Clive Standen (Vikings, Everest, Hammer of Gods, Doctor Who) has been cast as a younger Bryan Mills in NBC’s upcoming Taken prequel series.
Standen takes on the role played by Liam Neeson in the Taken film series.
The Taken TV series is described as a modern-day prequel to the films. It will show Bryan Mills in the early days of his career learning the skills he will later show as a CIA veteran. Standen’s Mills will start his adventures as a black ops agent in the elite Emergency Covert Action Team.
No estimated air date for the pilot episode has been revealed.
Thoughts on this casting? Are you excited to see Clive Standen as a younger Bryan Mills in the Taken prequel series?
Last month a shortlist of actors in the running to play the young Han Solo in his own anthology film was released online. A new rumour suggests that two further actors are in consideration for the lead role.
Taron Egerton (Kingsman: The Secret Service, Eddie the Eagle) and Alden Ehrenreich (Beautiful Creatures, Hail, Caesar!) are the latest actors rumoured to be in consideration. The former is said to have audition more than once for the film.
Idris Elba (Luther, Pacific Rim, Thor, Prometheus, Star Trek Beyond) has reportedly also met with Lucasfilm, but the purpose of his meeting is unknown.
The Han Solo anthology film is scheduled for release on May 25th, 2018.
Thoughts on this rumour? Would you like to see Taron Egerton or Alden Ehrenreich as the young Han Solo?
The Blu-ray release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens will reportedly include three discs. The three disc set will include two Blu-rays and one DVD, along with Google Play and iTunes digital copies.
It’s speculated that one of the discs will be entirely devoted to bonus features. This means that one disc could consist entirely of deleted scenes and behind the scenes content.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens will reportedly be released on Blu-ray/DVD on April 5th.
Thoughts on this report? Are you looking forward to owning Star Wars: The Force Awakens on Blu-ray or DVD?
The first official synopsis for Marvel’s Most Wanted (the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D spin-off series starring Adrianne Palicki’s Bobbi Morse and Nick Blood’s Lance Hunter) has been released online.
The synopsis can be read below:
“Centers on Bobbi Morse (a.k.a. Mockingbird) and Lance Hunter of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., two ex-spies and ex-spouses who are on the run with no friends, no S.H.I.E.L.D. and a long list of enemies looking to claim a bounty on their heads. Able to trust no one but each other, Bobbi and Hunter form an uneasy alliance with Dominic Fortune (Delroy Lindo), a rogue adventurer with a wealth of resources and even more adversaries, who agrees to protect them so long as they help him with his own agenda. These two heroes will help anyone in need, all while trying to uncover the conspiracy that put their own lives in jeopardy.”
The pilot of Marvel’s Most Wanted is expected to air later this year on ABC.
Thoughts on the synopsis? Are you excited for Marvel’s Most Wanted?
Prior to the airing of the episode “King Shark” earlier this week, The CW released a poster for the episode teasing the return of King Shark on The Flash.
The poster teases “a new wave of terror” coming to Central City with King Shark’s return.
Thoughts on this poster? Are you excited for the rest of The Flash Season 2?
In the latest edition highlighting an interview of ours we recommend you listen to, we recommend you give our interview with actor Matt Lanter a listen.
“Join hosts Ruari, Graham, Mairin and Lawron in this special guest interview with actor Matt Lanter, best-known for the voice of Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Harry Osborn, Flash Thompson and Venom in Ultimate Spider-Man and his upcoming role of Aquaman in Justice League: Throne of Atlantis. In the interview they talk about how Matt decided to become an actor, whether he prefers on-camera or voice-acting, how he first got involved with Star Wars: The Clone Wars, some of his favourite memories from working on The Clone Wars, his upcoming acting roles and projects, the difficulty in playing the role of Anakin seen as others had played the role before, how he adapted to voice-over work, performances of Matt’s that he is proud of, methods Matt uses to get into character, biggest difference between live-action recording and voice-acting, funniest memory from a production, transition from playing Anakin in the early days of The Clone Wars to the end of the show, the direction process of The Clone Wars, his preference in recording voice-over with others or by himself and his favourite The Clone Wars episodes.”
You can listen to the interview below:
Be sure to leave your feedback on the interview and enjoy!
By Ruari Williamson
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It still feels like 2016 only began yesterday so it’s hard to believe that two months of the year are almost gone. That means it’s time for me to start thinking about the conventions I’m planning to attend later this year (and some I’m undecided on).
The conventions I’m planning to attend this year are as follows:
Belfast Film & Comic Con (May 14th-15th)- Having already attended it twice I’m definitely considering going to Belfast Film & Comic Con again. Showmasters have now decided to have two Film & Comic Con events in Belfast each year (the other event this year is in September) and hopefully will have enough different guests to make me want to attend both. The May events line-up is Doctor Who heavy with Colin Spaull and Jimmy Vee being the most familiar faces to fans of the modern series (the former was a guest on the podcast a couple of years ago. However, the headline guest is Robert Englund of A Nightmare on Elm Street fame.
MCM Ireland (July 2nd-3rd) (?)- Having missed out on last years MCM Ireland (after attending the first event in 2014) I’m very hopeful of making a return for this years’ event. The guest line-up has a very strong Doctor Who presence with Peter Davison, Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred (a guest on the podcast last year) among the guests confirmed to be attending. The RDS is one of my favourite venues for conventions so I’m keeping my fingers crossed that I’ll be at MCM Ireland this year.
Star Wars Celebration (July 15th-17th)- The popular Star Wars Celebration event returns to Europe for the third time following the first Celebration in London (2007) and Celebration Germany (2013), the latter which I attended and had three of the best days of my life. David Collins (Star Wars: The Force Unleashed) has been announced as a host at the event but details on other guests and what we’ll see are being kept under wraps by Disney/Lucasfilm. Expect a trailer for Rogue One though.
