Sony released the Goosebumps trailer starring Jack Black as R.L. Stine.
Upset about moving from a big city to a small town, teenager Zach Cooper (Dylan Minnette) finds a silver lining when he meets the beautiful girl, Hannah (Odeya Rush), living right next door. But every silver lining has a cloud, and Zach’s comes when he learns that Hannah has a mysterious dad who is revealed to be R. L. Stine (Jack Black), the author of the bestselling Goosebumps series. It turns out that there is a reason why Stine is so strange… he is a prisoner of his own imagination – the monsters that his books made famous are real, and Stine protects his readers by keeping them locked up in their books. When Zach unintentionally unleashes the monsters from their manuscripts and they begin to terrorize the town, it’s suddenly up to Stine, Zach, and Hannah to get all of them back in the books where they belong.
Goosebumps will be in theaters on October 16, 2015.
Apart from the official San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC 2015) panels, actor Zachary Levi and The Nerd Machine have once again organized some interesting panels at NerdHQ to raise money for Operation Smile with guests like Bryan Cranston, Nathan Fillion, M. Night Shyamalan and Joss Whedon, amongst many others.
If you didn’t know, The Nerd Machine, founded by Zachary Levi (Chuck, Tangled, Thor: The Dark World, Heroes Reborn), sets up this four-day event every year during SDCC to be able to gather together as many nerds and prime members of the film, television, tech and gaming industry (some of whom happen to be Levi’s friends) as they possibly can to share a fun, relaxed Q&A with fans — and occasional auctions — apart from many other activities. All the proceeds from the panels tickets, exclusive photoshoots and signings, as well as attendees donations go to Operation Smile, a nonprofit organization which provides worldwide medical service to children who are born with cleft lip and cleft palate. Zachary Levi himself and his team have experienced in person what Operation Smile does in countries like Honduras, and he’s been an ambassador for the organization for years, along with other celebrities like Molly Sims, Jackie Chan and Kate Walsh.
So if you’re near San Diego, check out Nerd HQ for lots of fun activities:
“The event will feature PC, console, and mobile gaming activations that are only available at HQ. […] HQ will feature two of the best fan parties of the weekend on Thursday and Saturday night. […] We will continue to bring you the “Smiles for Smiles” and “Signings for Smiles” opportunities that raise money for Operation Smile.”
This year’s NerdHQ will be held at the New Children’s Museum in downtown San Diego and it is free to attend, except for the “Conversations for a Cause” panels, with tickets selling for $22 and capacity for 200 people each. At the time of posting this article, most of the panels are already sold out, but there are still some seats available for “Conversations” like “Virtual Reality, Project Morpheus, and the Future of Gaming”, which promises to be fascinating, or “Bad Ass Women”, next Friday. Last year’s “Bad Ass Women” panel featured Yvonne Strahovski, Retta, Jennifer Morrison, Sophie Turner, Missy Peregrym and Ming-Na Wen, so I look forward to this year’s guests, still not revealed.
Scheduled panels from next Thursday to Sunday include film and television actors, directors, producers, like William Shatner, Elijah Wood, Steven Moffat, Clark Gregg, Hayley Atwell, Seth Green, Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki, M. Night Shyamalan, Bryan Cranston, and recurring guests Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk and Joss Whedon.
For a complete “Conversations for a Cause” schedule visit The Nerd Machine.
All panels will be streamed live online via IGN, but be sure to follow Monkeys Fighting Robots to find out everything that you missed from NerdHQ and also anything else interesting from SDCC 2015!
Idris Elba is currently filming Star Trek Beyond in Vancouver, BC, Canada. It is reported that Elba is the Klingon villain and the current version of the franchise Spock has stood center in the first two film. It will be interesting to watch the interaction between dry with of Zachary Quinto’s Vulcan and the gruffness of Elba’s Klingon.
Xpose.ie caught up with Elba and talked about how he was a Trekkie growing up and his favorite character was Spock.
“Almost everyone was a Trekkie, really, weren’t they? I wouldn’t say I was a hardcore one but I definitely watched that show a million times,” Elba told British newspaper Metro.
“Spock was probably my favorite character – and in this one I have some scenes with Zachary Quinto,” said Elba.
Star Trek Beyond stars Idris Elba, Simon Pegg, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, John Cho and Anton Yelchin with direction from Justin Lin. The film opens July 8, 2016.
At 10:21pm Tuesday night director Paul Feig tweeted out a picture of Ecto-1 for the Ghostbusters reboot that is currently filming. Then at 11:15pm Feig tweeted that he is not deleting or blocking any negative tweets or people, and that he appreciates the feedback.
