Geekfeed https://www.geekfeed.com Entertainment News, Celebrities and Fandoms Wed, 08 May 2024 04:19:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.geekfeed.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-Geekfeed-Favicon-White-32x32.png Geekfeed https://www.geekfeed.com 32 32 Gen V Producers Confirm They are Not Recasting Chance Perdomo https://www.geekfeed.com/gen-v-producers-not-recasting-chance-perdomo/ Wed, 08 May 2024 04:19:29 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=82296 It’s been a month since Chance Perdomo’s death shocked the internet, and effectively delayed the start of production for the next season of The Boys spinoff Gen V.

Now the producers of Gen V have come out to address Perdomo’s death and have revealed how they will be treating the arc of his character Andre Anderson. Here’s their official post on Twitter:

“We won’t be recasting the role, because no one can replace Chance. Instead, we have been taking the time and space to recraft our Season 2 storylines as we begin production in May.”

When Perdomo died back in March, a lot of fans were wondering how the series was going to deal with the character—with others comparing the situation to Marvel Studios’ Black Panther franchise with Chadwick Boseman; Marvel had decided to kill off T’Challa after Boseman’s death, but some thought that recasting would have been the way to go since his character’s arc was clearly just beginning.

With Perdomo/Andre, some thought that they would go the recast route after the flak Marvel got for the Boseman situation, but it does seem they want to change Andre’s storyline in a way that could be a meaningful sendoff to Perdomo.

Personally, I think they were going to kill Andre off anyway, that’s why they decided to just shift things around rather than to recast; but that’s just my guess.

For now, Gen V Season 2 is yet to receive a release date, but fans are waiting for the premiere of the fourth season of The Boys which comes to Amazon Prime Video on June 13.

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Star Wars Gets a ‘What If…?’ Series with LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy https://www.geekfeed.com/star-wars-gets-a-what-if-series-with-lego/ Wed, 08 May 2024 04:15:18 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=82292 With Marvel getting its own alternate universe serieswith What If…?, there have been fans of Star Wars asking for the same thing. Though some can argue that Visions is pretty much it, LEGO has stepped up to bring SW fans their alternate reality fix.

Check out the teaser for LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy:

The gist is essentially something ‘rebuilds’ the Star Wars LEGO universe, and we get all kinds of mix-ups, not just with planets, but with ships and factions as well, with X-Wing TIE Fighters and AT-ATs which look to belong to the Rebellion.

LEGO Star Wars fans will also recognize ‘Jedi Bob’, a running gag among collectors since 2002 when LEGO released a set for a Republic Gunship and it came with a nameless Jedi which fans had lovingly called ‘Bob.’ They even have him keeping the classic yellow skin of the older SW sets.

Interestingly enough, Jedi Bob will be voiced by Bobby Moynihan:

With Lucasfilm being pretty strict with the Star Wars continuity, LEGO has been picking up the slack when it comes to more outrageous projects. They took over the Holiday Specials to branch out and cover other events like Halloween, and now they’re giving fans the What If/Star Wars series they’ve been clamouring for.

Let’s hope that Darth Jar Jar is just at the tip of the iceberg for this silly AU. I’d love some more ST-era characters to come back.

LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy premieres on Disney+ on Sept. 13.

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Young Sheldon Finale Gives First Look at Sheldon and Amy Post-Big Bang Theory https://www.geekfeed.com/young-sheldon-first-look-at-sheldon-and-amy/ Wed, 08 May 2024 03:41:35 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=82287 Jim Parsons may be the narrator of Young Sheldon, but he has never made an onscreen appearance on the show throughout its entire run. With YS coming to an end,though, we now have our first look at Sheldon (Parsons) and Amy (Mayim Bialik) post-The Big Bang Theory.

Check this out:

It’s not clear exactly when this will show up in the finale, but it’s likely it’s going to be used as a framing device for the entire show. My guess it’s something pretentious like Sheldon writing his own backstory after he won the Nobel Prize; with Amy coming around to tell him how silly he was being.

