I’ve got an awesome trailer for an independent sci-fi film you’ve gotta check out called Virtual Revolution. The film was directed by Guy-Roger Duvert and the story is set in Neo Paris, France in the year 2047. It’s a time of technological revolution in which 75% of the population spends all their time online in virtual worlds, leaving reality to a small minority of individuals. Here’s the story description for you to read:

The revolution did happen. Just not the way people thought it would. The population is now divided between a big majority, the Connected, always online, and a minority still attached to reality, called the Living. Some never really made a clear choice. They are the Hybrids.

Nash is a Hybrid. He is also a killer, working for one of the world corporations behind several of the most important virtual worlds. His mission is to track, identify and kill terrorists who threaten these worlds by killing players randomly, from inside the games. Nash’s girlfriend was among the victims. Now his investigation leads him from inside Neo Paris slums to the opulent Neo District, but also from inside several virtual worlds.

While he finally succeeds in infiltrating one of the terrorist cells, he then finds himself in the middle of a dangerous game between his employer, Interpol, which decides to solde the problem directly, and these terrorists with noble goals but questionable means…

The revolution did happen. Just not the way people thought it would…

I don’t know when we’ll actually be about to watch this, but I'm impressed by what I saw in this trailer and I can’t wait to see the full film! It’d be great if Hollywood actually backed these kinds of original films and helped them reach their full potential. The movie looks great, but like most indie films like this, it could use a polish. 

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Last night, the first trailer was released for Michael Fassbender's adaptation of the hit video game franchise Assassin's Creed. I loved what I saw in the trailer and visually, it looked amazing. I didn't really care for the music used in the trailer, though, and neither did a lot of other fans. I saw a lot of complaints about it, but just because the musical choice was bad doesn't mean the movie is going to be bad because I think Assassin's Creed is going to kick ass. 

The trailer has already been recut to some new music by GamesRadar and they used a song called Iron by Woodkid, which was used in the trailer for the video game Assassin's Creed: Revelations. It definitely makes the trailer flow a little better.

The film was directed by Justin Kurrzel (Macbeth), and Fassbender is joined by Marion Cotillard (Inception), Michael K. Williams (The Wire), Jeremy Irons (Batman v Superman), and Brendan Gleeson (Edge of Tomorrow). 

Assassin’s Creed is set to be released on December 21st, 2016.

The film is based on the Ubisoft video game franchise, and the story follows a character named Callum Lynch who, "through a revolutionary technology that unlocks his genetic memories, is able to experience the adventures of his ancestor, Aguilar, in 15th Century Spain. Callum discovers he is descended from a mysterious secret society, the Assassins, and amasses incredible knowledge and skills to take on the oppressive and powerful Templar organization in the present day."

Some really cool news has come out of the Cartoon Network camp today. Variety announced that Cartoon Network has some pretty awesome plans to ensure that their current, future, and past fan bases will all be entertained. One of the steps they are taking is to bring us new episodes of Samurai Jack. Earlier this year, Adult Swim announced the series revival would be coming, but this solidifies their plans, and there are a ton of other new announcements that CN has revealed:

The Time Warner-owned cable programmer that tilts toward millennial viewers and younger generations with animated fare shown in primetime and overnights, said it would release more original programming via streaming video for daytime viewing as part of an effort to spur its audience to increase consumption of its oddball but cult-favorite content.

The outlet "simply knows its audience," said Christina Miller, president and general manager, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim and Boomerang, in a prepared statement.

As part of its slate of programs, expected to be cited next week during a presentation by Time Warner’s Turner unit, Adult Swim will unveil its revival of “Samurai Jack,” the former Cartoon Network series that has not produced an original episode since 2004. Original creator and executive producer Genndy Tartakovsky will continue the epic story of a young prince from feudal Japan vies with a shape-shifting demon named Aku in the far-flung future. The series will be produced by Cartoon Network Studios.

Other returning series include: Black Jesus, Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule, The Eric Andre Show, Infomercials, Mike Tyson Mysteries, Mr. Pickles, Neon Joe Werewolf Hunter, Robot Chicken, Rick and Morty, Squidbillies, Tim & Eric’s Bedtime Stories, The Venture Bros. and Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell.

With a majority of my friends cutting off cable/satellite companies and going completely streaming, this is a great way for CN to get in front of the wave and provide original content for those who have cut the cord.

Variety also included a list of specials and new shows that are slated to show up at the CN. Because I am not a jerk, here is the list. Enjoy!

