Here’s the next instalment of “Sunday News Roundup”, from the 26th January til the 1st February 2015. Enjoy reading the scoop on the latest news!
- First of all, let’s check out all of the movie and TV news! The SAG Award winners for 2015 have been announced, what do you think of them? Both David Tennant and Rachael Taylor have joined the cast of the Netflix superhero show Jessica Jones; will you be tuning in? While there are movie reboots in the works for Ghostbusters and Indiana Jones; you can also check out the new book based on the series Arrow! There is a TV calendar for February to view, as well as trailers to watch for Fantastic Four and Do You Believe! While Rose Byrne has been added to the cast of X-Men Apocalypse and there are casting updates for the new show Supergirl.
- Speaking about X-Men, there is a TV series in the works at FOX for the upcoming 2015/16 season. Also ordered to pilot are Rush Hour and Limitless, both based on popular movies. While ABC has ordered plenty more pilots (here, here, here and here), as well as NBC and CBS (here, here and here)! Do you think the CW will wait to see how iZombie and The Messengers fare before making any decisions?
- Yancy is slated to release a new album in about a week and a bit, check out the promo for Little Praise Party!
- Want to listen to some new albums? Check out Derek Minor’s Empire, The Vespers’ Brothers And Sisters, and Audrey Assad’s O Happy Fault (film). What do you think of these albums?
- Time for music videos and lyric videos! Danny Gokey has a new single, check out the lyric video of “More Than You Think I Am”, as well as the link for his new book! Other videos that released this week include music videos from We Are Leo (You’re The Best Thing), Aaron Gillespie (Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing), I Am They (From The Day), Vertical Church Band (Lamb Of God), and Brooke Fraser (Magical Machine); lyric videos from Jeremy Camp (Christ In Me) and Amanda Cook (My God), as well as audio slides from Kevin Max (That Was Then, This Is Now), Jonathan Thulin (Compass) and Needtobreathe (Brother). Group 1 Crew also released their behind the scenes video for “Elevator Doors” and Plumb speaks about her new album Exhale. Which video stands out the most to you?
- There is plenty of album related news! Ryan Edberg, previously from Silverline, has released a solo EP on Noisetrade, while Worship Mob has signed to Integrity Music, and Jon Micah Sumrall is releasing a new solo album, with the iTunes preorder available here, as well as Jon speaking about the new album. I Am They released a very successful and popular album this past week, while Bethel Music are embarking on the Worship Nights tour later on this year. Lifehouse, Sarah McCracken, Josh Wilson, Britt Nicole, Point Of Grace, Jon Foreman, Dustin Krensue, Jimmy Needham, Jonathan Thulin, Michelle Bonilla, and Copperlily have also announced new projects; which release are you excited for the most?
- Just before Aaron releases Grace Through The Wandering; he chatted with Indievisionmusic about the new album; check out the interview here!
- Aussie duo for KING & COUNTRY have won prestigious awards this week by TCM, Australia’s national Christian music chart; check out the news here!