The only problem is I looked through roughly the first 100 or so replies and I can’t find a negative comment. I find it very hard to believe that the internet is that nice.
I’m not call Feig a liar, but something smells fishy. Do you think Feig used enough imagination to re-invent Ecto-1 or is it a cheap knock-off of the original?
The box office will determine the fate of the Ghostbusters reboot on July 22, 2016.
The film was written by Feig and Katie Dippold; and stars Melissa McCarthy, Chris Hemsworth, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Cecily Strong, and Leslie Jones.
The plot is still unknown but they’re probably going to bust some ghosts.
Not blocking or deleting. I hear you all and appreciate all your input, good or bad. Thanks. https://t.co/pxZsWGeNyL
Here is the original Ecto-1 for a point of reference. The vehicle used for the Ecto-1 was a 1959 Cadillac professional chassis, built by the Miller-Meteor company. The ambulance/hearse combination was the end loader variety.
Marvel announced Tuesday evening that Elodie Yung has joined the cast of Daredevil and she will play Elektra.
“After a worldwide search, we found in Elodie the perfect actress to embody both Elektra’s impressive and deadly physicality, as well as her psychological complexity,” said Executive Producer and Head of Marvel Television, Jeph Loeb. “Paired with Charlie as Matt Murdock, the two will bring one of the most beloved and tumultuous comic book relationships to life with all the accompanying sparks and spectacular action sequences the show is known for.”
In the first season of Daredevil there is a quick reference to a Greek girl that Matt Murdock dated in college.
Season two of Daredevil is currently film in New York and is schedule to debut in Spring of 2016.
Donny Most joined the Monkey Fighting Robots podcast to talk about his music and his time on Happy Days.
Most has appeared on Glee, played himself on The Family Guy, in the 80’s he was the voice of Eric the Cavalier on Dungeons & Dragons and Stiles on Teen Wolf. His most notable work is his character Ralph Malph from Happy Days.
Now at the age of 62, Donny Most is going back to his musical roots. Paying homage to The Chairman of the Board – Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and his idol Bobby Darin, with his supper club act “Donny Most Sings and Swings.”
After reports in May that Harry Shearer, the voice of several of the most prominent characters on The Simpsons, would be leaving the show after 26 years, reports now say he will return for the 27th season.
According to a report over at TV Line, Harry Shearer has signed a new two-year contract with the series. Shearer voices Mr. Burns, Flanders, Seymour Skinner, Smithers, Otto, and a handful of other periphery characters. the Simpsons had planned to move on from Shearer, even trying to fill the void he would leave behind on the show, which had been renewed for two more seasons.
The public dispute over contract negotiations had gotten a bit heated between the attorney for James L. Brooks, executive producer Al Jean, and Shearer, who said via Twitter he was excited to explore other work:
This because I wanted what we've always had: the freedom to do other work. Of course, I wish him the very best. (2/2)
Luckily, the public bickering ended, and Shearer signed on to continue his excellent voice work with the longest-running sitcom in TV history. If you ask me, The Simpsons would not be The Simpsons were it not for the diverse vocal talents of Harry Shearer. This is a win for everyone who is a fan of the show.
Well the first episode of Charlotte is out and it was so good I had to watch it twice. Mostly because the first time I watched it was because I was making dinner and couldn’t pay enough attention. But I just got done watching it over again and let me tell you, this show will be dense.
Now if any of you are familiar with Jun Maeda’s work he tends to set up his thesis and universes in the first episode. So knowing that, I have scraped together my thoughts about some subtle signs that may turn out to be huge in later episodes. Granted I could be entirely wrong, but half the fun is speculating. Especially with a show like this.
I want to start off with the title because in a Maeda/Key shows the title is always something that warrants further thought. The title is usually the first thing you remember about a show and the last thing you tend to think about. However in Maeda’s work the title usually serves as a critical piece to discovering what the show is about. The title Charlotte I think is attributed to a star or a comet. Seeing that the logo of the show has a comet in the design and for now I can see the comet being the source of these kids powers, its fair to draw a comparison. So lets just assume for now that the comet is named Charlotte.
The name Charlotte means “Free Man” so I find it rather peculiar that a comet named this is granting these kids with magical powers. From the main character Yu we can already tell that he has a lot of baggage. Maybe this comet is trying to free the people it grants with power from their current suffering. Nao clearly states that the power isn’t meant to last forever and that it’s often lost once adulthood is reached. So it’s definitely a possibility.
