@gillianblum.bsky.social
she/her // intern @ abc7NY + writer @ The Direct 🔱 // ✏️ 📸 Playbill + Straus + Washington Square News // you got this // be amazing // stay whelmed & stay gold // gillianblum@thedirect.com
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29.04.2025 02:39 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen), Bob (Lewis Pullman), John Walker (Wyatt Russell), Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian (David Harbour), Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) and Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) stand in a doorway in "Thunderbolts*."
John Walker (Wyatt Russell), Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian (David Harbour), and Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen) in "Thunderbolts*." Everyone except Bucky is sitting down, tied up, while Bucky is standing up and speaking on the phone.
(L-R) Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen), Bob (Lewis Pullman), Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) and John Walker (Wyatt Russell) leaning to look through a doorway in "Thunderbolts*."
#Thunderbolts* blew me away. It's clever, funny&full of heart. The script is a masterclass in self awareness, but doesn't sacrifice story to achieve that. Every character is expertly written&performed. The movie is lightning in a bottle, and exactly what the #MCU needs right now.
29.04.2025 02:34 — 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I have a #Thunderbolts* theory that is too silly for me to be comfortable sharing publicly, but if I’m right, I want proof I guessed it.
So take this as my proof. If you know me, you know I’m BRUTALLY honest. I will be about this.
Will update either way when I see the movie.
A screen grab from the “Fantastic Four: First Steps” trailer showing the Human Torch flying up toward the Silver Surfer (who is not visible in the image).
A page from “Fantastic Four,” Volume 1, Issue 49 showing the team in their uniforms looking up to the sky in fear and awe. Their speech bubbles reflect this.
A screen grab from the “Fantastic Four: First Steps” trailer showing the Human Torch flying up toward the Silver Surfer (who is not visible in the image).
Two panels from “Fantastic Four,” Volume 1, Issue 48, showing the Human Torch flying up and toward the Silver Surfer. There are thought bubbles with text reflecting Johnny’s realizations and response as he goes toward the Silver Surfer.
It’s like they shook #FantasticFour Vol. 1, issues 48-50 and the new trailer fell out!!
#FantasticFourFirstSteps #MCU
In some personal news…
I’m so excited to be joining the Collider team as a TV list writer!!
I’m so thankful for this opportunity and I can’t wait to share my first article soon!!
(I’ll still be reporting for TheDirect too, this is in addition!!)
THANK YOU!
Almost 10 years ago, I memorized the audio cues in Forbidden Journey via POV videos, so I would know when to close my eyes and when to open them again.
I was hoping to avoid all POVs before I go in August, but Monsters might be the exception.
I REALLY APPRECIATE your help!!
This is MASSIVELY helpful, jumpscares were for sure my biggest worry.
If you don’t mind, I have a few other questions?
Do you find forbidden journey scary at all? Just trying to figure out a comparison.
Re:^ Is there something you could compare it to scare-wise?
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!
Gillian with her eyes squeezed shut on “Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey” at Universal Islands of Adventure.
Anyone who has been to #EpicUniverse-
How scary is Monsters Unchained?
For context: I scare VERY easily. I close my eyes for parts of Forbidden Journey (see pic). I’ve only been in HHN houses w/out scare actors.
I am determined to ride it, but want to gauge what to expect.
🚨🎙️NEW POD ALERT🎙️🚨
Zach, Gio, Joaquin, & @gillianblum.bsky.social discuss #DaredevilBornAgain
• Matt Murdock & Yusuf Khan team up 🤝
• MS. MARVEL mention ⚡️
• YOUNG AVENGERS/CHAMPIONS nod 🤔
• Anti-vigilante task force ☠️
• Season 2 & more! 👀
boardwalktimes.net/with-interes...
A still from "Percy Jackson and the Olympians," Season 1, Episode 8. Leah Sava Jeffries as Annabeth Chase, Aryan Simhadri as Grover Underwood, and Walker Scobell as Percy Jackson hugging outside.
The Disney Plus logo in white, in front of a turquoise, gradient background.
#PercyJackson is officially the season of a #DisneyPlus series with THE MOST EMMY WINS since the streaming service launched.
#PJO surpassed BOTH Seasons 1 and 2 of #TheMandalorian, which each got 7 wins in their respective years.
#PercyJackson SEASON 3 has been OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED!
Congrats to the whole #PJO team—I can’t wait for what’s in store.
What do we know about s3 so far? When might it eventually release?
🔗 More:
thedirect.com/article/perc...