London Film & Comic Con 2016 (July 29th-31st)- Showmasters’ flagship event is again among my most anticipated events of 2016. Having attended the last two years I’ll definitely be attending for the third year running. Several big-name guests have already been announced including Ron Perlman (Hellboy), Jack Gleeson (Game of Thrones), Dominic Monaghan (Lord of the Rings), Jason David Frank (Power Rangers) and John Wesley Shipp (The Flash). Except a lot more guest announcements between now and the event (the two LFCC events I’ve attended have had 100+ film & TV guests alone).
Dublin Comic Con 2016 (August 6th-7th)- I’m looking forward to attending Dublin Comic Con for the fourth year running. I’ve been attending this event from the beginning and it’s great to have seen a fan event become so popular in such a short amount of time. Guests announced so far include Scott Wilson (The Walking Dead), Kevin Eastman (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Jim Beaver (Supernatural) and Robert Maschio (Bones).
Invasion Dublin 2016 (?)- Not officially announced but is likely because of a tease on Invasion’s Facebook page.
Belfast Film & Comic Con 2016 (September 10th-11th) (?)- Depends on the guests.
Last year was a great year for me attending conventions. Since starting college I’d been dying to record interviews with guests using my handheld recorder and last year I got several great interviews on my recorder including Gary Kurtz (Star Wars), Ken Colley (Star Wars) and John Morton (Star Wars) at London Film & Comic Con and Samuel Anderson (Doctor Who) at Belfast Film & Comic Con. I’m hoping to have the opportunity to interview more guests at some of the conventions I’ll be attending this year.
Want to see some of my footage from conventions? Check out a couple of samples below:
Will I be seeing you at any of these conventions? Let me know in the comments if you’ll be attending any of these events!
Fox’s Deadpool movie has been smashing box office records since its release. Recently, Everything Geek Podcast host Ruari Williamson had the opportunity to talk to actor Stefan Kapicic, who plays Colossus in the film, in an interview that took place a day before its US release on February 12th.
They discussed a range of topics (including the challenges bringing Colossus to life and the contrast to the Colossus in the X-Men films), but perhaps the most interesting was Kapicic’s casting in the role.
Williamson asked Kapicic about how he was originally cast as Colossus, to which the latter replied:
“That was a normal procedure in the beginning. It was a ‘hush-hush’ movie and I got the sides. I didn’t know what I was going for but after a few rounds of auditioning the guys from 20th Century Fox switched the name and they put ‘Wade’ so as a comic book geek I knew it was Wade Wilson. I knew I was going for some Russian superhero so I knew that can only be Colossus. That helped me a lot so then I switched my audition and I was trying to get as close as I can to the Colossus character. After that they flew me into Los Angeles and I was doing a performance creation in Montenegro so I only had a three day gap. I flew to LA and had a test shoot with {director} Tim Miller which was supposed to be four hours but lasted for eight. I finished it, sat on a plane and flew back to Montenegro. I arrived two hours before my performance so it felt like a dream and then they called me and said I’d got the role of Colossus. That was a dream and thank God for that.”
You can hear the clip where he says this below (he also discusses his comic book fandom in the clip):
Or if you want to listen to the whole interview you can do so here:
Thoughts on what Stefan said? Would you like to see Colossus return in the Deadpool sequel?
Star Wars Episode VIII has officially begun principal photography. The announcement last week came with the news that many of the cast members from Star Wars: The Force Awakens would be returning including Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Gwendoline Christie, and Andy Serkis.
However, now we know of another cast member that will be returning. One of the lesser-known cast members from the film has revealed to us that he is also “pencilled in” to appear in Episode VIII. Rony Bridges briefly appeared as a Starkiller Base Admiral in The Force Awakens (he also appeared alongside Mads Mikkelsen in Valhalla Rising) and confirmed his being “pencilled in” on the podcast a few weeks ago.
Host Ruari Williamson asked Bridges about his experience working with the cast and crew of The Force Awakens. In addition, Williamson asked whether he would be interested in working on another Star Wars project. Bridges replied:
“Given an opportunity I’d work on another one in a heartbeat. I’m pencilled in for the next one but it’s a different director {Rian Johnson}. J.J. Abrams and Tommy Gormley did a fantastic job on Star Wars VII and they worked so well together. I think it was absolutely awesome how they pulled it out of the bag because there was so many hopes and dreams for it. It’s an awesome brand to be a part of so in a heartbeat I’d do it again.”
You can hear the clip where he says this below:
Thoughts on this news? Do you think Rony will be playing the same role in Episode VIII or a different role?
Here are the behind-the-scenes pictures we shared on our Facebook and Twitter pages today.
Stormtroopers and Death Star Gunners on the set of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.
Cast members Brandon Routh (Ray Palmer/The Atom), Dominic Purcell (Mick Rory/Heat Wave) and Wentworth Miller (Leonard Snart/Captain Cold) on location for DC’s Legends of Tomorrow.
Cast member Chloe Bennet (Skye/Daisy Johnson) on the set of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Cast member Eddie Redmayne (Newt Scamander) during filming of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
Cast member Monica Belluci (Lucia Sciarra) during filming of a scene for the James Bond film Spectre.
Cast member Steven Yeun (Glenn Rhee) and Producer Denise Huth behind-the-scenes of The Walking Dead.
Cast members Peter Capaldi (The 12th Doctor) and Ingrid Oliver (Osgood) on location for Doctor Who.
Cast member Harrison Ford (Han Solo) signing an action figure for fellow cast member John Boyega (Finn) on location for Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
