These past two days at Wizard World Comic-Con Chicago my interest was piqued by two related panels: Chicago’s Ghost Hunters on Thursday and Paranormal City: Chicago on Friday. I was interested in them because they were a little different than the other panels, those that typically center on the more mainstream areas of geek culture or those that...
Author - Woody Steinken
The Star Wars Forever twitter, @StarWarsJunk , has released pictures of Star Wars: The Force Awakens LEGO sets! Sets include a First Order Special Forces TIE Fighter, Poe’s X-Wing Fighter, Kylo Ren’s Command Shuttle, First Order Transport, Rey’s Speeder, First Order Snowspeeder and, of course, Millennium Falcon! Which set...
As was previously rumored, Colin Trevorrow (Jurassic World) has been confirmed as the director for Star Wars Episode IX. The news comes straight from D23 this morning. Not much else is known about the film, but it is speculated that Rian Johnson, director and writer of Episode VIII, will contribute as a writer. Episode IX is slated for a 2019...
Mia Wasikowska, who will reprise her role as Alice for Alice Through the Looking Glass, spoke to the audience at D23 about the plot of the upcoming film. “With the introduction of Time (the character), there’s time travel in the film, and you see characters at various parts of their lives,” she said. Time will be played by Sacha...
At D23, director Jon Favreau spoke about the upcoming live-action The Jungle Book film. “It’s okay if we talk about some Disney movies here, right?” he said. “When we first sat down and discussed making a live-action version of The Jungle Book, the question was if we’d be adding to the tradition, to something we...
During Marvel‘s portion of D23‘s Live Action panel, Chris Evans, a.k.a. Captain America, made a surprise appearance to introduce the trailer for the upcoming Captain America: Civil War. While the trailer is not yet released, we know it begins with Cap, Falcon and Black Widow going after Crossbones! Following this, Ant-Man is...
At D23 Expo’s much anticipated Live Action panel, Marvel kicked things off with some news and concept art regarding Doctor Strange. The film’s star, Benedict Cumberbatch is currently in the UK, but sent a recorded message to the audience at D23: “I”m very lucky and excited to be playing Doctor Strange for Marvel...
Rumors out of Heroic Hollywood (spoiler alert) claim that Wonder Woman, played by Gal Gadot, will have a big showdown with Doomsday in the upcoming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. In the film’s most recent trailer, released at San Diego Comic-Con 2015, Wonder Woman was shown in action for the first time, although it is unclear if this is...
J.R.R. Tolkien is most notably known for his novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, as well as the posthumously published The Silmarillion, which describes the mythology and history of Tolkien’s legendarium. Now, almost forty years since The Silmarillion was published, Tolkien fans will be delighted to know that the author’s estate is...
Shuki Levy and Haim Saban’s Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers is going to receive the Hollywood reboot treatment via Lionsgate and Saban Entertainment. Although little was known about the film until recently, Collider reported an exclusive list of the five rangers’ names, each followed by a description. Fans of the original series will be...