The CW’s “Flarrowverse” four part crossover has officially been given a name. DC Comics officially released the event’s name, Crisis On Earth X. While this conjurs up thoughts of past “Crisis” titles in DC’s history, this does look to be a more original title.
It has also been revealed that The Ray will play a major part in the story, and fans got their first glimpse of The Ray and Earth X in the preview for Freedom Fighters: The Ray.
In Marvel news, Netflix has released the initial trailer for the upcoming Punisher series, and it looks like it could be the best live-action Punisher yet.
In older but still fun Star Wars news, Seth and special guest Clint discuss JJ Abrams officially taking over Episode IX.
In the final two segments, Clint talks playing Destiny 2, while Seth reviews the first two issues of DC’s Dark Nights: Metal
All this and more in another fun-filled episode of Geekville Radio!
“The new Disney-branded service will become the exclusive home in the U.S. for subscription-video-on-demand viewing of the newest live action and animated movies from Disney and Pixar,beginning with the 2019 theatrical slate, which includes Toy Story 4, the sequel to Frozen, and The Lion King from Disney live-action, along with other highly anticipated movies. Disney will also make a significant investment in an annual slate of original movies, TV shows, short-form content and other Disney-branded exclusives for the service. Additionally, the service will feature a vast collection of library content, including Disney and Pixar movies and Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney XD television programming.”
The Marvel Netflix shows (Daredevil, Jessica Jones, etc…) are still safe on Netflix. But what does this mean for Star Wars movies? the Marvel MCU?
In Deadpool news, we got our first glimpse of Josh Brolin as Cable, and Zazie Beets as Domino. What are the initial reactions?
The middle portion of the show looks at the Flarrowverse and the much anticipated four-way crossover between Supergirl, Arrow, Flash, and Legends Of Tomorrow. CW president Mark Pedotiz had this to say about the premise of the mega event.
“I do not want to give it away, I don’t want to give any spoiler alerts but let me just say, romance is in the air.”
So what does this mean? Are Barry and Iris finally tying the not? Ollicity reborn? Alex and Maggie? With all the ‘ships in the Flarrowverse this could be just one big CW Prom Night that could double as the Musical Episode.
“We’ve already started talking about ooh, we have a shape for season seven already. This is the earliest we’ve ever had an idea for a season that far ahead, but it’s come out of our conversations about season six.”
“I think we’ve always had an endpoint in mind. We’ve always known how we want to end the show. That end point doesn’t require X number of seasons. If we had to, we could work towards it as long as we knew with enough leeway, we could work towards the moment we’ve been talking about since day one.”
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“Certainly the whole idea behind the cliffhanger is that there are consequences to the explosions on the island that affect Oliver and affect the surviving members of his team,” Gugenheim said. “Spoiler alert, we didn’t kill off everyone except for Oliver and one person. He still will have a team. The question is what is the composition of that team and how are they all affected by the trauma of what happened at the end of last year. For us, it’s more than a binary thing of who lives and who dies. There are consequences that we’re also playing around with as a result.”
Lots of news on Legends of Tomorrow Season 3. We’re getting Gorilla Grodd back, and more info on Damien Darkh. Plus hints that this will be a much mor mystical and magic oriented season. Ummm, Constantine anyone?
Finally, Seth and Train pay tribute to the memory of the late great Glen Campbell. How does Glen Campbell fit in with geekery? Well, you’ll understand if you’ve seen Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2.
All this, plus Cop Rock references and more in another fun-filled Geekville Radio!
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.
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
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
And we of course can’t forget the Pacific Rim: Uprising trailer, starring John Boyega.
Pacific Rim: Uprising
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Geekville Radio is back after a one week hiatus. Join Seth and special guest Clint from The GeekDig Podcast as they discuss several topics in the world of geekery.
The producers of Supergirl have recast one of their main recurring characters in Alura, the birth mother of Kara/Supergirl. Erica Durance, another legacy superhero actress, is taking over the role from Laura Benanti. This continues the tradition of brining legacy superhero actors into the Flarrowverse fold.
Unfortunately Laura, who Greg [Berlanti] and I have worked with for years going back to Eli Stone, was unable to continue in the role due to work commitments in New York,” executive producer Andrew Kreisberg said in a statement. “But we are so blessed that Erica has come aboard to offer her own interpretation of Kara’s mother. We had tremendous success with a former Lois Lane last season with Teri Hatcher. We know Erica will continue the proud tradition of legacy actors joining our shows and creating new and exciting takes on classic DC characters.
In Marvel news, Squirrel Girl is making her way t TV as part of the New Warriors TV show. The Hollywood Reporter notes that the show will be a comedy that will air on Disney’s Freeform channel.
The duo lead the ensemble cast in the 10-episode series about six young people learning to cope with their abilities in a world where bad guys can be as terrifying as bad dates. Joining Vayntrub and Theler are Jeremy Tardy as Night Thrasher, Calum Worthy as Speedball, Matthew Moy as Microbe and Kate Comer as Debrii.
Seth and Clint also briefly talk the late George Romero, whose passing was announced a few hours before recording.
The latter half of the show is dedicated to a belated review of Spider-Man Homecoming. Naturally this means major spoilers. However, if you’re still basking in the glow of such an awesome movie, hear the duo discuss the movie, and how you can never go wrong with Evil Michael Keaton.
All this and more in another fun-filled Geekville Radio!
The Black Panther trailer has arrived, and fans arounf the world are reacting. Seth and Crazy Train are back to dissect the trailer and discuss what’s to come from the latest Marvel MCU movie.
