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Following the reveal of the new official poster for Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, three new short teasers for the film have been released online.
You can watch all of the teasers below:
The teasers are short and sweet, but they don’t make the wait for the next full trailer any easier to bare for a lot of fans.
Thoughts on the teasers?
By Ruari Williamson
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Lucasfilm and Disney have released the new poster for the highly-anticipated Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, confirming recent rumours that a poster was coming and a trailer would follow the day after. The trailer will air during Monday Night Football on ESPN.
A lot of characters and ships are included on the poster, including several we’ve had a number of looks at already. However, the poster does give the first (real) glimpses at Lupita Nyong’o’s character Maz Kanata and Starkiller Base. We also see Leia Organa featured on a The Force Awakens poster for the first time.
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens will be released on December 18th.
Thoughts on the poster? Does it make you even more excited for The Force Awakens?
By Ruari Williamson
Here are the behind-the-scenes pictures we shared on our Facebook and Twitter pages today.
1. Cast members Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia Organa) and Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) preparing to film a scene for Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.
2. Cast member Alycia Debnam-Carey (Alicia Clark) on location for Fear The Walking Dead.
3. Cast members Colin McFarlane (Jonathan Moran) and Paul Kaye (Albar Prentis) ready to film a scene for Doctor Who.
4. Cast member Russell Crowe (Jor-El) filming a scene for Man of Steel.
5. Cast member Iain De Caestecker (Leo Fitz) filming a scene for Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
6. Cast member Andrew Lincoln (Rick Grimes) filming a scene for The Walking Dead Season 6 premier.
7. Cast member Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) preparing to film a scene for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.
8. Cast member Anthony Daniels (C-3PO) during filming of a scene for Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens.
By Ruari Williamson
Today I attended Invasion Dublin at the National Show Centre in Swords. This is my report on the event.
This was my fourth time at the Invasion Dublin event (and my sixth Invasion convention overall) and once through the doors it had a very different vibe than usual. Even though I’m not the biggest fan of the National Show Centre because of its location, it has a lot of space and I feel like this is why the organisers held the event there (instead of the RDS which they usually use). It certainly felt like fans had more freedom to walk around and even when the event got busy it didn’t feel overcrowded, so there was a really positive side to using the National Show Centre for the event.
Invasion has given fans the opportunity to meet great guests from the films over the years and this year was no different. In attendance were Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca), Kenny Baker (R2-D2), Sean Crawford (Yakface) and Tim Dry (J’Quille), who all happily signed autographs for fans. I met both Mayhew and Baker (I’m pictured at the top of this article with the latter) and got autographs from both of them. I had been wanting to meet both at previous conventions but was unable to do so because of budgeting, so I knew I had to take this chance to meet both of them when there were only a few guests attending. I think €30 was a reasonable price for both of them (though the former was also charging for table pictures which I won’t pay for). Not a criticism against Invasion as it’s out of their control but it’s been troubling this year seeing this overseas trend coming into the Republic of Ireland this year (you may have heard of Troy Baker and others doing this at other Irish cons this year). Nevertheless, it was a delight to finally meet both of them and add their autographs to my collection.
As always, the costumes and props from the Emerald Garrison were detailed extremely well. However, I don’t remember seeing any new costumes or props that really stood out and while I was admiring the detail on most of them, I don’t recall very many being new which was disappointing. I think the Dewback may have been new (or it made its debut at Invasion Belfast earlier in the year) but I felt like I’d seen all of their other props before, and only the costumes based on Expanded Universe characters looked new to me from the Emerald Garrison. The outstanding quality of the costumes and props is still ever-present with the Emerald Garrison though, but I would have liked to see some more new costumes and props.
There was a nice selection of stalls selling Star Wars merchandise as well, but unfortunately I didn’t have any other money to spend after buying the autographs from Peter Mayhew and Kenny Baker, which was very unfortunate as one stall in particular had numerous rare figures at great prices (I was eyeing up a The Clone Wars Commander Fox for €20). I was surprised that their wasn’t more merchandise from The Force Awakens but stalls can only bring what they have… having said that, if I had more money I definitely would have bought a few figures from the stall with the rare figures.
All in all, I think I’ve covered some of the great things you could see but there is something I want to highlight that concerned me going into the convention: Buying tickets for a certain number of hours at the convention. Regardless of your preference, when you buy tickets for a convention you’re usually able to stay as many hours as you want (I usually stay at conventions all day as I’m usually very busy at conventions and trying to get a lot done) so I seriously hope more conventions don’t start doing this. I was very surprised when I found this out, with both Saturday and Sunday having two sessions (morning and afternoon). The worst part was (and I can testify to this as a regular Invasion-goer) I still had to pay the same (or a similar) amount as I have done for Invasion’s in the past, but this time I would only be allowed to attend for three hours. Whether you end up leaving after one hour or six hours, you should always have the choice of how long you want to stay (I think pre-booking the Sunday afternoon slot was the best option for me going into the convention).
