It starts as an interest, then you're a fan, now you're a geek.
I wasn't sure what to expect when Star Wars Rebels debuted last year. I had loved the Clone Wars series and was sad to see it go but I wasn't really looking for another prequel time animated series. I was hoping for something to bridge the gap between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens. But I was happily wrong in this case. I loved the first season and the finale left me wanting so much more. During the Star Wars Rebels panel at SWC, the cast and crewed revealed a trailer for season two!
Zack Snyder announced a few days ago that the trailer for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice would be released in select IMAX theaters on Monday. In less than 24 hours someone leaked some horrible quality footage of that trailer. Many sites reported on, giving details of what was in the trailer. I'm not sure if this is why Snyder would then release the trailer early...but who cares! Here it is in full HD quality!
Today was the first day of this year's Star Wars Celebration, and they kicked things off with a Force Awakens panel that featured J.J. Abrams, Kathleen Kennedy, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Oscar Isaac, Peter Mayhew, Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, and Mark Hamill. They closed the panel with a brand new teaser! Check it out!
As the Star Wars Celebration gets underway today in Anaheim, California, for those of us who could not join in on all the festivities, the fine folks at StarWars.com have given us this live stream! The opening panel, featuring J.J. Abrams and Kathleen Kennedy discussing Episode 7: The Force Awakens, will be brought to you live!
Enjoy!
A new version of Flash Gordon is coming from 20th Century Fox. The script is being written by J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay (Star Trek 3) with John Davis (The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Predator) and George Nolfi (The Adjustment Bureau) set to produce the film. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class, Kingsman: The Secret Service) is in discussions to become the director of the film.
With Daredevil having been a complete and udder success (in this writer's humble opinion, see my review), production for the second Marvel series under the Defenders banner is under way. Marvel's A.K.A. Jessica Jones has begun filming and some images from the set have emerged on Twitter and Instagram:
There was great excitement when DC Comics and Warner Bros. announced that Michelle MacLaren (Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones) would be directing the first official live action Wonder Woman film starring Gal Gadot and Diana Prince/Wonder Woman. Wonder Woman is to be DC's first female led film and is a very important film in the DC Universe. Unfortunately, however, they will have to find a new director for the film. MacLaren has left the film, according to a statement from the studio.
Marvel Studios has always done a great job in hiring talented writers and directors for its Cinematic Universe. It seems Captain Marvel is following suit. According to The Hollywood Reporter, writers Nicole Perlman (Guardians of the Galaxy) and Meg LeFauve (Inside Out) are in talks to write the script about Carol Danvers becoming a super-powered heroine. With Captain Marvel scheduled to be Marvel's first female led film, its important that the story is done very well and sets the table for her joining the Avengers in films to come.
With pre-production ramping up for Bryan Singer's X-Men: Apocalypse, we're getting news nearly every week. Today we found out via Singer's twitter account that Betsy Braddock aka Psylocke had been cast for the film. Olivia Munn officially joins the already huge cast of mutants for Singer's third installment into this series of X-Men films.
April 10th, 2015 was a momentous day. Netflix and Marvel gave us all thirteen episodes of the first Marvel series to hit the streaming service, Daredevil. The series stars Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock/Daredevil and is just the beginning of a universe designed for Netflix but one that is still tied in with the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe. Eventually we'll see A.K.A. Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron First and finally The Defenders. All of that will come in time, today I'm here to tell you what I thought of the first season of Daredevil and yes...it did wash away that horrible taste of the Ben Affleck film of the same name.
In probably the coolest and best news of the day, Variety is reporting that Arrow's own, Stephen Amell has landed the role of Casey Jones for the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 film.
After news broke of the casting of Hawkgirl in the upcoming Arrow/The Flash Spin-Off series, we also found out that another new character had been cast as well. Doctor Who alum Arthur Darvill has been cast as Rip Hunter. Who is Rip Hunter? Well, he's a time traveler who's looking to get back to his original timeline. He's the character that was described as "The Traveler" when we heard previously about three new characters we hadn't yet seen on live action television.