The official description for the Batman: The Killing Joke animated movie has been released.
The description reads:
“What does it take for a person to snap? How much despair for a mind to fracture? These are the twisted questions that The Joker has set out to answer, to show Gotham that even an ordinary man like Commissioner Gordon is only one bad day away from sheer insanity. Based on the acclaimed DC Comics graphic novel, witness a journey into the dark psyche of the Clown Prince of Crime. Follow his humble beginnings as a struggling comic to his fateful encounter with the Dark Knight that changed everything. Fueled by the return of Kevin Conroy as Batman and Mark Hamill as The Joker, witness the birth of a super villain, the fortitude of a hero and the punch line that will leave you speechless.”
The Batman: The Killing Joke animated movie was given an R-rating. It’s scheduled for a Digital HD release on July 26th, 2016. This will be followed by its Blu-ray/DVD release on August 2nd, 2016. The special Deluxe Edition of the Blu-Ray combo pack will be priced at $29.96 and include a limited edition figurine of The Joker. The regular Blu-ray pack is priced at $24.98 and the DVD will cost $19.98.
Thoughts on the description? Are you looking forward to watching the Batman: The Killing Joke animated movie?
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By Ruari Williamson
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New images for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story have revealed new information on the film.
The images are leaked from pages of an upcoming book called “Rogue One: The Official Story Guide” that was recently discovered online. The images reveal new information on the characters and vehicles that will be featured in the film.
A description of the book can be read below:
“The official companion book to fall’s most anticipated release of Star Wars Rogue One. Never-before-seen interviews, images and teasers from this major motion picture. Detailed, in-depth character profiles, iconic vehicles, weaponry and droids. Lucasfilm proudly presents the official companion book to this fall’s most anticipated release of Star Wars Rogue One. Featuring never-before-seen interviews, images and teasers from this major motion picture. Experience all the thrills with detailed, in-depth character profiles, iconic vehicles, weaponry and droids you’ve been looking for. Featuring 160 pages of action-packed photos and content, this official Lucasfilm collector’s book is a must-have for every Star Wars fan.”
*This your official SPOILER ALERT warning if you’re looking to avoid any details related to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story*.
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The cover gives fans the first clear look at all of the heroes together, as well as several starfighters being featured in the background:
The following page reveals all of the heroes and background information on them. They are:
Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones)
Cassian Andor (Diego Luna)
Baze (Jiang Wen)
Enforcer Droid K-250 (Alan Tudyk)
Bodhi (Riz Ahmed)
Pao
Chirrut (Donnie Yen)
Bistan
The third page gives us a good look at the Imperial Hover Tank and Stormtroopers seen in the first trailer:
The fourth page follows with a detailed schematic of the Death Star:
The fifth page reveals a new Imperial ship called The TIE Striker:
The sixth page then introduces a new Rebel Starfighter reportedly called the “U-Wing”:
The following two pages gives us a look at a vehicle that looks like an AT-AT but is instead called “AT-ACT”. This reportedly stands for “All-Terrain Armoured Carrier Transport”:
The following page reveals that Ben Mendelsohn will be playing Director Krennic and gives us a better look at the Death Troopers:
The following page shows the first clear look at Enforcer Droid K-250:
The last page shows artwork of the heroes, villains, Starfighters and more accompanying Darth Vader’s helmet. This seemingly confirms that Vader will be making an appearance in Rogue One:
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is scheduled for release on December 16th, 2016.
Thoughts on the new information? Are you excited for the release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story?
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By Ruari Williamson
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On the one-hundred and forty-sixth episode and next LIVE episode of the Everything Geek Podcast this weekend, we’ll be interviewing actor Mason Heidger! Mason is best-known for playing Officer Rucka in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. His other notable roles include Lance Dawson in Monsters on Main Street, Jonas Whalen in Niner, JB’s Friend in Roommates on Elm Street and Man on Video Tape in Some Are Born. We’ll be taking YOUR questions for Mason as well, so if you have any questions for Mason 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! Mason’s full list of credits can be found here:
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By Ruari Williamson
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The CW are reportedly planning a major crossover including Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow. Supergirl will become the fourth DC Comics show on The CW when it begins airing its second season on the channel later this year.