I wouldn’t be surprised if we got an update on the rest of the TBBT cast, but the show has confirmed that Sheldon and Amy have a bunch of kids—and one of them is named ‘Leonard’. It’s possible that the finale could also set-up another spinoff which has already been announced focusing on Sheldon’s brother Georgie (Montana Jordan) and Mandy (Emily Osment) who have a child together in the latter seasons of Young Sheldon.

Love or hate Big Bang Theory or Young Sheldon, you have to admit that the show has mass appeal, and that’s probably the reason why producers were eager for a Georgie and Mandy spinoff. It’s very clean family fun, with some serious moments here and there—plus they get to recycle a lot of the ‘Sheldon is weird’ jokes from the original show. With Georgie and Mandy though, I think they’ll have a new wealth of callbacks thanks to Young Sheldon.

Young Sheldon is set to end with its final 2 back-to-back episodes on May 16 on Paramount+.

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DC Reveals First Look at David Corenswet Superman Suit https://www.geekfeed.com/first-look-at-david-corenswet-superman-suit/ Wed, 08 May 2024 03:36:18 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=82281 Henry Cavill is out, and David Corenswet is in. After months of teases of Corenswet’s new Superman suit, DC has finally given us our first look at his new outfit for the James Gunn reboot.

Check this image out:

The new ‘S’ has been revealed for a while, but this time we actually have a look at the full suit. The biggest difference we can notice from previous iterations of Superman is that the suit for Corenswet has a collar which harkens to more modern iterations of the Man of Steel in the comics.

A lot of fans have also pointed out that the suit looks a lot baggier than previous supersuits—even going so far to say that it kind of looks like the blue uniforms from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.

And though you can’t really see it, it’s said that this Superman is confirmed to come with the classic red trunks. We don’t know exactly how that incorporates into the suit, but it will be the first time we have Superman in trunks again since Superman Returns came out back in 2006.

Of course, we also shouldn’t ignore the background, which features some kind of giant eye shooting out a laser on the city. Some speculate that this is the Eye of Ekron from the comics—which is literally just a giant eye, but it could be something else entirely. Regardless of who it is, the point of the scene looks to be giving us a kind of day-in-the-life scene with Superman dressing up when a huge monster is a foot.

We don’t know when the next reveal is going to be, but people have already started buzzing for the arrival of this new Corenswet Superman.

Superman is set to release in theaters on July 11, 2025.

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Watch: What’s Coming in the Third Season of Hacks https://www.geekfeed.com/watch-whats-coming-in-the-third-season-of-hacks/ Wed, 08 May 2024 03:28:53 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=82276 HBO may have cancelled huge shows like Westworld and Raised by Wolves, but their comedy Hacks managed to get the season 3 greenlight, and it just premiered on Max.

Though the earlier trailers for the series had been very sparing with the reveals, we now have a new This Season preview for the series teasing what arcs Deborah (Jean Smart) and Ava (Hannah Einbinder) could be going through this year. Check this out:

Though the second season of the show ended with Deborah firing Ava in order for her to find her own way in the industry, the third season quickly catches us up a year after their parting of ways with Deborah being bigger than ever thanks to the special she developed with Ava; and Ava writing for a prestigious show.

By the end of the second episode though, we see Ava coming back under the roof of Deborah in order to help her develop her own talk show—which she isn’t even sure she’s going to get.

Thanks to the trailer though, we can see that Deborah could be getting a new love interest in the form of another rich elderly gentleman. We can also see that Deborah’s daughter DJ is going to be participating in a roast of her mother, and she’ll be up on her usual shenanigans.

It’s also been teased that Christina Hendricks is going to be seducing Ava at some point, which should be problematic for her relationship with fictional DC star Ruby Rojas (Lorenzo Izzo).

Catch Hacks Season 3 now streaming on Max.

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Adam Driver Stars in First Look at Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis https://www.geekfeed.com/first-look-at-francis-ford-coppolas-megalopolis/ Wed, 08 May 2024 03:21:38 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=82272 Francis Ford Coppola had been on hiatus for a while, but there’s no denying his is one of the OG auteur directors with films like The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, and Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Now Coppola is ready to make his return to the big screen with the star-studded Megalopolis, and we just got our first look with a clip starring Adam Driver.