Adult Swim’s new original series and specials include:

Robot Chicken: The Walking Dead Special: The team behind “Robot Chicken” joins with the creators of “The Walking Dead” to create a half-hour special satirizing the zombie apocalypse.  Stoopid Buddy Stoodios produces in tandem with “Walking Dead” creator/executive producer Robert Kirkman and showrunner/executive producer/writer Scott M. Gimple.

Montana James: Explorer Montana James hunts for the coveted Holy Grail Cup, while trying to thwart the Order of the Red Arm Band in this half-hour live-action special. Created by Nick Corirossi and Charles Ingram, and produced by Funny Or Die.

Mr. Neighbor’s House: A half-hour special hosted by Brian Huskey, who plays a kids’ TV host barely able to contain boiling rage by throwing to “educational” vignettes: puppets, animation, stop motion, spoken word and mixed medium elements. “Mr. Neighbor’s House” was created by Huskey, Jason Mantzoukas and Jesse Falcon, who also serve as executive producers with Rob Corddry.

Brett Gelman’s Dinner in America: Brett Gelman and director Jason Woliner explore the issue of race in a half-hour special featuring a roundtable discussion with four actors: Loretta Devine, Shareeka Epps, Joe Morton  and Mack Wilds that does not go the way it was originally planned. Created and written by Gelman and Woliner and produced by Abso Lutely Productions.

Dream Corp, LLC: An absurd workplace comedy set in a neglected dream therapy facility features a rotating cast of desperate patients who have their dreams recorded and analyzed by Dream Corp’s absent-minded professor, Dr. Roberts (Jon Gries), and his team of unremarkable scientists. Dream Corp, LLC is created by Daniel Stessen and executive-produced by John Krasinski and Stephen Merchant, as well as Krasinski’s Sunday Night partner Allyson Seeger.

Million Dollar Extreme Presents: World Peace: This quarter-hour live-action comedy series features sketch comedy troupe Million Dollar Extreme. Starring Sam Hyde, Nick Rochefort, Charls Carroll, and directed by Andrew Ruse.

Brad Neely’s Harg Nallin’ Sclopio Peepio: A new quarter-hour animated sketch show created by Brad Neely, the series features a collection of frenetic one-off bits, shorts and songs, all filtered through Neely’s signature visual style. Neely and Daniel Weidenfeld serve as executive producers, with Dave Newberg as co-executive producer and Titmouse, Inc. producing.

Decker: Unclassified: This series follows Agent Jack Decker and master code breaker Agent Jonathan Kington navigate evils both foreign and domestic threatening a once great nation. The series was created by and stars Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington, and is produced by Abso Lutely Productions.

FLCL: Adult Swim and legendary animation studio Production I.G are creating two new six-episode seasons to continue a series created in 2000, which will premiere in Adult Swim’s Toonami block. Series creator Kazuya Tsurumaki, serves as supervisor with director Hideto Iwai.

Pilots

Art Prison: Talented convicts vie for one last shot at success inside a Prison for the Performing Arts in this half-hour live-action pilot. Created by Tom Kauffman and Paul Isakson, who serve as executive producers with Dan Harmon. Produced by Starburns Industries.

Lazor Wulf: This quarter-hour animated pilot follows a wolf who carries a laser on his back. Ccreated by Henry Bonsu and written/executive-produced by Bonsu and Daniel Weidenfeld.

Chuck Deuce: A half-hour animated pilot about a surfer whose memory is wiped out by a giant wave and who suffers from hallucinations as a result. Executive produced by creator Chioke ‘Stretch’ McCoy and Matt Iles, with Jenn Tolman serving as producer.

AdultSwim.com Streaming Shows

 Stupid Morning Bull—t: Hosts field calls and break down current events in pop culture while occasionally setting things on fire in an otherwise relaxed, morning show environment. Weekdays at 11 a.m. ET

Williams Street Swap Shop: A live, daily community swap meet. Weekdays at 1 p.m.

Crosswords:  Novices and experts alike are encouraged to call in to help solve a variety of challenging daily puzzles, including the esteemed New York Times crossword. Weekdays at 2 p.m.

FishCenter: Fourteen enchanting and colorful fish are the stars of this live, daily interactive comedy and game show based around the Adult Swim aquarium. Weekdays at 4 p.m.

Call of Karaoke: Call in and sing along with hosts who are happy to take requests while playing shoot-em-up games. Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m.