The report comes from The CW chief Mark Pedowitz alluding to the crossover during a conference call ahead of The CW’s upfront presentation in New York. He said that he has faith that The CW’s annual crossover event this year will be “the biggest one ever.” However, he declined to provide any further details.
Based on the history of crossovers between Arrow and The Flash, it’s likely that the crossover will take place in December prior to the shows mid-season finales.
Supergirl will air Monday’s at 8pm on The CW beginning in the autumn.
Thoughts on this news? Would you like to see a crossover between the four DC Comics TV shows on The CW?
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By Ruari Williamson
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Supergirl will be soaring into its old timeslot of 8pm on Monday when it begins airing its second season on The CW later this year. This confirmation follows the announcement that Supergirl is moving from CBS to The CW.
Supergirl becomes the fourth DC Comics show on The CW. It will start the week followed by other fan-favourite shows The Flash (Tuesday), Arrow (Wednesday) and Legends of Tomorrow (Thursday). All of the shows occupy the 8pm timeslot on their respective days.
Other changes on the schedule see Crazy Ex Girlfriend head to Friday and Supernatural head to Thursday respectively.
It’s also interesting to note that The Originals, The 100, iZombie, Riverdale and Reign aren’t mentioned on the schedule. This could mean that these shows will have shorter, mid-season runs.
The full autumn schedule can be read below:
Monday
8 p.m. — Supergirl
9 p.m. — Jane the Virgin
Tuesday
8 p.m. — The Flash
9 p.m. — No Tomorrow
Wednesday
8 p.m. — Arrow
9 p.m. — Frequency
Thursday
8 p.m. — Legends of Tomorrow
9 p.m. — Supernatural
Friday
8 p.m. — The Vampire Diaries
9 p.m. — Crazy Ex Girlfriend
Thoughts on this news? Are you looking forward to watching Supergirl on The CW?
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Elizabeth Rodriguez (Orange Is the New Black, Fear The Walking Dead, Grimm, Miami Vice) is reportedly in talks for a role in Hugh Jackman’s final Wolverine movie.
Rodriguez’s role has been described as a “small but key” role.
The Wolverine 3 is scheduled for release on March 3rd, 2017.
Thoughts on this report? Would you like to see Elizabeth Rodriguez join the cast of The Wolverine 3?
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Showrunner Melissa Rosenberg has teased that the supporting characters in her Jessica Jones series will play a larger role in the second season of the Netflix show.
Rosenberg was asked about the challenges of focusing on characters other than Jones in the series. She said:
“That’s the trick of a show called Jessica Jones. If she’s not in the scene, it’s not a guarantee that scene will end up in the final picture. You have to earn secondary character stories. You have to flesh them out enough so they can eventually carry stories of their own, which is very much what season one was about.”
Rosenberg also stated that she hopes to give lead actress Krysten Ritter a day off during filming of the second season. Ritter will be filming the next season of Jessica Jones back to back with the highly-anticipated The Defenders series.
She also teased that the second season will see Jones dealing with the aftermath of her final encounter with Kilgrave, which in itself may see her in a more precarious mental state than the state she was in last season.
The second season of the Jessica Jones series will begin filming later this year. However, no release date has been announced for the new season yet.
Thoughts on this report? Which supporting characters are you hoping to see get a lot more screen-time in the second season of Jessica Jones?
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The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman has teased that the seventh season of the AMC TV series will be especially hard on main character Rick Grimes.
During a Reddit AMA session, Kirkman said:
“The premiere episode of season 7 is going to be hard on everyone. Rick especially.”