Check this out:

The clip simply has Driver’s character Cesar standing on the ledge of what looks to be the Chrysler Building, and it’s revealed that he can freeze time. Here’s the plot according to Vulture:

Adam Driver stars as Cesar, an architect who plans to rebuild the city to a sustainable utopia after an accident destroys most of Megalopolis. Opposing him is Giancarlo Esposito’s Frank Cicero, who is the mayor and doesn’t want to change a thing. In between both of them is Julia Cicero, played by Nathalie Emmanuel, who’s Frank’s daughter and Cesar’s love interest.

The movie also stars Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf, Kathryn Hunter, Dustin Hoffman, D.B. Sweeney, James Remar, Chloe Fineman, Grace VanderWaal, and Jason Schwartzman.

Coppola also posted the video on his IG, and there he wrote a tribute to his wife Eleanor, a filmmaker who had passed earlier this year. Coppola wrote, “Megalopolis has always been a film dedicated to my dear wife Eleanor. I really had hoped to celebrate her birthday together this May 4th. But sadly that was not to be, so let me share with everyone a gift on her behalf.”

Megalopolis was said to have been a longtime passion project for Coppola, having started development in the early 2000s, pre 9-11. Rumors were actually going around that Hollywood studios have been having trouble with the marketing of the movie (which Coppola was said to have funded himself), describing it as too arthouse for mainstream audiences; but anyone who knows Coppola for his work is hopeful that he’ll deliver some kind of masterpiece after all these years.

Megalopolis is expected to release on May 17 at Cannes Film Festival, and it’s likely it will get a worldwide release sometime later in the year.

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Lord of the Rings Actors Pay Tribute to the Late Bernard Hill https://www.geekfeed.com/lord-of-the-rings-actors-tribute-to-bernard-hill/ Tue, 07 May 2024 08:57:27 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=82269 Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy is filled with standout performances from just about anywhere, but fans are currently mourning the loss of Bernard Hill, the actor behind the leader or Rohan, King Theoden.

According to the BBC, Hill passed in the morning of May 5 at the age of 79. He was actually meant to make an appearance at Comic-Con Liverpool alongside other LOTR cast members, but he wasn’t able to make the event.

At the event though, Sean Astin and the rest of the Hobbit actors Elijah Wood, Dominic Mognahan, and Billy Boyd were able to make a tribute to Hill moments after news broke out that the actor had passed. Check this out:

Elijah Wood, on his Twitter, also posted a photo of Hill (by Viggo Mortensen no doubt) paying tribute to him:

Though the Fellowship actors usually get the most attention when it comes to the fandom, King Theoden has the great role of having some very epic monologues before he rides forth to death. The ‘Forth Eorlingas’ is considered to be one of the most epic cinematic moments of all-time for several fans; but there is also the last ride during the Battle of Helm’s Deep right before Gandalf’s arrival:

Besides Lord of the Rings, Hill is probably best known for his role as Captain Edward Smith of James Cameron’s Titanic. His last role is in the series The Responder starring alongside Hobbit star Martin Freeman.

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy is now available to stream on HBO Max.

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The Boys have a New Secret Weapon in Trailer for Season 4 https://www.geekfeed.com/the-boys-secret-weapon-in-trailer-for-season-4/ Tue, 07 May 2024 08:46:57 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=82265 Gen V managed to be a successful swing on Amazon Prime Video’s part, but the network is now ready to go back to the main franchise with the fourth season of The Boys. The show is set to come back in June, and we have our first trailer showcasing the returning Butcher and Homelander.

Check this out:

The official description for the fourth season reads:

In Season Four, the world is on the brink. Victoria Neuman is closer than ever to the Oval Office and under the muscly thumb of Homelander, who is consolidating his power. Butcher, with only months to live, has lost Becca’s son and his job as The Boys’ leader. The rest of the team are fed up with his lies. With the stakes higher than ever, they have to find a way to work together and save the world before it’s too late.

