Michael B. Jordan (Creed, Fantastic Four, Fruitvale Station, Chronicle) has been cast in Marvel’s upcoming Black Panther movie.
Black Panther will mark the third occasion that Jordan has worked with director Ryan Coogler. They previously worked together on Creed (2015) and Fruitvale Station (2013).
No official details on his character have been revealed. However, it’s rumoured that he will be playing a villain.
The Black Panther movie is scheduled for release on February 16th, 2018.
Thoughts on this casting? Are you looking forward to seeing Michael B. Jordan as part of the Black Panther cast?
Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has confirmed that Natalie Portman (Jane Foster) will not be a part of Thor: Ragnarok, despite starring in the first two Thor films.
Feige had been asked whether the previous rumours of her not returning were true. He said:
“I can confirm that, yes. There are many reasons. Many of which are in the film so you will see that. There are only a couple of scenes on Earth in this movie. 80 to 90 percent takes place in the cosmos. Tonally and geographically there are a lot of different planets outside of the nine realms that we visit in Thor: Ragnarok.”
Thor: Ragnarok is scheduled for release on November 3rd, 2017.
Thoughts on this news? Are you disappointed that we won’t see Natalie Portman appear in Thor: Ragnarok?
John Boyega (Finn) has stated that Star Wars Episode VIII will have a darker tone compared to Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Boyega took a break from filming Episode VIII to attend the Cannes Film Festival where he received the Chopard Trophy, as did Diary of a Teenage Girl star Bel Powley, who was previously rumoured to be joining the Star Wars Episode VIII cast. While there Boyega took the time to talk to Variety about Star Wars.
When asked about Finn’s relationship with Rey, Boyega said:
“Finn and Rey – they’re just friends. Finn is a storm trooper, so he doesn’t really know what’s going on. So the romance thing is something that’s going to be interesting in the next instalment. It’s not going to go the way you think it’s going to go.”
Also, on working with Episode VIII’s director Rian Johnson, he said:
“Rian Johnson is great. It’s a different take, darker, bigger. Someone will say: ‘How do you get bigger than ‘Force Awakens?’ But it’s crazy.”
Star Wars Episode VIII is scheduled for release on December 15th, 2017.
Thoughts on what John said? Are you looking forward to seeing a darker tone in Star Wars Episode VIII?
Oscar Isaac (Poe Dameron) has stated that the characters in Star Wars Episode VIII will be “tested intensely”.
Isaac was recently promoting his latest film X-Men: Apocalypse, in which he stars as the titular villain Apocalypse, when he talked about Star Wars Episode VIII briefly. He said:
“Well, I’m around, first of all, which is nice. Poe, he gets to be more a part of the story, and all of the characters in the film, they get tested, intensely. It’s a lot of conflict in it, which is great.”
Oscar’s comments that he still gets to be around are a reference to the fact that Poe was originally going to die early on in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. However, director JJ Abrams and co-writer Lawrence Kasdan changed the script so that the character would stick around.
Star Wars Episode VIII opens on December 15th, 2017.
Thoughts on what Oscar said? Are you looking forward to seeing more of Poe Dameron in Star Wars Episode VIII?
The Everything Geek Podcast is DELIGHTED to announce that production designer Grant Major is the next production designer we’re confirming for a celebrity guest interview on the podcast!
Grant is best-known as the production designer on The Lord of the Rings films The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King, X-Men: Apocalypse and King Kong. His other notable works include production designer on Green Lantern, An Angel at My Table, Whale Rider, Mr. Pip, Emperor, The Frighteners and Heavenly Creatures, art director on An Angel at My Table, Hercules and the Amazon Women, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys – Hercules and the Lost Kingdom and The Invisible Man, consulting art director/animator on Dragon Nest: Warriors’ Dawn and designer on Children of Fire Mountain.
We’re looking forward to chatting with and interviewing Grant on the podcast. If you have any questions for Grant, please feel free to leave them in the comments. We’ll make sure to post updates once a date is confirmed for Grant to be on the podcast.
By Ruari Williamson
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On the one-hundred and forty-fifth episode and next LIVE episode of the Everything Geek Podcast this weekend, we’ll be interviewing actor Brett Stanfield! Brett is best-known for playing one of Superman’s Soldiers and a Metropolis Paramedic in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. His other notable roles include Michael Alexander in Supreme Justice with Judge Karen. We’ll be taking YOUR questions for Brett as well, so if you have any questions for Brett 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! Brett’s full list of credits can be found here:
Last week we had the pleasure of interviewing actor Frank Grillo. Grillo made his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut as Brock Rumlow (aka Crossbones) in Captain America: The Winter Soldier two years ago. He reprised the role for Captain America: Civil War, which was released last Friday in the United States (our interview with him took place on the Tuesday of that week).
While Rumlow’s contribution to The Winter Soldier was significant, Grillo never actually got to don the iconic Crossbones suit in that movie. However, he was finally given the opportunity to wear the suit in Civil War.
“The suit, I think, is the coolest part of Civil War,” he said. “I love Crossbones and I love the way they brought him back as far as the look. Unfortunately he’s not in the movie as much as I’d like him to be. That’s the only downside of it but his impact is felt throughout the movie which is great.
“It’s part of the business,” he said. “Sometimes you don’t get to do the movie as much as you want.”
The last fans saw of Rumlow in The Winter Soldier was the character badly burned and scarred following his fight with The Falcon. On the subject of what Rumlow’s objectives were in Civil War following the events of The Winter Soldier, Grillo said, “I think there’s two things. I think one is revenge. He was friends with Steve Rogers so I think revenge is part of it and I think on the bigger broader scope is to start a problem between the Avengers that would create mayhem. I think if there’s a plot device in Crossbones that’s it.”
Finally, Grillo talked about the contract he signed with Marvel Studios when he originally landed the role and whether he knew he would be playing Rumlow in more than one movie. He said, “Yes, I did. I signed on for six movies and when we sat down with Marvel in the beginning it was an origin story. We were expecting to see Brock Rumlow and see more of him with the way it was presented.”
He added, “After Cap 2 was so successful and the Russo’s took over I think Civil War became something that really came on strong and they wanted to develop that story. Marvel doesn’t necessarily stick to the comic mythology in the comic books but they do use the characters in different ways.”
You can listen to these extracts from our interview with Frank Grillo below (and our full interview with him further down the page):
Captain America: Civil War is out in cinemas now.
Thoughts on what Frank said? What did you think of Crossbones’ role in Captain America: Civil War?
By Ruari Williamson
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ABC have decided not to renew Marvel’s Agent Carter series for a third season. This news comes in spite of the second season ending on a major cliff-hanger.
The series, led by Hayley Atwell (Peggy Carter), premiered in 2015 as a midseason series that aired in-between both halves of that season of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
While Agent Carter debuted to critical acclaim it struggled to find an audience. The first season finale only had 4 million viewers and the series finale (which aired a couple of months ago) was watched by less than 2.5 million people.
Thoughts on this news? Are you saddened by the cancellation of Marvel’s Agent Carter?
ABC have decided not to move forward with the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D spin-off Marvel’s Most Wanted.
The show would have starred Adrianne Palicki and Nick Blood- reprising their roles of Bobbi Morse/Mockingbird and Lance Hunter from S.H.I.E.L.D respectively.
Oded Fehr, Delroy Lindo and Fernanda Andrade had been cast in co-starring roles. Paul Zbyszewski was the writer of the series.
Thoughts on this news? Are you disappointed that the planned Marvel’s Most Wanted series isn’t going ahead on ABC?