In DC news, the latest seasons of the Arrowverse are now on Netflix. In case you missed the finales, or still want to speculate about them, the they’re ranked and discussed. What are the big takeaways? And what can we expect in the next seasons?
In a solo segment, Seth runs down the Wonder Woman movie.
Finally, Seth and Train discuss the life and career of the late great Adam West, who gave geeks so much joy for half a century.
All this and more in another fun filled Geekville Radio!
In case you’ve been living under a rock, Sony unveiled the second Spider-Man trailer. This new trailer gives us more of a look at the plot, plus a peek at the role Tony Stark plays in Spidey’s life. Not only that wee see more of Michael Keaton’s Adrian Toomes aka The Vulture.
Not to be outdone, Warner Bros released the newest Justice League trailers which gives us Aquaman, Parademons, and Commissioner Gordon
“The analytics firm calculates the series earned 63.2 million ‘demand expressions’ in its first three days – that’s less than the 69 million of “Luke Cage” but ahead of both “Jessica Jones” (51m) and “Daredevil” (23m).”
“Iger revealed that the film, “picks up with Han Solo when he was 18 years old and takes him through when he was 24. There are a few significant things that happen in Han Solo’s life, like acquiring a certain vehicle and meeting a certain Wookiee that will happen in this film. But you will also discover how he got his name.””
Over in the Arrowverse, Season 5 villain Vigilante’s alter ego is somebody we already know. However, we may not find out who he (she?) is until Season 6.
We know who it is, but we were kind of intrigued by the idea of having a mystery that led into the next season,” Guggenheim told us at Paleyfest 2017. “We were excited at the prospect of just letting this play out for a little while longer, and it gives us something cool to do in Season 6.”
The second half of the show, Seth and Crazy Train talk more major plot reveals in the Arrowverse TV Shows, including the highly anticipated Supergirl/Flash Musical, the return of Captain Cold to Legends Of Tommorow, and Prometheus’s effect on Ollie’s psyche.
The Arrowverse talk does not end there, as Seth talks the Heroes & Villains FanFest, which had appearances by Stephen Amell, John Barrowman, David Ramsey, Charlotte Ross, Katie Cassidy, Willa Holland, Echo Kellum, Katrina Law, Robbie Amell, Caty Lotz, Brandon Routh, and Neal McDounough. If you’re a fan of any Arrow show, this is the stuff for you!
On top of that, there was an Agents Of SHIELD panel with Chloe Bennett and Brett Dalton.
Not to be outdone, Train discusses attending the South Carolina Comic-Con and the guests that were there.
All this and more in another fun-filled Geekville Radio!
It’s a news packed week at The Geekville Radio Studio. Seth and Crazy Train are back to cover the major stories, as well as the return of the Arrowverse to TV.
“The still untitled X-Men TV series will focus on two ordinary parents who discover their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family joins up with an underground network of mutants and must fight to survive. The series will be produced by 20th Century Fox Television and Marvel Television, with 20th Century Fox handling physical production.”
“There are certain characters who hold a special place in the hearts of millions. Performing this role demands focus, passion and the very best performance I can give. It has become clear that I cannot do both jobs to the level they require. Together with the studio, I have decided to find a partner in a director who will collaborate with me on this massive film. I am still in this, and we are making it, but we are currently looking for a director. I remain extremely committed to this project, and look forward to bringing this to life for fans around the world.”
Over in the Doctor Who universe, Peter Capaldi confirmed that Series 10 of the revived show will be his last.
The middle part of the show reviews the mid-season return of the entire “Arrowverse”. Supergirl, Flash, Legends Of Tomorrow, and Arrow all made their premieres last week, and all four shows hit the ground running. Hear thoughts on Kevin Smith’s Supergirl directorial debut, Flash’s next chapter about changing the future, Legends Of Tomorrow with George Lucas, and the reveal of Laurel and Talia in Arrow.
In the final segment of the show, Seth and Train pay tribute to the legendary actor Sir John Hurt. The resume this man had fills just about any element of Geekery you could imagine.
All this and more in another fun-filled episode of Geekville Radio!
In the news, Woody Harrelson is in talks to play a mentor to Alden Ehrenreich’s young Han Solo in the as yet untitled anthology film. Is this a fitting cast? And what can we expect from a Han and Lando team-up?
Also Star Wars related, Princess/General Leia Organa was supposed to have a larger role in Episode IX. Now producers are meeting to decide what should be done with the character. Could we see a recast? A CGI motion capture a la Grand Moff Tarkin?
In TV News, all four DC “Arrowverse” shows have been renewed by CW. On top of that, Constantine has been picked up as an animated series for CW Seed. Can Matt Ryan’s incarnation of the character survive in animated form?
To cap off the news, the villain for the Flash/Supergirl musical crossover has been revealed to be Music Meister. Could we see Neil Patrick Harris return to the role in a live action capacity?
The second half of the show is our semi-annual look at 2017 TV. Crazy Train joins Seth to preview seven new TV shows debuting in the next few months.
The Arrowverse has completed the respective mid-seasons for all the respective shows. Join Seth and Train as they discuss the questions raised in Flash, Arrow, and Legends Of Tomorrow. this of course means SPOILERS if you have not seen the episodes.
In Marvel news, a new trailer debuted for Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2. What will become of Baby Groot and Laughing Drax?
Not only that, we got a trailer for Spider-Man Homecoming which gave us Evil Michael Keaton and more Robert Downey Jr.
In the final segment of the show, Seth and Train talk the imminent release of Rogue One. Is the hype worth it? And what are some of the easter eggs in the trailers and TV spots?
All this an more in another fun filled Geekville Podcast!
