The Walking Dead returns on Sunday with the episode “No Way Out”, the mid-season premier of the show’s sixth season. The episode will reportedly set a new record for the most amount of Walkers shown in an episode of the show at over 1,300 Walkers.
The record was previously held by the Season 6 premier episode “First Time Again”.
Executive producer and zombie guru Gregory Nicotero (who is also directing the mid-season premier) is quoted as saying the following:
“It’s a very fascinating moment for Rick, and to put him in a situation where they have to manoeuvre through the herd. The record that we had established in episode 1 of season 6 will already be broken in this episode in regards to the number of walkers and the number of kills. It’s the action movie version of The Walking Dead. With reshoots and with additional photography and things, I think we were over 1,300 walkers for episode.”
The sixth season of The Walking Dead resumes this Sunday on AMC.
Thoughts on this report? Are you excited to see this number of Walkers in an episode of The Walking Dead?
The Walking Dead is set to return this weekend for the second half of its sixth season. With only a few days left to wait, the titles and descriptions for the first two episodes back have been revealed.
The titles and descriptions for the episodes (the ninth and tenth of the season respectively) can be read below:
Episode 6.09 – No Way Out
“While trying to escape Alexandria, Rick and his group meet trouble when sudden noise draws walkers towards them with what could be fatal consequences.”
Episode 6.10 – The Next World
“A simple scavenging run proves to be trickier when the survivors are not the only ones after a goldmine of supplies.”
Thoughts on the episode titles and descriptions? Are you excited for these episodes of The Walking Dead?
With Star Wars back on the big-screen new merchandise continues to be revealed on a regular basis. Three new figures in Hasbro’s Star Wars 3.75-inch Saga Legends line are the latest to be revealed with carded and loose images.
This wave of figures includes Tasu Leech (Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Admiral Ackbar (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) and Fifth Brother (Star Wars: Rebels).
Fifth Brother was previously revealed at a convention but this is the first look at his figure in packaging.
These three figures are set for release in the beginning of March.
Thoughts on these figures? Are you planning to buy any of them?
On the next LIVE special guest interview from the Everything Geek Podcast which will take place tomorrow, we’ll be interviewing actor Stefan Kapicic! Stefan is best-known for playing Colossus in the Deadpool movie. His other notable roles include Davros’ Operative in 24, Niksa Ivanov in Larin izbor, Arsa ‘Kralj carlstona’ in Tears for Sale, Dragan Kapicic in We Will Be the World Champions, Crni in One Shot, Yuri in Big Miracle, Bane in Almost Ordinary Story, Dimitri Jelavitch in The Event and Dragan in The Unit. We’ll be taking YOUR questions for Stefan as well, so if you have any questions for Stefan on any of his roles, please leave them in the comments or call-in when we look for questions or call-ins from our listeners on Channel1138! Stefan’s full list of credits can be found here:
Many people dream of being a part of their favourite TV show, regardless of whether it’s live-action or animated, or part of the cast or crew. I achieved the next best thing without even knowing it for a long time.
Star Wars has been a part of me for all of my life. It is (and always will be) my favourite movie franchise. People ask me why I like Star Wars so much and the answer is simple. It’s a story of hope and people finding their place in a world. The latter is something I struggled with for a very long time until I found my skills lay in podcasting and conducting interviews.
I’ve been podcasting for around five years (since I was 15). Though I mostly did small appearances on podcasts at first, from 17 onwards I’ve been hosting this Everything Geek Podcast which has become very popular. Through my podcasting I’ve been able to interview hundreds of cast and crew members from my favourite films and TV shows, a number of whom I keep in contact with on a regular basis and I consider them more than just ‘interviewees’ or ‘celebrities’. One of my many interviewees did something that I’ll never forget.
Voice-actress Anna Graves has had a very good voice-over career. Not only did she voice multiple roles in Star Wars: The Clone Wars but she has voiced in several Call of Duty video-games, an X-Men video-game and the Avatar video-game (based on the movie released in 2009). Since The Clone Wars she has worked on other Star Wars projects including The Old Republic video-game and Disney Infinity 3.0.
Graves was originally cast as Satine Kryze (the duchess of Mandalore) on The Clone Wars, before going on to voice Sugi (a Zabrak bounty hunter), Meena Tills (a Mon Calamari senator), Tiplar and Tiplee (two Jedi sisters). The last two characters are the characters I’ll be focusing on.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars began with an animated film which was released on August 15th, 2008. It then became a TV series which ran from October 3rd, 2008, to March 7th, 2014. The first five seasons aired on Cartoon Network and the sixth season (which ended up being the final season aired) was released on Netflix.