If you’ve watched Gen V, you’ll know that one of the key plot points in the trailer was introduced in that show in the form of a virus that can kill supes. With Butcher himself becoming terminally ill from using the Temp V, you can imagine that he’s on the end of his rope when it comes to finishing off The Seven.

Like every season, we’re also getting some new heroes in the roster—Sister Sage (Susan Heyward) and Firecracker (Valorie Curry)—and it looks like they’re going to be as ruthless as Homelander. On the Boys’ side we have a new character played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Watchmen, The Walking Dead).

Will Homelander finally die this season? Or is the show waiting for him to turn into a Super-Hitler? I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.

Catch the fourth season of The Boys when it releases on Amazon Prime Video on June 13.

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Dwayne Johnson Allegedly A Nightmare on Set; Chronically Late and Pees in Bottles https://www.geekfeed.com/dwayne-johnson-allegedly-a-nightmare-on-set/ Sun, 05 May 2024 18:28:24 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=82239 Dwayne Johnson is one of the biggest, family-friendly superstars in the world, and he’s always branded himself as a hard worker with great work ethic.

However, with a new report from The Wrap (via JoBlo), they say that Johnson isn’t the best person to have on set—especially with his upcoming Christmas film, Red One.

According to the report, Johnson had apparently cost Amazon MGM millions (specifically $50 million) by being constantly late on set—regulary showing up at least 5-8 hours late. It was also this ‘chronic lateness’ that got Johnson into fights with Vin Diesel on the Fast & Furious movies, and apparently a ‘huge fight’ with Red Notice co-star Ryan Reynolds.

With the lateness also comes a weird new bit of information from Johnson in that he is said to have a habit of peeing in a bottle to save time. The insider said, “On set, away from his trailer, if he needs to pee, he doesn’t go to the public bathroom… He pees in a Voss water bottle and his team or a PA has to dispose of it.”

In Johnson’s defense, Amazon was quick to release a statement on his behavior saying, “Dwayne Johnson and Seven Bucks have been incredible partners on ‘Red One’… we couldn’t have made it without Dwayne’s constant work and support. Any reporting that implies that we got to this point with him showing up seven-eight hours late to set is both ridiculous and false.“

With the Rock’s family-friendly/hardworking persona, this news is certainly coming as a shock to a lot of people, but there have been rumblings of Johnson being difficult to deal with since Black Adam where he allegedly bullied his way into getting Henry Cavill back as Superman and refused to share the screen with Shazam, Black Adam’s actual comic rival. There’s also that thing in his Fast contracts where it’s written that he can’t lose a fight onscreen.

This is certainly a huge blow to the Rock’s image, and I can’t wait to see how he’s going to respond. For now, the internet is just having a ball making pee jokes, but wasting an entire working crew’s time constantly is no laughing matter.

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M3GAN 2.0 Casts Ahsoka Star Ivanna Sakhno https://www.geekfeed.com/m3gan-2-0-casts-ahsoka-star-ivanna-sakhno/ Sun, 05 May 2024 18:18:20 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=82235 Tiny girl movie monsters are in this year, and fans are already waiting for a sequel to M3GAN. M3GAN 2.0 is currently underway, and Star Wars fans will be happy to hear that a fan-favorite is joining the cast.

Deadline reports that Ivanna Sakhno, best known for playing the role of Shin Hati in Ahsoka, has been cast in the M3GAN sequel. No details have been revealed about who Sakhno is playing, but cast members from the original movie Allison Williams and Violet McGraw are also coming back for the sequel.

Though we get slasher movies all the time, M3GAN had managed to set itself apart by being a kind of cautionary tale on AI and parents who rely too much on technology to replace actual parenting when it comes to their kids.

A lot of movie fans have managed to consder the film as a modern take on Child’s Play, which featured the original killer doll in the form of Chucky. Though the Child’s Play reboot was received poorly for giving Chucky a sci-fi origin rather than his original magic one, M3GAN was wholly embraced my movie goers—especially the gay community.

The first movie may have resulted in the M3GAN doll being destroyed, but they did tease that she was able to move her consciousness to different technology that was all over the house. Naturally, we can expect an army of M3GANs in the sequel, but I am hoping that the filmmakers manage to come up with a more unique story.

