- Oscar-nominated actress and icon Angela Bassett has become the latest name to join the cast of Marvel's Black Panther, playing the mother of the title character, T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman).
- A new poster reveals that Alien: Covenant—Ridley Scott's prequel to the 1979 classic Alien, and sequel to 2012's divisive Prometheus—will hit theaters on May 19, 2017, well ahead of its previous August release date. If you're looking for some horrifying phallic shapes that won't be dwelling in the White House, your wait just got shorter!
- Lesbian cartoonist Alison Bechdel—author of the acclaimed graphic memoir Fun Home, later adapted into the award-winning musical of the same name—has revived her long-running comic Dykes to Watch Out For in the wake of the election.
- The much-anticipated Star Trek: Discovery has been delayed until May 2017, but we finally have our first confirmed casting: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon star Michelle Yeoh.