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Here’s everything you may have missed this morning Thursday, August 09, 2018. In Case You Missed It (ICYMI). 1. Tom Hardy’s Venom Voice is the Rapper Redman Crossed With…Woody Allen? via /Film “Woody Allen’s tortured neurosis and all the humor that can come from that. Conor McGregor — the überviolence but not all the talking. And Redman out of control, living rent-free in his head.” Those are not details he revealed to the execs at Sony, which is producing the movie. “You don’t say s**t like that to the studio,” he says. 2. Kevin Feige Is Reportedly Fighting GOTG VOL. 3 Director James…

“Avengers: Infinity War” is now available for digital purchase and to celebrate we’re giving away 10 free copies of “Avengers: Infinity War”. This contest is now closed Here’s How to Win All you have to do is follow us (@TheGeekTwins) and @VuduFans on Twitter. You can also tweet your favorite Avenger for an extra entry! a Rafflecopter giveaway This Friday, August 3 at 7 pm PT Vudu is hosting an incredible fan event. The #VuduViewingParty will be hosted by the “Avengers: Infinity War” directors Joe and Anthony Russo. It brings together fans from around the nation in a unique digital…

The main cast of “Guardians of the Galaxy” has written an open letter asking for the James Gunn to be rehired for “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” James Gunn is instrumental in the monumental success of the space-faring superhero movies “Guardians of the Galaxy” and the sequel. The movies are blockbuster hits and turned some unlikely characters into household names. Plus, his humorous and quirky style make them the most original films in the MCU. But Gunn wasn’t always so beloved. He was fired after several vile tweets about rape and sex with children were given attention. The jokes are reprehensible…

Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams) Find out some things you never knew about Lando. Recently it was confirmed that Billy Dee Williams is reprising the role of Lando Calrissian in the next Star Wars movie. The role was recently played by Donald Glover in the Star Wars prequel “Solo: A Star Wars Story” and he’s the stand-out part of the film. But the coolest cat in Star Wars will always be Billy Dee Williams as Lando. He’s smooth, cool and irresistible to the ladies. Since his first appearance in “Star…

Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) Hope van Dyne / The Wasp (Evangeline Lilly), Scott Lang / Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) Here are the early genre box office results of this past weekend Jul 23, 2018 – Jul 29, 2018 Week 30 Box Office Winner: Mission: Impossible—Fallout The weekend was dominated by the latest Tom Cruise film Mission: Impossible—Fallout and pushed a few genre films down a notch. Walt Disney’s “Ant-Man and the Wasp” moved one position to the number five spot in its fourth week. It lost a whopping 49% to make $8.4 million for a domestic box office gross of $183 million and…

Find out everything you need to know about the cast of “Star Wars: Episode IX”. Today Lucasfilm announced the cast of the next movie in the “Star Wars” sequel trilogy. Star Wars: Episode IX will begin filming at London’s Pinewood Studios on August 1, 2018. J.J. Abrams returns to direct the final installment of the Skywalker saga. Abrams co-wrote the screenplay with Chris Terrio. Carrie Fisher as Leia Organa The late Carrie Fisher played Princess Leia Organa in the first three Star Wars movies and two of the sequels staring in 1977. While she’s best known for the role of…

“Avengers Vs. X-Men” graphic novel cover Disney and 21st Century Fox shareholder have voted to approve the $71.3 million buyout after a crazy bidding war. It’s been a long time coming but Disney and Fox’s shareholders have finally approved the historic merger of Disney and Fox Studios. This follows months of wrangling with Comcast who tried to outbid the “Mouse House”. Here’s what Variety has to say about the merger: Shareholders gathered Friday morning at the New York Hilton for separate meetings to vote on the historic transaction that the companies first set back in December. Both meetings were brief,…

Here’s everything you may have missed this morning Tuesday, July 24, 2018. In Case You Missed It (ICYMI). Warning: POSSIBLE SPOILERS 1. Robert De Niro Might Join Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker Movie in a Key Role for Some Reason via io9 “According to the Hollywood Reporter, Robert De Niro is in talks with the studio to join Joaquin Phoenix in the Joker film, playing the host of a late-night talk show who comes to play an instrumental part in the Joker’s origins. While that doesn’t quite map on to the character’s comic book origins, it makes sense that the film, set…