M3GAN 2.0 is set to hit theaters on May 16, 2025.

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“I Didn’t Stick the Landing”: Chris Hemsworth Says He ‘Owes’ Fans Another Thor Film https://www.geekfeed.com/chris-hemsworth-owes-fans-another-thor-film/ Sun, 05 May 2024 17:47:02 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=82231 Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr. may have bowed out of the MCU, but Chris Hemsworth is still flying around as the God of Thunder Thor. We don’t know where he could show up next, but Hemsworth does assure fans that he needs to return as Thor after Love and Thunder.

Talking to Vanity Fair, Hemsworth says that it feels like he owes the fans another Thor movie, but not in the same vein as Love and Thunder. “I got caught up in the improv and the wackiness, and I became a parody of myself,” Hemsworth shared, “I didn’t stick the landing.”

Admittedly, Thor’s character and the way the studio has treated him has changed ever since he debuted back in 2011. Though he was a tad serious with some of his other-worldliness played for laughs, Thor: Ragnarok really leaned into the improv and the last two Thor films ended up like pseudo Guardians of the Galaxy comedy movies.

Even Hemsworth had shared that he was starting to feel ‘replaceable’ as Thor when it came to the Avengers lineup. “I would read everyone else’s lines, and go, Oh, they got way cooler stuff. They’re having more fun. What’s my character doing? It was always about, ‘You’ve got the wig on. You’ve got the muscles. You’ve got the costume. Where’s the lighting?’ Yeah, I’m part of this big thing, but I’m probably pretty replaceable,” says Hemsworth.

Despite that, his co-star Robery Downey Jr. does say that it takes a special kind of actor to play Thor. RDJ shares, “First off, Thor as a character was super tricky to adapt—lots of implied limitations—but he and Ken Branagh figured out how to transcend, make him somehow relatable but godlike… Hemsworth is, in my opinion, the most complex psyche out of all us Avengers. He’s got wit and gravitas, but also such restraint, fire, and gentleness.”

It’s unclear where Marvel wants to take the character moving forward, but it does look like they’re done with the comedy direction thatTaika Waititi went.

Personally, I thought that Love and Thunder did have a more relevant arc than Ragnarok, and I would love to see Thor’s next film actually grapple with his decision to become a father to his adopted daughter. Maybe ‘Love’ can become The Mighty Thor that Jane Foster only spent a few moments on.

A fifth Thor movie has not been officially announced. But in the meantime, you can catch Hemsworth in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga in theaters May 24.

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Harry Potter: Daniel Radcliffe on Being Called ‘Ungrateful’ to J.K. Rowling for Pro-LGBTQ+ Stance https://www.geekfeed.com/radcliffe-on-being-called-ungrateful-to-rowling/ Sun, 05 May 2024 17:21:50 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=82226 If there has been a fall from grace in the recent few years, it’s definitely Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, whose ant-transgender sentiment has been condemned by other members of the Potter family like Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe.

With some fans branding Radcliffe as ‘ungrateful’ to Rowling despite her being the reason for his success, Radcliffe says that he doesn’t owe it to Rowling to not have his own opinion on the matter. “Jo, obviously Harry Potter would not have happened without her, so nothing in my life would have probably happened the way it is without that person,” Radcliffe tells The Atlantic, “But that doesn’t mean that you owe the things you truly believe to someone else for your entire life.”

For some time, fans of Rowling who share her stance have been calling for actors like Radcliffe to issue apologies for their stance against Rowling, and Rowling herself has commented that they were “celebs who cosied up to a movement intent on eroding women’s hard-won rights.” To which Radcliffe responded, “I will continue to support the rights of all LGBTQ people, and have no further comment than that.”

For now, Radcliffe has definitely moved on from the shadow of the boy wizard, and it can be argued that he’s had a flourishing career as compared to the rest of the main Potter trio. Rowling, on the other hand, seems to be stuck in her ‘Wizarding World’ and after the failure of Secrets of Dumbledore, everyone is wondering if its worth sticking around to see what she can bring into the franchise creatively.

