In episode 12 of the Virtual Pizza podcast, we cover some interesting TV and movie news, recommend an audiobook and tell you about a heartwarming superhero story.

News

• Battlestar Galatica showrunner Ron Moore is returning to Syfy with an intense new drama series called Helix.

• Cast confirmed for Spooks (MI5) the movie
• Open casting calls are being held in the UK and Ireland over the next 2 weeks for 2 roles in the new Star Wars movie, due to start production in 2014 at Pinewood Studios in the UK, and has just been given an official release date on December 18th 2015.  A casting notice states that producers are looking to fill the roles of a "street smart and strong" orphaned girl in her late teens and a "smart capable" man in his late teens or early 20s.

• Ed Sheeran has released the music video for his new theme song for the new Hobbit movie. "I See Fire," an original song he wrote for the soundtrack of Peter Jackson's upcoming Hobbit sequel The Desolation of Smaug.

• The long-awaited big screen adaptation of Stephen King's zombie novel, Cell, is still moving forward! Samuel L. Jackson will be reuniting with John Cusack and director Mikael Hafstrom on the film project.

Final Thoughts

Here’s a fantastic, feel-good story to end the show. Next week, the Make-A-Wish Foundation in San Francisco, CA is going above and beyond to grant the wish of a young boy named Miles. Miles is 5 years old and has leukemia. As a fan of superheroes, Miles’ one wish is to actually be Batman. So, the Make-A-Wish foundation, with the help of thousands of others, will turn San Francisco into Gotham City on November 15. They’ll orchestrate a full day of crime fighting all over the city for “Batkid.”

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