The Everything Geek Podcast is DELIGHTED to announce that actress Simone Lahbib is the next actress we’re confirming for a celebrity guest interview on the podcast!
Simone is best-known for playing Laura Cereta in Da Vinci’s Demons, Helen Stewart in Bad Girls, Mary O’Connor in London Bridge and DI Alex Fielding in Wire in the Blood. Her other notable roles include Isobel Anderson in Monarch of the Glen, DC Lucy McCarthy in Thief Takers, Gemma Burge in Single-Handed, Fiona Johnstone in The Young Person’s Guide to Becoming a Rock Star, June in Wayland’s Song, Kate Sixsmith in Philomena, Alex Kingston in Flim: The Movie, Wilkins in Downton Abbey and the voice of Aida in Divinity: Dragon Commander.
We’re looking forward to chatting with and interviewing Simone on the podcast. If you have any questions for Simone please feel free to leave them in the comments. We’ll make sure to post updates once a date is confirmed for Simone to be on the podcast.
Getting back to our guest announcements, we’ve got two very exciting guests that we’ll be announcing tomorrow!
As I said before, we were hoping to branch out into another new theme before the end of the year. The first guest is a cast member on Da Vinci’s Demons who joined the cast in the third season of the show.
The second guest is a director who has mainly worked in low budget or short films- but has won numerous awards for his work.
Both guests are represented by the same publicist. We’ve worked with this publicist before and we’re delighted to be working with him again.
I’m looking forward to revealing who both of these guests are!
Marvel’s latest series, Jessica Jones, was released on Netflix and has already been garnering mostly positive reviews, but what some fans may be unaware of is that the Jessica Jones series was being developed for ABC five years ago by showrunner Melissa Rosenberg.
However, it didn’t gain interest and eventually Marvel and Netflix struck a dream- which was good news for Jessica Jones fans as the series was perfect for the streaming site.
Unfortunately, the change also meant Rosenberg wasn’t able to use all of the characters she wanted, specifically Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel. Rosenberg is quoted as saying the following on cutting Captain Marvel out of Jessica Jones:
“Back when it was at ABC Network, I did use Carol Danvers. But between then and when it ended up on Netflix, you know, the MCU shifted, and it also shifted away from the universe in the [comic] book. So in the book, the powers are very out in the open and the themes of that are about ‘the other,’ and in the cinematic universe that’s not the mythology. So there was a lot that I had to move away from, just in terms of sheer plot, and Carol Danvers got her own movie.”
Instead, the character Patsy Walker swapped places with Danvers. Rosenberg had the following to say on this change:
“But as it turned out, Patsy Walker ended up being an incredibly—a much more appropriate fit with Jessica. It was better that her best friend was not someone with powers. It actually ends up being a really great mirror for her.”
Thoughts on this news? Would you liked to have seen Captain Marvel appear in the Jessica Jones series?
Gwendoline Christie’s character Captain Phasma is already being regarded as the Boba Fett of Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, meaning she has a great design but is only likely to have a few scenes.
However, Empire magazine have revealed an exclusive image of Phasma from the film to keep fans excited for the character.
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens is scheduled to open on December 17th in the UK/Ireland.
Thoughts on the new image? Are you excited to see Captain Phasma in action in Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens?
The reveal of the Batmobile that will be seen in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice got many fans excited, but new details on the Batmobile that have surfaced should get fans even more excited.
Watch the video below for all of the new details:
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice will open on March 25th, 2016.
Thoughts on the new details? Are you excited to see the new Batmobile in action in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice?
Despite recent rumours that suggested Marvel’s Iron Fist (the last of four solo series currently announced for Netflix) could be getting scrapped, Marvel CCO Joe Quesada has confirmed the show is still in the works.
Quesada is quoted as saying the following:
“Iron Fist is being worked on. That’s all that I can say.”
The Defenders will still consist of Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist as originally planned (with The Defenders itself as a fifth series scheduled for the future on Netflix).
Wired have posted a gallery on their website showing a number of props from Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (coming out next month), including new looks at props we’ve seen before and a first look at other props from the film.
Wired have a total of 50 props pictured over on their website which is linked at the bottom of this article.
Thoughts on the props? Which one is your favourite?
We’ve seen a number of trailers and TV spots released for the film recently, but now the first clip from Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens has been released.
You can watch the clip below:
The clip is 15 seconds in total and shows Rey, Finn and BB-8 trying to escape from TIE Fighters on the planet Jakku.
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens is scheduled for release on December 17th in the UK/Ireland.
Thoughts on the first clip? Are you excited for the release of The Force Awakens?
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens has continued its marketing campaign with two new TV spots.
You can watch both TV spots below:
The first doesn’t feature a lot of new footage, but does show Poe Dameron and other pilots in his group (including returning character Nien Nunb from Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi). However, the second spot reveals a lot more new footage including a first close-up look at Maz Kanata.
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens is scheduled for release on December 17th in the UK/Ireland.
Here are the behind-the-scenes pictures we shared on our Facebook and Twitter pages today.
Creator George Lucas and cast members Ian McDiarmid (Chancellor Palpatine/The Emperor) and Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) on the set of Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.
Cast member Henry Cavill (Clark Kent/Superman) behind-the-scenes on Man of Steel.
Cast member Halle Berry (Ororo Munroe/Storm) filming a scene for X-Men: Days of Future Past.
Director Sam Mendes preparing to shoot a scene for the James Bond film Spectre.
Cast members Peter Capaldi (The 12th Doctor) and Jenna Coleman (Clara Oswald) on the set of Doctor Who.
Cast members Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) and Michael Gambon (Albus Dumbledore) during filming of a scene for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
Cast members Danai Gurira (Michonne) and Melissa McBride (Carol Peletier) behind-the-scenes of The Walking Dead.
Cast member Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) on the set of Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens.