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Zazie Beetz Zazie Beetz is in talks to play a single mom in Joaquin Phoenix’ “The Joker” solo movie. The actress, who co-starred in Deadpool 2, is in talks to join Joaquin Phoenix in Joker, the stand-alone origin project from Warner Bros. and The Hangover helmer Todd Phillips. Phoenix is playing Batman’s long-time villain in a lower-budget dark character study. Details of the project are under wraps but Beetz would play “a single mother who catches the interest of the man who will become the “clown prince of crime.” Joker is due to begin shooting in September in New York. The…

“Doctor Who” (2018) – Graham O’Brien (Bradley Walsh), Yasmin Khan (Mandip Gill), Ryan Sinclair (Tosin Cole), The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) A new trailer for series 11 of “Doctor Who” shares some “new faces, new worlds, and new times”. BBC’s Doctor Who panel, which featured the first female lead Jodie Whittaker and showrunner Chris Chiball, began at 2:45 p.m. Eastern and included the debut of a new trailer. It’s a short trailer but shows some new shots of the 13th Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) along with her new “companions” Graham O’Brien (Bradley Walsh), Yasmin Khan (Mandip Gill) and Ryan Sinclair (Tosin Cole). “All of…

New photos of “Sideshow Collectibles” and “Iron Studios” statues provide the best look yet at the costumes of James Wan’ Aquaman movie. San Diego Comic-Con International 2018 officially starts today and some new high-end statues have been revealed by two collectible companies that show the costumes of Arthur Curry / Aquaman (Jason Momoa), Mera (Amber Heard) and Black Manta (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II). It’s great to see Aquaman wearing the traditional gold and green costume and Black Manta looks amazing in his costume considering he has a giant fishbowl on his head. DC Collectibles Aquaman DC Collectibles Mera DC Collectibles Black Manta…

Here’s everything you may have missed this morning Thursday, July 19, 2018. In Case You Missed It (ICYMI). 1. Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker Origin Movie Has a Predictable Title and a Surprising Release Date via io9 “Joker” is scheduled to be released on October 4, 2019 2. RUMOR: The Main Villains For Both THE BATMAN And SUICIDE SQUAD 2 May Have Been Revealed via Comic Book Movie 3. If infinity war was released in the 90s via Redditt – /MarvelStudios 4. Kevin Feige Reveals Why Captain Marvel is Set in the 90s via Cinemablend “The answer is, you’ll see in the storytelling of…

The Dark Knight (2008) Joker (Heath Ledger), Gambol (Michael Jai White) On the tenth anniversary of “The Dark Knight”, actor Michael Jai White told The Hollywood Reporter he didn’t know Gambol was killed until he watched the movie. Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight” is the darkest and most brilliant Batman movie ever made. It came out on July 18, 2008, in the US and, ten years later, is still the gold standard. The most horrifying scene in the movie is when the Joker played by Heath Ledger tells the story of his facial scars and Gambol (Michael Jai White) ends up dying. The Dark Knight (2008)…

San Diego Comic-Con 2018 starts tomorrow July 19-22, 2018 and ComiXology is celebrating with a huge sale with discounts up to 80% off. DC SDCC 60% Off Sale (use code ‘DC60’ at cart) ends Thursday, July 19, 2018. Marvel: Best-Selling Collections sale ends Thursday, July 26, 2018. Nick Spencer Marvel Sale at comiXology.com! No code required at checkout (Valid 7/16 – 7/19) SAVE up to 67% off Delcourt Anniversary Sale at comiXology.com! No code required at checkout (Valid 7/12 – 7/23) SAVE up to 64% off IDW SDCC Graphic Novel Sale at comiXology.com! No code required at checkout (Valid 7/13…

