This Week in Geek

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  • CW is moving forward with casting for a Wonder Woman series. (EW)
  • Is Jonathan Hickman bringing the New Universe back to Marvel? (Bleeding Cool)
  • Who’s in the running to play Star Lord, the lead in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy? (Splash Page)
  • James McAvoy and Bendict Cumberbatch join a radio play of Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere. (io9)
  • It looks like Nick Fury won’t appear in Iron Man 3 but he will be in Captain America: The Winter Solider. (Splash Page)
  • Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen are returning to the X-Men franchise in X-Men: Days of Future Past! (Splash Page)
  • Will Hugh Jackman be joining them? (Latino Review)
  • Charlize Theron is playing the lead in the U.S. remake of Chan-wook Park’s Sympathy for Lady Vengeance. (Latino Review)
  • Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly, the team behind Safety Not Guaranteed, are working on a remake of Flight of the Navigator for Disney. (Latino Review)
  • Neil Patrick Harris has started a new web series called “Neil’s Puppet Dreams.
  • Don Cheadle’s back as Captain Planet and he’s still a dick. (PostBourgie)
  • After Starz’s Spartacus ends, there might be a Julius Caesar spinoff (Vulture)
  • Cate Blanchett is going to play Cinderella’s evil stepmother in Mark Romanek’s live-action Disney remake. (io9)
  • Marvel Studios’ president Kevin Feige talks about a darker tone for Iron Man 3 (Screen Rant)
  • Zack Snyder talks about why he changed Superman’s costume for Man of Steel (amongst other things). (Comics Alliance)
  • For some ridiculous reason, Lenny Kravitz has been cast as Marvin Gaye in Julien Temple’s biopic. (Deadline)
  • The first official synopsis of Star Trek Into Darkness is released.  Still no idea who the villain is. (io9)
  • Sigh.  Looks like we’re going to have to wait a little longer for season three of Sherlock. (Bleeding Cool)
  • Sienna Guillory joins the cast of Luther for season three. (Screen Rant)
  • New trailers for Django Unchained and Freeloaders (Warning: NSFW)

This Week In Geek

  • 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

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