The thing that also surprised me (though I can’t remember if this was just before Peter Mayhew’s Q&A or the quiz) but the audience was asked how many were attending Invasion for the first time and only a couple were attending for the first time of that crowd. I was really surprised that so many had still so willingly bought the three-hour tickets (I think there was a full-day ticket option but I never saw that on the Invasion website) but even if so, I really hope that tickets for a certain number of hours don’t become a regular thing at conventions. The schedule of events for the two days was the exact same for the mornings and afternoons as well.
I don’t want to seem like I’m trying to be as critical as possible, so to sum up Invasion Dublin once again proved to be another great day out (especially if you had children with you), getting to meet Peter Mayhew and Kenny Baker was amazing (and both were really nice) and the costumes, props and merchandise were great. However, the three-hour tickets are a concern for me as I feel like they could become another unpopular trend at conventions. We’ll have to wait and see.
By Ruari Williamson
*The opinions in this article are of the writer and do not represent the views of all of the Everything Geek Podcast staff*.
UPDATE: A member of the Emerald Garrison has informed that the Endor Bunker at Invasion was also a new prop (I must have confused it with the 501st Ireland’s Endor Bunker as I did see it but didn’t realise it was new). The member also informed me that the day was split into two sessions (the morning and afternoon sessions I alluded to) to give members of the Emerald Garrison a sufficient break in costume- doing so made sure they could avoid having less characters strolling around the convention. Thank you to the Emerald Garrison member for the explanation.
In the latest edition highlighting an interview of ours we recommend you listen to, we recommend you give our interview with actress Chloe Bennet a listen.
“Join hosts Ruari, Lawron and Al in this special guest interview with actress Chloe Bennet, best-known for playing Skye/Daisy Johnson in Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D and Hailey in Nashville. In the interview they talk about how Chloe decided she wanted to become an actress, how Chloe was initially cast as Skye in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, when Chloe discovered that Skye was Daisy Johnson from the comics, whether Chloe believes the hint of Skye becoming a leader figure for the Inhumans in the Season 2 finale makes it more likely more that she will appear in the Inhumans movie, what Chloe had to change in her performance when playing Skye as a human to playing her as an Inhuman, Chloe’s own ideas of what Skye’s parents would be like before they were introduced, Chloe’s upcoming acting roles and other projects, Chloe’s advice for anyone looking to get into the acting industry, Chloe’s funny behind-the-scenes stories, Chloe’s actors and actresses that she would like to work with, Chloe’s thoughts on Skye’s character progression throughout both seasons of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, Chloe’s personal favourite moments in both seasons, Chloe’s thoughts on the changes in Skye’s character between both seasons and how Chloe feels to be part of the new and fast territory of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the comics.”
You can listen to both parts of the interview below:
Be sure to leave your feedback on the interview and enjoy!
By Ruari Williamson
Simon Pegg has announced via Twitter that filming for the latest Star Trek movie, Star Trek Beyond, has officially wrapped.
The film now moves into the long stage of post-production, where the world of Star Trek will be created and mastered to couple the footage they have just finished.
Star Trek Beyond is set for release on July 22, 2016.
By Mairin Byrne
In response to rumours earlier this week, FOX has confirmed that they still have the rights to The Fantastic Four.
These rumours circulated following the announcement that an X-Men TV series was in the works at FOX’s network. It was believed that the rights to Fantastic Four were exchanged for the TV rights to X-Men, and that Marvel were to release a Fantastic Four movie in 2020. These rumours have been debunked as FOX has owned TV rights to X-Men for years.
FOX still plan to release a sequel to The Fantastic Four, despite its box office disappointment.
Thoughts on this news?
By Mairin Byrne
Powers Boothe (Sin City, Deadwood, Nashville) has joined the cast of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Gideon Malick, who will be a recurring character.
Malick is described as a notorious man with his true loyalties completely unknown. Boothe has already appeared in Marvel’s The Avengers as one of the World Security Council members.
Season 3 of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D focuses on Coulson and his trusted team searching for new Inhumans appearing around the world. They quickly find they are not the only ones looking for them.
What do you think of the casting? Are you excited to see Powers Boothe as Gideon Malick?
By Ashleigh Stewart
Rosario Dawson (Daredevil, Sin City, Seven Pounds, Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief) has reportedly been cast as the voice of Batgirl in the Lego Batman Movie.
Dawson’s Batgirl will be Barbara Gordon, and she will appear alongside Batman himself and Robin.
Dawson is no stranger to comic book fans, as she plays Claire Temple in Daredevil (and soon in Jessica Jones), as well as providing the voices of Wonder Woman in Justice League: Throne of Atlantis and Artemis in the animated Wonder Woman film.
Thoughts on this report?
By Ruari Williamson