Robin From Stranger Things is Getting Her Own Prequel Podcast and Novel
Robin Buckley, played by Maya Hawke in the third season of the Netflix series Stranger Things, will be getting her own prequel podcast and novel. Netflix announced the news at their Geeknd Weekend: “Surviving Hawkins, a six-part companion podcast to the Robin prequel novel Rebel Robin starring Maya Hawke and Sean Maher premieres June 29th. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.”
Netflix Reveals Trailer for New Fear Street Trilogy
Netflix has released a trailer for their upcoming trilogy based on R.L. Stine’s dark, creepy YA series Fear Street. All three movies are coming out this July. Fear Street Part One: 1994 is out on July 2, followed by Fear Street Part Two: 1978 on July 9, and finally Fear Street Part Three: 1666 is out on July 16. All three movies take place in the cursed town of Shadyside. Some familiar faces you might recognize from other Netflix productions: Gillian Jacobs (Love), Sadie Sink (Stranger Things), Maya Hawke (Stranger Things), and Kiana Madeira (Trinkets).
Tiffany Haddish Offered Up to $3M for Her Next Book
Actress and comedian Tiffany Haddish is shopping the follow-up book to her 2017 best-seller memoir The Last Black Unicorn, and she’s already getting offers for up to $3 million. While her first book covered her childhood in foster care in South Caroline, this second book will reveal some hilarious stories from Haddish’s time in Hollywood, including a time when she allegedly “drank marijuana tea with Sharon Stone.” Sources report that Haddish has written about 80 pages of the book already.
Get Ready for Queer Blackathon
This Juneteenth, join Jesse at Bowties & Books and their buddy Starlah of StarlahReads in the second annual Queer Blackathon: a 48-hour readathon focused on celebrating queer Black literature.