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Disney/Fox Merger, San Diego Comic-Con Panels

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One of the biggest stories in all of geekery finished another chapter. The merger of Disney with 20th Century Fox properties has been approved by stockholders. This brings us another step closer to Disney having control of Fox material. This has obvious effects on two major properties

Marvel

  • How would this affect the MCU?
  • Could we get Hugh Jackman back?
  • What could be airing on the upcoming Disney streaming service?

Star Wars

  • Will we get a Disney produced box set?
  • What about the 3D releases?
  • Will we finally get the original Unaltered Trilogy?

In other Star Wars news, Lucasfilm has officially announced that Carrie Fisher will be appearing in Episode IX via unused footage from The Force Awakens. Plus, two more names have been announced in Richard E Grant and Naomi Acke.

And of course, Episode IX looks to be the final Star Wars movie in the Skywalker saga. Does this mean the end of the “Episode Format”?

AMC has reinstated Chris Hardwick as the host of Talking Dead, after being suspended last month. Plus, Disney has fired director James Gunn from Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3.

The second half of the show is devoted to panels from San Diego Comic-Con. Mainly the Arrowverse shows, but there’s a little bit of Wonder Woman and Shazam talk. The panels are linked below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpAaaZx4Ycw

Shazam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SCphPyHpL4

Aquaman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqiJ0TKF1vc

Wonder Woman

Arrow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkDZ_kgUih4

The Flash

Supergirl

Legends of Tomorrow

Are there any panels that interested you at San Diego Comic-Con? Sound off below!

2018 Movie Preview, Black Panther Review

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We’re dusting off the cobwebs for 2018 in the Geekville Radio studios with a JAM PACKED show with a ton of content. Join Seth and Crazy Train as they talk news, preview a TON of movies, and review Black Panther.

THIS WEEK IN GEEK NEWS

A small little indie film called Black Panther opened last weekend to record numbers. Now in it’s second week it still managed to land a $100 million dollar weekend, which is HIGHLY impressive. The film is now tapped to score $400 million dometically according to Box Office Mojo.

On the Star Wars front, rumors have surfaced as to the reason for Colin Trevorrow’s exit from Episode IX. Allegedly Trevorrow’s plans heavily involved Luke Skywalker.

Speaking of Luke Skywalker, Mark Hamill is set to have a Star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.

2018 MOVIE PREVIEW

Our list comes from Movie Insider if you would like to follow along.

March – Death Wish, A Wrinkle In Time, Tomb Raider, Pacific Rim: Uprising, and of course Ready Player One.

April – Rampage

May – Avengers: Infinity War, “Untitled Deadpool Sequel” (They should just keep that name), and Solo.

June – Packed with sequels, including Ocean’s 8, Incredibles 2, and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

July – Ant-Man & The Wasp, Teen Titans GO To The Movies, and finally Mission Impossible: Fallout

August – Christopher Robin, Mile 22, and Scarface.

September – Untitled New Line Horror Film 2018, The Predator, and yet another Robin Hood remake

October – Venom, Mowgli, and the latest Halloween.

November – X-Men: Dark Phoenix, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Fantastic Beasts 2, Creed 2, and Wreck It Ralph 2

December – Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, Aquaman, Bumblebee, Mary Poppins Returns, and Bohemian Rhapsody

BLACK PANTHER REVIEW

The final segment of the show is devoted to a thorough (that means SPOILERS) review of Marvel’s latest blockbuster Black Panther. Everything from the acting to the accuracy to the comics are discussed. Does the movie live up to the hype? A must listen for Black Panther fans looking to fiind out more about the character.

All this and more in another fun-filled Geekville Radio.

Geekville Radio #180: San Diego Comic Con Coverage

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Justice League Trailer

The Flash standalone movie will be an adaption of Flashpoint, which is funny because that was the gist of Season 3 of The Flash TV show. Could this mean we see Jeffrey Dean Morgan?

Also discussed during the show: A Green Lantern Corps. Movie, Justice League Dark, Shazam, and Aquaman.

Speaking of Aquaman, Seth reminisces about this scene from Justice League Unlimited, which Jason Momoa would absolutely kill it doing.

 

Over in the DC TV Realm, we got trailers for all the Flarrowverse titles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHZEeDEwRE0

Arrow Season 6 Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYDdu_mC6cI

The Flash Season 4 Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwGNep39atY

Legends Of Tomorrow Season 3 Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaI6dcoRRQQ

Supergirl Season 3 Trailer

Also announced for TV, Young Justice Season 3: Outsiders. Which sadly will not star Scott Hall and Kevin Nash– Oh wait… wrong Outsiders.

And finally, some notes about the Black Lightning panel.

In Marvel news, there was an Avengers Infinity War trailer shown, but it hasn’t been released to the public. Thus we are limited to knowledge on what was actually shown. How many faces were actually seen in the trailer? And who’s left to be seen?

Thor Ragnarok Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1qcP1tI9J4

Black Panther Trailer

It was revealed that the Captain Marvel movie will be set in the 1990’s with Skrulls as the villains.

Over in Marvel TV, we got a new Defenders Trailer, complete with a wonderfully evil Sigourney Weaver

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_6J9BqgonU

Defenders Trailer

In Iron Fist news, Misty Knight is officially coming to Iron Fist Season 2. And as we’ve said before, this is integral to the Iron Fist story.

The Gifted trailer has revealed all the major players

The Gifted Trailer

As you can see from the trailer, Thunderbird, Polaris, Blink, Eclipse, Andy Strucker & Lauren Strucker are the main characters of the story.

