The CW’s ‘Nancy Drew’ Spinoff ‘Tom Swift’ Casts Its Lead
Tian Richards will be introduced as the character in an upcoming episode of “Nancy Drew”Jennifer Maas | January 26, 2021 @ 3:11 PM Last Updated: January 26, 2021 @ 3:54 PM
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The CW’s “Nancy Drew” spinoff series “Tom Swift,” which is currently in the development stage, has cast Tian Richards in the title role.
Richards will be introduced as the character in an upcoming episode of “Nancy Drew” that will serve as a backdoor pilot for “Tom Swift.” On the installment, Tom will crash into one of Nancy Drew’s investigations, an event which Nancy interprets as supernatural and Tom believes to be cosmically paranormal.
Nancy Drew at 90: How the girl sleuth became an unintentional feminist
Ninety years after the first Nancy Drew books were published, the girl sleuth is as popular as ever. We take a look at how Nancy Drew came to be and how she became an unintended feminist role model for generations of women.
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The first book in the Nancy Drew series, The Secret of the Old Clock, was published in April 1930.(Penguin Random House)
As an elementary schooler, I was already an aspiring writer and was in awe every time I read Karen Brewer‘s latest adventure and got a preview of the next book in the pipeline. First of all, how did they know? It seemed like sorcery. And second of all, how lucky was I that I wouldn’t have to wait too long to see what came next. In middle and high school, somehow I ended up on a teen advisory committee of some sort and got to give my feedback and receive sneak peeks of new series like The A-List. I remember suggesting to them that their next tie-in item be a ripoff of Bonne Bell called Glossip Girl.
Nancy Drew Season 2 Poster Offers Nancy Some Seriously Good Advice
Nancy Drew Season 2 Poster Offers Nancy Some Seriously Good Advice
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Set to return to The CW on January 20, 2021, hit mystery-thriller series
Nancy Drew has been making some pretty interesting news during its off-season. First, we learned that the series will also serve as the basis for the spinoff series
Tom Swift, a backdoor pilot set for the show s second episode (more o that below). Then we learned that
Aadila Dosani (
Praneet Akilla (
October Faction) would be joining the cast this season as Amanda and Gil Bobbsey, respectively- known more famously as the Bobbsey Twins. Now, we re getting a look at the first key art poster for a second season that brings a new and even deadlier case for Nancy (