For now, Radcliffe is rumored to be making an appearance in Deadpool & Wolverine, which is set to come out

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Kate Winslet Stars as WWII Photographer Lee Miller in Trailer for Lee https://www.geekfeed.com/kate-winslet-stars-in-trailer-for-lee/ Sun, 05 May 2024 14:57:08 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=82222 Kate Winslet is no stranger to playing distraught women onscreen, and now Sky Cinema is ready to thrust her into the middle of war with the upcoming biopic Lee.

Watch the star-studded trailer here:

Here’s the official description:

LEE tells the story of Lee Miller (Winslet), American photographer. Determined to document the truth of the Nazi regime, and in spite of the odds stacked against female correspondents, Lee captured some of the most important images of World War II, for which she paid an enormous personal price.

Lee Miller the person actually has a very interesting life before she was going off to warzones to take photos. She was actually a fashion model herself in New York City in the 20s, before she became a photographer herself, taking pictures for Vogue.

Besides Winslet, the movie also includes the likes of Alexander Skarsgard, Marion Cotillard, Josh O’Connor, and Andrea Riseborough. Probably the most susprising member of the cast is one Andy Samberg, who has since been pivoting over to more serious roles, even if he is best known for his comedy work.

It’s also worth noting that Lee will be the directorial debut of cinematographer Ellan Kuras who had worked with Winslet years before in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

If Mare of Easttown has taught us anything, it’s that Winslet is still one powerhouse of an actress, and I can’t wait to see how she helps tell the story of Lee Miller, who by all acccounts was an amazing person on her own right.

Lee is set to release in theaters on Sept. 13.

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Lex Luthor Arrives in New Trailer for Second Season of My Adventures with Superman https://www.geekfeed.com/trailer-for-s02-of-my-adventures-with-superman/ Sun, 05 May 2024 14:37:33 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=82218 Everyone may be waiting on James Gunn’s reboot of Superman with David Corenswet, but the Man of Steel has found a renewed take in Adult Swim’s My Adventures with Superman.

The second season is set to premiere this month, and we have a new trailer showcasing some new villains—specifically Superman’s comic nemesis Lex Luthor. Check this out:

The official synopsis for Season 2 reads:

“In the second season, the three best friends face a host of new threats. Powerful foes will emerge from Clark’s alien past, Amanda Waller will take aim at Superman, Lois will grapple with the future, and Jimmy Olsen will spend an unbelievable amount of money. Krypton is coming for our young heroes, and its arrival will test their strength, loyalty and love like never before.”

No doubt, Lex is the biggest reveal in the trailer, and just like his live-action counterpart, it looks like he’s going to be some kind of tech mogul. While Superman is known to look very strong and sturdy, this Lex is a bit scrawny and young; everyone is already wondering how he’s going to lose his hair, and they imagine it’s going to be brutal.

On the other hand, it does look like the world is starting to expand more outside of the City of Metropolis with the arrival of Amanda Waller. It could be a matter of time before we get this series version of Task Force X/Suicide Squad or a crossover with another hero.

The second season of My Adventures with Superman is set to premiere on Adult Swim and Max on May 25.

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X-Men ’97: Animation Comes to Life in X-Mansion Reveal from Airbnb https://www.geekfeed.com/x-men-97-animation-comes-to-life-in-x-mansion/ Sun, 05 May 2024 14:02:17 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=82213 X-Men ’97 has just kicked off their 3-part finale, and what better way for Airbnb to give fans a look at one of their Airbnb Icon locations—Professor Charles Xavier’s X-Mansion.

Check this out:

Here’s the official descripition:

As part of Airbnb Icons, renters can stay in the X-Mansion based on the animated series “X-Men ’97.” It features living spaces and recreation areas with traces of its mutant residents.

We’ve had a look at these themed houses before with IP like Batman and Barbie, and this mansion looks to be decked out to cater specifically to the animated X-Men fans.

Not only do we get iconic locations from the show like the Danger Room and the X-Men’s control room, but the entire mansion has also been stylized to look like a frame from the animated series, with the lines going all around the furniture and walls.

