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Weekly Recap: Avatar 3 Update, Onyx Storm Premiere — January 24, 2025

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It's Friday and you're in the right place.

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It's January 24th, 2025.

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There's too much going on in the world, and sometimes you miss the fun pop culture headlines coming through, so today we're just gonna recap and review some of our stories.

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I'm Andrew Siko, and this is Side Show's Pop Culture headlines for the stories you need to know and the ones you might have missed.

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On Monday, an update about Avatar 3, in an interview with Empire, James Cameron, shared an update about Avatar 3, which is named Avatar Fire and Ash.

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Specifically, he introduces the Ash clan a little bit more and the photos even give us a new look at them.

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Cameron says this about their leader.

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Varong is the leader of a people who have gone through an incredible hardship.

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She's hardened by that.

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She will do anything for them, even things that we would consider to be evil.

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One thing we wanted to do in this film is not be black and white simplistic.

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We're trying to evolve beyond the all humans are bad, all Navi are good paradigm.

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Here's how the article written by Ben Travis continues.

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Varong is played by Una Chaplin, whose embodiment of her, Cameron says, is so good that I didn't quite appreciate how good her performance is until we got the Weedah animation back.

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Don't expect many I see yous between her and Jake.

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She's an enemy, an adversarial character, notes Cameron, but Chaplin makes her feel so real in a live.

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Bringing a breath of fresh air, two will be the wind traders see the photos, who corral gigantic pandora in creatures to soar among the clouds.

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Cameron explains, they're nomadic traders equivalent to the camel caravans with a spice road back in the Middle Ages.

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And you know, they're just fun.

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Like all Navi, they live in symbiosis with their creatures.

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If you've got any nautical blood in your veins, you'll wanna be on their ship.

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Avatar Fire and Ash will fly into feeders on December 19th, 2025.

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On Tuesday, Onyx Storm premiered.

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Onyx Storm premieres today.

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This is the third novel in the fourth wing series.

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After nearly 18 months at Bezgayath War College, Violet Soren Gale knows there's no more time for lessons, no more time for uncertainty.

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Because the battle has truly begun and with enemies closing in from outside their walls and within their ranks, it's impossible to know who to trust.

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Now Violet must journey beyond the falling a recent wards to seek allies from unfamiliar lands to stand with Navare.

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The trip will test every bit of her wit, luck, and strength, but she will do anything to say what she loves.

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Her dragons, her family, her home, and him.

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Even if it means keeping a secret so big it could destroy everything.

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They need an army, they need power, they need magic, and they need the one thing that Violet can find, the truth.

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But a storm is coming and not everyone can survive its wrath.

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Onyx Storm is available in bookstores now.

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On Wednesday, Wheel of Time casting.

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Amazon has cast five new actors for their season three of their live-action adaptation of the Wheel of Time.

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Isabella Bacari will play Filey Bessiere, a saldean hunter of the horn, whose efforts to locate a treasured relic have led her to the two rivers.

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Nukako Kosterwolda will play eldest wise one, Bear, the most respected member of the Tardad Ale.

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Her authority and wisdom are held in higher regard, even than that of the clan chief, along with being able to channel the one power, she has access to an even more mystical ability.

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Salome Gunna's daughter will play Malayne, a wise one of the Tardad Ale.

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Despite not being able to channel, she is able to access a more mystical power.

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Bjorn Landberg will play Ruarch, the well-respected clan chief of the Tardad Ale.

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Having passed the trial of Ruidian to become chief, he is one of the few ale who knows what lies within the fog, though he is forbidden to speak of it.

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Sinovim Akkordelund will play Malindra, a Malkeeri survivor who was taken in and raised by the Tardad Ale.

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At the end of season two, after defeating Ishmael, Rand reunites with his friends at Falme and is declared the dragon reborn, but in season three, the threats against the light are multiplying.

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The white tower stands divided, the black Ajaraan free.

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Old enemies return to the two rivers and the remaining forsaken are in hot pursuit of the dragon, including Landfeer, whose relationship with Rand will mark a crucial choice between light and dark for both of them.

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As the ties to his past begin to unravel and his corrupted power grows stronger, Rand becomes increasingly unrecognizable to his closest allies, Marein and Egwing.

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These powerful women, who started the series as teacher and student, must now work together to prevent the dragon from turning to the dark, no matter the cost.

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The wheel of time, season three, premieres on Amazon Prime, on March 13th.

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On Thursday, Final Fantasy VII Remake.

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Final Fantasy VII, rebirth, premieres on PC today.

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Here's how they describe it.

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The second game of the Final Fantasy VII Remake Trilogy.

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After escaping Midgar, the city of Mako, Cloud and his friends overcome the boundaries of fate and step into the unknown wasteland, a vast world with many characteristics awaits, as well as a new story,

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where you will run through fields on Chokobos to freely explore points of interest.

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The life stream forms the very cycle of existence with all life born from the planet and all returning to its embrace.

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However, the sinister Shinra Electric Power Company extracts this vital life energy, spending it liberally as a fuel source called Mako.

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After a ferocious battle, ex-soldier Cloud Strife and his companions, Tifa, Arith, Barrett, and Red-Eight, escape the Mako-powered city of Midgar to step out into the wide world.

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A journey across the planet begins, riding Chokobos across vast and trackless plains, visiting many familiar places in pursuit of the fallen hero Sephiroth and the chase culminating in the party's journey to the forgotten capital from the original Final Fantasy VII.

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At the same time, soldier first-class Zach Fair drags his battered body across the wastelands, leading into Midgar, supporting his dear friend, who's delirious from severe Mako poisoning.

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Beyond the boundary between life and death, he sees an ominous rift spreading across the heavens.

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Final Fantasy VII rebirth is available on PC now.

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When you hear that sound, it's the lightning round for the quick hits after the big news bits.

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Star Trek Section 31 premieres on Paramount Plus today.

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Come back tomorrow for more headlines.

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That side shows pop culture headlines for January 24th, 2025, I'm Andrew Siko.

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For any more ad free pop culture news and content, go to sideshow.com/blog.

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If you like this podcast, give it a good review, share it with a friend, and check out our other podcast, Side Track with Side Show.

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Thank you so much for listening.

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And don't forget to let your geek side show.

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Weekly Recap: Avatar 3 Update, Onyx Storm Premiere — January 24, 2025

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