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This Week in Geek

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After Earth

  • The University of Chicago received a mysterious package addressed to Henry Walton Jones, Jr. (also known as Indiana)
  • You are going to find it hard to enjoy The Dark Knight Rises after this “honest trailer” (spoilers). (Screen Junkies)
  • Want to know what comic book storyline the Justice League movie is going to be based on? (Latino Review)
  • Nicholas Winding Refn (Drive) is going to direct Denzel Washington in a remake of The Equalizer. (Bleeding Cool)
  • Peter Jackson plans to shoot The Adventures of Tintin sequel before finishing The Hobbit. (Screen Rant)
  • What were the 10 most traumatic deaths on television this year? Yes, there are spoilers abound. (Pajiba)
  • Kevin Smith is going back to the well one last time for Clerks III. (Vulture)
  • Garrett Hedlund is coming back for Tron 3. (Latino Review)
  • Looks like we’re getting even more new episodes of Arrested Development. (Vulture)
  • BBC released a new trailer for this year’s Doctor Who Christmas Special.
  • Wreck-It Ralph sequel is in development and a notably absent video game character is promised to make an appearance. (Screen Rant)
  • Gillian Anderson has joined the cast of NBC’s Hannibal. (TV Line)
  • Benedict Cumberbatch talks about the villain he plays in Star Trek Into Darkness who is not Khan. (Bleeding Cool)
  • Matt Damon wonders if it’s possible for Jason Bourne to return to the franchise post-The Bourne Legacy. (Screen Rant)
  • No, Ian McKellen does not have prostate cancer. (Vulture)
  • Sigh. There’s going to be an Angry Birds feature film. (Deadline)
  • Ty Burrell is going to replace the unavailable Christoph Waltz in the next Muppets movie. (I Watch Stuff)
  • Terry Gilliam is still making a Don Quixote film sans Johnny Depp. (Screen Rant)
  • Samuel L. Jackson hopes he gets to be a Jedi spirit in the next Star Wars movies. (Latino Review)
  • Ever wonder for Dave McKean created those awesome covers for Sandman pre-Photoshop? (io9)
  • If you want to build Serenity in LEGO, it will cost you. (io9)
  • Colton Haynes (MTV’s Teen Wolf) has been cast as Roy Harper in CW’s Arrow. (Splash Page)
  • There’s going to be another Firefly reunion on Castle (TV Line)
  • Alejandro González Iñárritu (Biutiful, Amores perros) has signed on to direct a superhero comedy, Birdman. (Bleeding Cool)
  • New trailers for Man of Steel, Oblivion, Pacific Rim, G.I. Joe: Retaliation,  Last Stand, Welcome to the Punch, The Lone Ranger and After Earth

This Week In Geek

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  • Apparently George Lucas gave Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker a heads up about the new Star Wars trilogy (Vulture)
  • Joss Whedon endorsed Mitt Romney for president…sorta (Huffington Post)
  • Adult Swim has picked up an animated series by Dan Harmon (creator of Community) (Vulture)
  • Jamie Foxx is in talks to play Electro in the next Spider-Man film. No, seriously. (Variety)
  • It looks like Francis Lawrence will be directing the remaining films in The Hunger Games series. (Mary Sue)
  • It’s now official: Bryan Singer will be returning to the X-Men film franchise to direct X-Men: Days of Future Past (Deadline Hollywood Daily)
  • Guy Ritchie directed a trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 starring Robert Downey Jr. (Bleeding Cool)
  • Shondra Rhimes is going to produce a android sci-fi thriller for ABC. Indie bands rejoice everyone for more licensing opportunities. (Deadine Hollywood Daily)
  • Captain America: The Winter Solider has officially cast Frank Grillo to play Crossbones (Variety)
  • So what is George Lucas going to do with all that Disney money? (The Mary Sue)
  • The Ghostbusters sequel has been delayed…again. (Vulture)
  • This repurposed video by Disney is going to give Star Wars geeks nightmares.
  • The new Muppets movie is going to star Christoph Waltz (Inglorious Basterds). (Bleeding Cool)
  • I really hope this rumor about Guillermo Del Toro working on a DC film is true. (Bleeding Cool)
  • Community finally has a season premiere date.  I can’t wait to see the Halloween and Christmas episodes in April. (EW)
  • Sin City: A Dame to Kill started filming with some important roles still needing to be cast. (Splash Page)
  • Some cool Halloween costumes from Patton Oswalt and Neil Patrick Harris
  • New trailers for Despicable Me 2, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (Red Band), John Dies At The End and G.I. Joe: Retaliation

Movies I’m Interested In Seeing: Summer 2012

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Despite having movies I have been anticipating for years, this looks like a pretty lame year for summer tentpole films.  This year, “summer” starts on March 4th.  I don’t imagine that I’ll be seeing a lot of movies this summer but I am definitely going to try and see these five.

5. The Amazing Spider-Man (July 3)

Even though Spider-Man 3 was pretty bad, I still hate how quickly they rebooted it (I know there are legal reasons they needed to do it but still).  I think Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone (as Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy respectively) are well cast and appreciate that they are going back to the mechanical web shooters (which highlights Parker’s intelligence) but tying Parker’s parents into the origin and that horrible suit have me shaking my head. All I know if J. Jonah Jameson appears in the sequels, they better get J.K. Simmons back.

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