Director Bryan Singer posted a nice little tweet of Hugh Jackman (as Wolverine) and Nicholas Hoult (as non-beatmode Beast) on the set of X-Men: Days of the Future Past. From the looks of their clothing, this is set in the seventies in Xavier’s secret underground headquarters. The only questions I have are: How did Beast go back to normal and didn’t Wolverine tell Xavier and Magneto to fuck off?
X-Men: Days of the Future Past opens July 18, 2014.
Hannibal producer and director, Bryan Fuller posted up a tweet regarding a promo for Hannibal from South Korea. It was fucking magical.
The first trailer for Andy Goddard’s (Downton Abbey) Dracula has hit the web and it looks pretty awesome. Staring Jonathan Rhys Meyers of The Tudors fame, the new retelling of Dracula takes a “twisted, sophisticated and sexy” take on the iconic classic by Bram Stoker.
Synopsis: Golden Globe winner Jonathan Rhys Meyers (”The Tudors”) stars in this provocative new drama as one of the world’s most iconic characters.
It’s the late 19th century, and the mysterious Dracula has arrived in London, posing as an American entrepreneur who wants to bring modern science to Victorian society. He’s especially interested in the new technology of electricity, which promises to brighten the night – useful for someone who avoids the sun. But he has another reason for his travels: he hopes to take revenge on those who cursed him with immortality centuries earlier. Everything seems to be going according to plan… until he becomes infatuated with a woman who appears to be a reincarnation of his dead wife.
From the producers of the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning hit “Downton Abbey” comes “Dracula,” a twisted, sophisticated and sexy take on Bram Stoker’s classic novel, proving that some stories never die.
Dracula is set be an hour-long drama mini-series and set to premiere sometime in the Fall/Winter 2013.
Following the news last week that Joss Whedon’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has been picked up for a full season by ABC, a handful of cool S.H.I.E.L.D. identification cards made it onto the Internet. Each card identifies each new character and their roles in S.H.I.E.L.D.. Also, another interesting bit that made it on the web is a surveillance image of Skye. The mention of “The Rising Tide” on the image suggests that Rising Tide may be a protagonist in the series.
BTW: Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon, and Maurissa Tancharoen decided to put up a little Vine video showing his reaction once he heard that S.H.I.E.L.D. has been picked up.
It looks like the fine folks at ABC and Marvel TV is trying to create some buzz for the newly picked up Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (not that it needs it). There is a brand new website called “We Are The Rising Tide” that asks one simple question. “Who is S.H.I.E.L.D.?“. The site features a lot of conspiracy theory and video featuring The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, and some random S.H.I.E.L.D. operatives. There isn’t much on the site right now, but hopefully new content with more details will be added until the premiere of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D..
Following news that ABC has picked up Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. for next season, now we get a thirty second sneak peek at the series. From the looks of it, it is definitely “made for television” and much different from it’s big screen counterparts.
Clark Gregg reprises his role of Agent Phil Coulson from Marvel’s feature films as he assembles a small, highly select group of Agents from the worldwide law-enforcement organization known as S.H.I.E.L.D. Together they investigate the new, the strange, and the unknown across the globe, protecting the ordinary from the extraordinary. Coulson’s team consists of Agent Grant Ward (Brett Dalton), highly trained in combat and espionage, Agent Melinda May (Ming-Na Wen) expert pilot and martial artist, Agent Leo Fitz (Iain De Caestecker); brilliant engineer and Agent Jemma Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge) genius bio-chemist. Joining them on their journey into mystery is new recruit and computer hacker Skye (Chloe Bennet). From Executive Producers Joss Whedon (“Marvel’s The Avengers,” ”Buffy the Vampire Slayer”); Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen, “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” pilot co-writers (“Dollhouse,” “Dr.Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog”); Jeffrey Bell (“Angel,” “Alias”); and Jeph Loeb (“Smallville”) comes Marvel’s first TV series. “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” is produced by ABC Studios and Marvel Television.
I’m still a bit concerned about a S.H.I.E.L.D. television show and how long it can sustain it’s viewership without the appearance of some of it’s big screen heroes, but knowing the brain trust at Marvel, I’m pretty sure I have nothing to worry about.
OH. HELL. YESSSS! Okay. I admit that Arrested Development isn’t really “geek” related, but in my opinion, Arrested Development is one of the greatest comedies to ever grace the television and it deserves a special place on my site. Especially, now that Netlflix just dropped the teaser for the LONG awaited and highly anticipated fourth season! The whole cast is back for the new season including Jason Bateman, Portia de Rossi, Will Arnett, Michael Cera, Alia Shawkat, David Cross, Jeffrey Tambor, Jessica Walter and the incredibly hilarious, Tony Hale as Buster Bluth! I can’t wait! Now, the only question left unanswered is, “Where’s Ron Howard?”.
All of Arrested Development season four will be available via Netflix starting May 26, 2012.