You’ll also notice that the photos are all animated as well, with some imagery coming from the rebooted show on Disney+. Die-hard fans will also know all about the Easter Eggs located in each of the rooms—like the photo of Scott and Jean that Wolverine was known to pine over.

We may not be getting a movie any time soon, but the X-Men are certainly back with this new series. With showrunner Beau DeMayo fired, we don’t know how long Marvel wants to to continue this reboot, but fans are definitely loving what DeMayo has delivered so far.

Catch X-Men ’97 now showing on Disney+.

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LOTR: Rings of Power Director, “A Lot of People Judged The Show Before It Even Came Out” https://www.geekfeed.com/lotr-rings-of-power-director-discusses-series/ Sun, 05 May 2024 13:50:59 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=82201 Amazon’s Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power may not have been able to compete with the hype of House of the Dragon, but the series is still worth checking out, and the show is now preparing to come back for a second season.

No trailers or previews have been dropped yet, but series director Charlotte Brändström does talk a bit about coming back for the show and how the story will progress past the first season. Talking to Drama Quarterly, she explains, “…the new season is definitely darker. It’s edgy, there’s more drama. I don’t control everything, but I hope people like it.”

Just like any big IP with an established fandom—like Star Wars or Avatar: The Last Airbender—new creators always find the fandom is almost always impossible to please; and the same goes for Lord of the Rings.

When Rings of Power first came out, there were review bombings online and people complaining about how it wasn’t the Peter Jackson movies or how they drew away from the source material. Brändström addresses these problems:

“The sad thing is a lot of people had judged the show before it even came out, so that was actually tough. But then you try to adapt to that and see what they are really looking for.”

Some fans were mixing Peter Jackson’s films with Tolkien’s work, and we’ve been trying to stay true to Tolkien and give it a really cool look. I love Peter Jackson’s films – that’s why I got involved in the first place. So I guess we’ve tried to mix everything.”

For now, the stage is set with the reveal of Sauron and the creation of Mordor; but there is still the case of the other Rings of Power getting forged. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see what happens.

In the meantime, catch Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

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Fallout is Amazon Prime Video’s Second Most-Watched Series https://www.geekfeed.com/fallout-is-amazon-second-most-watched-series/ Sun, 05 May 2024 13:24:32 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=82198 It definitely looked like Amazon had very little faith in Fallout when they announced they would be releasing the full season in one day, but it does seem that the show is managing to do numbers.

According to Variety, Amazon is reporting that the show was able to pull in 65 miliion viewers during its first 16 days available on the platform, making it Amazon’s second most-watched show  ever since they debuted Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power back in 2022.

The show is said to be the most-watched among adults aged 18-34 with most of its audience coming from outside the US—specifically Brazil, France, and the UK.

It’s no mystery that the series has also managed to get a lot of great social media buzz when it debuted, with a 94% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. I guess no amount of complaining about the ‘woke agenda’ is going to trump actual good storytelling and worldbuilding.

For now, Amazon has already announced the greenlight for Fallout to get a second season. We don’t know exactly where the series is going, but we do know that the Ghoul is on the search for his family—which is likely around Lucy’s vauly (31-33), and Maximus will be promoted in the ranks of the Brotherhood of Steel.

They also teased that Lucy’s father is reaching New Vegas, and gaming fans know there are all kinds of odd factions there as well. Hopefully we get more of this unique take of the Wasteland soon.

Catch Fallout now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

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Netflix is Developing Live-Action Scooby-Doo Series with Riverdale Producers https://www.geekfeed.com/netflix-developing-live-action-scooby-doo-series/ Fri, 03 May 2024 09:32:19 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=82195 We already got gritty reboots for Archie and Sabrina the Teenage Witch with Riverdale and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, and it looks like another kid-friendly property from their batch is also going to get the gritty reboot treatment.

According to Variety, a live-action Scooby-Doo series is now in development for Netflix via WBTV. Described to be a ‘one-hour drama project,’ the series is said to be nearing a deal that is a script-to-series commitment.

Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg will be writing the series, but they will also executive produce along with André Nemec and Jeff Pinkner under their Midnight Radio banner (Venom, High Fidelity, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol). It’s also worth noting that the series will be developed under the Berlanti productions banner, the same house that gave us shows like Riverdale, Arrow, Superman & Lois, The Flash, and You.

With the premise of teenagers going around solving crimes and mysteries, it’s actually odd how wholesome the series turned out. It was a no-brainer that a property like Scooby-Doo would get the gritty crime series treatment; I mean, they’re already doing it through animation via the Velma series.

So far, the most popular live-action adaptation of Scooby-Doo were the James Gunn-written films which came out back in the 2000s. There have also been TV movies made which came out in 2009 and 2010, but they never really did get the same kind of popularity that the original theaterically released films did.

With Berlanti Productions at the helm, we should be expecting this series to be aiming for the young adult market. I’m just curious if they’re going to have a CGI Scooby running around, or just a normal dog—like what the did with Salem in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.

No release date has been announced for the live-action Scooby-Doo series on Netflix.

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Jeff Bridges is Returning for TRON: Ares https://www.geekfeed.com/jeff-bridges-is-returning-for-tron-ares/ Fri, 03 May 2024 09:22:22 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=82191 Jeff Bridges had kicked off the TRON franchise back in the ‘80s, and his character was ultimately given his sendoff in TRON: Legacy. We thought that Bridges was ultimately done with the Grid moving forward, but it looks like he’s going to be returning for the upcoming TRON: Ares.

Talking to the Film Comment Podcast (via Deadline), Bridges confirmed, “I’m heading off this Saturday to play a part in the third installment of the ‘Tron’ story. Jared Leto is the star of this third one. I’m really anxious to work with him; I’ve admired his work.”

Disney also shared this photo of Bridges, and if you look in the background, you’ll see his classic helmet from the original TRON:

It’s not clear who Bridges could be playing in Ares, but they could always say that his particles just reassembled somewhere else. With Flynn’s program Clu being the primary antagonist of Legacy, it’s possible that they could also find a way to bring him back to cause more chaos.

Then again, the ‘main’ villain of the franchise has always been Master Control and Ed Dillinger, so maybe Ares could be their chance to finally return to the main stage of TRON and become the antagonists that last film was clearly setting up.

Though Legacy wasn’t a critical darling, it was still a cult favorite for a lot of people, and fans have been waiting for years for this follow-up. Sure Jared Leto may not have been the ideal lead, but I’m willing to give Ares a chance to knock my socks off.

TRON: Ares is aiming for a release in Oct. 10, 2025.

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Disney Working on Animated Kingdom Hearts Movie? https://www.geekfeed.com/disney-working-on-animated-kingdom-hearts-movie/ Thu, 02 May 2024 11:14:58 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=82171 It was 2002 when Square Enix launched the Kingdom Hearts franchise, and though we have no recent update on Kingdom Hearts IV, Disney seems to be cooking something up on the movie front.

According to The DisInsider, development is currently ongoing for an animated Kingdom Hearts movie. The project was said to have been originally conceived for Disney+, but it was then pivoted to be something made for a theatrical release.

Before you get too excited about seeing Sora, Donald, and Goofy in the big screen though, it’s said that ‘these are just rumblings and nothing has been greenlit.’ For now, Disney doesn’t seem to be too interested in adapting things from video games, but seeing as how The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Sonic the Hedgehog have been doing so well in theatres, they could be changing their tune.

The lore for Kingdom Hearts is admittedly too complicated, but essentially it boils down to a Final Fantasy crossover with Disney characters. The game follows Sora, the master of the Keyblade, as he goes on a journey through different Disney-themed worlds to fight against an enemy called The Heartless.

With the game’s story being as complicated as it is, this could be the best time for Disney to swoop in and give new fans a cliffnotes version of Sora’s story; but maybe they should just go the Fallout route and give fans an expansion of the story with the same Final Fantasy meets Disney aesthetic.

I’m sure KH fans would eat that film up if they managed to release it alongside the upcoming game, but that’s just speculation on my part.

A Kingdom Hearts movie has not been officially announced. Kingdom Hearts IV is yet to receive a release date.

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