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J.J. Abrams to Direct Star Wars Episode VII

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J.J. Abrams will direct the next “Star Wars” film for Disney, taking stewardship of one of Hollywood’s most iconic and lucrative film franchises, an individual with knowledge of the production told TheWrap. (Full story)

You’d think I would be thrilled. I have enjoyed all of J.J. Abrams films and has already proven his ability to handle science fiction on a large scale (Star Trek) and more personal one (Super 8). This just seems like a really uninspired selection.

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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

Last Week in Geek

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  • When I have children, this is what their rubber duckies are going to look like. (Neatorama)
  • Paranormal Activity 5 already has a release date. (Deadline Hollywood)
  • Looks like someone is trying to kill Machete Kills. (Latino Review)
  • Chevy Chase left Community with a few episodes left to film in season four. (The Nerdist)
  • Are there already writers for Star Wars: Episode VIII and IX? (The Mary Sue)
  • Chad Coleman (Cutty from The Wire) has been cast as Tyreese in The Walking Dead. (Vulture)
  • A new trailer for Man of Steel will be attached to The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Splash Page)
  • Here are the contenders for the role of Harry Osborn in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. (Splash Page)
  • Insidious 2 is coming next summer! (Screen Rant)
  • Over two dozen animals may have been killed during the filming of The Hobbit (I Watch Stuff)
  • The first teaser for season three of Game of Thrones.
  • Here’s a prequel minisode and trailer for this year’s Doctor Who Christmas Special.
  • I guess that 300 sequel is actually happening (Splash Page)
  • The next Marvel event is going to be the Age of Ultron (Bleeding Cool)
  • New trailers for Dark Skies, Jack the Giant Slayer and Snitch.

This Week in Geek

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  • The sequel to The Muppets starts filming in London in January and will feature more songs by Bret McKenzie (Bleeding Cool)
  • Screen Junkies finally made an “honest trailer” for The Amazing Spider-Man (spoilers).
  • The pilot for Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D TV series directed by Joss Whedon will start filming in January. (Bleeding Cool)
  • Skyfall‘s director Sam Mendes and writer John Logan are making a vampire hunter TV series. (io9)
  • The Battlestar Galactica prequel Blood & Chrome (featuring Will Adama as a pilot in the Cylon Wars) is finally going to air online starting today as webisodes (EW)
  • Who’s directing Star Wars: Episode VII? Is it Matthew Vaughn (X-Men: First Class)?  Is it Colin Trevorrow (Safety Not Guaranteed)? (Collider/Bleeding Cool)
  • Whoever is directing, it appears Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine, Toy Story 3) has already plotted out the next Star Wars trilogy and will likely be the writer of Episode VII. (Bleeding Cool)
  • Harrison Ford is open to returning to the role of Han Solo in the new trilogy. (EW)
  • Is Disney trying to buy Hasbro next? (MTV Geek)
  • Because no one demanded it, 70s/80s fantasy comic Elfquest might finally be getting a movie. (io9)
  • Stan Lee wants a bigger cameo in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. I say give it to him as long as his character is named Jack Kirby. (Splash Page)
  • Spartacus: War of the Damned premieres in January. (TV Squad)
  • Neil Gaiman’s next Doctor Who episode will feature the Cybermen. (Bleeding Cool)
  • Mark Wahlberg is going to star in the next Transformers movie by Michael Bay. (Latino Review)
  • David Yates is going to direct Tarzan for Warner Bros. Yay for the resurrection of racist franchises! (Vulture)
  • At least someone agrees with me that Preacher should be a TV series not a movie. (Splash Page)
  • Shock surprise, Man of Steel is going to be in 3D. (Deadline Hollywood Daily)
  • One of the best ongoing comic series, Locke & Key, might be getting a movie trilogy. (Splash Page)
  • DC Comics decides to end it’s longest running series, Hellblazer, just so they can relaunch it. (MTV Geek)
  • Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Brett Ratner are joining forces for Hercules. (Splash Page)
  • New trailers for World War Z (starring Brad Pitt), The Last Stand (starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Les Misérables (Latino Review)

10 Rash Thoughts About Disney’s Acquisition of Lucasfilm

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Out of nowhere, it was announced today that Disney acquired Lucasfilm AND have promised Star Wars Episode VII in 2015. A normal person would sleep on it, collect his/her thoughts and write an intelligent response to this shocking news.  I’m not normal and here are my initial thoughts:

  1. I could never imagine a world where Disney owned everything I loved as a child: Star Wars, Marvel Comics and the Muppets.
  2. Does this mean that Leia is now a Disney Princess?
  3. 2015 will give us the sequel to The Avengers, Justice League and now, a new Star Wars movie. Hopefully, movies won’t cost $25 per ticket by then.
  4. While I’m scared of a new Star Wars film, I’m excited to see the Star Wars cinematic universe out of the hands of George Lucas.
  5. I’m not looking forward to every geeky response to the casting of the Star Wars film.
  6. Disneyland/Disney World is about to become an even more awesome place.
  7. What the hell is going to be the plot of the next Star Wars film?
  8. What does this mean for the Indiana Jones franchise?
  9. What does this mean for Star Wars comics (currently published by Dark Horse) or the incredibly popular Clone Wars cartoon (distributed by Warner Brothers, airing on Cartoon Network)?
  10. Can we get a Pixar short with Wall-E, R2-D2 and C-3P0?

Links for January 12th

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