He didn’t appear at all in the previous season of HBO’s Game of Thrones, but Isaac Hempstead-Wright (Bran Stark) is returning for the show’s sixth season this year. A new report suggests that this will be Bran’s biggest season.
As a result of Bran honing his psychic gifts, he will be able to see into the past, present and future of Westeros. Hempstead-Wright is quoted as saying the following on what is coming for his character:
“Previously Bran’s seen tiny glimpses of future or past but never has he been very much in control in the situation. Now we’re given looks into very important events in the past, present and future of this world and Bran is beginning to piece them together like a detective, almost as if he’s watching the show. Equally, he’s now discovering how crucial he could be in the Great War. It’s quite Inception-y.”
Game of Thrones Season 6 begins airing on April 24th.
Thoughts on this report? Are you looking forward to the sixth season of Game of Thrones?
On the one-hundredth and twenty-eighth episode and next LIVE episode of the Everything Geek Podcast this weekend, we’ll be interviewing actor Geo Corvera! Geo is best-known for playing Francis Noche in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. His other notable works include stunt performer on Ant-Man, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Chicago Fire, Zero Dark Thirty, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation video-game, utility stunts on Iron Man, stunt pirate on Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End and stunts on Sons of Anarchy and Eragon. We’ll be taking YOUR questions for Geo as well, so if you have any questions for Geo 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! Geo’s full list of credits can be found here:
Lucasfilm have released a trailer for the second half of Star Wars: Rebels Season 2.
You can watch the trailer below:
“Get a glimpse of what’s to come in Star Wars Rebels Season Two in this thrilling mid-season trailer featuring Ezra, Kanan, and Ahsoka, along with returning friends and foes.”
Star Wars: Rebels returns on January 20th with the episode “A Princess on Lothal”.
Thoughts on the trailer? Are you excited for the rest of Star Wars: Rebels Season 2?
Last year, it was rumoured that Darth Vader would be appearing in this years’ Star Wars film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The new year has brought a new rumour with additional information on Vader’s possible appearance in the film.
The rumour states that sculptor Brian Muir (the sculptor of Darth Vader’s helmet and armour on the original films) and his team have perfectly replicated Vader’s look from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope for Rogue One.
James Earl Jones (the voice of Vader in the films and most recently the Rebels animated series) is also rumoured to be reprising the role of Vader’s iconic voice. Inside the suit will be a new actor.
No details on whether Jones has already recorded his lines or whether they will be added in post-production are known.
The rumour suggests that Vader will be a “prominent player in a few scenes as something to fear for the heroes.”
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is scheduled for release on December 16th, 2016.
Thoughts on this rumour? Would you like to see Darth Vader show up in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story?
2014’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier was described as one of Marvel’s most serious films (being compared to a “political thriller”). However, Captain America: Civil War is reportedly being described as a “psychological thriller” in contrast.
This is because Civil War will supposedly be more comedic than The Winter Soldier.
Directors Joe and Anthony Russo are quoted as saying the following:
“There’s a good portion of [Civil War] that’s actually funnier than Winter Soldier, because there are characters in that film, that come from worlds where the tone is more comedic. Not all the characters in that movie have the same history as the Avengers. They’re coming at the problem of the film, not embedded with that baggage. They’re not tied to the central arc of the movie with the same motivation as the other characters, so they can be lighter. I think there are a lot lighter moments because there are much darker moments as well. We did have to work very hard at that.”
Captain America: Civil War is set for release on May 6th, 2016.
Thoughts on this report? Are you looking forward to more humour in Captain America: Civil War?
A new clip from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was recently released on CONAN.
You can watch the clip below:
“Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’s most revered, modern-day savior, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs. And with Batman and Superman at war with one another, a new threat quickly arises, putting mankind in greater danger than it’s ever known before.”
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is scheduled for release on March 25th, 2016.
Thoughts on the clip? Are you excited for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice?
*WARNING- Major spoilers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens to follow in this article*.
Star Wars has already filmed twice in the Republic of Ireland (for Star Wars: The Force Awakens and more recently for Star Wars Episode VIII) at Skellig Michael, but a new rumour suggests that Disney and Lucasfilm are looking to shoot more scenes for Episode VIII in Ireland.
The rumour suggests that, while the planet will be the same as the one Rey meets Luke Skywalker on at the end of The Force Awakens, the location for filming will instead be Ceann Sibeal in West Kerry (nearby to Skellig Michael). This is indicated to be because of shooting difficulties at Skellig Michael.
Star Wars Episode VIII is scheduled for release on May 26th, 2017.
Thoughts on this rumour? Would you like to see more Irish locations featured in the Star Wars franchise?
Marvel Comics have announced that Star Wars: The Force Awakens character Poe Dameron will be getting his own comic series, beginning in April.
A description of this comic mini-series can be read below:
“The new comic debuting in April focuses on the lead-up to the opening scene of The Force Awakens, which saw Poe seeking out mysterious traveler Lor San Tekka (Max von Sydow) on the planet Jakku for a key to finding the missing Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill).”
The Poe Dameron comic series will be written by Charles Soule (Lando and Obi-Wan & Anakin comic series) and artwork by Phil Noto (who illustrated the recent young readers novel Before the Awakening).
Soule is quoted as saying the following on the series:
“It’s not as instinctive in some ways as writing a story about, say, Lando Calrissian was for me – I’ve been thinking about Lando Calrissian for 30 years, whereas Poe Dameron I’ve been thinking about for six months. It’s silly not to explore the idea of a guy who grew up steeped in the Rebellion and the older Republic and all of those myths and legends. If you think about it, he grew up the way we did, hearing all of these stories.”
In addition, Noto had the following to add on looking at Oscar Isaac’s filmography to help with the series:
“Seeing so much of him on screen, it’s easier in a way to act that part out in my head while I’m drawing: How would Oscar Isaac act in this situation as Poe Dameron?”
Thoughts on this announcement? Are you excited for the Poe Dameron comic series?