“Black Panther” (2018) – Letitia Wright Marvel has announced a new comic series following the adventures of Black Panther’s genius little sister Shuri. Marvel Entertainment and IDW Publishing announced this week that the companies will develop middle-grade comic books designed for younger readers. The monthly issues and trade paperback collections, published by IDW, will be available for sale at local comic book shops and book retailers across the country. Among the announced titles is “Shuri” focusing on the sister of the African superhero Black Panther. Created by writer Reginald Hudlin and artist John Romita, Jr. Shuri has been in the…

Glass (2019) – Elijah Price / Mr. Glass (Samuel L. Jackson) A new trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s “Glass” is coming Friday and Universal has released new photos, poster and a short teaser trailer focusing on Kevin Wendell Crumb (James McAvoy) AKA “The Horde”. “Glass” is a sequel to both the psychological dramas “Unbreakable” and “Split”. The original films followed David Dunn (Bruce Willis), who discovers he has amazing superpowers and Crumb, who suffers from Dissociative identity disorder (DID) aka “Split Personality” that manifests as multiple people living inside him including a superpowered villain known as “The Beast”. The teaser shows various…

Kendrick Lamar in still from “All the Stars” music video MTV released their list of nominations for the upcoming Video Music Awards (VMAs). Here are the most notable entries for this year. The blockbuster single from the “Black Panther” soundtrack “All the Stars” has been nominated for “Best Visual Effects”. SZA, who worked with Kendrick Lamar on “All the Stars” has been nominated for “Push Artist of the Year” and “Best Art Direction” awards. Donald Glover AKA Childish Gambino, who starred in “Solo: A Star Wars Story” as Lando and “Spider-Man: Homecoming” as Aaron Davis is nominated for seven awards for…

Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich), Chewbacca (Joonas Suotamo) Here are the early genre box office results of this past weekend Jul 09, 2018 – Jul 15, 2018 Week 28 Box Office Winner: Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation Walt Disney’s “Solo: A Star Wars Story” dropped seven positions to the number 20 spot. It lost about 64% over last week for a domestic box office gross of $212 million and a worldwide total of $385 million. There’s no way this movie is going to crack $500 million and is now the first live-action Star Wars movie…

Danai Gurira at “Avengers: Infinity War” premiere Danai Gurira, who plays Okoye in “Black Panther”, is early talks to star in “Godzilla vs. King Kong” and the next “Star Trek” film. When Danai Gurira scored her breakout role on “The Walking Dead” as Michone it was obvious she was special. Now, after her success in “Black Panther”, Hollywood is finally taking notice. Deadline reports that the actor and award-winning playwright’s in negotiations to star in an unnamed role in the fourth Godzilla movie by Legendary/Warner Bros out May 31, 2019. She would be joining Millie Bobby Brown and Julian Dennison. Meanwhile Paramount is also…

Here’s everything you may have missed today Friday, July 13, 2018. In Case You Missed It (ICYMI). 1. Marvel’s Black Widow standalone movie has its director: Cate Shortland, best known for the Nazi drama ‘Lore’ via The Hollywood Reporter Cate Shortland, the Australian filmmaker perhaps best known for the Nazi drama Lore, has signed on to helm Black Widow, Marvel’s action-adventure project that will star Scarlett Johansson. The search took Marvel to dozens of female directors and some male ones. The move caps off a search that lasted over half a year as the studio met with over 70 directors in order…

Westworld – Bernard Lowe / Arnold (Jeffrey Wright) Nominations for the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced on Thursday at 11:30 a.m. ET/8:30 a.m. PT. Here’s everything you need to know. Here are some key takeaways HBO’s “Westworld” now has 21 Emmy nominations Netflix’ “The Handmaid Tale” now has 20 nominations “Stranger Things” now has 12 nominations Jeffrey Wright has been nominated for two Emmys and won one for “Angels in America” in 2004. Sandra Oh is the first Asian woman to be nominated for an Emmy in its 70-year history. Netflix has surpassed HBO in Emmy nominations Lead Actor in a Drama Series:…

