Recurrent Events Aug 20 2016: 'Beetlejuice' Coming To Broadway, 'The Lost Boys' Gets TV Series Adaptation, 'Fuller House' Welcomes NKOTB

Welcome to your weekly news update for retro pop culture headlines, the Recurrent Events! It was a great week for headlines in all categories, but I wanted to share one reboot in particular that I'm excited about. Brian over at CoolandCollected.com rebooted the League of Extraordinary Blogger this week and was really excited to see this community return. I participated many times throughout the years on RD80s and hope to continue writing and sharing articles that are spawned from the new Pop Culture League. If you write for a blog or website, you know that we ll need help coming up with ideas from time-to-time and this is a great way to get inspired. I didn't get a chance to particpate in this week's Shelfie challenge but plan to keep watching for topics each Monday. You should too!

Here are the articles released this past week in cased you missed it:

• Pass Go In Ecto-1 With The New Monopoly: Ghostbusters Edition
• Album of the Week: "Slippery When Wet" Turns 30
• Vader Is Back; What Else Should Return In “Rogue One?”
• 5 Retro Video Games That Are More Addictive Than Pokémon Go Could Ever Be

I've seen a few other modern songs get retro-ized by Tronicbox and the latest for Katy Perry's "Firework" is really fun...

Video of the Week

Here are your Recurrent Events links for August 20, 2016!

MOVIES

‘Here Lies Love’ Director Alex Timbers Bringing ‘Beetlejuice’ to Broadway - Flavorwire
Jared Leto Joins ‘Blade Runner’ Sequel As Casting Wraps - Deadline
How Jurassic Park Pushed the Limits of Visual Effects - Laughing Squid
Hollywood Is Getting Its Very Own Star Wars Cantina - io9
Pop Rewind Podcast: Ghostbusters Answer The Call Review - Pop Rewind
‘The NeverEnding Story’ Is Returning to Theaters Next Month - Mental Floss
‘Clue’ Is The Latest In A String Of Tim Curry Movies Being Rebooted - UPROXX
Nia Long joins Idina Menzel in remake of classic 80s Bette Midler film Beaches - Daily Mail
The ‘It’ Remake Unleashes The Most Revealing Look Yet At Their Terrifying New Pennywise - UPROXX
Chewbacca Himself, Peter Mayhew, Shares A Heartfelt Tribute To Kenny Baker - UPROXX
Looking back at the Death Wish franchise - Den of Geek
Shane Black Wouldn’t Mind Making Another ‘Monster Squad’ - UPROXX
You'll Get to See the Documentary About Roger Corman's Fantastic Four This Fall - io9
John Hughes Movies: Then and Now – Ferris Bueller’s Day Off - Return to the 80s
How to Make Freddy Krueger’s Metal-Clawed Brown Leather Glove - Laughing Squid
Patricia Arquette, Rainn Wilson Pair for '80s Comedy 'Permanent' - THR
McG Calls "Masters of the Universe" Movie His "Absolute Passion" - CBR

TV

‘The Lost Boys’ TV Series Based On Movie In Works At The CW - Deadline

The New MEGA MAN Animated Series Will Have a More Optimistic Blue Bomber - Nerdist

New Kids on the Block to Stop by an Episode of Fuller House, Collect a Nice Casserole - Vulture

Graham and Chad Talk Rasslin' Episode 1: SummerSlam 1991 - Horror Movie BBQ

Who In the World Was Carmen Sandiego? We Finally Know the Answer - Mental Floss

How 'Captain Planet' Turned Kids Green - Mental Floss

We Need A New ’80s TV Dad And It Should Be Steven Keaton - UPROXX

Adam West, Burt Ward, Julie Newmar return for animated 'Batman' movie - EW

CMT Is Developing A ‘Varsity Blues’ TV Series - UPROXX

Make all things Stranger Things with this title card generator - A.V. Club

Weirdos, And Wannabes: Hanna-Barbera dared to get real with its Evel Knievel riff - A.V. Club

Hilarious cellphone ads from the 1980s and 1990s - Komando

“Weird Al” presents all the best Saturday-morning cartoons 1984 had to offer - A.V. Club

MUSIC
Faith No More Reuniting With Original Singer Chuck Mosley for Two Shows - Rolling Stone
Appeals Court Reverses Live Nation Win in Run-DMC Merchandise Suit - Billboard
Pink Floyd Prep Vinyl Reissues of Early Seventies Albums - Rolling Stone
An Elvis cover by Fine Young Cannibals? That's suspicious - Stuck in the 80s
A bunch of rare Black Sabbath items are going up for auction - A.V. Club
Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of 'Wannabe' with a Spice Girls Art Exhibition in Berlin - Mental Floss


VIDEO GAMES

Five Influential Arcade Games Of The Early 1980s - Inquisitr
Check Out This 1982 Intellivision Ad For Space Battle - Retroist
Metroid Prime: Federation Force: The Kotaku Review - Kotaku
Remembering Mega Man’s strangest spin-offs - A.V. Club
Take A Look Inside Retro Gamer Issue 158 - Retro Gamer
Anyone For A $27,000 Super Mario Bros. Watch? - Kotaku
NECA Contra NES Video Game Figures Video Review & Images - Toy News International
‘No Man’s Sky’ and ‘Starflight’: How 2016’s Endless Universe Compares to 1986’s - Flavorwire
Konami is making a new Metal Gear game, Metal Gear Survive - Polygon
Somebody Recreated SUPER MARIO BROS. in an Excel Spreadsheet - Nerdist
Super Mario Adventures will be released for first time in 20 years as collected-edition - Polygon
Call Of Duty Zombies is heading to the 1980s, complete with Knight Rider himself - BreakingNews,ie

POP CULTURE

Retro Mixtape Coffee Tables Will Take You Way Back - Nerdist
YAHTZEE®: Ghostbusters™ Slimer Collector's Edition - USAopoly
Watch as pop culture’s iconic rides change with the times - A.V. Club
1/4 Scale Hulk Hogan Hulkamania Premium Statue - Toy News International
Parents just don’t understand…- Branded in the 80s
The League Strikes Back! - Cool and Collected
Crystal Pepsi is back and I’m so excited! - Yello80s

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