Kirkman’s tease is likely hinting at Rick having to watch his power be given to Negan and seeing someone he loves beaten to death in front of him. Kirkman also teased during the same Q&A that Rick Grimes will be killed off eventually.
The Walking Dead returns for its seventh season in October.
Thoughts on this report? Are you looking forward to the challenges Rick Grimes faces in the seventh season of The Walking Dead?
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On the next LIVE guest interview from the Everything Geek Podcast which will take place today, we’ll be interviewing actor Michael Lockwood Crouch! Michael is best-known as the voice of Trevor in Pokémon. His other notable roles include the voice of Sylvio Sawatari in Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V and the Local Population in Grand Theft Auto V. We’ll be taking YOUR questions for Michael as well, so if you have any questions for Michael 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! Michael’s full list of credits can be found here:
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The Avengers go to war with each other in the second superhero showdown movie of the year. Captain America: Civil War sees Captain America (Chris Evans) and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) end up on opposing sides as a new villain manages to successfully turn the Avengers on each other.
Captain America: Civil War is the third film in the Captain America trilogy and sees Anthony and Joe Russo return as the directors, following their debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the directors of 2014’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier. The Winter Soldier was immediately hailed by many fans as one of the best films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to date.
I think Civil War surpasses The Winter Soldier and the Russo brothers did another outstanding jobs. While the movie is only loosely based on the comic series of the same name, it still has enough of the same material to feel like the Civil War story-line, has lots of great action and story, has a great focus on Captain America and shows that the brothers can balance using a lot of Avengers in one movie very well ahead of directing the upcoming two-part Avengers: Infinity War movie.
One of the greatest strengths of Captain America: Civil War is its character development. While billed as a Captain America film, not only does he get a lot of character development but every other Avenger gets their moment to shine and stand out amongst the others and every cast member put in strong performances. I’d easily say that this film has the best performances from Chris Evans (Captain America), Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man) and Sebastian Stan (The Winter Soldier) in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to date.
As mentioned above though, every Avenger has their moment to shine including both old and new. We see Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) playing both sides in the conflict, The Falcon (Anthony Mackie) now established as Captain America’s right-hand man, War Machine (Don Cheadle) ends up partially paralysed after the fight at the airport, Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) comes out of superhero retirement to help Captain America, The Vision (Paul Bettany) struggles with feeling human emotions, Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) struggles to cope with how strong her powers are and Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) is recruited to assist Team Captain America and in doing so viewers are able to see him become Giant Man for the first time on screen.
The movie also had debuts for a couple of other Avengers. Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) played a vital role and his performance was one of the highlights of the movie. You’ll come out of Captain America: Civil War and be very excited for his solo film if you weren’t already. His story-line was excellent, from the death of his father King T’Chaka (John Kani) to his pursuit of The Winter Soldier and his eventual decision to not be vengeful was a strong choice. Spider-Man (Tom Holland) makes his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut as well and, in my opinion, is already the best Spider-Man in a movie. Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, who played the character in Sony’s Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man films respectively, did great jobs in their own right but Tom Holland’s portrayal instantly felt like the portrayal we were always meant to have as fans, and seeing a new take on May Parker (Marisa Tomei) briefly was nice as well. Things are looking good for the Black Panther film and Spider-Man: Homecoming.
Other returning characters in the movie included Sharon Carter (Emily VanCamp) and Thaddeus Ross (William Hurt), who both had pivotal roles to play as well. Sharon got to partake in some action scenes (which she didn’t really get to do in The Winter Soldier) and was pivotal in helping Captain America. One of the highlights of the movie was her kissing scene with Captain America (though the highlight was just as much for the reaction of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier which was hilarious). One of the most emotional scenes in the movie is the funeral for Peggy Carter, Sharon’s aunt, who was Captain America’s love interest in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011). Ross, who debuted in The Incredible Hulk (2008), played a big role in introducing the Sokovia Accords to the team and being the political side of the film. The Sokovia Accords plays a crucial role in splitting the Avengers apart which leads to them forming two teams: Team Captain America and Team Iron Man.
