mother, Julie (Devin Kelley), behind when he went deep undercover, got corrupted, and got himself killed. Or so the story has always gone. Few people knew about the secret undercover sting operation Frank was really charged with, led by Stan Moreno (Anthony Ruivivar), who has now risen to Deputy Chief of Police. Frank’s former partner, Lieutenant Satch Reyna (Mekhi Phifer), is now Raimy’s mentor and friend, and he has urged her to let go of the hurt and anger she still feels about Frank’s disappearance and death, but the old pain still lingers. Raimy can barely bring herself to discuss Frank, even with her devoted boyfriend, Daniel (Daniel Bonjour), or her childhood friend, Gordo (Lenny Jacobson). Now, twenty years later, Raimy is stunned when a voice suddenly crackles through her father’s old, long-broken ham radio – it’s Frank, somehow transmitting over the airwaves and through the decades from 1996.