Inhumans Comic-Con Trailer

In non-comic news, the Ready Player One trailer took the world by storm. Seth and Train loved the trailer, but hear some of the immediate differences noticed between the book and the movie

Ready Player One Trailer

Plus there was discussion about Blade Runner 2049, and the whole immersive experience given at the Con next to Hall H.

And we of course can’t forget the Pacific Rim: Uprising trailer, starring John Boyega.

Pacific Rim: Uprising

Is there anything that sparked your interest about Comic Con? Anything you want us to go over? Anything cool you want discussed in the future? Sound off below. Like and Share to get the word out!

Geekville Radio: Spider-Man Homecoming Preview, Inhumans Trailer, More Han Solo News

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Happy 4th Of July and Happy Belated Canada Day everybody!

The first four minutes of Spider-Man Homecoming has been accidentally on purpose released. What are your initial reactions?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmE8cujOcBo

Plus we get a trailer for the Inhumans TV series which will be both in theaters and on TV.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaaLbjZ3mj8

On top of that we have the trailer for The Orville, which nobody seems to care about.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy9sKeCE8V0

And in Star Wars new, we have more info on the Han Solo Movie on what it could have been vs. what it will probably be under Ron Howard. All this and more in another fun filled episode of Geekville Radio!

Geekville Radio: Ron Howard Directing Han Solo, Dazzler in Dark Phoenix, Spider-Man Homecoming Reviews

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Following last week’s departure of Phil Lord and Chris Miller from the Han Solo standalone film, LucasFilm announced Ron Howard will be taking over the project. What changes could be in store for the film? And what does the Academy Award winning director bring to the table? Crazy Train returns to the show to discuss all things Han Solo and Ron Howard with host Seth.

In Marvel news, Dazzler will be the latest mutant to make a big screen debut when X-Men: Dark Phoenix is released. Are there other iconic X-Men stories that cold be brought to the big screen?

And finally, early reviews are overwhelmingly positive for Spider-Man Homecoming. Hear what some critics are tweeting about Tom Holland and Michael Keaton’s performances.

All this and more in another fun-filled Geekville Radio!

Geekville Radio: C2E2 Hangover

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C2E2 is in the history books, and there’s plenty of news to talk about. Join Seth and Crazy Train as they talk the Marvel and DC announcements coming out of the event.

Marvel announced details of this summers Secret Empire crossover which pits the Marvel heroes against a Steve Rogers lead HYDRA. Also, Marvel talked the Ressurxion, which effectively rebrands the X-Men books into three separate titles” X-Men Gold, X-Men Blue, and Astonishing X-Men. Plus hear details on Legacy, Generations, and Black Panther.

Not to be outdone, DC announced they are expanding their universe by adding all-new characters with Dark Matter. Get the gist on The Silencer, Sideways, The Immortal Men, Damage, and The Neew Challengers. This is not a separate universe, these are all new additions to the same DCU we know and love.

The second half of the show focuses on the Celebrity and Entertainment panels. No recording was allowed, so there unfortunately there are no clips. However, Seth did give some of the notable details from panels that include Stan Lee and Frank Miller, The Flash’s Danielle Panabaker, Agents Of SHIELD, Vincent D’onofrio, and the hilarious Twisted Toonz reading of Back To The Future.

All this and more in another fun filled Geekville Radio!

Geekville Radio: Wonder Woman Trailer

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Better late than never! This week’s Geekville Radio is here, and you can follow along with the show with these show notes

The latest Wonder Woman Trailer has been released


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Geekville Radio: Logan Review

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SNIKT!

Hugh Jackman’s brutally violent swansong as the feral mutant Wolverine has finally hit theaters. Seth and Crazy Train give lengthy, spoiler filled review of the blockbuster final Wolverine film Logan in the latter half of the show. And how it’s not only an X-Men film, but a very deep psychological film as well.

Before that, Seth and Train look at the reveal of Prometheus in last week’s episode of Arrow, as well as other Arrowverse news. In the middle of the show, they talk the latest trailers for Guardians Of The Galaxy 2, Alien Covenant, Kong, and Pirates Of The Caribbean 5.

Geekville Radio Episode 163

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More rumors coming out about the Batman, with the latest being that Ben Affleck may bow out of the role. Collider reports in the video below about the rumor, stating he’s heard from multiple sources that Affleck’s time as The Dark Knight may already be over.

Ben Affleck, make no mistake, he wants out. He doesn’t want to be Batman anymore.

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Superhero Sunday: Pryde Of The X-Men (1989)

If you frequented arcade games in the early 1990’s you probably saw that monstrosity. A SIX PLAYER arcade game devoted to The X-Men. Not only was this giant quarter muncher a favorite among fans, it’s also one of the few, if only, game where Dazzler is a playable character.

However the story of the game is a bit older.

Before the classic 1990s X-Men animated series that aired on Fox, there was an attempt by Marvel to produce a syndicated series through Sunbow. Animation fans may remember Sunbow as the company that made the Transformers and GI Joe syndicated series 80s kids grew up on. Some of the regulars from those series even showed up here, including Michael Bell (Duke in GI Joe) as Cyclops, Frank Welker (Megatron in Transformers) as Toad, and Alan Oppenheimer (Skeletor in He-Man) as Blob.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQPAIMCA-6I

The animation is classic Sunbow, as is much of the music. Only a Pilot episode was produced, but did not get picked up after the initial airing during The Marvel Action Universe. However, through the magic of The Internet, it is preserved on YouTube. The basic plot of this pilot episode became the premise of the classic arcade game, though the game of course had far more depth. And bad guys.