On February 16th, 2013, while The Clone Wars was still on air, I had the opportunity to guest host on the short lived Delgado-Williamson Collecting Show podcast where I interviewed Graves for the first time. It was over two years later (when I had just begun putting together the Everything Geek Podcast website together) that Graves revealed that (on the very same day we did that interview in 2013) she had used an Irish accent for two of her characters, Tiplar and Tiplee, during the recording session for an episode of The Clone Wars that turned out to be one of the last episodes released. Graves revealed to me in an e-mail that she had remembered our interview and used me as the inspiration for the voice of both characters. This is what she said in that e-mail:
“I will tell you this little tid bit, since the “sixth” season of Clone Wars was finally released on Netflix…. I wanted to tell you that the day that I did the FIRST interview for your podcast was the day that I later went into the studio and recorded the voices of Tiplee and Tiplar, the Jedi sisters from the Order 66 mishap. We were trying to figure out what the sisters would sound like and I suggested to Dave Filoni that we give the sisters an Irish accent and he loved the idea. SO thank YOU for the inspiration!”
The episode featuring Tiplar and Tiplee was titled “The Unknown” and was the first of the thirteen episodes that debuted on Netflix on March 7th, 2014. If you re-watch it anytime soon be sure to keep an ear out for their Irish accents!
As a lifelong Star Wars fan, knowing that I was the inspiration for the voices of Tiplar and Tiplee meant a lot to me and (even after knowing for almost a year now) it still hasn’t sunk in. Every time I’ve re-watched the episode with both characters it’s hard to fathom that I was an inspiration for my favourite animated show. They may have only appeared in one episode but I’ll remember both characters for the rest of my life as a result. Star Wars isn’t just one of the best franchises of all time because of its quality, but because the cast and crew of Star Wars projects are always looking for inspiration. I never thought I would be an inspiration though. I owe my deepest thanks to Anna Graves for using me as an inspiration and to The Clone Wars supervising director Dave Filoni for going along with her idea.
By Ruari Williamson
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Here are the behind-the-scenes pictures we shared on our Facebook and Twitter pages today.
1. Crew members preparing Sebastian Shaw (Darth Vader Unmasked) for a scene in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.
2. Director Zack Snyder and cast member Ben Affleck (Bruce Wayne/Batman) on location for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
3. Cast members Andrew Lincoln (Rick Grimes), Steven Yeun (Glenn Rhee) and Danai Gurira (Michonne) taking a break during filming of The Walking Dead.
4. Director Bryan Singer and cast members James McAvoy (Charles Xavier/Professor X) and Michael Fassbender (Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto) behind-the-scenes of X-Men: Apocalypse.
5. Director Rachel Talalay giving instructions to cast member Peter Capaldi (The 12th Doctor) on the set of Doctor Who.
6. Cast members Daniel Craig (James Bond), Dave Bautista (Mr. Hinx) and Léa Seydoux (Madeleine Swann) on the set of the James Bond film Spectre.
7. Director David Yates observing the filming of a scene involving cast member Alison Sudol (Queenie Goldstein) for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
8. Director J.J. Abrams and cast member John Boyega (Finn) preparing to shoot a scene for Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
In the latest edition highlighting an interview of ours we recommend you listen to, we recommend you give our interview with actor Simon Fisher-Becker a listen.
“Join Ruari and Graham in the second episode of the Everything Geek Podcast as they interview actor Simon Fisher-Becker, best known for playing Dorium Moldovar in Doctor Who and The Fat Friar in Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. Also look out for discussions on Mary Jane Watson being cut from The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Amazing Spider-Man 3 & 4 being confirmed for 2016 and 2018 respectively, bacon, interesting Harry Potter and Doctor Who stories from Simon, The Walking Dead and how Simon has a new bathroom. Also, did we mention bacon?”
You can listen to the interview below:
Be sure to leave your feedback on the interview and enjoy!
Series star Vin Diesel (Dominic Toretto) has announced the official release dates of the remaining instalments in the Fast & Furious series- Fast & Furious 9 and Fast & Furious 10.
Fast & Furious 9 is scheduled for release on April 19th, 2019. Fast & Furious 10 will round off the series with a release date of April 2nd, 2021.
Prior to those two, Fast & Furious 8 will be released on April 14th, 2017. This release date has already been known for a long time.
Thoughts on this news? Are you excited for the remaining Fast & Furious instalments?