Daytime Fighting League: Sixteen amateur fighter compete in ridiculous battles. Thursdays at 5 p.m.

Sports Bitches: Alpha males confront each other in various sports-themed video games while debating callers and showing clips of the biggest national sports stories of the week. Thursdays at 6 p.m.

Development Meeting: Adult Swim fans call in and pitch their ideas to actual Adult Swim development execs, who also provide sneak peeks at new and never before seen clips. Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.

Game Humpers: Call in live to impress the experts with your best tips and tricks for a variety of games and challenges. Fridays at 5:30 p.m.

Toonami Pre-Flight: A deep dive into all things Toonami, including an in-depth look at shows and an interactive Facebook Question of the Week. Fridays at 6:30 p.m. (ET)

Spoilers! Spoilers! Spoilers!

Lucasfilm Story Group Creative Executive (long title) Pablo Hidalgo just dropped a spoiler that dispels a major fan theory about the true identity of Supreme Leader Snoke:

@JediMasterPlant Snoke is not Plagueis. Dang. I lost the game.

— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) May 11, 2016

Not that it does much good now, but I never thought that was who Snoke was. It seemed a little too on the nose and too close to extended universe canon, which is no longer actual canon. I mean it's not like my theory that Snoke is of the same species as Yoda, but it does make me feel a bit more vindicated knowing that NO ONE knows who Snoke is yet.

Straight from not THE horse's mouth, but A horse's mouth nonetheless. Do you buy it? Are you still in denial? Remember, Andy Serkis also denied that Snoke was Plagueis earlier this year.

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I thought Pixar's Brave was ambitious and interesting if not outright successful when it came out a few years ago, and now that movie's co-director, Brenda Chapman, is heading into the live-action realm for her newest fairytale film.

Deadline reports that Chapman will make her live-action feature directing debut with Come Away, a film that serves as a crossover and prequel of Peter Pan and Alice in Wonderland. Rookie writer Marissa Kate Goodhill wrote the screenplay, and here's the premise:

Before Alice went to Wonderland, and before Peter became Pan, they were brother and sister. When their eldest brother dies in a tragic accident, they each seek to save their parents from their downward spirals of despair until finally they are forced to choose between home and imagination, setting the stage for their iconic journeys into Wonderland and Neverland.

Weirdly, it doesn't sound like movie is being developed at Disney. How is that possible? Well, technically Peter Pan and Alice are both now in the public domain. I'm sure Disney's not thrilled about that, especially since they have Alice Through The Looking Glass coming out and are presumably looking to continue that film series, and the studio is also developing its own live-action Peter Pan film.

But here's the question: do you think a crossover prequel between these characters is a story that's begging to be told? I'm not so sure, but I'm interested to hear your take in the comments below.

We love to think that there are no bounds to humanity's will to survive. Science fiction tells us that anything's possible! But actual science says otherwise. In this video, In A Nutshell shows us that even if we had the Starship Enterprise, humanity would only be capable of traveling to .00000000001% of the observable universe. That's disheartening, but as you'll see in the video, that's still a super large area of space! Great work!

I'm not sure where everyone else stands on the matter, but I thought Evan Peters' Quicksilver blew Aaron Taylor-Johnson's Quicksilver out of the water. We still don't know exactly how Peters feels about how the two measure up, but Yahoo says the actor is upset that Taylor-Johnson's version of Quicksilver was killed off:

"I was devastated by it. I really wanted that to keep going. I thought it was cool. I don’t really know why they killed him off...I liked what they did with it. It was different. It was a completely different take on it. He had the Russian accent. I mean, they had this swoopy thing with the lines behind, which I thought was really cool, and I don’t know. I thought it was a cool character."

I don't think Marvel Studios' Quicksilver was terrible, but Marvel did a less than adequate job establishing his short-lived character with the audience. Frankly, I didn't care too much when he was killed off. Am I alone on that? Would you have liked to see Aaron Taylor-Johnson continue playing the role?

Here's the brand new red-band trailer for Nicolas Winding Refn's new horror film The Neon Demon. From everything we've seen so far, it doesn't look like a traditional horror movie (which, frankly, is to be expected when it comes to this filmmaker), but much more like a psychosexual exploration of what it means to be a woman in a society where image is everything. I hope it's a little more akin to Drive than Only God Forgives, since the latter movie was practically impenetrable.

The film arrives in theaters on June 24th before streaming on Amazon. Beware: this trailer contains a little flash of nudity, so it's probably not a good idea to watch it at work.