Captain Marvel (2019) Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) The filming of the MCU movie “Captain Marvel” ended June 6, 2018, and two of the stars took to Twitter to celebrate. Brie Larson who plays Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel posted a picture of a calendar along with a clapperboard signed by the crew. It also has a cute little drawing of her in her Kree outfit riding a spaceship. Lashana Lynch, who plays an unnamed character in the film, shared a picture of herself reading a comic book of Captain Marvel while drinking a glass of the French Champagne Veuve…

Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) Scott Lang / Ant-Man (Paul Rudd), Hope van Dyne / The Wasp (Evangeline Lilly) Here are the early box office results of this past weekend Jul 02, 2018 – Jul 08, 2018 Week 27 Box Office Winner: Ant-Man and the Wasp Walt Disney’s “Ant-Man and the Wasp” opened in the number one spot this weekend. It made $76 million for a domestic box office gross of $76 million and a worldwide total of $161 million. This is the ninth time a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie has hit the number one spot. The “Ant-Man 2” sequel beat…

Find out all the awards won by the movie “Black Panther” (2018). The film directed by Ryan Coogler and starring Chadwick Boseman has won 14 awards so far. Here’s the list: 25th Billboard Music Award The Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs) are described as honoring “the hottest names in music today and honorees are selected by performance on the Billboard Charts. “Black Panther” was nominated for “Top Soundtrack” by Billboard. The album was released as “Black Panther: The Album” on February 9, 2018. It’s made up of original songs produced by Kendrick Lamar in collaboration with singers like The Weeknd, Khalid, and SZA.…

Here’s everything you may have missed today Monday, July 02, 2018. In Case You Missed It (ICYMI). 1. The Avengers 4 Title Has Been Leaked via Yahoo The title is apparently “Avengers: End Game” thanks to Trent Opalach’s now updated resume. . A number of fans have pointed out that this is a reference to a scene in Avengers: Infinity War, when Doctor Strange is searching through every possible outcome in the battle with Thanos to see if there’s any possible ending in which the Avengers can win. Out of 14 million possible outcomes only one has the Avengers winning.…

“Wonder Woman” (2011) – Wonder Woman (Adrianne Palicki) Read on to find out which actress wore the best Wonder Woman costume. Next year a brand new Wonder Woman movie is being released and it features yet another new costume. Since her first appearance in 1941 Diana Prince, aka Wonder Woman, has appeared in dozens of live-action movies and TV shows. Some costumes have been great. Some have been awful. Read on to find out the best and worst live-action Wonder Woman costumes of all time. 13. Ellie Wood Walker in “Wonder Woman” (1967) Actor: Ellie Wood Walker Costume Designer: In…

A new rumor is pointing to a huge twist in the movie “Ant-Man and the Wasp” and it could be related to Laurence Fishburn and the new villain Ghost. WARNING: POSSIBLE SPOILERS! In “Ant-Man 2” Laurence Fishburne plays Bill Foster an old colleague of Hank Pym who worked on the “Goliath Project”. Hannah John-Kamen plays Ava, aka Ghost, a villain who has the ability to pass through objects by using the Quantum Realm. The rumor is that Ghost is actually the daughter of Foster and Hank’s wife Janet Van Dyne played by Michelle Pfeiffer. At first, it seems silly but once you break down…

Jackie Robinson For baseball fans, Jackie Robinson is a legend. He became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB). When the Brooklyn Dodgers started him in 1947 he broke the baseball color line. His signing marked the end of racial segregation in professional baseball that started in the 1880s and had forced black players to the “Negro” leagues. He Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. In 1997 his number “42” is the first number to be retired in any sport in any pro league. That started a tradition followed by the…

Here’s a list of movies you should watch to prepare for “Ant-Man and the Wasp”. The latest Marvel movie Ant-Man and the Wasp had it’s world premiere a few days ago and hits the United States in a few weeks on July 6, 2018. It’s already getting rave reviews and has a Rotten Tomato score of 89% as of today. So what should you watch if you haven’t seen that many MCU movies or aren’t familiar with the actors? Here’s a handy guide to the movies you should watch before heading out to watch “Ant-Man 2”. You can find them on…