Captain America: Civil War had two major villains. Zemo (Daniel Brühl) is the main villain and, in my opinion, is one of the best villains in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to date. The reason I think Zemo is one of the best is because he succeeds where numerous other Marvel villains have failed; tearing the Avengers apart. Yes, there have been more interesting looking villains (whereas Zemo’s just a guy) but for me that’s one of the strengths of the character. It’s revealed that Zemo lost his family in Sokovia because of the events seen in Avengers: Age of Ultron and he wants revenge on the Avengers for that. I really liked that he wasn’t another villain that tried to take out the Avengers through force. Instead, he cunningly manipulates events so that they will eventually turn on each other and this made him a memorable villain for me. It was disappointing that he didn’t wear his iconic suit from the comics, but given that he isn’t killed off it’s likely he will return and wear the suit in another movie.
The other villain was Brock Rumlow (Frank Grillo), returning after his debut in The Winter Soldier, who finally got to wear his iconic Crossbones outfit from the comics. I only had a couple of complaints about Civil War and Rumlow’s limited screen-time and death was one of them. Frank Grillo is a terrific actor and I would have liked to have seen more of him (and the Crossbones suit) in Civil War. It’s especially disappointing if you knew how pivotal a character he is in the comics. That said, he does have a large impact on the events of the film so at least his death had meaning to it and he wasn’t killed off just for the sake of it.
Civil War had three big fight scenes that stood out to me and were all done excellently. The opening sequence where Captain America, The Falcon, Black Widow and Scarlet Witch are chasing Rumlow was great in the way it got the film rolling. The fight scene at the airport with all of the Avengers was incredible to watch and everyone got their moment to shine in the fight as well. The third fight scene with Captain America and The Winter Soldier fighting Iron Man was also perfect and leaves a massive impact on the viewers.
Not only does Civil War stand out on its own and set up upcoming films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it also ties back to the very beginning of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (on top of recent instalments). We finally learn that The Winter Soldier was the person who killed Tony Stark (Iron Man)’s parents and this leads to the third fight scene described above. A lot of fans, myself included, had been predicting this for a long time but I think the reveal was handled so well that it was still very impactful in any case.
Aside from Brock Rumlow’s demise, my only other complaint was with the ending of the film. It wasn’t bad but it felt like the film ended very abruptly and simply, which felt strange given the complexity of everything that happened before the ending. Following the airport fight, all of Team Captain America excluding Cap and The Winter Soldier (The Falcon, Hawkeye, Scarlet Witch and Ant-Man) had been taken to a prison called The Raft. The movie ends with Cap getting into The Raft and breaking his allies out. The aftermath also sees Zemo taken to the authorities and War Machine given leg braces that allow him to walk again.
There are two additional scenes that followed the end of the movie. The mid-credits scene sees Black Panther putting The Winter Soldier into a cryogenic sleep until someone is able to find a cure for his brainwashing and the post-credits scene sees Spider-Man testing a new gadget that he received from Tony.
In my opinion, Captain America: Civil War is one of the best movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to date. The Russo brothers have brought us another excellent Captain America film that also manages to balance using a lot of Avengers superbly and gives every important character their moments to shine. The film also manages to perfectly establish every characters perspective on the Sokovia Accords and gives them their moment to shine in the fight scenes. The debuts of Spider-Man and Black Panther were great to see and it’s great to finally have both characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Zemo was an excellent villain and hopefully we’ll see him in another Marvel movie soon. Civil War also does a great job of tying the whole franchise together with the reveal of The Winter Soldier being the one who killed Tony’s parents. My only complaints were the death of Brock Rumlow and the abrupt ending, but other than those issues it was a near perfect film.
My rating: 9.5/10
By Ruari Williamson
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