GeekTyrant has a new live-streaming show called Spidey Beats in which Spider-Man boogies down as he plays some music and interviews cosplayers. It's wonderfully goofy and provides you with some fun and zany entertainment. 

In this first episode, Spidey is joined by cosplayer extraordinaire Ainsley Bircher of Pigtails and Powertools Cosplay Creations, who shows off her incredible Samus Aran cosplay. She also serves as the co-host in this episode. Spidey also interviews Whitney from Zabracus Cosplay, who comes on to party down with Spidey and show off her Spider-Gwen outfit. 

You can watch the full video from out live-stream last night below. Make sure to tell us what you think! You can catch the show live every Wednesday night at 5pm PT on the GeekTyrant Facebook Page.

Marvel Studios introduced Black Panther in Captain America: Civil War, and audiences seemed to really enjoy Chadwick Boseman's performance and the overall badassery of the character. I was already interested in the Black Panther solo movie, but seeing the character in action in Civil War kicked that excitement to the next level — especially considering what happens in the mid-credits scene and the first look we received at T'Challa's futuristic jungle kingdom in Wakanda.

Creed director Ryan Coogler is co-writing and directing the film, and now it's brought on another excellent addition. THR reports that Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o is in talks to join the cast of the movie. There's no official word about which character she'd play, but she is said to be the Panther's love interest.

In the comics, Panther has been romantically linked to Ororo Munroe, aka Storm from the X-Men, and that seems like it definitely won't happen in this movie considering that character is currently licensed out to 20th Century Fox. The far more likely option for Nyong'o here is the character of Monica Lynne, a Georgia-born jazz singer with whom Panther falls in love and eventually gets engaged. As far as I can tell, she's just a normal human woman and doesn't ever gain or posses superpowers of her own.

Nyong'o is a great addition to this movie, and this continues a streak of roles at in Disney movies for her: Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Jungle Book, Queen of Katwe, and now this.

Black Panther arrives in theaters on February 2, 2018.

You won't believe it after watching, but this is one of DavidUngerMusic's more tame videos. For those of you that don't recognize the name, he's the guy behind those movie trailer parodies that look like acid trips. In this compilation, we witness the "chocolates" of Tom Hanks' life. It makes more sense now that I've seen it, but while watching I was like "WTF does Almond Praline have to do with that terrible Julia Roberts movie?"

When Willem Dafoe was cast in a mystery role in Zack Snyder's Justice League, I asked our commenters to give us their suggestions and guesses as to who he might be playing in the movie. The one piece of information we had was that he was said to be playing a good guy, but a majority of our commenters thought this was misdirection; turns out a lot of people really want to see Dafoe as The Joker in some form or another. (The continuity gets a little tricky with that one.) Others took the "good guy" news at face value and suggested the Martian Manhunter (a great suggestion).

BirthMoviesDeath has done some digging, and though they didn't get a specific character name, they did find out that Dafoe will be playing an Atlantean in the two-part superhero saga. Who could that be? Seems like the right age for Arthur Curry's father, but when you look at it, it seems a little preposterous that Dafoe could ever be Jason Momoa's dad.

Additionally, the site says that the Aquaman solo movie is undergoing a page one rewrite, and that new technology is being implemented in Justice League (and presumably Aquaman) to make the underwater scenes look better than they did in the brief cameo in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

In Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Aquaman's cameo was marred by the fact that Jason Momoa was very, very clearly holding his breath in a water tank. Like, his cheeks are all puffy as if he were chilling on the bottom of the pool at his parents' house. It's not a good look for an amphibious hero. My sources tell me that rather than shoot in a water tank this time Zack Snyder has set up an elaborate rig on a green screen stage - it's a two armed rig, with Momoa clutched in one arm while the camera is clutched in the other. They two arms are preprogrammed to move in sync so that Momoa can do all kinds of maneuvers while the camera moves around him. I'm assuming there's a similar rig for more elaborate flying stuff. Momoa's hair will be CGIed into a flowy, underwater look. 

Sounds cool to me, and Snyder certainly has a flair for visuals. If Aquaman is playing a larger role here, it stands to reason that he'd devote more time to making sure his scenes look better than they did before.

I can't wait to see AMC's TV adaptation of Preacher, the seminal 1990s comic from Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon. At this point you probably know all about the major players involved — Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Sam Catlin (from Breaking Bad) — who's been cast in what role, and how the show is going to diverge from the comics, so we don't need to rehash all of that here.