How is everyone feeling after that Earth shattering #DaredevilBornAgain premiere?
Our breakdown with @emmajaclyn.bsky.social & @gillianblum.bsky.social, & interview with Sana Amanat & Dario Scardapane are now streaming on YouTube & where you get your podcasts.
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DAREDEVIL IS FINALLY BACK!
Join us LIVE at 8pm PT / 11pm ET LIVE TONIGHT with @emmajaclyn.bsky.social & @gillianblum.bsky.social to break down the first 2 episodes of #DaredevilBornAgain immediately after the premiere.
Come hang out in chat and share your thoughts!
youtube.com/live/UUjCQ5E...
Dam! #PercyJackson Season 3 has started development only weeks after Season 2 wrapped!
Something similar happened for s2, but this time Riordan specified that if #PJO s3 moves forward, work on the new season had to start NOW.
Why? Read for more:
🔗 thedirect.com/article/perc...
@thedammemepage.bsky.social your namesake scene could be being written as we speak, how are you feeling?
26.02.2025 03:24 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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“Captain America Brave New World” poster.
Thoughts at midnight when the embargo lifts. The reaction post is drafted in my notes app.
#CaptainAmericaBraveNewWorld #CaptainAmerica
“Percy Jackson” cast and crew members posing with a giant film slate.
Feel free to treat this as a database of confirmed #PercyJackson s2 news, as of the end of filming.
Confused whether something was confirmed? Just hit ctrl+f and search the article for what you’re looking for!
#PJO nation, I hope you enjoy this. Working on it was a lot of fun.
Filming on #PercyJackson s2 ended just under a year after it was announced.
In that time, #PJO fans learned A LOT about the new season, set to release later this year.
Let’s break down ALL OF IT, from the smallest teases to the biggest reveals.
🔗Read:
thedirect.com/article/perc...
I have spent the whole day just freaking out about the Fantastic Four. Tomorrow continues my Marvel freak out awesome week👀
05.02.2025 04:32 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A mirror selfie of Gillian in a “Fantastic Four” T-shirt.
Funko Pops of Johnny Storm and the Bombastic Bag Man (Spider-Man in a Fantastic Four uniform with a paper bag over his head).
A sticker on a water bottle reading “Fantastic and Incredible and Amazing and Mighty and Invincible and Uncanny.” There are other visible stickers but the mentioned one is the only one entirely visible.
A “Fantastic 4” sticker on a water jug.
One more sleep until the #FantasticFour trailer, and this girl is prepared 4️⃣ the occasion!!!!
04.02.2025 04:41 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0the amount of effort it took for me to not scream laugh sitting next to you, knowing it would ruin the video😭🤣
31.01.2025 01:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0icon
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2025 is such a big year for #DisneyPlus, and I’m not just saying that bc we’re getting #SpiderMan, #Daredevil, AND #PercyJackson content.
(speaking of- peek behind the curtain, I saved writing the #PJO segment for last so it would be a little treat for me.)
Read more:
thedirect.com/article/best...
Katie Rose Clarke shared with me that Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo on the #Wicked Press Tour "is exactly how they are."
She also described the "emotional" exclusive #WickedMovie screening for former Elphabas/Glindas, which left the 2 "sobbing."
Full article:
t.co/TxTVWvLLbF
Desperate to be a journalist in a press tour for a musical movie in the current era, because btwn #MeanGirls and #Wicked we got some banger press tours in 2024, and this theatre-loving gen z film/tv journalist needs to get in on that action please.
13.01.2025 06:56 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Gillian in front of Mount Prometheus at Tokyo Disney SEA.
Gillian in front of Cinderella’s Castle at Tokyo Disneyland.
If you know me, you know how long I’ve been wanting to visit the Tokyo Disney Resort, ESPECIALLY Tokyo Disney SEA.
Let’s just say, it surpassed my extremely high expectations…
Something is happening throughout the next few days that I’m not sharing publicly just yet, but let’s just say it’s a bucket list item and I am incredibly excited and grateful!!!!!!!!!!!!
29.12.2024 21:41 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The cover of the first issue of “Marvel Team-Up,” featuring Spider-Man and the Human Torch fighting the Sandman.
I feel like there should be an animated #MCU adaptation of “Marvel Team-Up” after #WhatIf ends.
I’m a huge fan of one-shot anthology books like Team-Up, 2-in-1 and Marvel Comics Presents, and I think any of them would be perfect for the MCU, especially in animation.