On the subject of powers lets cover them, shall we? Currently there are only their ability users so far. But seeing that Nao is a wrangler of sorts of kids who have these abilities, we’ll probably find more when Yu transfers to her school. Yu’s ability is that he can transfer his consciousness to anyone he can see for five seconds. In that time his body goes limp almost lifeless. Nao’s ability is that she can become invisible from one target. The time limit on this isn’t made clear. Jojiro can teleport but he isn’t fully able to control where he stops after he teleports. Yu makes the comment that these are all rather incomplete abilities. This may be contributed that these children aren’t complete yet and these powers are to guide them towards being whole. I’m sure all their powers mean something but I’ll save that till I know more about the characters.
From left to right Jojiro, Nao, Yu
As for our seemingly main character Yu, it seems that Yu has some problems. But what high school boy doesn’t have problems. For now all we know is that he hates his parents for the way his life turned out and he wants his little sister to feel the same way. He certainly has a devious side seeing that the minute he gets his powers he uses them to start fights and cheat on tests. It’s hard to tell whats the real Yu at this point. Because a lot of his inner monologues are horrible but on the outside he fronts as a caring person. It could just be him being drunk on his new-found power or something more.
To wrap up the episode Yu has a very strange dream. In this dream he sees himself walking along with his sister. But someone is walking beside them that he doesn’t recognize. Earlier in the episode his sister brings up remembering that they had an older sibling, but Yu denies that fact. So the fact that he’s seeing this person in his dream is rather odd. Could he be lying to his sister or has he just forgotten.
Most of Jun Maeda works have a big focus on family. and with the way Charlotte’s first episode played out, I think it’s safe to say that family will have a big role this time too. All around the first episode was enjoyable and I am eager to see the next episode
Robert Kirkman posted this message on the Skybound website announcing he will not be at San Diego Comic-con this year due to a minor surgery.
People of Earth,
It is with tremendous regret that I must inform you that I will not be attending Comic-Con International in San Diego this year. I won’t be at the Skybound Comics panel in room 7AB on Thursday, 7/9, from 12-1pm or our Skybound Entertainment panel in room 6BCF from 3:30-4:30pm that same day. I won’t be at the WALKING DEAD or FEAR THE WALKING DEAD panels in Hall H Friday, which are taking place at 12pm and 1pm, respectively. I won’t be at the OUTCAST TV show panel in room 6DE on Saturday, 7/11, from 3-4pm. I won’t be signing at the Image Comics/Skybound – booth #2729. I won’t be at the Skybound Fifth Anniversary and AIR Premiere event. I won’t even be across the street at the Walker Stalker Fan Fest located at Petco Park, where you can get a hands on experience with OVERKILL’S THE WALKING DEAD ahead of its 2016 release. Unfortunately, after years and years of being healthier than my physique would indicate I had to have minor surgery on my throat. Nothing serious, but in the aftermath of such a fun experience, it comes with a brief duration of time where I’m unable to speak so all that pink business inside me can heal. As luck would have it, that period of time overlaps with Comic-Con.
This is the first Comic-Con I’m missing in well over a decade. While I’m bummed that I can’t be there, there’s nothing keeping you from enjoying all the fun events I mentioned above despite my absence. Have you seen Andrew Lincoln’s eyes up close? You don’t want to miss those! Don’t pass up the opportunity to ask both Patrick Fugit and Kim Dickens how much I enjoyed their performances in Gone Girl (hint, a lot). Believe me when I tell you the trailers we’re debuting for each of these three TV shows and Skybound’s first feature, AIR, are phenomenal and you’re definitely going to want to be among the first to see them. The Skybound booth is going to have all kinds of ridiculously awesome stuff at it, including a crossbow that fires littles foam darts. I’ve been terrorizing people around the office with it for months.
I plan on making my triumphant Comic-Con return next year, you’ve been warned. Until then I’ll just be catching up on work and eating a lot of ice cream. So go to a panel, buy an overpriced hotdog, and think of me when you’re buying Transformer toys. I wish you all a fun and safe Comic-Con. Someone please be sure to bootleg the Deadpool trailer for me!
The Wall Street Journal has an exclusive featurette that shows how the next Marvel installment, Ant-Man, is as much a heist film as it is a superhero movie.
What makes this video work and possibly the film is it introduces the Ant-Man heist team, and you as the viewer have now created a relationship with the characters and that relationship makes you care about the film.
Michael Peña, David Dastmalchian, and T.I. are way Ant-Man will be a success at the box office.
Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, con-man Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.
Marvel’s Ant-Man will be in theaters on July 17, 2015.