Let's just watch this behind-the-scenes video from Uproxx in which Dominic Cooper (Jesse Custer) shows us around the set. Preacher airs on AMC starting Sunday, May 22nd.

Update: Here's the YouTube embed.

Fans of Gundam will be happy to hear Toonami announced a recent acquisition of a series for its lineup later this year! Looks like Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans will make its debut sometime soon on Toonami! Here's a description:

The series will take the closest-ever look in Gundam’s 35-year history at the bonds and clashes between its protagonists and the drama of their growth to adulthood, telling the story of a band of young boys and the changes their own maturation spurs in the “Gundam”.

Led by Anohana director Tatsuyuki Nagai and written by Mari Okada, IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS will feature an all-star staff of mechanical design by Naohiro Washio, Kanetake Ebikawa, Ippei Gyoubu, Kenji Teraoka, and Tamotsu Shinohara, with character concepts by Yu Ito designed for animation by Michinori Chiba and music by Masaru Yokoyama.

It's been awhile since we've seen a Gundam show on American television so I'm hyped for this! Has anyone watched the Sub? Is it something to look forward to? The animation looks amazing!

X-Men: Apocalypse's release date is quickly approaching, and even though I thought the movie didn't live up to its full potential, it still had a couple of standout moments that make it worth watching. One of the things that wasn't attached to the early press screening a few days ago was the film's post-credits scene, so I'm completely in the dark about what that's going to be. The one for Days of Future Past directly hinted at the coming of Apocalypse (which, at the time, we already knew was in development), so will this one do something similar?

Writer/producer Simon Kinberg told Collider about what we can expect after the credits roll:

“It’s a nod toward potentially a lot of different movies. I mean certainly the Wolverine movie is related to what happens at the end of it, but there’s also another character that’s introduced, at least in name, in the tag and he could show up in any host of different X-Men films. Maybe a Gambit movie, maybe another X-Men movie.”

Considering Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston has put his name out there as wanting to play the villainous Mister Sinister, maybe that's who Kinberg is referring to. Sinister has a complicated history with Gambit in the comics that would probably be a bit too confusing to incorporate into a live-action movie (even with this film franchise's completely screwed up timeline), but if Kinberg can figure out a way to condense and streamline that history, it'd be cool to see Cranston face off against Channing Tatum on the big screen. Who do you think is referenced in the Apocalypse post-credits scene?

After the charming indie Safety Not Guaranteed put him on Hollywood's radar, writer Derek Connolly has become a go-to guy for big studio projects. He co-wrote Jurassic World with his writing partner Colin Trevorrow, is co-writing that movie's sequel, and took a swing at Kong: Skull Island, just to name a few, and I believe he's also co-writing Star Wars: Episode IX. Now he's adding one more big project to his schedule, as THR reports he'll be penning the screenplay for Pacific Rim 2.

This particular project has experienced a lot of ups and downs over the past year or so, but the current configuration is that original director Guillermo del Toro will serve as a producer and Daredevil season 1 showrunner Steven S. DeKnight has stepped in to direct for Legendary Pictures. At this point it's unclear if he's going to start from scratch, or if he'll be doing rewrites of work that's already been done by Jon Spaihts, Zak Penn, and del Toro himself. I'm just surprised this project has continued to exist at all, because for a while it seemed as if it was just going to be another one of those "what if" movies that geeks would wonder about for years to come. Here's hoping Maisie Williams still gets to pilot a Jaeger against some rampaging kaiju in it.

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Are lava lamps still a thing? They were obviously big in the '70s, and then they had a resurgence in the '90s, but I haven't seen one or heard anybody talk about one in probably fifteen years. I had one when I was a kid, but I wonder if most kids growing up now even know what they are.

UK-based company Pandalone is trying to bring them back with a Star Wars twist, creating a lava lamp full of floating X-Wing and TIE Fighter cutouts. I guess slapping a Star Wars brand on just about anything has the potential to attract an audience, but I'm not sure if this is going to be enough to get people interested — especially when you have to buy a minimum of six of them in order to get one from their website. Amazon sells a single one for around $40 bucks, though.

Bring the entire Star Wars Universe home with this brilliant Galaxy Battle Light glitter lamp.

A beautiful desktop mood light, the Galaxy Battle Light has Star Wars themed glitter pieces that float continually once the lamp has heated up. Featuring ships and characters from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, this unique glitter lamp is a great new spin on the classic lava lamp, enabling mesmeric galactic battles to take place right on your own desktop.

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