Pop Culture Headlines — Marvel’s Echo Premiere

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Marvel’s Echo Premiere

Tonight, Maya Lopez and Kingpin return.

Witness the 5 episode event of Marvel Studios’ #Echo, streaming tonight at 9p ET/6p PT on @DisneyPlus & @Hulu.

Set your Disney+ profile to TV-MA to stream.

All episodes will be available on Hulu until April 9. pic.twitter.com/T7AhXTCxsw

— Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) January 9, 2024

Today is the premiere of the new Marvel series Echo. The show follows Maya Lopez, a Choctaw woman who is hard of hearing. We first met her in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the series Hawkeye. All five episodes of Echo will premiere at 6 pm Pacific Time on both Disney+ and Hulu. The series will remain available on Hulu until April 9. Disney+ users will have to set their profile to TV-MA to stream the series.

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part One Premiere

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part One premieres today. IGN released an exclusive clip where the Justice League meets The Monitor. Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part One is available to purchase exclusively on digital on January 9. A 4K UHD in a limited edition steelbook packaging and a Blu-ray edition will become available on January 23.

Gerard Butler Joins Live-Action How to Train Your Dragon

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures live-action adaptation of the DreamWorks Animation classic How To Train Your Dragon, is bringing back a familiar face as sources tell Deadline Gerard Butler, who voiced Hiccup’s father in the original, will reprise the role in the new movie… pic.twitter.com/2hQwvjeyLv

— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) January 5, 2024

According to Deadline, Universal Pictures has added one more to the cast of their live-action adaptation of How to Train Your Dragon. In the original animated films, Gerard Butler played Hiccup’s father Stoick. Reportedly, he’ll be reprising his role in the live-action series as well. The live-action How To Train Your Dragon film will fly into theaters on  June 13, 2025.

New Comic Book Day Preparation

Today is Tuesday, which means that tomorrow, we get lots of new comics. DC Comics is releasing Action Comics #1061, which sees the Superman Superstars story arc begin, with Jason Aaron writing Superman for the first time. Marvel Comics is releasing Wolverine #41, which sees the beginning of Sabretooth War. Image Comics is releasing King Spawn #29, as Spawn continues his journey through hell. All of these and so many more will hit the shelves at your local comic book shop tomorrow.

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